Co-written between HSMandChelseaFCfan and Kittykat0301!

A/N wow well neither of us has ever done a co write before (if you could read our emails you would see, most of the time we flipped a coin to make decisions!) so this was really new. Let us know what you think; basically it's just a Troyella story, about them going through high school and the tests their relationship has. Total Troyella Fluff, so if you don't like Troy and Gabriella paired together don't waste your time! Enough from us now- Enjoy!

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Troy Bolton was walking down the hallway with his best friend, Chad Danforth. His eyes scanned the corridor and rested on a petite brunette leaning against his locker. He smiled as he watched his girlfriend, Gabriella Montez, talk animatedly to her best friends, Taylor Mckessie, Sharpay Evans and Kelsi Neilson. Troy just watched as she chatted, her soft brown curls falling down her back. Her whole presence just made him want to hold her in his arms and never let her go.

"You can stop drooling over here you know?" Chad nudged Troy in the ribs pulling him out of his trance.

"Sorry but I can't help it. How did I get so lucky? I mean Gabi is just perfect and she could do so much better than me." Troy admitted to Chad.

"Dude, you know she would never want anyone but you. But…" Chad tried to find the right words whilst Troy stared at him confused.

"What? I swear to god man, your not trying to break us up again are you?"

They both smiled at the memory. Even though they were both pleased with it now, both Chad and Taylor had tries to drive Troy and Gabriella away from each other, because they could expect the change. But now both had accepted that they were dating, and ending hooking up themselves.

"No, but Gabi's been talking to Taylor and according to Tay she worried about the effects of your relationship"

"Why?" Troy asked turning back round to watch her again, as a group of cheerleaders walked right up to them and started talking to the four girls. Troy and Chad watched as the cheerleaders passed and knocked into Gabriella on purpose making her fall back into the lockers.

Chad let out a sigh. "That's why. Apparently some of the cheerleaders have been saying that Gabi shouldn't be with you and that you are only using her while waiting for someone better to come along. Taylor managed to talk her out of thinking they were right but all the rumours are getting out of control." Chad answered as Troy nodded at him moved swiftly after Gabriella, seeing her run off towards their secret hideout.

With Gabriella, Taylor, Sharpay and Kelsi

Gabriella Montez was waiting at her boyfriend, Troy Bolton's, locker with her friends.

"So Gabi where do you think Mr Bolton is?" Taylor asked as Gabriella smiled.

"Probably hiding somewhere outside, talking rubbish with your boyfriend." Gabriella answered as Taylor nodded and laughed.

"Not to bring the mood down but Amber alert." Kelsi warned Gabriella as Amber, the head cheerleader, and her friends walked up to them.

"Look what the cat's dragged in. The freaky math girl. What do you think you are doing here loser?" Amber spitefully asked as Sharpay glared at her.

"Waiting for my boyfriend." Gabriella told her as Amber scoffed.

"You do realize that your 'boyfriend' is only with you until he can find someone like me with more experience. Why would he be interested in such an innocent miss goody two shoes? " Amber replied, causing her friends to snicker as tears welled up in Gabriella's eyes.

"Why don't you just get lost? Troy chose Gabi over you so that must say something about what kind of people Troy likes. People with hearts full of warmth and love not superficial idiots who think they can get what they want by stomping their feet and threatening people!" Sharpay snapped as Amber flicked her blonde hair over her shoulder and walked away, knocking Gabriella back into the lockers. Even though she has changed into a much nicer person since the winter musical, she could still turn on the 'ice queen' act when it came to defending her friends. As soon as they moved passed Gabriella ran off to the secret hideout above the science labs just wanting to be alone.

Gabriella sat down on the bench and cried, the words just spoken by Amber running over and over in her head. What if they're right? What if Troy isn't really interested in me and he is just using me while he waits for someone else better to come along? I mean he is Troy Bolton, East Highs Golden Boy, the guy everyone loves and the person who could have anyone he wanted.

"Gabriella?" Gabriella was pulled out of her trance by the very person she couldn't stop thinking about, the one person who knew her better than she knew herself.

"Hey." Gabriella answered quietly. Troy walked over and sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her and lifting her chin up so she looked him in the eyes.

"You ok?" He asked concerned seeing her tear stricken face.

"No." Gabriella whispered as Troy pulled her closer to him. Her head resting on his chest, listening to his heartbeat as he stroked her arm waiting for her to talk. Before she got the chance to talk the bell went.

Troy silently cursed the bell; it always rang at the most inappropriate times and now was no exception.

"Come on we don't want to be late for Ms Darbus because we can't afford to get detention again and to be accused of PDA's, which by the way she always seems to know about even if she isn't around." Gabriella smiled at his obvious attempts to cheer her up. She gazed up into his eyes and felt herself melt into the cool blueness, felt herself loose her self control. She hated the fact that he had so much of a hold over her, yet she knew he wouldn't abuse that. Gabriella found herself wishing, not for the first time, that everyone else would just butt out of their relationship and let them just be.

Sensing she was spacing out, Troy pulled her up and wrapped his arm round her waist, guiding her down the steps toward their daily dose of torture via Ms Darbus. "Since we didn't get time to talk just then, and I know we need to so don't even try and say your fine Gabi because I know your not, how about you let me take you out later and we can talk then?" Troy suggested as they walked along the hall.

"Kay, pick me up at 7."

Troy and Gabriella headed off to class. Even though it was barley audible, Troy heard her sigh as he tightened his arm around her waist and knew he needed to do something that would reassure Gabriella that she was the only one for him.

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