Love Like This
Chapter X – Do what?
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"Joe," she said barely reaching a whisper. And right there and then, Gabriella Montez fainted.
"Is he your ex?" Troy asked as he yelled over the loudness. He squinted at the coaches. He laughed loudly when he saw who "Joe" was. "Gabs, he's old!" He continued to look at him. Taylor and Chad were looking through Taylor's bag for some snacks.
When Troy didn't hear a laugh or response, he continued. "I-I'm sorry. I was just kidding."
She didn't respond so he turned to her. "Gabs?"
"Gabriella!" He called. He wondered how long she was like that. His sudden call made people stop talking and look at him. Troy was trying to wake her up as Chad waved the people off. Taylor ran to her side and supported her head.
"How come we didn't hear her when she fell?" Taylor asked with a worried expression.
Troy shrugged. His eyes were beginning to get glossy as he tried to wake her up. He didn't want to her lose her… again. "I guess… I guess it was too loud."
Taylor nodded and looked over her friend. "At least she landed on our jackets." Chad came and frowned. "What are we gonna do?"
"Mommy!" Cameron called as he raced up to his mom. Everyone just watched wondering if this was an act or if it was serious.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Cameron asked looking at his mom.
Troy was lost for words. He didn't know what to say so he just looked at Taylor and Chad. "What do we do?"
"I was thinking maybe we should get some water and dump it on her?"
Cameron nodded, "Like in the cartoons!"
Chad was about to say something but Taylor interrupted. She rolled her eyes, "Just lie her down and she'll get back up." Taylor nodded as her doctor instincts came in. "Yeah, she just had a little faint."
Taylor bit the inside of her lip as she tried to reassure not only them but herself.
As if Gabriella heard her, she began to shake a little. They all stared at her as she began to stir. Troy hugged her and Gabriella looked around the room in confusion.
"Please don't do that again!" Troy said as he continued to hug her. "I'd miss you too much."
Gabriella furrowed her eye brows, "Do what?"
"Faint," Taylor said simply as she motioned Cameron to come and hug his mom.
"I fainted?" Cameron hugged her and he nodded. Gabriella continued to show confusion, "Why would I faint? I mean…" She trailed off as she remembered why all the blood rushed to her. And why she began to get dizzy and scared. Gabriella's eye lids fluttered as the thoughts rushed back to her mind. Troy felt her heart beat change and so he called for her.
"Gabi! Please!" Troy said with his eyes remaining glossy. "Just," He tried to be calm like the others, "Just breathe okay?"
She gave him a faint smile. Gabriella stood up.
"Mommy, you okay?" She nodded absently and sat back down. "Win the game for me okay?"
Cameron smiled as he sprinted to the court. The game began and everyone was back to normal. The official came up and ushered Gabriella to come down. Taylor, Troy, and Chad gave her questioning looks but she simply shrugged. She walked down there hesitantly and waited for him to talk.
"Um, one of the coaches wanted to speak with you."
Gabriella gulped. "Why?"
"I think it was something about the players and such. He's over there." He pointed to the seat and Gabriella bit her lip. She took a deep breath and stood tall with confidence as she walked towards him.
"Gabriella!" He said and Gabriella winced at his voice. "Sit, we should talk."
Gabriella obeyed him. She couldn't help but feel like this was déjà vu. She knew that she should show him that she isn't that little girl you could push around anymore. She never was.
"You look beautiful…" He said.
Meanwhile Troy was watching them carefully. He didn't get such a good "vibe" from him. Taylor cocked her head, "You know him?"
Troy shook his head, "I don't, but he doesn't seem like a good guy."
"Yeah, Gabi looks scared or something." Chad added, "Do you think he's the reason why she fainted?"
Taylor shook her head, "I doubt any person could possibly make you faint at their presence. Fainting is when all the blood rushes to your brain and things get-"
"It might be possible," Chad stopped her from stammering.
They all shrugged and she continued. "You don't think so right? I've never had a patient like that…"
"I don't-," Troy said but he was interrupted by a phone ringing.
Chad answered, "Hello? Hi!... Mhm… Sure, I'll let her know. No problem." He then chuckled, "I love you too. Bye."
Troy furrowed his eye brows, "Who do you love too?"
