Ch. 2

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The Boltons arrive at the Montezs' front door. Mr. Bolton rang the doorbell as Troy stood in the back. He had his hands in his pockets. His palms were sweating and he was trying to dry them in his pockets. It was kind of working but not really. He didn't get why he was so nervous meeting the new neighbors. He usually couldn't wait to end this kind of things. But then he remembered earlier that day when he saw a girl he thought was cute. He snapped out of his thoughts when the door opened to reveal the same girl he saw earlier.

"Oh hi." "Hi. We're the Boltons. We came here to welcome your family to the neighborhood." "Oh okay. Well I'm Gabriella Montez." She shook Jack and Lucille's hand. "Come in. I'll get my mom." The Boltons walk in. "Oh by the way Gabriella, this is our son Troy." Jack said pointing to Troy. Troy smiled at her. She smiled back. "Hi nice to meet you Troy." "You too." "Gabriella. These are for you and the family." Lucille said handing the plate of baked goods to Gabriella. "Oh Mrs. Bolton you really didn't have to." "Oh I always welcome everyone with some bake goods. I'm really into cooking and baking." "Oh okay then. Um I'll go get my mom." Gabriella takes the plate of baked goods into the kitchen. Minutes later, she comes back with her mom.

"Oh hi there." Maria said greeting the Boltons. "Hi." Both Jack and Lucille said but Troy kept quiet while staring at Gabriella. "Honey why don't you go get Nathan." "Okay mom." Gabriella walks upstairs to go get Nathan. "Well come sit down." Maria led them to the couches where they sat. Jack and Lucille sat at the large couch with Maria while Troy sat a single couch. A few minutes later, Gabriella walked downstairs with Nathan. They walked over to where everybody was. The parents stopped talking as the brother, sister duo walked upon them. "Nathan I like you to meet the Boltons and their son Troy." Nathan shook both Jack and Lucille's hand. He looks over to Troy. Troy stood up and shook his hand.

"So Nathan, Gabriella where are you guys attending school?" Jack asked after taking a sip of coffee. "East High." Gabriella responded. Troy almost choked on his hot chocolate. He couldn't believe that the girl he had a crush on was going to his school. Everyone turned to him and looked at him weirdly. "Sorry. Um it's hot." They all nodded and went back to talking. Pretty soon, the parents left to so look around the house. That left the teens together. There was silence for a few minutes. Troy broke the silence. "So umm…Nathan, do you play any sports?" "Basketball and soccer." "No way. So do I." Nathan looks at Troy. "Are you serious?" "Yeah. Well except the soccer part but I'm a basketball player." "Oh that's cool. Maybe we could play sometime." "Yeah that'll be great. Hey what about tomorrow. You can come to play with me and the guys at the river courts." "The guys?" "Oh yeah. The guys are my friends from the team and school. They're really cool guys. You should meet them."

"Sure I guess." "Cool." Troy looks at Gabriella. "So Gabi do you play sports?" "Me and sports don't go together actually." Troy chuckles. "Oh I see. So what are you good at?" "Um math and science." "Awesome. I've needed help in Geometry. Maybe you can help me?" "I'll be glad to." "Great." "So where's you father?" Both Nathan and Gabriella's faces turn sad. "He died a few months ago." Troy's face got sad. "Oh I'm sorry." "It's okay." They sit in silence again. Then Jack walked in. "Hey kids. What are you guys talking about?" "Oh nothing. Hey dad Nathan plays basketball and soccer." "Oh really? Are you any good?" "Good?" Gabriella said laughing. "Nate's a pro at it." "I'm not that good." "Huh maybe you should play up against Troy sometime." "We got it all plan out for tomorrow." "That's cool. Hey Troy can you do me a favor?" "What is it dad?" "Can you run back to the house and grab your mother's recipe book? Ms. Montez wants the recipe for your mother's cookies." "Sure no problem." "It's getting dark outside. Hey Gabriella do you think you can go with Troy?" "Umm…sure." "Okay thanks you guys." Jack hands Troy the keys and they leave.

Before they left, Nathan pulled Gabriella around. "Be careful out there. It's dark." "I know Nate. Besides I have Troy with me." Troy looked up in surprise when he realized that Gabriella already trusted him. He smiled. They leave the house and Nathan goes into the kitchen with Jack. Along the walk to Troy's house, they started talking. "So your brother seems protective of you." "Yeah he's been like that ever since my dad passed away." "Hmm. I think that's sweet of your brother. If I had a little sister I would be protective of her too." "I think you're sweet." Gabriella realized what she just said and blushed. Troy saw her blushing and chuckled. "Umm…sorry." "Na it's okay. So Gabi…it's okay if I call you Gabi right?" "Yeah." "Cool. Tell me something about yourself Gabi." "Umm…what do you want to know?"

"Oh I don't know. Anything." "Okay. Well I'm Gabriella Montez. I'm 16-years-old and I just moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico from Chicago and I'm what you call an nerd." Troy looked at her. "Wow. I don't think you look like a nerd. You're beautiful. Maybe you're just smarter. I wouldn't call you a nerd." This time Troy realized what he said and blushed. Gabriella giggled. Troy looks at her. "What's so funny?" "Nothing." "Oh Montez. You're already lying to me." She giggled again. "No I'm not Bolton." He laughs along with her. They both reach Troy's house and Troy grabs his mom's recipe book. They leave and walk back to the Montezs'. After another hour of talking with everyone, the Boltons finally leave and walks home.

That night Troy couldn't sleep. He kept tossing and turning. He thought to himself.

Troy's thoughts:

Man why can't I get her out of my head? I can't sleep either. Am I crushing on her? No I can't be. I mean I felt sparks but I don't know if they're what you call sparks. I don't think she felt them. Did she?

Gabriella went to bed thinking about Troy.

Gabriella's thoughts:

Troy seems nice. I mean he's kind of cute. Oh my god. Gabriella are you crushing on your new neighbor? No I can't be. I wonder if he felt the same sparks between us? Who am I kidding? He doesn't feel the same way. Does He?

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