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The room wasn't exactly easy to 'girl-up' but after a few hours, Gabriella was satisfied with the final result. She had posted her massive, ceiling-to-floor Taylor Lautner poster up beside the large windows, and she had shifted the bed so that it was to one side, and not in view from the hallway. She had pulled off the navy bed cover and pulled on the bed cover that had gone with her all the way around the world, an orange and blue one with a matching pillow case, and roll pillow. She took out the few books left in the bookshelf and put in her favorite books, including the entire Gossip Girl series and Private series, plus several framed photos of her with friends. She laid her pom-poms and her cheerleading outfit across the sofa. She put her clothes in the drawers, and then hung her prom dress proudly on the outside of her door. Finally she had set up her pink lamp and her silver laptop on the desk beside her bed.

"Hot dress," came a voice from the doorway. Gabriella almost jumped a mile. She spun around and saw Troy standing there. She didn't quite no what to say and she just looked at the dress, wishing the ground could magically suck her up. "I just thought I would introduce you to the rest of the gang," he said, pulling the sleeve of someone around the corner. One boy—with a very sheepish expression—appeared, followed by another boy who looked a bit dazed by everything going on, and although looked very similar to the first boy, blinked cluelessly from behind black-rimmed glasses. "This is Shane, and he's the one who was watching you from the tree house," Troy said, pointing to the first boy, who rubbed the back of his neck and blushed. "And this is Joel, his twin," the second boy looked in her direction, but seemed to look just to side of her. She frowned slightly, but tried to smile brightly. "That's Caleb," he pointed at a little boy sitting on a ride-on car. "And Jeff is the one who is sitting in the vibrating room." Gabriella nodded.

"Hey, I'm Gabriella," she said, folding her arms across her chest as she realized where Shane's eyes were resting.

"I know. You're the one Troy screwed!" Shane yelped as Troy's eyes flew open and he took off after his younger brother down the hallway, yelling his head off. Gabriella blushed red and turned to Shane's twin, Joel, but he had already walked off down the hallway. Gabriella leaned against the doorframe and watched him go, wondering if there was something wrong with him, or if was just his personality. Sighing, she backed into her room. After a second, Anna appeared at the door, a sympathetic smile on her face.

"I know that the boys can be a bit too much to handle all in one go, but it will get easier, don't worry," she said. Gabriella wondered if that were true, or if she was just saying it to make her feel better. Although, looking at Anna, she seemed pretty put together, and she looked reasonably calm, her hair neatly combed and tied up in a pony-tail. "My husband works until five o'clock, but I know he can't wait to see you again!" She smiled again. "Now, you will be starting school on Wednesday, we thought maybe a couple of days to settle in will be good. I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping tomorrow?" Shopping sounded awesome, but with Anna…Gabriella wasn't too sure. "Look, I need a good shopping spree with a girl—and don't worry!" She laughed. "Everyone will be at school, so it's not like anyone's gonna see you with an old lady and spoil your rep!" Gabriella laughed. Anna was quite cool.

"Yeah, sure," Gabriella replied. She knew her mum and dad wouldn't be too happy about Anna taking her shopping. They had told her to email them before any big expenses occurred, and they would wire money through her account. She would just email them tonight, and hope that they could transfer some money by tomorrow morning. She found her phone charger at the bottom of her bag and plugged her phone in, and then she opened up her laptop. She had three emails waiting for her in her account inbox, and two were from her parents. One was from Jenna. She opened on from her parents.

From: Mum and Dad
To: Gabby Girl
Subject: Hello Sweetie

We just wanted to send an email to let you know that we are staying at a hotel over night before carrying on through to Alaska. We are missing you already! Remember to let us know if there's anything you want.

Love you,

Mum and Dad.

Gabriella quickly sent of a reply, saying that Anna wanted to take her out shopping, and asking if they would transfer some money through to her account. She contemplated opening the mail from Jenna, then figured she could open it later. She powered off her laptop and ventured out into the hallway. It was quiet, except from the background thumping coming from the bedroom a few doors down from her. Suddenly, the bathroom door opened and through the cloud of steam, Liam appeared, wearing nothing but a towel around his waist. Two different opportunities appeared before Gabriella at this point. She could quickly look away, or she could act natural. Gabriella bit her lower lip.

