A/N: I want to say a big thank you to all of you who have reviewed :D the last chapter is the chapter more reviews has had; twelve! Woah! I am feeling great thanks to your words! I know you are probably thinking: "another one already?", and sorry but the answer is "yes". I swear I've written that chapter in two hours…I don't know, last night, after dinner, I began to write and…well, now I am taking advantage of a break in my study to update it because you know I don't see the point of to have the chapter written and ended in my computer when you could read it :P

By the way, some people have asked me to stop the story: some of them have told me to abandon it and others have told me to simply write one more chapter ending it. They think the story is not going anywhere, is boring, is ridiculous… :( I won't lie; it hurts, but…I won't do that. I won't rush things because I am not like that and I am not going to abandon the story because it's my story and I like it. I agree; the story could be better, my writing could be better, my expression and vocabulary could be better, but…having in mind that I am Spanish and that English is my second language (which by the way I haven't studied in more than 8 years) I think the story is not looking so awful…so things will continue like that.

Anyway, only wanted to clarify that I am going to continue; if you don't like it, don't read it. Easy as that. The same way I am not forced to write, you are not forced to read so why make things so difficult, awkward and uncomfortable? I don't get it :shrug:

I hope no one will get offended, but…I think I've received enough bad comments by now: first the length of the chapters, then the quick updates…and now the story is boring and ridiculous?? I think I don't deserve comments so harsh. I am up for sincere reviews: if you think the story is bad, you can tell me that without worries, but there are ways and ways…and I can't understand why make an offensive and disrespectful comment when you can say the same in a respectful way.

Anyway, I APOLOGIZE for this ranting, but I hope you'll understand me…even if it's a little! :P

Here goes chapter 10. Enjoy! :)

Grabbing a soft and lonely petal he had found in the bathroom's floor some minutes ago, Troy began to rub it along Gabriella's nude body; some goose bumps began to appear and he saw Gabriella shiver, pressing herself more into the cocoon which was his body searching his warmness. Those actions made him smile inwardly; he couldn't help but let his mind go backwards, when he arrived at her house.

He was still in shock; Gabriella's efforts for him had been incredible. Not only the American Beauty surprise but everything she had prepared; just when he stepped into the house, the romantic environment had surrounded him in a powerful way. The way the living room looked with the dim light of the candles was magical; he remembered the excitement he had felt while following the path done with more candles because it had been like the route he had to follow to find the treasure. And what he had found had been a treasure, a perfect treasure. His Gabriella.

Seeing Gabriella sleeping so peacefully with a smile on her face made him smile, because he knew that smile meant she was happy, and if she was happy, he was happy with her. It was incredible how the feelings they felt were shared in the most unknown way; it had been like this always, even when they were little, but now, being their relationship so much deeper than before, everything had a new meaning for them. Every smile, every tear, every worry, every happy moment one of them lived or felt was lived or felt by the other too without exceptions.

Caressing the skin of her neck until he reached the hollow of her ear, Troy saw Gabriella shivering strongly, pressing herself more into him…and his "friend", who began to stir at the contact. It was incredible how his body was affected by Gabriella even when she didn't know, even when she wasn't trying. Only the sight of her brought butterflies to his stomach; her laugh, her shining eyes…everything related to her brought warmness into his cold heart, and that was one of the most pleasurable feelings in the world.

Gabriella struggled in her sleep and Troy moaned quietly; with her moves, her butt was pressing into his little friend. Struggling to not wake her up and go to round three, he tried to think about boring things. However, Gabriella chose that moment to moan his name in her sleep; groaning quietly, he closed his eyes and let his mind go fully at what had happened hours before.

The couple remained embraced in the hot water. Neither of them thought about to take things further; both were satisfied only remaining in each other's arms, feeling the other's nude skin and the other's even breath.

