After shattering his ankle in a skiing accident, and is no longer able to play basketball, Troy becomes a film director. Little does he know, the once love of his life, Gabriella Montez, is one of the actresses on his set. He also gets a big surprise from an old high school classmate.
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Gabriella woke up happy. She remembered all that happened yesterday, between her and Troy. She took extra care in getting ready today, so Troy would see her at her best. She put on a pair of khaki bermuda shorts, a cute blue top, and some white sandals. Gabriella wore her hair down, letting her curls flow free. For the first time working on this movie, she was excited to go to work. Gabriella hurried, so she could make it to work early and see Troy.
At the movie set
Gabriella got to the set twenty minutes early. When she found Troy, he was already running around the set, trying to get things done.
"Troy!" Gabriella called after him. "Why must 'Captain' over there be so deaf?" She said, but not loud enough for anyone to hear. She was doing the best she could to catch up with him, in her sandals that didn't stay on her feet very well. "Troy! Wait up- AH!" Gabriella tripped, causing a loud CRASH. Troy turned around, and saw a limp Gabriella on the ground about fifty feet away from him.
"Oh my gosh! Gabi are you Ok?" He ran over to her as fast as he could. "Gabi, are you alright? Speak to me!" Troy was genuinely worried about her. Then Gabriella sat up, and broke down into a contagious laughter.
"Ow…that…really…hurt." She said in between laughs. She had tears coming down from her eye because she was laughing so hard.
"Gabi are you alright?" Troy was crouched next to her, with one hand on her knee, and the other cradling the back of her neck.
"I'm fine. My knee…hurts…though." She was still laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Then Troy gave a little chuckle.
"Because I must look like such a ditz right now." She was still giggling, but not as hard as before. "Where did my other shoe go?"
Troy got up to go find Gabriella's shoe, while she sat there. The shoe was wedged underneath some random couch. Troy walked back to Gabriella, with her shoe in his hand. He crouched down next to her like before, and handed Gabriella her shoe.
"I think you look beautiful." Troy said with a smile. Gabriella blushed a little, then got caught in Troy's gaze. After a few moments, Troy started to lean in for a kiss. Gabriella closed her eyes in preparation for the moment. Troy was about three inches, and closing, from Gabriella's face, when-
"TROY!!" Said and overly excited voice.
Troy let out a groan, and turned around to see who had come in at exactly the wrong time.
"Chad? What are you doing here?" Gabriella asked. She was a little irritated, but not as much as Troy.
"Yes, Chad, what are you doing here… in Los Angeles, which is far, far away from you home all the way in New York?" Troy had an extremely annoyed tone in his voice.
"I decided to come down for the weekend! Aren't you excited?" Chad wasn't at all aware of what he interrupted. Troy stood up off of the ground, and helped Gabriella stand up.
"Yeah, Chad… very excited." Troy said sarcastically. Gabriella winced for her sore knee.
"Ouch." Gabriella said. She grabbed Troy's arm, and shifted all of her weight onto the other foot.
"Why were you guys on the floor?" Chad asked innocently.
"Well, I took a nose dive while I was chasing after Troy. He just ran over to see if I was ok…and I'm ok, by the way." She directed the last part to Troy.
"Oh, good." Troy said. "Here, let me help you walk to my office. I can check you out better in there." Chad let out a noticeable snicker, and Gabriella blushed a little. "Shut up, Chad. You know what I mean."
"Sorry, man." Chad said. "I'm sure you're gonna check her out anyway." He said while elbowing Troy in the side.
"This is going to be an extremely long weekend." Troy said, but only loud enough for Gabriella to hear.
Troy put Gabriella's arm around his shoulder, so she could support herself on him. They started to walk (more like limp) very slowly, and Troy's office was far way from where they were.
"I'm sorry for my impatience, but this is taking too long." Troy said.
"What… Whoa!" Troy had picked Gabriella up bridal style, and started walking towards his office. "Troy! What are you doing?" Gabriella said excitedly.
"You were taking too long. I decided to speed things up a bit." He said while walking. "…unless you want me to put you back down."
"No, no. This is fine." Gabriella didn't mind being so close to Troy's perfectly toned chest. She rested her head on his shoulder for the rest of the trip.
"Ok, we're here. Chad, open the door, please." Chad obeyed Troy's request, and open the door.
"Whoa, sweet digs." Chad commented on Troy's office while he shook his head. Troy walked over to the couch, and gently placed Gabriella down. Chad sat in Troy's office chair, and started spinning in fast circles.
"You'd think he was in the fifth grade, or something." Troy said while staring at Chad. "Ah, let's check out your knee." Troy knelt down next to Gabriella, placed his hands on her leg, right above her knee. He let his thumbs gently wander across her knee.
Gabriella felt a spark as soon as he touched her. Oh, I love Troy's soft and gentle touch. He's so beautiful. He's really been inspecting my knee for a long time. Good thing I shaved this morning. Gabriella thought. She was looking at him longingly, and let out a sigh.
"Oh, did I hurt you?" Troy asked.
"No…I was just…breathing…" Gabriella lied.
"Ok. Well, it looks like your knee is only bruised. I'll have Angie bring you and ice pack."
"Troy, I'll be fine, really. You don't need to-"
"Gabi, I insist."
