Non-Dating Ring
A/N: Lol, I know what you are all probably wondering. What the heck is a non-dating ring? Well, I'm pretty sure you heard of the purity ring. The non-dating ring is similar to that; the only difference is that dating is not allowed! Don't worry, it will be explained in the story! I'm not so sure how long this story is going to go but I know it will be short. Maybe 3 chapters?Perhaps more? We'll see!
Disclaimer: I own nothing! (Kind of disappointing actually!)
Chapter 1
Flashback
12-year old Gabriella Montez was sitting quietly in her room working on her algebra homework.
"This is so easy!" Gabriella said out loud."I'm surprised I'm still in 6th grade with my awesome math skills!" She giggled to herself. There was a slight knock on the door.
"Ella, I hope you're not talking to yourself again!" Robert Montez scolded his daughter in a kidding manner.
"No daddy, I was just complimenting myself!" Gabriella grinned looking at her father."Come in! Don't be a stranger to my room!"
Gabriella and Robert were very close with each other. She always turned to her dad when she had problems that needed to be discussed. You could even say they were best friends.
"Ok,sweetie." Robert said fidgeting with something in his hand. Gabriella noticed and stared at it intently.
"What's in your hand dad?" Gabriella asked curiously.
"Oh. Um,sweetie, I need to talk to you about something." Robert said sitting on Gabriella's bed
"Oh. Ok." Garbriella answered nervously and plopped down next to her father
"Gabriella, you are my little angel and I love you with all my heart. I know that you are growing up into a beautiful young woman and boys are going to be falling for you one by one." Robert said while Gabriella was blushing. "I don't want you to get hurt by any of those boys, so I want to have this." Robert held up a silver ring with a heart and gold cross on it and Gabriella gasped.
"Umm, dad, that's a purity ring." Gabriella said
"I know sweetie. Now listen. This isn't just any purity ring. It is a non-dating ring." Robert said. Gabriella mouthed the words non-dating with a confused look on her face. "You must be confused." Robert laughed with Gabriella giggling. "Well, a non-dating ring is just what it means. By wearing this ring, you are promising to not date until you are at least 16 years old, and of course the purity ring rules still apply." Gabriella nodded.
"Are you sure there is such thing as a non-dating ring?" Gabriella asked unsure.
"Actually, it's something your mother and I made up."Robert explained. "We just didn't feel that you are ready to date yet and waiting til you are 16 years old seems appropriate."
"Wow dad! Me not dating until 16 That's going to be hard!" Gabriella said sarcastically. "You have nothing to worry about daddyI'm more concerned about school at this point and boys are my last priority. They might be for a while. And I'll always be your little angel!" Gabriella said smiling.
"So, are you sure about this?" Robert asked his nodding daughter.
"I'm sure daddy!" Gabriella said reassuringly.
"Alright.Now, I'll leave so you can finish your homework." Robert said.
"Ok daddy. I love you!" Gabriella said hugging her dad.
"I love you too sweetie. Good night." Robert said kissing his daughter's forehead.
Robert left and Gabriella returned to her algebra homework.
'No dating until 16? No problem at all! I mean, there aren't even any cute guys at school. Not so sure about high school, but we'll see.' Gabriella thought to herself.
End of Flashback
"Gabriella! Wake up honey! It's your first day of high school!" Maria Montez said shaking her daughter slightly.
"Mom!" Gabriella groaned. "5 more minutes please!"
"Oh, Ella, I already let you sleep in an extra 10 minutes. It's about time you take a shower, get dressed and get your little freshman butt to school!" Maria said excitedly.
"Ugh. Ok mom, since I love you." Gabriella said yawning while rubbing her eyes.
"That's my girl! Breakfast will be ready by the time you finish with everything."
"Ok. Great!" Gabriella said. Her mom left her room and Gabriella tiredly walked to the bathroom to take a nice warm shower. When she finished, Gabriella walked out to dry herself off. She instantly started brushing her teeth to take away her awful morning breath. Gabriella then walked out of her bathroom and into her walk in closet to find something nice to wear to make a good impression. She eventually found a nice black and white tunic tank and a pair of dark washed jeans with black ballet flats. She went to mirror to do her hair and make-up. After a nod of approval from herself, Gabriella hurried to grab her book bag, and cell phone. She was about to leave her room when she remembered something. She walked back to her nightstand to put on the non-dating/purity ring her father gave her. When she was all set, Gabriella left her room and walked down the stairs.
"Good morning Ella." Robert greeted while taking a sip of his hot coffee.
"Morning daddy." Gabriella greeted back.
"Have some chocolate chip pancakes Ella." Maria offered smiling.
"Oo! Thanks mom! My favorite!" Gabriella exclaimed digging into her pancakes taking huge bites.
"Slow down Ella! You don't want to get a stomach ache on the first day at East High do you?" Robert asked.
