He slowly closed his sketchbook, grabbed a mini-bag of pretzels and a coke from the kitchen, and sat on the couch in the living room and ate his snack as he watched T.V. He was starting to get bored while watching a Friends rerun; and his eyes were starting to feel tired. Slowly he closed his eyes and drifted off…
Troy didn't know how long he was asleep, but was woken up by a slam from the door. "What the fuck?!!!" He yelled, waking up and turning to the door, to see his cousins and Gabriella with a few shopping bags, entering into the penthouse. "I though you guys were just going out, not shopping!" Troy said.
Ryan shrugged. "I just thought I could use some new things for the party and for school since it's almost the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. And besides, unlike my sister, I didn't waste $900.00 on sunglasses when it's not even summer yet." He said, taking his bags to his room.
"For your information Ryan, they're Gucci sunglasses and baby pink. And can wear them anytime!" She snapped.
Gabriella put her hand on Sharpay's shoulder and said "Forget him, Shar. You look fabulous in your new sunglasses."
Sharpay shot a grateful look at her best friend. She reached into her Gucci shopping bag and put on her new baby pink over-size sunglasses. "I do, don't I?" She said, grinning.
Oh brother, Troy thought, rolling his eyes. He looked at Gabriella and blushed, remembering the recent 'sexy' dream he had about Gabriella from his afternoon nap.
Gabriella giggled, picking up her shopping bags and said "Come on, Shar. The party's in an hour and we need to get ready."
"Okay, I'll meet you in my room." Sharpay said to her.
She nodded, waved to Troy, and went to Sharpay's room. Troy's blush got redder as he watched her go.
Sharpay walked in front of him, crossed her arms, and demanded "Why are you blushing?!"
"None of your business, Sharpay!" He said.
"It's because of Gabriella, isn't it?" She said, with a smirk.
"Shut it, Sharpay!" He snapped.
"No! If you don't tell then I'll simply tell Gabriella that you have a massive crush on her." She said.
"You wouldn't dare!" He growled, but knowing very much she would.
Sharpay leaned toward him and said with a huge evil smirk "Try me."
Troy put his hands on his head and banged it against the couch while mumbling angrily to himself. "I had a sex dream about her, okay?!" He confessed, looking up at Sharpay. He saw her looking shocked with wide eyes and her mouth wide open, frozen like a statue. Troy waved his hand in front of her, but she still remained still. "Shar? Sharpay, snap out of it!" He said, snapping his fingers in front of her.
Sharpay finally blinked her eyes, and then said, nearly screaming "You had a what-what-about-who!!!!!!!!!!"
"Shh!" He said, put his hand over her mouth.
She slapped his hand away and said "I can't believe that you, you pervert!"
Troy scowled at her and punched her arm. Sharpay gasped, ignoring the pain in her arm, and slapped him hard in the face. Troy sucked in his breath as he held his swollen cheek. He looked up at his cousin and said, fighting every urge to punch her again "I'm not a pervert, okay! I just dreamt that we were in the elevator, and then it broke down, and-"
"Whoa there, cowboy! I'm going to stop you right there! Before when I said give me details, I didn't mean those kinds of details." She said, gathering her bags.
"Shar, just swear to me that you won't tell anyone about what I just said." Troy said.
"Alright," She said, and then her lips curved up into a smirk "But only on one condition."
Troy groaned as he slapped his forehead. He was praying to God that she wouldn't say that. "Alright, what is it?" He mumbled.
"I swear I won't tell Gabriella about your massive crush on her and anyone about you-know-what, if you swear that before Christmas break, you'll finally tell Gabriella about your enormous crush on her." She said, her smirk growing more.
"WHAT!?" He exclaimed.
Sharpay leaned against the wall, crossed her arms, and said "You heard me."
Troy groaned again, seeing he had no other choice. "Fine." He mumbled.
Sharpay grinned as she clapped her hands, delighted. Troy gave her the death glare, but she ignored it. Sharpay knew (again) it was wrong, but she knew it was the only ways for Troy to finally spill the beans about his crush on Gabriella to her. And when he does, she knows he'll thank her for it. "Well this is going to be fabulous! The party is in an hour, you better get ready." She said, and then carried her bags to her room.
