Hi readers. Sorry I've haven't updated since last month. I had my Sweet 16 party and I was helping my mom out with it. Thank you to my reviews GhaJaSam4Ever, ToTheFullPotential, bubzchoc, and yogaluva you were the only ones who reviewed chapter 8 and again thanks. :) So here is is Chapter 9.


Last Christmas Chapter 9

Troy's moving on


"Hello?" a tried voice says into their phone.

"Hi Gabi." A very excited voice responds back.

"Hi Sharpay. Is there any reason why you called…" looking at her alarm clock, "At two o'clock in the morning?"

"Yeah, I have news."

"What type of news?"

"News that might make you jealous."

"News that might make you jealous."

"Sharpay, I don't care if you got the dating article for this month." Staring to feel annoyed that she woke her up to tell her that.

"No, not that. I already knew you didn't care."

"So, what is it?" askes annoyed.

"Chad told Taylor who told me that Troy has a date tonight."

"And you are telling me this because…?"

"I thought you would since Troy's finally moving on."

"What do you mean?" getting curious.

"This is his first date since when you broke up with him last year." She explained.

"Really, do you know who his date is?" very curious on who it is.

"No, I didn't pay attention when Taylor told me, sorry."

"I'll just ask him when I get to our office in the morning, when the sun is up."

"Yeah, I was about to tell you that its already morning."

"Bye, Sharpay."

"Bye."

Gabriella hangs up and lays back down on her bed looking at her bedroom ceiling. "He's moving on already." She stated having a single tear from down her left cheek.


Later on that same morning; Troy walks into the office building feeling nervous and not knowing why. 'Why am I so nervous for?' he thought entering the elevator pressing the button to floor ten.

Once the elevator got to the tenth floor, he went immediately to the secretary's desk, "Morning."

"Oh, hey. Good Morning to you too."

"Remember I'll be picking you up at seven-thirty."

"Kay. What exactly should I wear?"

"A simple dress will do. Bye, I'll see you later tonight." He leaves to his office.

Once he entered his office, he sees Gabriella working at her desk. He walks up to her desk, "Morning Gabs." Before he went over to his temporary desk in the other side of the huge kind of private, since the doors are made of clear glass, office they share.

"Morning Troy. A little birdie told me you have a date tonight, so who is it?"

"Who told you?"

"Sharpay, well technically Chad, since he told Taylor who told Sharpay who told me."

"I have to stop telling Chad things."

"Yeah, you do. I've learned that the hard way."

"I remember that time. You were helping me with English during lunch and he read one of your love poems to Taylor in front of the whole school which were about that guy you had a crush on." chuckling at the memory.

Gabriella groans, "Don't remind me, I was laughed at for an entire week."

"Well, who would have known that was going to be the big topic of the week?"

"Stop defending him, he should have at least read the poem prior to residing it to her as her anniversary gift."

"What anniversary was that again?"

"I think eight month. Somewhere that time, we were doing poetry for English, that was what I was tutoring you for."

"Hey, it's not my fault our English teacher wanted us to write our own personal poem then present it to the whole class and what it meant."

"That was a very nice poem by the way."

"Thanks, bad sadly Christy didn't like it."

"I never really liked Christy."

"Well, I can't blame her, she thought I cheated on her since I was talking about something else that was important to me that wasn't her."

"Again I say it was nice."

"Of course you would, you were the one who helped me."

"Did you mention that it was your skateboard, that could have been a hint right?"

"I think I did but remember Christy wasn't one of my smartest girlfriends." Reminding her.

"True."

"And I have to say thank you not just for helping me write my own poem but discovering my interest writing."

"Your welcome. But I do have to say that poem you gave me last year for my birthday was way better than that one."

"Really, I didn't really say much."

"Not that, the way it was written; It felt as if I read it out one of my books of poems."

"Really? You've never told me that."

"I did now." She told him. Remembering something, "You never answered my question?"

"What question was that?" he asked wondering what she asked him.

