Chapter 5
Troy's POV
The next week when by smoothly for me and Gabriella after Sharpay's revenge attempt. The paps got uninterested in our lives and started to move away from us giving a bit of my privacy back, no one ever found out who I was after that article as Gabi did not want me to reveal my identity. She has released the song that she sang to me last week and it went top of the charts in a matter of hours.
I walked into the Montez' apartment block at 10:30am and all was quiet outside, them knowing that Gabs would not come outside yet since it was still quite early. I knocked on their apartment door and Mr Montez answered it, we were going to do a workout together.
"Hey, Troy." Mr Montez said "Are you ready for one hell of a workout?"
I smiled at him and said "Ready as ever Mr Montez." I walked in and followed him to the workout room, dumping my training bag at the door to the room. I peeled off my wildcats hoodie, revealing a loose cut off t-shirt.
"Let's go Troy," Mr Montez said walking over to the weights. I followed him and sat down bracing my self for this workout.
Gabriella's POV
I woke up hearing grunts and metal clanging coming from down the hall. I looked at my alarm clock 11:15am. Doesn't my dad know how to sleep? I quickly got out of bed slightly adjusting my white cami and multicoloured shorts. I walked down the hall and pushed open the door to the workout room.
"Dad it's way too early in the morning for this." I said sleepily. But when I opened my eyes properly I saw not just my dad sitting there lifting weights but also another younger person, with their shirt off lifting the weights as well.
The younger man put the weights down and sat up. I caught his eyes and inwardly cursed at myself. It was Troy, his ocean blue eyes, staring back at me equally shocked at seeing each other. I looked down at my feet and then back up at Troy again he stood up and looked at me, I felt a strange sensation in my stomach, as I looked down his body my eyes resting on his toned stomach that was glistening with sweat after the workout. He saw me looking and quickly turned around to grab his shirt and lift it over his head.
Troy's POV
I was shocked to when I heard Gabi's voice come into the room, her obviously not knowing that I was in here as well as her dad.
"Dad it's way too early in the morning for this," is all that Gabi said. I put down the weights and sat up, forgetting for a minute that I had taken my shirt off and stood up catching her eye as I did so. She quickly looked down at her feet and I smiled slightly, looking down at her body and her skimpy pyjamas. Her body looked really good. She looked up again, our eyes meeting and a shock of electricity ran through my body. She broke the look and her eyes ran down my body, I suddenly realised that I had taken my shirt off. I quickly turned away and grabbed my shirt from where I had thrown it, slipping it on over my head.
I coughed and said, " I think that I'm going to get some water. Can I get any for you Mr Montez?"
"Yeah thanks Troy," Mr Montez said. I quickly walked past Gabriella smiling at her slightly.
I walked out the room and shut the door behind me I lent back on it for a minute trying to figure out what just happened.
I quickly walked down the stairs to get the water. As I entered the kitchen I saw Mrs Montez sitting at the kitchen island flipping through a magazine.
She looked up at me and said "Hey Troy! How's the workout going?"
"It's going fine. I think." I said walking over to the fridge and picking up two bottles of water.
"Are you sure? You look a bit funny." Mrs Montez said. She got up and came over to me.
"I'm fine Mrs Montez, something just happened and I don't really know I how to respond to it," I said walking out the room with the water. I really did not know what happened in the workout room.
Gabriella's POV
I don't know what happened to Troy that day he came to do a workout with my dad. He's been distant and has been ignoring me. I sighed picking up my phone again and dialling Troy's number, it went to straight to voicemail, just as it has for the past 2 days.
Today at school it was horrible Troy wouldn't talk to me and Chad didn't know what was wrong with him. Only telling me that he had been off for the past couple of days.
I can't cope with this anymore. Is all I thought. I pulled out my songbook and started writing furiously. If Troy wouldn't talk to me, he might just listen to a song. I got my guitar and pulled it into my lap.
I played through the song quickly and once I was happy with it I called my agent. I wanted to record this and release it as soon as possible. I got an early slot tomorrow and it would hopefully be released the day after I record it.
I called Chad and he picked up after two rings "Hey!" he said.
"Hey, Chad it's Gabi. I've got a plan." I said.
"I'm listening." Chad said.
Troy's POV
As I walked into form I noticed that Gabi wasn't there, personally I was glad; I just wanted time to think. I sat down in my chair that was in the front row, and felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned and saw Chad staring at me.
"Are you okay hoops?" he asked me.
"Dude how many times do I have to tell you that I'm fine?" I asked annoyed.
"You haven't scored a basket since Friday, man. I can tell that something is wrong." Chad said.
"I'm fine man." I said turning around again.
Suddenly there was a loud voice coming through the speakers. "Good morning students. Today we have an exciting song for you to hear, that has been written and sung by our very own Gabriella Montez. She has graciously allowed us, the students of East High to be among the first people to hear this new track.
I looked toward the door as Gabriella herself walked though the door and handed Miss Darbus a late pass. She quickly walked past me to her seat in the back row. The song started and I knew that she was trying to say something to be through the song.
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Put your hands up
Your surrounded
The whole love thing
I clowned it
Then who's the joker?
