Chapter 6: Hate. Love. Dancing. And, oh boy, Flirting!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything. Only the other characters I made up. I also don't own the song Impacto by Daddy Yankee. Rawr.
"We're gonna party! We're gonna party! We're gonna party! Tonight, oh yeah, uh-huh." Sharpay started singing as they exited the mall.
"Um, who are you again?" Taylor asked.
"Oh, shut up! I'm so excited!" Sharpay squealed.
"Just cause now you have a date for parties, doesn't mean you have to rub it in our single faces." Taylor scowled, talking about Sharpay's boyfriend; Zeke.
"Earth to Gabriella!" Sharpay made no acknowledge to Taylor's comment. Gabriella had completely zoned out.
"Err, what?" Gabriella came back.
"Why are you so quiet? You've been like this since yesterday. Is there something you want to tell us?" Taylor asked, knowing the look on Gabriella's face. She was clearly hiding something. And that just wasn't in Gabriella's nature; they told each other everything, no matter how embarrassing it was.
"Pfff, what makes you think that?" and with that, she knew she had clearly given herself away.
"You'll never learn." Taylor shook her head. "So, spit it out."
"I don't have to tell you anything, my gosh." Gabriella defended herself. She wasn't ready to tell them about the kiss. She was scared as hell about it. Scared about what it made her feel. Scared because she might actually feel something for a complete stranger, that she strongly disliked.
Gabriella was saved by her cell phone ringing. She smiled at Taylor, who rolled her eyes, and flipped her phone open.
"Hi mommy." she greeted cheerfully. The girls heard Gabriella's mom on the other end. Suddenly, Gabriella's smile wiped off her face.
"What the hell?" she shrieked into the phone.
"Yeah mom, okay… whatever. See you later." She mumbled the last parts of the conversation.
"What did she say?!" the girls urged Gabriella to tell them the apparently bad news.
"Argh!" that scream of frustration was the only thing that left Gabriella's mouth before she kept walking, swinging her shopping bags wildly, hitting a couple of people along the way.
Taylor and Sharpay looked at each other and shrugged. What was wrong with the girl? Both had to jog to keep up with the infuriated Gabriella. She seemed to be mumbling something.
"G-gabi?" Sharpay stuttered, cared of Gabriella's response.
But then, she blew up. "I haven't seen this girl for more than over 7 years! What the hell is wrong with my mom?! I mean, is she on crack or something? I thought she'd be dead by now! It's been seven wonderful years without her, and she has to come back!" her hands were flying everywhere in frustration.
"Um, what girl?!" Taylor inquired.
Gabriella snorted. "You guys seriously DON'T remember her?! You've been my friends my whole life. Which girl have I ever really, really, really disliked?"
"Err, Sherrie?" Sharpay suggested.
"Err, try again?"
Taylor squealed in achievement. "Oh My God! I know! It's that Kayleen cousin of yours!"
"Eugh, I remember her now too! She stole my fluffy pink stuffed elephant when we were 7! Stupid, bitch." Sharpay said with resent, which managed to get Gabriella to giggle a little bit.
"Yeah, well ehm, she's moving back here." Gabriella looked down at her feet.
"Ew! Why?!" Gabriella laughed at her friend's reactions.
She started telling them everything her mom had told her, "Mkay, well you know how they left for Minnesota, for a better job opportunity? Well, it went well for all of these past years but now they're somehow magically broke. And now, of course, they're coming to my daddy for jobs and money. Which should be a wonderful experience!" she finished with a sarcastic note.
"Gabi, errr, come down sweetie." Taylor smiled at the people looking at them, because of Gabriella causing such a scene.
Ignoring Taylor's comment, Gabriella continued. "Oh and I haven't told you the best part; we have to take her to the party. To 'make new friends and meet new people'. Pff, chyeah right, that little slut will surely hook up with Zeke or something."
Sharpay's hand flew to her mouth. "Gabi!"
"What?! Oh… Oh my gosh Shar, I'm so sorry!" Gabriella realized what she had just said.
Sharpay rolled her eyes. "Whatever, just keep and eye on her, mkay? Thanks."
"I don't want her to come!" Gabriella whined after a few seconds of silence.
"Deal with it, hun." Sharpay advised.
Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Thanks Dr. Phil."
They got in their cars and drove to Gabriella's house. There was an additional car outside. Hell, awaited Gabriella. She gave a big sigh, grabbed her shopping bags and headed towards the door. Took her keys out and opened the door. It all seemed to happen in slow motion. A blonde girl jumping to hug her, more like suffocate her. Then giving her a double kiss on each cheek. Grabbing her hands and started happy dancing. Squealing, jumping up and down. It was commotion.
