From AK-tutti; Hey there :). So here we are after looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong delay with chapter 4 of this amazing story. You agree, don't you? It is amazing. I guess the both of us have just been really busy, but we're here now, so you better enjoy it. Before we get on with this story, I just wanna say (stessa probably feels the same way) thank you for the reviews, we love you guys. And yeah, chapter 5 should be here much sooner, so remember to check for its update, leave a review and whatnot . Let's hear what the amazing stessa has to say !

From Stessa; Hey to you all ;p This chapter, I promised I'd write something, and I did. Though AK-tutti really does write Troyella better than I do. But we'll see, k? And also, I'm really mad at her for telling you guys that I'm Superman, that's why I'm gonna break my promise to her now. I promised I'd tell no-one that she's Batman, but there you go… Now you guys know, I just thought it was fair, since she told you guys MY secret identity. You'll probably see us soon when we save the world together, just you wait ;p

Disclaimer; We don't own HSM. But we do this story… We don't own Halo by Bethany Joy Lenz or Galeotti or whatever they call her these days either.

Twist of Love

Chapter 4.

"Shar?" Gabriella said, silently skipping into the living room where Sharpay was watching TV, "What do you think?"

Sharpay turned around to look at her, just as Gabriella turned around, her red dress flowing around her, "That looks good, Gabs." Sharpay said, "He's gonna love you."

"Really, you think so?" Gabriella pouted, an excited look in her eyes.

"Yeah, I really do, Gabs." Sharpay said, turning off the TV, "And y'know what? Even though you dressed like hell, he'd probably still love you. He has the hots for you already, I can tell."

Gabriella giggled, just as the doorbell rang. She looked at Sharpay, and hurried into the bathroom to do the last of her make-up. It was always good to keep him waiting. Sharpay sighed, and stood up from the couch, to go out and open Gabriella's door. Troy was probably hoping for his date to answer, but who cares?

She opened the door, and couldn't help but let out a laugh, because of Troy's expression. He looked surprised.

"Hi!" she smiled, awkwardly waving at him.

"Uhm, hi Sharpay…" Troy said, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, didn't Gabby tell you?" Sharpay asked, acting surprised too, "You're taking me out instead of her. She changed her mind."

"What!?"

"Yes, she found some rich old man somewhere… I dunno." Sharpay replied.

"Okay then…" Troy said, "Well, we're still gonna have fun, right?"

"I'm kidding, Troy!" Sharpay smiled, breaking into a laugh, "I'm kidding! She's just doing her make-up."

"Oh!" Troy said, cracking a smile, "You got me!"

They stood in silence for a few minutes, just looking at each other. Sharpay couldn't help but let her eyes wander over his body. He did have a good body, no doubt about that.

"Soo…" Troy broke the silence, "No hot date for you?"

"Nah…" Sharpay said, biting her lip, "Does it look like it?"

Troy turned his look away from her face, to her clothes, and realized that she wasn't exactly dressed for a date. She was wearing a pair of small boys shorts, and tank top. Just casual, but she did look good.

"I get it…" Troy laughed, "No, not exactly."

"Okay then," Sharpay said, taking at step closer to him, "Treat my best friend great tonight."

"Of course I will."

"And just so you know…" Sharpay began, "She's a little nervous about you liking her outfit, so I was thinking… It could be really fun if you pretended that you didn't. You'll be able to hear her voice get all squeaky. It's fun, believe me!"

Troy was about to answer, but just then Gabriella approached them, looking as beautiful as ever. She was dressed simply, in the red dress which went so well with her dark hair and skin. Her make-up was perfect too, she was looking sophisticated, and that was important, she always said so.

"Wow…" Troy mumbled, checking her out, "You look fat?"

"What!?" Gabriella shrieked, looking down at her dress.

"I'm kidding!" Troy laughed, pulling her out of the door by the hand, "I'm kidding! You look beautiful, but you were right Sharpay, that was fun!"

"Oh, you two!" Gabriella said, playfully hitting Sharpay across the arm, "You're unbelievable! No wonder no men wants to date you, you freak!"

"Oh, speak for yourself!" Sharpay said, "Who's the freak?"

"Apparently you." Troy told her, "But I'll borrow Gabby now."

"Fine, fine." Sharpay said, crossing her arms in a motherly-way, "But have her back by 11 o'clock!"

"Yes, ma'am."

"And if it's even one second too late, you'll never ever get to take her out again, is that a deal?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Good then," Sharpay said, still deeply serious. But of course she cracked a smile, "Have fun!"

She closed the door and left Troy and Gabriella alone outside. They looked at each other, a little awkwardly.

"Alright…" Troy said, "Ready to go?"

"Of course." Gabriella said, taking his hand. "Where are we going, Troy?"

"My favorite place to eat." Troy replied, leading her to his car, "It's very intimate and romantic. I think, you're gonna like it."

