As soon as they got home Gabriella went to bed leaving Troy alone with his time. Troy made his way up to his office closing the door behind him and letting out a sigh as he leaned against it. He took a deep breath as he thought about the breakfast again. She wasn't going to make this easy, Troy felt himself losing his distance from her. He was getting to close. Bedding her was one thing, falling for her was something else entirely. His phone rang and he looked up at his desk. For the next 3 hours he spent most of his time in the office taking phone calls and sending out e-mails as well as reading. When the door bell rang he got up from his seat at his desk to answer it.
"Hey there stranger," Sharpay said as she came in, "Where's Gabi?"
"Yeah," Troy said little caught off guard, "Maybe you should have called before coming over?"
"Why did I interrupt something?" Sharpay said with a smirk, "I told her we were going to shopping."
"I do remember something about that," Troy said with a nod, "let me go get her." Troy backed out of the entry way and began on his way to Gabriella room, hopping that his half sister would stay out in the entryway and not follow him. When he came to her door he knocked lightly, "Gabriella?" he said quietly, "Are you awake?"
When she didn't respond he turned the knob and to his surprise the door was locked. With a frown he walked slowly back out into the hall to see Sharpay musing with her hair in the giant mirror. Slowly he reached for his keys on the table and walked back to the bedroom where he used his master key and let himself in. The room was dark and he saw her on the bed, she was fast asleep in her homeless wear. Troy smiled to himself as he took a moment to appreciate all her soft curves, she hadn't put her hair up and her long locks spread out over the pillows. How someone could look so sexual and so at ease was such a thrill to him. "Gabriella, wake up," he said reaching a hand out to touch her thigh.
He watched with a smile as she moaned and rolled over exposing the curve of her apple bottom to him in her shorts. With a sigh he walked into her bathroom and filled a cup with water. "Last chance wake up," he said quietly as he came back to the edge of the bed, Troy smirked as he tipped the cup out and over her face watching as she shot up right and jumped off the bed in a hurried rush.
"What the hell?" Gabriella said looking at him as she wiped her face.
"Good morning sunshine," he said quietly.
"How did you get in here?" Gabriella said wiping her hair back from her face.
"This is my house do you really think I don't have a key for every lock?" he said with a raised brow.
Gabriella immediately picked up a pillow and threw it at him. "You're such as asshole."
"Okay, okay, okay," He said with a laugh as he blocked her toss by catching the pillow and tossing back on the bed. "Sharpay's waiting for you; she says she's here to take you shopping."
Gabriella let out a groan as she checked the time, "Why do I have to buy new clothes what is wrong with what I already have."
"Because what you have is boring," Troy said reaching into his back pocket. "Here you'll need this." Troy handed her his card.
Gabriella stared at him with wide eyes, "You mean I have to go by myself?"
"You'll be fine," Troy said as she took the card from him and stared at it.
"How much should I spend?" Gabriella asked looking back up at him.
"No limit," Troy raised a brow and shrugged his shoulders, "Just get whatever you want."
"Seriously?" she said looking at the card, "how do you live like this?"
"I just do," Troy said with disbelief, "Why do you have a problem with me buying you things?"
"When I was in college there were weeks I didn't eat because I had to buy school supply," she said holding up the card, "I didn't have a bank account until I was 22."
"How is any of that my problem?" Troy said a little confused.
Gabriella groaned as she turned around and grabbed her jeans, "Tell her I'll be out in a moment and from now on a locked door is not just an invitation for you to use a key."
"My house I'll come and go as I please," he said quietly as he shook his head and turned around to leave the bedroom closing the door behind him. Walking down the hall back to living room where Sharpay was now seated on one of the couches he stopped to place his keys back on the table. Walking into the living room he smiled as Sharpay's eyes met his.
"Is she coming?"
"She's coming, she just needs a moment to pull herself together," Troy said as he sauntered into the living room towards the mini bar. "Would you like a drink?"
"No."
