Life in a Glass House
Chapter 9: A piece of bacon
Taylor and Gabriella sat on the gym floor Monday morning. "And you just left? Right in the middle of dinner?" Taylor asked.
"Well dinner hadn't really started yet. But yeah, I left." Gabriella told her. "My brothers were furious."
"And your parents weren't?"
Gabriella shook her head. "My mom thought it was just one of those moments where I needed to be by myself and there was no harm seriously done." She recited. "And she convinced my dad just to let it go. But I was bombarded by the idiot bunch because Troy stormed out too."
"We're you guys together?" Taylor asked hopefully.
"Kind of…" Gabriella told her.
Taylor sighed. "That's a yes or no question. 'Kind of' doesn't cut it."
"Well, Chad stuck us both in his house, but we didn't talk. Unless we were arguing about the game, but that's besides the point."
"What is the point?"
"The point is that Troy has been getting on my nerves more and more so your little fantasy of us getting together so we can go out on double dates will never happen."
Taylor laughed. "We'll see. Troy gets all the girls to fall under his spell. I doubt you are an exception."
"I thought you were on my side!"
"I am. I'm on the side of you that really likes Troy." Taylor smiled brightly at her friend.
"Girls!" the teacher bellowed, "For the next section we will be joining our class with Coach Bolton's boy class."
Taylor raised her hand. "What is the next section?"
"Dance." The teacher announced. "That's why we need the boys."
The girls burst out into chatter. "Dance!" Taylor exclaimed. "This could be kind of fun."
"You only think that because your boyfriend is in Coach Bolton's class."
Taylor beamed at the thought of Chad. "And here comes boyfriend now!" she squealed.
Gabriella turned around and watched the boy's PE class enter the gym. As she watched them walked through the bright red metal doors it appeared, to her, that they were in slow motion. Leading the group was none other than Troy. As Gabriella would expect, he wore an East High Basketball t-shirt with matching shorts and shoes. Behind him followed the majority of the varsity basketball team, along with other boys from various sports. The group was definitely good looking. Gabriella watched as Troy's sharp blue eyes feel upon her.
She instantly blushed after remembering their night together. After an intense argument over the Pistons and the Warriors, she had fallen asleep. Upon waking up, she found that Troy had taken her shoes off and placed a blanket over her. When she finally looked over at him, he was smirking.
Gabriella spun her head around, whipping her hair over her shoulder. "I can't believe we have to learn dance with those guys." She complained softly to Taylor.
"I know, isn't it fabulous!" she exclaimed as she jumped onto her feet.
Gabriella sighed. "Not quite the reaction I was looking for." She pushed herself onto her feet. Suddenly she wished that she had done laundry that weekend and wasn't forced to wear the shortest shorts she had.
"Boys!" Coach Bolton bellowed. Taylor made a slight cough, causing him to turn around and face the girl's class, "And ladies. The principal has decided that the boy's class doesn't need another section of basketball, but a more delicate sport." The boys all rolled their eyes. "And he picked dance…so men, go pick your partner!"
As if it was dinner time at the Montez house after a long day of chores, the boys quickly parted from their group and grabbed a partner. Chad started to make his way through the crowd to Taylor, with close Troy behind him.
"Gabriella?" she felt a tap on her should and spun around.
"Hey Jason." She smiled brightly at him. He was a friend of Chad's, one she had always liked.
"You want to be my partner?"
Gabriella opened her mouth to tell him that she would love to partner with him when she felt an arm settle around her shoulders. "Sorry Jase, she already has a partner. But Kelsi is over there and I think she might have a thing for you."
Jason's eyes brightened. "Really?" he promptly went up to Kelsi and asked her be his partner. Gabriella watched her blush and nod her head before taking his hand.
Troy leaned down to Gabriella's ear. "Looks like we're the only two left." he whispered softly.
Gabriella turned to face him and ripped her arm off of her shoulder. "Why did you do that?"
"I wanted you as my partner." He smirked. "Besides, I gave Jason some confidence to actually ask a chick out instead of just admiring from afar."
"Good deed aside, that was rude."
Troy shrugged. "So you're stuck with me as your partner. A lot worse things can happen."
"Yeah like getting expelled for attempted murder on one of East High's star athletes." She snipped at him.
Troy placed his hand over his heart. "That hurt Gabriella. That really hurt. I don't think I can ever look at you the same way again."
"Good." She said satisfied.
"I'll just have to picture you in your birthday suit." Troy said, smirk gleaming.