Troy groaned as he got off the couch and went to his room to get ready. He left his hair casual, and dressed in black casual, yet a little dressy for clubbing clothes. He and Ryan, who was dressed a bit dressier than him, waited in the living room for the girls.
"How do we look?" Sharpay said, as she and Gabriella strut into the living room, looking amazingly stunning.
The boys titled their heads. The girls really did look amazing. Sharpay looked hot, wearing the black lace dress and platform sandals, and her long blonde hair curly. Gabriella looked also irresistibly hot, wearing the hot lavender over-size tank top, black leather leggings, and loose leather matching vest that she bedazzled, with her nearly-black darkened wavy locks styled in a casual pull-back hairstyle, making her look extra hot.
"Whoa, you guys look amazing!" Ryan said to them.
Troy was speechless, looking at Gabriella.
The girls grinned at them as they walked over to the mirror and did their hair and make-up. Sharpay added a pair of oversize sliver hoop earrings, a diamond tennis bracelet, and packed her contents into her black patent clutch bag. Gabriella kept her accessories more simple with a pair of gold chunky heart-shape hoop earrings and packed her things into the big pockets inside her vest.
She puckered her lips and coated them with a deep red shade colored lip-gloss. She turned to Sharpay, Ryan, and Troy and said "You guys ready to hit the club?"
"Totally." Sharpay said, fluffing her hair and making a kissy face at her reflection.
They rolled their eyes. Typically.
"You know it!" Ryan said, putting on his new fedora hat.
They all grabbed their jackets and took a cab downtown Manhattan to the club. When they arrived, they saw the place was packed. The music was loud and jamming, there was a huge bar and dance floor, that was crowded with dancers, and a refreshment table. They hanged their jackets in the coat room and hit the dance floor, dancing along to Just Dance by Lady GaGa.
After dancing for over half-an-hour, they settled at a table and ordered some drinks.
"Uh-oh, look who coming our way." Gabriella said, pointing to her right direction.
"Oh-no." Sharpay and Ryan said, scowling, seeing who was coming.
Troy turned to their direction to see an aftershave looking good-looking guy who also looked like a totally asshole, coming their table.
Gabriella leaned over to Troy and whispered in his ear "That's Chuck Bass (A/N Yes the same Pervert Bass from Gossip Girl) coming our way. He is the biggest asshole in our school, and also the horinest and slimmest guy you'll ever meet."
Chuck came to their table, completely ignoring the guys, but looking at the girls like they were prizes in a disgusting pervert way. "Why hello there ladies. May I buy you two each a drink?" He said, leaning over and rubbing his hands on Sharpay's and Gabriella's hands all the way up to their elbows.
Gabriella snatched her hand away from his while Sharpay slapped his other one away. Troy already hated Chuck, especially by the way he was looking at Gabriella and Sharpay in a devilish pervert way.
"No thanks, Chuck, we already ordered our own." Sharpay said.
"Well how about I order you more or you two dance with me?" He suggested.
"How about no to both? But here's a suggestion for you, Chuck, why don't you go find some other girls to harass?" Gabriella said.
"A big high-five on that one!" Sharpay said to Gabriella, giving her a high-five.
"Fine I'll go-for now. But I know you two want me." Chuck said, winking devilish at them.
"As if!?" The girls said, giving him the looks that say so.
Chuck winked at them one more time and walked away.
"I don't like him!" Troy announced, when Chuck was finally gone and their drinks came.
"No one does," Sharpay said, while drinking her 6th drink of beer "That guy is a total asshole! The things Chuck Bass only loves is money, boozes, himself, having sex, and womanizing." She put down her glass and moved on to her 7th cup of beer.
Gabriella pulled her hand away from the beer and said "Shar, you had 6 already. That's enough."
Sharpay sighed, and said "You're right, Gabi. Besides I'm getting tired of beer. I'm going to head to the bar."
"Just don't drink too much!" Gabriela cried after Sharpay, who ran toward the bar.
Ryan went off to the dance floor to dance with a girl he was eyeing all night. Troy and Gabriella were left alone at the table, smiling at each other.
"So do you want any more beer?" Troy asked Gabriella, pushing the tray of beer toward her.
Gabriella shook her head and said "Nah, besides 3 is my limit for beer. But you can have the rest."