Troy was caressing Gabriella's back absently, kissing the bare skin of her shoulder from time to time, while Gabriella was playing with the short hairs of his nape, kissing his neck randomly. Sighing contently, Troy pulled away, never dropping his arms from around her, and locked his eyes with hers. "This feels nice…"

"Yeah," Gabriella whispered quietly while her eyes lost themselves in his blue eyes. She saw there what she was searching for: happiness and love. Troy's eyes were shining in a very special way; she didn't know if that was because of the dim light the candles were providing, because he was happy or what. She only knew that Troy's eyes only had shown that same way during these past complicated years while they made love.

The thought made her want to kiss his lips and so she leaned down slowly, never breaking the hold of her gaze on him, until she nuzzled his nose with hers. Teasing him a little, she brought her face closer to his so their lips touched softly to pull away a little after a second, repeating that a few times. Troy, however, needed to kiss her; her skin was blistering like gold, the drops of water shining like diamonds, her eyes where shining as if two moons were there…everything put together was too tempting to resist.

A little fed up with her teasing, Troy tightened his arms around her bringing her body closer to his and pecked her lips softly at first, simply enjoying the feeling of their lips massaging each other's. When Troy felt her erect nipples pressing into his chest, he growled and Gabriella tightened her arms around his neck. Troy didn't remain still; he moved one of his hands to caress her side, moving it upwards until he reached the side of her breast, where he let his fingertips linger, rubbing her skin softly and, automatically, she grinded her core with his, letting out a moan which Troy swallowed pleasurably.

The intensity of the kiss increased; both bodies were pressing together as if there wasn't tomorrow, inch by inch of their skin was in contact with the other's skin. Both bodies moulded together, fitting perfectly together like a puzzle, and increasing the pleasure they were feeling.

Pulling away when the need of air was too immense to ignore, they rested with their foreheads touching, trying to regulate their breath. Gabriella noticed only then how Troy's dick was poking her tight and moved her hips a little creating friction; both moaned quietly when both cores rubbed together.

Troy's erection was painful at the moment and Gabriella wasn't helping with her moves; he needed to feel her, he needed to be inside of her. Grabbing her hips trying to place her body more over his engorged shaft, Troy growled when Gabriella stopped him. Though she needed him too, she wanted to prolong the moment; she wanted to make the most of their intimacy, she needed to feel him completely before they became one. "Not yet," she whispered rubbing with her tongue his lips.

"Fuck baby," Troy moaned searching her mouth with his. Gabriella let him kiss her but pulled away before he could deepen the kiss. "Gabi please…"

Gabriella only smirked, lowering her head to nip at his neck; she lapped, sucked and kissed his skin until a mark was beginning to form there. When she noticed the redness of his skin, she pulled away and moved her arms from around his neck to caress his abs and chest, playing with his nipples and seeing with satisfaction how Troy closed his eyes in pure bliss.

Troy, though the pleasure was overcoming him, wanted for her to feel something too; opening his eyes using all his strength, he pulled her body upwards until her breasts were at line with his face. Slowly, he leaned his head towards her cleavage, massaging the soft skin between her breasts with his tongue, only to cover one of her mounds with his mouth. Gabriella placed her hands into his hair again, pressing his face more towards her, and moaning his name in ecstasy.

Smirking, Troy sucked her nipple, pinning it into his mouth with his tongue, while he played with the other breast with his hand. Changing breasts, he gave the other the same attention, pulling away when the need for her taste overcame him again. "You are fucking incredible," he gasped devouring her mouth without hesitation and not letting her to answer him.

Gabriella wanted to tease him so she didn't open her mouth for his tongue, which was caressing her lower lip non stop; Troy groaned into the kiss and Gabriella smirked…though had to gasp when Troy pinched at one of her nipples with her fingertips. Free from barriers, Troy plunged his tongue into the warmness of her mouth, interlacing his tongue with hers and savouring her sweet taste, and Gabriella was too excited to not kiss him back. Gabriella moved her arms from his nape and moved them down his arms, searching for his hands; intertwining their fingers together, Gabriella tightened them when, thanks to her hips' movements, his shaft rubbed her clit.

