Summer Love
Chapter 1
"Gabriella!" My mother called. I groaned and put the pillow over my head. I was trying to drown out the sound of her voice. I didn't want to wake up. It was 7:30 on a Saturday morning. Wouldn't you be sleeping right now? It is normal for me to be getting up around this time. Ever since my father died when I was 14, I had to take a job in his landscaping bussiness with my two older brothers. At 18 years old, I have nothing better to do but mow some rich family's lawn. Spectacular!
"Gabriella Joy Montez, you get up right now! Your going to be late!" My mother yelled. She never gives up does she? Reluctantly, I got up. I decided not to worry about the shower since I would come back sweaty and stinky anyway. I walked downstairs and into the kitchen. I smelled food she was cooking. Mmm bacon. I reached my hand to grab a piece, but it was slapped away. Bacon...here I come.
"Mommyy," I whined, "can't I have just on little piece?" I asked politely. I make a cute little face. She has to say yes. She can't resist this face.
"No. Maybe if you'd gotten up earlier." I can't believe she resissted the face! That has never happened before. I must be losing my little kid cuteness. I started pouting at her. "Oh, alright. Take one piece." I smiled. I still got it. "You have to get going now. You don't want to make a bad impression on your new clients." She added. New clients? This should be fun. I give her a kiss on the cheek and head out the door.
I walked out the door to see my two brothers Ricky and Johnny outside loading the truck. They were the ones that helped me out. I stated helping them load the truck, and we were on our way.
Our drive to the place was only a few minutes. It was practically 2 blocks away. It was a nice quiet neighborhood. We pulled up to a nice two story house. It was about the same siz as our house. We all got out of the car and unloaded the tools.
"Gabi, could you tell them that we're here?" My brother Ricky asked. I shrugged.
"Sure." I got the easy job. All I had to do was knock on the door and tell them not to let out thier pets or small children. I walked up the steps rung the doorbell and knocked twice. About a minute later someone one answered.
"Yes?" A voice said. I turned around and was speechless. He was a teenage god. He had sandy brown hair and piercing baby blue eyes. The best part was that he was shirtless. Man oh man was he built. My voice was suddenly caught in my throat and I couldn't say anything. Why did he have to be so hot? "is there something worng?" I must've looked stupid.
"I-I'm h-here from the landscaping company." I managed to get out. His chest was glistening with sweat. I hear some sort of buzzing noise. Oops! That's him talking again. "I'm sorry what did you say?" I asked embarrassed.
"I said my parents aren't home, but they told me to take care of the questions."
"Oh, well here is the sheet you need to fill out." I handed it to him. I can feel his eyes staring at me. I'm not going to look at him.
"Thanks." He says. "I'll fill this out and get it back to you guys before you leave."
"Ok." I turn and start walking away without looking at him. I must look like a total dork. Why oh why did this house have to have a hot person living in it?
I shook off my embarrassment and got to work. I found that my brothers had finished their part of the job. All that was left was the mowing. "Gabi, we're gonna go get some food. Call us when your done." Johnny said as I nodded. I should've known that they would leave me with the biggest job. They hopped in the truck and drove off as I started the mower. I mowed the entire yard in about 30 min. Amazing how my brothers still hadn't come back. I pushed the mower until it was in the front yard. Taking a seat on the porch, I sighed. I couldn't call them, since I was a genius and left my cell phone in the car. There was nothing to do. I started to kick the little pebbles on the ground. This is so fun.
"Hey." A voice greeted me from behind. I turned around and saw the boy from before. Sadly, he had a shirt on.
"Hi." I replied. I have to stay casual. He handed my the questionair, and I said thank you.
"So, your number wasn't on the sheet." Oh.My.Gosh. He wants my number! "My parents told me to make sure I got it so that they would be able to call you guys when they needed to." Darn! I thought he wanted to call me.
"Oh, well all of our busness cards are int the truck, and my brothers kinda left me here." He nodded in understanding.
"My name's Troy Bolton." He said politely as he stuck out his hand.
"Gabriella Montez." I said. "Can I use your phone? I need to call my brothers so they can pick me up."
"Sure. Follow me." He held the door open for me as I entered. When he closed it, he gestured for me to follow. The house was beautifully decorated. They had pictures all over the place. Most of them were family portraits. From the photos, I could tell that he has one baby sister. His entire family looked like they came out of a disney movie. I picked up the phone and started to dial.
"Hello?" Ricky answered.
"Hey, you guys take forever to get some food."
"Gabi? Where are you calling from? You left your phone in the car."
"I'm calling from the Bolton's."
"The Bolton's?"
"Our new clients..." He could be so dense sometimes.
"Oh, we'll be there in a bit." He hung up the phone. Setting the cordless down on the reciever, I turned around. Troy wasn't there. I looked around for bit. I spotted the cutest picture of a baby boy. This must be Troy. As I reached down to pick it up, I heard a voice.
"What are you doing?" Troy asked from beside me. I started to move, but the rug slipped from under my feet. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the fall, but it never came. Opening one eye at a time, I saw that Troy caught me. I could feel his muscles. Steading me so that I was on my feet, his hands moved down to my waist he was holding me there. "Are you okay?" He asked as he removed his hands carefully making sure that I had my balance. I nodded completely embarassed. We both heard the horn sound.
"I'm gonna go and get that business card now." I told him. I walked out of the house mentally cursing myself for being a clutz. "Hand me a card Ricky." He did and I walked back to the house. "Tell your parents to call anytime."
He nodded. "Thanks Gabriella." I smiled. My name sounded so much more beautiful when it came out of his mouth. "Bye." He said. I waved and started walking back to the truck.
As Johnny started to pull away, I looked back at the house. I saw Troy standing there smiling. I smiled and gave a small wave of my hand.
"Aww, our lil sis is in love!" Ricky said to Johnny. I whipped my head around. Ricky was grining at me.
"You better not be." Johnny told me. He had always been so protective of me since dad died. He was the 'man of the house'.
"I'm not in love. He just let me use the phone because you guys never came back after 30 minutes of 'getting food'." I told them.
"Yeah right. If you don't like him, then why are you blushing?" Stupid Ricky. Why did he have to say that?
"My cheeks are cold. They have the ac on really high. It's iceland in there." That was the best cover up I could think of.
"Yeah, whatever. Just don't get involved with clients." Johnny instructed. I nodded my head. He was all I could think about for the rest of the day.
Later that night, we got a phone call from the Bolton's. They wanted to call and discuss the payment plan. We set it up so they would pay us sometime during the week. Mrs. Bolton thought it would be good for us to get to know eachother. She told my mom about the idea and soon they were making arragements for dinner the next day. This meant I would get to see Troy again. He wouldn't catch me in ripped jeans, grassed stained sneakers, and a messy t-shirt again. I was glad. This meant that I could make a better empression. I can't wait for tomorrow.
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