"No. Sorry dad." Gabriella said with her mouth full. She swallowed quickly. "Whoops! Sorry. I guess I'm just hungry today.
"You have a hearty appetite just like your father." Maria said grinning at her husband.
"And she inherited the genius genes from you Maria." Robert said complimenting his wife. Maria blushed and Gabriella laughed at her mother. Robert and Maria Montez have been married for 20 years, and they've been in love for over 25 years. They still acted like newlyweds.
"Daddy! Stop. You're going to make mom's face turn red like a tomato!" Gabriella said giggling.
"Ok, sweetie. Now hurry along so I can take you to school." Robert said to Gabriella.
"Ok...I'm done!" Gabriella said taking one last bite of her pancakes and a sip of her orange juice. She jumped off the stool she was sitting on and pulled on her dad's arm. "Come on dad!"
"Looks like someone's excited!" Maria exclaimed laughing.
"Of course mom!" Gabriella said jumping up and down. "Daddy! Hurry up!"
"Ok. Ok. Let's go!" Robert said smiling. "Have a nice day at work honey." Robert said kissing his wife.
"You too. Bye you two!" Maria said grinning.
"Bye mom!" Gabriella said. They gave one last wave to each other and Gabriella and Robert left.
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"Well, here we are Ella! East High!" Robert said holding on to the steering wheel. "Now, do you want to me to go with you?"
"Dad." Gabriella whined. "I'm old enough to look after myself. Besides I have Zeke and Sharpay."
"Ok. Just careful." Robert kissed Gabriella's forehead. "Bye. Good luck."
"Bye daddy!" Gabriella hopped out of the car and ran inside the school to find her friends Zeke and Sharpay. Zeke and Sharpay are Gabriella's best friends. They've known each other since elementary school and she could depend on them for anything. They've started dating ever since 8th grade since Gabriella got them together.
"Gabriella! Over here!" Sharpay called. Gabriella hurried down the long hallway once she spotted Zeke and Sharpay. Zeke engulfed her into a huge hug and spun her around.
"How's my little sister?" Zeke asked a giggling Gabriella. "I'm just fine. And I'm not your little sister!" Gabriella answered rolling her eyes.
"Well, you might as well be! I love you like one!" Zeke retorted and put one arm around Sharpay.
"Hey Gabi!" Sharpay said pulling out of Zeke's grasp to hug Gabriella. "How was your summer?"
"My summer was great! My parents and I went to France!" Gabriella responded smiling. "It was awesome! How was your summer Shar?"
"Oh. My summer was…" Gabriella suddenly tuned out Sharpay when she saw a boy with brown hair and piercing blue eyes walked by. OMG! He is hot! Gabriella, stop it! You are 14 years old, not 16 yet! I can't break the promise to dad. I hope he doesn't notice me staring.
She continued staring at him untilthe blue-eyed boy gave her a wink. That little wink just made Gabriella's heart melt and she bit her lower lip. Sharpay noticed that Gabriella seemed distracted and waved her hand in front of Gabriella's face.
"Gabi! Did you hear anything I said?" Sharpay questioned.
"Um, yea sure." Gabriella said without caring because she was watching the guy that just made her heart melt do a handshake with a boy with wild hair. "But, the real question is who is that?" Gabriella asked her friends while pointing at the boy.
"Oh. That's Troy Bolton." Sharpay said with a grin on her face. Gabriella definitely has the hots for Troy! She usual listens to me, so this guy is special.
"Yea. He's on the basketball team that I'm on. That friend of his is Chad Danforth who is also on the team." Zeke said.
"Oh. I see." Gabriella said smirking.
"Gabriella. Do you like Troy?" Sharpay asked.
"What!? No. I can't. I mean…" Gabriella said guiltily looking at her non-dating/purity ring. "Maybe. But, I'm not allowed to like him."
"Why not?" Zeke asked dumfounded.
"Hello!?" Gabriella said holding up her hand.
"Um. You want me to hold your hand?" Zeke asked confused as Sharpay hit her head with her hand. "No can do! I have Sharpay. Besides like I said, you're like my little sister." Zeke said proud of his reponse.
"God Zeke! I don't want you to hold my hand!" Gabriella said this time holding up her hand pointing at the ring. "I wanted you to look at my ring!"
"Oh. Um. It's nice!" Zeke said still confused. Gabriella hit her head with her hand like Sharpay did before.
"Zeke! She wants you to take notice of the fact that she is wearing a non-dating/purity ring!" Sharpay said annoyed at her boyfriend.
"Oh! Right." Zeke said finally understanding. "Now I see that problem."
"Yea. Exactly. I can't like Troy. He's really cute and all but, this ring is in the way!" Gabriella said regretting the promise she made her dad. "But, my dad never said I couldn't admire from afar." She said slyly.
"The same old sneaky Gabriella. That's what I love about you!" Sharpay said grinning at her friend.
