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On to Chapter 4…..


Troy spun around as he heard a familiar voice.

"Who's there?" Troy asked as he squinted to try and make out the silhouette standing about 6 feet away from him.

"It's Nikki." She said as she inched her way closer to him.

Troy rolled his eyes as his cursed under his breath. Nikki was the last person he wanted to see right now. He could deal with her drama on-set, seeing as she was the lead actress, but he did not have to deal with her off-set. He wanted to find the girl with no name.

"Nikki, what are you doing in here?" He asked.

"I'm waiting for you, silly." She said as she ran her hand up and down his firm stomach.

Troy caught her hand and removed it from his body. He had absolutely no interest in her; however, he did not want the remainder of the film to be awkward because he had blown her off.

"Nikki, it's really late and I have got to get some sleep. So, I'll just see you tomorrow?" Troy said as he moved past her to the bed. He slipped off his shoes and began unbuttoning his shirt as he realized that she was just standing there watching him undress.

"Look, I'm serious. I'm going to be no good tomorrow if I don't sleep." Troy insisted.

Nikki heard him speaking, but was not listening to him. She walked over to Troy and joined him on the bed.

"I'm sorry…I just can't help it. I thought we had some real chemistry today and I thought you felt it too." Nikki stated as she began to rub Troy's shoulders.

It stayed quiet for a few seconds as Troy tried to figure out how to get out of this without causing any problems, professionally. As he turned around to straighten things out with her, her lips met his in a fast, wet kiss. She sucked on his bottom lip so hard that he could actually feel it swelling up with each second. After realizing that he could stop this, he jumped up, forcing their lips to part.

"What the hell was that?!" Troy demanded.

"I want you Troy. Don't you know that I've wanted you from the second I met you…" She said as she made her way back to Troy.

"Nikki, please leave." Troy said as he looked away from her.

"Come on Troy. Haven't you ever wanted to be the bad boy and do something that you know is wrong…" She said as she pulled his arms up around her waist.

"No, I don't. Please leave." Troy dropped his arms from her and turned around to open the door and escort her out.

"Troy…come on, baby…you know you want me…"

"Leave!" Troy shouted. He was rather surprised that he had let himself yell at her, but he felt like that was the only way to make her leave.


Gabriella had found a bench in the park that was away from everyone, where she could just sit and think about her scene with Troy. She really wanted to see him again. She knew it was odd and rather fast that her heart was opening up to him and she wondered if their connection was one-sided. Meaning, her-side. The only thing she knew to do was ask him.

What's the worst that can happen?

Although she was terrified, she made her way back to the lot where his trailer was. She walked around the back in case she decided to chicken out. At least then no one would have seen her lurking around in the middle of the night.

As she came around the back of Chad's trailer, she stopped as she saw Nikki leaving from Troy's. Her heart sank. Her stomach flipped and her eyes were overwhelmed by tears.

"Damnit!" That's all she could think of to say. She was mortified that she hadn't realized who Troy really was. She really believed that he was different. That he wasn't a whore of an actor who would fuck any actress that came his way. That he cared about people and genuinely wanted to do the right thing. Apparently, she was wrong.

All Gabriella wanted to do was get away from there as fast as possible. She ran back to her car and sped away heading for home.

Troy had fooled her. She hated him for that.


The next day on set was not one that anyone could have seen coming. It was 9:25am and Nikki wasn't on set. She was called at 7:00am in order to give her plenty of time to get through hair and make-up. She never showed and no one could get a hold of her. Troy was waiting outside sipping on a cool bottle of water. Gabriella came bursting through the door, which exited right to where he was sitting. Troy was shocked that she was suddenly standing right in from of him. He didn't know what to do or say. He could hardly catch his breath as he starred at her.

Gabriella was disgusted. She looked at his eyes, hoping that he could take back what she had seen the night before. Knowing she would never forget that image, she walked away without a word.

"Hey!" Troy called out to her as she dashed away. She did not stop.

"Wait!" Troy shouted. He jogged over to catch up with her.

"Did you need something Mr. Bolton?" Gabriella questioned in a very professional manner.

"Actually, yes. What's you name?" Troy was overly excited to hear the sound of her name ringing in his ears.

"Listen, Mr. Bolton, I'm running late and really don't have time for this." She turned to dart away.

Troy grabbed her by the wrist which made her stop instantly and look down their hands so close together.

