You Are the Music in Me
Authors' Note: This started out as a one-shot based on the song 1, 2, 3, 4 by: The Plain White T's. If you haven't heard it, listen to it please, it's amazing, one of my favorites. Anyway, here it is. I think I'm going to make each chapter based on a song if I continue.
Chapter: 1
1, 2, 3, 4 By: The Plain White T's and I Gotta Feeling By: The Black Eyed Peas
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4,
Give me more loving than I've ever had
Make it all better when I'm feeling sad
Tell me that I'm special even when I know I'm not
Make me feel good when I hurt so bad
Barley getting mad, I'm so glad I found you
I love being around you
You make it easy, as easy as 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4
"I love this song!" Gabriella shouted and started singing along while sticking her head out the window and petting her Boston Lab mix puppy named Stella. Their other two dogs, two labs named Frank and Marie (from Everybody Loves Raymond) sat in the back of Troy's rusty blue pick up truck.
There's only one thing to do
Three words for you
I love you
There's only one way to say
Those three words and that's what I'll do
I love you
Give me more lovin' form the very start
Piece me back together when I fall apart
Tell me things you never even tell you closest friends
"I know, Brie, we all know." Troy said chuckling.
"Well, I'm sorry that I have amazing taste in music and a lot of favorite songs and I have the need to vocalize it." Gabriella replied fake pouting.
Make me feel good
when I hurt so bad
Best that I've had,
I'm so glad that I
found you
I love bein' around you
You make it easy
It's easy as 1, 2,
1, 2, 3, 4 There's only one thing to do
Three words for you
I love you
There's
only one way to say
Those three words and that's what I'll do,
I love you You make it easy
I love
you
It's easy as 1, 2,
1, 2, 3, 4 There's only one thing to do
Three words for you
I love you
There's only one way to say
Those three words and
that's what I'll do,
I love you 1, 2, 3, 4
I
love you
I love you
I love you
"Can I change the station now?" Troy asked, opening his ocean blue eyes wide, because he knew it made her go week in the knees.
"Fine." She said playing along with Troy by shifting in her seat so East High Wildcats tank rode up and parts of her flat and tanned stomach was exposed and turning around in her seat so her legs were in Troy's line of sight and her thigh was brushing his arm just so she could grab a Coke from the cooler in the back.
"Stop staring at my butt and keep your eyes on the road! You're gonna miss the lake!" Gabriella exclaimed while searching for her drink.
"Sorry my girlfriend has a nice butt!" Troy said knowing that comment would drive her crazy.
"I love this song too!" She said when I Gotta Feeling by: The Black Eyed Peas came on.
"C'mon, you know that deep down inside, you love this song. Just say it." Gabriella urged.
"I don't like this song." Troy said, struggling to keep a straight face. He really did like this song.
"Say it or when we get to the lake I'll tell Chad about the time you were playing dolls with Abby and you were painting her nails and doing her hair." Abby was Christopher Bolton, Troy's 28 year old brother, 6 year old daughter. Troy and Gabriella were babysitting Abby when Gabriella walked in on Troy and Abby.
"Anything but that, please!" Troy groaned, the guys would never let him live it down.
"Or I could show him since I brought the video camera." Gabriella said, pretending to be thinking out loud.
"If you do than I won't give you the surprise." Troy teased.
The reason all the Wildcats were going to the lake was because Troy was going to propose to Gabriella and he had everything planned out. He had Sharpay, Taylor, Kelsi, and Annabelle, his older sister take Gabriella shopping and "accidentally" walk into a jewelry store and pick out their favorite rings. Gabriella found the one she liked so Sharpay took a picture of it without her knowing and sent it to Troy, who a few days later picked up the ring. It was all set.
"But I wanna know!" Gabriella whined, she like knowing everything, who, what, when, where and how. If he wasn't going to tell her she was going to get it out of him.
"Fine." Gabriella huffed, stretching and arching her back in a way she knew would drive Troy crazy. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Troy biting his lip.
"Are we there yet?" Gabriella asked sweetly.
"No." Troy answered.
"What about know?" She asked a few minutes later.
"Jeez, you're worse than Abby." Troy said as he turned on to the dirt road leading to the lake.
Troy turned on the radio which had been turned off sometime during their conversation.
"Shut it off! Shut it off! Shut it off! Please! I'll do anything! Please!" Gabriella shrieked when Jesse McCartney's voice filled Troy's car. She wasn't a big fan of his music.