"Anna," He said with Taylor. Chad continued, "Anyways, can you go tell Gabriella that she wanted to have dinner?"
"I don't feel comfortable with you talking to me like that. If you don't mind, I'm actually going to go back to my family." She said standing up but he grabbed her wrist.
Joe raised his eye brows with amusement. "Family?" He asked, ignoring the part where she said she was uncomfortable.
"Yes," She said as she tried to hide how scared she was with the fact that he just grabbed her. "And like I said," Gabriella repeated with confidence rising, "I'm going back to them."
"I see rings, but I don't see the ring." Joe said ignoring her again. His 'sweet' act changed and he brought out the character he had before. "You aren't married and you have a child?"
Gabriella snatched her hand away angrily as he reached to touch her. She stood up and walked away, not saying a word.
"Just like I thought," He said as she stood up. She turned around and glared at him. She then sat back down.
She tucked a hair behind her ear, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"I just knew that thestupid little bitch," He smirked as he paused between the words. "Would end up like this."
Gabriella winced subtly at what he called her. There was a moment of silence as Gabriella took it in. Just like before she thought, but this time she wouldn't cower towards him. "Excuse me? You know I-"
"Is something wrong?" A masculine voice asked.
Gabriella's expression softened as he slipped his hand into hers.
"No, nothing's wrong here. I see you are with my niece," Joe showed a fake smile. "Hopefully she's treating you well."
"She is." Troy said cautiously.
"Obviously not well enough." Troy eyed the man as he continued, "You aren't married and you have a child. I guess you don't love her like the rest of us, huh?"
Troy glared but stopped. He composed himself, "Actually, I do love her. And we're..."
"We are married," She continued. Gabriella pulled her hand up with Troy to show their matching rings.
"It's not an engagement ring," Joe said, "You cannot fool me."
Troy looked at her with uncertainty but quickly caught on. He looked at his ring then spoke, "Actually it is. Our real rings are being engraved right now."
Joe observed them closely. "Then why did the papers say Montez? We had to look over them and that's the last name I saw."
"They must be old," Gabriella said. That was the only thing she could think of.
Gabriella smiled at Troy as her way of thanking him and he nodded. He then looked at him, "Who are you?"
Joe chuckled and winked to Gabriella when Troy wasn't looking. He then put his hand over Gabriella's cheek and rubbed it down her face. He rested his hand on her shoulder and answered, "I'm this stunning woman's uncle."
Troy gave her a curious look but she simply showed no emotion. "I haven't told you how much I've missed you," Joe continued. "Why don't we have some dinner with your mom?"
Before Gabriella could object, Troy answered, "Your Mom actually wanted to have dinner with you."
Gabriella frowned, "If she wants."
"But I remember she said that she just wanted you," He tried to cover up. Troy saw her emotion and continued, "That's why I came down."
She smiled softly at him.
Joe glared at the two, but shook it off so he could speak. "That's fine, isn't it? One dinner won't hurt, would it?"
"You have no idea," Gabriella mumbled.
"Excuse me?" Joe asked as he gave her the same look he used to. "I didn't quite catch that."
Troy looked at him then back at his girlfriend. Something wasn't right about the way they were acting. He rubbed his hand comfortingly on her arm. Gabriella sighed quietly then responded, "I need to talk to the rest of my family first."
He gave a subtle glare and nodded.
Before she left, she spoke, "But I don't know if it can happen."
"Hey, who was that?" Taylor asked as they took their seats.
Gabriella scooted closer to Troy. "That's my uncle."
"Really?" Chad asked. "He doesn't seem very family-like," He shrugged. "No offense."
Gabriella shook her head, "No, he isn't. I-I don't really like him."
"Why not?" Troy asked as they tried to watch Cameron's game.
Gabriella became quiet so they turned to her with concern. "Gabriella, don't you dare faint on us again." Taylor joked and Gabriella smiled slightly.
"Well, he's the uncle who… remember when I told you… you know when…" Gabriella sighed as she struggled to find the right things to say. She then hoped they would remember with these painful words, "Stupid little bitch?"
Taylor frowned and Chad glared at the man. Troy hugged her and they just sat there in their own silence. They sat their processing their thoughts until Troy shot up from his seat with excitement.
