Yeah! I was trying to get this out on Halloween as my little gift to all of you! But, that dream was long gone. Well anyways, here it is!
Next to Nothing Chapter 7
Halfway through the show, Tyler ran into my room and started to bounce up and down at the side of the bed. Ella leaned forward and pulled him up with us. I love that she is so good with him; she would be a great mom. Tyler sat in her lap and gave her a peck on the lips. She leaned back against me again and then Tyler saw me.
"Good morning buddy.", I said to him and he squirmed out of Gabby's arms and hugged me.
"Twoy!", he exclaimed as he stood on my legs.
"Do you always come up here and watch TV with Lala?", I asked him as he sat down on my lap. Ella faced me and smiled.
"Yep!", he said and had the biggest smile on his face. We watched a couple shows then something occurred to me, tomorrow was Halloween. That is like Tyler's favorite holiday even above Christmas and his birthday.
"Hey Ty, guess what's tomorrow?", I said to him and he smiled. I knew at that moment that he already knew.
"HALLOWEEN!", he screamed. Ella laughed a little and watched Tyler.
"Yep, and what does that mean?", I continued to ask him.
"Pumpykins!", he said even more excited. He was standing now and Gabby was laughing more.
I leaned over to Gabby and whispered in her ear, "Halloween is like his favorite holiday of the whole entire year." She smiled.
"I always loved carving pumpkins, then my dad went away and my mom is always too busy so we never do them anymore.", she said with a hint of sadness in her voice. There was a very simple solution to make her feel better.
"Well, we are doing ours tonight, and since your living in this house, it is mandatory that you help with them." I told her and she giggled and hugged me around the neck.
"I missed doing them so much, this is so perfect!", she said. I was overcome by the sexual smell and feeling of her silky vanilla skin that everything around me just sort of stopped. Tyler's happy giggling and the drone of the TV were pushed out of my head and all I could think about was the girl in my arms.
I wanted to kiss her full soft lips and feel her body next to mine, and so many other things that would probably scar Tyler for the rest of his life if he was still in the room. She let go of me and was smiling really big. Her eyes were just as perfect as the rest of her, they were the perfect dark shade of brown that was warm and inviting but could be extremely sexy at the same time. But I had to control myself, she just got out of a relationship and I'm not even sure if she likes me.
"Well, I guess we should go get pumpkins seeing as we didn't yet.", I said and smiled. She agreed and got up. She stripped the boxers and hoodie off. I felt myself get tense and had an aching sensation in my lower region as she was standing infront of me almost completely naked. Then she pulled on her jeans and a fitted Abercrombie shirt then pulled my old basketball hoodie back on. She really has to stop doing that or she is gonna be pinned down under me on my bed very soon. I changed too and Tyler went downstairs and got dressed warmly because it was cold outside. I walked down the steps behind Ella and we walked into the kitchen with my mom. "Hey, we're gonna go get pumpkins to carve tonight", I told her and leaned against the counter.
"Okay. Get a couple.", she told me and handed me money from her purse. I put it in my wallet and put that in my back pocket. In like 10 minutes, Tyler came out and we all went out to my car. I buckled Tyler in the back seat and then got in, and pulled out.
"Where do we even get pumpkins?", I asked Ella and she giggled.
"You don't even know where to get pumpkins?", she laughed again and it made my insides go tight. Her laugh was perfect. I smiled over at her.
"I just moved here you know. Do you know where to get them?", I asked. Tyler was laughing in the back seat as I stopped and looked at Ella.
"There is a little farm a little over a half hour away that I know has pumpkins.", she smiled and pointed in a direction. I followed her directions and about 45 minutes later we were at a small farm. I pulled in and an older couple stepped out of their house and smiled.
"Hello there.", they said sweetly.
"Hi Mrs. And Mr. Johnson.", Gabby exclaimed happily and went over to them and gave them each a hug. "This is my friend Troy and his little brother Tyler." She explained and I walked over holding Tyler.
"Hi.", I said not knowing why she already knew them. I would ask her later.
"We're here to get some pumpkins." She said and the old couple smiled.
"You haven't been here for years, do you still remember where they are?", they asked her.
"Yeah. Thanks so much!", she said cheerfully and the old couple smiled and walked back into their house. Ella came over and was smiling.
"How do you now them?", I asked and she smiled.