"Gabbers! I have missed you so much!" Kayleen squealed using the nickname she had given her when they were little.
"KayKay!" she tried to act as excited as her. But it didn't work.
Sharpay and Taylor were cracking up at the scene. It was so… weird. Gabriella turned around and gave them the death glare. They quickly stopped laughing.
"Um, so should we go, um up to my room?" Gabriella faked a smile.
"We totally should." Kayleen nodded excitedly.
The four girls went up the staircase as Mrs. Montez smiled at them, obviously not getting that Gabriella was not even a bit excited.
"Oh my gosh! Your room is so amazing!" Kayleen gushed as she went trough the room and started looking at things. At the posters in Gabi's walls, her jewelery, her bedspread, her cd collection and finally her closet.
"Err, thanks Kay."
"So, what are we doing tonight?" Kayleen asked.
Gabriella's mouth opened to say something but she couldn't quite say it.
"Well, Kayleen. Um, we have this party we were going to. Maybe you can come with us." Taylor offered.
"Wait, but I'm sure you wouldn't like that I mean it's just like a bunch of horny guys, loud bad music, and like spiked punch and all that… err stuff." Sharpay explained.
Gabriella looked at Sharpay, and right away she knew she was only doing that because of what she had said about Kayleen hooking up with Zeke or something. Gabriella rolled her eyes.
"Oh, don't worry. I don't have anything to do so I'll come!" Damn, Kayleen was perky.
"Oh, okay." Gabriella blinked. "So, I guess we should be getting ready now."
Sharpay nodded. "So Kayleen, where're your bags?"
"Oh, well um I think they're downstairs. Can you guys help me getting them up here?" Kayleen smiled sweetly.
"Sure." Gabriella smiled back, just not with the same honesty.
"What heavy breath the heck heavy breath do you have in heavy breath here?!" Gabriella set down the huge bag as so did Taylor and Sharpay. It was so heavy!
Kayleen looked at her nails uninterested. "Clothes? Hair products? Hair drier? Straightener? Curling Iron? Shoes? Jewelery? Not to mention all my hats and then…"
"Hun… Honey…" Sharpay interrupted but Kayleen kept going on and on about her stuff.
"Okay, Kayleen thanks for the info sweetie." Gabriella said in a louder tone.
She smiled. "So… is this casual or like dressy or like cocktail dress or what? Tell me!"
This was going to be a long night…
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By the time they turned at Chad's street, they could already hear the music loud and clear. Kayleen started squealing and bouncing in her seat.
"It has been SO long since I have been to a party like this! Because like I had to dump my boyfriend then I was like in my house all day and my friends could like never get me…"
She went on and on and ON. Gabriella grasped the steering wheel harder. Sharpay and Monique in the backseat were rolling their eyes and about to yawn. They couldn't wait till they got inside and dump Kayleen somewhere.
"Oh Gabi! There's a spot there!" Sharpay pointed at an open spot.
Gabriella was about to put her foot in the pedal to accelerate but out of nowhere another convertible, silver one, slipped in the spot.
"What the fuck?!" Gabriella whined.
"Oh. My God." Sharpay said then.
"What Sharpay?" Gabriella said backing up so they could find another spot.
"It's Troy Bolton."
Gabriella stepped in the breaks as she was almost hitting another car behind them.
"What?"
"It is. It's him, look. Oh gosh he's smiling at you!"
And indeed he was. He put the alarm of the car and walked over to their car. He leaned against Gabriella's door, flashed a smile and said, "Sorry 'bout that." He left, but not before sending a wink in her way.
Nobody spoke.
"Oh My God! He is HAWT." Kayleen's mouth was curled up in a flirty smile.
"Kay, don't even think about it." Gabriella said immediately in a defensive way.
"Why not? Is he your boyfriend or something?" she put an innocent face.
Gabriella sighed. "No, but I know for a fact you're not exactly… his type."
"What did you say?!"
"Girls, let's just go inside." Sharpay smiled nervously.
"Yeah, let's just go." Gabriella shook her head, feeling a bit down already. Just this afternoon, she was filled with enthusiasm. Why did she have to come? This was just messed up.
"Hey ladies!" Chad received them at the door. The girls giggled.
"Hey Chad!" a chorus of three said.
"So, who's the other one?" Chad asked suggestively as he looked at Kayleen.
"Oh, um she's my cousin Kayleen." Gabriella rolled her eyes at Chad's behavior.
"Well, hello Kayleen. May I show you around?" he stuck out his hand.