Laughing Troy turned the volume up and started singing along while Gabriella continued her screaming. Gabriella was still carrying on as he parked the car by the lake. Gabriella stopped screaming when he parked the car and his lips crashed onto hers. She instantly responded and both felt the familiar sensation of fireworks coursing through their veins. They were interrupted when Chad, Sharpay and Christopher ran over and started banging on the windows.
"Come on Troy! You slept with her last night and you've seen her all day yesterday and you'll be with her to day and tomorrow and forever! We haven't seen you since yesterday." Chad and Chris yelled.
"You idiots! You don't know he slept with her!" Sharpay yelled whacking them upside the head.
"Look at him!" Chad exclaimed "He has the hair and she's wearing her Laker's cap! She only wears it to hide her bed hair! Otherwise she wears her Boston Red Socks cap!"
"That is true." Sharpay said.
By now, Gabriella and Troy were hysterically laughing because they were always like this. Frank, Marie and Stella were going nuts because they loved people. Troy got the food as Gabriella got the drinks and their dogs. As Troy opened the flatbed, Gabriella opened the car door, the dogs bolted for their friends.
"Frank, Marie and Stella, GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE!" Gabriella yelled pointing to the ground at her feet. Immediately they came running back. "Sit!" she commanded. Again, they followed her directions. She turned around to get the cooler from the truck and they haven't moved a muscle. Troy was dumbfounded, the dogs never listened to him, how did Gabriella do it? Everyone was laughing because Gabriella was the type of girl who cried when she saw road kill.
"Okay, guys you're free." And with that they greeted all of the Wildcats.
"Frank! Chill!" Gabriella said. He was currently trying to climb up a tree to get a squirrel that had just ran up that tree. And with that he came trotting over, walking circle around Gabriella. Troy decided to try it when he saw Stella trying to eat the chocolate covered watermelon Sharpay brought.
"Stella! Get over here!" Troy yelled. Gabriella started cracking up when Stella just looked up and went back to what she was doing.
"Dude, your dogs won't listen to you, Stella is like only 3 months old yet Gabs has her fully trained. Aren't you supposed to be the alpha dog?" Chad asked, laughing.
"Shut up, Chad!" Troy said.
"Chad is right, you can't even get Abby to listen to you when she makes you attend her tea party and paint her nails and do her hair and you try to say no and go watch the latest Red Socks game hoping they'll lose." Gabriella said smirking. "Stella, stop licking the watermelon." Immediately Stella stopped and found one of her toys to play with.
"Yeah, Uncle Troy, Aunt Gabby is right." Abby said, playing with Marie. Abby started calling Gabriella her aunt because Troy made the mistake of telling her he and Gabriella was going to get married.
"Abby, Uncle Troy and I aren't married so I am not you're aunt." Gabriella explained.
"Well, you're going to get married." Abby replied.
"How do you know?"
"I just do."
"Will you please just tell me?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I'm not allowed."
"Why?"
"Because people said so."
"Who?"
"I can't say who."
"Why?
"Because."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Fine, be that way."
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Good."
"Good."
"Great."
"Awsome." They replied at the same time.
"Gabs are you kidding me? Are you really going to duke it out with a six year old, who is stubborn like everyone else in her family?" Chris said.
"Yes." Gabriella said, folding her arms.
"Why?"
"Because."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Good."
"Good."
"Awesome."
"Humph." Obviously 28 year olds overruled 17 year olds.
"You know how to do Abby's hair and paint her nails?" Chad asked Troy, in bewilderment.
"Yup, and I have the video right here." Gabriella said whipping out the video camera.
Just then, the rest of the gang decided to come over and watch the video.
During the video, everyone was hysterical. Chad and Chris had fallen over from laughing so hard and Taylor and Sharpay were really trying to cover up their laughter.
"Okay, guys lets eat. I'm starving. Zeke, is the food ready?" Sharpay asked taking a seat.
"Yup." He answered.
"Uncle Zeke, what's on the menu for lunch today?" Asked Abby, squirming in her seat with delight.
"Well, we have Mac'n'Cheese, chicken nuggets, waffle fries and salad. And a special surprise too." Zeke said.
"How come it's all favorites? And what's the surprise, Zeke?" Gabriella asked eyeing the mac'n'cheese.