Hey, everyone! Here's the next chapter to Pushed Away! The chapters are going to be coming slowly for this one until I get more time… I'm hoping for 10 more reviews. Enjoy!
Chapter Two
Gabriella laughed as Taylor threw a pair of socks at her as she went through her closet. They were getting rid of a few things in their dorm because they had to get their accumulated junk minimized so when they packed to go home it would be easier to bring everything back to Albuquerque. The window by their beds was open, letting a cool breeze into their dorm and making the room less musty. A knock on the door was heard and it opened when they shouted their "come in!" A blonde boy with a Yale sweater on smiled as he walked in with folded boxes tucked under his arm.
"Where do you want these boxes?" He asked as he stood near the doorway.
"You can just set them right there." Taylor said as she pointed to the floor by the door.
"I hear you're leaving soon." He said as he set the boxes down.
"Yeah, only a couple more days. We should have started packing a long time ago." Gabriella answered with a quiet giggle.
"Well, Gabriella, I'm still open for that date I asked you for."
"Date?" Gabriella questioned as she furrowed her brow.
"Yeah, the one that you so kindly rejected." He answered with a chuckle.
"Oh, that date. Well, sorry Dave, you'll just have to find a new girl when I leave." Gabriella answered.
"That might be hard." He said with a smile as he walked toward the door. "Alright, girls, have fun packing." He said as he shut the door with a final wave goodbye.
Gabriella looked up at the closed door and then back down to the papers on her desk. She felt like she was being watched and she slowly turned around to see Taylor watching her, intently. She squinted at her suspiciously and went back to her paper.
"What?" She asked when she still felt like she was being watched.
"I was just thinking." Taylor answered.
"Care to share?" Gabriella asked.
"I was just thinking about how you never told me about Dave asking you out." Taylor explained as she raised her eyebrow.
"I didn't think it was important, Tay." Gabriella answered.
"It might have been good for you is all I am saying." Taylor replied.
"Well, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about it, but I don't think it would have done much for me." Gabriella said as she tossed a few dirty rubber bands and a crumpled up piece of paper in the garbage can that was in the middle of the room.
"Next time you get asked out, tell me, okay?" Taylor asked with a small smile.
"I will, best friend." Gabriella said with a laugh as she looked at Taylor.
"Forever!" Taylor cheered as she threw an old shoe away.
The girls laughed together and continued to clean their dorms. By the time they were done cleaning, it looked like no one ever lived there. The desks and nightstands were dusted until they sparkled and the closet was reorganized and holding a few packed boxes. The beds were fixed and the floor was vacuumed, along with the rugs.
"If only we kept this room like this since we got here. We would have saved a lot of time looking for things." Monique said with a laugh.
"We're messy when we're put together, aren't we?" Gabriella asked as she fell onto her bed and starred up at the ceiling, sighing in exhaustion.
"Yeah…" Taylor said as she exhaled deeply, falling onto her own bed.
The girls sat in silence for a while listening to the passing people on the other side of the door. People were cheering as they went to a party and the girls heard a few shouts to the loud party-goers from people trying to study. Gabriella turned her head toward Taylor and spoke quietly, noticing that it was dark outside now.
"I'm going to miss it here." She said honestly.
Taylor smiled at Gabriella as she faced her and nodded.
"It's not going to be as bad as leaving home." Taylor answered.
"Yeah, maybe." Gabriella said quietly.
"Are you scared to go home?" Taylor asked.
"I'm expecting everything to be the same when we get home, but it's not going to be." She answered. "We lost our friends, Tay, maybe not completely. When we get back we're not going to share the same memories made in the last five years. We'll have our inside jokes and they'll have theirs. They'll have new people in their lives and we'll have… each other."
Taylor frowned at the truth in Gabriella's words as she thought about Chad and her other friends. That was definitely a harsh way to put it, but Gabriella was always telling things how they were even if everyone else didn't want to hear it. Taylor nodded in agreement.
"I know." She whispered slowly. "Can I ask you something?"
Gabriella sighed, knowing what was coming.
"Sure."
"Why did Troy break up with you?" She asked as she pulled her pillow closer to her so she could rest her head on it as she looked across the small room at Gabriella.
"He said it was too hard." Gabriella answered quietly as she played with a string that was on her comforter.
"I think you two, as a couple, have gone through things much worse than being a couple of states away from each other." Taylor commented.
"Things change, Tay." Gabriella answered with a sigh.
"No… people change." Taylor replied.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Gabriella asked.
"I think you've just become more independent since we left, is all. Maybe the fact that you're not with Troy was just because you don't need him anymore." Taylor explained with a shrug.
"Taylor." Gabriella said quietly.
"Yeah?"
"I've needed him for a long time." She answered in a whisper as a few tears slipped down her cheek.
"Why haven't you told him that, Gabs?" Taylor asked in a concerned voice.
"Because it's too late. I pushed him away… I left." Gabriella answered.
Taylor looked at her best friend from where she lay and nodded with a frown. The room was now silent and neither of the girls wanted to break that silence, knowing that they needed it to think about their past. Gabriella looked at her nightstand where a picture of her and her friends sat and she knew that going home was going to be good for her, even if it might not be the same as it was when she left.
Sorry that this was boring! Again, it's kind of just the start of the story, you know, when she's getting ready to go back… in the next chapter that's exactly where she will be! Review for the next chapter!
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