This was slightly inspired by Blue Water High the t.v. series and then Summerland. This will be a chronicles, which means series. So, I hope you enjoy:
Gabriella Montez tossed her long dark hair over her shoulder and squinted up at the sky. The bright sun winked down at her…and then a tumble of droplets of water fell down on her.
"Argh!" Gabriella screamed, jumping up off the sand. Jesse Arnold collapsed on the sand beside her. Gabriella whacked him playfully and then lay back down. Her light cotton shirt blew slightly in the breeze and Gabriella pulled it back down over her bikini. Jesse played with the sand, letting the sun dry him.
"Hey, Gabs," Lisa Arnold yelled, coming up from the waves. Gabriella grinned at her friend and shifted on the towel so she could sit down. Taylor McKessie, Gabriella's other best-friend, came over and sat beside Jesse. Chad Danforth, Jesse's best-friend, came over and sat down by Taylor and they started laughing and talking about school. Lisa and her brother began joking around, pointing at an overweight lady squeezed in a bikini. Gabriella stayed out of the conversation, tanning in the hot sun.
"Gabriella!" Came a loud shout. Gabriella sat up and looked over to where her older sister was yelling from the balcony of their house. "Come on!" Gabriella got up and smiled at her friends.
"See you guys," Gabriella called as she ran from the beach with her towel. They all called and waved after her as she ran up the stairs to the house.
"Alright, Gabi," Eva Montez began. "A man and his son have just moved into the house down the road. The man is going to be the new basketball coach, and his son is pretty good--I got a glimpse of him, pretty cute as well," Eva gave her little sister a nudge. Gabriella rolled her eyes. "C'mon, I'm gonna take down a cake, come with me." Gabriella followed Eva out the front door and down the street.
Sand was littered across the concrete path because of the beach just next door, and it came in through Gabriella's open sandals. They reached the new house and Eva was about to knock on the door, when they heard shouting inside. Eva frowned, and then knocked. Everything went silent, and then the door opened.
Whoa, Gabriella thought. He is cute.
"Yes?" Came an uncertain voice.
"Hi, I'm Eva from down the road and this is my sister," Eva replied in a cheerful voice. The door opened more as an older man stood there.
"Hello?"
"I'm Eva--from down the road--and this is my sister, Gabriella. We just came to say 'welcome to Blue Water Bay'," Eva pushed the cake toward them. The man smiled, took it, and put out his hand. He gave Gabriella an odd look, because she wasn't wearing much, but shook her hand anyway.
"Jack Bolton, and this is my son, Troy," Jack said. Gabriella glanced at him quickly and realized something was wrong. "Come in." Troy Bolton glanced worriedly at his father, and walked off, leaving Jack to show Gabriella and Eva inside.
After Jack gave them a tour, he began making a coffee.
"Troy's room is second on the left upstairs, go up and see him," Jack suggested. Gabriella smiled awkwardly and walked off. She climbed the stairs and stood in front of the second door. She lifted her hand and knocked softly.
"Come in!" Troy called. Gabriella walked in. Troy was standing on his balcony, with no top on. Gabriella saw a well formed back and--as he turned around--a nice chest. But there were bruises as well. "Oh," Troy went red. He grabbed a top and pulled it on. "I thought you were gone." Gabriella shook her head.
"Uh, no," Gabriella replied. There was an uncomfortable silence before Gabriella blurted out, "You know, those look really sore…you might want to put something on them."
"Yeah," Troy answered, taking in a sharp breath and looking down.
Okay, time for a change of subject, Gabriella guessed.
"So…you play basketball? Are you gonna play for Blue Water High?" Gabriella asked. She saw his face brighten a bit.
"Yeah, I'm pretty good at basketball. Since my dad's coaching, I've got a pretty good ticket onto the team," Troy replied. Gabriella spun around as she heard Eva calling.
"Nice getting to know you, Troy," Gabriella said with a smile. "How 'bout I come around at about…um, eight-thirty and we walk to school together?"
"Yeah, cool," Troy grinned at her. Gabriella smiled back and then jogged back downstairs.
Please review! This is a bit different to what I usually write, so be gentle!