"I asked you who your date was?" Gabriella reminded him.

"You know the secretary?"

"Her. Wow. What happened in that phone conversation yesterday?" she asked wondered sarcastically.

"Nothing. I ran into her more later on yesterday at the Super Market."

"What is it these days in finding 'Love' in a Super Market lately?" she asked again wondering.

"I have no clue. But for me, I simply just ran into her and we started talking. Then she got a phone call from a guy she was supposed to go out tonight with and canceled, so I offered her dinner tonight." He explained his situation.

Gabriella got confused and decided to ask him, "Wait. I'm confused, is it just dinner or a dinner date."

Troy replied, "A dinner date. And no it's not a pity date." He told her knowing what she was going to ask.

"How did you know I was going to ask that?" she asked him shocked that he knew what she was going to ask him.

"I know you Gabriella. More than most people do." He told her truthfully.

"Uhh, true. I know, I do know you better than Chad and your parents."

Troy laughs, "I always forget that." He stops laughing and remembers something Chad told him yesterday and he wondered, "A birdie also told me that you have a date tonight too."

"The birdie was Chad wasn't it?" she guessed.

"Yeah, Taylor told him."

"Great. Not only do we have to not tell Chad anything also Taylor."

"For Taylor only while she's pregnant. She usually she doesn't do that its always Chad or Sharpay." He explained before pointing out, "She is carrying Chad's baby."

"Do you know where Brandon's taking you?"

Gabriella got curious, "Why so you can show up there while Brandon and I are having our fifth anniversary dinner?" she asked him.

"Five months already. I thought it would be seven or eight months?"

"I can't lie and day I didn't cry over you for a few months before moving on. You know, since I thought you cheated on Me." She paused for a second, "Truth be told, I originally rejected Brandon about thirty something times before agreeing to go on a date with him." She shared.

"Really? It took you that long to get over me?" he asked not believing her.

"Yeah, but the part of rejecting Brandon had nothing to do with you. It was actually because there were rumors about him being a player that I rejected him. I really didn't need another heartbreak after another."

"Did you ever think the at least some of the rumors may have been true?"

"Yeah, I still think about the rumors but you know love is about taking chances. And he was annoying the hell out of me, so I said yes and I really did enjoy myself."

"I'm glad you feel that way. And I am really sorry for all the pain you went though because of me."

"Troy stop apologizing . I forgave you already, remember."

"I just hate the fact that I caused you so much pain."

"Hey, it's okay. I'm okay. Nothing more to worry about."

The office phone rings and Gabriella picks it up. "Hello?"

"Yes, Miss Montez?"

"Yes, this is she."

"Mr. Matthews as just arrived and will be entering your office or his any minute now."

"Okay, is there anyway you can ask him to come to my office?" she asked before explaining, "I have something to tell him."

"Sure thing."

"Thank you." She replied into the phone before hanging up.

"What do you have to tell him?"

"Nothing, just to not wait up for me for lunch since I'm going with you guys. Taylor invited me to lunch. I really miss having lunch with you guys."

"How come you didn't hang out with them before yesterday?" he asked curiously.

"Because I was scared of running into you. And I also lost track of time with all the time I spent with Brandon. But I was thinking yesterday that we didn't always have to spend every single moment of everyday together."

"Are you going to tell him that?" he asked.

"Tell me what" Brandon asked hearing the last of what Troy asked Gabriella getting curious to what they are talking about.

Both Troy and Gabriella just stare at him. "Ahh, Nothing just that I was going to let you know that you don't need to wait up for me for lunch." Gabriella shared to him.

"How come?" getting suspicious thinking it has something to do with Troy.

"I'm going with Troy, as well as Sharpay to that Mexican Restaurant for lunch, where we're going to meet up with Chad and Taylor."

"And I can't come?" he asked to make sure Troy doesn't do anything or tell her about what happened yesterday.

"No, because we're all just going to catch up and talk about the baby." She explained.

"Oh, okay. I'll just leave you two to work." He leaves them to go to his office.

