Gabriella
"Hugh," Gabriella moaned as she woke in the car hearing her mom slamming the door to get some gas. Gabriella remembered where she was and why and banged her head against her seat in frustration, her eyes still glued together. "Dear God, what time is it?" she said to herself forcing her eyes open. "2:43 Am." she sighed thinking of what Troy was doing. He's probably sleeping. I hope he's not too worried about me-.
Eventually her thoughts were cut off by her mother getting in the car. She pretended to still be asleep to avoid contact with her mom. Her mom entered falling for Gabriella's act but said, "I'm sorry Gabby, I know you'll miss Troy but you can always visit…" Still acting as though she was in a peaceful sleep she thought Yeah, Mom visiting huh. That's just another promise you and I both know you can't keep.
Her mom started the engine and drove away.
Troy
Gabriella? Gabriella? Gabriella!!!!!!!!!!!
Troy woke with that same dream again. He woke sweating, hot, and numb.
She was crying again but this time was screaming his name. This dream was even more unclear, he couldn't tell whether she was crying out of happiness or she was sad. He jumped out of his bed and tiptoed out his front door. He was going to the roof of his house. He loved it up there whenever he needed time to think or sort things out.
Troy was staring up at the stars when his father came behind and said "Troy what's wrong? You haven't been playing very well, but it's not just that you've been so quiet and you've been waking up in the middle of the night a lot." Mr. Bolton finally finished.
"Dad, Gabriella moved." Troy said still not looking at his dad.
"I'm so sorry son, but hey, you can always visit." said Mr. Bolton trying to cheer Troy up.
"No, Dad, you don't understand. Her, her mom, she dated this guy who was nice but started using drugs and drinking alcohol, th-then he started beating Gabriella's mom then Gabriella." Troy replied trembling at the thought of his precious Gabriella being hurt by some drunken guy on crack. "Dad what am I going to do, they moved away from that guy but Miss Montez took Gabriella from me."
"Well, son, we could find Miss Montez a new job here and keep her and Gabriella safe somehow" Mr. Bolton said doubtfully
"Dad I wish, but it's not that simple, I mean how are going to give Miss Montez a job if we don't even know where she is?" Troy said.
Gabriella
Gabriella was still in the car and she pulled out her notebook. She started draw not knowing who or what she was drawing. When she was finished she took a good look at it. It seemed to be a boy, as a matter of fact this looks just like Troy she thought. I really miss him… she thought to herself.
Troy
"Damn, It's break already and we haven't done anything to help find Gabriella, She said she might be in Toronto, yeah that's it, I'll tell my parents I'm visiting my Uncle Drew and while I'm up there I'll meet up with Taylor who knows how to hack into the Canadian Data Base! Then we can find out where she is!!!!!"
"Yeah, and we can all say we're going on a ski trip with Troy!" said Chad.
Gabriella
"Gabriella, we're here!" called her mom waking her up from a light nap; she had been cooped up in a cramped car for two day. She got out of the car and felt the very chilly Toronto air brush her face. She looked up to see a huge brick house…
Troy
"Hey Dad, can I go and visit Uncle Drew in Toronto for a ski trip with my friends?" asked Troy unsuspiciously.
"Sure, but you guys gotta drive because your Grandma Susie is visiting and your mom won't let me leave. So, who are you going with?" Mr. Bolton finished
"Taylor and Chad," Troy countered quickly.
Gabriella
They walked up to the door and Miss Montez reached for the doorbell…
To Be Continued…