"Hey, you done in there?" She asked, staring him straight in the eye. Liam leaned against the doorframe and grinned lazily at her.

"Only if you want me to be," he said in a cocky tone.

"Okay, that's cool," Gabriella walked into the bathroom and skillfully pushed him out before closing the door. Her face flushed slightly as she realized she had just boldly talked to one of the most gorgeous guys she had ever met while he had been wearing only a towel. She went toilet and splashed water on her face before she heard Anna yelling downstairs. It sounded like a stampede as boys thundered down the hallways and down the stairs. She opened the door and Troy stood there, a slightly uncomfortable expression on his face. Remembering the comment from his younger brother had made before, she crossed her arms and fixed a cold stare on him. He held up his hands.

"Hey, I never said we screwed!" He said in his defense.

"Yeah, Troy never gets laid," someone mumbled. Gabriella looked over Troy's shoulder and she blinked, trying to recall which boy this was. She realized the vibrating of the walls had stopped, and figured this guy was Jeff Bolton. He was hot. Obviously he had died his hair because it was dark brown, almost black, while the rest of the Bolton boys had fair hair, and he had a stud in his ear. Gabriella could see a tattoo peaking out from beneath his shirt-sleeve and she felt her stomach flutter. A bad boy.

"Anyway, I'm going down to dinner," Gabriella muttered, pushing past the two of them and walking down the stairs. Downstairs was chaos, and she was tempted to turn around and run back up the stairs, but her stomach was growling, and she hadn't eaten since breakfast that morning. She forced herself to find a seat at the table, amongst the yelling and screaming of the younger Bolton boys, and the older ones who were throwing things around and over the table. She had no idea how she was suppose to live here for almost two years. What were her parents thinking?

Liam's P.O.V

So she was Troy's one night hook-up buddy. Troy had said she was hot, but damn, this girl is gorgeous. Hotter than any of Troy's any other girlfriends. Even my girlfriend—who was, admittedly, Troy's girlfriend first, but that's hardly the point. She's sitting just across from me, with a really weird expression on her face. The top she's wearing is see-through and God, she's wearing a black bra. I looked over at Troy and nudged him, nodding in her direction. He squinted and then saw the black bra, and flushed.

What is it about chicks and black bras?

They always look so damn hot in them!

Troy's P.O.V

Liam is being a total ass. I can't believe he's perving at Gabriella. Well, I can, coz she's hot, but like—she only just got here! And then he went and pointed out she's wearing a black bra, and she was wearing a black bra that night a couple of months ago. And then, everything just came flooding back. Her tongue in my mouth, her hand under my shirt…I felt my pants shifting and I quickly shook my head, trying to get rid of the thoughts. It wouldn't be fair on Gabriella if I tried anything; especially since I had found out she actually had a boyfriend.

Anyway, I don't like her.

Not like that anyway.

I just want to be friends with her.

…Yeah. Friends.

No-One's P.O.V

Jack Bolton arrived home several minutes after dinner had started. Well, some might call it dinner. Personally, Gabriella thought it resembled a mob of ravenous wolves descending on a helpless pack of gazelle. She managed to get a bun, and a scoop of veges onto her plate, before she realized that everything was suddenly gone. They had managed not to spill anything onto the table cloth, Gabriella realized with astonishment, and everything was either on their plates, or being shoved into their mouths. Suddenly, she felt put off her food and pushed it away. Anna shot her a knowing, sympathetic look and ate her own dinner. A loud shout came from the doorway, and everything went hushed, before the younger Bolton boys all started screaming and ran up to him.

"Jack! Honey, maybe you can get the kids to calm down a bit! They're scaring our guest," Anna called. Jack looked across the table and saw Gabriella sitting there with a demure expression.

"Gabriella!" He exclaimed with a warm voice. "How good to see you again." Gabriella nodded, smiling awkwardly. "Well, I hope the boys haven't been giving you too much trouble." She shook her head quickly. "That's good. Coz if they do, you know to come straight to us." She nodded this time. "Well, it's good to have you here."

"Thank you," she muttered. He sat down at the other end of the time and Anna slid a plate of food in front of him, obviously some that she had rescued and set aside before the boys attacked what remained. She sighed, and picked at her bun.

She had no idea how this was going to work.

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