HELLO EVERYONE! Welcome back to Love Lessons. I hope you are all enjoying the story. Let me know if you have any suggestions. So here is chapter 11.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with HSM except any of the characters you don't already know because I made them up hehe.
"I have to talk to Gabi!" and with that he ran out of the room towards the woman he loved.
Troy continued to sprint through the house towards the backyard. His mind was racing at the same pace as his heart. What will Gabi say? Will she forgive him? Will she take him back? These were the questions that had all the power over his body and mind. A few times he felt his feet trip in the hurry, but he refused to slow.
He came to glass door that opened onto the balcony and stared at the beautiful figure before him. Her back was to him and her shoulders were slumped in defeat.
Troy took a few careful steps towards the door before quietly opening the door. His whole mind set on his task. He continued to edge towards Gabi and he felt his heart wrench as he realized what was happening.
Her eyes were red and puffy while new tears were threatening to fall. Her arms were wrapped tightly around her body, like she was trying to protect herself and her hair blew softly in the cold wind that surrounded them on this cold autumn day.
His mind was having a battle about what to do next. One part of him wanted to run away and never have to deal with the rejection that was most likely coming soon, but the stronger part wanted to stay and prove to his love that he was everything she ever needed.
He walked forward and then backwards a few steps. He couldn't decide. He could either leave and be friends with her, always remembering but never actually feeling or he could stay and possibly have everything he had ever wanted.
He knew what he wanted, he knew what he needed. But what he didn't know is what she wanted. It was very probable that she had moved on and started a new life, that wasn't with him.
His mind flickered back to the night of the barbeque. The feel of his lips on hers and her touch was more than enough to send him over the limit.
The knowledge of the way her body fit, like a glove, with his made his whole world perfect. The power of his love had decided what he was going to do, he was going to stay and fight for what he wanted.
Gabi sniffed loudly, "Troy I know that you are there!" she said in a slightly amused voice.
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Gabi finished talking and walked out of the room, towards the backyard.
She ran through the kitchen and out to the backyard, and paused at the steps. Quietly she sat down and analyzed her life.
She had an amazing mother and a fantastic job. She loved all her friends to pieces, and she hadn't realized how much she had missed them until she came home.
The one thing that was missing shouldn't really be missing, there was no reason for it not to be there. She had justified what she had done, over the past 8 years, because he had hurt her.
Just like that everything that she had believed, everything that she had fought against had unexpectedly been ripped away.
She wrapped her arms around her legs as a shelter against the cold autumn breeze and thought of high school. They had been so happy, he was right when he had said that everything was perfect. Her life was planned out so perfectly that no one was supposed to be able to sabotage it. But one person could. Gabi shivered, she didn't know whether it was out of the memory or because of the breeze.
She felt the first of the tears fall, they slowly slid down her cheeks and Gabi had no intention of stopping them. She needed to let everything out, she had to let go.
In the background she heard footsteps through the house and she quickly wiped the tears away. She continued to sit and stare into the garden as the footsteps came closer.
She turned around and saw the shaggy brown hair of the man she loved. She laughed inwardly as she watched his debate what to do.
She turned around quickly when he had decided. She heard his footsteps continue to edge closer to her, and then he sucked in a breath surprised at her appearance. It was probably because she looked like a train wreck.
She debated with herself whether to let him know that she knew that he was there. Her better half eventually won that agreement and she felt herself smile at the new found hope for what would come after she announced that she was aware his presence.
She sniffed, hoping that those would be the last tears that she would shed for a very long time. Gabi began to build all the necessary courage and sighed in content before speaking. "Troy I know that you are there!"
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Gabi slowly rose and came to stand on the top step, she looked at Troy just in time to see him blush.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know whether you wanted any company!" Troy began to explain himself before Gabi stopped him.
"I didn't want any company" she said harshly and Troy nodded in defeat "But, I am glad you are here!" Gabi finished with a smile and she felt Troy's eyes on her face which was now a deep crimson.
"Gabi, I am so sorry about what she did, I had no idea, I couldn't believe it when I had figured it out, I don't know what you want to do about us now but…" Troy was cut of from his rant by Gabi's lips.
Troy took no time in responding, he wrapped his arms around her and her arms snaked up his chest and found their place around his neck. Troy used his tongue to beg for more, and Gabi happily agreed.
They broke apart and untangled themselves only for the need to breathe. Troy looked at Gabi and felt the corners of his mouth tug into a smile. Gabi laughed at his goofy smile and added her own.
"You were rambling, that is the only way that I remembered to stop it!" she said girlishly and then she walked into the garden.
Troy followed her curiously and laughed when she sat down in the middle of the lawn and fell onto her back. Night time had been approaching for some time and the sky was an array of colors.
"It is so beautiful out here" Gabi commented. "It certainly is a beautiful view" Troy replied, not even glancing towards the sky. Gabi blushed as Troy leaned in for another kiss.
Gabi leaned away from him as he moved closer "I think we should talk first" Troy nodded but he looked crestfallen.
Troy decided that he would start this conversation "Gabi, I was so broken when you left that I barely got out of bed in the morning. I love you, always have, always will." Troy sighed.
"Troy I love you to, but I was so hurt when I thought about what you did!"
Troy opened his mouth to protest.
"I now know that you didn't actually do it! Thinking that we wasted all this time being apart makes me so mad, but the thought of being with you again makes me very very scared" Gabi whispered.
"Why does it make you scared?" Troy wondered.
"Mostly because I don't want to be hurt again and I know you will never hurt me but I still cant help but be a little reluctant" Troy nodded at this sympathetically
"I really want to be with you again, but I think that we should take it really slow. Maybe we should try being friends first, I mean we kind of skipped that part the last time" Gabi added with a laugh
"Also, you just broke up with Annabelle, yer, I think it would be best that we be friends until we are ready for more!" Gabi said contentedly.
Troy nodded and took her in his arms, he leaned down and whispered in her ear "I would wait forever to be with you!" and with that he kissed her nose.
The couple leaned onto the grass and looked up into the darkening sky, dreaming of their future.
THERE YOU GO! I am kind of stuck with what to do next. Any ideas? I really love you input, I like to know what you guys want. So tell me hahha.
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