Waited
Chapter Seven:
Gabriella woke up in somebody else's bed, not hers, out of habit; she whimpered quietly which awoke the person next to her.
"Hey…" he cooed, trying to calm her, he put his hand lightly on her shoulder, she flinched.
"You're fine…" he tried once more, he succeeded.
She sighed, clearly relieved as she lied back down in bed, resting her head on Troy's shoulder while his arm kept her protectively close.
"Sorry." She whispered.
"No need to be. You're fine now…" he said.
He felt sick to the stomach even imagining what happened in her life that made her react like that. It sickened him to think that anyone ever did such a thing to such an innocent girl, especially Gabriella.
Troy wanted so badly as to call her 'his girl', but he knew that it would just remind her of her husband who now lies dead and all of the horrible things he did to her claiming Gabriella 'his'.
Even though he couldn't vocalize it, they both knew that she was his…but at the same time, he was hers.
He looked down at the brunette now sleeping peacefully.
She had gained most of her color back, and that special sparkle was back in her eye even after the night before at dinner when she had seemed scared an uncomfortable.
The reason was because whenever Troy was around, she knew she'd be safe from anything and he planned to be there for her as much as he possibly could.
Troy glanced at the clock…4 AM. He didn't need to get up for several hours yet, so he closed his eyes after one last glance down at Gabriella, as if confirming she was still there before closing his eyes.
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Opening her eyes slowly, she awoke to her cell phone ringing.
"Hello?" she asked groggily into the phone, unbelievably tired.
"Where are you? You didn't come back last night?" Chad asked worriedly.
She sat up slightly. "I'm at Troy's, I was exhausted after dinner last night so I crashed here. I'm fine." She said.
"You're not and I can tell, but I won't question you now, you're tired, so go back to bed." Chad said. Gabriella couldn't help but smile, he was so protective of her, but he knew that if there was anyone else in the world that would take excellent care of her, it was Troy.
"Whatever. Bye." She said.
"Bye Elle." He said. They both hung up and Gabriella nestled herself back into Troy's side. On cue, his grip tightened around her. She smiled.
He opened his eyes. "So what'd Chad want?" he asked groggily.
"He just wanted to make sure I was still in one piece." She said. He nodded.
After several minutes of sitting in bed slowly waking up, Troy got up to get a shower.
After showering he came back into the room fully dressed for the day and looked over to see Gabriella fast asleep again, the smallest hint of a smile on her face was noticeable.
He kissed her forehead gently before heading into the kitchen to make some breakfast.
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Taking a shower without worrying that someone will come in and want something was new to Gabriella. She enjoyed the feeling of warmth over her body from the hot water that cascaded along it.
She changed into a pair of Troy's sweatpants and one of his t-shirts before she walked down the stairs to the kitchen where she was greeted with a kiss before they both sat down and ate breakfast.
She sighed after eating her last bite. "Thanks for breakfast, but I should really get going. God knows what Chad has done to the kitchen." She said. They shared one last loving kiss before she made her way out his door.
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Gabriella threw her keys on the nearest side table in Chad's apartment as she entered it.
"Chad?" she called through the apartment. No answer.
Walking into the kitchen, she was pleasantly surprised to see it prim and tidy, like the way she left it.
She was about to open the stainless steel refrigerator when she saw a note with Chad's neat handwriting on it.
I'm out running some errands, there's Chinese in the fridge if you want it.
Love your most favorite person in the world,
Chad
She laughed, she could imagine him saying that.
She landed on the oversized, yet extremely comfortable couch with a soft thud as she was enveloped in the fluffiness of it with the cordless phone in her hands. (A/N: How's that for a long sentence?! LOL!)
She dialed the number of her old friend; Taylor had given her her number…
"Hello?" the young woman on the other end of the line answered.
HELLO AGAIN! lol. please don't kill me! I KNOW I haven't been updating ANYTHING for an EXTREMELY long time, and when I do...it's super sort, but I've been so busy, and I say to myself 'I'll work on that story in a few minutes.'...something else pops up, and me being myself (shut up Steph), gets distracted very easily. So yeah...I hope you all have a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
Oh...and who's this 'old friend' of Gabriella's? Any guesses? Don't you just LOVE cliffhangers?!?!?!?!