I do not own HSM or anything T & G related….

Thanks so much for your reviews! I've had so many different directions as to where to take the story! Thanks to Rach for helping me sort through all the choices! Hope you enjoy where I decided to take it…..

Gabriella watched his hips as they strutted towards her. His gray suit jacket was flipping with every step and hitting his tight abs making her salivate for him. Then, he did the unthinkable. The bang flip. She knew that bang flip and it made her heart sink into her stomach. She couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking at that exact moment…

Ok, Troy. You can do this. You can talk to the girl with no name and show her the man you really are. Forget that she is the most beautiful woman you've ever seen. Forget how she looked on that bed in her thong…I've been with women before!? What is so different about this one? Damn, these bangs are driving me crazy! I've got to get a haircut. Oh my god…look at her. I can't do this. I can't talk to her. How do I get out of this?

He closed in the gap between them, which made Gabriella's breath stop in her chest.

"Excuse me." Troy said in a very nonchalant tone.

"Yes?" Gabriella replied. She was ready for whatever he had to say to her. Or do to her. She flipped her shiny curls over her shoulder and waited for Troy to tell her exactly how he felt about her.

"The director is looking for you." Troy blurted out. He wasn't sure until that moment what he was going to say to her. It just kind of came out. He knew he was not ready to face quick, onset emotions like these. He chose to bail.

"Oh, ok." Gabriella said questioningly. She wanted to stay there and stare at him, even if he had just shamed her pride a little, but she did not want to lose her job. She slid past Troy and jogged back to the set completely devastated by this turn of events.

Troy watched from behind as she disappeared around the corner. He laid his face in his hands while realizing the idiotic move he just pulled.

"Yo Troy! Let's go!" Chad suddenly shouted.

I wonder what her name is.

Gabriella had spent the majority of the day at the production office. They were a little short staffed and Brad had asked her to work over there for the day. They were shooting a night scene this evening at a nearby park. She was supposed to be there at 7pm to help during actually filming since the rest of the crew had set it up that afternoon. She had time to run home, freshen up, grab a bite to eat and drive the 20 minutes to the park. Troy was in the scene tonight. She had been around him before and after shooting a scene but had yet to actually watch him during the scene. She was looking forward to this.

She arrived at the park to find 30 or so people swarming around trying to finish up last minute details. She headed over to Brad to see what he needed her to do.

"Hey Gabby. Do you mind if I call you that?" Brad asked.

"No" Gabriella insisted. "Everybody calls me that!"

"Ok good. I am going to need you to operate the boom mic for this scene. Is that ok?" Brad asked as he squinted at Gabriella and waited for her answer.

"Oh, sure. That's fine! Whatever you need me to do." Gabriella said. She had been a boom mic operator on the last film she worked on. It was fairly simple and she enjoyed it.

Brad was relieved and responded back. "Ok great. By the way, you look great in that dress. I meant to tell you earlier."

What did he just say?

Gabriella was very taken back by his comment. Not only because he was her boss but because he was 45 years old. She didn't exactly know how to handle this. She had been hit on before by guys her own age, although not very often. But a man twice her age?

"Thanks Brad. I'm going to go get set-up." Gabriella hustled away, making certain that her dress was pulled down as far as it would go. She put his odd comment out of her head and began to assemble all the necessary equipment for her to actively participate in the scene.

Troy and Chad arrived right on time. It was 7pm and they were ready to start shooting. Except for one problem. The lead actress wasn't there.

This scene was taking place after the main character has professed his love for his best friend. At this point, he is supposed to jump up on the edge of the fountain in the center of the park shouting "I love her! I love her!". Then they share a very passionate kiss with her ending the scene saying "I love you, too." When Gabriella had read this page of the script, it didn't sound all that exciting or romantic. Now that she was there, she saw the whole thing in a different way. It was night. The fountain was running as it formed beautiful ripples all the way around. They had twinkle lights every place you looked. Around the fountain, in the fountain, along the grass…everywhere. They had a string quartet in the background playing Gershwin music as if a fantastic party had just ended. The best part was Troy. He was dressed in a black suit with a white collared shirt. Around his neck hung his blue tie with the top couple of buttons undone…as if he had gotten hot and needed to cool off. She noticed a lady coming over to fix his collar, which made her realize that was the way he was supposed to dress for the scene. It was hot.

