My New Next Door Neighbour
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Chapter 1
Dedicated to Cassie James cuz she helped edited it
Beep, Beep, Beep.
Troy groaned and looked at his alarm clock before going to turn it off, then rolling over to go back to sleep. Beep, Beep, Beep. He glared at his beside table then sat up when he realized it was not the alarm clock making the noise. He rolled out of bed and went over to the window, drawing back the curtain to see a removals van backing into the next driveway.
Cool someone's moving in next door. I hope it's a hot girl.
He watched transfixed as a brunette girl hopped down from the cabin of the truck and turned to survey the area. He thought her eyes lingered on his window for a moment too long - had she seen him? - but then she began speaking to a man that had just gotten out of the truck. Her hair flowed straight like a chocolate waterfall, cascading down her back and held in check by an LA Lakers baseball cap. Troy's eyes travelled down her body and took in her petite figure and the way the t-shirt she was wearing clung in all the right places, emphasizing her hour glass figure and finishing in long, lean, tanned legs.
In the partial shade of trees Gabriella listened to the birds twittering in the midday sun that was streaming onto her bare skin. She was laying on her back with her eyes closed, on the trampoline in her new backyard, wearing a gold yellow strapless top and blue denim hotpants. She wasn't in rainy San Diego, she was in sunny Albuquerque and she was loving it! Even the fact that her folks had spilt hadn't dampened her mood - hey that's life after all and if they didn't want to be together it wasn't her fault. Sometimes people just aren't right for each other, even if they loved each other in the beginning. Her mum had cheated and she was now living with her dad.
She heard something swish though the air and thought it may be a bird but all of a sudden she was hit by something hard. Then she heard voices, male voices, quibbling nearby.
"Dude were did it go?" asked the first voice.
"It's on that trampoline with that girl," says the second voice.
"HEY HOT CHICK CAN WE HAVE OUR BALL BACK?" shouts voice one.
Gabriella opened her eyes and sat up to see the object that hit her was a basketball. She picked it up and slid off the trampoline.
"I don't take to kindly to be shouted at offensively. You're going to have to say something nice to get this ball back," said Gabriella.
"Hell no! Everyone does what I say - I'm Troy Bolton," says the brown haired boy.
"You're who now?" Gabriella asked.
"Are you new or something? I'm Troy Bolton, Captain of the awesome wildcats," Troy smirks.
"Oh they play at East High don't they? I'm Gabriella. Start Monday. And yes, I am new. I just moved," says Gabriella.
"Can I have my ball?" Troy asked again.
"No," Gabriella replied, walking off.
"Call me if you want a ride," hollered Troy.
Gabriella walked into her house, stopping just inside the door where she could still hear the boys outside.
"Weird girl lying on her trampoline!" The second boy, a mess of frizzy dark hair circling his head like a halo, hoots.
"I think she's feisty and fit," Troy grinned.
Gabriella headed to her room, where she watched the boys from her balcony. Ugh! Conceited Jocks! She threw the ball down to the boys, making sure it went straight though the net and hit Troy on the head.
The boys look around to see where the ball came from but could only hear a giggle. They looked up at the sound to see Gabriella disappearing though her balcony doors.
"So that is what she wants to play hard to get well the game is on," says Troy.
"A new conquest," Chad muses.
"Yeah so let everyone know she is mine!"
Chad nods walking off to start the message while Troy watches Gabriella move around her room.
Little did they know they were destined to meet, destined to be together. It was a shame the journey to be together was going to be bumpy along the way.
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