"Ok." She said with a smile. Troy took his cell phone from out of his pocket, and called Angie.
"Hey Angie."
"Good morning, Mr. Bolton! How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing great. How about you?"
"I'm doing fine, thanks for asking."
"Listen, Angie, could you bring me an ice pack?"
"An ice pack? Sure, is there anything wrong?"
"No, nothing major. Ms. Montez just bruised her knee, that's all."
"Oh, ok. Where should I deliver it to?"
"Just bring it around to my office."
"Sure, Mr. Bolton. Do you need anything else?"
"Umm…I don't think so."
"Ok! Just let me know if you think of something."
"Thanks, Angie. I'll see you in a bit. Bye." Troy closed his phone, and put it back in his pocket. "An ice pack is on its way." Troy flashed a smile to Gabriella.
"So Chad, what have you been up to in the past seven years?" Gabriella asked.
"Ugh…I don't feel good…" Chad complained. He was slouched in Troy's chair, with his head bobbed to the side.
"Well, that's what you get for spinning in my chair for five minutes straight." Troy said.
"Plus, I had some doughnuts from the table near the entrance." Chad said.
"Chad, those were for the people who actually work here on this set." Troy said.
"I don't think one doughnut will make you sick." Gabriella commented.
"Well, I didn't have just one doughnut."
"How many doughnuts did you have?" Troy asked.
"A few…" Chad broke eye contact with Troy and Gabriella, and just stared at the wall.
"Chad…how many?" Troy had a very fatherly tone in his voice. This made Gabriella grin.
"Three…" Troy gave Chad a questioning stare. "…OK fine! I had nine doughnuts! Jeez! I didn't know you guys were the doughnut police!"
Knock, knock, knock"Come in!"
"Hello, Mr. Bolton, Ms. Montez." Troy got up from the ground to greet Angie.
"Good morning, Angie."
"Here is the ice pack that you requested." She handed the ice pack to Troy, then looked over at a limp Chad. "May I ask who this is?"
"Oh…that's Chad Danforth." Chad was still slumped over in his chair. "He's just an old buddy from high school."
"Ok. Nice to meet you Mr. Danforth." Chad only acknowledged her by raising up his arm, and letting it back down.
"Angie, could you please arrange a car to take Chad back to my place? He's not feeling too good." Troy said.
"Of course. Mr. Danforth, if you could follow me, I will get you a ride back to Mr. Bolton's hotel room." Chad got up with a groan, and slumped after Angie.
Troy walked over to Gabriella, and placed the ice pack on her knee and held it there for her. She let a smile appear across her face again.
"Well, Angie didn't seem so afraid of you today." Gabriella said with a giggle.
"Angie isn't afraid of me!"
"You're right…she's more terrified of you." Gabriella teased.
"She is not…" Trpy smiled. "...Spiderman could still kick Superman's butt, anyways." They both started laughing. (A/N, that argument is from ch. 8)
Troy and Gabriella had a normal workday; there was no awkwardness, or arguments. Troy asked Gabriella if she was feeling all right in between each take. Each time, she smiled, and said she felt fine. When their day was finished, Troy got Gabriella's attention, with the entire cast still around them.
"Ms. Montez, could I speak to you for a moment?" Troy asked.
"Um, sure." Gabriella started to wobble towards Troy. He walked over to her, and helped her walk towards a chair that was away from most of the other people. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Gabriella asked.
"I just wanted to knw if it was alright if I give you a ride back to your hotel room today."
"Ok, why? Gabriella had no objections, she was just wondering why.
"I just want to make sure you get back safe. I don't want to take any chances of you getting hurt even more."
"Sure, that's fine."
"Ok, cool. Just wait here, I'll be back in a few minutes. I need to wrap up a few things, then I'll take you back to your place." Troy raced off, so he wouldn't make Gabriella wait a long tome for him.
"Sounds great." Gabriella let out a sigh, and let her hand explore the texture of the couch she was sitting on. She was only sitting there for two minutes when she saw Troy reappear through the doorway. She smiled when she saw him.
"Alright, everything's squared away. Let's go." Troy walked over to Gabriella, and helped her out of her chair. He also helped her walk over to his car.
They drove in an un-awkward silence again. She sat there, staring at his hand that rested on his own knee. He was thinking about how beautiful she looked today. When they got there, Troy jumped out of the car, and opened the door for her. He helped her wobble all the way up to her hotel room.
"Ok, I guess you got here safe." Troy said.
"Yes I did. Thank you." She said as she nodded his head.
"You're welcome."
"It's crazy about Chad being here, huh?" Gabriella was making small talk because she didn't want to see Troy leave.
"Yeah…" he said while rubbing his head. "I have no idea what I am going to do with him for four whole days."
"You'll figure it out. You know you'll have tons of fun with him"
"Yeah, I guess you're right." He grabbed her hand, and kissed it. "Well, Ms. Montez, I must go."
"Oh, Ok. I guess I'll see you tomorrow." She sounded a little disappointed. Then, they got lost in each other's gaze, again. This time, Gabriella found herself to be the one who was leaning in for the kiss. They heard the elevator ding, but they ignored it.
"Gabriella!!" Said a peppy voice. Both Troy and Gabriella let out a groan. Gabriella didn't want to turn around, in hopes that the person would leave.
"Taylor?" Troy asked.
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