Since the text Troy had sent was now useless, he decided to call Gabriella. Surely she'd have her mobile with her, even if she was on her way!
P.S. The party is at Taylor's house. Sorry I didn't explain that!
He selected her name from the address book, still angry that he'd sent the message to David instead of Gabriella. The phone rung 8 times and then a strange answering machine message began.
"Gabriella Montez is not on the phone right now, Troy." Said a deep, menacing voice. "And with luck, she never will be again! Mwahahaha!"
Troy laughed at the attempt to scare him. A simple Halloween joke! Suddenly, he remembered the first line of the message.
"Gabriella Montez is not on the phone right now, TROY."
It looked like Gabriella had known he was going to be calling tonight. Then, he remembered the deep and menacing tone in the message. Maybe the person speaking hadn't been his girlfriend after all...
Troy's thoughts were interrupted by a loud knock on the front door. "Who is it?" He called. The response was another knock. "Who's out there?" He called. Again, there was no reply. Only a third knock, this one louder than the first two. He sighed, opened the door, and in fell Gabriella, giggling girlishly. "Scared you!" she laughed. "When we realized you weren't at the party, Mum insisted I come get you. So let's go!"
"Sorry, but I can't." Troy sighed.
"Why not? You're free, aren't you?"
Troy led Gabriella to the couch in the living room and gestured for her to sit. She did so. "Well," explained Troy, sitting down next to Gabriella, "the truth is…". Suddenly, another knock interrupted him. "Wait a sec." He rushed out to the door and opened it. His cousin appeared.
"Yo, dude, why aren't you at my party?"
"Sorry," Troy lied through his teeth, "I forgot. I'll come in a sec." Little did he realize Gabriella was standing right behind him. She burst into tears.
"Oh, so this is why you can't come to our party? You promised, Troy!" She turned her back on him and stormed outside.
"What's going on, dude?" the naïve David wondered out loud.
"I don't know, Dave." Troy sighed.
Woah…. Drama x Infinity!! What's going to happen? Find out in the next chapter.