She pulled away gasping and moaning Troy's name at the same time, but Troy didn't stay still; massaging her jaw with his lips, Troy moved his head along her neck, until he reached the hollow under her ear. When Gabriella moaned he knew he had reached her sweet spot and so he branded her; the satisfaction and pleasure that gave him the fact that Gabriella's neck was branded by his mark was incredible. "You are mine," Troy whispered massaging the skin with his fingertips.

"I wouldn't want to be anyone else's." Gabriella answered placing her hand on his cheek. "I love you," she continued when Troy leaned his head into her hand.

"I love you too," Troy said pulling her body closer to his, "so so fucking much…you are my life Gabriella…"

She kissed his shoulder and pulled away. She needed him; she needed to feel complete again with him inside of her, she needed to be one with him again. "Make love to me, Troy."

The water was already cold but both bodies were warm enough; it was like their first time together. They were feeling not only passion but also all the love they'd been controlling and stopping these years; they were feeling an union only comparable to the one they had in the beginning of their relationship.

Troy didn't say anything; he only stood up with her body cradled into his and, not bothering to grab a towel to dry themselves, he walked to her room, where he placed her body on the mattress following after her hovering her body with his. "You are the most important thing in my life Gabriella," he said with a throaty voice full of emotion.

A few tears escaped from her eyes when their eyes locked and Troy kissed them away. Very slowly, Troy moved his lips down her cheeks until he reached her lips, where he lingered his mouth not exactly kissing but touching her lips lightly. Moving her hand to his cheek, Gabriella rubbed his skin and leaned up to kiss his lips fully, introducing her tongue into his mouth tasting his mint breathe.

Gabriella opened her legs wider so Troy could rest more comfortably and Troy locked his eyes with hers; neither of them spoke anything more because there weren't enough words. Manoeuvring himself, Troy moved his body until his penis rubbed her entrance, entering inch by inch, and seeing how Gabriella closed her eyes in pleasure.

Troy grunted when he was completely inside of her, and Gabriella hugged his waist with her legs locking his body with hers. "Ah…" Troy moaned hugging her body closer to his. The pleasure that to be inside of her fully made him felt was overhelming; the feeling of her tightness surrounding him felt like home for him.

When Gabriella, on the other part, felt Troy inside of her fully and loving her the way he was doing at the moment, so so different from the way they had been loving each other those two last years, made her the happiest; she felt as if her heart would explode from all the emotion it contained.

It wasn't that those two last years she felt Troy not loving her, she knew they had been loving each other all along, but what made the difference this time was that no barriers were between them; both were loving with all their might and both were receiving the same kind of love from the other. Gabriella noticed that Troy was more abandoned to her will; he wasn't thinking and worrying about her safety, he wasn't thinking and worrying about how he would leave her soon, he wasn't thinking and worrying about how they couldn't love each other…he simply was feeling everything Gabriella was making him feel.

Needing to kiss her once more, Troy attacked her lips and Gabriella bucked her hips trying to deepen the kiss; her moves made Troy to begin his thrusts. Always slowly, trying to make the most of their time loving each other, Troy moved in and out of her evenly. Gabriella moaned and closed her eyes, beginning to move her hips meeting his thrusts. "God Troy…"

"Gabi," he panted lowering his head to kiss her lips, plunging his tongue in her mouth at the same rhythm of his thrusts.

"Shit! Faster Troy," she growled tightening her arms around his neck and bringing his body even closer to hers but pulling away from the kiss.

Troy obliged and sped up his thrusts, making Gabriella squirm in pure pleasure under him. "Gabi!" he screamed when she tightened the muscles of her hips.

"Harder," she panted. Troy moved his mouth to cover her breast and teased her already fully erect nipple with his tongue. "Fuck Troy!" Retrieving his penis from her completely, Troy penetrated her again in one swift and quick movement and Gabriella screamed his name in pleasure.

"I am going to cum baby," Troy panted speeding his thrusts even more searching the maximum friction between their cores.

"Me…" Gabriella panted breathlessly, "…too…"

"Come on baby," Troy begged knowing that he wouldn't last much more. "Cum for me…"

"Faster Troy, harder!" She screamed in abandoned ecstasy beginning to feel a tingling sensation running down her core.

