Summer Love

An- Hello Friends! Thanx for all of the reviews. They were so awesome. So I got a couple of things about this story. It is kinda based off of real events that have happened to me. Well, minus Troy Bolton being at a house who's lawn I mow and a couple of other things. I do have older brothers that go out with me to mow and a mother who always yells at me to get up. However, I suck at basketball and my father is very much alive. Another thing I forgot to mention is her brother's ages. Ricky is about 20 years old and Johnny is 24. They both have dark hair and brown eyes like Gabriella. Trivia! The answer to the question was sophmore. When Sharpay and Ryan search Gabriella, the first thing they click on has Gabriella's name, school, and it says that she was a sophmore. I also accepted junior because one of my reviewers pointed out somethin that Chad said about Troy being voted captain at the begining of their sophmore year. So if you had junior, your listed. However, I feel like I didn't make the question very clear because some of my reviewers gave me actual years. Like 2005 or 2006. I wasn't looking for that. It was also kinda hard if you weren't from the U.S. since the schooling system is different. I'll try to make the questions easier to understand next time. Also, the trivia is based off of the movie. So the answers can be found in the movie. There will be a shared dedication to freakygeniusgirl12141 and ChEeRlEeAdInx3LiSa. Both got the correct answer, but freakygeniusgirl12141 sent in the question. Also, HSMandChelseaFCfan, xXJust.Like.ThatXx, Angel of the Starz, and Jayne07 got the correct answers. I think that is all of my notes so far. Most of this was kinda explaining the trivia. On with the story!!

Chapter 3

It's 10a.m. and I just woke up on my own. Life is good. No mom yelling at me. No water being spilled on me. Only thing missing is the awesome smell of breakfast food. "Mom!" I yell after looking for her for about two minutes. Gasp! She didn't answer. That never happens. She always yells at me for yelling her name. "Ricky? Johnny?" I ask to absolutely positively no one. "Where is everyone?" I ask my self aloud as I make my way down to the kitchen. A soon as I enter, I'm greeted by a bight yellow sticky note. Let's read it.

Gabriella,

Your brothers and I went out to get more supplies for the bussiness.

We have to fill up the tanks and make sure eveything is oiled properly. We may be gone for a while

but I expect everything to be spotless when I get home.

We'll be back soon.

Love,

Mom

Great. I'm home all alone. With no brothers and no mother. It would be awesome if I didn't have to clean up the entire house by myself. I should probably put some clothes on. Eh, what the heck? It's not like anyone is gonna be coming by here anytime soon. I'll start with the family room, and work my way around the house. That sounds like a good plan to me. I turn the stereo up on maximum volume and start cleaning.

2 hours later...

I'm still cleaning, but I finished the den, family room, my room, both bathrooms and all I have left is the kitchen. I just have to finish the dishes. Mental note to self, make mom buy a dishwasher. I pop in my favorite cd from Vanessa Hudgens and switch it to my favorite song, 'Never Underestimate A Girl'. I'm completely lost in the song and I begin to sing and dance. In the middle of it, I hear a noise, but I shrug it off. It's probably just the neighbors outside or something.

I go into my twirl as I sing the chorus. "Never underestimate a gir-" I stop as soon as I see eight pairs of eyes stairing at me. Now see, that is a problem. If it was mom and my brothers, than it would be six eyes. Not eight. Which means the #1 person that seems to catch me either doing or wearing something embarrassing is here. Ding! Ding! Ding! It's Troy!

"Hello." I say as I give a small shy and embarrassed laugh. Ricky is laughing at me hysterically. Troy's mouth is hanging open as mom and Johnny stare at me horrified. Most embarrassing moment? Yeah. I'd say this was definitely in the top five. Dancing and singing practically in your underwear in front of your mom, siblings, and the new hot nieghbor. Totally mortifying.

"Gabriella...I-I never knew you could dance like that. Let alone move your hips that way." My mother tells me. Wow. Those are words that I never ever thought I would hear her say. I could've sworn I heard Johnny whisper 'me niether'.

