"Hey, where do you usually sit?" I asked as we walked in the halls of East High.
"Um a bit over the place." I could see he suddenly felt nervous.
"You could sit with us?"
"Uh, no thanks." He shook his head.
"Well then I'll just sit with you?" I grinned.
"Alright. I'm sure your friends wont like it though." He said.
"Well I don't care. Let's eat, I'm hungry man." I said as we walked in to the canteen.
We stood in the line and we ordered our food. I saw Chad looking at us with a confused look on his face and he waved at me. He was signaling to me to come to him but I shook my head.
"Where do you wanna sit?" I asked.
"Uhm, over there?" He pointed towards a table with a couple weird kids. I looked at him.
"Why there?" I asked.
"Well they don't judge me." I nodded and walked to the table. I could see them staring at me. We sat down and I saw they were getting their stuff and were about to move.
"Hey, why are you moving?" I asked confused.
"Because we don't want to get beat up." They replied. I laughed.
"What would make you think I'd beat you up?" I asked.
"You hang with the crowd who does." A ginger kid with glasses said.
"Well I'm not going to beat you up. Sit down and continue eating." I said. They looked up me and sat down again. I chuckled.
"Yo Troy." I heard someone say. I turned around and I saw Chad.
"Why are you sitting here man?" He asked.
"I decided to sit with Santos and he wanted to sit here so yeah.." He saw the other kids that were seated at the same table were following our conversation.
"The fuck you looking at bro?" He said. They quickly turned around and ate their food quietly. I chuckled. I guess that's why they were so afraid.
"C'mon bro, let's sit with the rest of the gang."
"Nah, I'm good." I turned back around and continued eating my food. I heard him sigh and I guess he went back to his table.
"Nice bro." Santos said grinning.
As the months went by I befriended Santos pretty good. You could say he was one of my best friends. Same with the rest of the gang. Santos befriended the rest of the gang too. In the beginning it was pretty awkward for him, because they used to bully him, but now we're all friends. It's just Rocket and Taylor I'm not that good friends with. They kind of faded from our group of friends.
We decided to sleep over at Sharpay and Ryan's place with the gang. We did our sleepovers on the regular. We got closer and closer with every sleepover. I enjoy the sleepovers.
We were currently sitting in Sharpay and Ryan's garden. They had a part where there was a fire pit with 6 chairs. I was sitting next to Zeke, he was sitting next to Chad, he was sitting next to Sharpay, she was sitting next to Ryan and Santos sat next to him, which also was next to me.
We were all wearing shorts, but it had gotten kind of chilly so we were wearing hoodies or sweatshirts over our cloths, except for Chad, he had to give his sweatshirt to Sharpay.
"I love this shit man." Zeke said while he roasted his mars mellows.
"Eating? Because I love this shit too." Chad replied while he stuffed his mouth with mars mellows and Lays chips. I chuckled.
"Nah, I mean this. Us just spending time with each other. I like being friends with you all." Zeke said.
"Awww Zekey. You so cute when you do this." I said in a joking manner and pinched his cheek.
"Oh fuck you Bolton." He slapped my hand away. I laughed.
"Nah, but I love this too. I never thought we'd end up being so good friends." I said being honest.
"I never thought I'd be friends with all of you." Santos said.
"You've bullied me for the longest, and now I'm friends with you all."
"Ah Santi, we said we were sorry." Chad replied using his special name for him, which he hated and hugged him in a very sexual way.
You could pretty much say we all had a bromance relationship with each other.
"Maybe you should date 'Santi' instead of me." Sharpay said while rolling her eyes at the sight. We laughed.
"You know we're just playing baby, you're the only one." He rushed over the Sharpay and hugged her as tightly as possible.
"Yeah, yeah." She mumbled.
"I can't believe these months have gone by so quick." He said.
"Yeah, it's crazy!" Ryan said.
"Yeah, and still no move on Gabriella. That's wack Bolton, wack." Zeke joked.
"I bet you've never seen her friends then." I mumbled.
"Say what? You're scared of her friends?" Chad asked and laughed.
"She's friends with those emos that hang at the tree." Santos replied. Chad immediately stopped laughing.
"Oh, bro. I understand why." I replied. I chuckled.
"But why don't you just say 'Fuck that' and try to woo her?" Ryan asked. We all burst in laughter.
"What?" Ryan was never the kind of guy that would cuss and had a few weird words in his vocabulary.
"He's right though. You still haven't done anything."Sharpay said. They were right. I've been crushing on her for the longest and I still haven't done anything, because of her friends. If I eventually get with her I'll have to deal with her friends anyway.
"You're right." I sighed.
"Let's do something about it. Let's bring her here." Santos said.
"Um, what?" I frowned.
"It's 1.30AM." Ryan said.
"So? She has a window, you have a car, what's the problem?" He shrugged.
"Okay." I replied and glugged down my Corona.
"Are you serious, bro?" Zeke asked.
"Why not? I'll most likely regret this, but at the moment I couldn't care less." I replied.
"So what are we waiting on?" Chad asked, half standing up.
"Nothing. Let's go." Everybody stood up.