Troy rubbed her clit with his fingertips; he needed to cum with her, he wanted to be in their heaven only with her. "Come on baby," he grunted, "I love you…" His words were muttered on her shoulder, where he was resting his forehead, trying to control himself until Gabriella gave him the hint he needed to let it go.

"Ah!" Gabriella screamed when she noticed her orgasm forming in the pit of her core. "Fuck Troy!"

Troy noticed her walls beginning to tighten around him and pulled his head away from her body. "Open your eyes Gabi," he pleaded grunting never slowing his thrusts but speeding them even more. "I need to cum with you…"

Gabriella obliged and locked her eyes with his, hooking her arms with his tighter. Troy only had to thrust once more and her vision became blurred. "Troy!" She screamed when the power of her orgasm reached its peak.

When her inner muscles closed over him, enveloping his hardness with her wetness Troy orgasmed too, screaming her name at the top of his lungs and collapsing over her, still noticing how her walls were contracting around him spasmodically, making shivers ran up and down his spine every time.

Troy and Gabriella remained embraced together; both with their heads buried in each other's necks and both bodies trembling with the power of their orgasms that still lasted.

After a while, Troy lifted his body from her, pulled himself outside from her and collapsed beside Gabriella; however, he still needing to touch her, he needed her closer almost as if he was afraid she would vanish. "Come here…" He said in a breathlessly voice moving his arm so Gabriella could cuddle into him.

Gabriella quickly placed her head on his chest, right where his heart was, hearing his quick heartbeat. When Troy wrapped one of his arms around her shoulders pulling her body closer, Gabriella reached her hand up and intertwined their fingers together, while her other hand drew random lines and circles along his abs.

When their breaths were regulated, Troy kissed her temple and Gabriella turned her face to look at him. She wanted to talk but she couldn't; she needed to tell him how incredible everything had been, how unimaginable their connection was at the moment in her opinion…but she couldn't find the right words; Gabriella didn't know how to explain Troy that she needed him always beside her, that she needed him to feel alive. Troy, on the other part, only looked at her glowing face; her eyes were shining in the most beautiful way, her swollen lips still inviting, her perfect flushed red cheeks…and he realized he didn't want to be anywhere else. His place was beside Gabriella now and forever.

"I love you," both whispered at the same time after a while to let themselves loose in the other's eyes. Grinning, Troy pulled her body so she was lying on him, wrapping his strong arms around her, while Gabriella wrapped hers around his neck.

Neither of them said anything more and both let sleep overcome them.

Troy smiled thinking about that; he had never felt so united to another someone. His bond with Gabriella was something extraordinary; it was as if an invisible rope had their hearts beating together. They were at one point where the other was the most needed thing in order to be able to live. Troy without Gabriella was nothing; Gabriella without Troy was nothing. It was as if the other was the oxygen they needed to breath, the water they needed to drink, the food they needed to eat; they were the key of each other's existence.

Gabriella mumbled something in her sleep and Troy decided to play along. "What?" He asked quietly into her curls.

"I am thirsty Troy…" She mumbled pouting. "Let me drink…"

Chuckling quietly, Troy realized Gabriella was dreaming about before, and so he let his mind go backwards until that funny moment.

After a while, Gabriella awoke thirsty and saw herself still lying on Troy. Giggling quietly, Gabriella tried to disentangle herself from him but Troy, though sleepy, noted her movements and tightened his arms around her so she couldn't go anywhere. "Troy…" She pouted.

Troy only growled in response and Gabriella huffed. "I am thirsty! Let me go…" She said pocking his nose trying to wake him…without luck.

"Troy!" Gabriella said pushing herself out of his embrace using all her strength. "I am thirsty!"

This time he awoke; a Gabriella awake could be stronger than a Troy sleepy and so he had noticed her body slipping out of his grasp. "What are you doing?" He asked opening his eyes for a moment and closing them afterwards.

"I am thirsty," Gabriella pouted. "And you don't let me go…"

"Too comfy…" He muttered tightening his arms around her.

