Chapter 2
Caring
It was the next day and it was 10 and you knew exactly where Gabriella was. Yup, she was at the rink practicing. Little did she know was that she wasn't the only one in the arena. She was doing twists and turns plus jumps non stop. She went practicing her short and long program about 2 times before taking a break.
She went to sit on the hockey bench just looking out on the ice. She really wanted this and there was only one way to get it and that was to do more quads and triples in her long program. She decided to change her routine totally that there weren't going to be any doubles at all. She was going to push herself and show that she is meant to figure skate.
She was picturing herself on that ice as she was redoing the routine in her head. She was so concentrated that she didn't even realize that someone sat down next to her. The person looked at her and smiled at how concentrated she was.
Gabriella shook her head to get the routine out of her head and into her soul. She nodded and knew she could do it so she stood up and was about to go back out onto the ice when she heard someone finally clear their throat. She turned around and was shocked to find out who was there.
"W-what are you doing here?"
He smiled, "Well I knew you would be here and I wanted to see what you were coming up with."
"But practice for hockey doesn't start until like 5."
"Chad is meeting me here earlier because we were going to have a one on one." He smiled. "He wanted to catch me up with the team."
Gabriella nodded, "Um ok…I guess you can watch then since I'm guessing you've been watching."
"Yeah and by the way you're amazing at what you do."
Gabriella blushes, "Thanks Troy…That means a lot to me coming from someone who doesn't really know me."
"Glad to know." Troy nodded. "Now go do that new routine you were just daydreaming about."
"Wait…how did you know what I was thinking?"
Troy smiled, "You had the same face that my sister had when she used to figure skate."
"Your sister used to figure skate?" Gabriella seemed interested.
"Yeah." Troy nods. "You might know her. Her name was…."
Gabriella squealed the name before he could finish, "Andrea Bolton?!"
Troy chuckled, "That is the one."
"She's my hero." Gabriella got excited. "I've always rooted for her when she was in the olympics. I want to be just like her."
"Wow, normally girls want to be like Michelle Kwan or Sasha Cohen."
"Yeah they're good." Gabriella giggles. "But Andrea is the one that made me want to do something know one has done before once I saw her do the triple combination."
"Wow, you really are a fan." He chuckled. "So yeah you made the same face she did when she decided to go against her choreographer and decided to change the whole routine."
"So that's why her choreographer was mad at her after her long program at the olympics." Gabriella nodded. "But she still won gold."
Troy smiled knowing that she was big fan of his sister and even though they just met, he wanted to do something special for her and that was to have Andrea come to the arena to meet Gabriella.
"So you gonna show me that routine that you were dreaming about?"
"Yeah, I am." Gabriella nodded as she went out onto the ice.
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Gabriella just finished her new routine. She fell a couple times but she knew that it was good for her to fall because that just tells her that she needs to practice the new routine. She slowly skated over to the bench where Troy was sitting and leaned forward on it.
"So, what did you think?"
Troy smiled, "Looks pretty sweet. Way better than my sister's routine. Now all you have to do is stick all the landings and I can for sure call you our champion."
Gabriella blushed a little, "Thanks and yeah I need to stick those landings but it was my first time doing the redo of the routine."
"True." He smiled. "Oh here comes Chad with 2 girls?"
Gabriella turned around right away, "Sharpay, Taylor!"
The girls all skated into the center of the rink and started jumping around with each other squealing. Chad rolled his eyes and skated over to Troy.
"Who are they?"
Chad rolled his eyes, "That is Taylor, my girlfriend and Sharpay, the ice queen. They get crazy when all 3 of them are together."
Troy nodded and saw all the girls looking at him and giggling. He got confused and Chad put his hand on Troy's shoulder.
"Dude, they're talking about you." Chad said not making it totally obvious.
Troy put his skates on watching the girls still looking at him and giggling. He wanted to know what they were talking about well not really them, more like Gabriella. He got up and went out onto the ice and skated up to them. Chad shook his head going after him knowing what is going to happen.
Sharpay turned to see Troy there, "Oh hi, I'm Sharpay."
"Troy," Troy nodded his head to her. "and you must be Taylor?"
Taylor nodded, "The one and only."
"So Gabs, I heard you landed your quad yesterday." Sharpay said and Gabriella nodded so she started squealing. "Oh my God finally…You are so gonna kick some butt at the competitions."
"I hope so." Gabriella shrugged. "I changed my whole routine and made like really hard."
Taylor looked at her shocked, "You did?"
Gabriella nodded her head, "Yeah I did it today and I fell a couple times but it was all good."
Troy nodded, "It was better than all good."
"You saw it?" Chad asked him curious as Troy nodded. "Why were you here so early?"
"Well I was meeting you here so I decided to just come here earlier and watch her skate." They all looked at him except Gabriella. "What? I like figure skating."
Gabriella giggled knowing why. The girls looked at her weird. They've never seen Gabriella act like this and soon both realized that she was starting to like him. They looked at Gabriella and gave her a look and she rolled her eyes knowing what the look was about.
Taylor shook her head smiling, "So lets see that quad."