"Of course." Kayleen smiled and took his hand. And off they went.
"Oh please gag me." Gabriella sat down at one of the couches.
"WHAT? I CAN BARELY HEAR YOU!" Sharpay shouted as she was trying to find Zeke.
Gabriella shook her head signaling for her to forget about it.
"Guys, I'm gonna go look for Zeke." Sharpay waved her goodbyes.
"Gabi, I'm gonna go get a drink or something mkay?" Taylor said after a few minutes of boring silence.
"I guess." Gabriella shrugged. Her friends had left, what was she going to do now?
5 minutes later she was dancing with a random boy she had seen at the hallways of East High. Dancing rather close. She was sweating by now. It was getting heated. They stopped for a bit, and the boy announced he was going to get them some drinks.
She stayed in the middle of the 'dance floor' and started dancing by herself. Heck, what was the difference?
Hey!!!
So
what? You're going down mama?
Hey!!!
So what? You break it down
mama?
Do it! (Hit me!)
I like the way you do it! (Hit me!)
You
like the way I do it? (Hit me!)
I like the way you do it!
Swinging her hips side to side to the rhythm of the music. Suddenly, at the middle of the song she felt two strong hands slipping into her waist. A body was following her movements. A body slightly bigger than hers. It was clearly a male, or hopefully, it was. And she knew that scent that lingered under her nose now. She remembered it quite clearly. It was Troy Bolton's.
Gabriella didn't know what was the thing that didn't make her pull Troy away from her. It was… strange. She was supposed to hate him… wasn't she? Yeah, I am, she thought.
The beats ended, and he slipped away, leaving Gabriella with goose bumps up and down her back. She hope he knew what big of an impact he had on her. She hoped.
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"Chad, one second okay? I'm gonna go to the restroom." Kayleen smiled at Chad, who smiled back dreamily at her.
She wasn't really going to go to the restroom, she just wanted to get away from the boy. And on her way to the restroom, that's when she spotted him. What was his name? Trevor Bolton? No, Troy Bolton? Yeah, Troy Bolton, she thought.
"Hey!" she called over to him.
He turned around, looking a little bewildered. The look on his face… he looked like he was a bit out of it.
"Um, do I know you?" Troy asked.
"No, but maybe you can get to know me." Kayleen smiled suggestively.
"Um, no thanks." Troy looked embarrassed. What was this girl trying to do?
"But wait!" she called for him, but he didn't turn back.
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Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. He had just danced with Gabriella. Gabriella Montez. Gabriella fucking Montez.
He shook his head. What had been wrong with him? They were enemies, weren't they? Plus, he was dating Sherrie. That was just… wrong. Wrong to do.
She ran frantically through the crowd trying to find him. What was the deal with that boy? Kissing her? Dancing with her? Without her permission?!
She spotted him leaving the house. She shouted for him. He turned around and looked very surprised to see her.
"Look, Gabriella… I…" Troy started but couldn't finished. Gabriella's hand flew across aiming at his cheek. She had left a clear, red mark of her hand on his left cheek. And she repeated it, for a few more times. Until his strong hands held her wrists.
"Let. Me. Go." she struggled to free herself. He was much, much stronger than her.
"Look just calm down! I don't know what came over me! I mean, I would NEVER want to dance with you. I mean, it's you! Gabriella Montez! Please. I think, I… I… just had too, too many drinks. So just let it go, okay? Okay." he turned on his heel leaving Gabriella with words unsaid in her mouth.
"Sharpay, I'm leaving." she tried her hardest not to sniff while she was on the phone.
"Oh okay. Zeke! Stop!" she sounded giddy. Gabriella hung up, got in the car and drove by the spot Troy had parked on. His car was still there. Where was he?
She drove slowly by the other cars. And in a particular one she saw something very interesting. She wiped the tears from her eyes to see clearer. And she had not been wrong about what she had seen. It was Sherrie and Ryan, basically, eating each other inside Ryan's car.
"Get a fucking room." she whispered, as if they could hear her.
Why was she crying? She never used to cry over ANYONE. Not even her past boyfriends. She stepped on the breaks as the light turned red.
He had hurt her.
He had.
And that's why she was crying.
He said he would never dance with a girl like me, or by any means, be with a girl that was ME, she thought as more tears were shed.
"Urgh." she grasped the steering wheel at her hardest. Her knuckles almost snow white.
This summer was going down the hill. It was supposed to be the best summer ever. She could drive now, she could party now, she could do so much more stuff. But everything had just seemed to come together in a huge problem:
Sherrie, Kayleen, Troy, Zeke, and just everything seemed like it was being taken away from her.
