I'm only me when i'm with you Chapter 10: Masquerade, a high school musical fanfic

I'm Sorry :(

I know its been a while, but I was so far from inspired and this chapter just refused to write. This is actually two halfs of two different chapters, I don't know what's going on lol.

The ending is very rushed and well, very rubbish. I do apologise.

It kinda jumps about abit, so I'm sorry.

God all I ever do is apologise :L I should probably stop.

Anyway thanks again to those of you who have reviewed :D x

Omg just finished reading Angkeats story Long Time Coming! Soo Sad :'( x

Anyway, my father is dragging me on some camping trip, we are taking the camper van around Scotland, Ireland and then pretty much the whole of Britain lol x Oh Joy.

So I will probably have time to write :D x

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Masquerade

Gabriella was pissed, no Gabriella was beyond pissed, she was fuming.

She was stood of to the side of the gym watching, along with the Basketball team, as Mandy and Melissa done numerous tricks and routines in the middle of the gym. They where identical twins, however, irritated from constantly being mixed up, Mandy had dyed her hair a warm brown. Leaving Melissa with the natural luscious Blond. Bitch, Gabi thought. There was no truth to the statement, however as Melissa was one of the nicest people she had ever met, the please and thank you, hold the door for old people type. Gabi knew it was pathetic to be jealous of the twins, though in fact she wasn't jealous of the twins, just the blond. She couldn't help herself however, she knew she was close to Troy and that at that present moment in time Troy was watching the girls perform along with the rest of his team.

Gabi was impressed by their moves. She knew, however, that she could do better, I mean come-on she hadn't won world's because her spirit fingers were top notch. However, Gabriella didn't want her jealousy to show, she knew if she went up their right now she would blow the girl's routine out of the water, but look like a desperate show off at the same time. That was the kind of thing Kacey would do and Gabriella wouldn't be associated with that kind of petty behaviour.

Today was Friday, 31 October, Halloween. Their annual Halloween Ball would take place tonight and Gabi was pissed about that too. Everyone had paired off into their couples, having Mandy and Melissa now become part off the group ( Gabi was not too chuffed about that either), there was an odd number. Since Leah was not in town, James would be accompanied to the ball by Mandy. There was nothing to their pairing, they simply did not have dates and shared a common passion for Basketball. Which now left Troy, Melissa and of-course Gabriella. Yep, Gabi was pissed.

Gabi had regretted her decision to let Troy go almost the second she had decided it. She had tried to stay away from him, but he was addictive, she couldn't help herself. Ofcourse he and Melissa had grown closer this past week, they were spending alot of time together and Gabi felt bummed out. She couldn't stand to even think about tonight, who actually goes to a dance in a three??? Especially when both of the females are attracted to the one guy.

The music ended and both girls ended their routine. Everyone applauded, some wolf whistled. Gabi clapped along too, it's nice to be nice.

"Pack it up girl's", Gabi announced to her team," Hit the showers ladies and be back her after lunch".

Everyone left the gym and Gabi looked over in the direction of the Basketball team, they had started their drills again. Gabi watched Troy as he ran, ball in hand, shirtless and dripping in sweat. God I want him, she thought to herself. Shaking her head at her ridiculous notion, Never gonna happen Montez.

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Gabi admired her reflection as she stood in front of the floor length mirror in her bedroom. Her father had treated her to a Dolce and Gabbana dress which was teal blue and strapless. It had a pleated bodis, high waisted skirt and fell to mid-thigh. Sharpay had told her how the Seniors no longer dressed up for Halloween. Instead wearing formal clothes and masquerade mask's. She had paired it with Black, 3 strapped Christian Louboutin Heels. Finishing her look of with her Black Valentino clutch. Pleased for the first time in a while with how she looked, she headed for the door.

Grabbing her keys on the way out she said goodbye to her father before making her way towards her new Bentley Continental GTC. It was her new baby, Gabriella Montez was officially in love. Once inside she texted Taylor to say she was on her way and headed out to pick the girls up.

Gabi arrived at Taylors house and honked the horn to let the her know she was waiting.

She looked up towards Taylor's porch and saw her and Kelsie making their way towards her car.

"Hey chick", Taylor said as she got into the car, taking the passenger seat.

