Ring!

"Hello?" Troy answered his cell phone.

"Hi Troy!" It was Sharpay.

"Oh, hey Shar. What's up?" He asked

"The gang is having a sleepover. You and Gabi in?" Sharpay asked.

"Uh… yeah. But how did you know Brie was with me?" he asked curiously.

"Troy, you're always with her." Sharpay laughed.

"Oh… Okay. Well, we will be there in about an hour. We are at the beach right now. We need to run home, grab some clothes, and then we will be here." Troy told her.

"Okay, see you then. Bye!" Sharpay hung up.

"That was Shar, obviously. Sleepover at her house. So, we got to go." Troy said. They got their stuff together and left the beach.

An hour later, they made it to Sharpay's house.

Sharpay's house was… huge. She had a long drive way that went straight and then turned into a circle. The outside was a tan color and there were technically 3 floors. You go through double glass doors and were met with a large foyer. There you put your shoes and jackets. Then you go down a little hall and turn left and you enter the living room.

The living room was painted a deep red with a white carpet. The couch was also white and had 5 seats going in a straight line until you got to the corner. The corner curved and there were 2 seats and then a long seat that you could lay down on. It was a "U" shaped couch. There were also 4 other chairs in the room along with the computer chair. Gabriella always said it kind of looked like her room because her walls are the same color and so is her bed and carpet. Their computer was a HP TouchSmart IQ504 PC. There was a huge 62'' TV hanging on the wall. The living room was about 30 feet by 25 feet in size. There was also a coffee table in front of the couch and a little side table on each side of it.

If you went through a doorway, you ended up in the kitchen.(im not going to describe all of the rooms in detail) The walls were a light blue color with polished white tile floor. The counter tops were a dark granite. Attached to the kitchen was the dining room.

If you went through another door in the living room, you would have entered the bathroom. The bathroom walls were a yellow/orange color.

Through a door in the kitchen, you enter a short hallway. Through the first door on your right, there is a bathroom. Through another door on your left, is a guest room. Third door on your right, game room. And the last door, is a party room with a bar in it that has alcohol and non-alcohol beverages.



Through the dining room is a shorter hall, with a door on the left and at the end . The door on the left is a dance studio, while the door at the end is a recording studio.

Back in the living room, there is a staircase. One going up and one going down.

If you go down, you enter a long hallway that turns right further down. There are 2 doors before you turn right. The first door is a guest room, and the second is the parents room. Another bathroom is located in the parent room. Once you turn right, there are 2 more doors. One is a bathroom, and one is a movie theater and a joining bathroom.

If you go up the stairs, you are met with another hall but this one turns left further down. The first room is a game room. The second room is the sleepover room. Sharpay's room is next with her joining bathroom, and then you turn left. Ryan's room is the first door when you turn with his joining bathroom. Another guest room is after him. Then the hang out room.

Out back, they had a trampoline, a bunch of grass, a pond, an over look of the ocean, and a pool & hot tub. The pool was under ground as well as the hot tub, which was connected to the pool. The shape was an oval but it went wide, then narrowed on one side, and then widened again. The pool went from 4 feet to 14 feet. On the far left of the pool, was a bar to make drinks with stools that were under the water. There was a top over the bar so it was shaded.

Around the pool was tiled and there were lounge chairs and little tables with tops on them so they were also shaded.

"Hey guys."Gabriella said.

"Hey." Everyone except Troy said.

"Okay. You can set your stuff up in the slumber party room. I've got a sleeping bag for me, Taylor, Zeke, Chad, Kelsi, Jessica, Ryan, Jason, and one for you and Gabi. Sound good?" Sharpay asked.

"Yeah, that's fine." Everyone agreed.

" I figured you and Troy would end up sharing anyways so I didn't bother to get 2 out." Sharpay said to Gabi knowing she was right.

"And you figured right." Troy said wrapping his arms around Gabi's waist. "Because I can't fall asleep unless you're next to me." Gabi blushed.

"Oh my god, would you guys get together already?" Chad yelled. Troy & Gabi blushed.

"We are only friend." They said together.

"Yeah, yeah, sure." Chad said.

"Come on, let's go swimming." Sharpay said.



They all got changed.

