"Good morning Gabi!" Troy whispered. Gabriella's eyes adjusted to the morning sun coming in through her window.

"Troy?" Gabriella said groggy turning towards Troy. At that moment everything rushed back to her. Troy's parents had some friends over for dinner and were sitting in the living room. So Troy and Gabi went to her room to watch a movie and apparently fell asleep together.

"Hey," Troy said pushing her perfectly curly brown hair behind her ear. Gabriella looked around her room, and then at Troy. He was still in his clothes from yesterday. She sighed silently, glad that nothing happened between her and Troy last night.

"So, do you still want to go to Sharpay and Ryan's party tonight?" Gabriella asked as she looked into Troy's perfect eyes.

"Yeah, I would love too. It will be fun. Do you still want to go?" Troy asked with a little worry evident in his voice.

"Yeah I'm really excited. I haven't really done anything for Christmas in a long time." Gabriella said looking away from Troy's eyes and down at the bottom of the bed.

"Well, I hope that this year will be a Christmas you will remember forever Gabi." Troy said putting his hand under Gabriella's chin and turning her face to his.

"Troy!!!" Mr. Bolton called from the bottom of the stairs. Troy looked down and removed his hand from Gabriella's porcelain face.

"Yeah Dad?!" Troy called back.

"Chad is on the phone!" Mr. Bolton called as Troy picked up the phone from the night stand. Gabriella got up under the warm covers and into the bathroom to brush her hair and her teeth.

"Hey Chad" Troy said to the other end.

"I can't I'm going to a party"

"I don't know Gabriella has all the details"

"Yeah are you going?"

"Okay well bring Taylor or something so we can chill and Gabi and Taylor." Gabriella was listening form the doorway of the bathroom. She was so happy that Troy was thinking of her and making sure she didn't feel left out, but at the same time disappointed because she thought if Chad was there, she and Troy wouldn't spend any time together.

"Okay well see ya later man!" Troy said as he hung up the phone. "So I guess, Chad is going to Sharpay's party too. He is going to bring Taylor too"

"Okay yey. I'm really excited for tonight!" Gabriella said putting down her brush and turning to Troy.

"Yeah, I am too, I think it will be really fun!" Troy said placing his hands where they belonged, right around Gabriella's waist. Gabriella stepped a closer to Troy and looked up. Her hands perfectly draped over his broad shoulders. It was a moment from a fairytail.

BUZZ BUZZ

Gabriella looked down and pulled out her phone from her pocket. She looked at the screen, her moms face was smiling back at her.

"Hey mom." Gabriella said a little annoyed, that was the second time that had happened to her hand Troy.

"Is this a bad time Gabi?" Mrs. Montez said in to the phone with the worry in her voice.

"No, it's fine. what are you doing?" Gabriella said as Troy sat down at the end of the bed and pulled Gabriella onto his lap.

"Nothing really just wanted to check in with you, make sure you are okay." Mrs. Montez said realizing it was a bad time and ending the conversation, even though she missed Gabriella.

"yeah I'm just about to eat breakfast." Gabriella said, trying to hid the fact Troy was trying to have a silent -gesture only conversation with Gabriella as well.

"Okay well it looks like I will be about a week and a half, so I will talk to you then. I love you!" Mrs Montez said caring.

"love you too bye mom!" Gabriella said quickly hanging up the phone.

"TROY! STOP! NOW!" Gabriella squeeled. Troy had began to tickle her never releasing his grip.

"Not until you appologize for talking on the phone!" Troy teased. Giving her the only reason he could think of to hold on to her.

"NO! TROOY STOPPP!" Gabriella screamed trying to realseas from his grip.

"What was that Ms. Montez?!?!" Troy said, gipping her even harder.

"OKAY! TROY IM SORRY! I SORRY!" Gabriella managed to say between gasps of breaths and laughter.

"See that wasn't too hard,"Troy teased hopping up from the bed. "Wanna go get some breakfast."

"Sure, where though?" Gabriella asked, holding Troys hand in hers.

"Ummm.... there is like and einstein's bagels that just opened like a half a mile away." Troy suggested.

"Okay sounds good to me" Gabriella said following Troy down the stiars.

"MOM, Gabriella and I are going to grab some breakfast we will be back in like an hour and a half!" Troy yelled already half way out the door.

The cold winter air sent chills down Gabriella's back. She had left in her coat upstiars. As soon as the doors were open Gabriella cranked on the heat in Troys old truck.

"So are you excited for the party tonight?" Troy asked Gabriella filling the silence of the car.

"Yeah, I am. I'm really glad that your coming. I think its going to be really fun." Gabriella said.

"Yeah, it sounds really weird but uh..." Troy mumbled.

"What Troy?" Gabriella said butterflies in her stomach. What is he going to say, to be his girlfriend what could it be?!?!?! Gabriella screamed in her head.

"Well, its like a Christmas party and its hosted by Sharpay and Ryan, so you know its going to be over the top..." Troy said, thinking about how to say his question.

