As soon as we entered the loud house, many people came up to Troy, Zeke, Jason, Kelsi, Taylor and Chad and greeted them with handshakes, high-fives, or offering them drinks. It was a little bit awkward for me considering all these people came up to them and then there's me, the new girl. I could hear lots people asking everyone around them asking who I was. Just a tad bit awkward for me. I looked around for Troy, and he was nowhere to be found.

"Sweet, thanks for sticking with me" I mumbled to myself. I continued walking around the house looking for someone I knew. In the end, I found Taylor.

"Hey, where were you? I was getting worried." Taylor said as she sipped her Smirnoff.

"I was walking around looking for you guys, or at least one of you guys."

"I was told by Chad that Troy was supposed to stick by you tonight."

"Yeah, oh well. It's fine." I said.

"No it's not. I can see it in your eyes."

"Okay, maybe I'm a bit annoyed and upset. But he promised." At this point, I was annoyed and upset. If you can't keep a promise, then don't make one.

"It'll be alright Gabriella." She said, trying to calm me down.

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*TROYS POV

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, where is she?" I said to myself. Gabriella is going to hate me.

I walked around the house some more trying to find Gabriella, but she was nowhere to be found. As I kept walking, girls kept approaching me asking me to dance. I kept saying no as I was determined to find Gabriella.

"Troy!" Someone yelled and made me almost spill my Budweiser. I looked back to see Megan, the soccer captain calling me.

"Hey, Megs, how are you? I haven't seen you all summer!" I said while giving her a hug.

"And whose fault is that. And I've been good. I just got back from soccer camp like a week ago. How about yourself, Bolton?"

"Not my fault basketball camp and work takes up the summer" I defended myself while laughing. "I've been doing good. Just trying to enjoy the rest of summer before school takes over." I said while drinking my beer.

"Don't even remind me about school. I'm so not excited, only excited to graduate." Megan said while laughing.

"I think everyone is." I laughed. "Anyways, I'm looking for someone, so I'll talk to you later." I said as I went to look for Gabriella.

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*Gabriella's POV

I told Taylor I would talk to her later and looked for Troy some more. As I was walking around, I turned a corner, and saw Troy. I started walking up to him, but then I saw him hugging a girl with blonde hair. I decided to wait and maybe go up to him when he's done. I couldn't help but notice how happy he was and how much he was laughing and talking to the girl. It was that feeling inside of me. Stop it, Gabriella, you just met him, for all you know, that could be his girlfriend. I figured he wouldn't be done anytime soon, so I just walked away.

I found a spot in the huge backyard to sit. I pulled out my phone to find 10 text messages all from my friends in New York. When I finished replying to them, I looked at the time, and it was 10:30. Could this go any slower? Not like I don't like parties. But it's not fun when you don't know anyone. Back in New York, the parties that I went to were awesome. My friends and I always got into the funniest situation when we were drunk. Most of them included drunk stumbles home and pulling random pranks around the city. I miss those days. And this summer was supposed to be filled with partying and having fun. At least I got to spend the first part of my summer doing that.

"Gabriella!" Someone yelled. I looked back to see Troy running towards me.

"Thanks for leaving me alone." I said.

"I'm sorry! As soon as we entered the house, everyone kept pulling me with them. I called your name, but I guess the house was too loud for you to hear."

"Don't worry about it. Go have fun. I'll be here."

"No, you're coming with me."

"Troy, no. It's fine."

"No, it's not Gabriella. Come on. I already broke my promise. I'll make it up to you."

Before I could say anything, Troy had already grabbed my hand and dragged me into the house. My time here actually was much better once Troy was by my side. He introduced me to some people. But I doubt they'll remember me when school starts. I mean, come on. They are just plain wasted.

"You okay?" He asked while putting an arm around my waist.

"I'm good." I said while smiling at him. It's amazing how much alcohol this boy can consume. He's already on his 7th beer, and he already has had 6 shots. Of course, he is drunk. The stuff he does is quite hilarious. At one point he needed to go to the washroom, and he thought the kitchen was the backyard and started unzipping his pants before I stopped him. He has got caught in a few other funny situations, but I think he's done.

"Yo, Troy!" A drunken Chad yelled.

"Hey man! Let's do a shot!" Troy exclaimed.

"Oh no you don't. You are so cut off, Troy." I said stopping him from pouring the drinks.

"Come on Gabriella," Chad said "please, just one?"

"That's what Troy said 2 hours ago."

"Hey! What's going on?" Asked Zeke while Jason and Taylor and Kelsi were behind him.

"Taking another shot is what's going on." Troy said while handing shots out to them except for Kelsi and I. Troy looked at me, and I just shook my head and gave up on him.

"Go ahead, just don't blame me for not stopping you when you have a hangover tomorrow morning." I warned.

"Okay guys, one more shot and we're leaving. It's already 1:30 am." Kelsi said while looking at her phone.

"Oh come on, Kels, just another half hour!" Begged Jason.

"Taylor, babe, we don't have to leave yet, do we?" Chad questioned.

"Uh, yes we do. And you'll thank us for it too in the morning."