"Gabriella, go put some clothes on." Johnny tells me. I blush. I don't blame Johnny for saying that. I'm in boy shorts and a tight tank top. I'm surprised my mother didn't say anything. Then again, she might still be shocked from my dancing. "Troy, close your mouth." He adds in. Everyone turns and looks at him as he looks down sheepishly. I can see he turned a little red.

"I'm just gonna go now." I say as I leave the room. You could just taste the uneasiness in the room. Free at last! I run up to my room and change. I decided on a nice pair of jean shorts and a tank top. As usual.

"Knock, knock." A voice says. As I pull down the rest of my shirt, I turn around.

"Hey Troy."

"Hey. Your mom told me to give you the money. It's from my parents. She said that you handle the finaces..." He trailed off. I nodded. I knew what he meant. In simple terms, I handle the money.

"Thanks." Akwardness...

"So, you have a pretty good voice." Is he making fun of me or complimenting me?

"Um...thanks?" I'm not sure.

"It's a compliment." He laughs. I laugh a little too. "You have some nice dance move too."

"Thanks. Too bad I never get to use them."

"What do you mean?"

"I never get to go out anywhere. My brothers keep tags on my like I'm some kind if kid. It's like I can't go anywhere if they're not there." I confessed. He nodds. It feels good to be able to talk to someone.

"Well, at least you get to choose what you wear. Especially your underwear." He laughs referring to my teddy bear print boy shorts.

"Hey! Those were on sale!" I say defensively.

"Oh, really? Were they in the kiddie section?" He questions as he laughs. I hit him playfully and giggle.

"Shut up! You're such a loser!" I laugh again.

"Oh, you are gonna pay for that!" He says as he tackles me onto my bed and starts tickling me.

"T-TROY! St-Stop!" I laugh.

"Not until you say sorry." He demands.

"Never!" He begins to tickle me even more, if that was possible. "Okay! I-I'm s-s-sorry!" I say and he stops. Our eyes meet and we both start laughing.

"What are you two doing?" Ricky asks. He and Johnny are standing in my doorway. I bet they watched the whole thing. Troy stands and offers his hand to me. I take it and he helps me stand next to him.

"We were just talking." I say and Troy smiles at me. I smile back.

"Whatever. You guys can talk downstairs. No guys in your room Gabriella." Johnny says. For some strange reason, I doubt he likes Troy. One reason would be the glare that he is giving him right now.

"It's cool. I gotta bounce anyway. I'll see ya Gabi." Gabi. He called me Gabi. No one outside of my family has ever called me Gabi since my father died. I would usually snap at them for calling me that. I didn't when Troy did though. I just smiled. "I'll call you." Call me? How did he get my-"Your number's on the card, right?" I nodd and he smiles again. He waves and leaves. He and Ricky do some handshake, but I don't pay attention.

"Gabriella, why would Troy call you?" Johnny snaps as soon as he hears the front door close.

"Maybe because we're friends." I say. I mean really, isn't it obvious?

"He wants to be more than friends, Gabriella." Gosh? Does he think he's my father?

"So what if he does?"

"I told you not to get involved with clients."

"Well new flash Johnny! I'm 18 years old. Which means legally an adult. Which also means I can make my own decisions. I don't need you telling me anything!" I snapped.

"Gabriella just chill." Ricky says. Reluctanly, I listen and close my room door. I didn't feel like talking to anyone for the rest of the night.

HSMHSMHSMHSMHSMHSMHSMHSMHSM

Vibrations...vibrations...why do I feel vibrations at 3:00 in the morning? I look down at my phone and see that I have a call. Who would be dumb enough to call me this late?

"Hello?" I answer half awake.

"Hey. It's Troy." O.M.G. "did I wake you?"

"Kinda. What's up?"

"Well, there's this party right now. I know that you don't get out much, so do you wanna go with me now?"

"Are you insane? My brothers would kill me!" I whisper.

"Your 18. Make your own decision." He was right.

"Fine...where are you?"

"Right oustide your balcony." I smile.

"Give me 5 minutes."

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