"Troy…can I ask you something?" she turned on her side to look at me and so I did the same.
"Yeah of course, anything"
"You know what we talked about this morning, about what I promised Josh. Do you think it'll happen….I mean…do you think I can move on and be with someone else who will make me that happy?"
"Definitely…" I answer quietly; we're both speaking so softly it's almost a whisper.
"Really?"
"Of course…Gabriella…you're an amazing person and you deserve to be happy and to be loved" she looks me in the eyes and smiles. We both slide closer until our chests are nearly touching. I brush a piece of hair out of her eyes and stroke her cheek. Slowly I tilt her face up and lean in. Placing a soft kiss on her lips I'm about to pull away when I feel her kiss me back. It's soft and gentle but it's amazing.
I lie back down onto my back and look straight up at the stars; I can sense that Troy has done the same. I softly touch my lips where he just kissed me. We just kissed. What am I supposed to do now? I have no idea what this means for us.
"Troy Gabs? My parents are back so everyone's going now if you guys wanna say bye" I hear Taylor shout from the backdoor. I see troy get up and hold his hand out for me, taking it he pulls me up. When I'm stood I look into his eyes for the first time since we kissed. He smiles softly at me and I can feel myself smiling back. He has his arm around me and for the first time in months I feel protected. I feel secure.
"I better be getting going too" he whispers. I just nod and then hug him tightly. He holds me for a second before we head into the house. After saying goodbye to everyone and helping Taylor clean up, I leave her chatting away with her parents and excuse myself to go to bed. I get into my room and see that troy has texted me.
Had such a good time this weekend. Hope you did to. Troy Xx
Yeah it's been good hasn't it! So tired now though. Gabby xx
While waiting for him to reply I got ready for bed and started reading my book. I hear my phone vibrate so I got out of bed and went to my desk where I had left it.
I know same! I'm falling asleep while writing this, just dropped my phone on my head :P so I'll see you tomorrow at school :D Night! Xxx
I laugh slightly and smile at the thought of him falling asleep while texting me. I get back into bed and reply before falling asleep myself.
Aww hope your ok. Yeah I'll see you tomorrow :) Night sweet dreams. Xxx
"Morning mom" mum jumped at the sound of my voice as I walked into the kitchen.
"Troy?" she questioned as if she hadn't seen me in years.
"Why do you sounds so surprised?...I live here…remember"
"Yes I know that but I have never seen you out of bed and ready for school at this time on a Monday morning" she stated before going back to her coffee.
"Fair point" I grabbed some cereal and went and sat next to her at the table.
"Spill" she questioned.
"Huh"
"It's not huh its pardon"
"Ok pardon?" I looked at her totally confused
"Who is she?" she questioned me further
"Who is who?"
"Who is the girl that has got you out of bed at this time on a Monday morning.?"
"Why can't I just be up, why does there have to be a girl involved?" I challenged her amused at the way her logic worked
"Because I know you Troy Bolton and the only time you're ever up this early is if you're excited about something. And you've been different recently."
"How have I?"
"well let's start by the fact that you've totally avoided my question about who she is and not denied it, there's the fact that you're awake without me having to bang on your door, you've started wearing aftershave and not just deodorant and every time you come home from hanging out with your friends you have a huge grin on your face. So tell me. Who is she" She finished her little speech and just grinned at me. How is that moms know everything without being told anything.
"Ermm…"
"I knew it" she interrupted and I just sat there and blushed. Checking that my dad's not around I decided to tell her. It's my mom after all, we're are close and to be honest she always has good advice on what to. And I could definitely do with some advice on what to do.
"Ok fine, you win. I like someone…although I still don't know how you knew"
"Troy, honey I'm your mom, I knew before you did, Now tell me who is it?" she smiles kindly at me, letting me know that she won't say anything to anyone.
"Well you know the new girl that transferred to our school…"
"Gabriella Montez, Taylor's friend. Of course" She guessed before even finished my sentence
"Seriously how do you do that?" I really don't understand how she knows these things
"Of course it had to be her, it's so obvious. How did I not guess that before?"
"Well yeah anyways, it's gabby….it wasn't straight away but the more I've gotten to know her the more I realised that it wasn't just as a friend. I really care about her" I smiled at the thought of gabby.
"How does she feel about you? Does she like you back?"
"I…I don't know….I think she could but…"
"But what?"
"She won't let herself"
"Why not? It's obvious by the way you have talked about her that there is something going on between you guys whether she knows it or not"
"Because of her boyfriend"
"She has a boyfriend? What?"
"No not now….she moved here because her boyfriend died in a car accident…."
"Oh right….well honey that was a long time ago. Maybe she's ready for something new now"
"It was only 6 months ago mom" I look at her confused
"Only 6 months? I thought you meant it was a while ago….so that means she came straight..
"After it happened. Yeah about 3 weeks later I think"
"Oh that poor girl"
"I know. And the thing is that I really want to help her deal with it. I can't imagine what she must have gone through so I'm just trying to be there for her but it means that we have got really close now and made me realise that I like her and want to be with her but I don't want to rush her into anything cause I know that she's not over what happened but at the same time I think that she is getting there and I just want to make her happy and then last night we kissed and it was amazing but now I don't know what it means and I'm really confused about what I should do" I say all in one long fast sentence. My mom just pulls me into a hug as I catch my breath.
"Troy, I can tell that you really like her and I think that you should continue to be there for her. But just be careful ok"
"What do you mean?"
"If her boyfriend only died 6 months ago then she is still going to be dealing with that, so just be careful. I don't want you to get hurt"
"She's not like that, she wouldn't hurt me mom" I get defensive about Gabriella. She's the ones that's been hurt not me.
"I'm not saying that she is, I met her briefly and she seemed like a lovely girl. But what I mean is that I don't want you to get hurt because she doesn't feel the same way. So just be careful. But you never know what's going to happen" with that she gets up and squeezes my shoulder before leaving the room.
I understand where my mom is coming from, she cares about me it's her job to tell me to be careful. But I'm not going to get hurt, especially not by Gabriella. I don't even know if she likes me like that. She doesn't even know that I like her like that. Well I don't think she does. Ever since she came here I've been her shoulder to cry on, the one to cheer her up and make her laugh, and her best friend. But then yesterday, last night. I kissed her and she didn't pull away. Not only that but she kissed me back. That has to mean something. Right?
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