~Ninth Chapter
Gabriella stood there in complete shock for the next couple of seconds. She didn't care if tears were running out of her eyes like a baby. She didn't care that people around her were looking at her strangely. All she cared about was the fact that she got fooled TWICE by Troy! How could she fall for it again? Gosh, she is stupid. Troy looked at her confusingly and then shook her body to get her out of her thoughts.
"Gabriella, people are looking at us," Troy pointed out as he shook her. Gabriella quickly snapped back into reality and got out of Troy's grip, harshly. She then turned around on her heels and stomped upstairs to her room.
Troy was shocked by this action. What did he do? All he did was throw a party? Gosh, woman are so confusing, especially Gabriella! What the hell was her problem? Troy shook off the thoughts of Gabriella and returned back into reality where he was hosting a HUGE party.
Gabriella slammed the door behind her and laid her back on the cool wood door. She closed her eyes as tears streamed down her face. She let her body slide down the door until she landed on the floor. All she could think about was the fact that her own HUSBAND forgot her birthday! Her birthday was completely forgotten! It was like she never had one! Just then, the house phone rang. Gabriella wiped the running mascara off her cheeks and went over to the side table to answer the phone.
"Hello?" Gabriella asked, holding the phone to her ear.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY GABRIELLA!" Gabriella heard on the other line. Gabriella broke out in a huge smile. At least someone remembered.
"Who is this?" Gabriella asked, stupidly.
"Oh, shut up, you know who it is. It's Sharpay, Megan, Hayden, Chace, Ryan and your parents!" Sharpay answered as Gabriella giggled. Gosh, she missed her perky, pink-loving friend.
"Hey guys! Thanks so much for the message," Gabriella added.
"Oh, no problem! It is your birthday, who could forget something like this?" Gabriella's mom replied.
"Oh, I know someone who forgot," Gabriella mumbled.
"Huh? What did you say Gabriella?" Gabriella's mom asked.
"Nothing, anyways where are you guys anyway?" Gabriella asked back.
"We're all at my house having a little party for you! And since you couldn't be here, we have a cardboard cutout of you!" Sharpay explained as Gabriella laughed.
"Aww, thanks guys!" Gabriella commented.
"So, what did Troy get you for your birthday?" Gabriella's mom asked. 'Nothing' was the answer Gabriella thought of but then she thought of another answer. It she said nothing, her mom will get worried and ask her to come back home. Or even worse, share her feelings. Gabriella then sighed, quietly, before answering.
"He got me a, uh, beautiful diamond bracelet," Gabriella lied, hoping her friends and family would believe her.
"Awww!" Is what Gabriella heard from the other line. Gabriella sighed in relief. They believed it!
"Yeah, so did you guys send your gifts yet?" Gabriela teased.
"Aww, sweetie, don't play stupid! Of course we sent gifts! They should be coming tomorrow!" Sharpay answered.
"Thank you so much guys!" Gabriella replied.
"Like we said, it's no problem Hun. But now go back and have some fun with Troy on your birthday!" Sharpay added.
"Well, uh," Gabriella stammered. She didn't want to tell her friends and family that she had absolutely nothing to do on her birthday except sit in her bedroom and talk to them all night. Even if she wanted to do that, she couldn't because then they would get worried about her.
"Okay, well I'll call you guys later then. Bye!" Gabriella said as she hung up the phone. She then heard footsteps down the hall and got up from her bed and walked closer to the door. A few seconds later her bedroom door slammed open, reveling a woman and man kissing each other, almost like making out. Okay, they were completely making out and Gabriella was disgusted.
"Get the hell out of my room!" Gabriella exclaimed as the couple looked up at her, angrily. Gabriella pointed them to the exit and eventually they left. Gabriella rolled her eyes before going to the bathroom to fix her make-up.
When Gabriella was done with fixing her make-up, she looked as good as new. She didn't exactly know what she was going to do now, but come on! It was her birthday! She had to do something! But why would she do it alone. Gabriella then looked over in the corner of the bedroom and smiled. Who said money can't buy happiness?
Gabriella grabbed her handbag, car keys and wallet and dashed out the front door without anyone noticing. She went inside her car and drove off to the nearest strip mall.
When Gabriella arrived at the strip mall she walked to the nearest store. She just picked up the expensivest items in the store that she liked. She didn't care how much she spent or how much she would get. Plus, it wasn't even her money… (;
Once Gabriella was done shopping at most of the stores she was walking down the block, trying to find more expensive stores. She stopped at a certain shop that caught her eye and went inside the store.
In the store Gabriella walked over to the front desk and asked to see someone who worked there. When she was helped by a man, he went to show Gabriella some of the models they had. A few hours later, Gabriella had spent $200,000 at the store. Do you want to know what she had bought? She bought a new Audi R8. It was sleek, black and most importantly fast. She sold her old car to the company and got this car to drive. She paid for it in full, with Troy's money of course. Now she needed one last thing to fulfill her birthday needs. She drove off to the nearest cake shop in the city.