She realized she had been starring at him for several seconds. She regained her focus and got back to work. About 10 minutes later, while Gabriella was waiting to get into place, she was approached by the Director.

"It's Gabriella right?" James asked.

Gabriella nodded.

"Hey, I'm James the Director and I was wondering if you could do me a favor." James led Gabriella over to the fountain and sat her down.

"Gabriella, I'm in a tough spot. We need to get this scene started but, as you know, our lead actress is not here." James continued.

"Oh, do you want me to go get her?" Gabriella jumped up at the chance to do something for the Director.

"No, she is on her way. But we need to make sure the lighting is right so we don't have to waste time when she gets here with that. Does that make sense?" James questioned.

"Not really…I don't know anything about lighting." Gabriella hated having to say that but it was true.

James smiled a bit. "Actually, could you please stand-in for her while we light the scene?"

Using every ounce of restraint she possessed, Gabriella calmly replied to him.

"What do I have to do? Just stand there?" Gabriella said in a smart-ass kind of way.

"All I need you to do is stand in front of the camera and Troy will run the scene. You can just follow his lead. It's no big deal." James lied.

"Ok. Sounds fun!" Gabriella decided to not think about this like she had everything else the past couple of days. She stood up and waited as James explained what was going on. They were basically running a rehearsal using Gabriella as a stand-in. When Troy noticed James motioning for him to join them, he quickly shuffled over.

"Troy. She is going to be the stand-in while we light the scene. Just run your lines and all the blocking and she will follow your lead." James announced in a very professional manner.

Troy knew that James had no idea what he had just done. Before he could over think anything, he heard it….

"And…Action!" James yelled.

All Troy knew to do at this point was run the scene. He took a few seconds just taking in her beauty and preparing for what was about to happen.

Gabriella's heart was pounding so hard that she wondered if he could hear it. She was in shock of the whole situation and did not have a clue what she supposed to do. She just waited and trusted that Troy would lead her where she needed to go.

Suddenly, Troy bolted onto the fountain and began screaming "I love her! I love her!"

Gabriella watched and wondered what it would feel like to have him say that to her and mean it. Before she could finish her thought, she found herself being lead by the hand to face Troy. He passionately cupped her face in his hands and, with one deep breath, kissed her with every ounce of energy he had. Gabriella swore she heard fireworks exploding over them as his tongue pierced through sending lighting bolts through the pits of her body. Troy slowly inched his lips barely apart from hers. He leaned down to her ear and whispered to her.

"Say, I love you, too."

Before this point, Gabriella had completely forgotten about the 30 or so people watching this moment between them. As soon as she realized what Troy had said, she was snapped back into reality. She hadn't noticed that a solitary tear was making its way down her cheek….that is until Troy reached up with his gentle touch and wiped it away.

"I love you, too." Gabriella was surprised she had actually been able to speak.

They continued to stare at each other. They both knew it was because they didn't want the moment to end, but they could blame it on the fact that James hadn't yelled 'cut.'

"And...Cut!" James insisted. "That was excellent you two. We are going to get the cameras re-set for the actual filming. Troy, it'll be about 10 minutes."

"Thanks James," Troy called out to him as the make-up crew was on their way over to fix Troy's face.

He spun around to see that she was gone. Whatever her name was, she had disappeared. He glanced around the park but there was no sign of her anywhere. He wanted to see her and feel her. He wanted her lips to be on his. And, for some reason, out of nowhere, he wanted to protect her. He had felt that yesterday but didn't admit to himself his feelings were that strong. Now, he wanted to tell the whole world.

As he finished filming his scene, with an actress he had absolutely no on or off screen chemistry with, he retreated back to his trailer with a heavy heart. He pulled open the door, knowing he needed to get some sleep since it was almost 3am. But all he wanted to do was go find her. He needed to find her. He entered his trailer, deciding that she would be on set trying to prepare for the next days events. He reached out to flip on the lights when he heard a voice.

"Don't. Leave them off."

Left you hangin'!! Do you know who it is??