"Hey Tay", Gabi laughed as she put the car into gear. "I love your dress by the way", she said, noting Taylor's off the shoulder purple dress.

"Thanks", she replied. "You got your mask?", Taylor questioned, holding up her own.

"Yup", Gabi replied, pointing towards the dark blue, glittering mask which lay in the dash board.

"So you looking forward to your threesome", Taylor asked. They had now picked up Kelsie and sharpay who were both sat in the backseat. The boys had been at practise late so the girls had decided to meet them at the party.

"Haha, very funny", Gabi said, as the three girls laughed. "It's not a threesome, we just happen to be going in a three".

"Yeah, a threesome", Sharpay laughed.

"Fuck you", Gabi mumbled.

"Well I'm sure Troy wouldn't complain about a threesome", she continued, much to Gabi displeasure, "I mean maybe that's what he's expecting Gabs when we go to Zeke's after-party, you up for that?", she questioned.

"What do you think I just put out", Gabi asked, in an angry tone.

Sharpay opened her mouth to speak but before she could Kelsie cut her off, giving her a 'shut up and don't say anything else' look. "No that's not what we think, Sharpay was just making a joke is all, we know you aren't to happy about tonight, whether you want to admit it or not".

Gabi pulled up into the school carpark, parking the car in a spot close to the doors.

"Hey you guys go ahead", Gabi encouraged, as the girls got out of the car," I'll catch you up".

"You better", Taylor said as she passed her, giving a smile.

Gabi walked to the front of her car and lent on the hood. She felt completely exhausted. She felt emotionally drained, she was sick of lying to these people, sick of covering up her past. She was sick of lying to Troy.

Pushing herself of the hood of the car she made her way towards the entrance.

"Gabriella", Gabi turned as she heard her name being called. "Shit", she cursed as she saw Melissa running towards her, she was wearing a short red dress, which was strapless and had a black belt around the middle and a matching mask. Bitch looks beautiful, thought Gabi.

"Hey", she smiled when she finally caught Gabi, stopping and trying to catch her breath.

"Hi", Gabi replied dryly.

"Uhm..so you looking forward to out double date", she said, giggling at her choice of words.

"It's not a double date", Gabi sneered," technically that requires two males, tonight it seems like we're sharing".

Gabi couldn't help her tone, she was jealous of this girl and yet she felt bad because Melissa had done nothing wrong.

"Are you going to the afterparty", she asked, as they began to walk again.

"Yeah, are you", she asked.

"Yup, Troy asked me to go", she giggled, Gabi stomach fell.

"Oh, that's....great", she said, with a fake smile.

"Yeah, I was just wondering", she started, pulling on Gabi's arm, to stop her from walking. "Do you have any..ugh..you know...uhm...".

"Condoms", Gabi finshed for her, bluntly. Suddenly remebering why she hated this girl.

"Yeah", she said, as her cheeks turned red and she looked to the floor. "You know how these party's get and well Troy asked me to go along, so maybe he wants to...you know."

You are officially not mature enough to be having sex when you can't even say the word out-loud, Gabi thought to herself.

"Yeah I know", Gabi said, "Don't you think he'll have them?", she asked, knowing that if she gave her protection she would be promoting the action.

"I dunno, but it's better to be safe right", that she couldn't disagree with and who was she to stand in their way.

"You're choice", Gabi announced as she reached into the back of her purse and handed Melissa the small foil wrapper.

"Thanks", she smiled. Swiftly taking the protection from Gabi's hands and putting it in her own bag, looking around as if they had been dealing drugs.

Thirty minuted later, the boys still hadn't arrived. Gabi and the girl's were sat around a table in the corner, discussing whether or not Mr. Campbell the math teacher was hot.

"He so is", Sharpay argued.

"God, no he isn't he's like thirty", Katie, a girl from Gabi's squad, replied.

Everyone stopped however when the entrance doors opened again and the entire basketball team entered in tuxedo's. A wave of "ohh's" and "ahh's", echoed round the large hall at the sight of the rather sexy looking basketball team. Gabi took a large intake of breath as she spotted Troy making his way towards the front of the crowd, as his team stood aside to let him. He looked gorgeous. His bow tie was undone, so too were the top buttons of his shirt, just enough for Gabi to see the golden skin of his chest.

