Troy and Gabriella turned to each other, feeling a bit uncomfortable. Troy did want kiss Gabriella, but not like this. It felt too random. But unfortunately it was his dare so he had to do it. He slowly pulled her close to him.

"Ryan, get out your camcorder." Sharpay whispered to her brother, who was too busy laughing into a pillow. So she had to slap him hard on the back of his head to get his attention.

"OW!!" He whispered, but took out his camcorder, hoping that Troy or Gabriella wouldn't notice it.

Luckily they didn't since they were too busy worrying about the kiss.

Sharpay knew it was wrong, but she knew that her cousin and best friend have feelings for each other. And she wanted to capture their kissing moment on tape.

Gabriella took a deep breath and wrapped her arms around Troy's neck. They both looked into each other's eyes, and saw in them nervousness, but a bit of joy.

"You ready?" Troy mouthed to her.

Gabriella nodded and closed her eyes. Troy took a deep breath, slowly wrapped his arms around her waist, and leaned to her. He paused for a moment, closing his eyes, but stared to lean in more toward her. Until he finally reached her lips, and kissed them, ever so gently.

Sharpay fanned herself, feeling like she was about to cry of joy. Ryan shook his head, smiling, and shot his fist in the air in triumph.

At first for a few seconds, the kiss felt weird and awkward for Troy and Gabriella, until they suddenly felt something, something that neither of them could describe, but it felt…enjoyable. Troy pulled Gabriella closer to him, and laid her on the couch, with him on top of her, as he continued to kiss her.

Ryan and Sharpay silently applaud, feeling like they were watching the end of a romance movie, when the two lovers finally kiss.

Sharpay checked the time and said to them "Alright guys, time's up."

Slowly, they pulled away from the kiss, with their faces flush. Slowly, they smiled a small smile at each other.

Ryan quickly shut off and hid his camcorder. He checked the time and yawned. "Alright guys, this was fun, but its 2:30 in the morning, and I need my sleep. Night." He said, getting up and going to his room.

"He's right. Night guys." Sharpay said, going to her room.

Troy and Gabriella smiled at each other for a long moment. Gabriella got up from the couch, grabbed a cupcake and her soda, and pecked Troy on the nose. "Night Troy." She whispered, and then headed to the guestroom.

"Hey Gabriella." Troy called to her.

"Yes." She said, turning to him.

Troy walked up to her and hugged her. "Thanks for being a good friend." He whispered in her ear.

Gabriella smiled at him, and pecked his cheek. "Night Troy." She whispered, and then went into the guest bedroom.

"Night Gabriella." He murmured. He stood there, looking at the door, as did she, inside the room.

They both leaned against the door, touching their lips, and smiling while blushing, thinking about what just happened. They turned back to the door, touched it for a moment, and slowly walked away from it, still smiling.

Gabriella went to bed, and Troy went to his room. He was on his bed, but wasn't exactly sleeping.

He was staring up at the ceiling, thinking about what just happened. He touched his lips and still couldn't believe it, that he just actually kissed her. He just couldn't describe how it felt finally kissing her, but it felt pretty…unbelievably…good.

Troy slowly drifted off to sleep. As he was half-sleeping, he heard someone quietly walking up to him. The person planted a kiss on his forehead, and crawled into the bed with him. The person wrapped their arms around his waist and snuggled into his chest. Troy could tell by the softness and longest of their hair, that the person was a girl. He also knew it definitely wasn't Sharpay.

"Goodnight Gabriella." He whispered, pulling her closer to him, smiling.

Goodnight Troy." She whispered, smiling, too, falling asleep…

Sunshine gleamed through the window and hit Troy's eyes. He squirmed around a bit, shielding his eyes from the sun, trying to fall back asleep. But finally he gave up and slowly opened his eyes. He glanced at the clock and saw it was 5:00 am.

He groaned, but felt something soft and warm wrapped around his waist. He looked down and smiled, seeing Gabriella, still sleeping with a smile on her face, with her arms around him and snuggled into his chest.

