ChapterTHREE.
Changes.
Gabriella woke up Saturday morning with a big headache, turning to her side she sighed as her phone rang blaring, she picked it up and pulled it lazily to her ear.
"Morning Darling" Gabriella sighed inside hearing her mother on the other end.
"Heey"
"So you all ready for the big day?"
"Yeah...can't wait" Gabriella said trying to sound the least bit sarcastic all though that's all she meant for it. Getting out of bed she stretched widly before shutting her Mom off after much of her blabbering that Gabriella was 'listening' too. Throwing her phone on the bed she got into the bathroom ready for the day.
Gabriella walked down the stairs to see Stacey in the living room switching the channels on the TV, Stacey turned to Gabriella's way and gasped.
"GOD Gabi you look amazingg" Gabriella laughed nervously.
"Ermm these are just my travel clothes the one for the show are at the place" Stacey just nodded knowing.
"I knoww. But he's gonna love youu!" She said excitedly before heading off into the kitchen to answer her ringing cell. Gabriella knew what she meant as they were meeting a very famous Fashion Designer before the show. Sighing Gabriella fell onto the sofa, looking down on her appearance, a black tight top with a silver bow across it, with some black tailored short shorts. Using her hand to measure how short they were she moved her hand further down her leg to her knee to wear she would usually never go past.
Gabriella was knocked out of her thoughts by the doorbell ringing.
"COME ON GABSSS!" Stacey shouted skipping happily into the living room and grabbing Gabriella from the sofa to the door, as they got their they saw Charles putting their cases in the car.
"Have fun Girls" Annie said as Stacey smiled hugging her, as did Gabriella.
"You okay?" Annie whispered to Gabriella as she hugged her, pulling away Gabriella nodded slightly before pulling on a big smile before turning round and joining Stacey in their limo. They drove off, down the road Gabriella just sat their 'listening' to Stacey go on about how good this was for her career and Gabriella's. Gabriella nodded smiling along, as they got to a familar road Gabriella's throat caught up and she became more interested of the house they were pulling up to. It had been years since she was last here, she felt memories coming back to her as they parked outside that house, his house.
"You alright with this Gabs?" Stacey asked her sister seeing her worried face. Gabriella nodded vigourously before Stacey looked on at her sister sympathetically knowing this was going to be hard for her.
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They had been in the car for almost an hour and were about ten minutes away from the destination. Stacey and Lucille were in a deep conversation that they had been in since they left, as Stacey was older her and Lucille often spoke when Lucille would come round for dinner to see Maria. Lucille and Stacey sat next to each other on one side, as Gabriella sat on the end with Troy opposite her, they had been silent since they left, both too in thought, remembering when times were easier and finding it as awkward as the other did.
As Gabriella's phone went off, she reached to pick it up, Troy smiled at the song playing realising it was the same song he remembered.
I wanna be the smile you put on your face
I wanna be the hands when you say your grace
I wanna be at your every favrioute place
Ooh I just wanna be.. Close.
"Hello" Gabriella said into the phone, looking up she noticed Troy's eyes on her, looking to her phone she realised why and slightly smiled remembering the song that was playing before and what it meant between her and Troy. Troy noticed her face form into a small smile, a real actual smile, the smile Troy loved, her true smile, one that nobody else has really seen. Troy began to smile back as they eyes caught together, Gabriella was knocked out of her daze by her mother down the phone.
"HellooGabriella? Gabs You there Honey? Gabriella? Helloo?"
"...Oh Yeah MOM! I'm here, sorry about that... I just sort of daz-e-d..out.." Gabriella said stumbling on her words as she took her eyes from Troy's and looked down as did he realising what they had just done.
"WERE HERE" Charles' voice rang through the car as Gabriella shut her phone off after getting directions off her mother, as Lucille and Stacey got out one side Gabriella and Troy both went for the door, touching the handle at the same time, they both jumped up feeling each others hands under one anothers, as Charles opened the door he noticed a startled Gabriella and Troy slightly smiling to himself, but composing himself as Gabriella got out the car graciously joining Stacey and Lucille on the other side as Troy followed on. Stacey and Gabriella turned to each other before both pulling on their GUCCI Sunglasses and giving each other a small nod as Gabriella pulled on her 'smile' and walked on into the huge glass building as Troy and Lucille walked in behind with Lucille taking in the sight of the building and Troy seeing Gabriella's smile go on, and the real Gabriella. The one he caught a glimse of in the car, stay behind as they walked.
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It was twenty mintues till 'show time' and Stacey was doing her job, as usual backstage doing the make-up. Maria was running round checking on all the models, as Lucille was in the audience with her collegues watching the show. One model though was in her dressing room, nervous as ever she couldn't even think and she's never been nervous.
"..Why should I be nervous?.." Gabriella asked herself outload. "..I've done this so many times before.."
"..What's wrong with me?.." She asked herself once again outload.
"Maybe cause it's not really you" Gabriella jumped at the sudden noise from the door, turning round she found Troy standing in front of the closed door.
"What are you doi-" Gabriella started but was cut off by Troy.
"What are YOU doing here?" Troy asked Gabriella as Gabriella gulped knowing exactly what he was reffering to so instead of answering she went back to the mirror,
putting on some blush.
"This isn't you Gabriella. There's so much more to you" Troy said softly as he made his way over to her side, Gabriella avoided hid gaze.
"Look Troy just leave me alone. Please" Gabriella pleaded still avoiding eye contact. Picking up her gloss she looked back into the mirror to see Troy right behind her.
"Gabriella?" He asked softly as Gabriella started into his eyes through the mirror, as she searched for anything, but all she found was truth and saw Troy, the real Troy shining through. The one she hadn't seen in years, she felt herself smile slightly as Troy did seeing her reaction before Gabriella's smiled turned into a frown as it usually would be at the mention of Bolton's name. Who was he to tell her this wasn't HER? It's not like he'd been himself over the years..
"WHAT THE HELL?" Gabriella shouted feeling all the anger and upset from before coming back to her.
"YOU'VE GOT NO RIGHT. NO RIGHT TO COME HER AND TELL ME THIS ISN'T ME?! HAVE YOU NOT LOOKED IN THE MIRROR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND REALISED YOUR NOT EXACTLY YOURSELF?" Gabriella stated as she pushed Troy back, as he looked into Gabriella's eyes trying to read them as he tried before, he saw everything he'd seen that night. The night years ago, which changed everything, hurt, upset, anger and loneliness.
"Your not alone Brie" Troy said softly.
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME THAT!! I'M NOT ALONE? YOU WERN'T SAYING THAT WHEN YOU LEFT ME FIVE YEARS AGO.. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NIGHT?! HUH DO YOU?"
"REMEMBER HOW THINGS CHANGED?! WE CHANGED?!" Troy shouted back.
"AND WHO'S FAULT IS THATT?" Gabriella screamed back as Troy looked down as Gabriella walked back to the mirror and straightened herself up before starting with her make-up again like nothing ever happend. As Troy walked over to her, she looked straight into the mirror and pulled on her plastic smile, as she did this Troy shook his head walking out as Gabriella didn't even bat an eye-lid.
"This is the way it's supposed to be" Gabriella said to herself as Maria called her daughter to the line-up. "This is how it's supposed to be" She repeated once more, as she took a deep breath trying to convince herself as there wasn't much convincing for a certain blue-eyed boy front row. He was determind to get back to his old self there was no way, no way he was gonna let himself carry on like this and in his mind, neither was Gabriella.
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