Pouting, Gabriella decided to "fight" against him using whatever she needed to use. Trying to ungrasp his arms from around her, she saw how Troy opened his eyes again, narrowing them when he noticed she was still trying to move. "Stay still baby," he whined.

"But baby," Gabriella said beginning to pull her upper body away, letting him to see more of her breasts and moving her knees slowly so she ended straddling him. "Please…let me go…"

Troy gulped; she didn't know how tempting she looked…she didn't know how gorgeous she was at the moment…she didn't know how fucking sexy her bouncing breasts were for his mouth…she didn't know how more beautiful than an angel or a goddess she looked then, because if she knew, if she valued his sanity, she wouldn't be doing that. Troy used all his might controlling himself because if not, if he followed his primary instincts, he would be ravishing her body right then and there.

Gabriella noticed his gulp and smirked; leaning down, she kissed his lips softly. "Please baby…"

Troy groaned. "Not now…" His throaty voice, added to the feeling of something pocking her from behind and seeing his mouth searching for hers, alerted her that he wanted a round two right then so she pulled away and he grunted.

Deciding that she only would be able to go out of her bed using her "weapons", Gabriella crawled upwards his body, so she was sitting on his chest, and tilted her body, offering him a view of her swollen, red and wet centre. "Jesus!" He moaned in disbelief.

Gabriella was looking his reaction; when he dropped his arms from around her so he could push himself upwards leaning on his elbows to lick and clean her, Gabriella stood up from her bed in a quick jump, giggling when she saw Troy's dumbfounded face looking at the same spot where she had been merely seconds ago.

Her giggles snapped him out of his reverie. "Oh no, you haven't done that!" He said offended.

"Sorry baby," Gabriella smiled sweetly, "but I am thirsty…"

"Damn!" Troy grunted. "Gabriella!" He shouted when a very giggling Gabriella went nude downstairs to grab something to drink. "You'll see…" he muttered defiantly standing up from the bed too and following her downstairs but trying to be quiet.

He found her in the kitchen, the light of the freezer over her already glowing skin inviting him. Going to stand behind her slowly, Troy realized she hadn't noticed him, so he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and pulled her body closer to his. "Tease…" He said biting her earlobe.

Gabriella jumped but giggled. "Sorry dorky…" She said tilting her head to the side and winking at him playfully.

He moaned and buried his head into the crock of her neck, planting wet kisses along her skin. "Let's go to bed…"

"Aren't you hungry?" Gabriella said looking at him surprised. "I am starving!"

"I am hungry but I don't need food;" he said serious, "I need you."

Smiling softly, and with all the teasing disappearing, Gabriella leaned into his chest. "I love you…"

"I love you too," Troy said kissing her temple.

His stomach began to growl and Gabriella giggled. "It seems you are hungry after all…"

Huffing like a child, Troy nodded his head. "But we are eating upstairs…"

"Why?" Gabriella asked bewildered.

"Because we will be already where we need to be when it'll be dessert time." His goofy smile put Gabriella into her giggling mode again.

"Okay," she said grabbing two bottles of water, "lead the way then…"

"I have a better idea," he said smirking; with a one quick movement, Troy had Gabriella grabbed bridal style and she squealed making him laugh.

"Put me down Troy!" She said between fits of giggles.

"Can't do it," he said climbing up the stairs two steps at time.

"Ok then," Gabriella said nonchalantly putting the two bottles of water on her lap, so they were touching his skin too, moth moaning when the coldness surprised them.

Troy was almost running when he reached her bedroom. "What the fuck Gabriella! That was cold!" He said when he had placed her body on the mattress.

"Don't be such a baby," she scowled. "And being already stand, why don't you bring the bags with the food here?"

Staring at her in disbelief at her nonchalant attitude, Troy muttered some nonsense about how vixen Gabriella was. Gabriella heard him. "Are you saying something baby?"

Turning to look at her, Troy was about to answer but he couldn't. She was lying nude, everything at sight, with her dark curls widened around her face. "God Gabi, let's eat before I can't control myself more…" He moaned closing his eyes.

