CHAPTER 10: SCHOOL

MONDAY

BEEP BEEP… BEEP BEEP! SMACK!

"Ugh," I wipe my eyes, waking up. "Gabi, Gabs, get up. We gotta get ready for school today."

"I don't wanna," she says in her sleep and snuggling deeper into my side.

"I know, I don't want to either. Although lying with my fiancée in our bed all day sounds really great, but we have to go take this damn Physics test."

"Ooh, that does sound nice. And it sounds even better coming from your lips."

"I would come back with something very sexual, but I don't want to start something I can't finish. Gab, look on the bright side," I look down and lock eyes with her, "if it wasn't for this Physics test, we wouldn't be in the position we're in now."

"Actually, if it weren't for you proposing to me last night, then we wouldn't be in this position."

"Yes, that's true. Now, we have to get up and go to school. We only have three weeks of school left anyway. So we will be able to have our mornings to ourselves soon. We need to get up now or we will be late." I finally pull myself out of bed, but not without a fight from Gabriella.

After breakfast with my parents, Ryan, Gabi, and I jump in my car and head to school.

"Should we tell him? I know we didn't want to tell your parents until after we got the rings, but you don't want to tell your own twin?" Gabi leans over and whispers in my ear.

"No, I want to tell everyone at the same time. My parents already know I'm gonna ask you, and Ryan is still getting used to us," I squeeze her hand, "so we will tell them at a later date, and probably formally." Turning into the parking lot, I park in my spot and we all head off to our respectable homerooms. Because of the letter difference of our last names, Gabi and I have to go in different directions when we enter the building. We only hug and whisper "I love you" into each other's ears in order to not gain too much suspicion. We have decided to wait a little bit before we allow our peers to gain knowledge of our relationship.

I have to survive three class periods before I can even see my girlfriend/fiancée at lunch. Those classes are four and a half hours of absolute Hell. I walk into the lunchroom and spot her sitting with our lunch group. I hurry to buy my lunch and join them.

"Hey you guys" I greet everyone and squeeze in to sit next to Gabriella.

"Hey Shar. What's been goin on with you? How was your weekend?" Taylor politely asks while Chad, devours her neck.

I look at Gabi and we both are grinning from ear to ear. "Oh nothing. Just did some studying." I slide in a suggestive hint to Gabi and she grabs my knee under the table to signal that she understood.

Curiously looking between us, Taylor continues, "Oh. Okay. Anyway, so what are you guys planning on doing this summer?" The conversations continue through the lunch period and we all head to our last period for the day.

WEDNESDAY

Wednesday rolls around and I am happy that we are halfway through the week. Gabi and I have started a morning routine and it is working for us. We have managed to keep the mornings as least sexual as possible as we can, though some hints are thrown around. We go through the school day normally until lunch.

"Hey Gab, can I talk to you for a sec? Alone." Taylor asks in the middle of lunch.

"Okay, I guess. What's wrong?" Gabi looks at me and I slightly shake my head letting her know that it's probably no big deal. I watch them grab their stuff and leave the cafeteria. Shrugging it all off as nothing, I continue talking to everyone else.

The bell rings signifying the end of lunch and I look around for Gabi and Taylor. They are nowhere to be found. I pass the bathrooms on my way to class and don't find them in there. Since Gabi's and my last periods are right next to each other, I look into her room and see her at her desk with her head down. I start to enter her room to ask her if she's okay, but class is about to start and I have to get to mine.

Ninety minutes later, I am in front of her door as everyone is exiting. I don't see her in the crowd and look in to find it completely empty. Lost to where she could be, I search the bathrooms and the rest of the building. BZZ BZZ. I open my phone to see who is texting me.

where r u? me n gab r waitn

b there in 2

Okay, that's a relief. Gabi's at the car with Ryan. I rush over to the parking lot and we all load up the car. Pulling out of the parking lot to head home, I look over at Gabi. She is dead quiet and looking out the window. What is wrong with her? I gotta find out. We get home and I pull up to the driveway.

"Ryan, tell mom and dad we're going for a drive. We'll be back by dinner, okay?"

"Alright. See ya later." Ryan leaves and Gabi finally looks at me.

"Where are we going?" Gabi demands.

"We are going for a drive and we are going to talk. We haven't gotten to do much talking since last Friday."