I guess I'm it
'Cause I let it go right when I found it
Time has never been my best suit
Now I've got everything except you
You moved out of my heart, still got the bruise
I'd give it all back to be next to you
I turn my radio up and it's just my luck
Why-y-y-y-y-y-eh me?
I turn my tv on and it's the same old song
Why are you following me?
It's like a 'missing you' sign
Is written on my face
Why-y-y-y-y-y-eh?
Its like everybody knows
Cause everywhere I go
The whole world is singing to me
Cecilia you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please
Come home.
The song ended and I could hear claps and cheers all around me, congratulating Gabriella, telling her the song was amazing. It was amazing but nobody but me knew the deeper meaning to it. I turned and looked at her and she was sitting there looking at me. I quickly got up and walked out the door despite Miss Darbus' attempts to protest. I needed time to myself to think about what to do, how to tell Gabi how I felt. I suddenly realised how Chad felt when we tell him to just ask Taylor out, he doesn't know how she'll react. Rejection seems to be our biggest flaw; inside we are scared of getting hurt.
I need to do something to tell Gabi that I feel the same about her. I wracked my brain until I thought of something perfect. I quickly started planning it and calling people, I needed to do it tonight. If I didn't she would think I didn't care but I cared much more than I had revealed already.
Gabriella's POV
My plan didn't work out how I really wanted it to. After Troy left the room I looked at Chad and he just shrugged his shoulders. I looked away from him and stopped tears coming to my eyes. Currently I am sitting in the living room eating ice cream, watching a movie with my mom and dad, they could both tell that something was wrong but I wouldn't tell them what.
I heard the doorbell ring and my dad got up to answer it. I could hear muffled voices and then the door shut, dad walked back into the room, I looked at him "Who was it?" I asked.
"Just Paulo coming for his shift." Dad said quickly turning back to the screen. "Don't you have any homework to do?" he asked me after a couple of minutes.
"Well, yes but…" I started
"No buts Gabi go and do your homework." Dad said.
I stared at him for a minute before getting up and walking past him dropping the ice cream tub and spoon in his lap before going upstairs. I opened my bedroom door and gasped, around the room where about a hundred candles were flickering. I looked out onto the balcony and saw a string of multicoloured fairy lights entwined with the wooden spurs of the balcony.
On the floor in the middle of the room was a picnic basket and a single red rose on top of a picnic blanket that had been spread out. I walked towards the blanket and picked up the rose and smelt it. I did not have a clue who had done this but they had obviously gone through a lot of effort to pull this off. I looked around the room trying to see who had done this. My eyes landed on a lone figure standing on my balcony leaning on the railing
I walked towards the French doors and stepped out onto the balcony. The person obviously heard me as they stood up and turned around. I gasped slightly at seeing his face "Troy?" I looked at him up and down. He was wearing a black suit and tie and was obviously making the effort.
"What are you doing here?" I asked puzzled.
"I came here to say sorry, Gabs. I'm sorry that I was ignoring you, I was just trying to figure it out in my head." Troy said looking into my eyes. Despite it being dark Troy's blue eyes were dancing about, lighting up the space around him.
I frowned slightly "Trying to figure out what?" I asked.
Troy didn't say anything. He stepped forward until he was right in front of me, he put one hand out and put it gently on my cheek stroking it slightly with his thumb. He bent down until his lips were hovering over mine, "this," is all he said before capturing my lip with his. He was gentle at first until I put my arms around his neck and pulled him into the kiss more. He glided his tongue gently over my bottom lip, and I instantly allowed his tongue to enter my mouth. We stood there like this until he pulled back so we could catch our breaths. He was still standing really close to me and he leaned his forehead against mine and held my hands.
"I like you Gabi. I wanted to have time to figure out what I wanted, until this morning when I finally realised, just after I heard your song." Troy whispered to me as though he was telling me some sort of secret that no one else was supposed to hear.
"What did you realise?" I whispered back to him.
"I realised that I dont just want to be friends wiht you Gabs." Troy said. "Will you be my girlfriend?"
I quickly looked up at him and saw in his eyes that he wasn't kidding around, that he really meant that, he really wanted me to be his girlfriend. I smiled widely and nodded.
"Really?" Troy asked I think slightly shocked with my answer.
I nodded again and he bent down his head and kissed me again. He pulled back and took my hand leading me inside. He sat down on the picnic basket and I did the same.
Troy took out a tub full of strawberries. He opened them and I saw that they were dipped in chocolate. I loved strawberries dipped in chocolate. He looked up at me and smiled offering me one.
About half an hour later we were almost finished the strawberries. Troy looked at me before saying, "you know I've always wanted to see if the movies are right about if just after eating strawberries that the kiss tastes of them." He leaned in towards me and kissed me sweetly.
"That theory is right." I said when we pulled back. Troy chuckled. We finished the last couple of strawberries before packing the box back in the picnic basket. Troy took my hand and lead me out the room and downstairs to the front door. He kissed me before saying "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Pick you up in the morning?" I said.
"Yep." Troy said before kissing me again. "This is never going to get old."
"Night Troy." I said and he opened the door and left. I walked into the living room and said, "you knew about that didn't you?" to my parents. They nodded and smiled at me. I smiled back and walked up stairs trying to figure out if that had just happened or if it was just a dream.
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song: Oh Cecilia (breaking my heart)- The Vamps