Dreams or Desire

Gabriella was sure of it. Whoever said that The Notebook and some ice cream could help you get over a boy, was completely full of shit. She had tried that method, but she still could not get Troy off of her mind.

"Gabi!!" Gabriella's eyes widened as she heard her mother walk into the apartment. She quickly wiped away her tears, and turned off the movie, not wanting her mom to know that she was upset. Maria sighed as she saw her daughters red eyes.

"Oh sweetie," she said sympathetically, walking over to the couch.

"What?" Gabriella asked, pretending to be oblivious, leading Maria to sigh again, before sitting on the couch.

"I'm not stupid. Your eyes are red, there is ice cream and the case for The Notebook on the coffee table." Gabriella looked to the coffee table and sighed, before bowing her head. Her mother placed a comforting hand on her back. "I heard everything Gabi." Gabriella's head shot up and she looked at her mother with wide eyes.

"Wh…what?" she asked fearfully.

"I heard you talking to Troy. I had to stay late, and I saw you leaving the arena. I went to ask you what you were still doing there, but then you walked into the players parking lot."

"I'm sorry mom," she replied desperately, tears beginning to stream down her face once again.

"It's okay honey." Gabriella looked at her mother in shock.

"It is?" Maria nodded.

"I will always first and foremost be your mother. And it is my duty as a mother to make you feel bad when you are upset. You can tell me anything sweetie. I won't be upset." Gabriella nodded and wiped away her tears. "Why don't you start from the beginning?"

Gabriella sniffled and took a deep breath. "We met the night I got into training camp. Tay and Kels took me out to celebrate. One of his friends started talking to Tay and he invited us to their table. I tried to ignore him the best as I could, knowing I wasn't supposed to talk to him, but then he practically cornered me, wondering why I wouldn't talk to him. I told him, but he didn't really care. I remember at one point he grabbed my hand and chills just ran down my spine. I ignored it though. Then every time I saw him he kept pursuing me. At one point he asked me if he would have had a chance with me if it wasn't for this situation, and I said yes. I don't even know why. I had been so annoyed with him cause he just wouldn't stop, but it felt good to be chased, to be wanted, you know?

"Yes, I do sweetie. So then what happened?"

"Well Tay started dating his best friend, Chad. She was meeting up with him at a club, and she dragged me along. He was there. I pretty much ignored him the whole night, but then Taylor left with Chad. I was going to take a cab by myself, but he refused to let me. He said it wasn't safe, and he was right. So he offered to take me home…"

"So you were the girl that they were talking about in People," Maria said as more of a statement, not a question. Gabriella nodded shamefully. Maria rubbed her daughter's back in a soothing manner. "It's okay sweetie, just keep on going." Gabriella took a deep breath.

"Well we got to talking on the ride home, and I saw a completely different Troy. Not the cocky guy had met before. He was funny, sweet, and caring. I mean the way he talked about his family, the look on his face, I had never seen that in a guy before. He wasn't like the others, he genuinely wanted to get to know me. Anyway, he dropped me off here…" Gabriella sniffled and tried to wipe away her tears, but failed. She took a deep breath before continuing. "Then a few minutes later I heard a knock on my door. It was him. He said that the only thing that mattered was the fact that we want each other. Then…then he kissed me. I'd never felt anything like it Mom." Maria thought for a second and took a deep breath.

"Well as your mother, I would say you are crazy for not immediately saying yes to that boy," Maria replied and Gabriella smiled slightly. "The things he said about you…I even had tears in my eyes. And, yes, as your choreographer, I should tell Kelly, but as I said before, I'm your mother first, and I would be an awful mother if I didn't want the best for you. He's a guy who can get any girl in the city, yet he is fighting as hard as he can to be with you. Guys like that don't come around often. You'd be crazy to not snag that boy as fast as you possibly can." Gabriella's eyes lit up.

"You mean…"

"On two conditions." Gabriella giggled slightly. "You don't put me in the situation of having to lie to Kelly."

"Of course."

"And you invite him over for dinner. I have to meet him before I give final approval." Gabriella smiled widely.

"Deal!"

"Good." Gabriella then immediately hugged her mother.

"Thank you so much mom."

"Anything for you sweetie. And Gabi?" Gabriella pulled away and looked at her mother.

"Yeah?"

