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An: My FIRST fanfic so be nice...comments are appreciated good or bad (i need it)
It was Magical
Repacking her suitcase for the fifth time that night, she let out a loud sigh. She frowned placing her hands on her hips and starring intently at the neatly folded clothes.
Her hand reached up to her neck and tightly grasped the silver locket on the end. She sighed again and closed her eyes.
"I never knew packing took so long." A voice came from the doorway.
Gabriella spun round and faced her Mother. She smiled softly and shrugged. "I've took longer."
Her Mother nodded and sat on the end of her daughters bed. Reaching into the suitcase she pulled out a framed picture of her daughter and a "friend".
"How is he?" He mother asked.
Gabriella smiled. "I wish I knew…"
Her Mother placed the picture back into the suitcase and looked up at her only daughter.
"You don't have to do this you know…"
"Mom, I've already told you, I wish I could stay but….."
"Its your life…" Her Mother finished. "You know, when you were a little girl you used to say the same thing. Every time a dance competition came up. I told you that you didn't have to, but you did. Every time you'd come home crying because you got beat out."
"I had a lot on my mind…" Gabriella said.
Her Mother nodded. "I know you did. You still do."
Gabriella looked away. Her Mother was right. "But I'm not doing it for him anymore. I'm doing it for me. I've learned not to look out into the audience and expect to see him sitting their. He said he'd come every week. And every week I believed him. I looked for him and he never showed. Not once."
"Your Dad…"
Gabriella flinched at the word. Dad. He was anything but a Father to her. To be honest she couldn't care less if he jumped off a cliff.
"Has problems. I know Mom, but what I hate is that he'd rather go to their beauty pageants. Kids that he isn't even related too. He's never missed one. Yet me, his own flesh and blood, had dance competitions and he missed every single one."
Maria Montez's eyes glossed over. "We're better off without him."
Gabriella held the locket in her hands again and tightly shut her eyes.
"So, you never told me about your summer." Maria said quietly, trying desperately to change the subject.
"It was fine." She mumbled.
"Gabriella, your going to a national dance competition. It must have been better than fine if you managed to get that."
Gabriella sighed for what felt like the millionth time that night. She reached into her suitcase and picked up the photo her Mother had previously been looking at. She touched the boys face and quickly gave it to her Mother.
Maria looked at it again, then looked up into her daughters eyes.
"It was everything I've been waiting for…."
The Beginning of Summer
Gabriella groaned and threw her suitcase to the ground. "I cant believe you're making me go to a stupid camp!"
"Gabi, I told you, its just this once, you have no where to go while Charlie and I…."
"Fuck each other…?"
"Go to visit your Grandma." Maria sighed hurrying after her daughter who was rushing towards the line of coaches.
"Yeah Mom, "Visit Grandma" that's what you said last Christmas when you first met the jackass."
"Gabriella!"
"Sorry," Gabriella said stopping and turning round. "I meant when you first met the idiotic individual!!"
"Oh quit complaining." Charlie's voice came as he stood beside Maria. "You'll have fun and make lots of new little friends."
"I don't want to make "lots of new little friends"." Gabriella mimicked. "I want to stay here!!"
"You need to get out of the house more." Charlie sighed stepping closer to Gabriella.
"And you need to get out of my personal zone!" Gabriella argued stepping back.
"Gabi…" Her Mothers voice came. "Please.."
"No, no I get it now. You think that I study way to much at home, and don't like going out. So you two banged your hands together and thought. "Why not put Gabi in Summer School! That way her life will be hell and we'll have the whole house all to ourselves"." Gabriella smiled. "Thanks."
"Well, she gets it. Lets go." Charlie said. "I'm hungry, think we can get some food on the way back?"
"I'll see you in 2 months!! We can spend my last few weeks of summer together doing family things! Oh, we can play monopoly! I call race car!!" she said sarcastically ignoring Charlie's comment.
"No fair! I love the race car!" Charlie groaned and looked at Maria. "She always gets the race car…."