Gabriella's eyes grew wide at his comment. She swiftly picked her foot up and jammed it on top of his.
Troy's upper body collapsed as his foot lifted off the ground. "You know that's the second time you've done that and this time it hurt a lot worse." He said in a rough voice.
"Maybe by the third time you'll learn that it's a bad idea to talk to me like some kind of slut." she snipped at him.
Troy slowly returned to full height, "Maybe by the third time you'll finally realize that there is no resisting the charm that is Troy Bolton."
"You call that charm?" she snorted. "It's more like a piece of bacon."
Troy stared at her blankly. "A piece of bacon?" he asked slowly.
"Charm-bracelet-ring-fire-burn-bacon." She told him. "Plus I hate bacon."
Troy smirked. "Your mind is one interesting place."
"And your's is just a big black hole."
Troy opened his mouth to shoot back another retort but was cut off by his father's booming voice. "Who you have chosen as your partner will be your partner for the section and that will be until the principal decides that you guys have experienced enough culture."
Gabriella's head fell backwards and she groaned slightly. "I hate PE."
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Gabriella stormed up her driveway and slammed her front door shut behind her. Scott approached her with a mouthful of peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Hey Gabs, what's up?" he asked, slightly spraying her with food.
She put her hand up to his face. "Don't even talk to me." she said sharply. Gabriella pranced past him and into the kitchen, passing her mom who walked up to her brother.
She slapped Scott on the back of the head. "What did you do this time?"
"I didn't to anything!" he pleaded. "I swear!"
She scowled at him before going back into the kitchen to find her daughter sitting at the counter with an ice cream carton in front of her and a spoon in her mouth.
"Hey mom." Gabriella muttered. "How was work?"
Her mom smiled softly. "I think the more important question is, how was school?"
Gabriella sighed and shoved her spoon into the frozen chocolate. "First period was just really bad and it kind of set a bad mood for the whole day." Her mom raised her eyebrows in disbelief. "The guys didn't do anything."
"The day is still young sweetie." She patted her daughter's knee before walking back into the living room.
"Thanks a lot Gab." Scott muttered as he walked into the kitchen to make himself another sandwich.
Gabriella took a bite of ice cream. "What did I do?" she asked with a mouthful.
"You're attitude got me a slap from mom." He told her. "And her hits are getting harder. But you wouldn't know that because you are the angel daughter."
She smiled slightly. "Sorry that I'm so perfect."
Before her brother could muster up a comeback, Jason ran into the kitchen. His mouth dropped and he walked back out of the kitchen. "Mom! How come Gabriella gets to eat ice cream before dinner."
Scott chuckled. "You could have possibly started World War 3 Miss Perfection."
"We are way past World War 3." She snorted. "We're on like World War Three Million."
"That couldn't be more true." Trevor said taking a seat next to his sister. "I heard that you had a rough day."
Scott took a bite of his new sandwich. "She can't have a rough day. She's prefect." He said as he walked around them. "I'll be outside. Call me when dinner's ready."
Gabriella and Trevor watched him run out to the backyard. Trevor turned back to Gabriella. "So, bad day?"
She took another bite of ice cream. "Kind of. But I can deal with it. Living with you guys for 16 years has prepared me for anything life throws at me."
"Gabriella phone call!" A voice sounded from the basement.
"That's my cue to go play some hoops." Trevor exited from the kitchen.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and reached for the nearest phone. "Hello?" she asked into the receiver as she shoved another spoonful of ice cream into her mouth.
"Why isn't it little miss Gabriella Montez." A voice hummed from the other end.
Her mouth fell open and her spoon dropped into the carton. "Are you seriously calling my house?"
"No, you are just so infatuated with me that you are wishing that I would call you." Troy said.
Gabriella could feel his smirk through the phone. "Try again."
"My dad wanted me to call and tell you that we made it to State."
"Are you implying that I didn't know that? I was at the game when it was announced to the entire gym. And I was at school the next day when it was plastered all over the hallways, the newspaper, and blaster over the intercom."
"He seems to think that you are a decent manager and has invited you to join the team on the two week, ten game trip." He told her.
"And why couldn't Luke have told me this?" she asked.
"I volunteered. Thought you would enjoy it more if the news came from me."
Gabriella pulled the phone away from her face and gave it a disgusted look. She clicked it off and went back to eating her ice cream.
"Gabi, you are amazing!" Kevin said as he took a seat next to her at the counter.
