"well, I can't believe we actually got here in one piece"

"Oh really, why is that?" Gabriella said in disbelief.

Troy and her had been having alot of arguments in the past little while. She did not see why some really small insignificant things such as him missing a basketball practice was so important all of the sudden, he had not worried about it too much in the past but now all the sudden that was the only thing that he thought about. Basketball, basketball, all the time no time for sleep, eating or even hanging out with friends and most of all his girlfriend.

The last few night she had attempted to give him a call when she could not get through on his cell phone she attempted to get a hold of him on his land base phone. When his father answered the phone they had an interesting chat.

"Hello, Mr. Bolton. I was wondering where Troy is?"

"Well I have not seen him since the practice that we had during free period this morning"

Well that was one of the oddest things she had ever heard of, it seemed to be a strange thing for him not to tell his father what he was doing. Be it going out with a group of guys, or just shooting some baskets against his good buddy Chad. It was almost a heart breaker to hear that he was not at home and that she could not talk to him. She wanted to get this situation worked out with their relationship, if there was something that she did not want hanging over her any longer it was Troy. She was mad at him, more than anyone could believe. And the fact that he was avoiding her did not make the situation any better, even though as most people say 'I need my space'. That was not case here, she had given him a ton of space to just be who he was and the truth to the matter she had given him so much space that when they actually saw each other all they could do was fight, about little sight differences that really don't matter to anyone.

Trying to get her thoughts clear in her head was a hard thing partually because she really did not know what to do. So to ask the advice of one of her best friends who had been there for her from the beginning of her living here at Albuquerque, New Mexico and going to school at East High School. So she decided that some one on one time with Taylor would be a nice thing. Seeing how probably her boyfriend dished her too tonight.

Taylor's House

"Gabriella, Hi? Come on in!" Said Taylor as she lead me into the living room where we normally sat and talked during these nights that we spent together. "What is the problem?" she asked as she looked at the look on my face. "You having problems with Troy again?"

Now what was a stupid question to ask , if Troy and I were not having problems would I really be over wanting to talk. "Ya, Troy and I are having some more problems, you and Chad never have those kind of problems do you?"

"Well that is not true. Actually we have been having a big problem between the two of us, or at least there have been a few things going on between the two of us in the past few days."

The two girls sat on the couch for the next few hours, and by the end of the conversation they had both figured something out. If the boys wanted to play this game, then they would play it too. So they decided that starting tomorrow they were going to try to avoid them as much as possible and see if they actually did notice. If they did not they were probably not going to be boyfriend and girlfriend for much longer.