Save the Last Dance

Chapter 7: Hired

"So what do you think of the applicants uncle?" Troy asked David.

"Well I like the last three. Especially Ms. Montez. She's pretty intelligent to shut you up. What is wrong with you Troy? Why do look so mad at the poor girl." David asked.

Troy shrugged, "I don't know I just hate her. That is the second time I saw her."

David looked at him. "Second time? You've met before?"

Troy nodded, "At the mall the other day. She called me Alex."

David eyes widened, he knew that was Troy's name when he had amnesia, he remembered it clearly since it was only a year ago he found him in that hotel lodge now he realized that the name Dream Forrest was familiar, he went there last year and saw Troy. "Maybe she was just delusional. Or the Alex guy just looks like you."

"Maybe." Troy answered. "So you're going to hire her?"

"We need people like her. Based from her academics. She's useful to us." David answered.

"I have no choice then." Troy answered and sighed.

David nodded and smiled. "Good thing he didn't remember anything." David told himself, "He completely forgot what happened a year ago. And the Montez girl intrigues me. She worked at Dream Forrest so that means he knew Troy." David thought.

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Gabriella's mobile phone rang, she saw Kelsi's name appear on the screen. "Hey, Kels."

"Hey Gabs, where are you?" Kelsi asked Gabriella.

"In the bus, going home from the supermarket." Gabriella answered, "Why what's up?"

"I've got good news for you! You've been hired!" Kelsi exclaimed, "And you'll be starting tomorrow."

"Really?" Gabriella smiled, "That's so great!"

"Alright. I got to go, Ms. Yoon's calling me. See you later." Kelsi said.

"Okay. Bye!" Gabriella said. Both of them hung up.

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The next day, Kelsi and Gabriella went to work together. Both of them arrived at the office fifteen minutes early where they met Martha.

"Hey Martha." Gabriella greeted her friend. "Good morning, excited for work?"

"Hey Gabi, Kelsi. Good morning." Martha greeted back, "I always want to be a little bit early whether it's the first day or not. I don't want to go in the exact time as everybody. My head would feel confused."

Kelsi laughed, "Well, Gabs here is always an early bird. She always tells us that it's a good way to start a day. Both of you are right. You'd feel confused with so many people crowding the same area first thing in the morning. That's why all of us girls got that habit from her."

"That's a good thing right?" Gabriella joked.

"Don't worry, it's a good thing Gabs." Kelsi answered, "Too bad, the boys are lazy to follow it."

"Boys are boys, Kels." Gabriella giggled.

"Right." Martha grinned. The three of them made their way to the elevator when they saw their department head, Ms. Kimberly Yoon. "Good morning, Ms. Yoon.", the three girls greeted their head.

"Good morning Kelsi. And both of you must be the newly hired employees, I'm impressed both of you came in early." Ms. Yoon smiled. "It's a good example to others. And good morning to both of you too."

"Thank you Ms. Yoon." Gabriella and Martha said at the same time. The elevator opened and the four of them went in. Ms. Yoon pressed the 8th floor where their department is located.

The day passed by quickly as Ms. Yoon explained the things they need to do like how to assist customers, how to explain the amenities, size and other things concerning the condominium, how to convince the customers and much more. Gabriella wrote down notes and studied the brochure that their head gave them. Suddenly, Gabriella fell down.

"Ouch." Gabriella cried.

"Gabs, are you okay?" Martha asked. Gabriella nodded.

"Watch where you're going klutz." Lindsay snorted.

Gabriella looked at her disbelievingly, "Lindsay, at least say sorry to me."

"Why should I? You're the one blocking my way." Lindsay glared at her.

"You're the one who bumped me in the first place." Gabriella glared back.

"Well, you're not looking. And you're so annoying." Lindsay argued back.

"What did I do to you?" Gabriella asked. "We just met and now you're doing this to me?"

"What's going on here?" Ms. Yoon asked, as she felt needed to interfere.

"Ms. Yoon, Montez is blocking my way. It's not my fault I accidentally pushed her." Lindsay answered. Gabriella kept quiet.

"That's not true Ms.-" Martha was about to defend Gabriella but Gabriella stopped her. "No I'm sorry Ms. Yoon. I'm such a klutz, I didn't see that there's a ramp ahead of me. I apologize for the commotion. I'm sorry Lindsay for bothering you."

"But-" Martha was about to say something but Gabriella shook her head.

Ms. Yoon sighed, "Fine. I'll let this pass but I'm really disappointed with you two. It's only the first day but both of you already had this pity quarrel. I don't want this to happen next time."