Troy nodded and turned to make his way to the stairs. He was on the third step when Sharpay called his attention.
"How long do you really think you can pull this off?" Sharpay said with a sigh as she leaned back into the cushions.
"I'm sorry what?" he said freezing mid-step and looking in her direction a little more alert.
"Being married, trying to be this wholesome guy we both know that you're not?" Sharpay said tapping her knee with her finger.
Troy descended the stairs, "I'm not pulling anything," Troy said walking back into the living room.
"Right, because Mr. Heartbreaker just happens to find the love of his life over night and changes his ways, conveniently enough this all happens a year before Daddy goes into retirement," Sharpay said with raised brow. "Troy, I know you better than that."
"I would refute that and say you don't know me at all," Troy countered shoving his hands in his pockets.
"Troy you banged the entire Dallas cheerleading team in a weekend for sport; do really expect me to believe that you're fully committed to banging this one plain Jane for the rest of your life." Sharpay looked over her shoulder to make sure they were still alone. "I find a lot of things you do sick, but this has to be the sickest."
Troy let out a sigh, "What is it do you think I'm doing?"
"I think you put stars in her eyes, I think you have her eating bullshit out the palm of your hand. You are not prince charming; you're an asshole by nature. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy the explosion when all your shit finally hits the fan."
Troy clenched his jaw; he was really growing tired of being called an asshole. "Well, that's unfortunate," Troy said shrugging his shoulders. "I love my wife," he said looking in the direction Gabriella entered the room.
"Hey," Gabriella said greeting them both in her jeans and t-shirt, "Everything alright?" Gabriella asked looking from Troy to Sharpay.
"Everything's peachy," Troy looked towards Sharpay with a grin, "Have fun."
Gabriella nodded as she looked between the two siblings. "Great," she said quietly.
"Come on, let's get going then," Sharpay sprung up from the couch and grabbed Gabriella's hand, "you're outfit is very retro, it's really brave."
"Thanks?" Gabriella said questioningly as she followed her out the door reaching for her should bag as she went. When the girls came outside there was a pink limo waiting for them. "This is what we're going in?"
"Yeah," Sharpay said with a crazed expression, "It's not like we're not going to a wedding or a funeral."
"Right?" Gabriella said watching as Sharpay got inside the back seat of the limo as a man in a pink suit nodded at her in acknowledgement.
"Good morning Mrs. Bolton,"
Gabriella winced a little and nodded politely, "Morning," she said back before following Sharpay inside.
The first store they went to was covered from wall to wall in shades of pink and peach. The racks were piled on with bra's, panties and things Gabriella didn't really think had any use in the real world outside of a porno. "This place is really something."
"Troy likes it," Sharpay said picking up a black bra with green lace, "He owns half the chain."
"Really?" Gabriella said with a frown on her face as she touched one of the red panties on the rack. She could never wear things like this, let alone be able to afford it. David had brought her lingerie once. She felt ridiculous in it, when she came out of the bathroom after several deep breaths she was relieved when he smiled weakly and then busted out in laughter. It was a relief to know she wasn't the only one who found it ridiculous. From that point on they both agreed that the stuff at Wal-Mart and Target was much more comfortable and she felt sexier in it because she felt like she was herself. Gabriella turned the tag over and looked at the price. "These are $60 dollars?" Gabriella said looking at the thin material.
"Pretty good deal right?" Sharpay said as she walked over to another rack, "How big are your boobs."
Gabriella fingers slipped causing the underwear to snap from her grasp. With a shocked gasp she watched as the underwear flew across the store, "Oh my god," she muttered quietly as she quickly moved to catch up with Sharpay hoping that no one saw that.
"I'm a B cup," Sharpay said as she held up a pink corset.
Gabriella looked at the corset and all strings and hooks, "How do you wear that?"
"Come on," Sharpay said with a laugh, "Troy hasn't seen you in this?"