"Yeah and?..." Gabriella said edging Troy on. Oh please ask me out Please let me be your girlfriend!!!! Gabriella tried to contain her excitment to only herself.

"Well, like what should I wear, cause I am completely clueless!" Troy said, coming clean about his worry.

What???? Gabriella's heart burst into a thousand peices. But it wasn't the time or place for her tears. So instead she heald her dissapointment in for another time and replied, "Well she said it was semi formal, but casual. So for normal people that don't speak fashion, it means like a nice shirt and pants, maybe a tie to mix things up."

"Okay, when we get home will you help me pick something out?" Troy said pulling into the small parking lot of the Einstein's.

"It would be my honor!" Gabriella replied teasingly.

"Its a date then!" Troy said hoping out of the car and running towards Gabriella's side to open her door.

A date, man I wish he knew how much I wanted a date with him! How can't he see it? I love him with all my heart!!!!! Gabriella said to herself as Troy opened her door. "Thank you sir!" Gabriella said taking his arm and putting on a smile, hiding her longing broken heart.

For the next hour and a half Troy and Gabriella sat in the small coffee and pastery smelling bagle shop. they talked about life, friends, family, and of course the curious future that laied ahead of them both.

Ring Ring

Troy looked down at his phone. "Gabi, I'm sorry hold on, its my mom." Troy said appologetically. "Hey mom!" troy said upbeat. "Okay sure thing........Well Gabi and I have the Evans party tonight remember?.........Okay thanks mom I don't know when it ends but we will be okay I'll call you with the details later......love you to bye!" Troy said hanging up the phone. "I'm sorry Gabi, my mom just wanted me to pick up some things for her at the store, and stuff about the party."

"Thats okay, Do you want to get the stuff for her now?" Gabriella said cleaning up the table.

"Okay yeah sure!" Troy said picking up all the trash and throwing it away.

"Hey Gabi!" Troy called from down the hall.

"Yeah Troy?" Gabriella called back walking to the hallway.

"Will you help me with what to wear?" Troy said poking his head out of the doorway.

"hahaha Sure thing Troy hold on" Gabriella laughed. She walked back into the bathroom and pulled back her front of her har and pinned it in the back. Her brown curly hair fell gently around her shoulders. She walked into Troy's room, the walls covered in Basketball posters, and trophys.

"Hey" Gabriella chirped when she walked into Troys room.

"Hey, I don't know what shirt to wear" Troy said confused holding up three shirts. One was a black button down collered shirt, the others were aobut the same style, but red and white.

" Hmm....Well i wouldn't wear the white, cause its not to festive. So either the black or red." Gabriella said sitting down on his bed. Troy put both of the shirts up to him.

"You choose what do you like the best?" Troy asked facing Gabriella.

"ummm... I would go with the Red." I don't know more holiday-esk" Gabriella laughed.

"Well Red it is" Troy said as he hug up the other two shirs, and hanging the red one on his door frame. "What are you going to wear?" Troy asked interested.

"I'm not quite sure yet, but i think just my red dress from junior year. Remember from after the Championships and the Scholastic Decatholon oh and you can't forget the Call Backs." Gabriella laughed thinking back to that crazy day at East High.

"Yeah how could I ever forget that day!" Troy said. "We hotwired the gym, made everyone evacuate the building, and we had the best time singing together, just like kindergarten" Troy sat down next to Gabriella on the bed pulling her under his arm. Her head reasing perfectly onto his chest.

"Just like kindergarten" Gabriella repeated, letting the magic of those simple three words soak in. She looked up at Troy and looked into the icy bule, caring loving eyes. Gabriellas stomach was full of butterflys, like it always was when she was around him. Troy began to lean down. Just like a fairytale kiss.

"Do you know what time it is!" Gabriella asked quickly. Making Troy pull back from the kiss. Gabriella's nerves got the best of her, she freaked out and pulled away.

"Um, its 6:30" Troy said, still taken back on the sudden break from Gabriella.

"Oh well I think Sharpay said the party satred at 7 and i still need to get ready!" Gabriella said getting up from the bed.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Troy asked politly

"Uhhh Sure if you want to, I'm just going to be in the bathroom." Gabriella said still nervous and full of butterflys.

"Okay I will be in there soon, i am going to tell my mom we are going to leave soon." Troy said

"stupid stupid stupid!!!!" Gabriella screamed at herself as she rushed into her bathroom. "he was about to kiss you! How could you have chickened out, its what you have been dreaming about!!" she scolded as she looked at herself in the mirror. Gabriella quickly composed herself and washed her face. She quickly pulled half of her hair up letting the bottom half fall to her shoulders.

"Hey Gabs are you okay?" Troy said poking his head into the bathroom.

"Yeah! Im fine," Gabriella lied starting to apply her eye liner. "Im just really excited for the party!"

"Yeah, same here! Im really glad that we could go together!" Troy said looking down at his thumbs.

"Yeah me too Troy!" Gabriella said turning towards Troy looking at herself once more before they headed off to an unforgettable Christmas party.