Chapter 10: The Meal
"Troy my son!"'Jack cried pulling his son into a hug.
"Hey, Dad and hey Tiffany" Troy replied through gritted teeth.
"Who's that pretty thing there on your sofa?" Jack asked nodding towards Gabriella.
"That would be my girlfriend Gabriella"
"She sure is something special" Jack said winking at Gabriella who blushed and mumbled a 'Thanks'.
"What are you doing here Dad?" Troy asked feeling somewhat annoyed.
"Merry Christmas to you too. I wanted to see you. How about Tiffany and I take you and Gabriella out for dinner tonight at Tamborelli's in Corrales at about 8?"
"Fine, see you later" Troy said before shutting the door on the other side all that could be head was Tiffany yelling "Bye Troysie."
"Ugh I hate that nickname" Troy muttered rolling his eyes before moving over to where Gabriella was sat.
Gabriella moved to sit behind him and began to massage his shoulders.
"Are you looking forward to tonight?" She asked as she massaged.
"Not really, the thing about Tiffany is she's so naïve and fake, I know what she sees in my dad" Troy said spitting almost.
"Money?"
"Yup. That's the one. He got loads when he did some show called Great Score, about basketball."
"The one where they say Great Score in a ridiculous voice whenever they beat another team. And they're all like 'Great Scoree'" Gabriella said in a manly voice.
"Yeah something like that" Troy said chuckling and turning to face Gabriella.
"I'm gonna go and get ready, I'll be out in a while okay?" Gabriella said as she gave Troy a quick kiss and headed off into the bedroom.
"Okay, love you" Troy called from the other side of the door.
Having only an hour to get ready panicked Gabriella slightly, she had no idea whether to dress formally or not and she didn't even know if she had enough time to get ready but she had to start somewhere.
First she started with her hair, she'd luckily brought her curlers with her and began to work on her hair. Halfway through Troy came in to get changed.
"You don't mind if I get changed in here do you?" Troy asked watching her get ready.
"Sure go ahead, do I have to dress formally or not?" Gabriella asked as she continued to curl her hair despite Troy watching.
"You could just go in what your wearing now" He said cheekily, throwing her a wink when she turned around and raised her eyebrows at him.
"I'm sure I'd terrify half of the public" Gabriella said with a laugh.
"More like turn on" Troy muttered smiling.
Gabriella finished curling her hair and began to work on her makeup; keeping it fairly natural with red lipstick and dark eye makeup. Troy still remained in the bedroom although he had now changed into a black v neck sweater and dark jeans.
"Mm you look good" Gabriella said as she stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You too baby" Troy whispered as he brought his lips down to hers and the two indulged in a long kiss.
"Now leave me alone, I need to get changed" Gabriella said as she broke away from the kiss.
"Hmmph" Troy muttered before leaving the room.
Gabriella pulled her dress out of her bag and slipped into it before quickly putting black high heels on with it. She gathered her phone and purse up and put them into a small black bag, after she went back into the living room to join Troy, though she stood in he doorway waiting for Troy to notice her, he sure did as he turned around to see her and gasped. She looked beautiful in a little black dress and leather jacket with matching black shoes.
"Wow. How did I ever get so lucky" Troy said kissing her neck.
"I don't know" Gabriella said laughing before moving away from him.
"We should get going now, limos downstairs" Troy said taking her hand and walking out of his apartment.
"A limo?" She asked in disbelief.
"Uh yeah, my dad sent it for us" Troy said with a smile as they reached it, he held the door open for her and got in once she was safely in.
"Ooh look champagne!" Gabriella clapped as she poured herself and Troy a glass each as the car drove off into the night.
The journey only took 20 minutes but the limo was so worth it, Troy had to remember to thank his dad for this, he knew Gabriella had loved it.
"We have arrived at your destination" The limo driver called before getting out to open
Gabriella's door.
"Why thank you, kind sir" She said kissing his cheek, the limo driver blushed and smiled at her before helping Troy out of the limo too.
"I would kiss your cheek but my girlfriend might get jealous" Troy joked smiling, the limo driver said goodbye and told them he'd be waiting outside until they wanted to go home.
"Okay, you ready?" Troy asked holding Gabriella's hand as they walked in.
"Ah not really but let's go" She said squeezing his hand as they approached Jack and Tiffany.
"Hello Jack, hello Tiffany. It's nice to see you now that I'm wearing more clothes" Gabriella joked as she shook hands with Jack before nodding and smiling at Tiffany who was texting.
"Hello Dad hello Tiffany" Troy said smiling weakly before taking a seat next to Gabriella.
"So Troy, although it's great to see you we've also come here for your blessing on something important to us" Jack said looking at Tiffany and smiling, Gabriella squeezed Troys hand gently.
"For what?"
"Tiffany and I would like to start our own family" Jack said proudly, Gabriella felt Troy tense up whilst her mouth was wide open. Seriously who did that?
"I understand that this may be a little weird for you, but it's what we want" Tiffany said speaking up.
"That is ridiculous, you should not bring a baby into this world" Gabriella said shaking her head, Troy looked at her in awe.
"That's mean" Tiffany said whining.
Gabriella pulled her chair closer to Tiffany.
"Yes I can be mean but you're fucking crazy, given the choice between Troy and his dad, or Troy and anyone really. It would be Troy every time"
"Hey you wanna get out of here, Gabriella?" Troy asked pulling her up.
"I'd love to, baby" Gabriella replied walking out with him, Jack and Tiffany looked gobsmacked.
"Thank you, for that Brie. I couldn't of done that without you. I love you" Troy said kissing Gabriella before pulling her into the limo.
"Anytime Troy, anytime" Gabriella replied resting her head on Troys shoulder before closing her eyes.
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