"I don't want the race car because I wont be playing with you. EVER!" Gabriella rolled her eyes and looked at her Mom. "You sure know how to pick your guys Mom."
"Gabi…"
"Look, I'll call you when I get their."
Her Mom smiled sadly and hugged her daughter. "I love you." She said into her hair.
"Love you too, Mom"
The pair pulled apart and smiled.
"Be safe, kiddo." Charlie grinned.
"You too Charlie, protections the best option." Gabriella smiled back.
"Gabi!!" Maria hissed as Charlie laughed.
"You know what I mean." He grinned.
Gabriella nodded and the pair exchanged a high five.
"You know you can dance their and-" Maria started.
"Bye Guys!" Gabriella called as she climbed onto the bus pulling her suitcase up the steps.
"I love you!! Don't talk to strangers!!" Her Moms voice called.
"Don't take candy off them either!! Unless their M&Ms….I love M&Ms" Charlie called.
Gabriella giggled to herself as she pulled her suitcase to an empty seat. She picked it up and attempted to put it onto the shelf above her.
"Damn.." She whispered to herself as she realized she was far too small to reach. She looked around helplessly and sighed.
"Need help?" came a voice. From behind her.
"Err…"
"Well, I'm going to help you anyways since your kind of blocking the-"
"Would you hurry up and move!" Came a voice cutting off the persons voice. Gabriella saw a line of people trying to get past her.
"Oh…"
The boy next to her picked up the suitcase and put it above her. Gabriella slid into the seat next to the window and took out her Iphone and headphones. The boy sat next to her and smiled. He had shaggy brown hair and ocean blue eyes. Judging by his appearance he looked like he was very well built.
"Can I help you?" Gabriella asked.
"Well, a thanks would be nice."
"Thanks." She mumbled.
"Obviously not a polite one."
She rolled her eyes. "Your sort of in my personal bubble now, so move."
"Camps not that bad." He smirked ignoring her.
"Obviously, you'd know.."
"I've been every year since I was 12."
"Do your parents hate you too?"
He laughed. "You could say that…"
She smiled and leaned her head against the window. Praying he'd get up and leave her alone.
"I'm Troy." He said.
"Good to know." She said.
"Isn't this the part where you introduce your self too?" he asked.
Gabriella shrugged. "Nah, like you said. I'm not the polite one."
Troy nodded. "Obviously."
"YO! TROY!" Came a voice from the back of the bus.
"Well, I have to go."
"I'm heartbroken." Gabriella mumbled.
"Don't miss me too much." he smiled standing up.
"I'll try my very best not too." Gabriella smiled back.
She closed her eyes and felt the bus move. She groaned. 2 hours on a bus full of idiots. Great. What a wonderful way to start her summer. All she wanted to do was go home and hide away in her bedroom for the rest of the summer. But no, she was stuck going to a camp while her Mom and Charlie "Visited Grandma"
"Hey." Came a voice as she felt someone sit next to her.
She groaned again. Why do people always sit next to her on the bus? Couldn't they get the hint she wanted to be alone.
She opened her eyes and came face to face with a brown haired girl. She had chocolate brown eyes and dark skin.
"Hi." Gabriella said.
"I couldn't help but notice you and Troy."
"Who?" Gabriella said and looked to where the girl was pointing. "Oh, him, yeah."
"Your new."
"Your correct."
"He's well. A player…"
"And your telling me this why?" Gabriella asked.
"You seem like a nice girl. I don't want him tricking you. He's done it many times before and I hate seeing what he does to the girls."
"Thanks, I appreciate it." Gabriella said.
"I'm Taylor."
"Gabriella. But don't tell Troy that." Gabriella replied shooting Troy a dirty look. Now knowing why he was being so nice to her. What a sick individual. She thought. She would have called him much worse but her Mother brought her up differently. Most of the time.
"Your secrets safe with me." Taylor smiled.
"So, what's this camp like?" Gabriella asked.
Taylor beamed. "Well…"
And as Taylor told her, Gabriella thought. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. AT least she had one friend.
AN: Should i continue or am i really bad and should just quit now....?
Katie
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