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Chapter 10

Gabriella woke up the next day. "School...great." she mumbled to herself, and made her bed quickly, and went into the bathroom to take a quick, hot shower.

She came out of the steamy bathroom and put on a black tank with lace at the bottom then put on a cute red shirt over it that a had a v-neck. Then put on some blue faded jeans. Simple, but still as cute.

"Gabi!!! Troy's here!" Gabriella heard her mom yell downstairs.

"Troy?" she said as confused as ever. "What would he be doing here? Last time I checked he blew up and didn't want to speak to me ever again..." Gabriella thought.

There was a knock and the brass door knob turned slowly. It opened and it revealed Troy. "Hey..." he smiled softly. Gabriella stared.

"Hi..." she said looking down at the floor.

"So you ready Montez? After all...the amazing Montez is never late for school." Troy chuckled nervously breaking the silence.

Gabriella looked up, and smiled. It was still the Troy she had grown to love. Who she still loved. "Of course." she giggled, "Lemme just get my glasses." she said and went by her night stand and grabbed her case that held her glasses.

She opened it up and put the glasses. She snapped the case shut and looked up at Troy. "I'm ready." she said and she gave a small smile.

Troy was just about to open the door and walk out, "Hey Troy?" Gabriella said softly, and he turned around and Gabriella hugged him tightly.

Troy smiled, and a feeling of relief flowed through him. He came over to make up with his friend. Things may be different, but Gabriella was too special for him to let go and hurt. He'd feel too bad. Even though, he was deeply in love with her. More than ever. He never felt like this with any other girl he had dated. "You are my best friend. And let's keep it that way. Okay?" Gabriella said as the stopped hugging each other.

"Of course." Troy smiled and Gabriella kissed him on the cheek.

Troy smile became bigger and they walked downstairs and out the door. Gabriella got into the car, and buckled up, as Troy started the car. "So how are you and Rebecca?" Gabriella asked, trying to make everything normal again.

"We...broke up." he said, remembering the reason why they had broken up in the first place. It was because of her...Gabi.

"Oh...I'm sorry." Gabriella said putting her hand on his leg to give him comfort.

"It's fine...it's not like she is anything compared to you..." he joked, and Gabriella forced a laugh. Why is it so hard that they can't be together? It was like it was wrong. They were friends. What would happen?

"Thanks..." she muttered as they drove into the East High parking lot. Gabriella got out once they were parked and she was greeted by a very...different Grant. "Gabi...we need to talk." he said in a serious tone. She knew this was going to happen.

"I get it. You wanna break up. Well...so do I." Gabriella said in a serious tone as well. Really she did. She was sick of him, and she didn't feel anything when she was with him.

"Really...?" he said staring at her and Gabriella nodded.

"I'm sorry..." she said and she felt Troy staring wide eyed.

"No...it's fine. It's better off that we both want to break up. That way there's no heart breaking." he chuckled and Gabriella nodded.

"Well...I'll see ya around then...?" Grant asked, as any other boy would when they were breaking up.

Gabriella nodded, "Yeah, see you around." Grant nodded as well and left.

Troy was still wide eyed as ever. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked, "I coulda just beat him up...and then it would've been over sooner." he joked and Gabriella laughed, relieved.

"Ha ha ha very funny Troy." she laughed as they walk toward the school and they were greeted by smiling friends.

"Looks like they made up." Chad smiled at them, happy that everything was back to normal.

"I could never stay mad at a beautiful girl like 'Brie." Troy smiled and kissed Gabriella on the cheek and Gabriella smiled.

They were friends. Problem was...they wanted to be more. Gabriella was still afraid. Afraid of what though?

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xxxKendahl