"Go Cameron!" He said with his deep voice and Gabriella couldn't help but giggle. Taylor and Chad saw and started to clap.
Troy looked at him with amazement, "Wow, that's my son huh?"
She nodded with a smile.
"Wait," Troy said looking at the players. "Isn't that a little rough to be playing like that?"
Gabriella furrowed her eye brows, "The coaches usually tell them to settle down or something. But since they're so young it doesn't really matter... The older kids know not to do those things."
Troy looked at Cameron as he struggled to let loose from the kids grasp.
"Are you sure?" He asked. "I mean look at him!"
Taylor interrupted them, "Gabi, I think your uncle is making him do those things to Cam."
"Would he really do that?" Gabriella asked.
Chad looked at them closely then added, "I think he might. 'Cause would a kid know when to attack him? He's doing it right when the refs aren't looking."
Gabriella bit her lip, "Ref!" She called him again, "Ref! He's pulling number 14!"
"Ref! Ref he-" She yelped when he snapped at her.
"Miss, please stop yelling or I'll have to force you to leave."
They sat there in silence. They didn't want to be kicked out of the gym, but they didn't want Cameron to get hurt.
"Do you think he's doing this because you said you don't think he can come to the dinner?" Troy asked and Gabriella gasped. "That's- Cameron!"
Gabriella stared at them with horror. The refs didn't even notice until she called. The boy on Joe's team was beating Cameron up. Cameron wasn't fighting back because he was taught not to, but he was wriggling his way out. The boy was much taller and bigger than Cameron which made it harder.
The referee pulled the older boy away and the other carried Cameron. Cameron wasn't crying even though he had the strongest urge to do so.
The audience just stared at them. It seemed as though this family had drama written all over them. Luckily for Gabriella, they weren't going to play there again.
"Stop!" Gabriella called. "Oh my gosh, Cameron."
He hopped out of the man and ran to his mom. He then collapsed into tears and that's when Troy felt guilty.
When Troy wasn't there, this is what it was like. Gabriella had to work extra hard just for him. He snapped out of his day dream and ran to his family. Cameron turned and quickly hugged his dad.
Troy stood up and walked to the referee. "If you listened to her calls earlier, this wouldn't have happened."
The referee put his hands up with a shrug. At the same time the other referee blew his whistle, "This game has been called to an end. Have a nice afternoon."
"Joe, you didn't need to do that," Taylor told him. "If you wanted to have dinner that badly you could have said something."
Gabriella shook her head at Taylor, "No, Taylor don't!"
Taylor furrowed her eye brows as Gabriella pulled her away. "Tay, he might do something to you… I can't let that happen."
"But Gabi-"
She shook her head and Taylor sighed. Cameron had stopped crying and settled into Troy's strong arms. There were a few cuts and bruises on him. Troy rubbed his back lovingly. He didn't like the fact that an older kid got to do that to him, but he was thankful he wasn't seriously hurt.
"You did what!?"
Gabriella bowed her head, "Mommy I invited him over," She said. "He's coming."
"Well, I know that. But honey," Her voice softened. "Why did you give him your address?"
Gabriella frowned and pointed at her bruised son. He was sleeping on the couch. "Mom, he made a boy beat up my son!"
"You could have just given him your number or something! We could have eaten outside, Gabriella." Anna sighed and shook her head disappointedly.
"Ms. Montez it's my fault, not hers. I mentioned you wanted to have dinner and he was there." Troy said as he felt Gabriella rub her hand over his.
Gabriella bit her lip, "And that's not all I told him."
They were sitting in the living room of Gabriella's house. Anna had just gotten there and that was the first thing she heard them say. She was too much in shock to greet them cheerfully like she planned to.
Anna smiled at the two. Gabriella and Troy exchanged looks of confusion. "I'm sorry guys. Why don't you tell me the rest of this, and Troy, you call me Auntie, remember?"
He nodded and told her with a smile. "Right, I must have forgot… but we told him that we were married."
"Are you?" Anna asked with wide eyes.
Gabriella shook her head, "No, Mommy we aren't. But if I said we weren't then he'd just... be him."
Anna nodded, "Alright. Well… It's good to see you guys again." She hugged them and walked to the kitchen. "Let's get our dinner ready."
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