Gabriella and Lindsay nodded. Kelsi went to her friend and asked, "What the hell just happened? You took the blame for everything? I saw that Gabs and this girl really pushed you off."

"She's a suck up." Lindsay snorted, "So she wants to be the good one."

"Why you incompetent-" Kelsi was about to charge Lindsay but was stopped by Gabriella.

"Stop it Kels. I don't want you to get in trouble. So let's follow Ms. Yoon." Gabriella said. "She's not worth it."

"Fine." Kelsi replied. "Ms. Wellington, I'm warning you. I'm the head's assistant and I have the power to give you punishment so watch your mouth and your hands. Let's go."

Lindsay rolled her eyes, "As if that would stop me."

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The next few days passed by quickly. Gabriella got used to the routine, entertaining the customers and trying to make them buy a unit or two. Unfortunately, no one obliged yet, but she was still hoping to get at least one today. She then saw a middle-aged woman who was looking at the displays.

"Good Morning ma'am. My name is Gabriella Montez and I'm here to assist you. How can I help you ma'am?" Gabriella asked with a smile.

"Well Gabriella I'm Geraldine Baker, I've been looking for a condominium for my son. And I heard your company has the latest facilities that's been made so I'm interested to look at it." The lady said.

"Well Mrs. Baker, let me show you our show room. From there I'll explain for you the facilities, amenities and your benefits as being the owner of our condominium unit." Gabriella answered and smiled. She then showed Mrs. Baker the show room and from there explained each and every detail of the unit and their facilities.

"Well I'm impressed Gabriella." Mrs. Baker said, "I'm going to buy a unit."

"Really Mrs. Baker?" Gabriella smiled with delight. "That's wonderful! Let me get the contract and other things you need to fill up. Thank you ma'am!"

"Alright." Mrs. Baker smiled.

Lindsay glared at Gabriella. "She already got one customer to buy for her. Damn." She clenched her fists and went back to her station.

"Thank you Mrs. Baker. It's a pleasure having business with you." Gabriella said.

"Same here. Gabriella." Mrs. Baker replied.

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"Where is Ms. Gabriella Montez?" Mrs. Baker asked furiously. "Where is she?"

"Good morning, ma'am. My name is Kelsi. What can I do for you?" Kelsi asked.

"I want Ms. Montez now!" Mrs. Baker shouted.

Then Gabriella came out from the employee's room. "Hi Mrs. Baker! How are you?" Gabriella asked and smiled at the lady. Suddenly Mrs. Baker slapped Gabriella. Gabriella was shocked and placed her hand on her red left cheek. "Mrs. Baker? What did I do?"

"What did you do?" Mrs. Baker glared at Gabriella. She would have slapped her again if it weren't for the other staff blocking her. "You told me that you already reserved the unit for me. When I went to the condominium to get the keys. They told me my name wasn't there and I didn't buy any unit from the building. How would you explain that? I checked my account and the money was transferred in your company's account."

"But Mrs. Baker I did reserve the unit for you." Gabriella explained.

"What is going on here?" Ms. Yoon approached them. "Excuse me ma'am but what is the problem?"

"That girl. She told me she reserved the unit for me but when I went to the condominium building they told me I wasn't listed." Mrs. Baker answered angrily at Ms. Yoon.

"Who was the one that's encoding the buyers, Kelsi?" Ms. Yoon asked.

"It's Ms. Wellington ma'am." Kelsi answered.

Ms. Yoon nodded. "Okay then. I looked at this receipts and I saw your name Ms. Baker. That means you have bought the unit. Let's go to Ms. Wellington to clarify this issue."

Mrs. Baker nodded and followed Ms. Yoon. "Ms. Montez, I want you to come with us also."

"Yes ma'am." Gabriella answered and followed both of them to Lindsay's booth.

"Ms. Wellington. I believe that you are the one handling all the condominium accounts. And I think you forgot to input one name. Mrs. Geraldine Baker bought a unit under Ms. Gabriella Montez the other day. Did you check twice if you missed anything?" Ms. Yoon asked.

Lindsay glared at Gabriella. "No ma'am. She didn't give me anything."

"Ms. Montez?" Ms. Yoon looked at Gabriella.

"I did give it to her. In fact it was the first one for the day, she took it and I thought she already recorded the name in the computer since it's the only receipt that time." Gabriella answered.

"She didn't give me any receipt Ms. Yoon." Lindsay answered.

"Well.." Ms. Yoon started but her eyes suddenly shifted to the waste can. "What's this?" Ms. Yoon picked it up and saw the crumpled receipt of the lady behind her. "This is Mrs. Baker's receipt. What's it doing in the trash can?"