"I don't think everyone will fit into my car though." I said, hinting that I'll go alone instead.
"I have a car." Sharpay said amusing. I groaned
"Fine, let's go." I said and walked towards the slide doors that let me back into the house, but turned around.
"I just want Santos and Zeke in my car though and when we're at the house you have to keep a distance of at least 4 houses." Sharpay, Chad and Ryan groaned.
"Why can't I come with you?" Chad asked.
"'Cause you always fuck shit up. Zeke gives good advice and Santos is her cousin, so he knows her house."
"Fine" He mumbled. I smirked and walked towards the door. I grabbed my black leather jacket and wore it over my grey sleeveless zip-up hoodie I currently was wearing.
I parked my car in front of their garage so I walked with Santos and Zeke next to me towards my dark gray Audi A8. I got in the car, Zeke sat in the back so Santos could give me directions.
"I remember the way to get to her neighborhood, but not the streets. I hope you do." I chuckled and started the car.
Zeke rolled down the window and yelled "Ya'll better keep up with Sharpay as driver." Which resulted in Sharpay yelling at him.
"Let's go, let's go!" Zeke said and rolled the window back up. We laughed.
After 15 minutes of driving we reached her neighborhood. It's still how I remember it to be, which surprised me. I was so used to neighborhoods, cities changing. It's different here.
"Alright so you go left here and right when you're passed the second street." I followed Santos' instructions and found her house. The house I was 3 months ago.
"It seems like Sharpay is actually listening to you for once." Zeke chuckled. I looked behind and saw she parked in front of the 4th house. I smirked.
"So how are we going to do this?" Santos asked.
"I have no idea. I thought you'd figure something out." I replied.
"How about you just call her? Do you have her number?" Zeke asked.
"No, I only have her on Facebook." I replied sad.
"Here, take her number from my phone." Santos gave me his phone. I typed Gabriella's number and saved it. I then called her.
"Okay, it's ringing. Shhh!"I said.
"I'll let Chad know it's going down." He took his phone and send him a message.
"Hello?" I sleepy voice said.
"Um hi! So um I'm sorry for calling you so late and all, but I just couldn't stop thinking about you. I hope this isn't weird or awkward, I just really wanted to let you know-" Zeke cut me off. His signing let me know I was rambling and should just stop.
"Um, who's this?" Gabriella asked.
"Oh shit, I forgot. It's me, Troy." I said, while being red as tomato.
"Good thing she can't see him right now." Zeke said to Santos. I elbowed him in his stomach.
"Why you gotta do that to me, huh?" He said while he grabbed his stomach.
"Shut up." I said to Zeke.
"Who? Me?" Gabriella asked, obviously offended.
"No, no, no, not you!" I replied. Zeke and Santos were laughing at me.
"I'm sorry. Can you just please come outside?" I asked her.
"Why?" She asked curious.
"You'll see." I replied. I saw she opened her shuttles a bit and probably saw me.
"Fine, I'll go outside and look for you." She said and hung up.
"You suck at this, don't you?" Santos asked jokily.
"Oh shut up, I'm just nervous." I replied. I suddenly heard a door opening, I quickly turned my head towards her house. She was wearing black short shorts and a gray tank top that showed off her skin. I felt all kind of tingles. She saw the car and walked towards my car in her black Etnie's. I quickly opened the door and walked towards her.
"Um hey." I scratched my neck in embarrassment.
"Hey Troy, so what's the reason for waking me up so fucking early?" She asked. I chuckled.
"Well you see, we were chilling at Sharpay's garden and somehow they suddenly start talking about you. So Santos said I should just go talk to you." I said embarrassed.
"Couldn't you do this in the morning?" She asked and she yawned.
"Yeah probably, but we're both here now right?" I said and smiled cheekily. She giggled.
"You look pretty sexy in your leather jacket." She said while she blushed.
"Oh thank you, you look pretty sexy in your shorts." I replied and grinned.
"Aw thanks, but this is not my usual attire. I hope you know that." She said while she blushed. I chuckled.
"So um I was wondering.." I started.
"Since you're awake and all, fancy coming with us?" She looked a bit shocked. It didn't surprise me, it wasn't really a normal request at 1.45 in the morning, but then her facial expression changed.
"Alright." I looked at her stunned. She was actually coming with us?
"Are you sure?" I asked. She smirked at my question. She knew I didn't expect her to come with us.
"Yes, my parents are out of town anyway. They wont notice." She replied.
"How about you sleepover?" She asked. She hesitated. That didn't surprise me. Sharpay was never really nice towards her. As if she heard it, she sent me a message saying "Hurry the fuck up, tell her she can sleepover if she wants. X"
"I'm not sure.." She replied.
"Sharpay wants you to sleep over." I said smiling.
"I'll have to grab my toothbrush, cloths and stuff though." She smiled back at me.
"How about you get your stuff and I'll wait for you?" I suggested. She nodded and went back inside. I turned around, towards Santos and Zeke and I said "YES!" and grinned. Santos opened the door and went to sit in the backseat, so Gabriella could sit in the front. I took this time to message Sharpay that she was getting her stuff and she'd come with us.