Gabi stood, as did the rest of her table and made her way towards the the basketball team, concentrating solely on the blue eyed captain.

However before Gabi could reach him Melissa ran up towards him, squealing rather annoyingly and jumped into his arms. What the fuck was that, thought Gabi, as everyone around them awed. Gabi was incredibly jealous and turned away from 'the couple' marching off towards the punch table. What Gabi didn't see however was how Troy dropped Melissa and eagerly looked around the crowd for her only to find that she wasn't there.

Gabi took a seat beside Kelsie who was playing the piano, successfully avoiding Troy who had spend his night with Melissa, laughing and flirting as Gabi watched from afar.

The party was in full swing by the time the girls made it to Zeke's house. There were beer bottles on the lawn and couples making out in the bushes. Gabi wondered if they had in-fact got the wrong time for the party as everyone appeared to be pretty drunk already.

"Hey Gabs", slurred a tall young man standing behind Gabriella. Gabi noticed him as being one of the guys off the football team, though she couldn't remember his name.

"Hey....you", she replied.

"You look beautiful", he said, staring down her cleavage.

"Yeah thanks, but I'm up here idiot", she replied in a sinister tone.

Taylor cut in before Gabi could say anymore, "Hey Gabi, Derek just told me the guys are in the kitchen, how about we head through and see them?". Gabriella looked away from the drunken male, "Yeah sure thing Tay", she replied as they walked away.

Recently Taylor and the rest of the group had picked up on Gabriella's short fuse and so they had tried to avoid confrontation whenever possible. "Don't let him get to you Gabs, he just being a guy and a drunk one at that", she stated as she saw Gabi look back over her shoulder to the football player.

"I'm not letting him get to me, I just don't like how guys think they have a right to look at us as if we are pieces of meat", she started, " and I know Tay, all men are the same".

Walking through the throng of people Gabriella and Taylor eventually made it to the kitchen.

Taylor instantly latched herself to Chad and the two of them left to dance. While Kelsie was trying to sooth a seething Sharpay who had seen someone wearing the same dress as her.

"..and this is my party", Gabi heard Sharpay say.

"Well technically sweetheart it's Zeke's party and is it really that bad",

Sharpay cut her off,"Well technically", Shar mimicked, "I put this whole party together and Zeke is my boyfriend, therefore making this my party and of-course this isn't bad, it's fucking horrendous! This could be the end of me Kelsie", Sharpay continued dramatically.

Gabi laughed at Sharpay's rant, stopping however, when she caught sight of the couple in the corner.

Troy was sat on one of the dinning chairs and Melissa was sat on another which had been moved to beside Troy, however to passers by she was so close to him that it looked as if she were sitting on his knee.

Gabi growled and turned to walk away, turning back however when she heard someone call her name.

"Ella", Troy shouted as he made his way towards her.

"What?", she asked, with alittle more attitude than she would have liked.

Troy didn't seem to mind however, "I've been looking for you all night", he started,"I mean I thought I was gonna be the luckiest guy in there with two dates", he joked. "What happened to you?", he asked.

"Oh you know, I was just hanging out with Kelsie and you seemed to be enjoying yourself with Melissa I didn't want to get in the way", she said.

"Hey, you could never get in the way", he said hugging her.

"Yeah, well thanks but I better get back", Gabi said, not quite sure what it was she had to get back to.

"So I'll see you later", she said as she turned to leave.

"Hey", Troy started.

"You wanna dance", he question tilting his head and smirking down at her.

Gabriella opened her mouth, shocked by his sudden outburst, she looked around at the hoards of people dancing and grinding. Gabi knew it was wrong to say yes but before she could stop herself she had said, "You think you could keep up with me Bolton", in a seductive manner which she hadn't intended. He smirked again sauntering towards her, leaning down to whisper in her ear and she could have sworn for a second he had flicked his tongue over her lob. Gabi stood completely frozen, having somehow forgotten how to breath, "Oh I know I can", he whispered in a husky tone that drove her crazy.

Turning her around he grabbed her waist and walked her towards the 'dance floor'.

