Summer Love
Chapter 2
Brothers can be so stupid sometimes. Especially mine. Yep, I'm talking about Ricky and Johnny. Apparently, mom thought it would be nice if they got me up this morning. You'll never guess how they decided to do it. Go ahead. Guess. They poured a nice big bucket of ice cold water on me. Thanks mom, for letting my wonderfuk brothers into my room. I gotta love you for that. I was completely furious with them. However, I was way to cold to move. I think that was apart of their plan. While shivering my ass off, I walk into my bathroom. I turned on the water and stepped into the steaming shower. I gladly let the water wash away most of my anger for my brothers. I stepped out of the shower and immediatly heard my name.
"Gabriella!" My mother called. Of course it was her. She's th only person who calls me by my full name when she wants something.
"I'll be down in a minute mother!" I yelled back. I had to pick out the perfect outfit for when the Boltons come to dinner. I need to make the perfect impression.
"Now!" My mothers yells again. I sigh before answering. I quickly pick out a top and bottoms before heading down stairs.
"Yes moth-" I can't believe my eyes. The Boltons are here...in my kitchen...with their extra hot son...and I'm in nothing but my bathrobe. Why do bad things always happen to me? "H-Hello." I manage to get out.
"Sorry sweetie. I didn't know you were getting dressed. I invited the Boltons over early so that we could all spend more time together. We're going to cook out since it is the 4th of July." Mom kindly informed me...a little too late. I just nodd and turn around. Only to be stopped by Ricky.
"Woah sis. Your crush is the other way." Ricky laghs as he pushes me into Troy. I can feel my cheeks go red. My mother is smiling and so are the Boltons and Ricky. I don't dare look at Troy. I brush past my brother and go up to my room.
In my room at last! At least here no one can bother me about possibly liking Troy. I mean I don't even know him. He could be a total jerk...but that doesn't mean that I can't look hot in front of him. I decide to go with a nice pink tank top and a nice pair of shorts/capris. I leave my hair down so that the curls are free. Hotness! Not really. I can't make it too obvious after what my brother just said. Besides, I don't have many 'hot' clothes. They're all kinda boyish. Totally fine with me though. Making my way towards the kitchen, I notice that Ricky and Troy aren't there. I don't want to make anything obvious, so I just shrug it off that they're not there.
"Janet, Jack this is Gabriella." My mother says as I enter the room and take a seat.
"Hi Gabriella!" They both say cheerfully. I just smile back and wave at them.
"Your mother has said so many nice things about you. We'd love to hear you sing sometime." Janet aka Mrs. Bolton tells me.
"Only in the church choir and in my shower I respond." They all chuckle at the little joke. I just smile.
"What's so funny?" Ricky asks as he and Troy enter the room.
"Gabriella just made a small joke. How was the game?" My mother asks interested.
"What game?" I wanted to know. If there was any kind of game, I should've been playing it.
"We were just out playing basketball. No biggie."
"No biggie? You know I love basketball!" I saw Troy's eyes widen at my sentence.
"You like basketball?" Troy asks me astonished.
"Yes. Is that a problem?" It better not be.
"No, it's just that not many girls around here like basketball." He tells me.
"I'm nothing like the other girls around here." I said looking away. I then realized that the entire room was silent during my conversation with Troy. I also realized that I had a normal conversation with Troy. AWESOME! "Ricky, why didn't you tell me you were going to play? You know I'm good."
"Your amazing Gabi. I just wanted to see if Troy is anywhere near good enough to beat you."
"Is he?" Ricky smiled when Troy looked at him.
"He's pretty good. I think he might be the first one to beat you." Troy smiles and nodds toward me.
"We'll have to play sometime." I smile and nodd as he returns it. He's not a jerk. So far...he's in the cool guy list. I like that.
"You'll have to let me know who wins." Jack laughs.
We all talked about things for long hours while we barbaqued. There were lots of laughs and jokes. I was actually having a nice time. Troy was on the basketball team. He was the captain, which means he must be pretty damn good. He told me he has a best friend named Chad. He's on the team too. I told him that my best friend was named Taylor. She was really smart and on the decathalon team. He wanted to know more about me though. I told him he would find out more later. We didn't have our basketball game since it was time to eat.
At dinner, everyone was still having a great time. We were all having awesome conversations until Janet asked the one question that was on all of their minds. "Where's Mr. Montez?" She asked.
"Mom...can I be excused." I asked immediately after Janet spoke to my mom.
"Of course." I rush away from the table. I couldn't stay there as she told them the story. I went up to my room and out to my balcony. The breeze calms me. I try not to think about my father, but when I looked up into the sky, I swear I saw him smile at me through the stars. I smiled back.
"Hey" A voice says. I turn around and look. There stood Troy. Why was he here? "Are you okay?" Awww. He came to make sure I was okay.
"I'm fine. I just...I don't deal with the story she told you guys well." I spoke to him. I turned and faced the stars again.
"Well, I don't know the story cause I came up here."
"You missed that story to check up on me?" That's a first. Usually I would be up here for hours. I wouldn't talk to anyone until I came back down.
"You make it seem like the story is a fairytale."
I gave a dry laugh. "Far from it."
"Want to tell me about it?" Should I? I mean, he did come up here for me.
"I'm not ready to talk about my dad...but we were very close." I should let him know something. He nodds in understanding.
"How bout that game?" He asks. I'm glad he changed the subject.
"Sure. I should warn you. I scored 41 points on lead champioship game." His mouth drops.
"No way."
"Mhmm. The same day I invented the space shuttle and microwave popcorn." He should know by now that I'm joking.
"Microwave popcorn, ha ha, funny." We both laugh and headed downsatirs to start our game. Game that I would win!
We played for about an hour until our parents came out. Troy won the game. I was astonished. No one had beat me in a game since my dad. Jack was thrilled. He offered me to come play at their house sometime. I said yes. I'm welcome thee anytime. The fireworks were going off. Mr. and Mrs. kissed. Ricky and Johnny hugged mom. I stood there with Troy.
"Good game." He told me as he opened his arms for a hug. I gladly hugged him. His sweat smelled nice. As we let go, we saw everyone's eyes on us. Total embarrassment. Johnny was scowling at me while everyone else was smiling. Ricky's dumbass was drawing air hearts waround us. Great.
"Well, we better get going. Troy will be here tomorrow to drop off the money. We'll have to do this again sometime. It was so much fun!" Janet exclaimed. It was fun. With Troy and the Bolton's around, it should be an interesting summer.
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An- Ok so a lot of people have been asking about the trivia. I'll still do it! It was fun same rules as last time. New readers?
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#1- What year is Gabriella in High School?