When Gabriella got home, which was at about 11:30pm, she saw that people were still in her house. Not as many as before and a few more people were leaving. Gabriella parked her car in the driveway, grabbed her shopping bags and exited the car. Inside the house, Gabriella swung the front door open, only to find all eyes on her. She gave the people a smirk before walking down the hallway, through the path cleared for her. Her heels clicking on the shinny wood floors caught everyone's attention, including Troy's. Gabriella walked to the kitchen counter and pushed all the drinks onto the floor. She then walked back over to the front door to call someone in.
"Hey, Lary! You can come in and put it in the kitchen!" Gabriella yelled as three different guys came in carrying a LARGE box. Everyone inside the house was looking at the box, curious about what was in it. Gabriella smiled at the box as the guys put it on the kitchen counter. Gabriella tipped all of them before going to the top and untying the box.
When the box was off, it revealed a three layer cake. It had all different kinds of colored frosting on it. The bottom layer had pink frosting on it with a yellow strip at the top with a daisy design. The middle layer was green with orange polka dots on it. And the very top layer was half orange and half yellow. It had a blur trimming at the top and a single candle on the tip top of the cake (Cake on Profile)
Gabriella grinned at the cake. This was HER own birthday cake. Of course, she couldn't eat it all so she mine as well share it with Troy's "friends". Or maybe even throw it away. Gabriella then saw Troy shuffle through the crowds of people until he finally got to her.
"What the hell is this?" Troy asked as he looked at the cake.
"It's a cake," Gabriella answered, dumbly, which only made Troy roll his eyes.
"I know it's a cake but WHY did you bring it into the house?" Troy asked.
"Because I bought it at the bakery and I wanted to eat it!" Gabriella answered.
"Gabriella! I meant why did you buy a cake?! Why would you need one!?" Troy exclaimed.
"Why don't you go figure it out yourself," Gabriella scoffed. Troy glared at her and was about to speak until Gabriella closed her eyes and blew out the candle on top. He then heard someone call his name from down the hall.
"Troy! Man, where are you? Have you seen what's in your driveway?!" Troy's co-worker asked in disbelief. Troy looked at him confusingly while Gabriella just laughed silently.
"What do you mean? What's in my driveway?" Troy asked as he walked to the front door with a smirking Gabriella following.
When Troy got to the front door, he looked out of it and to the driveway. His jaw dropped in disbelief. In his driveway was THE Audi R8 that was stored in an Audi dealership. It was customized to perfection and drove as smooth as ice. There, it was glistening in his driveway with the roof down. Troy looked back at Gabriella, who was just standing there looking at Troy, smirking.
"What the hell is that?!" Troy yelled as Gabriella looked at him.
"THAT is my new car," Gabriella answered calmly as Troy looked at her in shock.
"Why did you buy a new car?!" Troy asked as Gabriella stayed calm.
"To drive?" Gabriella answered, in a 'duh' tone.
"Gabriella, really, why did you buy a car?" Troy asked, in a low voice. His eyes had fire in them and Gabriella could tell he was VERY angry at her but she still stayed calm.
"Like I said before, you go figure it out," Gabriella added as she began walking away. But Troy grabbed her arm quickly and pulled her to face him. He may not notice how strong his grip was but Gabriella's arm was losing circulation.
"Who's money did you buy this car with?" Troy asked.
"Well, since I don't make millions of dollars like you I bought it with your money," Gabriella answered harshly. She was furious at the grip Troy had on her.
"My money? You bought it with the money I earned?! The money I worked for?!" Troy questioned, angrily.
"Yes! Okay! I bought it with your fucking money!" Gabriella yelled as she ripped her arm out of Troy's grip. She then started to head up the stairs until she heard Troy speak.
"Hey! Gabriella, get you fucking ass back here!" Troy exclaimed as he grabbed Gabriella's arm, tightly and pulled her down the stairs. Gabriella winced at his grip and then looked into his eyes with burning anger.
"Let go of me you jack ass," Gabriella said, in a low voice as Troy just tightened his grip. He wasn't going to let go anytime soon. Gabriella could feel her arm getting bruised by the second so she brought her knee up and kneed Troy in a place where men shouldn't be touched.
Troy let go of Gabriella's arm immediately and went to his throbbing penis. Did Gabriella just knee my dick?! Troy fell down on the floor and closed his eyes in pain. Gabriella just looked at him, satisfied with what she had just done. She gave him a glare before looking around at the people staring at her.
"Now all of you better get the hell out of my house before I call the cops to do so," Gabriella yelled, harshly as everyone stared at her in fear. They then dropped what they were doing, gathered their things and exited the house.