Gabriella moved away from Troy to fight her way through the crowd, she was stopped however when Troy reached out and brought her back against him, holding onto her hips and rubbing small circles there with his thumbs.

Troy pulled her closer, tugging her against his body, one of his thighs resting between her legs, he began to move with her slowly, seductively as she brushed her backside against his groin. Gabriella draped an arm around his neck and muffled a moan as she felt him push up against her, letting her feel the affect which she was having on him. He ran his hot breath over her neck allowing his lips to linger there and graze her skin from time to time. Gabi leaned back into Troy once more resting against his pelvis.

This feeling seemed foreign to Gabi as it had been so long since she had allowed a man to touch her. Gabi turned in Troy's arms as the song changed, Gabi and Troy however moved at their own pace, ignoring the beat of the faster paced song. Gabriella looked up into Troy's eyes and could have sworn she had seen something there, something more than want or desire, it looked like love. I have to lay off the drink, Gabriella thought, shaking her head.

"What's up", Troy asked in a whisper, his face dangerously close to hers, their grinding had come to a halt though they were still standing exceptionally close.

"Nothing", Gabi sighed, smiling up at the gorgeous man who stood before her. Maybe she had been right about that look in his eye.

Her thoughts were quickly proven wrong however when Melissa called for Troy and he dropped his arms from around her waist and left to see her, without so much as looking back.

Gabi sighed and headed towards the kitchen, maybe drinking wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Troy helped Gabriella through her front door. Letting go of her as he turned to close the door.

"Can you make the stairs", he asked.

He felt something bump into his back, turning to see Gabi slide onto the floor. "I guess that answers that question", he chuckled to himself.

Gabriella had hidden in the kitchen for the remainder of the night and had successfully drunk half a bottle of vodka, some beers and also downed a few shots. Chad had found her crying on the kitchen floor and so Troy said he would take her home and make sure she was okay.

"Troy",Gabi asked. As he carried her to her bedroom. She had her arms around his neck, playing with hair there.

"Yeah babe", he replied.

"You left Melissa", she slurred.

"I'm sure she'll be alright without us", he stated.

"Oh she'll do just fine without me", Gabi growled," You though, I'm not so sure", she mumbled a "Bitch" at the end just loud enough for Troy to hear.

He put her down on her bed and she feel backwards onto the pillows. "Hey, I thought you like Mel", he asked confused.

"Oh Mel is it now", she sneered.

He knelled down to her height beside the bed and wiped some of the hair out of her eyes. She looked up at him with puppy dog eyes, tears glistening there. "Ella, you know you can tell me anything", he said getting up onto the bed beside her. He took hold of her and brought her up into his lap. "What's wrong baby?", he asked worried.

"Doesn't matter", she mumbled into his neck, like a child.

"It does matter because it's upsetting you", he replied.

"You like her don't you", Gabi said suddenly, more of a statement than a question.

"Who, Mel", he asked.

"No Oprah, of-course Mel", Gabi shot back, sarcastically.

"She's a nice girl, but I just like her as a friend", he said. "Why are you so bothered by this anyway", he asked her as he placed a hand under her chin and tilted her head so she would look at him.

"Oh like you need to ask that, stop being a dick", she shot back, suddenly embarrassed.

"Ask what, just tell me", he said with a hint of a smile".

"Ughh..you know", she said.

"Yeah I think I might, but it would be nice to hear",he smiled.

"....because I like you okay and it won't go away, you're just so fucking perfect and yes I was jealous of Melissa", she said looking everywhere but his face. "Is that what you wanted to hear", she asked shyly, finally meeting his eyes.

He grinned down at her, "That's exactly what I wanted to hear", he said, before he swooped down and caught her lips in a quick kiss. He pulled back and looked down at Gabi, as if to ask if his actions where okay. She sat shocked for a second, before nodding her head and smiling up at him shyly. That was all the confirmation Troy needed. He brushed his lips slowly against hers and as she opened her mouth, he placed his hand to the back of her head, adding more pressure to the kiss. Troy impatiently ran his tongue over Gabi's bottom lip, begging for entrance. She smiled against his lips and groaned as she let his tongue enter her mouth.