"I'm sorry, have I done something to offend you or something? Everything seemed to be fine, even great, yesterday. What happened?" Troy questioned as he slid his hands in his pockets.

"Nothing. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just doing my job." Gabriella said, very matter of fact.

"Please tell me if I've done something," Troy insisted. He wanted to understand her. He wanted to know her. Hell, he wanted her name!

"You just aren't who I thought you were, that's all."

Troy furrowed his brow as he tried to figure out what the hell she was talking about.

Gabriella could tell he was confused. She took a deep breath and out came the truth.

"I saw Nikki leaving your trailer last night. I know I shouldn't have been there and it's really none of my business, but…" Gabriella paused as she realized what she was saying to Troy Bolton.

"But what?" Troy asked as he leaned in closer to her, longing to feel her lips on his.

"But, I just never thought you would stoop so low as to fuck Nikki! I mean, of all people! She's such a bitch, everyone knows that and you deserve so much better than her…."

Gabriella was cut off mid-sentence by his lips. She gasped as she felt the intensity of his kiss. She moved her hands into his soft hair and pulled him in so that he was forced to wrap his arms around her body. His tongue brushed against hers as her stomach flipped circles. After several minutes of a heated kiss, Troy pulled away from her as he continued to hold her in his arms.

"I didn't sleep with Nikki." Troy felt awful about the misunderstanding. "She came to my trailer to try and seduce me, but I told her to leave."

Gabriella giggled at her own mistake and looked up to meet his beautiful blue eyes, as if to say I'm sorry in that one look.

"What's your name?" He asked in a simple voice.

Knowing her boss would be looking for her soon, she quickly answered,

"Gabriella"

She flashed him a beautiful smile, pecked him on the lips and rushed back towards the set. She glanced back for one last look at him before she disappeared into the building.

Troy was in awe of the girl with no name, although, she had a name now.

Gabriella.


As Gabriella entered the set, she was met by James, the director.

"Hey James…what's up?" She asked, knowing he must need her to do something for him.

"I have a proposition for you. Can we talk?" James asked.

"Sure." Gabriella answered, a bit frightened of what he might suggest.

James and Gabriella headed outside in order to ensure some privacy.

"Gabby, Nikki quit." James blurted out.

"What? She quit?" Gabriella said as she thought about Troy and her together again. She was surprised, but she could not say that she wasn't happy about it.

"Yea, we just got a call from her agent and she quit, for unknown reasons…whatever that means. Listen, we are working on getting her replaced but we can't stop filming or else we lose everything!" James was talking very quickly.

"Ok, what can I do to help you?" She asked. Gabriella really liked James and had a lot of respect for him.

"Can you be her stand-in until we get a replacement? You know, just stand in the scenes and read her lines…like you did yesterday?" James asked as he pleaded with his eyes.

"Yea, I'll do it." She answered.

"Oh, thank you so much! Well, grab your script and let's go! We've got a scene to shoot!" He said as he patted her on the shoulder and ran off to inform his crew of the change.

Gabriella ran over to grab her script and began flipping to the days' scene. She was really excited about doing this. She actually enjoyed being in front of the camera, especially with Troy. Realizing that she was going to be on camera, she decided to go freshen up. She headed towards the honey wagon, or the bathroom. On set, they had a long trailer, which holds several, individual bathrooms and it is called the honey wagon. She stepped in, enjoying the idea of having a few minutes to herself, and began fluffing her hair. She messed with it for several minutes before getting fed up.

"What a horrible hair day!" She said aloud to herself. "I should just cut it all off and go with a bob or something."

She finished up in the bathroom and headed back to set, feeling revived.

Several minutes later, James called her to go over a couple of blocking notes. After he explained what he wanted her to do in the scene, she saw Troy standing there, looking all sexy, and waiting for her to start the scene. She had her eyes glued on him, forgetting about Nikki. As she made her way to Troy, she accidentally bumped into Brad, her boss.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Brad!" Gabriella exclaimed. "I've got to be more careful!"

"No problem, Gabriella!" Brad answered. "You ready for the scene?"

"I think so. I'm a little nervous, but I'm as ready as I'll ever be." She said as she ran her fingers through her long wavy curls.

"Don't worry…you'll be fine." Brad insisted. "Oh, and by the way, I think your hair looks great today. You should leave it long….a bob wouldn't be near as sexy…"


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