Lindsay eyes widened. She didn't expect Ms. Yoon to see it immediately. "I-i ... I must've misplaced it Ms. Yoon."

"Your negligence is not excusable. We will talk about this later Ms. Wellington." Ms. Yoon glared at Lindsay. Where Lindsay got scared and gulped hard. Ms. Yoon turned around and faced Mrs. Baker. "I'm sorry ma'am for this inconvenience. I apologize for what happened to you. Now I got your receipt, I can inform the condominium to let you and give you your keys. I'm really sorry on my staff's behalf and I can assure you that it won't happen again in the future."

Mrs. Baker nodded, "Thank you for fixing this problem immediately. And I also apologize for my harshness. Ms. Montez, I want to apologize to you. I'm really sorry for hitting you hard. Maybe I can make up to you, how about I treat you lunch?"

Gabriella shook her head, "No ma'am. I'm good, it's part of my job, and want I apologize too. I will make sure I'd double check that they've inputted the customer's names next time. Thank you ma'am for I'll also make my job better. You don't have to treat me lunch, it's a lesson learned and gained by me. Thank you."

Mrs. Baker smiled at Gabriella, "If you have responsible employees like her, then a lot of people would come in and buy your condominium. Don't worry Gabriella, I'll make sure my friends would come by and take a look at your show room."

Gabriella smiled at her, "Really ma'am? Thank you so much. It's a pleasure meeting you."

"It's a pleasure to meet you too." Mrs. Baker replied and left the vicinity.

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"Why did you do that?" Gabriella asked Lindsay.

"I did nothing." Lindsay answered.

"Fine." Gabriella replied. "What did I do to you that you hate me so much?"

"You're a suck up." Lindsay answered.

"I'm not!" Gabriella answered back.

"You always look pity so others can feel sorry for you. You're nothing but a fake bitch." Lindsay retorted.

"I didn't do anything to you nor I want others to feel sorry for me. I didn't do anything to you to do this to me." Gabriella answered.

"Yeah you did nothing but you're a suck up to everyone. I bet that you get in your way here so easily because you slept with the boss." Lindsay answered.

This was the end of the line for Gabriella. She couldn't believe what came out from Lindsay's mouth. She lunged at her and pushed her to the ground and grabbed her hair.

Ms. Yoon entered the room and saw both girls pulling each other's hair and slapping each other. "Ms. Montez! Ms. Wellington!" Ms. Yoon shouted. "Stop it this instant!" But to no avail the girls continued.

Just in time that Troy Bolton dropped by and heard the screaming and shouting. He saw two girls fighting, he recognized Ms. Gabriella Montez pulling the girl's hair underneath her so did the other girl to Ms. Montez. "What's happening?"

With that both girls stopped and stood up. Immediately Lindsay cried, "I didn't know what I do but she suddenly pushed me down, then slapped me and kept pulling my hair."

"I'm very disappointed with you girls." Ms. Yoon scolded them. "I'm sorry Mr. Bolton. I'll make sure that both of them will receive proper punishments with regards to their actions."

"Make sure you do." Troy told Ms. Yoon, he looked at Gabriella and glared at her and left.

Gabriella ran after him and shouted. "Mr. Bolton! Wait!"

"What is it Ms. Montez." Troy asked her.

"I came to apologize. What you see earlier, I know it's out of hands. I'm sorry." Gabriella told him.

"I'm not the one who got hurt." Troy answered. "I still don't know why you're working here."

"I have my own reasons sir." Gabriella answered back.

"If your reason is to get me then I'm sorry to tell you that it's not going to happen." Troy replied.

With the Troy left Gabriella standing at the hallway.

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"Ms. Montez, I want you to double check today's sales. I just want to be sure that the incident earlier won't happen again." Ms. Yoon told Gabriella. "I'm sorry to make you do this but this is your punishment for what you did."

"Yes ma'am." Gabriella replied. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay. But I hope you won't do it again. Let me handle the matters to myself." Ms. Yoon told her, "Well, I'll be going now. Don't worry, the company's paying you overtime." Ms. Yoon smiled.

Gabriella laughed, "Thank you ma'am. Good night."

"Good night." Ms. Yoon smiled and left the office.

"So you're still not finished?" Kelsi asked Gabriella.

"Nope. Ms. Yoon told me to double check everything. She didn't want anything like earlier to happen again. And this is my punishment." Gabriella answered as she was double-checking the receipts and the list that is listed in the computer.

"Martha and I believe that Lindsay did that on purpose. Too bad her plan backfired." Kelsi added.