Eventually, due to lack of oxygen and at the risk of passing out, Gabi and Troy where forced to pull back. Gabi smiled up at Troy, the alcohol which she had drank, forcing all insecurities and logical thoughts out of her brain, right now she just really really wanted him.

Gabi removed her hands from around his neck and slide them down his body slowly, she removed the jacket from his shoulders and moved to his shirt. She unbuttoned three buttons and placed a kiss on his chest,.

"Are you sure", Troy asked, talking told of her hands and forcing her to look up at him.

She bit her bottom lip and nodded her head quickly, "Positive".

Troy didn't waste any time, he pulled her towards him intertwining their tongues once more.

Troy shifted Gabriella so that she was now lying beneath him. He placed gentle butterfly kisses against her neck, chin, jaw eventually coming back and placing a chaste kiss on her lips. Unbuttoning his last few buttons, Troy sat up to take off the shirt, allowing Gabriella a stunning view of his taut muscles.

Moving back to his previous position, Troy left a trail of kisses from Gabi's earlobe to her neck.

He was moving at an excruciatingly slow speed and Gabi desperately wished he would quicken his pace. She bucked her hips against him, to let him know of her impatience, he merely chuckled, moving back to her neck.

He began to gently suck and nible the skin there, earning a moan from Gabriella.

She halted his actions bringing his face back to hers .She bit his lip softly yet firmly, and he gave in. She rocked her hips against his and felt his groan vibrate through his body and she whimpered softly as he nipped at her bottom lip.

Undoing the zipper at the side of her dress, he pried his lips away from hers and motioned for her to sit up. When she had done so he tugged the item over her head and threw it into the corner, reconnecting their lips once more.

Troy cupped her round breasts in his hands, before reaching round to undo her bra strap. Slipping the bra from her body and discarding it with rest of the clothing. Troy sat above her, staring down at her half naked figure, Gabi suddenly felt uneasy and moved her hands in an attempt to cover herself.

"Hey", he started

"Don't ever be embarrassed by your body", he said.

He moved her hands and looked down at her, he swooped down and kissed her earlobe. Whispering in her ear "Your beautiful", he breathed in a husky tone, that sent shock waves to her core.

His lips were gentle and soft against her now wet and sticky skin. He moved his hands across the curve of her hips as he moved to part her thighs, brushing his hand against her sex in the process.

Troy looked up to Gabriella to make sure his actions were okay, she nodded quickly and bucked her hips against him impatiently.

He peeled off her panties, leaving gentle kisses up the inside of her thighs before cupping her soaking wet sex in his large hands. Gabi moaned beneath him, arching her back. Troy dipped a finger into her soft folds,entering a second finger as she writhed beneath him. The tent in his underwear grew with each satisfied moan that left the beauties lips, as he dipped in and out of her.

"Tr..Troy", she stuttered, as she felt her orgasm building.

"Oh God Troy", she cried, "More", she begged as she thrust her hips towards him.

Gabi threw her head back into the pillow chanting his name as her climax came.

Troy stared in awe as he watched the naked beauty that lay before him reach her climax, she was so beautiful and Troy was incredibly turned on, however he knew this was wrong

Troy moved from his position Gabi bucked her hips against him. Troy groaned and reluctantly pulled himself away from the exotic beauty.

"Wh..What are you doing", Gabi stuttered, shocked by his actions.

"As much as I want this I'm not going to take advantage of you while you're drunk", he announced, standing up looking for his clothes.

"Why, what difference does it make", she asked.

"Well I'm just not that kinda guy", he started, "This shouldn't even have happened", he sighed.

"Oh", Gabi said, feeling crushed.

Having realised what he had said Troy quickly climbed back onto the bed, "No, no, that's not what I mean. This was amazing, I just don't want you regretting it, or forgetting it for that matter".

"I'd be pretty hard to forget", she said shyly.

Troy made to get up again and Gabi had a sudden surge of confidence, "You could just stay here tonight, I mean it's fine if you don't want to", she said quickly.

Troy smiled at her, "Okay, I won't be a sec", he said before disappearing into the bathroom.

He came back minutes later in his boxers and climbed in beside Gabriella, wrapping an arm around her waist.

"Night Ella", he whispered.

"Night Troy", Gabi replied, sighing contently.

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