Cinderella Gabriella
"Gabriella!" The shrill voice of her step mother called. "Gabriella!"
"Yes, yes, coming!" Said Gabriella, a girl of eighteen, hurriedly put on her apron and tied her hair into a messy ponytail. She climbed down the two flights of stairs and finally arrived at her step mother's room. "Yes?" She asked, not bearing to look her step mother in the eye.
"Finally you came; your sisters and I are going to the corporate party tonight. Before cleaning out the house you will help your sisters put on their dresses. Now I want them dressed to impress tonight, do you hear me?" Step mother asked. "Yes, loud and clear step mother." She said as her head remained down. "Good you are dismissed."
Gabriella closed the door to her step mother's room and traveled along the big hallways making her way to her first step sister's room, "Anna? Are you awake?" She spoke softly. "Yes, yes! In here!" Came a voice from the closet. Gabriella sighed, although Anna was cruel, she wasn't as cruel as her sister.
"I can't find anything to wear for tonight! We have to go shopping today! We have to! Wake up Sharpay!" Anna barked.
"Yes Anna," Gabriella said as she closed the door and made her way to her second step sister's room. She took a deep breath in, "Shar-" she started but was cut off short by a skirt thrown on top of her face. She lifted the skirt off her face this time to be greeted with a dress, "Sharpay?" She called again, "Sharpay?"
"What do you want, you slimy little brat?!" She yelled fiercely to Gabriella.
Gabriella winced, "Anna wants you two to go shopping today for the party." Sharpay stopped throwing clothes out of her clothes and thought for a moment, "Mom!"
"Mommy! Mommy! Can me and Anna go shopping today for the party? You see, Mommy, we don't have anything nice to wear and we want to impress Troy! Oh! The sound of his name sends shivers down my back! Please Mommy? Can we go?" Sharpay's nasally voice sounded from her mother's room. "Oh all right my little princesses! The credit card is in my Louis Vuitton tote bag. You need to take Gabriella with you though," was their mother's last request.
"Mommy! But why?"
"Because, my child, you need someone to carry your things don't you?" Was their step mother's reply. Both girls smiled, "Gabriella!"
"Yes?" Said a small voice from two rooms away. "Get dressed and hurry! You're going with us!"
"But why?" Gabriella asked as she was shoved up the stairs, "You need to carry our things obviously! God, now hurry! We're running out of time!" Barked Anna from the bottom of the stairs. "Okay?" Was all Gabriella said before she entered her room.
"Oh my God! Sharpay! You have to buy this one! You look so hot! Troy will definitely drop dead when he sees you in that!" Screamed Anna who had already bought her dress, along with matching shoes, and a clutch, all at different stores.
Sharpay's dress was a hot pink dress with a black sash under the bust. It flowed out, and stopped at mid-thigh. It was also strapless with a plunging V-neck line.
Anna's dress was a bubble hem dress that also reached her mid-thigh. It had rhinestone straps that connected to the front of the dress where the cleavage was. The color was peach.
Just as Gabriella was about to give her usual compliment a boy walked in. Both Anna and Sharpay gasped and squealed, "Troysie! Oh Troysie!"
Gabriella juggled the three shopping bags, plus their two purses, while she tried to reach Anna's cell phone.
"Hello ladies! How are you this morning?" Said the suave Troy Bolton. He was at least 5"10 with dark brown hair usually styled in a faux hawk, but his most prominent feature was his eyes. They were a light blue that changed color according to his mood.
"Troysie! Troysie, do you like my dress?" Asked Sharpay in her fake high pitched voice as she twirled in a circle.
Troy looked her down once and for a split second gave a disgusted look on his face that wasn't caught by the two girls. A giggle was heard from behind Sharpay and Anna, "Gabriella?" Both Anna and Sharpay sneered.
Gabriella widened her eyes in shock, "Oh sorry! Uhm, Anna your cell phone."
"Well who is it?" Anna demanded sharply.
"Chris something," she replied softly. "Oh," was all Anna said and she snatched the phone from Gabriella's hand.
Troy cleared his throat, "I'm not sure we got properly introduced, I'm Troy Bolton. Nice to meet you," he said as he offered his hand to her.
"Oh, uhm, I'm Gabriella Montez, Sharpay and Anna's step sister," she said quietly as she gracefully took his hands in her's. She smiled warmly as his big, calloused hand fit into her small, delicate one easily. Troy too smiled, "Are you new here? I'm certain I've never seen you here."
"Actually no," she replied, "I've lived in Albuquerque my whole life, or as far as I can remember."
"Hmm," was all he said. Both of them didn't realize that their hands were still in their same position.
Sharpay cleared her throat, "Excuse me." The pair ignored her and continued staring at each other, "Excuse me!" Sharpay screamed. The two jumped up in shock and quickly disconnected their hands.
"I'm so sorry Sharpay! It won't ever happen again!" Said Gabriella in a rush as she quickly shuffled her way into the dressing room stall.
What was that all about?, thought Troy. He shrugged and walked to the stall, "Will I see you at the party tonight?" He questioned through the door to Gabriella.
"Uhm, no. You won't, sorry. Why do you ask?" She said in reply.
"You'll give me someone to hang out with," he smiled. She smiled too, she opened the door and lent against the frame. She laughed, "That's the only reason?" He smiled wider, "Well, no. That and I just like your company."
"Well, you'll have us," said Sharpay as she came back into the dressing rooms. "So you are going then?" He said to Gabriella.
"No silly, you'll have me and Anna. We'll keep you company for as long as you want," she said as she winked flirtatiously at him and dragged her nail down his chest. Troy smiled uneasily, "Well would you look at the time! I have to go. Sharpay, Anna," he nodded his head to them. He then took Gabriella's hand in his again feeling how perfectly the contours of her hand matched with his, "Ella." Both Sharpay and Anna gasped in shock.
Gabriella blushed and looked down, and he just laughed, "I'll see you around, I promise." She nodded her head still looking down trying ever so hard to hide her tomato red face. He leaned down and whispered in her ear. Gabriella bit her lip and only nodded to what he was saying to her. He nodded his head to the two other girls and gave Gabriella a small smile.
After he left the dressing room Sharpay snarled viciously at Gabriella, "You wretched little rat! You stay away from him! He's mine," then she walked into the stall and changed she took the dress over to the cashier and paid for it. Gabriella juggled the items on her arms and handed the dresses Sharpay didn't want to the clerk. She walked out of the store and waited patiently outside, her cheeks flushed red.
Sharpay threw the dress to Gabriella and said, "Alright it's 3 o' clock, we have 4 hours. What do you want to do Anna?" Anna thought for a moment, "I think we should start getting ready. I mean we still have to shower and all that." Sharpay nodded her head, "Okay, let's go."