Troy brushed his finger, gently, on Gabriella's arm. Her skin felt so warm and soft like a newborn's, and smelt so sweet. He slowly pulled her closer to him and stroked her nearly black darkened hair. Gabriella let out a yawn, and slowly fluttered her open.

She looked at Troy and smiled warmly. "Good morning." She murmured.

"Morning." He said back.

Gabriella slowly got off the bed and stretched. She curved back, lifted her feet up, and stood on her hands.

"Whoa." Troy said, watching her.

"Yeah, I've been doing this since I was eight. I do it every morning for about 5 minutes or so. Its really good exercise for the upper body strength. Check this out…" She said, doing a push up in her hands, slowly pulled her left hand away, and balanced on her right hand.

"Show off." He said, teasingly.

She stuck her tongue out at him. She then spotted Troy's guitar, leaning against a bookshelf. "You play?' She asked.

Troy shrugged his shoulders, blushing a little bit.

She got back on her feet, grabbed his guitar, and handed it to him. "Will you play for me?" She asked.

Troy blush a deeper red. He never played his guitar in front of people. He'd mostly play it in his room. But he would play anytime for Gabriella. "Okay, but…only if you sing a duet with me." He said.

She smiled and nodded.

"Okay pick a song. I play mostly all." He said.

Gabriella thought for a moment and answered "Dreaming wide awake."

Troy nodded, grabbed his guitar and her hand, and led Gabriella outside to the rooftop. (A/N: The same one from the American mall) It had an amazing view of the city and the beautiful sunshine.

"Whoa." Gabriella said, looking around the place.

"Yeah it's pretty cool." Troy said, sitting down on the ground and tuning up his guitar.

Gabriella sat next to him. Troy smiled at her and Gabriella smiled back. He took a deep breath, and began to play the song on his guitar.

When gray meets light
It creates new colors
That stay lost inside
Till they find each other

He sang in an amazing voice.

Then the world that you've never seen before
Starts moving in slow motion

She sang in a beautifully amazing voice that sounded like an angel.

Am I living now out loud
'Cause I can't hide me from you
And I'm not afraid somehow
To let you see right through me
Wait, I must be dreaming wide awake

They both sang, smiling.

Troy got into the song and began rocking out on his guitar.

This world's so real
Like a kaleidoscope made clear
To touch, to feel
What if we made it disappear

With just a tangle, you might change
I'd rather breathe this moment

Am I living now out loud
'Cause I can't hide me from you
And I'm not afraid somehow
To let you see right through me
Wait, I must be dreaming wide awake

They sang.

Troy suddenly stopped playing his guitar, but continued to sing as he pulled Gabriella up, and began to dance with her around the rooftop. They sang with such power as they dance. As they were singing the last verse, Troy spun Gabriella around and lifted her up to the sky.

As he gently laid her on her feet, they looked into each other's eyes, feeling something different as beautiful ocean blue eyes mixed with rich chocolate brown. Neither of them knew what the feeling was, but liked it a lot.

"Troy…"Gabriella murmured.

"Yeah?' He asked.

"This feels nice." She smiled.

Troy smiled back at her and mumbled "Yeah it does. It really does."

They both looked into each other's eyes and lean in closer, closing their eyes, not expecting what would happen next.

"Morning." said a voice.

They both turned around to see, Doris, one of the German maids, standing at the door to the rooftop.

"Hello and good morning Doris." Gabriella said, pulling away from Troy's grip on her, turning to the maid.

"Oh please forgive me, I hope I wasn't interrupting something," She said.

Just interrupting me from kissing Gabriella, Troy thought, bitterly that she couldn't wait a few minutes to look for them.

"But," The maid went on "It just that when I saw you weren't in your rooms, I got worry. Besides you two shouldn't be up here at this hour."

"Don't worry, Doris. Troy was just playing his guitar for me. I was actually about to go on a jog," Gabriella said. She turned to Troy. "You want to with me?"

He smiled, nodding his head.

Gabriella smiled back at him and turned back to Doris. "Can you tell Sharpay that we went for a run and won't be back for 2 ½ hours." She asked sweetly.

