Chapter 2: Chadriella Date.

At about 10:30 the next morning Joanne came and woke the girls up and reminded Taylor about her swim practice. Both Taylor and Gabriella competed in NSA swim. Unfortunately, their on two different teams. After Joanne had left the room Taylor told her friends "You know, as much as I love swimming. I hate early morning practice." Kelsi just looked sympathy for her friend but Gabriella started laughing. "What?" Taylor asked her friend. " You call that early morning. I have practice at 5 a.m. on Tuesdays before school. That's early." Gabriella said.

"That's why you look tired at school on Tuesdays." Kelsi said as realization dawned on her. "Yeah Kels." Gabriella replied "So don't be complaining Tay." "Okay, okay. I'm done complaining. I'm gonna go change now." Taylor said not being able to come up with a better comeback. After Taylor had grabbed her clothes and went into the bathroom to change, Gabriella and Kelsi got up to change. " this had been so much fun. We have to do this again soon." Kelsi told Gabriella after she had pulled her shirt on .

"Yeah, it was a lot of fun. What are you doing today?" Gabriella asked Kelsi. "Finish this song I've been working on. Maybe hang-out with Jase later. You?" Kelsi replied. "Do my European history homework just to get it done. Then go on a date with Chad." Gabriella told her friend smiling. " Oh fun. Where's Chad taking you?" Kelsi asked. "I don't know. All he said was dress comforterable and in something that if it gets messy I won't care." Gabriella told. "So what do you plan on wearing?" Kelsi asked. "I don't know, maybe that green paint-splattered Holister shirt and some cut off jean shorts." Gabriella replied.

Taylor came out of the bathroom just as Kelsi and Gabriella had finished their conversation. Taylor had on her regulation swimsuit under a pair of Soffe's and a tank top. "Well I guess I had better head over to practice. Wish me luck. We lost Thursday night, Coach will be furius." Taylor added at Kelsi's confusded face. "Ahha, you guys lost. Ohmigosh." Gabriella said, laughing so hard she was breathless. "Bye Kelsi, I'll talk to you tomorrow." Taylor told Kelsi completely ignoring Gabriella. " Bye Tay." Kelsi said as Taylor walked out the door. Shaking her head at her friends antics she walked over to Gabriella " Gabi, calm down. It's not that funny." Kelsi said trying to calm her friend down. After taking a few calm breaths Gabriella had finally calmed down enough to talk. " Okay I'm good. Do you need a ride home Kels?" Gabriella asked.

" Oh please, my car's broken and is in the shop right now." Kelsi replied. "Well then lets get going." Gabriella told her friend as they grabbed their bags and heading down stairs. They ran into Joanne when they got to the bottom of the stairs. " Are you leaving girls?" Both girls nod their heads. "Okay, well have a good day. Taylor left already right." Joanne asked the girls. "Yep Joanne. She left about 5 minutes ago." Kelsi told the older woman. "Okay. Thanks girls. I'll see you soon." Joanne told the girls as they walked out of the door.

"Well ready to go Kels?" Gabriella asked her friend. "Yep." Kelsi said. Both girls grabbed their bags and walked out to Gabriella's car. Gabriella and Kelsi got in and Gabriella pulled out of Taylor's driveway. The girls drove in silence until Kelsi said "Hey Gabs, do you ever like get this feeling that something bad is going to happen?" " Ummm.. no. Why do you ask?" Gabriella said confused by her friends question. " Nothing, its just I have like this feeling something is going to happen really soon. And, its going to be bad." Kelsi replied. " Oh, Kelsi. I'm sure its just your imagination getting the best of you." Gabriella told her. " I know it probably is. But, just be careful tonight okay." Kelsi asked.

"Promise." Gabriella said pulling into Kelsi's driveway. " Okay, call me after your date. Don't forget." Kelsi told her. " Got it." The rest of the drive to her house passed quickly. When she got there she saw that her mom was already home. Gabriella quickly shut off the car, grabbed her bags and ran in the house. She hadn't seen her mom in almost 2 weeks and couldn't wait to see her. " Mami? You here." Gabriella yelled as soon as she got in the house. "Gabi!" her mom Isabella said walking out of the living room. "Mami." Gabriella said jumping on her mom giving her a big hug. "Gabi, I missed you baby girl." Isabella told Gabriella. "I missed you to Mami." Gabriella replied. " So what have you been up to while I've been gone." Isabella questioned her daughter leading her into the living room. " Oh mami, you'll never believe it. I have a date tonight." Gabriella told her mom excited. " A date. Gabi that's fantastic. Whats his name?" Isabella said. " His name is Chad mami. He's really sweet. I really like him." Gabriella told her mom. " Well that's' awesome sweetheart." Isabella told her daughther.