"I'm already so proud of you. I would be even if you weren't a Laker Girl. The only thing that is important is your dreams." Gabriella smiled and nodded.

"Ok, mom."

THE NEXY DAY

"Jesus Christ that was rough," Jordan groaned as the guys walked into the locker room at their practice facility. The guys didn't even have to say anything, just a few grumbles confirmed the fact that it had been a tough practice. While this was going on Troy walked over to his locker, to grab his stuff and get out of there as soon as he could. However, as soon as he grabbed his bag, he saw a note with his name on it. Confused, he picked it up and opened it. As soon as he read it, he smiled.

Your practice and my rehearsal end at around the same tonight. Meet me in the parking lot in the park down the street when you're done.

He couldn't help but smile, which led to Jordan, whose locker was next to his, look at him confused. Once he saw the note, he looked at Troy amused, before ripping it out of his hands.

"Jordan!" Troy exclaimed, trying to grab it, but Jordan turned around and moved away before he could.

"Your practice and my rehearsal end at around the same tonight. Meet me in the parking lot in the park down the street when you're done," Jordan read in a high-pitched tone, which made all the guys laugh, except for Troy who glared at him. "Hmm, does someone want a booty call?"

"It's not like that dude," Troy shot back, taking the note back, which made the guys laugh.

"Ohh Troy's got a girlfriend," Luke teased and the guys laughed as Troy glared at him.

"Fuck all of you," he replied, even though he knew they were just joking around. They continued to laugh as he walked out. As he made his way to his car then towards the park, he couldn't help but be nervous. He was shocked that it didn't her long to think about it, which made him worry that she would say no. As soon as he arrived at the park, he pulled into the parking lot, to see it was completely empty, except for one car. His heart began to race as he saw the brunette beauty leaning on her car. She turned her head when she heard his car and chills rushed through his body as he saw her face, which you could only see because of the moonlight. He took a deep breath before getting out of the car, and walking over to her.

"Hey," he greeted.

"Hey," she replied smiling, and he couldn't help but think that if she was smiling it was probably a good thing.

"So what's up?" She took a deep breath.

"My mom knows," she said seriously and his jaw hit the floor, and his body tensed up.

"How?"

"She heard us talking last night." He sighed sadly.

"I'm so sorr…"

"Troy, she's okay with it." His eyes widened as she smiled widely.

"What?" he asked in shock.

"She thinks that after all of the things you said, I would be crazy to say no to you." Now it was his turn to smile widely.

"You mean…" Gabriella just nodded. Without saying anything or removing the smile in his face, he leaned down and placed his lips on hers. She immediately kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck as he wrapped his around her waist. Once they needed air they pulled away and just looked into each other's eyes. She giggled happily, which led him to smile even wider.

"So where do we go from here?" she asked.

"Well considering we can't go to a restaurant, how about you come over to my place and I make you dinner," he replied.

"Sounds perfect." He smiled before bending down and kissing her once again, this time pressing her up against the car. They made out passionately, their tongues battling for dominance. Until they heard applauds. They both froze, before turning to see Jordan and Luke standing a few feet away, smirking and clapping. Gabriella immediately turned bright red, and buried her face into Troy's chest, embarrassed. Troy on the other hand narrowed his eyes at his two teammates.

"I swear to god if you two don't get the fuck out of hear right now, I will convince Coach to make you do suicides until you can't even walk." Jordan and Luke just laughed, before getting back in the car and driving off.

"I don't think I'll ever be able to look them in the eye again," Gabriella said embarrassed, which made Troy chuckle.

"Don't worry babe, they're just assholes who find amusement in harassing me. It's nothing against you." She just nodded. "Have I told you how glad I am that you said yes?" She shook her head. "Well, I'm ecstatic." She smiled, before leaning up and kissing him lightly.

Please Review!!! Yay! They are together!!! So this story is ending up a little more fluffy than I originally planned it to be, but I figured there is nothing wrong with a fluffy story, and there will be some drama, but it's gonna stick to the plot. There's not gonna be any 'the jealous girl kisses Troy, and Gabriella sees before he can push her off, is stubborn and doesnt let him explain, and then it takes 10 chapters for them to get back together.' I'm so sick of that, even more than 'Gabriella has a kid and doesn't tell Troy,' which is saying a lot. Ok, I'm rambling, anyway, the reviews have been amazing so far, please keep them up.