"I used to spend a lot of my time here when I was little. They have an awesome playground and also my family always bought our pumpkins here. They are such a sweet old couple. I hope that I am that in love when I'm as old as them.", she said and I smiled.
"Well, where are the pumpkins?", I asked and she smiled. I put Tyler down and he ran ahead of us. I draped my arm over her shoulder and she didn't even flinch, it was just so natural between us. We got to the pumpkin place after about a 5 minute walk and Tyler was having a blast. He was climbing all over them and laughing.
Gabriella's POV
When we reached the pumpkins, I sat with Troy on an old bench. His arm was around my shoulders and I was glad because I was kinda cold, I don't think I'm entirely over my sickness yet. I put the hood up on the hoodie and pulled my hands into the sleeves. Troy noticed and pulled me closer to him. His body was so warm and inviting.
"Twoy!", Tyler screamed excitedly like 10 minutes later.
"Yeah?", he said back.
"I want this one", he said and smiled.
"I have to go get it, but I'll be right back", he said and got up. I immediately missed the warmth of his body beside me. I put my hands up to my nose and covered it with my sleeves. I watched as Tyler ordered Troy around and giggled to myself at how they interacted together. After about a minute, I got up and walked over with them because I figured if I move around, I wouldn't be as cold.
"But Ty, you just said you wanted this one.", Troy said.
"But I want this one now.", Tyler said matter of factly.
"Are you sure this is the one you want?", Troy said a little agitated.
"Uhh…", Tyler looked around and didn't answer him. Then he went off in the other direction. Troy let his head fall back and then sighed.
"I think you two are so cute together.", I said with my sleeve still covering my face. Troy looked at me and walked over and pulled me into a huge hug. I immediately felt his warmth again.
"I'm sorry, he is so indecisive.", he said and I laughed. I saw a little pumpkin out of the corner of my eye and let go of Troy and walked over towards it. I picked it up and smiled then turned back to face him.
"I want this one", I said and he looked confused.
"But, that is like the smallest pumpkin here, no one ever picks the small pumpkins.", he said and took in out of my hands and looked at it.
"But don't you think that it hurts his feelings that no one loves him?", I asked and he looked at me weirdly.
"Are you kidding?", he asked laughing.
"No! I feel bad for it so I'm getting it!", I said and took it back out of his hands and cradled it in my arms.
"Okay whatever.", he said and held me at his side. I rested my head on his chest and closed my eyes. I saw a flash of light and opened my eyes to a smiling Troy.
"What are you doing?", I asked him and smiled.
"Taking a picture of you.", he answered without hesitation.
"Why?", I asked confused. He shrugged his shoulders and still kept his arm around me. "But my eyes weren't even open." I said.
"I don't care.", he said and looked down at me and smiled. I felt the urge to just reach up and kiss him. Our faces were getting closer together and were inches away from our lips meeting when we heard Tyler yell.
"I got it Twoy! This one!", he said excitedly. Troy closed his eyes and sighed then let go of me and walked over towards his brother. OH MY GOD! I almost just kissed Troy Bolton! I really wanted to and I love Tyler and all but he sure knows how to ruin a moment.
I walked over to them with my little pumpkin in hand and Tyler had found like 7 pumpkins that he wanted and Troy was trying to get him to cut it down to 3 but Tyler wouldn't listen. I laughed a little.
"Please Ty, just get rid of at least 2 of them.", Troy pleaded.
"But I want them all!", Tyler said and crossed his arms across his chest.
"Buddy, I can't carry all of those back to the car.", Troy tried.
"Make mowre than one twip.", he said not budging.
I decided I would try. I walked over to Tyler and whispered in his ear. "How about if me and Troy take you out trick-or-treating and I make you cookies, will you listen to him?", Tyler nodded and smiled. I stood up and went over to Troy. Tyler pointed at 3 of them and said that those are the ones that he wants. Troy looked at me skeptically.
"What did you promise him?", he asked me and I giggled.
"You'll see.", He shook his head. "Wait, before we leave, I want a picture.", I said and smiled.
Troy took Tyler and whispered in his ear something that I couldn't hear. "Okay Twoy!", Tyler said and they walked over to me. They got on either side of me and they kissed me on both cheeks. I giggled and took the picture. After Troy's lips left my skin, there was a tingling sensation and I couldn't help but smile. I smiled and saved the picture then sent it to Troy.