"Let it be Kelsi." Gabriella answered. "She got a week suspension already."

"But I still don't get it. Normally you would've patience with a bitch like her. It's not normal for you to do such things. Pulling her hair and slapping her, that's unbelievable you're too nice. What did she say that triggered your temper?"

"It's nothing Kelsi." Gabriella answered. "Past is past."

"Fine." Kelsi replied. "Why do you always take the blame and kept apologizing when you knew that you didn't do anything Gabs. That's stubborn."

"It's just that I don't want to make any big deal out of it Kels." Gabriella answered. "And I'm not stubborn."

"I know you're kind and all but sometimes you have to step up and defend yourself." Kelsi replied.

"I did defend myself earlier." Gabriella answered back.

"You did but you have no intention or whatsoever to tell me what happened." Kelsi retorted.

"No, because if I did, you would tell Shar and Tay. God knows how those two react. Lindsay wouldn't be able to see tomorrow by then. Again Sharpay will tell her boyfriend Zeke, Tay will tell it to Chad and you to Ryan and the guys to Jason. Everything will be just complicated as it is." Gabriella told her. "I don't want you guys to be involved with it. It's my problem and I'll deal with it. Forget it hanppened okay?"

"Fine then." Kelsi replied and yawned.

"I know you're tired with running back and forth, Kelsi. You can go home first." Gabriella told her

"Are you sure?" Kelsi asked. "I can still wait for you."

"Kels, I'm a big girl. I can go home by myself. Now go home and get some." Gabriella answered.

After two hours of checking all the lists. Gabriella was finally done for the night. With that, she shut off the computer and turned off the lights.

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Troy Bolton was checking the items in the showroom. He was checking the doors when he noticed the doors where not properly placed and someone might get hurt. He tried to fix the doors unfortunately the doors stumbled down and he got cut with the sharp edge.

Gabriella was about to ride the elevator but heard something fell in the showroom. She immediately went to look and saw her boss lying on the floor with his palm bleeding.

"Mr. Bolton!" Gabriella exclaimed. "Oh my gosh you're hurt."

"I'm okay." Troy said flatly.

"No you're not." Gabriella answered. "Here press this handkerchief in your hands to stop the bleeding."

Gabriella placed the handkerchief in Troy's palm but he jerked it away. "I said I'm fine."

Gabriella stubbornly grabbed his injured palm and gave him the handkerchief. "If you don't want me to do it you do it."

"What are you doing at this hour anyway?" Troy asked her irritably. "It's late I can handle myself. Now leave."

Gabriella stood up and left the showroom. She was out of the building when she saw a small convenience store beside it she went it and bought some medical supplies. She saw her boss' car and placed the thing she bought on top of the windshield and left.

Troy just finished putting back the fallen doors while pressing his injured palm on Gabriella's handkerchief. He was about to ride but saw a plastic on top of his car's windshield. He took it and saw some bandages and ointment for his injured palms. He looked around and saw no one. He then went in and tossed the Gabriella's bloody handkerchief and the plastic bag on the passenger seat. He looked at it and took the ointment and placed it in his injured palm, he winced as he puts the ointment and finally some bandages. He then started his engine and left.

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"Alright. As our success Mr. Bolton decided that we should have a weekend vacation at Lava Springs Club." Ms. Yoon informed her staff.

Everyone was delighted and happy. "It's an all expense paid because of your hard work." Mr. Bolton informed everyone.

All of the staff clapped their hands and giggled with delight as they heard the news. "So everyone meeting time is 7 am tomorrow alright?" Ms. Yoon informed everyone.

"Yes ma'am." The staff replied.

"You can now go." Ms. Yoon answered.

Everyone left.

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The next day all of them were waiting for the service car to arrive. After a few minutes the car arrived. "I'm sorry but there's only 4 passengers that can occupy the car."

"But there's five of us." Ms. Yoon exclaimed.

"One can ride with me." Troy said as he got out of the car.

"Oh perfect then I'll-" Lindsay said but was cut-off by Kelsi. "Gabriella can ride with you."

Gabriella looked at her friend and shook her head. Kelsi told her to move and go on.

"Ms. Montez, get in the car." Troy told her gloomily.

Gabriella looked down and nodded, "Yes sir." She then went in the back seat and sat down comfortably.

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Hey guys! I know it's been a while since I last posted. But it's been kind of crazy the last week so I haven't got the chance to write and at the same time upload the chapter. Anyway here's the 7th chapter. Please do read and review, so that I'd know if you guys liked it or not. Sorry again.