This was totally bogus.
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She put slipped her sweatshirt through her head. Slipped silently out of bed, fixed her hair and grabbed the things her mom had told her to mail. She had one of the worst hangovers. Her head was pounding, but a fresh air always did her good at times like these.
She walked with no thoughts. Which was kind of weird for her, she always had something on her mind. But right now she was just focusing on taking a step, then another, then another, and another one.
When she was about to go back, she heard a loud groan and a basket-ball pounding on the hard concrete.
She followed the sound, even if it was hard to do because of the echo. The sound guided Gabriella to the Bolton's backyard. And surprisingly, their fence's gate was open.
She entered, and watched him, almost drooling.
Troy had his shirt off, showing his well-toned abdomen. His golden skin was glistening with a light coat of sweat against the morning sun.
"You know, you're trespassing private property." he suddenly said, but never directing his eyes at her.
She pulled on her sleeves to cover her whole hand. "Yeah I know." she said quietly.
"Why'd you do that last night?" Gabriella asked in a small voice. She was almost intimated by him.
He lazily dribbled the basket-ball. Up and down. Up and down. Up and down.
"I told you: too many drinks." he squinted at the brightness of the sun.
"No I mean, why'd you say… what you said?"
"That I would never dance with a girl like you?"
Nod.
"Because it's the truth." he looked away when he said it.
"Oh yeah Bolton?"
"Oh yeah, Montez." he mocked.
"Well um, why don't you look at me in the eye and say it one more time?" she asked.
He kept silent and started shooting baskets again.
"Exactly." she whispered, but a loud whisper so he could hear it.
"You know I didn't mean it Montez." he said, not looking at her but focusing in his game, but his voice… was honest.
"Yeah, I know. Troy… did you even know your so-called girlfriend is cheating on you?" well, he had told her the truth. Shouldn't it be returned? It should.
He shrugged.
"Open relationship?" she asked, mocking him.
"She's not exactly my girlfriend."
"Ohhh! I get it! You just make out, hold hands, and stare at her boobs?" she smiled sweetly, walking with little steps towards him.
"I guess so." he wouldn't look at her.
"With Ryan." she said.
"Hm?"
"Sherrie is cheating on you with Ryan." she answered slowly.
His mouth formed an 'O'.
"Ryan… Evans? Your friend's brother?" he didn't seem one bit bothered by it. She was infuriated, but strangely, glad.
"Yeah, that's him." she nodded.
"Wow, well that'll lower my self-esteem." he chuckled.
"Hell yeah it will. I mean she left you for Ryan Evan. From the drama department, who wears sparkly shirts and hats." Gabriella was smiling.
"If you're trying to do what I think you are, you're not succeeding Montez." he said in a sing-song voice as he made a perfect shot.
"Well it depends on what you think I'm trying to do." she shrugged, now flirting more than anything. She was now very close to him. She put her hands on the basket-ball and snatched it away, not breaking eye contact.
"Are you any good?" Troy asked her.
"Hello. You're talking to the girl who once scored 49 points at a basket-ball game against all boys." she made a perfect shot. They didn't talk for another 5 minutes. They were so into the game. Never counting the points, but counting the times their hands brushed or the times their bodies made contact.
"You're so full of bull Montez." Troy stated as he put his hand on the basket-ball, but didn't snatch it from her. Their eyes never broke their contact. Panting heavily, he leaned in to steal a kiss from her. She took a step back, instead of letting him kiss her. She mustn't be weak.
"As you are, Bolton. See you around." she flashed a smile and turned around. She made a quick wave with her hand, but never looking back to see his reaction. It would ruin the whole thing if she did.
He sighed heavily and he felt angry. But a good sort of angry, he thought. He felt mad at the way that girl could make him feel. Only met for about 5 times and she made his head spin. It was too surreal. This summer was too surreal for him.
He took a drink of his water bottle. Ran his hand through his sweaty hair and went inside the house to take a shower.
An: Oh. My. God. I updated. I thought I'd never finish this chapter! I can't believe it's like… 8 pages long? Oh God. Haha. It feels SO good. I'm not too pleased with the beginning but I loved the ending, haha. Wow, I hope you guys still want to review. I'm so sorry for the very long wait. I just… agh. It wouldn't come to me. And I posted a few other stories, check them out if you'd like. Dudes, I wonder if I still have anybody who reads this. Haha, Ah. Sorrryyyyy again. Seriously, you guys. Like pretty please forgive me? Haha, well, review? If you'd like mkay? Thanks guys!
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