"Of course, Miss Gabriella." She said, opening the door for them.

"Thank you, Doris." Gabriella said, walking into the door.

Troy grabbed his guitar and walked behind her, nodding thanks to Doris. She nodded back and followed them, shutting the door behind her.

Troy and Gabriella took showers, brushed their teeth, and changed into gym clothes.

Troy was waiting for Gabriella in the kitchen, wearing a big white t-shirt, baggy red shorts, and white sneakers with white ankle socks under them. He grabbed two pink-frosted chocolate cupcakes that were the many leftovers from the sleepover feast, and a can of ginger ale, and eat and drink, still waiting for her.

"Hey I hope that you saved some for me." Gabriella said, behind him, wearing her white tank top, pale yellow cut-off shorts, and white sneakers with tube socks that matched her shorts and were pulled up.

It hurt Troy's eyes, trying to look away from her, but he couldn't. She looked too hot.

"Don't worry, Montez, there are a lot of leftovers." Troy said, giving her a cupcake with a ginger-ale.

Gabriella thanked him and ate her snack.

When they finished, they headed out and decided to jog to Central Park. As they were walking, they talked about random things. When they finally reached the park, they began to jog for a little while, still talking until they decided to race to the fountain. Gabriella won.

"I won, I won." Gabriella gloated.

"Stop it or I'll make you stop." Troy said.

"Try me, Bolton." Gabriella said, running away from him, giggling.

"You're asking for it, Montez." He said, running after her. He had to chase after her five times around the entire park.

Until he finally grabbed her by the arm. "Gotcha." He said, getting a good grip on her arm. He pounced on her and tackled her on the grass.

"Stop!" Gabriella said, giggling and trying to fight him off.

"Not going to happen. You're going to pay, Montez." Troy said, grinning, pinning her on the ground, and began to tickle her.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Gabriella exclaimed, laughing.

"No way," He exclaimed, smirking, tickling her more. "Unless you say that I'm the cutest guy you've ever known."

Gabriella wasn't about to give up without a fight. So she grabbed his left hand and tickled him on the side.

"Stop! Stop!" He said, laughing.

Just when he let his guard down, Gabriella took off, running, laughing all the way. "You're dead, Montez!" He exclaimed, chasing after her.

"Here's a tip, Bolton, don't let your guard down." She said, running faster while still giggling.

Troy smirked, running at full speed after Gabriella, determined to catch her. They ran around the entire Central Park over ten times.

"Gotcha!" He said, finally getting her by the waist. He lifted her up and spun her around. He tackled her to the ground, and tickled her like crazy.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Gabriella said, laughing like crazy.

"You know what you have to do. Say it or I'll just keep doing this." Troy said, tickling her harder.

Gabriella was laughing so hard that tears were pouring down her cheeks and she could hardly breathe. "Fine you win this round, Bolton. Troy Bolton, you are the cutest guy I've ever known." Gabriella managed to say through her laughter.

Troy finally stopped tickling her. He smirked even more and said to her "Now was that so hard?"

Gabriella rolled her eyes, but giggled a bit. Troy lay beside her on the grass and looked up at the sky. They both were sweating and out of breathe, but felt great from the exercise.

"You're coming with us to the party tonight, right?" Gabriella said, turning her head to him.

Troy shrugged. "I… don't really know. I mean, I'm not a big partier." He said, turning to Gabriella.

"But lots of people are going to be here. And lots of those people go to St. Peters. What better way than getting to know to your classmate is by partying? Please Troy?' Gabriella asked.

Troy sighed, but nodded. Who knows? Maybe I'll actually have fun and get to dance with Gabriella, he thought.

Gabriella wrapped her arms around him and snuggled into his chest. "You don't mind, do you?' She asked, smiling.

"No, not at all." He said, smiling, wrapping his arms around her waist and gently stroke her long, soft hair. Troy just felt too comfortable with Gabriella. He just felt too calm around her. He loved the feeling he had when he's hanging out with her, and never wants that feeling to go away.