Summary: He couldn’t understand why people though love was the greatest thing in life. But then he met her; and he was smitten. One-shot, AU, non-graphic sex scene.

Author’s Note: Just an idea that’s been in my head for quite awhile. It’s a song-fic using “Hero/Heroine” by Boys Like Girls. I guess the plot is kinda’ cliché ; it’s basically Troy’s known Gabriella for years and he just realizes he loves her. I don’t own anything so just read, review, & enjoy.

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Hero/Heroine

He couldn’t wait to see her. Her eyes shining with a fire of determination and wit. Her breathtaking smile—the one that was reserved for him and only him. How when she was deep in thought her lips would turn into a small pout; or when she was angry her cheeks turned a bright red.

He was in love with her. He was in love with Gabriella Montez.

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It's too late baby, there's no turning around

I've got my hands in my pocket and my head in a cloud

This is how I do

When I think about you

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Everything about her ceased to amaze him. For the longest time he couldn’t place the feelings dwelling inside him. He was, after all, supposed to hate her. And the more he thought about, he realized at one point he did. She was a lot like him in so many different ways. And that’s what infuriated him. She knew exactly how he was feeling even when he refused to say a word.

But everyday he found himself wondering. He had known her for years, and yet he couldn’t figure out where hate had turned into something more. Had it been when they were five and first met her? Or maybe the time when they were eight and he had stuck gum in her hair? Or had it been when they were fifteen, when he stole her first kiss just to have her blush and slap him?

Troy didn’t know.

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I never thought that you could break me apart

I keep a sinister smile and a hole in my heart

You want to get inside

Then you can get in line

But not this time

Cause you caught me off guard

Now I'm running and screaming

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He never did do well when it came to emotions. He figured that maybe that was why he just couldn’t figure out how to act when he was with her. Why he was drawn to her like a magnet.

And that was why she deserved to know. Because if she felt the same way, or even if she didn’t, at least he could get himself back to the way he was before.

So there he was. At her doorstep. In the rain.

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I feel like a hero and you are my heroine…

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“Troy.” Her voice was surprisingly calm, almost as if she had been waiting for him.

For seventeen years he had learned to keep his feelings to himself. He had taught himself to not get his heart to want more than it should.

And he realized that it all disappeared the day he met her. That no matter how many times he denied it, it was the solid truth.

“I love you Gabriella.”

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I won't try to philosophize

I'll just take a deep breath and I'll look in your eyes

This is how I feel

And it’s so surreal

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His mouth went dry. He had said it. They stared at each for what seemed like an eternity. And then, slowly, her mouth curled into a small smile.

“What took you so long?”

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I got a closet filled up to the brim

With the ghosts of my past and the skeletons

And I don't know why

You'd even try

But I won't lie

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She pulled him by the shirt into a kiss; he had never seen her act so bold. He kissed back with equal force, relishing in it as she brought his soaking wet body inside her house, quickly closing the door behind her.

They broke apart, breathing deeply.

“Don’t worry. No one’s home.”

And although under normal circumstances he would’ve acted stoic and cold, Troy smiled slightly as she let the way.

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You caught me off guard

Now I'm running and screaming

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Neither was sure how it got to such a point. From the moment they stepped into her room, all bets were off. Clothes were shed in minutes and they found themselves shuddering in bliss of skin against skin.

He whispered her name in her ear, as she felt the air escape as he began to ravish her body in every humane way possible. The way he rubbed her breasts and down her curves, to her nether regions… to the way he kissed her, touched her, held her in his arms. Her thoughts were sent into oblivion, every action they made conveying every emotion they ever felt for each other.

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I feel like a hero and you are my heroine

Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?

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She moaned. She screamed; calling out his name. And when Troy slipped inside her, logic was out the door. She didn’t think, just met his thrusts, feeling such ecstasy she didn’t realize was possible.

And as he loved her at a faster pace, Gabriella called out his name and let out a scream as they came into bliss together.

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And I feel a weakness coming on

Never felt so good to be so wrong

Had my heart on lockdown

And then you turned me all around

I'm feeling like a newborn child

Every time I get a chance to see you smile

It's not complicated

I was so jaded

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They continued on for hours. And as morning dawned they lay there, tired and worn. Troy held her in his arms, listening to her breathing deeply.

“I love you Troy Bolton.” She whispered, her voice laced with warmth.

He hadn’t realized it then, but from the moment he saw her, he was smitten. And when Gabriella turned and smiled at him, his life changed. Troy had never understood why people thought was the greatest thing in ones’ life. Rather, to him, it had always seemed like rejection in its sharpest form.

And then she came into the picture.

“I love you too.” He smiled. “I always have.”

He wasn’t sure what was going to happen from that point on. The future was filled with possibilities he could scarcely imagine.

But she was finally his. And that was all that mattered.

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And you caught me off guard

Now I'm running and screaming

I feel like a hero and you are my heroine

Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?

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Author’s Note: I’m really proud of this story for some reason, even if it didn’t exactly make sense (to me, anyways). I’m working on Chapter 3 of Long Time Coming, so just hold tight; it should be posted within a couple of days. Please REVIEW, it’d be much appreciated.