Gabriella smiled and skated away from them and starts skating around the rink and was ready to do the quad. Just as she jumped into the air, she was spinning but lost her concentration and fell hard to the ice and she groaned.
Everyone skated over to her quickly but Troy was there first and he bent down next to her to help her up.
"Are you ok Gabriella?"
Gabriella held her head and looked up at him, "Yeah I'm fine."
She tried standing up but she fell right back down but this time Troy caught her. This was probably the biggest fall that she's had. Normally she usually just stands up right away and everything is ok.
"Ok that hurts." Gabriella groaned.
Chad looked at her, "Gabs maybe you should take a break from skating anymore today."
For the first time Gabriella agreed and nodded. She was still in Troy's arms and she felt comfortable in them. She looked at Troy and realized that he might want to let go of her.
"Oh sorry, I'll get get off of you." She was about to move from him.
He held her back, "No its ok, you need to be comfortable. Don't want to cause anymore damage."
Sharpay whispered to Taylor, "They look so cute and he's so caring for her."
Taylor looked at her and whispered back, "Yeah I know."
Chad rolled his eyes and looked at Troy and Gabriella, "I guess no one on one game and I'll call the guys to cancel practice."
"What? Why?" Gabriella was confused. "You guys can still have your practice and use the full rink and I will be ok."
"Gabster, the guys will not want to have practice knowing you got hurt." Chad shook his head. "Troy, could you take her over to the bench and have her sit while the girls and I make some phone calls."
"Sure." Troy nodded. "Come on Gabriella." He picked her up bridal style and she put his arms around his neck as he carried her over to the bench and placed her down. "There you go."
Gabriella looks at him, "Thank you Troy."
He smiled, "It is not a problem."
Troy sat down next to her and took his skates off and placed his sneakers on as Gabriella tried to the same but she was a little sore. Troy smiled and helped her.
"Thanks again."
"You don't need to thank me." He kissed her cheek. "I'm happy to do it."
There was that feeling again when he kissed her cheek. She had butterflies when she felt his lips contact her skin. She knew she shouldn't be having these feelings but right now she wasn't skating and she just wanted to feel his arms around her again, but how?
"Are you ok?" Troy asked Gabriella who was deep in thought.
Gabriella looked at him, "Yeah I'm fine. Just sore a little."
"Yeah that fall was pretty hard." Troy looked at her and she nodded. "So do you have a boyfriend?"
That was random but I knew I had to tell him the truth about my relationships issues. But what if he understand? What if he wants to try? Do I let him in or do I shut him out? Woh I don't even know if he likes me or if I like him. I need to stop jumping into conclusions.
"No I don't." she looks at Troy and then looks down. "I've had dates but they didn't want to be bothered with my skating schedule and most of them thought that it was boring. So now I just focus on skating and not dating."
Troy nodded his head in understandment but he was a little dissappointed because he might not have a chance with her. So he just faked a smile and looked away.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" Gabriella asked him as he looked away.
Troy sighed, "No I don't. I want to find that girl that understands sports and doesn't have a problem with them but the girls I've dated always were those girly girls that would yell at me if I put a hockey or basketball game on the tv."
Gabriella nodded and still looked down, "I understand sports."
Troy looked at her and she looked at him. They both smiled at each other. They knew they were already falling for the other person but neither of them wanted to push into anything. After all Gabriella just told Troy straight to his face that he might not have a chance with her but she didn't mean to and didn't know she did.
Without knowing what he was doing, he started rubbing her back. She didn't complain, to her it felt pretty good. He had nice hands and she didn't mind them on her. She even moved closer to him. Troy smiled once he realized what he was doing.
"Does it feel better?" He finally asked as he kept rubbing her back.
Gabriella nodded and looked at him, "Much."
"Good." Troy smiled at her as he put one leg over the bench to face her and started rubbing her back with both hands.
She did the same so he could get to her better. She really did like the feeling of his hands on her body not in the sexual way, but just having his hands on her.
Chad and the girls all skated over to them and saw what was Troy doing and also saw that Gabriella was enjoying it. They never saw her smile so much and they knew it was because of Troy. But they knew how Gabriella was with guys and it would take a lot to have her let Troy in her life.
Chad finally cleared his throat and they turned to him, "Having fun? Well the guys were all good about not having practice and just wanted you to not be sore. So we were thinking we go bowling?"
"I don't think she should bowl." Troy looked at them. "Not with being so sore that she is."
Gabriella smiled at how caring he was. "I'll be fine and besides I won't bowl, I'll just watch the girls woop your butts. Would that be ok Doctor Troy?"
Troy chucked, "I guess that can do."
Gabriella giggled, "Alright then. To the bowling alley."
She stood up and walked away from everyone. They saw how excited she was, she always loved bowling especially during the day. No one knew why but she did. It was her second favorite thing to do after skating. They all shook their heads laughing as they went after her.
Well here was the 2nd chapter. I hope you like it. What do you think is going to happen at the bowling alley? Will Gabriella let Troy in ever? Please leave a review of this chapter.