Gabriella and Isabella talked for about another 2 hours then got up to eat lunch. After eating lunch Gabriella went up to her room to start her European History homework. Seeing as she already knew most of it she got in done in just under an hour. She saw that is was only 3:30 and decided to go and sit on the swing on the front porch and relax before her date. She must of falling asleep while sitting on the swing, because next thing she knew her mom was waking her up telling her it was 5:30. (I do that all the time. Sit on the swing and just fall asleep.ahha)

Gabriella went up stairs to take her shower. After she had finished she blow dried her hair and then straitened it. She remember Chad telling her to wear something comfortable and something she wouldn't mind getting dirty. She looked in her closet and pulled out a pair of paint splattered jeans and an old Abercrombie shirt. She pulled the clothes on and sat in front of her mirror to get on her make-up. Deciding that less is better. She just put on some mascara and lip gloss. After satified by how she look she went downstairs noticing that it was 7 o-clock already. She heard the door bell ring as she got the the bottom of the stairs. "He's punctually Gabi. That's a good thing." Isabella told her daughter as she opened the door.

"Hi Mrs. Montez. I'm Chad. Chad Danforth. Is Gabriella here?" Chad said to Isabella. "Yes she is Chad. Come on in." Isabella said inviting him into her house. "Thank you Mrs. Montez." Chad said stepping into the house. " Hi Chad." Gabriella said once Chad had walked in the door. " Hey Gabriella. You ready to go." Chad said. " Yeah. Bye Mami. I'll see you later." Gabriella told her mom. " Bye Gabi. Have fun tonight." Isabella said as she shut the door after her daughter. " Well Gabriella." Chad said as he started his car. " Have you ever gone paintballing?" "Paintballing? Nope never." Gabriella said. " Well good then. That's what we'll be doing tonight." Chad told Gabriella. "Oh fun. I've always wanted to go paintballing." Gabriella replied excited.

The car ride to Paintballing Express was full of light conversation. As Chad pulled into the parking lot Gabriella was absolutely excited. " Ready?" Chad asked. "Yep." Gabriella told him. Chad grabbed her hand as they walked in. He took her up to the front counter where he quickly paid the cashier. He lead Gabriella back to the room with all the equitment. " I see you've done this before." Gabriella said. "Many." Chad replied. He showed Gabriella how to hold the gun correctly before leading her to the playing field. "Okay, so the main goal is to shot me as many times as you can. And, to not get him by me hitting you. Got it." Chad told Gabriella. "Got it." She replied. "Okay let the games begin." Chad say's and he was off. Chad ran one way while Gabriella ran the other.

Gabriella decided to back track and saw Chad trying to sneak acrossed the playing field. She quickly aimed her gun, and pulled the trigger. Right on target. "Damn Gabriella. I can't even see you." Chad yelled running away. The game continued much like this before the buzzard rang signaling that they had been playing for 2 hours already. Chad and Gabriella met in the middle of the playing field and looked at the other. As soon as Gabriella saw Chad's hair she started to laugh. His hair had about 6 different colours in it. " What." Chad asked oblivious to what had happened to his hair. "Your hair." Was all Gabriella could get out between her laughter.

"Ahhhhh." Chad yelled as he looked in a mirror at his hair. "Gabriella, did you have to aim for the hair." Chad whined. "It wasn't on purpose." Gabriella said still laugh. " I guess that I won then." Gabriella said. " Yeah, I guess." Said Chad not one to admit defeat. " I guess we should get you home now. It's about 9:30." "Okay." Gabriella said.

Gabriella and Chad put up their guns and walked out to his car. The ride home was a ride in silence. Not uncomfortable silence, but a nice silence. A good way to relax after an exciting night. Chad pulled into Gabriella driveway and walked her to the door. " I had a lot of fun tonight." Gabriella told Chad. "Yeah, me too." Chad relplied. "Well I guess I'll see you later." Gabriella said. "Yeah, I'll call you sometime." Chad replied. Chad then leaned in and gave Gabriella a sweet kiss. It wasn't to long but not to short, the perfect first date kiss. " Bye Gabriella." Chad said getting ready to walk to his car. "Bye Chad." Gabriella replied walking into house.

"Hi, mija." Isabella greeted her daughter. "How was your date?" "Oh Mami. It was fantastic. He took me paintballing." Gabriella explained. "That would explain your messy clothes." Isabella said similing. "Yeah. Well I'm tired Mami. I'm going to go to bed." Gabriella said. "Night Ella." Isabella said giving her daughter a kiss on the forehead as she walked up the stairs. Once Gabriella got in her room she grabbed her cell phone and called Kelsi, figuring Taylor would still be one her date. "Hey its Kelsi and I can't come to the phone right now. Leave a message and I'll call you back later. Bye." Kelsi voicemail said. "Hey Kels. Its Gabi. I guess your out with Jason. Or more likely making out with him. Kidding. Anyway, call me back later so I can tell you about my date with Chad." Gabriella said leaveing a message for Kelsi.

Gabriella quickly took another shower to wash all of the paint off of her. She dried her hair just a little before braiding it. She pulled on her pajama's and climbed into her bed. Before shuting off the light's Gabriella kiss two of her finger's and placed them on the picture by her bedside. "Night Daddy." Gabriella said, doing the same thing she had been doing for 5 years ever since her dad died. Gabriella shut off the light's and quickly fell asleep.