2 HOUR LATER AFTER SCHOOL LET OUT...
Troy was laying in his room, lights off, listening to P.O.D, when his dad walked in.
"Hey son, you want to go shoot some hoops?" He asked, as Troy cut the music down.
"Nah...I'm just gonna rest for now." He said.
''Ok, if you get bored just tell me, we can do something together." Jack smiled..
Troy nodded as Jack walked out of his room.
Troy cut the music back on.
Nearly twenty minutes has passed, he was nearly asleep, when his mother walked in.
"Sweetie you have a phone call." She smiled handing him the phone.
"Thanks mom." he mumbled, taking the phone.
"Chad, for the last time, I'm not going." He sighed.
"Ummmm...Troy?." A MUCH diffrent voice than Chad's asked.
"Oh...uhhh, hello?" Troy asked, a bit embarrassed,
"Hi, ummm, it's Gabriella." The voice said.
"OH! Uh...hi..., uhhhh, Gabriella, sorry about that..." He said, jumping up.
"Hi Troy." She giggled.
"So...I assume you were talking about the big basketball thing the other guys were going to?" She asked
"Uhhhh, yeah." He replied, cutting his lights on.
"Why don't you wanna go, I thought you loved basketball, Mr. Playmaker." She smiled.
"Oh I do, but I felt like staying home this year, I'm just really tired, two months without one holiday except the weekend, and just two months ago we played the championship game, and you and I were in the musical, I mean I'm beat." He sighed.
"Oh I understand, well never mind." She said.
"Never mind what?" He asked.
"Well, remember when I said that I could beat you on the basketball game?" She asked.
"Uhhhh...sort of." He laughed.
"Well, my brother just got home from the army for his leave..." Gabriella began, but Troy cut her off,
Wait, you have a brother...in the army?"
"Yeah, but that's not the point, well he missed my birthday, so when he got here, he bought me a new PlayStation 2, and I sort of thought, if you wanted, you could come over and we could play, if you wanted to, but your worn out, so..." She began.
"NO! I mean...who really said I was tired, I'd love to come over...uhhh, play...with you...BUT THE GAME...not like...I mean your not that...kind of girl...are you?" He asked, scratching the back of his head.
"Troy, just get your foot out of your mouth and get over here." She laughed.
"Oh...ok." He turned bright red, "But your mom..."
"Troy, come on it's my mom, she thinks your the nicest boy in the world." She smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Oh...cool, I guess I'll ask my mom and dad, I'm sure they'll say yes, I mean why wouldn't they, I mean you've met my mom, she loves you...BUT NOT LIKE...cause...she's married, and you...your not that kind of girl...are you? No, don't answer that, and my dad...is...uhhhh...
"Tell you what, I'll make us some snacks, you can untie your tongue and ask you parents." She smiled, saving troy from the spotlight.
"Ok...uhhh, good, I'll be there in...a little while." He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ok Troy, see you in a little while." She giggled..
"Ok, bye." He said.
He made sure the phone was off...
"YEEEESSSSS!!! I've got a date!...sort...of." He mumbled.
He quickly headed downstairs.
"Mom I'm going to Gabriella's house." He said as he put his jacket on.
"Wait, a minute, what are you two going to do?" She asked, stopping him dead in his tracks.
"Play video games...and...stuff..." He mumbled.
She thought for a second,"Oh he's a smart boy..."Have fun sweetie."
"Thanks mom, love you, bye." He said as he ran out of the front door.
Jack Bolton walked into the living room, newspaper in hand.
"Where's he off to in such a hurry, I thought he was tired?"
"To Gabriella's house."Said Mrs.Bolton, cutting the T.V. off and standing up.
"WHAT! You just let him go?!" Mr.Bolton exclaimed, throwing the paper down.
"Jack, Troy loves the girl, I think she's very sweet, I still don't know what you have against her." Mrs.Bolton laughed.
Jack shook his head in disbelief and stormed off into the other room.
MEANWHILE...
Troy was nearly at her house, as he thought, "This is the big one, no one is here around to stop you, her mom has to do something at one point, she couldn't watch us the whole time, this is it, tonight I will finally kiss Gabriella."