"That was awkward." Troy blurred out commenting on what just happened.

"Yeah, it was. You don't think he's upset do you?" asking for his opinion.

"Maybe, who knows. Just don't worry about." he told her.

"So what are you doing for your date?"

"What is it with you girls in wanting to know all the details a date?"

"I don't know. It probably a girl thing, like shoes and shopping."

"Since you want to know I'll tell you. I'm going to pick her up and take her to my place where I made dinner for us."

"Really? Why not a restaurant for a first date?" she asked him wondering.

"Because I see no use an a restaurant when I know how to cook."

"How come on you're first date you took me to a restaurant?"

"Because you before that you usually had dinner together."

"Touché."

"And because I know she isn't a psychopath."

Gabriella replies by giggling, "Really?"

"Really."

"So what did you cook."

"I made Cheeseburgers."

"Cheeseburgers? Really?"

"What's wrong with cheeseburgers?"

"Not all girls eat them." In a duh tone.

"I know that's what I always loved about you."

"It's a test isn't it?" she look at Troy seriously.

"How did you know?" shocked she figured it out.

"Troy, you did it before in high school but instead with Mac and Cheese."

"Hey come on, you can't argue that my Mac and Cheese."

"True. They are the best I've ever tasted." realizes something, "What is it with you, testing with cheese?"

"Because then I know I could cook her pasta without a problem and a slap."

"So what if you were to take her to a restaurant which one would it be?"

"What is this 20 questions first date edition?"

"Maybe and we really haven't talked this way in over a year. And I'm really stresses about the article I'm doing so I'm using you as a distraction."

"Thanks, hopefully I don't get in trouble being your distraction." He thinks back to her question, "If I were to taker her to a restaurant, I'll probably take her to Denny's."

"Aww, that was where are second date was. Why was it our second date?" she wondered.

"Because I thought that a picnic would have been better for us."

"It was nice especially your peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."

"I forgot about how you loved them."

Gabriella decides to change the subject, "I still need your help with my Do's and Don'ts column for next months topic, Dating."

"Shouldn't that be for February, not December?" he questioned her.

"Actually, it's January's. Well I actually it come out in January but is February's issue."

"How come no one explained to me how everything works?"

"Don't worry same thing happened to me when I started here. But if you have any question ask me or Taylor; mostly Taylor she knows more."

"So what is it you need me to do for the article?"

"I need you to write the male perspective of Do's and Don't for a girl when dating, ask every guy you know if you have to." She tells him deciding to go back to her work.

"Okay. I get what you're saying." Turns to his computer to get started.


Around lunch time in Troy's and Gabriella's office. Gabriella is typing away on her computer's keyboard, working really hard on her part of the article. At the same time, Troy is trying to think of a way to start on his part of the article.

Gabriella's cell phone starts ringing and Troy stops looking at his computer screen and looks at Gabriella, "Opps, I forgot to put it on vibrate." She told Troy before picking it up. "Hello?" she replied into the phone.

"Gabriella where the HELL are you?" Taylor asked on the other end of the line angry.

"Oh hey Tay."

"Don't "Hey Tay" me. Where are you?"

"What do you mean, I…"

Taylor cuts her off, "Did you forget about lunch?"

"No. Of cour…" gets cut off again.

"Then where are you?"

"I'm still at the office."

"Why are you still there?"

"I just lost track of time okay."

"That isn't like you Gabriella you always on time and most times early."

"What are you talking about?" Gabriella questioned her confused on what she's talking about. Troy turns from his desk faces Gabriella looking worried that Taylor might tell her about you know what.

"What I mean is. You've completely CHANGED ever since you started dating Brandon."

"Brandon has nothing to do with it Taylor…" never got to explain to her.

"It has everything to do with him. As long as you are with him, I'm letting you see my child what so ever. And forget about you being their Godmother, that will be Sharpay." Taylor snapped at her before hanging up.

"What?" Gabriella was left confused and shocked of what just happened.

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