Troy shrugged and took 4 more hits of beer. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one, and lit it and stuck it in his mouth. He noticed Gabriella's smile getting smaller and a wrinkle on her nose. "You don't like smoking, do you?" He asked her, taking a hint.
Gabriella shook her head and moved to the edge of the table. Troy frowned at his cigarette. He wanted to get close to Gabriella, not push her away with his smoking. He excused himself for a second to throw away the cigarette away, and returned to the table to see Gabriella taking a sip of the champagne she ordered.
"Hey." She said with a smile "Do you want some champagne?"
Troy smiled at her as he took a gulp of it.
The DJ switched the song to David Archuleta Crush, and couples went to the dance floor and slow-danced.
Troy cleared his throat, walked over to Gabriella, and offered his hand. "Would you like to dance?" He asked her, a bit nervous.
"I would love to." She said, taking his hand. Troy grinned at her and led her to the dance floor.
Gabriella slowly wrapped her arms around Troy's neck as he wrapped his arms around her wrist. They danced along to the song, smiling and looking into each other's eyes, feeling butterflies in their stomachs and sparks flying like fireworks on the 4th of July. The sparks continued to fire away as they slow-danced to Taylor Swift Love Story. Gabriella even sang along to the song, with Troy grinning at her, loving her voice. They still danced together when the DJ raised the tempo of the song to Lady GaGa Pokerface, Rihanna Don't stop the music, And Ne-Yo Miss Independent. After dancing for over an hour, they retreated back to their table.
"Hey Troy, do you see Sharpay anywhere?" Gabriella asked him, looking around the club and not seeing her friend.
Troy looked around the club, and couldn't see Sharpay anywhere either. "No, maybe Ryan has seen her?" Troy suggested, taking her hand and going over to Ryan, who was at a corner, making out with the same girl he was eyeing and dancing with earlier.
When they approached them and Troy tapped him on the shoulder, Ryan pulled away from the girl and turned to them, blushing along with the girl. "Hey guys, this is Kelsi," Ryan said, pointing to the girl.
"Hi." Kelsi said, waving to them while still blushing. Gabriella waved to her as Troy nodded toward her.
"Listen Ry, have you seen Sharpay?" Troy asked him.
Ryan looked confused. "Isn't she with you?" He asked. They shook their heads. "Well I last saw her drinking some martinis at the bar. Come on, let's go." He said, taking Kelsi's hand, and leading them over to the bar.
Once Gabriella had given the bartender Sharpay's description and ordered a coke, he thought for a minute and gave Gabriella her order, and finally remembered seeing Sharpay. "Yeah, she was here and man did love her liquor. When I couldn't give her anymore because of the club's limit, which is 10, she got upset. Luckily for her, some guy bought her more. Some guy named Chuck Bass." He said.
Troy noticed panic in Gabriella's, Ryan's, and even Kelsi's eyes, and didn't like their looks. "Guys, let's not panic." He said to them.
Gabriella turned to him and said "Troy, you don't understand. Sharpay is around here somewhere, completely drunk. With Chuck Bass. Do you remember how I said earlier that Chuck is a slimy, horny asshole?"
Troy nodded, definitely not liking where this is going.
"Do you know what slimy, horny assholes do to drunken girls?" She asked.
The answer hit Troy, and his eyes grew wide, already picturing it. "Oh shit!" He mumbled.
"Exactly," Ryan said "So we have to find her. Okay let's search around the entire club and meet back at the table in 10."
They agreed and went off in different directions to look for Sharpay. But unfortunately were unsuccessful.
"Dammit!" Troy said when they regrouped. "We looked everywhere. Where the hell can she be?"
"The roof! That's the only place we haven't checked yet." Gabriella said.
They thought for a moment and agreed. They took the staircase that led to the rooftop.
"Guys look!" Gabriella said, pointing up ay the top of the 6th flight of stairs. They looked up and saw empty bottles of liquor.
"Awe man, then we must be getting close. Come on." Troy said, taking charge and running up another flight of stairs.
Along the way as they were running up the stairs, they began hearing moaning. And that definitely didn't sound good.
Finally they reached the top, and Troy kicked-open the door.
"Oh my god!!!" Ryan screamed, seeing what was in from of them.