"What?!" I stand there in shock.
This cant be happening.
"Your moving to Albuquerque." My mom said.
"But..."
"You're moving today, I've packed your things... go get ready."
We were out front. Outside our house, with the moving truck already loading in our furnitures.
I didn't even know that only I was moving, till today. Apparently, my mom got another job transfer. She didn't want me to go with her all the time. She's making me stay in Albuquerque with a friend of hers, and their daughter, Sharpay Evans. Sharpay was... ok? Well... for me. For others? She's a total bitch.
Sharpay's dad died when she was 5 years old. Since then, she has been living with her mother, along with all the maids that she hired. My dad died of cancer when I was just 2, so we both understand each other.
"Why cant you go with me?"
"Mija..."
"Why?!"I didn't let her finish, of course I was shocked, and mad at her for going to leave me with her friend.
"I just want whats best for you."
She said it calmly. How? She's leaving her 16 year old daughter to a friend. A 'friend', not even a family member. Maybe she doesn't care about me anymore. Maybe with me moving to albuquerque was a good thing for her. I didn't even know wht my mind was thinking like that. Maybe cause its true? No...no...no...
"And leaving me with a 'friend' is what you call best for me?"I stand there, waiting for her to say something, anything.
"Yes, I dont want you to keep going with me, I want you to stay in one place, not move for every month to a different place, you might have a chance of making friends now."
That was true, I didn't have any friends. But why bother... Me and my mom keep moving from different places coz of her job transfer. I admit, it is a great job, you get decent money from it, but we have to keep moving and moving. Now, she's just gonna let me go... on my own, to live with her friend. Maybe it is for the best.
"I'm gonna miss you" I say to her, knowing what she did was for the best.
"Me too mija"
We hug. I already had tears forming in my eyes as we let go.
"I love you" I said, walking in towards the moving truck.
"I love you too" She was watching me as the moving truck made its way out to Albuquerque.
"Here we are"
The moving truck stops at a neighborhood. Seems ok? Maybe...
Well, we'll see.
I got out of the truck, stretching out. God... I 've been in there for 3 hours straight, and believe me, its not good having your butt stuck to a chair for hours.
All my stuff were loaded out of the truck right away and has been put inside the house.
I haven't even got in the house yet.
"GABIIIII!"
Someone called out my name from a distance.
Sounds familiar...
"GABIIII"
I turn around to see who was calling me.
Oh... My... God...
"SHARRRRR" I screamed out in excitement.
She was... different. She was wearing a pale blue tank top, covered with a sparkling cardigan. A short light green shirt with sparkles on the sides. She was sparkling. She still has blonde hair, just more... blonde? She was wearing high stiletto heels. I dont get people that runs around the house wearing high heels... Its just wrong. Well, for me that is. I just dont see how people can be confortable in Shar... Well, she, she has a closet full of shoes.
We embraced each other tightly.
"I've missed you." She said.
It was exactly 5 years since we last saw each other. We had been best friends since then, we talked on skype, twitter... But now, those weren't needed. Somehow I was glad that my mom sent me here.
"So... How long are you here for?" Sharpay asked me suspiciously.
Didn't she already know?!
"Honey, she's gonna live with us." Her mother, Christina Evans said to her calmly.
"Huh?"
"She's living here, in our house. She's gonna go to school in East High with you too."
There was an awkward silence between us all. Apparently her mother hasn't told her about me moving here. Her face was unreadable. But then, she broke the silence.
"OH MY GOD!"
By her voice, you could tell she was excited for me moving here. She hugged me, embraced me tightly. I was still sitting on their sofa when she did hugged me. I fell off the couch because of her intense hugging and moving me around.
"Oh my... are you ok?" She asked me.
"Yea fine, just fell because 'someone' had to hug me and move he around the sofa." I said sarcastically to her, annoyed a bit by her action.
"Whoops... Sorry."
She help me up, from the floor.
"Ok, Gabriella go to Sharpay's room now, you're staying there." Her mom said as she motions Sharpay to show me her room.
As we were walking to her room, she has lots of expensive furnitures, paintings hanging around. I've got to admit, for a house with only 2 people, minus the maids and drivers... its HUGE! I swear, theres like around 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms... to much for just 2 person. Well, in this case 3, with me.
"Here we are."
She opened her room door.
"Oh my..." I stand there in shock, not knowing what to say.
Her room, it was all pink.
She has a queen sized bed, with pink glittering sheets covering it. A bedside table next to it. Below it was a dark pink carpet, furry one. In front of the bed, a door, leading to a huge walk-in closet. Everything pink. Inside the closet, she has 2 different make up tables. One was specialized for her hair. Everything in her closet is branded. Prada, Gucci, Channel... EVERYWHERE. All her wardrobe was either sparkling, pink, or just very... expensive. I swear, this girl loves to shop every week, maybe 5 times. Next to her bed, a few feet away was her bathroom, complete with a jacuzzi, bathtub, shower, everything! Most of it was pale pink. All her accessories were glittery, fancy... Not my type.
"Is it ok?" She ask nervously.
"..." Nothing came out of my mouth.
"Oh, I knew it, I should've made it bigger, redecorate." She asked, a bit pissed of herself for not decorating.
"Are you kidding?!" I asked her, surprised.
My room is like 10 times smaller than hers, and yet she still wants a bigger room.
"What?" She asked, not knowing by what I ment.
"Its completely fine! Its huge..."
"Really?"
"Nooooo, not really." I said, with a hint of sarcasm.
"Sorry..." She told me softly.
"Sooo... where do I sleep?" I asked her, trying to change the subject.
"Oh, in there."
She pointed to a door, in her room.
