Maybe his whole confession made her go weak. She knew she should not have kissed him goodbye. She should've not have kissed him back when he leaned in to her. His ocean blue eyes piercing into her own brown ones. But damn, it felt kinda good to do so. Her lips parted a little while his tongue entered hers. They started a dance that only they knew. Troy had his hands around her bare waist while Gabriella removed her hands from his cheeks and placed them around his neck. Troy pulled her closer, moving his hands up and down. After a while, they both needed some air and pulled back, looking at each other trying to catch their breaths.

' it's your fault, you know that right?'

Gabriella looked at him confused. 'my fault? You kissed me'

Troy shook his head with a small grin. ' No you started it. If you didn't kiss me on the cheek and turned your head to me afterwards, I wouldn't be kissing you.'

Gabriella saw that he was playing her and she laughed. ' fine it's my fault. Sorry, I won't do it again.'

Troy caressed her cheek. 'well, to be honest, I didn't mind.

Gabriella smiled a little uneasy at him and Troy knew enough. ' it was a long emotional day. What happened, happened. I'm just glad that we are okay again. I'll see you in 2 days for our new work out session.' Troy kissed her cheek lightly ' Goodnight Gabs.'

Troy got into his car and drove away. Gabriella touched her lips slightly before going back into the house. She went directly to her bedroom and let herself fall on her bed. This was NOT what she had planned to do. Her lips still tingle a little and she groaned. Was it only because of his confession to her? Or was she really a stereotype girl who develop something because he changed for the better? It's still the same guy before he lost so much weight.

'Gabs, you're a hypocrite.' She mumbled. 'Just forget about it. He knows that you are not into a relationship with him. It was just the heat of the moment.'

And as Gabriella spoke those words, Scarlet walked into the room. She sat down on the edge of Gabriella's bed wit her arms crossed. 'So, what's up between you and fatty?'

'Were friends Scar.'

' define 'friends'' Scarlet said

Gabriella got up from her lying position and sat down. 'We are friends. You know what kind if person I am. If I see someone who is in need for some help, I will do anything to help them out. So I'm helping him to feel better about himself. We starting working out for a month now and as you might have noticed it started to work.'

'And now you want him?' Scarlet said wiggling her eyebrows

' no, I'm not searching for an relationship'

' Who said anything about an relationship? One night is way better. No strings attached.'

' I'm not 18 anymore Scar.'

'And you're not 50 either. Come on live a little bit before you want to search for mister Right. Look for mister Right now. ' Scarlet's eyes got wide. 'Don't tell me you are still a virgin?'

'Nah, want to know a funny story?' Scarlet nodded. ' I slept with Troy's brother when I was in High School and he found out a few weeks ago.'

'Oooh, scandalous. And, how did he react?' Scarlet said while clapping her hands.

Gabriella looked at her sister. She never had this kind of conversations with her before and it felt like she couldn't really trust her. it felt like Scarlet was looking for gossip to tell her friends. And since she went to the same high school as Troy she knew she must be careful. Gabriella shrugged. ' He has nothing to say about it so It's cool.'

Scarlet frowned. 'Are you sure? He looked kinda upset when he was at the door earlier. I mean what did he say again? It has been two weeks since you both last spoke to each other? For me it doesn't sound like he was okay with it.'

'It had nothing to do with that. I was busy with a project for the university, and his brother was in town so..'

Scarlet laughed. 'You are a shitty lair Gabs. You've always have been.'

Gabriella got up from her bed. ' it's the truth. But can you please leave my room? I would like to finish my project.'

Scarlet sighed. ' urgh fine, I thought we were bonding.'

' No, you were looking for new gossip to tell your slutty girlfriends or to pick on Troy. I'm not telling you shit.'

'Shut up about my friends. At least I have friends. You are trying to be friends with some geek at school who's way younger than you are. How pathetic.'

Gabriella frowned. ' What are you talking about? Me, Taylor and Sharpay meet on regular basis. Don't say dumb things you know that's not true.'

Scarlet got from Gabriella's bed and stomped off. ' urgh bitch'

Gabriella shook her head. She wasn't planning om working on a project that had to be finished within 4 weeks. The hell Scarlet knew. A small smile formed her lips. For now it was the best that Scarlet knew nothing about her and Troy and what had happened. She yawned and walked to her bathroom, took a shower, brushed her teeth and went back to bed.

