Taylor's POV

The next morning I walked into my day job earlier than usual because we had to have a meeting. I saw walked into my class room and put my stuff up and put on my blazer and put my cell phone in my pocket then walked back out.

I walked down the hall to the office and said hello to everyone and then I walked to Gabriella's office. The meeting didn't start for another 30 minutes so we had time to talk. I saw that her door was open and I walked in to see her on the phone. So I sat down in a chair across from her desk and waited.

"Yes Troy, Taylor and I will see you tonight." I heard her say as I was replying to a text message from my boss at the club stating that I didn't have to work tonight.

Troy must have said some sweet things to her because then she started to giggle and blush. I put my cell phone back in my blazer pocket and waited till she hung up from troy.

She put her phone away and turned her attention towards me.

"What do you have planned for tonight?" Gabriella asked me as she pulled out her laptop and started typing.

I looked up at her.

"Now you ask?" I said referring to how she just included me in Troy and she's plans.

"Sorry, but troy wanted to come over to my place and hang out but he's bringing some friend of his and it would've been awkward so I was like was like well what about if Taylor joins?" She explained as she stopped typing and looked up at me.

"It's cool, I didn't have anything to do anyway except grade papers but I guess I won't be doing that tonight." I said twirled a strand of my hair.

"Well now maybe you'll be able to meet somebody new ever since you know who?" Gabi said as she continued typing.

"I'm so over her. She wanted too much and she nagged too much." I said as I looked down and smoothed out my skirt.

Yes I dated women and men before. I came out to my parents when I was 16 years old and of course my mom was really upset. I remember how she threw me out of the house and I ran to Gabi's house and spent a few months there. I remember my father had to come and get me because if he didn't I would've stayed at Gabriella's house forever. But now my mother and my father still love and support me.

"Anyway, I met Troy's friend when they showed up at the club last night. His name is Chad and he is so fine." I continued.

Gabriella nodded and smiled at me. "You like him don't you?"

"Oh Gabriella cut it out. I hardly know the guy; I just met him last night and all I said was hi to him. Besides I don't like him, he's just really attractive." I explained to her.

She giggled and closed her laptop and got out of her chair and looked at her watch.

"The meeting will be starting soon so we should get down there." She said as she looked at herself in the mirror on her wall and reapplied her lipstick.

"You're not working tonight right?" She asked and turned towards me.

"You ask some of the most important questions at the wrong times. No, I'm not working tonight. You should've asked me before you volunteered me to hang out with you and Troy." I said to her.

She laughed and walked out of the room and I followed behind her.

Author's POV

After School was over Gabriella went home to change clothes as so did Taylor. The guys weren't coming over to Gabriella's place till 8 which meant they had time to change clothes and Taylor had time to grade papers for her students. Around 7:30 Taylor finished grading papers and she put them in her big gigantic bag so she can bring them to work tomorrow. She did one last mirror check to make sure she looked good and left her house and drove down 20 minutes to Gabriella's house.

Taylor's POV

I pulled into Gabriella's driveway and got out of my car and walked to her door. I rang the doorbell and she answered it and let me in. She was on the phone and she looked like she was trying to get off.

"Yes mom, I'll come down for the family reunion a year from now." She said rolling her eyes.

I giggled and watched her try to disconnect herself from her mother.

"Mom, I'm having company I really have to go." I laughed as she put the phone away from her ear so I can hear her mother still talking.

The doorbell rang and she went to go answer it with her mother still on the phone.

"Yes momma I know it is very important." As Gabriella was walking she turned around and looked at me and then pointed to the phone and I giggled and went down in the basement.

Gabriella's dog ran down the stairs with me and hopped on the couch as I was beginning to sit down also. She had a toy poodle name Loca. He sat on my lap and soon Gabriella, Troy and Chad walked downstairs with the phone still up to ear.

"Momma, my company is here I'll visit you and papa Saturday." She hung up the phone and put it in her pants pocket.

"My mother can talk for hours." She said as she turned on the TV.

Chad came and sat next to me but it was a little space between us and Gabriella sat next to Troy on the other couch.

I said hey to Troy and he looked up and smiled at me.

"What was your mother talking about Gabi?" I asked her as I wiped off some of the lint off my pants when loca jumped off of me and ran upstairs.

"She's begging me to come to a family reunion that isn't happening until next year and then she wants me to find a man, settle down and get married. Then she was saying that I needed to put some beans in my oven." Gabriella sighed and laughed.

I chuckled and saw that Chad was being pretty quiet.

"Chad where are you from?" Gabriella asked him.

Chad looked up and gave his attention to all of us.

"My family originated from Mississippi but I moved out here to Utah when I was 16." He explained.

"Weird, why haven't we seen you?" I asked.

"I been busy for a few years haven't been able to go out or nothing." He said looking straight at Troy who stared at the ground.

"Well, I think that that is enough questions how about we watch a movie huh?" Troy said and Gabriella and I looked at him.

Gabriella got up and put in a movie for us to watch. We were both thinking the same thing: they were hiding something and they were most definitely not going to tell us.