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"Oh my God!" Gabriella exclaimed, when they'd arrived. The both of them got out of the car and went into the restaurant.

It seemed Italian. Yeah, like a romantic little Italian restaurant, which was good, cos Gabriella loved Italian. Troy knew that, for there's a thing called the internet and loads of fanpages for The Sweethearts, Gabriella Montez and Sharpay Evans, but he'd actually gone onto the official The Sweethearts page, where he found out, that Gabriella's favorite food was Italian. He also read, that Gabby liked to make up meals herself, but there was no such thing as a 'make up your own meal-restaurant', so they couldn't exactly do that.

"I know, I did a little reading," Troy said, as they were let to a table by a waitress, who handed them the menu. She told them to call on her, when they were ready to order, "So, how was you day, Gabby?"

"We recorded two new songs today, actually. One I wrote called '(Don't It Make You) Happy!' and of course 'Jingle Bell Rock', that was the song we went to the studio for. Sharpay had a hard time getting started, but when we recorded my song, she stepped up." Gabriella smiled at Troy over her menu, "So you did a little reading? Y'know, that's cheating!"

"Na-ah!" Troy protested, shaking his head.

"Uh huh." She argued, wanting to be right. Her and Sharpay were very much alike at that point, they were both very stubborn and always wanted to be right. A very bad quality when they were arguing together. "Now you know a bunch of stuff about me, and I know nothing about you!"

"Hey, I only know stuff like your 'fake' birthday, your full name, your favorite things and such, I don't know any real stuff about you." Troy said, looking offended.

"Troy, I'm kidding!" Gabriella giggled, especially by the look on Troy's face. He soon after joined the giggling, "But you still have the best hand, y'know!?"

"I know," Troy agreed, as he took a piece of paper out of his pocket, "That's why I made this, so we are at the same page."

He gave her the piece of paper, she started reading it and half way through, she began laughing like crazy. Troy looked at her, not understanding why she was laughing, but after a few minutes she finally managed to say; "Your favorite movie is 'Clueless'?"

"Is that why, you were laughing?" Troy asked, she nodded and began giggling again, "What!? It's a great movie."

"Whatever you say, Troyella," She giggled, still. She read the rest of the paper and gave it back to Troy. She looked around a little, they were sitting at a table outside. It was dark already and quite cold, but she wasn't gonna say anything, she really enjoyed his company. She wondered, if Troy had always lived in this town, it would be a great place to grow up, well actually she did grow up there, she just wondered, cos she'd never run into Troy before. "So, Troy.. Have you always lived in this town?"

"Yeah, I have some great memories from my childhood," Troy said, smiling at the memories, "What about you, where did you grow up?"

"So much for your reading, huh?" Gabriella smirked, "I grew up here too. My mom and Sharpay's mom were best friend's, so Sharpay and I grew up together, and we've always been best friends, for as long as I can remember."

"You must be like this sisters then," He said, looking down at their table. Gabriella nodded again, "That must have been great, you guys must have some great memories too."

"Yeah, we do." She smiled, she noticed, that Troy looked bummed, so she took his hand, "What's the matter Troy? Something to do with your mom not being able to get pregnant?"

"I always wanted a little brother to play with," He said, he looked at Gabriella, now realizing how great she was. She was very sweet, caring, smart, kind and not to mention beautiful, "I have this friend, Chad, whom I knew back, when I was little too, but it was always basketball with him, so it didn't feel like having a brother, I could do everything with."

"But you turned out ok, that's what matters the most. And having a friend, who's like a sibling to you, isn't always a walk in the park." She said, as she lay the menu down on the table, "I've been in a bunch of embarrassing situations with Sharpay, and let me tell you..."

She stopped in the middle of what, she was about to tell Troy, when she heard it;

I never promised you a ray of light

I never promised there'd be sunshine everyday

I give you everything I have, the good, the bad

Why do you put me on a pedestal

I'm so up high, that I can't see the ground below

So help me down, you've got it wrong

I don't belong there...

"Oh my God, Troy we have to dance to this song!" She got up from her seat and got ready to get out on the floor and dance.

"Here? Now?" Troy asked, confused, "This isn't exactly a dancing place, Gabby."

"I know, but Troy this was The Sweethearts' first ever single 'Halo', and they're playing it here. It's so amazingåØå, we have to dance to it! Please?" She begged, giving him the puppy dog eyes. He finally gave in and got up from his seat, and they began dancing.

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2 hours later they left the restaurant, hand in hand I might add. They'd had a wonderful time there, chatting, eating and dancing. They enjoyed each other's company, there definitely was a connection of some sort between them. None of them wanted the night to end, so they'd decided to go for a walk and just talk.

"You must be influenced by what you dad does for a living?" Gabriella said, referring to him being a manager for various artists, including The Sweethearts.

"No, not really." Troy admitted. They turned to the right at a corner, he was leading her to the park, but she didn't know that, "I've always taken my distance from music. It would just be too much for me, if I didn't. He's already pressured me with basketball, so..."