"So, are you gonna tell me yet?", he asked.
"Nope.", I said and he picked up 2 of the pumpkins and I got the other one and my little one and we walked back out to the front of the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson came out and Troy pulled out his wallet and gave them money. They thanked us and I gave them hugs again and we loaded up the car and got in. Tyler was asleep in no time and I had the heater blasting.
"So, what did you promise him?", he asked and looked at me.
"Oh just that you would dress up and take him trick or treating.", I said and acted seriously. He looked at me with a no way look. I held in my laughter and kept my face serious.
"You are not serious.", he said.
"Dead serious, you're going as a very big Elmo.", I said and bit my bottom lip to keep me from laughing.
"Oh my fucking god, I can't do that.", he said and was getting pissed.
"Troy relax, I was kidding.", I said and laughed a little. "We have to take him trick-or-treating but we don't have to dress up." I heard him let out a sigh of relief and he looked over at me.
"I was gonna kill you if you really promised him that.", he said and I smiled and looked out the window. My nose was running from it being so cold outside.
We got back to his house around 6 and I went up to his room and changed into sweatpants and fuzzy socks. I went back downstairs and Troy was in the garage getting ready to carve the pumpkins. I helped him lay newspapers down and started to cut the tops off of them. Tyler came over and was giggling as he stuck his hand in the pumpkin and pulled some of the slimy stuff out. He got stuff all over him and I laughed. I wasn't paying attention to Troy, so he knelt in front of me and spread the slimy stuff all over my face and down my neck.
"TROY!", I yelled and he was smiling evilly. "What the hell was that for?" I asked a little annoyed and wiped it off of me.
"Payback from making me think I was gonna be Elmo." He stated simply and smiled.
"I didn't get slimy pumpkin shit down your shirt." I said still whipping of off. I finally got it out of my shirt and I grabbed a handful from the bucket and smeared it all over his face and down his chest.
"Hey" he said and laughed, "I really like this shirt."
"Then you shouldn't have worn it to carve pumpkins." I told him flirtatiously. He knelt closer to me and put his hands on either side of my Indian style crossed legs. I was overwhelmed once again by his scent and his alluring blue eyes. My breath became stuck in my throat as he inched closer to my face. His lips were centimeters from mine.
"Twoy, I all messy!", Tyler said and I giggled. Troy let his head fall and he sighed.
"Do you want to give him a bath?", he asked and sat back on his heels. He was so close to kissing me and I wanted it so badly.
"I guess, but you have to help me.", I told him and picked up Tyler and walked into the bathroom. I turned on the hot water and Troy poured in the bubble bath while I took Tyler's dirty clothes off. He got in and was having a blast with all the bubbles. I was playing with them too when I felt Troy kneel right behind me over my legs, put one of his hands on my hip lightly and reached around me with the other to grab Tyler's shampoo. This caused his chest to push right against my back. These little things made my insides twist and me want him even more.
We finished his bath and put him to bed and were standing in the kitchen eating pretzel. "You know what we can do now that he's asleep.", he said and smiled.
"What?", I asked nervously.
"Watch a really scary movie", he said and smiled.
"I don't think so.", I said, "I hate scary movies with a passion."
"Oh come on, It's not like they're real." he said.
"But they seem like they are. I refuse to", I said and crossed my arms across my chest.
"Nothing's gonna happen to you, I'll be there.", he told me and stepped closer to me.
"Troy, I can't", I said nervously.
"Come on, I won't let anything happen to you.", he said and ran his hand down my arm lightly. I looked up into his eyes and saw that he really wanted to watch a movie.
"Alright", I said giving in to him. "But when I get nightmares, it is all your fault."
"Okay, I can live with that.", he said and smiled. I pouted and walked up to his room and sat on his bed. He came up with like 5 DVD's in his hand. "Do you want to start with the scariest or the least scary?"
"Uhh… neither.", I said and smiled.
"Ella", he said. "I promise nothing's gonna happen to you.", he said and put the movies onto the bed. "Close your eyes and pick one." I did and I handed it to him.
"Is this one really scary?", I asked.
"Uh kinda, it is like one of the more scary ones.", he said and put it in the DVD Player.
"What is it?", I asked.
"The Exorcist.', he told me. Oh no, I've heard about this one. There is no way that I am going to be able to sleep tonight. I pulled the cover down and sat under them leaning against the back board. He turned the lights off and came over.