"Yep." Gabriella said smirking.
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Meanwhile, Troy was the one admiring Gabriella from afar.
"So, practices are coming up soon! You excited man?" Chad asked Troy.
Troy was smiling at the beautiful brunette talking to her friends and was too busy was answer. He felt something when he walked by her that morning. No girl ever made him feel the way he did.
"Troy!" Chad said waving his hand in front of Troy's face. "Man, you seem distracted. What's up?"
"Nothing." Troy lied still looking at Gabriella. God she's gorgeous!
"It is not nothing. I saw you staring at that girl." Chad said looking at Gabriella. "I can see why. She's really pretty."
"Yea. Really pretty." Troy repeated. "Do you know who she is?"
"Yea. That's Gabriella Montez. She's really smart from what I heard. She's even been called a genius!" Chad exclaimed.
"Gabriella Montez." Troy said grinning.
"Yea. We better get to class. I have Ms. Darbus first hour." Chad said. "Who do you have?"
"Same as you." Troy said.
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"We should get to class. You guys have Ms. Darbus right?" Zeke asked the girls.
"Yep!" the girls answered in unison.
"Cool! Let's go." Zeke said intertwining his fingers with Sharpay as she kissed him on the cheek. Gabriella smiled sweetly at the couple but she felt a little jealous inside. As much as she wanted to keep the promise with her dad, she always felt something was missing in her life. A boyfriend. She couldn't wait to turn 16.
"C'mon Gabi." Zeke said to his 'little sister' holding out his free arm. Gabriella smiled and linked her arm with Zeke.
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Troy watched from behind of how Gabriella was interacting with Zeke. He was so busy looking the Zeke and Gabriella, he didn't even notice that Zeke was holding hands with Sharpay. Wait is Gabriella and Zeke dating? Why am I even worried about this? Am I jealous? No. I can't be. I just met her.
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The trio headed into their class and Gabriella unlinked her arm from Zeke. She gave him a small smile and mouthed the words 'thank you'.
"Let's go find somewhere to sit together." Gabriella told her friends.
"Ok." The couple responded.
They eventually found their seats and Gabriella sat in front of Zeke with Sharpay sitting to the left of him. They were quietly talking to each other when Troy and Chad walked into the classroom. Gabriella immediately felt Troy's presence and looked up to see him looking into her dark brown eyes. Troy smiled and he and walked over to sit down on the seat to the right of Gabriella.
"Hey. I'm Troy Bolton." Troy greeted holding out his hand to shake hands with Gabriella.
"So I've heard. I'm Gabriella Montez." Gabriella said shaking his hand. Once they touched, sparks started to fly. Gabriella's eyes grew wide and Troy started to grin. Chad noticed this from the seat behind Troy and started to realize that Troy felt something for Gabriella. Sharpay grinned and gave a wink to Zeke to get him to look at Gabriella. Three pairs of eyes were on Troy and Gabriella and it didn't go unnoticed. Troy and Gabriella turned their heads around and glared at their friends.
"Sharpay! Zeke!" Gabriella hissed. "Quit staring at us!"
"Ooo. Since when was there an us!" Sharpay whispered smiling. Gabriella finally registered in what she said and blushed madly. She then looked down at the desk.
"Chad, don't you have something better to look at?" Troy asked Chad in an annoyed tone.
"Um. No, I don't think so." Chad smirked. Troy sighed and turned to look at Gabriella.
"Sorry about that Gabi." Troy said. Gabriella grinned and bit her lower lip after hearing Troy call her Gabi. It had a certain ring to it when he said it. It sounded like he was born just to call Gabriella, Gabi. Troy turned away and whispered a small 'sorry'.
Gabriella let out a laugh. "Hey. It's fine. I actually would prefer it if you called me Gabi. I mean that's what all my friends basically call me."
"Cool. Anyways, I'd like you to meet my best friend Chad." Troy said turning to his friend. Gabriella smiled at him and waved as Chad returned it.
"These are best friends Zeke and Sharpay." Gabriella introduced turning to her friends.
"Hi." Sharpay said waving.
"Hey!" Zeke greeted.
After making their introductions they started talking. It was amazing how well they got along. It was like they grew up together. The whole time Gabriella couldn't help but steal glances at Troy and Troy did as well. However, deep inside, Gabriella knew it was wrong to do this. She felt like she was breaking the promise with her father feeling attracted to Troy.
'This is going to be a very interesting school year.' Gabriella thought.
A/N: So, how did you guys like it? That is the longest I've ever written since it was about 6 pages long when I wrote it. I would like to point out a few things however. First off, I have no idea if there is such thing as a 'non-dating ring'. I may have just made it up, but it just popped it my head. Secondly, with Zeke, he didn't really know about the non-dating/purity ring. It was something kept a secret between Gabriella, Sharpay and her parents. I hope that makes sense. Please review! Thanks!