They all took one more shot before finally leaving. When we got back to Chad's place, Kelsi, Taylor and I help the guys into the house. The only reason Taylor helped as well is because she didn't have much to drink and was still sober. Kelsi helped Zeke while Taylor helped both Jason and Chad and I helped Troy. Unfortunately, troy had the most to drink out of all and he was the most difficult to get into the house and onto the couch. As soon as I put him down on the couch, he grabbed my hand he quickly told me he needed to go to the toilet and puke. I quickly helped him up and brought him to the washroom. I rubbed his back while he started puking all the alcohol out of his system.

"Never again." Troy said in the midst of his puking.

"It's what we all say. But we know it doesn't end like that." I said while rubbing his back trying to calm him down.

After about 10 mins of puking, he was finally finished. He brushed his teeth and I brought him back to the couch. Soon after, he was passed out for the night. I asked Kelsi if she could drive me back home which she was able too. When I got home, it was about 2:30 am and I was beat. It was quite the night for me. I think deserve the sleep.

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*TROY'S POV

The next morning, when I woke up, I had the worst headache ever. I can't say I remember a whole lot besides Gabriella stopping me from drinking, except we all know how that turned out. And I'm kind of regretting it now. Also, I remember puking my guts out and Gabriella being by my side helping me. Not very many people are willing to be by someone while they puke, so I give her props. After waking up and going to the washroom to puke some more, I walked into Chad's kitchen and there was Zeke making breakfast for us. I don't understand how he can wake up with a headache feeling like crap and can still make breakfast for us. It confuses me. But that's not the point. The point is I'm hungry and I need food.

"Dude, how are you feeling? You look like shit." Chad said while patting me on the back.

"Thanks, I appreciate that." I said as my sarcasm side came out. "But if you must know, I'm hungover, I feel terrible and I really wished I listened to Gabriella when she tried cutting me off form the drinks."

"I'm sure we all should have listened to her." Jason said while shoving his food down this throat.

"Troy, you really owe Gabriella big time. She was by your side all night, even though you left her for an hour and a half. She took care of you." Taylor said while drinking her orange juice.

"Yeah, I know. I do and I do feel awful ditching her at the beginning of the party. I'll make sure I thank her."

"Alright, well guys, I think I'm going to head home before my parents get worried." Zeke said as he took his dishes to Chad's kitchen.

"Me too. I think I'll go for a quick run before work." I said while doing the same thing as Zeke.

"Running then work with a hangover?" Jason asked. "Good luck with that!"

"Thanks man. Bye guys."

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When I got home, I was immediately greeted by my mom. Let's just say, she was not all that impressed with me. I didn't even tell her I drank and puked, she just knew somehow. But hey, it's not the first time. After drinking some water, getting dressed in my running attire and putting on my Nike runners I booked it out of the house and went for a quick run. I was hoping that maybe Gabi would be running, but I didn't see her. Maybe she already went for a run. After my run, I showered and got ready for work. Before leaving I made sure I grabbed my protein shake. As I was leaving, my mom yelled my name.

"Yes mom?" I yelled.

"What time do you finish work today?" She asked while handing me a hangover shake to go along with my protein shake. My mom knows me way to well.

"I work 11 till 5:30. Why?"

"That's perfect! Our new neighbors invited us for dinner tonight."

"Already? Didn't they just move here?"

"Yeah, but Maria and I have become good friends already. And in fact, she has a daughter that is your age. But anyways, come straight home after work, shower and get ready. We are going over at 6:30" My mom explained to me.

"Okay mom. Bye, love you!" I said as I ran to my Audi

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*GABRIELLA'S POV.

I woke up by the sounds of my brother and his new friends playing in the pool. I decided to finally get out of bed. When I got out of bed, I noticed that the clock read 10:45. Man, I'm usually up at 9:45 to go for a run. Looks like I'm going for a late run this morning. After running for about 45 minutes, I took a break and sat down on the sand. There were lots of kids running around playing in the water and making sand castles. This reminded me when I lived in California when I was younger. If anything, I would go back and live there again. Every morning in the summer, Blake and I would always go surfing. We didn't stay in California that long, only about 2 and half years. We moved from New York to Cali since my mom's company transferred her, but then she asked her work to transfer her back because she wanted to move back to New York since she liked it better. After sitting for about 15 minutes, I ran back home, took a shower, made my protein shake, and grabbed my sunglasses and my book so I could just relax and tan in my backyard. While doing so, my iPhone started ringing. Turns out, I scored a job interview at Evelynn's Café. I ran upstairs to get ready. I ended up going with dark Abercrombie and Fitch jeans, a white button up cardigan with a tank top underneath, and tanned ballet flats to finish it off. I just left my hair in my natural curls in a ponytail. My make-up was done very natural since I'm not a fan of wearing a lot of it in the first place. When I was finished getting ready, I ran downstairs and told my parents where I was going.

When I arrived at the café, Troy immediately greeted me and told me to take a seat while his manager came out.

"Hi, Gabriella. I'm Evelynn." She said as she stuck her hand out for me to shake it.

"Nice to meet you." I said while taking my seat again.

Honestly, the interview didn't go long. She basically told me she hired me once she saw my resume. The only reason she called me in today was so she could ask me when I was available to work and if I was interested in working there. I couldn't tell her when I was available to work when school started since I want to play sports. But for now, I'll just work whenever since it is summer.


I hope you guys enjoyed this new chapter! I'm am so sorry for the awful ending on this one. I didn't know how to finish it off. Anyways, can I get some reviews? :D And to those who have given me reviews, thank you so much! I appreciate it!