Troy had on checkered black, dark gray, light gray and white swimming trunks.(picture in profile)

Gabriella had on an original bathing suit(meaning there is only one that is made) which was gray with the words "Rock n' Roll' in a lighter gray color. (picture in profile)

Sharpay was wearing a white and pink striped bathing suit that was strapless. (picture in profile)

Zeke was wearing white swimming trunks that had gray plaid patterns. (picture in profile)

Chad had on white trunks with navy blue floral print. (picture in profile)

Taylor was wearing a white bikini that had tan along the top of the bottoms and side of the top. (picture in profile)

Kelsi had on a white bathing suit that had light blue circles on it. (picture in profile)

Jessica was wearing a white bathing suit that had Victoria's Secret written all over it in big blue letters. (picture in profile)

Jason had on white swimming trunks with geometric pattern. (picture in profile)

Ryan was wearing white swimming trunks with navy blue floral pattern.(picture in profile)

Troy was once again stunned by Gabriella. She looked utterly amazing. 'Oh God, I can't be falling for my best friends. This is not good.' He thought

'It's against the rules to fall for your best friend. It's not okay. I can't fall for him!' Gabriella though when she saw Troy.

"Hello? Lovebirds, you with us?" Taylors voice broke them from their thoughts.

They hadn't noticed they had been staring at each other and blushed.

"Um… let's go in the pool now." Troy said trying to get his blush to go down.

They all agreed.

The guys all shared a look.

"One… two… three!" Troy mouthed and they all ran towards their girl. Troy to Gabi, Zeke to Shar, Chad to Tay, Jason to Kelsi, and Ryan to Jessica.

"Zeke, No!" Shar screamed. Splash!

"Please, don't!" Tay yelled. Splash!

"Jason, Please no!" Kelsi exclaimed. Splash!



"Ahh! Ryan!" Jess screamed. Splash.

"No! Please Troy. Don't!" Gabriella screamed. No splash!

"Okay, I won't throw you in. Don't worry." Troy kissed her forehead.

"Thank you!" Gabriella said and hugged him.

"Troy!" Chad, Zeke, Jason, and Ryan yelled.

"What? I'm sorry. I just… couldn't throw her in." Troy said shrugging.

"You are so whipped!" The guys yelled again.

"What is so bad about being whipped by the girl I l-" He stopped before he finished and blushed.

"I KNEW IT!" Sharpay yelled.

"Knew what?" Gabriella asked confused. After Troy had set her down, she went inside to the bathroom.

"I knew that Troy-" She was cut off by Troy jumping in and putting a hand over her mouth.

"Troy what?" Gabriella asked again.

"That I… um… have a surprise for you. But now I guess I won't give it to you cause you know." Troy said covering up.

"No, come on Troy. It's not like I know what the surprise is. Please!" Gabriella begged.

"Alright. I will let you know when it's ready." Troy told her. "Once I figure out what to do for it." He added under his breath and glared at Sharpay. Thankfully Gabriella didn't hear the last part.

They played in the water for about a half an hour before the girls got out to tan. Troy got out as well and dried off. The laid down on Gabriella's lounge chair like he did at the beach.

Gabi moved her head to his chest without opening her eyes while Troy put his arms around her middle.

"Hi Troy." She said softly.

"Hey beautiful." He said in the same tone.

She nuzzled her face into his chest trying to snuggle closer to him as he snuggled his face into her hair.

"Troy, I'm not beautiful." She argued.

"Gabriella! Don't ever let those words come out of your mouth again. You are the most beautiful think my eyes have ever laid eyes on. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Okay?" He exclaimed softly.

"I'm not a thing. I'm a person." She told him.



"I know that, but you are more beautiful than anyone or anything I have ever seen. No one can beat your beauty. Inside or out." He said.

She looked up with tears in her eyes and saw nothing by truth, sincerity, and… love?

'I must be mistaken. He doesn't love me'

I leaned up and kissed him softly on the lips, fireworks and sparks shooting like every time they connect their lips.

She pulled away and whispered, "Okay" and put her head back on his chest.

'I have to tell her. This is the perfect time. Come on, just say it. I can't ruin our friendship though. Ugh, whatever. I am telling her.' He argued with himself.

"Hey Brie?" He asked softly.

"Yes?" She looked up into his eyes. To their other friends, family, or to any other person, they were just crystal blue right now, but to her, they read fear, nervousness, determination, and hope.

He took a deep breath.

"I love you."

She gasped. He loved her? No, he couldn't love her. She was just Gabriella Montez. He could have anyone he wanted. Why would he love her?

But as she looked deeply into his eyes, she saw no signs of lying or regret.

"I love you too." She said softly. She leaned up and kissed him deeply, trying to poor all of her emotions into it, as he was trying to do the same thing.

I think this is my longest chapter ever! 1,825 words!

I know, I didn't keep the pretending thing going on for a long time, but I just couldn't keep them apart, and this moment they had just seemed like the perfect time. But I will keep this story going for a while hopefully. I have to think of some more ideas for it. Review please!