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Scarlet Montez was on a mission. You could hear her high heels clicking on the cold stone floor of East High. Her hips going from side to side while her dress fitted her perfectly. Normally lots of guys and girls would stare at her. some with hunger in their eyes, others with jealously. But it was early in the morning and almost no one had arrived yet. Way too early for a girl like Scarlet. But like I said earlier, she's was on a mission. She was determined to find the person she was looking for. By the time she was about to give up, Scarlet arrived at the gym when she saw him. Troy. He was shooting some hoops shirtless and Scarlet knew that this working out he did with her sister really paid off. He looked decent. But she had a plan what had nothing to do with her finding him decent. She was determined to fuck his head and hurt her sister. Scarlet walked up to him. Troy just took a shot and catches the ball again. Then he heard the high heels coming his way. He turned his head.

' Scarlet, wha..'

Scarlet pressed her lips on his and forced him to open his mouth and plunged her tongue inside. Troy of course completely shocked by what was happening stood there like a statue. But after a few seconds she felt him relaxing and he went along with her. They stood there for a minute or so before Scarlet pulled back from him. Troy still had his eyes closed, probably scared to open them. Not knowing what to expect.

' You can open your eyes fatty'

As soon Troy heard that name, he frowned and opened his eyes. ' what the hell was that about?'

Scarlet grinned. ' good your confused. Be ready for more confusion. I will make high school a lot better for you. I will make sure people will notice you.'

' What are you talking about? What was that kiss about?'

'Don't tell me you didn't enjoy that. A lot of guys in school will do anything so I would kiss them. You should be thankful.'

Troy put on his shirt. ' I'm not one of them trust me.'

' Because you are into my sister? She's a better kisser than I am?'

'Yes she is.'

Troy eyes got wide and Scarlet had the information that she wanted. She turned around and walked out of the gym leaving Troy even more confused than ever, unaware what that kiss would do but he would find out sooner or later. Because at the end of the day Troy had been kissed by 3 more girls. All friends from Scarlet ( obviously). He felt weird. He never had so much attention from anyone ever. Even the guys came up to him to give him a high five. What the hell was happening? As school ended Troy slowly walked out of the school to his bike deep in thoughts.

'you kissed some girls and you liked it'

A male voice sang the song and Troy looked up to see an African American guy with an HUGE afro leaning against an very old chevy.

'Uh, are you talking or singing to me?'

The afro pushed himself of the car and extended his hand. ' I'm Chad.'

'Troy'

'I know now. Weren't you the guy who failed senior year last year?'

' Uh, yes that's me.'

'so, you are quite the hot shot at school today. You are a lucky bastard.'

Troy sighed. ' I have no idea why they all attacked me.'

' Seems like your not used to all this attention.'

' Trust me on that. I don't. I just started hanging out with an older girl to work on myself and since then my confidence grew a little but attention like I just had today? Not my thing.'

' yet'

Troy looked at Chad confused. 'what do you mean?'

'I know who you are Troy. Who you were before looking like this. And I might be one of the guys who bullied you and I really want to say that I'm sorry. And it's not that I am apologizing because of how you have changed or the attention you just got. I was a dick and I'm sorry. But if Scarlet Montez had her eyes on you, you are the lucky one.'

'But I'm not interested to be her lucky one. I just want her to leave me alone but..'

' You also know that your life will be a living hell if you don't accept.'

Troy laughed. ' Yea, that's what I mean. How did she get so popular again? Or has so much power over everyone?'

Chad shrugged. ' Easy, she's hot. And when your hot, and people want to be you. You have power over them'

'I guess.'

'So, you need a ride home?' Chad asked. Patting on his car.

Troy shook his head. ' No thanks, I'm with my bike. If I want to get into shape even more I have to work for it.'

Chad nodded, threw his bag in the car and closed it. Troy looked at him confused. ' What are you doing?'

'Run home.'

'Why? You have a car?'

'I know, but you motivate me to do a little bit more so. You bike, I run?'

' Where do you live?'

'Nearby your place.'

'How do you know where I live?'

'Because I see you walking, running of using your bike every time I look out of my window so.. I don't really know where you exactly live but..'

'it's probably nearby' Troy laughed.