In just 5 minutes she came back. She locked the door and walked towards me. She had a medium sized bag which had all her stuff in it, I guess.
"We meet again!" I said smiling, she giggled.
"You're so odd. Is this your car?" She asked referring to my gray car.
"Yeah, it even has special guests installed in it." She looked at me with a frown, I grinned. I opened the door for her and opened my own door.
"Hi senorita." I heard Santos say in a strange voice. Gabriella groaned. I bet he did this regularly.
"Santos. This was probably your idea." She said as she turned around to face him.
"Hey Gabriella, I'm Zeke." Zeke popped into the conversation between the cousins.
"Nice to meet you." She said with a smile.
The way to Sharpay's house was nice. It was a chilled vibe, I liked it. When we arrived Sharpay stormed our way.
"Hi Gabriella, I'm sorry for the way I've treated you. Oh and you look hot!" Sharpay said stunned. Gabriella was always seen in dark long clothes, so it didn't surprise me she felt the same way as me.
"It's okay. Thanks for letting me sleep over at your place. You have a nice house." She said.
"Thanks and no problem, babes!" I chuckled at her pet names. Gabriella looked my way, but I just laughed.
"Okay, it seems we're all good. Let's head back to the garden." We walked towards the house. Sharpay opened the door and we walked towards the slide doors.
"Where do I put my bag?" She asked me.
"Just put it on the ground next to the table." I replied. After she put her bag on the ground we followed the rest of the gang who were already in the garden. They all sat down in the same chairs as before. Gabriella must have noticed there weren't enough chairs 'cause she shifted awkwardly.
"Oh, seems like we have a problem. The only solution is that you sit on Troy's lap." Chad said cheekily. I turned a little red.
"You don't hav-" She cut me off.
"Okay." I was once again stunned. I never thought she'd be the kind of girl that would be comfortable with this. I sat down in the chair and Gabriella sat on my lap. I tried to keep my little me in control. (LOLOLOL) I noticed her arms were cold.
"Hey, are you cold?" I asked.
"A little." She replied.
"Wait, let me stand up." She stood up so I could stand. I took off my jacket and gave it to her.
"Here."
"Thank you." She replied. I sat down and she sat back down on my lap. I saw Ryan was bringing out the beer again. Zeke passed me an opened beer.
"Thanks, bud." I said.
"Do you want something to drink?" Ryan asked Gabriella.
"No, thanks. I'm good." She replied.
"We also have non-alcoholic beverages." He said.
"No, no, I'm good." She smiled. I smiled at her. She was beautiful without her crazy make-up. I sipped on my beer.
We we're all talking, just how we were without Gabriella here. Sharpay noticed Gabriella was quiet.
"So Gabriella, tell me about yourself. What do you like?" Sharpay said as she took a sip of Chad's beer what left Chad confused. I chuckled.
"Um. I'm 16, I like hard rock and screamo. I'm half Mexican. I don't have a lot of friends and Santos is my cousin." She replied. I felt sorry for her. She didn't have a lot of friends. I intent on being more than just a friend for her. I chuckled at my own thought.
"Interesting.." Sharpay said as she quickly typed it on your iPhone.
After this short conversation Gabriella joined our conversations more. She laughed. She had the most amazing laugh. I was just staring at her. Her beauty had me mesmerized.
"Bolton, stop staring at my cousin." Santos suddenly said. Everybody stared at me.
"Eh..?" I was pretty embarrassed. Gabriella looked at me and smiled. Perfect white teeth. Nice pink lips that I'd love to taste. God. She's perfect.
"Did you know that Troy has a little, little, liiiittle crush on you?" Chad asked Gabriella. He was pissed as fuck. He always got so annoying when he was drunk. He shares everybody's secrets when he's drunk, so we just do that with his secrets when we're sober.
"Oh, for fuck's sake Chad." I threw my head back. My life is over. I'm definitely not forgiving him. Gabriella just looked at me. I couldn't read her face. She had no expression.
"I can't trust you with shit." I said. He just looked at me dumbfounded. Like he didn't do shit. Surprisingly Gabriella didn't say anything, like she hasn't heard it. She just sat on my lap, awkward as fuck.
"So it seems that you need something something." Zeke suddenly said. He looked mischievously.
"Give me a hit please." I replied. He took out a blunt out of his pocket and lit it. He took a hit and gave it to me. I took a hit. I inhaled it and I instantly felt at ease. My muscles left lose. My nerves had calmed down. And I exhaled the smoke. I looked at Gabriella, she nodded.
She took a hit. She passed it to Santos. As she exhaled I felt her body against mine. She let her body go. Her head was on my shoulder, face was towards me and I could see she was smiling. Suddenly she whispered into my ear.
"I like you." She opened her eyes and smiled at me. I smiled back at her.
I apologize for the lack of updating. It must've been months by now. At first I lost interest in this story, then it was summer, so I was usually just chilling with my friends. Then it was time to go on holiday and then I started college. I've been pretty caught up with everything, but that's not an excuse. I promise to update as fast as possible. I like this storyline again so I plan on finishing it. Thank you for still adding me or my story to your favorites, it means a lot. Same with reviewing, thank you so much.
Much love,
Deveny