Saturday came. Jack, Amanda and Chloe were moving out and Gabriella was moving in. The entire gang had gathered at Troy's house to help with the move. Finally, it was time for jack, Amanda and Chloe to leave. Troy bent down to Chloe's height and gave her a hug.
"Don't forget about me, alright?" he told her. "And, I'll go and visit as much as I can."
"Chloe visit troy," Chloe told him happily.
"I doubt mom and dad will let you do that," he chuckled. "Bye, Chloe."
Chloe went off to the gang and Troy turned to his parents. His mother pulled him into a hug.
"Be good," she said. "And, don't get into trouble, okay?"
"I won't, mom," Troy replied.
Amanda turned to Gabriella and Troy turned to his father.
"Take care of yourself and Gabriella, alright?" Jack said giving Troy a hug. "And, tell her how you feel before someone beats you to it."
Troy blushed at Jack's last words. Troy put Chloe into her car seat as Amanda and Jack got in and waved as they drove away.
"Who's going to coach us, now?" Chad asked and Taylor slapped his arm.
"Is that all you can think about?" she asked.
"Come on, guys," Troy said. "We still have to move Ella's stuff in and paint her room and all."
"Can we paint it red?" Gabriella asked. "I've always wanted to have a red room."
"It's your room, now," Troy shrugged. He turned to Chad. "Why don't you and Zeke go and get the paint?"
"Where is Zeke?" Chad asked.
"Sharpay has disappeared, too," Ryan said.
The rest of the gang went inside the house to find Sharpay and Zeke in a heavy make out session in Chloe's room.
"Guys," Gabriella said and the two jumped apart. "I'm going to live in this room."
"Sorry," Zeke said, sheepishly.
As the girls gathered into the room, the guys went downstairs and Chad and Zeke left to get the paint leaving Troy and Ryan in the kitchen.
"Let's order pizza," Troy said. "I'm starving."
After Troy put the phone down, he stared at Ryan.
"Dude, you have to help me," Troy said,
"What's up?" Ryan asked.
"I don't know," Troy said. "Every time I see Gabriella, I start sweating like crazy and I feel like my heart's skipping a beat and there's this fluttery feeling in my stomach and –"
"Dude," Ryan interrupted. "You're falling in love, man."
"With who?" Troy asked stupidly and Ryan glared at him.
"What are you guys talking about?" Gabriella asked walking into the kitchen with Kelsi, Taylor and Sharpay. The three occupied the last three stools in the kitchen leaving Gabriella with no seat.
"Nothing," Troy said shooting a look at Ryan who understood that Troy did not want Gabriella to know anything.
"Come on," Taylor said. "You guys must have been talking about something."
"Fine," Troy said pulling Gabriella onto his lap, who blushed brightly. "I'm falling."
"Excuse me?" Sharpay asked as all the girls looked confused.
"Look, I'm going to go clear my head a bit," Troy said and Gabriella got off his lap so that he could stand up. "I'll see you guys in a bit."
"What was he talking about?" Kelsi asked as Troy slammed the front door shut.
"You'll find out soon enough," Ryan said.
"I wish he'd talk to me," Gabriella sighed sitting down on the stool. She had fallen for Troy.
A while later, the door opened and Zeke and Chad walked in followed by Troy.
"He was trying to sneak away and leave us to do all the work," Chad said pointing at Troy with a paint brush as Zeke chuckled.
"Let's just get to work," Troy sighed. "I'll get the ladder."
Troy went out to the shed and got a ladder. Gabriella could not help staring at the muscles in his arms which flexed when he lifted the ladder up.
A while later, everyone was busy painting the room. Gabriella was on the ladder.
"You need some paint, Ella?" Troy asked.
"No, I'm good," Gabriella replied.
"Troy, won't you ask me whether I need some paint?" Chad smirked.
"Dude, are you on top of a ladder?" Troy glared at him.
"Whatever," Chad said. "I'm hungry. I'll be back in a bit."
As Chad turned to walk out of the room, he tripped over a tin of paint and crashed into the ladder. It was as if everything happened in slow motion. Gabriella screamed as the ladder wobbled dangerously. She lost her balance and fell off the ladder. Troy pushed Chad out of the way and caught Gabriella before she hit the ground and she instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck. The tin of paint fell off the ladder and hit Troy's forehead hard, covering his head with red paint. Troy groaned.
"Are you okay?" Gabriella asked.
"I might as well ask you the same thing," Troy told her putting her down.
"I'm fine," she said. "Come on. Let's get the paint off your head."
"Nice going, Chad," Troy said as Gabriella took his hand and led him to the bathroom.
Troy let Gabriella wash the paint from his head. He winced slightly as her hand touched his forehead where the tin had hit. She withdrew her hand when Troy winced.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"It hurts here," Troy said, looking in the mirror to see if there was a bump and touched his forehead.
"Let's wash the paint off and then get some ice," Gabriella suggested.
Ten minutes later, Troy was sitting on the kitchen counter as Gabriella got some ice for him. She stood between his legs as she placed the ice over his forehead.
"What were you talking about before?" she asked. "About you falling?"
"Oh, that," Troy said. "I was talking about falling in love."
"Oh," Gabriella said.
"Yeah," Troy said. "She's an awesome girl and I've known her only for a few days, but, I feel like I've known her forever."
"That's great, Troy," Gabriella said, forcing a smile.
She moved closer so that she could see his forehead properly.
"Ella," Troy said, softly noticing how close she was.
Gabriella looked up. She tried to take a step backwards, but, Troy stopped her by wrapping his arms around her small waist.
"What are you doing?" she whispered.
"Something I've wanted to do since I met you," Troy said.
Before Gabriella could respond, he had leaned in and captured her lips in a passionate kiss. There was a loud cheer and the two broke apart to see the rest of the gang grinning at them.
"Please tell me that wasn't a mistake," Gabriella said softly so that only Troy could hear her.
"It wasn't a mistake," Troy smiled. "Why would it be a mistake?"
Gabriella smiled as Troy jumped off the counter. He spun her around and dipped her and then kissed her again, passionately. Chad finally pulled Troy away from Gabriella reminding the two that they were still there.
The gang spent the rest of the day at Troy's house helping to move Gabriella's furniture into the room and just hanging out.
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