"See, I don't believe one bit with music part." She said, eyeing him up and down, as if his looks said something about his liking of music.

"How come?" He asked, getting a look from her, he gave in and continued; "Fine, I love music, but I'm still not influenced by my dad. How did you know?"

She grinned; "Well, first of, you knew that I was from The Sweethearts, and we're the biggest thing in America right now, so if you'd taken your 'distance' from music, you wouldn't know, who I was. That, and there is a picture of you and Carrie Underwood in your living room. You like country, eh?"

"Maybe a little bit, she's very talented, and she always sings at the annual Albuquerque festival." He explained, "My dad owns a part of the festival, so I have to go."

"Oh poor you!" Gabriella mocked, laughing. She stopped though, when she thought of something, "Hey, what time is it?"

"It's 10:30." Troy replied, checking his watch, "Why?"

"That's good…" Gabriella replied, "We still have a half an hour before Mommy Sharpay wants me home."

Troy laughed, and she quickly joined him. It was so easy for them to be together. They just clicked right away. Gabriella couldn't wait to get home, she had to tell Sharpay all the details!

"But really," Gabriella got serious, "I think I have to head home. Not just because Mommy Sharpay says so, but I have an early day tomorrow." She paused, "As always."

"Is my dad pushing you too much?" Troy asked, turning his path, to walk towards Gabriella's apartment, "I mean, is he hard on the two of you?"

"He can be." Gabriella admitted, "But we both love him to bits! And he's a great manager. He makes sure we get as much as possible out of this career. And he knows when to hold back. Sometimes, if one of us have a rough time, he'll cut back on work a little. Y'know, so he does think of us."

"That's good to know," Troy smiled, "Otherwise I'd have to pound on him a little bit!"

"You would do that for me?" Gabriella questioned, "That's so sweet! Thank you!"

They laughed, and before they knew it, they had reached Gabriella's apartment. They stood outside it, in the hallway, not really knowing how to end this perfect date. It had gone so well, so it was kind of a shame that it had to end right now. But this moment couldn't go on forever, even if they wanted it to.

Gabriella looked at Troy, a smile playing on her lips, "Thank you so much for this wonderful evening, Troy. I really enjoyed myself."

"So did I." Troy said, slowly stroking her chin and cheek with his right hand. He wondered if he should kiss her. The moment was perfect… She was perfect. He slowly leaned in, to place the first mind-blowing kiss on her lips, and she leaned in too, to kiss back, but just when their lips were inches apart, they heard a loud crash on the other side of the door.

Gabriella quickly pulled away from Troy, and opened the door, afraid of what had happened. They found Sharpay lying on the floor, with an open umbrella on top of her. She looked at them and bit her lip.

"Hah, I guess you caught me!" she giggled, quickly getting up from the floor. She closed the umbrella, and threw it behind her, looking at the people in the hall.

"Sharpay!" Gabriella said, "I can't believe you were spying on us! You little freak!"

"Are you calling me a freak again?" Sharpay questioned, giving her the ´you better not be´-look.

"I think I might be, Mommy Sharpay." Gabriella said.

"Oh, so I'm your mommy, now?" Sharpay said, "Nice to know where I stand with you!"

"Okay then!" Troy said, breaking their little discussion, "I'll just head home. See ya' tomorrow, girls."

"Bye Troy…" Gabriella said, waving at him, with a sweet smile on her face.

"Bye Troy…" Sharpay teased, copying Gabriella's smile and sweet voice.

"Shut up!" Gabriella said, kicking Sharpay in the shin, "You're no better yourself when you have a boyfriend."

"Oh…" Sharpay said, pretending to bite her nails, "I'm so scared of what you might do to me. Wait a minute, I think I just peed in my pants."

"Impossible." Gabriella said, walking into the apartment, not looking at her.

"How's that impossible?" Sharpay questioned, following closely behind her. She closed the door and locked it.

"You're wearing shorts." Gabriella said, skipping into the living room, for a long girls talk with Sharpay.

From Stessa: There ya' go. I didn't break my promise to you guys! I actually wrote something in this chapter! Even though AK-tutti wrote the most, I did write some! Even some of the Troyella parts, which I normally suck at! But I tried my best, and I think I did okay. Or didn't I? Uhm, I don't know… Anyway, as some of you might now, I posted last chapter of Forbidden Beauty today, and I'm so sad about it :'( I'm gonna miss that story so much, but then it's good that I've got a lot of other things going on too! Like this story, which I will, from now on, work on even more than I've done these last weeks. If it's possible, that is, but we'll see. I hope you liked this chapter. And, hmm, I think I'm done now… Let's just… Cheer for my wonderful co-writer, shall we?

From AK-tutti: I really don't know what to say, thanks for the cheers, Stessa. You rock. I um... am not really in the mood to write anything right now, so let's just leave it at stessa's author's note, ok ?

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