"I say lights on.", I said hoping he would give in.
"Nope, lights off." He didn't. He sat down under the covers too and I leaned forward as he got situated. I leaned back against him and I pulled a pillow onto my lap just in case.
He had his left arm securely behind me and his other one resting on his lap. I had a feeling that it wasn't going to be there long. It was going to be in my lap in my hands probably purple from me squeezing it.
The movie started and I really didn't like it. With in the first half hour, I had the pillow in front of my face and his hand in mine. I knew that it wasn't real but I still can't handle them. He leaned down and whispered to me.
"Ella, nothings happening, you can look. And, my hand is kinda numb.", he said and I smiled released his hand. He flexed it a few times to get feeling back in it.
"Well then, I need something else to squeeze.", I told him and sat back up.
"Only if you watch the movie.", he said and smiled.
"Fine.", I said and put the pillow down and scooted even closer to him. His arm was now completely across my back and his hand was resting on the top of my thigh and was rubbing it in small circles with the pad of his thumb. It was sending tingles through my body, and it felt so right.
Throughout the whole movie, he kept his arm around me and I actually felt like nothing could touch me. If I was scared of shaking, he would whisper things in my ear to calm me down and all that stuff.
At the end, he looked over at me and I was so far under the covers and the pillow was all the way up to my chin. "I guess you really don't like them."
"So now you believe me?", I asked still not moving.
"I guess, but tomorrow is Halloween and we are watching another one.", he stated and smile evilly.
"I really hate you Troy.", I said and he got up.
"Fine then, goodnight Ella.", he said and walked toward the door.
"Troy?", I said in disbelief. He turned around and looked at me.
"Yeah?"
"Get your ass back in this bed. You can't show me a terrifying movie and then leave me to sleep by myself.", I told him and was scared that he was gonna leave me alone. He walked back and smiled.
"I thought you were a big girl.", he said.
"Troy please", I begged, "I can't be by myself after movies like this."
"Fine", he said finally agreeing. He changed into his basketball shorts and climbed in bed next to me. I faced away from him and he scooted behind me and wrapped his arm around my waist securely. I smiled and moved back so his body was pressed against mine. I fell asleep in no time.
Troy's POV
"Twoy! It's Halloween!", Tyler exclaimed excitedly as he came running into my room. I was awake but Ella wasn't, she would sleep forever if you let her.
"Shhh!", I told him and slowly took my arm our from under her head, I laid her head down gently on the pillow. Then I got up slowly and covered her up again. I left the room with Tyler and he was already wearing his batman costume and it was only 9 in the morning.
"Why Lala in your bed wiff you?", Tyler asked and I froze. What do I tell him, he is only little. I thought for a moment.
"Umm, well you know how sometimes you get scared and want me to lay with you.", I said and he nodded. "Well Lala was scared last night because I made her watch a scary movie so she wanted me to lay with her." I explained.
"Otay", he giggled. "When do I get candy?", he asked. I picked him up and went to the couch. I sighed as a very long day was about to unfold.
"Later buddy, later.", I said and turned on the tv.
8 o'clock that night after trick or treating
"Ready for scary movie number two?", I asked and smiled at her.
"Not particularly.", she answered. "Do we have to?"
"Yep.", I nodded and pushed her upstairs. She was fighting me up the stairs so I just picked her up and carried her there.
"Troy!", she yelled. "Put me DOWN!", she said and I did, but not until she was over my bed. I put in Halloween and laid down next to her and pulled a cover over us. She made it through the movie and didn't scream that often. But she jumped quite a lot, and I laughed when she did.
She turned towards me when it was over and was pouting. "Am I done with scary movies now?", she asked and I laughed.
I pulled her into my chest and smiled. "I guess so, well at least for now." She hit me in the stomach and I laughed and she pouted.
"If I wasn't so damn comfortable, I would walk right out of this room.", I smiled again and closed my eyes falling into a deep sleep With her following soon behind me.
Okay, well there was Halloween Troyella style! And with a little bit of Tyler. I'm really having fun writing this and hope that you guys like reading it. I'm thinking about starting another story. I'm not gonna quit this one, I just want to do another one too! I think it is gonna be called Do You Remember? Off of the song by Aaron Carter but I'm not sure yet. Well please review!
