Meeting Again

by RabbitDork101

Summary- Everyone is in college, Gabi is trying to keep a steady job, go to school, and have a social life. When her social life goes, she loses contact with just about everyone. Once and a while she talk to Sharpay, but that's about as thrilling as asking Taylor to explain the laws of physics. When she bumps into a 'stranger' one day, she thinks about how her life has gone down hills. More that just a oneshot

"Talking"

Thinking

Chapter One- the Job and the Meeting

Ring!

The bells to the doors of the small coffee shop ring. A dark haired waitress looks up. She counts four people, from her Literature class, who hate her walk in. THIS was her life. No friends, except Terri, who she worked with and shared an apartment with. She hadn't talked her old high school friends in months, a couple of them actually haven't seen or heard from her in about a year. Her ex-boyfriend Troy had gone off to Notre Dame to play basketball, Zeke had gone to some cooking school, Chad, well she's not quite sure what happened to Chad, all she knew was that he was going to college in Kentucky, just like her. Taylor had gone off to London, to study, and Kelsi and Jason, last she heard they were in New York, producing a show. Jason had found out he had a hidden talent for conducting orchestras and bands, so they started producing Broadway Shows together. And... Kelsi was expecting. Sharpay and Ryan currently live in Los Angeles. They were HUGE in Hollywood, but still called about every month to check up on Gabi.

Sighing, Gabriella Montez walked over to her death. "What can I get you guys today?" she smiling and grabbing her pads and pen to take down order.

" A new waitress, if it wouldn't be too much trouble." A blonde bimbo said. She was like Sharpay in every way only thirty times worst.

"I'm sorry, but I'm the only waitress available at the moment so would you like to get?" She said this in the sweetest way possible, but you could still detect the venom in her voice.

"Well in that case, I'll take an iced late."

"Anything else?"

"Nope, that'll be all."

Gabriella walked away, knowing full well that she wouldn't be getting a tip from that table. In the kitchen, she started making the late, think of all the vile things she could do to it, if only she wouldn't get fired because of them. Why had she signed up to work by herself, she wasn't exactly sure, but the thought of her History finals coming up, and the book she had place in her back pack purposely crossed her mind. It was 10:00, the time when no one was up for coffee except stupid people like the group outside, which would make it impossible to study. But, they closed at 10:30 so they had 15 minutes to order whatever they wanted and then she stopped serving.

She walked out with the drink and set it down with the bill if front of the snobby person and asked if there was anything else, which they all replied no, and she turned around, ready to go study, but...

"Ummm... excuse me," one of them had said and as soon as Gabi had turned around, the drink she had just made was splattered all over her, and the group was heading towards the door. She didn't care, she's pay for it. She was used to it by now. It happened about once or twice a month.

She cleaned the mess up off the floor, and did her best to clean the white shirt she was wearing, but it was half white, half tan. She looked at the clock, 10:30, closing time. She quickly shut everything down and was ready to walk out the door when someone opened it.

"Oh, I'm sorry, are you closed?" a young man, with a familiar voice asked.

Gabi looked up and replied, "Uh.. yes we are, I'm truly sorry..." she had trailed off , noticing whom the stranger was. "Chad?" she said in utter surprise, "What are you doing here?"

"Gabi? I guess I could ask you the same question, but I go to school at Trail University (made up) and I just thought I'd check this place out. But if you're closed..."

"Oh, well I'm sure I could get you something, I mean you are my friend that I haven't seen in like three years, wait, did you say you went to Trail U?"

"Yeah, why?"

"That's where I go. I can't believe I've never seen you."

"Well, most of my classes are in the evenings. So you probably wouldn't see me." he said laughing.

"Oh, well, did you want something? I could probably get you a cup of coffee, but that's just about it at the moment. And maybe a stale muffin."

"I think I'll take that cup of coffee. Hey, did your shirt come like that, it's cool."

Blushing, and just remembering her shirt was drenched in coffee she replied, "well, not exactly, some people threw some coffee on me as a joke. It's nothing really." she added quickly, seeing his facial expression change from angry to pissed. "It happens all the time." Oh, probably shouldn't have said that.

"Who did it?" Chad asked getting all protective. No one hurts my Gabi, wait, my Gabi?

"I don't know, just some dumb guys, like I said, it happens all the time and I'm over it. Crying just makes it worst. And when I try to make them pay for the coffee, they just..." Now he's really pissed.

"They don't pay for the coffee?" Ok, now I'm really pissed. Now she's pay for coffee that she didn't order and that she is now wearing on her shirt.

"Let's just drop it." Gabi said, trying to change the subject. "Hey, its Saturday, what are you doing out this late? School doesn't have evening classes tonight."

"Oh, well my roommate has this girl over and well, there was a tie on the doorknob, if you catch my drift" Chad had said, blushing profusely.

Gabi handed him his cup of coffee, and then stared in to his eyes. She never noticed how soft they were. They seemed to hold a world full of pain. What she did know was that Troy and Taylor were no longer speaking to him, because he 'over reacted' when Taylor had broken up with him to go with Troy.

Wow! do I like Chad, I mean in high school I did have a small crush on him, but I'm over that, right?

Wow! I never noticed how beautiful Gabi was. Wait- beautiful? I mean she is pretty, but beautiful. Maybe I still have feelings for her.

Neither of them knew that their heads were slowly getting closer, until they kissed. Both felt sparks. They soon broke away. "So umm, Chad, do you have a place to stay tonight. I mean my apartment is small, but my roommate is gone and .."

What the heck is she saying? All I want to do is kiss her again. I guess this answers my question, I do like Gabriella Montez. Alright, just kiss her again.

Gabriella was still going on about how he could stay at her house, when he shut her up but quickly kissing her. The kiss deepened when they both stood up from the chairs they were sitting on and wrapped their arms around each other. They kissed for about a minute, and then broke apart. "So, I can stay with you tonight?"

"Of course." Then after shutting down the small coffee shop for the 2nd time that night they walked to Gabi's apartment hand and hand.

So what did you think. I know, strange couple, but was reading story and I just had a bunch of ideas and this was one of them. Please Review!

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