Troy placed the meal on the mattress and so the couple began to feed each other, flirting, laughing and talking nonsense, bathed by the moonlight. When they ended, they retrieved the containers, lying together again, with their legs entangled together and their upper bodies touching closely.

When Gabriella complained about how full she was, Troy had joked a little…both had laughed…and the vibrations of their laugh had done something really "curious" at the way their bodies were connected starting, actually, the second round in a middle of giggles, laughs and happiness.

Troy realized it was almost time for them to wake up to go to school. He knew Gabriella wouldn't want to wake up, in part because she would be tired, but another part of her wouldn't want to wake up because that would mean to go to school, and she wanted to avoid that.

He sighed, knowing that girls at school would attack Gabriella stronger now; before, Gabriella was only seen as some random girl he had defended but now they would see her like the nerd having the most popular guy only for herself. That was stupid, both he and Gabriella knew that, but he knew Gabriella was more bothered by that than what she showed him.

He hated for Gabriella to feel that way; he hated that people at school made her believe she wasn't worthy, like she couldn't be with him because she wasn't enough, when actually she was his everything. She was the only one who knew everything about him; she was the one who could know only with one look what he was thinking, the only one who could support and comfort him for real, the only one who could made him feel safe, sane…complete. Without her Troy was nothing; without her in his life, Troy was sure he would have killed himself long time ago. Gabriella was the one who gave him strength to live, to go on with his life though it was fucked up.

Tightening his arms around her from behind for a moment, he inhaled deeply filling his nostrils with her scent…the most perfect scent of the world. He would love for them to be able to remain like that forever, but he knew that wasn't possible at that moment. Sighing, he began to kiss her neck, whispering her name softly. "Baby wake up…"

"No," Gabriella mumbled pressing herself more into him.

Troy chuckled; it was so like Gabriella to have a hard time to get up. "Come on Gabi…time to wake up…"

"Why?" She protested still half sleep.

"We need to go to school babe…" He winced when he saw her frowning. "Come on…"

Gabriella was about to protest again but her alarm clock chose that moment to beep. Gabriella groaned trying to cover her head with her pillow but Troy stilled her arms after he turned off the alarm. "Gabi baby come on…"

Gabriella opened her eyelids slowly, adjusting them to the light which came from outside. "I don't want to go to school…"

Her adorable pout which was adorning her features almost made Troy gave in. "I am not looking." He said trying to break the tension which the word "school" had put Gabriella into. "Get up missy, we need to go get ready to school."

"No baby," Gabriella pouted turned herself into his arms wrapping hers around his neck. "Can we skip?" She said planting kisses in every inch of skin her lips reached.

Troy moaned. "Gabi please…don't do that…"

"Come on Troy," Gabriella pressed her body more into his, "you know you want to…"

"I do." Troy said seriously. "And we'd skip if the reason behind the skip wasn't that you are afraid to face the school…but you've to face your fears baby…"

He had spoken seriously but also with a velvety voice, and Gabriella knew he had seen through her. Dropping her teasing, she only hugged him. "But the girls hate me…"

Her voice had come muffled from his shoulder and Troy closed his eyes as if he was in pain. Pulling away and nuzzling her nose with his, Troy continued. "Look, you don't need to worry about them. They can do whatever they want because the only one who has my heart is you. Neither of them had anything to do against that…"

"But I am not as brave as you are Troy…" She said with fear written all over her face.

"You are more." Troy said sternly. "We are together in that baby, I am beside you 100% and I'll be beside you 100%. I won't let anyone hurt you, and if someone tries to do that…I'll take care of it. I promise."

Sighing in defeat, Gabriella talked in a small voice. "Can I have a hug to last me the day?"

"Of course," Troy answered tightening his arms around her and squeezing her body. He was startled by the force with which Gabriella was hugging him but didn't say anything. After a while, he pulled away. "Are we okay and up?"

His goofy smile made her laugh. "Yep, we are okay and up."

"That's my girl…" He said pecking her lips and standing up with her in tow.

Neither of them knew what was waiting for them at school, but both knew that, whatever it was, it would find them together. And that was enough.