"Why can't I mope in peace?" she asked the air in front of her. "And why am I amazing?" she turned her attention to her brother.
"You and Troy ditching the family last Friday at dinner was genius! It gave me and Angela a ton of alone time since everyone was focusing on you two. And today at lunch she asked me to go see Nickleback with her this weekend."
She nodded in improvement. "Nice work little bro. Looks like you are in line to become a boyfriend."
Kevin gleamed. "I know. It's great and I owe it all to you!" he kissed the side of her head before running out to the backyard to share the good news with more of his family members.
Gabriella smiled and shook her head. "So today hasn't been completely sucky. I may have an ass of a dance partner, but I seem to be an angel, perfect, and amazing. Not bad Gabriella, not bad."
Luke raised an eyebrow as he stood in the kitchen doorway. "Who the hell are you talking to?"
Gabriella's head snapped up. "Why can't I eat ice cream in peace?" she asked the ceiling above her.
"Why is my sister a complete psycho who keeps talking her herself?" he slammed a basketball down on the counter causing her eyes to snap towards him. "Let's go join the game outside psycho."
Gabriella grabbed the ice cream carton and shoved it into the freezer. "Why is it that when everyone else compliments me, you insult me?"
"Who cares?" he yelled back at her. "We're going to play basketball. Life's good for everyone!"
She found herself rolling her eyes again. Gabriella followed her brother out to the backyard and was soon involved in an intense game of two-on-two.
So I have some kind of sad news. I feel like this story is going nowhere. But that is mainly my fault since I never wrote up a storyline for it like I have done with the other stories I have writen. Because of this I have to take a break from this story to get my thoughts in order so it doesn't end up in a dead end. I'm not sure when I'll be able to get back to writing it because school starts in a week and that is going to take up most of the time I usuallt spend writing (and making videos). I'm sorry that I have to do this, but if I want this story to really suceed I need to take this break.
And if you guys have any ideas for this story feel free to tell me about them. Who knows...maybe your idea will spark my imagination and get my creative juices flowing and get me on the path that I have to be on to complete Life In A Glass House. (And please don't feel like you have to post an idea. This is just so people who want to post ideas can do it and know that they will be welcomed with open arms.)
In the mean time I have two other stories in the works that you guys can check out. Both pretty differnet from this one.
First is Crash Into You. The thing I like most about this one is that I knew exactly how it was/is going to end before I even started it. It's an AU Troy/Gabriella story where Troy is the older appealing guy who just wants to be who Gabriella needs. And Gabriella is the emotional highschooler who has a love/hate relationship with the drama that surrounds all of her relationships (romantic and not). She's a dancer that comes from a high class society and he's a former baskerball player that is just trying to figure what he wants out of life. I completely adore this story and all the drama that it contains. Plus it was/is my first HSM movie fic and is, so far, the most sucessful.
My second one is The Games That Play Us. A very AU story that is told through the eyes of Gabriella Montez, a normal teenage girl who's first love is the game of volleyball. It focuses on her friendships with her housemate Chad, her bestfriend Taylor, and the boy that will always understand her, Zeke. In the start she falls for the new jock Ryan who could possibly be the one to sweep her off her feet. As the end of her Sophmore year her dream of becoming the captain of the volleyball team drifts farther away as certain unwanted people drift more into her life than she would ever want. This story is already written, so I update it quite often. I love this one (despite the slow start) and think that it gets so much better near the end.
And I also have He Said, She Said (finished). but that story kills me. I probably like it the least because of the way it's written, but I like it the most because of the couples that get together (and the story line is kind of decent. It would have been betetr if I spent more time on it).
So, again, sorry that I'll have to put this story on pause for a while, but I hope I have provided you with enough of my other writings that you wont hate me and understand why I have to do this.
Oh, and you can also check out my YouTube with a plethera of High School Musical and Hannah Montana videos (with A Cinderella Story, Step Up, Peter Pan, Cory in the House, As The Bell Rings, and Gilmore Girls videos on the way). And you can also check out my second internet home (first being the IMDb Jeremy Sumpter board) FanForum. You can find me at the Jared Padalecki, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens boards (and hopefully a High School Musical board soon). And if you adore the J.Pad as much as I do, check out Paddywhack Central. An amazing fansite sprouted from a measly comment (made by yours truely) on the Jared board at FanForum. (All links can be found in my profile)
Okay, so there was a lot of self pimping in that extremely long AN. I hope you don't mind.