"No," Gabriella said placing a hand over her stomach, "I'm not really comfortable with what I look like or what I would look like in that," she said pointing to the attire. Gabriella tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Oh wow," Sharpay said with a smirk, "That is so cute, you're shy." Sharpay shook her head as she put the corset back on the rack. "You really are too good for my brother."
Gabriella bit her lip as she shrugged her shoulders, "He's not that bad," Gabriella said looking at the corset curiously. This is exactly what she pictured Troy's woman wearing. She thought about the women he must have seen in lingerie, beautiful women who he laid in his bed and made sweet passionate love too all night long. She was not one of them, she never could be. She wore Hanes full figured panties from Wal-mart for Christ sake. The last time she had sex she kept her shirt on the entire time. Gabriella let out sigh as she touched the ribbons, the last time she had sex felt like ages ago but it had only been a few years.
"What about this?" Sharpay said holding up a white teddy, "It's cute and it's got a lot of silky material to cover you."
Gabriella looked up at it and smiled as she inspected the simple nightgown. "Do people actually sleep in this stuff?"
Sharpay let out a laugh, "only if you pass out in exhaustion," she said with a smirk. "Most of these things you're only wearing for little while or at least until he takes it off you," she said with a wink.
Gabriella took the white nightgown from her and held it between her fingers, it was silky and cool between her fingers, the image of Troy sliding his hands underneath it flash in her mind and she quickly put it back on the rack. "I think my hips are too big," she said ranking her fingers through her hair.
"Non-sense, look I'll pick out some things and we'll try them on." Sharpay said taking it off the rack.
Gabriella let out a sigh as Sharpay walk head of her already pulling some things off the rack. Looking back at the pink corset she licked her suddenly dry bottom lip. Turning around she followed Sharpay, down the aisles.
"Trust me, sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got." Sharpay said handing her and arm load of things, "I would kill for hips like yours it just a matter of finding the right fit and style."
"Okay," Gabriella said as she was ushered into a fitting room, about an hour later of trying things on Gabriella walked form the store with 6 teddies and several pieces of under garments that had lots of lace and bows.
"We need to find some really nice dresses," Sharpay said as they walked down the sidewalk. "Do you have a particular designer?"
"No," Gabriella said, the last time she gotten new clothes it had been Troy's doing and he had hired a personal assistant to by her some new pieces of clothing. Her cell phone began to buzz and she reached into her bag as Sharpay lead them into the next store.
"Are you surviving?" Troy voice came over the line and she suddenly without reason hid the red bag stuffed with lingerie behind her back.
"Troy!?" she said caught off guard.
"Figured I'd give you a call and make sure I don't have to get in my car and go get you," Troy said in his usual smiling tone.
"I didn't know you owned a lingerie store," Gabriella said into the phone.
"Well of course I do, I love lingerie," the line was quite for a moment as she stood there staring at the dresses on the racks in front of her; "did you buy something?" Troy asked curiously, "What color?"
"Wouldn't you like to know," Gabriella said rolling her eyes as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"Right no need; I'll just check my credit card statements." His laugh on the other end of line made her stomach do a little flip and the heat between her legs warmed a little. "Well I for one am happy you're making changes to your wardrobe."
"What's wrong with my wardrobe?" Gabriella asked watching as Sharpay held up a few dresses and held them up to her body as she looked in the mirror.
"Nothing, you're a very attractive woman, but you're completely inaccessible. You're all about comfort and efficiency," he said coolly.
"What's wrong with comfort and efficiency?" Gabriella said with a small frown.
"Nothing," Troy said with a low voice, "except no one wants to fuck it," he added with laugh.
"You're such a guy," Gabriella looked at the dresses on the racks. "I have to find some dresses; Sharpay's already got an armful."
"Great get something really nice?" he said, "Something strapless or better yet something short."
"If it's alright with you I'll just settle for pretty nice," Gabriella said making a face as she looked at a light blue dress on the manikin in front of her.
"Just remember," Troy responded, "The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off."
"And I'm hanging up now." Gabriella said looking down at her phone and pressing the end button.