The two boys started to move. Troy on his bike, Chad running. It took them a few minutes before realizing during their conversation that they had a lot In common. Their jokes were the same, the way they thought about sports. Chad was also interested in how Troy lost so much weight in such a short time. Troy didn't tell him about Gabriella. It was the best for now not to tell too much since he also told too much to Scarlet. Once they arrived at Chad's house, he invited him over to play videogames. It was a fun day. A few hours later Troy arrived back home. Happy. Troy truly believed he made a friend today. As he ate with his parents, made some homework and showered. His phone vibrated.

'Hi'

'Hi' Troy answered back. ' How are you?'

'I was about to ask you the same thing : ) '

'I'm great actually.'

' Really? How so?'

'I think I made a new friend today. I guy to be exact'

'No shit, really? What is he like? Feeling butterflies?'

' ha ha ha, your hilarious. His name is Chad, and we have a lot on common. Which sounds girly but it's true. It would be nice to have a friend in school though.'

'True, I'm happy for you.'

'That doesn't mean I'm not working out with you anymore. I hope you believe me.'

'Troy, relax. I'm glad your making friends. Hopefully your senior year will be a lot better than it was last year. Speaking about that. Are people responding on how you look?'

Troy thought about had happened with Scarlet and those 3 other girls. He felt like he was obligated to tell her but at the other hand. They kissed. They liked it but it was clearly that a relationship or what so ever would not happen. Troy decided not to tell her.

'The respons is not what I had expected. Guys who used to bully me are talking to me. Girls are coming up to me to make conversation. It feels good.'

'Aha, well I'm happy for you.'

Then the conversation died. Maybe it was just because they had nothing else to tell each other but Troy had the feeling that they both didn't know how to react anymore. The kiss they shared did effect their friendship and right now it was clearly. It was after an hour Troy decided to respond.

'Well, I'm going to bed. I'll meet you in the park after school?'

Troy didn't get a response so he decided to shut off his phone and went to bed. Although it took him a while to fall asleep..

A few blocks away someone else also had trouble to fall asleep. The 21-year- brunette couldn't help it. She had the feeling that something was wrong. She knew it was about the kiss. Why was it so weird? Was it even smart to continue their friendship? Their work outs?

'Come on Gabs. If you have seconds thoughts, just tell him face to face tomorrow. Yes, you should do that. Just tell him that you think he's doing a fine job without you.'

Gabriella smiled, and if someone who see that smile, they knew exactly that she was full of shit. Gabriella groaned. Why did a kiss fuck her head up so bad? She is a strong independent woman for god sake! It took a few hours before both of them finally fell asleep.

The next morning. Gabriella made de decision to tell Troy at school that today was the last day that she would help him. She asked Scarlet when she had a free period so she could tell Troy then. Gabriella parked her car, got out and slowly walked to East High. Still a little unsure if she would tell him what she wanted to say. Although when she looked through the school, she couldn't find him. Maybe he was outside somewhere? Gabriella walked out to the track court to look there.

'Can I help you?'

Gabriella turned around to see a guy who an huge afro walked up to her and his eyes grew wide. 'DAMN'

'Damn what?'

' I've never seen someone as hot as you before.'

'that's a very bad pick up line, but thanks for the compliment. Actually I am looking for someone. Perhaps you can help me out?'

' Your wish is my command, If you tell me your name first. Mines Chad'

' Montez, Gabriella Montez.'

He gulped. 'no fucking way, your Scarlet's sister.'

'Sadly yes, but I'm not looking for her. I'm actually looking for Troy Bolton. Do you know him?'

The guy named Chad grinned and pointed to the bleachers. ' He's right there enjoying his free period.'

Gabriella frowned and looked where Chad pointed too. Gabriella started walking towards the direction and it took a few seconds to see and realize why the feeling she had became reality. Troy was literally enjoying his free period. But with someone. Her shirt was off, and so was his. His mouth was attacking her neck while her hands were squeezing his ass. Gabriella felt sick in her stomach.

' dude, you have company'

Troy turned away from the girl to turn to Chad, but when he saw Gabriella his face immediately turned red as a tomato. Troy grabbed his shirt and put it on.

'Gabs, hi. I.. I.. didn't know that you were coming. I thought we would meet this afternoon.'

Gabriella shook her head and faked a smile. ' ah right, I forgot I'm sorry. I thought we would meet in your free period. But I see you are busy right now. I'll see you later.'

And with that, Gabriella walked away as fast as she could, trying to hide the fact that she was even more upset than she wanted to admit. Gabriella didn't knew that someone was watching her and an evil smile formed her lips. Scarlet liked the way things were going.