"Isn't that another closet or something?" I asked her confused.
"No... thats another room, part of my room too."
I gasp. Its crazy how she can have 2 rooms, in 1 room.
I know, hard to understand.
"Check it out, theres a balcony." She said, trying to tempt me in some way.
"Ok..."
I open the door to the room.
Fuckin' shit, this girl is filthy rich.
It was more my style. Not pink, it was white. Queen sized bed, with a pale pink cover. Across the bed, theres a make-up table with all the accessories and make-up ready. Theres a walk in closet, not as big as Sharpay's but... I dont even have much clothes so its fine. There was a bathroom, like Shar's, only a bit smaller. Everything in my room was mostly white, while hers is pink.
I start to unpack all my clothes.
Damn.
Now I relise, I dont have that many clothings. All my shirt doesn't even cover up 1/4th of the closet. I really need Sharpay to take me shopping sometime.
"Gabi?" She called out my name as she came into what is now, my room.
"What?"
"C'mon, I'm showing you around."
"Uhmm..." I was hesitant to go.
"C'mon, it'll be fun, you'll get to know the neighborhood, and maybe meet some new people around."
I gave up. "Ok..."
"And thats Chads house, the co-captain of the basketball team at East High."
She was showing me where everyone lived, they live very close to each other its creepy sometimes.
"Then who's..."
Before I could finish my sentence she cut me off.
"And thats Taylors house, she goes to East High too."
"Shar..." I asked calmly.
"And thats Jasons house, he's in the basketball team too."
"Shar!" I shouted a little louder.
"And this is..."
"SHAR!"
"What?"
Oh, thank God she finally replied.
"Who's your neighbor?" I asked.
She tensed up.
"Oh... uhh... no one." She tried to avoid the question.
"Shar..." I said, not believing her.
She sighed in defeat.
"He's a student at East High." She said quickly.
"Name?"
I was curious about him.
Why Shar would avoid the question when I asked her who was her neighbor?
Just before she could answer, it started to rain.
"Oh crap!"
She was wearing make-up, and because of the rain, you could already start seeing her marcara smudged. We weren't far from her... well, our house but it took us 10 minutes to get there coz of Sharpay's stiletto heels that she's wearing. Of course I couldn't leave her in the rain, although I was wearing sneakers...
We quickly ran inside the house, taking off our shoes, heading upstairs to go change.
"What do you wanna do now?"
It was still pouring outside. The wind still blowing. Its a good thing Sharpay has lots of maids to close all the windows...
Both of us had already got clean clothes on, pajamas.
Her's was... well, pink. Long sleeved, with a collar that has glitter on the sides. She had it hand maid, designed by herself. Even the clothes that she sleeps with is fancy.
Mine was a dark grey tank top with sweat pants, simple.
"Do you have a karaoke machine?" I asked.
The karaoke thing... it just popped into my mind. I wasn't that much of a singer. I never sang infront of people before... well, except for my mom, when she heard me sing in the bathroom while I shower. She said I was good, but I know thats not true. Sharpay on the other hand, she was good, like very good in my opinion. She always audition for school musicals, dramas. Since its her dream to be a famous actress.
She gasp in shock.
"I thought you never wanted to sing infront of people, you never did." She explained.
Shockness still written all over her face.
I shrugged. "It was the only thing that came to my mind."
Suddenly, she jumped up and down excitedly.
"OMG! OMG! OMG!" She squealed loudly.
Its a good thing her room was sound proof.
"What?" I asked.
I was confused.
"C'mon, I have a the machine in the home theater."
She dragged me to her 'home theater'.
WOW.
This place is huge. Theres a projector hanging in the ceiling. 10 of the sofa's that you see in the cinema, just way better than those. Its complete. They have a soda dispenser, popcorn machine, everything. Then, there was a room...
Its where the karaoke machine is.
"Here you go."
She handed me a mike to sing with.
"Maybe this was a bad idea."
"Soo... which song do you want to sing?" She asked me, ignoring what I said.
"Aren't you gonna sing with me?" My voice was shaking.
She shock her head, no.
Nerves flowing thru me. This was going to be the first time I sang infront of people.
"You should choose." She assured me.
"O-ok."
I was going down to the song list.
Dear John by Taylor Swift.
No.
Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson.
No.
If I Die Young by The Band Perry.
No.
Secrets by One Republic.
No.
Gotta Be You by One Direction.
No.
I found the perfect song.
"Here it is." I said.
I clicked the song choice.
Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift
I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, I'll never let you go
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said,
Don't leave me here alone
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Just close your eyes
You'll be alright
Come morning light,
You and I'll be safe and sound...
Oooooo, OoooOooo,
Oooooo, OoooOooo,
Oooooo, OoooOooo,
Oooooo, OoooOooo,
Oooooo, OoooOooo,
Oooooo, OoooOooo...
As the song finished, Sharpay looked at me with widen eyes. Oh no...
Was I horrible?
No... I was worst.
"I sounded bad didn't I?" I asked her, unsure of her response.
She was still in shock.
"Ugh... I knew singing was a bad idea, I should've never-"
Before I could finish what I said Sharpay spoke up.
"Bad?! Bad?! You call that bad?!"
I was silent.
I didn't know what to say.
"You were amazing!" She shouted loudly.
What?
Did she just say what I think she said?!
I must be hearing things.
"You sound waaaayyy better than me." I said what seems to be true to me.
"We both sound good." A smile appeared on her lips.
"No we dont, you sound good..."
"You just have no confidence." She pointed out.
I shrugged.
"Its late, lets go." I said, ending the conversation.
We both went to bed that night.
Tomorrows going to be my first day of school.
Just hope it goes well.