Chapter 6
Gabriella got out of her mother's car. She made sure her doors were locked before she walked towards the Mall entrance. The first person she saw unfortunately was the last person she wanted to see.
"Alan? What are you doing here?"
"You told me to be here." His confusion evident in his voice.
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did." Alan said firmly as he pulled out his cell phone. He pushed a few buttons and handed it to Gabriella.
'Meet me at the Mall in 5 min. –Tintin' the text message read.
"I didn't send that. I wouldn't sign it Tintin and I don't even have your number." Gabriella handed Alan back his phone.
"Well why are you here?" he asked hoping to prove a point.
"I'm meeting someone." She replied simply.
"Oh. Well do you want to talk for a while? Ya know…catch up?" he asked hopefully.
"I guess…" Gabriella said slowly. "But once Troy gets here I have to go."
"Sounds fair. So who's Troy?" Alan asked.
"Troy is one of my best friends." Gabriella answered. Alan stayed quiet as to let her continue, but she stayed quiet creating an awkward silence. Gabriella cleared her throat.
"So how's Fermat?" She asked trying to break the silence. (In case you don't know Fermat was part of their trio. I'll put a wikipedia link on my profile)
"He's good. He lost his stutter."
"Really? That's good." The two teens sat once again in an awkward silence. Gabriella stared at her hands for a few moments then lifted her head to see Alan staring intently at her.
"Why are you staring at me?" she asked.
"I forgot how beautiful you were."
Gabriella quickly looked down and blushed, much to her dismay. Alan reached over and pushed a strand of hair out her face that had come forward. His hand lingered on her cheek. He began to lean forward and before she could stop herself, she began to go foreword as well. It was a few seconds after their lips had touched that she came back to her senses.
"I can't." she whispered as she pulled back.
"So is this why you wanted me here?" a voice said behind them. Both teens turned around to see an obviously hurt Troy.
"Troy what are you talking about? You asked me to be here." Gabriella said as she got up and began walking towards Troy.
"No I didn't. And did you just want me here to watch you make out with your boyfriend.!??!!?" Troy asked her.
"He's not my boyfriend!! And who was making out!?!" she asked her voice starting to rise.
"Umm…I think I'm going to leave." Said Alan inching his way away from the arguing couple.
"No its ok. I'm leaving anyways." said Gabriella, still obviously upset.
"Where do you think you're going?!? I'm not done with you!" Troy shouted after her.
"I have a previous engagement!!" she shouted back, not turning around.
As she walked away a pile of newspapers flew off the shelf at a nearby kiosk.
"Well she's mad. At least things aren't exploding. That was a messy birthday." Alan said a nostalgic look on his face.
"What do you mean?" Troy asked him.
"She hasn't told you?"
"Told me what?" A confused look crossed the jock's face.
"It's for her to tell you not me." Alan said.
A disappointed look washed over Troy's face but was gone within moments.
"So how long have you known Gabriella?" he asked.
"Since we were in diapers But I knew her by a different name." Alan said cryptically.
The two boys stood in silence for a few moments.
"Ummm…what's your hobby?" Troy asked, mentally smacking himself the moment it left his mouth.
"I don't really have a lot of time, but I do like to play basketball." Alan said.
"Now you're speaking my language." Troy joked. "I have a basketball court in my backyard. Do you want to shoot some hoops?" Troy asked planning to show his superiority on the court.
"Sounds good to me."
"Do you need to take your car or something? I ran here so I don't know…" Troy trailed off.
"Nah, I can use the exercise." Alan said as the pair exited the mall.
Both boys jogged through the parking lot and around the corner. They also failed to notice the black SUV following them.
Troy's POV
Ok, so maybe he's not that bad. He likes basketball. And he has an excellent taste in…wait what am I thinking?!? Gabriella is one of my best friends.
'But you know you want to be something more…' the little voice in my head said.
'Oh Shut up.' I told that little voice.
"Hey that black van is following us." Alan said.
"It's probably going home." I told him.
"Oh. Ok." He said, a suspicious look on his face.
We slowed down to a walk as we caught our breath.
'Stop.' A little voice in my head said, but it wasn't my little voice. I looked over to Alan who had a panicked look on his face.
"Run." He mouthed, my little voice saying the same thing. He held up three fingers discreetly and began to count down.
"GO!!" my little voice shouted, but when I tried to take off, my legs felt like they had turned to cement.
"I can't move!" I said to Alan who was now pulling at his legs.
Then it went black.
Well there is the sixth installment of Untitled. Please review!!! They make my day. I'm on spring break now so I'm going to try to put up a new chapter everyday…but I promise nothing!!! Lol.
