A/N: Sorry, school is starting, and I have mountainous piles of homework. I will try and update on time next time, though!
Disclaimer: I don't own Clueless or McDonald's.
Gabriella walked into the studio, wearing her wig, extremely happy.
Her mind kept on replaying and replaying her wonderful date last night.
She was also very excited to see Troy again.
"Ahh, Miss Hudgens, welcome back!"
"It's nice to see you too, Mr. Ortega."
Kenny Ortega smiled.
"Have you seen Mr. Bolton recently?"
Not wanting to reveal her secret, she lied.
"Um, no, but he did call me yesterday to remind me about today's rehearsals..."
"Oh, ok. Wait! There he comes. Ahh! Troy, it's nice to see you again! Have you memorized your lines?"
Troy started blushing. "Um, yeah, but I forgot to memorize the last page..."
Kenny Ortega started rambling on and on...
"Troy! How can we do the rehearsals if you haven't even memorized the script?! I gave you one whole month to do this? Isn't that enough time? I thought you were one of the greatest actors in the wor--"
Gabriella burst into a fit of giggles. "Let him explain, Mr. Ortega."
Troy chuckled too.
"As I was saying, I forgot to memorize the last page of the script."
Kenny Ortega opened his mouth to protest but Troy continued on.
"--But my girlfriend, Gabriella Montez, reminded me yesterday. So yes, sir, it's all memorized." Troy explained then tapping his head with his finger, indicating his memory part of his brain.
Kenny Ortega exhaled a sigh of relief.
"You scared me there for a second, Mr. Bolton."
"Well, I don't wanna waste any time. I have plans with my girlfriend later this afternoon."
"You do?" Gabriella asked curiously. This was something unexpected to her.
"Yeah, I do."
"Ok, then Troy begin!"
They rehearsed until lunch, when they had their first break.
"So, Miss Hudgens, where would you like to go for lunch?"
"Troy, they provide food for the cast."
"Yeah, I know, but then we don't get any privacy..." Troy said seducively.
Gabriella rolled her eyes.
"We're here to work, not make out with each other."
"Well, making out with you is part of my job." Troy said smartly.
Gabriella groaned.
"What are the chances of you leaving me alone until you get your way?" Troy paused to think.
"Slim to none. Now let's go!" (A/N: I got these two lines from the 1995 movie, Clueless.)
Troy grabbed Gabriella's hand and started dragging out of the studio and into his car.
"Troy! Come on, let's go back! We only have a short break!"
"Which is why we should make the most of it." Troy argued back.
"You're kidnapping me, Bolton. That's illegal!"
"Nah, more like abducting, Montez!" Troy started the engine and drove off.
They arrived at McDonald's.
"That's the best you can do huh? McDonald's?" Gabriella teased.
"Well, who doesn't like McDonald's?" Troy shot back.
"Well, I don't. It's not healthy!"
"Nobody hates McDonald's!"
"Well, I don't like McDonald's. That must make me a 'nobody'!"
"I didn't mean it like that, Brie..." Troy was getting worried that he upset Gabriella.
"Relax, Troy, I was joking. Let's go in." They got out of the car.
Troy smiled, his worry starting to cool off, walking through the door hand in hand with Gabriella.
"Troy, how are we going to have lunch without being swarmed by our fans and paparazzi? McDonald's is a classic teenager hangout..."
"Oh about that...we're just going to have to run..."
"Nice thinking, genius!" Making her sarcasm oblivious.
"That hurt!" Troy said mocking hurt, holding his hand at his chest. Troy obviously couldn't tell she was being sarcastic.
"Whatever. So we'll just run if we get swarmed? Wow, that's such a nice way to send a lunch break!!" Gabriella said in an even more sarcastic tone.
"We'll go upstairs to the tables upstairs ok? There aren't many people there. You can go to the washroom and take off your wig. You'll be yourself so we won't be swarmed. Then you can order. Hopefully. Hopefully that will work."
"Oh my gosh, Troy, you're a genius!" Gabriella yelled. All eyes were on the couple.
"Thanks. Wait a second, are you being sarcastic or do you really mean it? I can never tell."
Gabriella rolled her eyes. "I really meant it."
"If you're going to mention my name, whisper it ok? Or we'll attract attention.
Gabriella walked into the restroom and came out, wig-less.
"I'll go order now, Troy." Gabriella whispered in Troy's right ear as she passed on her way to the stairs.
"Oh, no. I know what you're thinking. I'm paying."
"But you can't order!"
"I'm still paying, here I'll give you some cash."
Troy fumbled with his wallet and started blushing madly.
"I didn't bring any cash." Gabriella smirked triumphantly.
"So I have to pay."
"Nope. Take my credit card."
"Fine." Gabriella knew it was useless to argue so she just took it and went downstairs.
Finally it was Gabriella's turn.
"May I take your order?"
"Yes, can I have 2 hamburgers and 2 cokes? For here?"
"Is that all, ma'am?" Gabriella nodded. "That'll be $9.32, please." (A/N: I don't know how much it would normally cost. I haven't eaten at McDonald's for a very long time!)
Gabriella sighed and handed the man Troy's credit card. She felt awfully guilty letting Troy pay for her lunch.
"Miss, I'm rejecting this card."
"What? Why?" Gabriella yelled. The counter was pretty noisy.
"What would a teenage girl be doing with Troy Bolton's credit card?!" He yelled back.
The whole room was silent.
"I-I'm Troy Bolton's girlfriend."
"You're Troy Bolton's new girlfriend?!" A group of teenage girls about Gabriella's age started squealing.
"Well, do you have any I.D.?" The ordering man asked.
Gabriella pulled out her driver's license.
The man raised his eyebrow.
"How do I know you're not lying?"
Gabriella was getting impatient. She snatched the newspaper out of the hands of the man behind her.
The newspaper happened to be the newspaper of a few days ago. It still had the picture of them kissing on it.
She pointed at the front page. "Ahem?"
"How do I know that's not you're twin sister?"
Gabriella groaned and banged her head on the counter, exasperated.
"I'm sorry, miss. If you'd like to use Mr. Bolton's credit card, he's going to have to come and get it himself or it'll be confiscated."
Gabriella sighed. "Ok, I'll call him." She punched a few numbers.
Troy's phone rang.
"Hello? Oh Hey Ella! What?! That's crazy! I'll be right down."
Gabriella hung up.
"He's coming ok?! Damn it!"
She knew Troy appeared down the stairs because there was sudden screaming.
Troy walked towards her.
"Hey babe? What seems to be the problem?"
"That guy says he's going to confiscate your card."
"Oh really?" He turned to the man. "What's wrong with my card?"
"Nothing, sir. I had to make sure it was yours and you did give this girl your card. To make sure she didn't steal it. Store policies."
Troy glared at him. The man started hyperventilating and sweating. Troy's glare was pretty intimidating.
"Whatever. Just give us our order and we'll pay for it."
"Can you repeat your order?"
Troy was getting annoyed. "2 hamburgers and 2 cokes."
The girls were all squealing.
"Make that to go!"
The man rushed into the kitchen with haste and came out with Troy's order.
"Here you are sir." The man swiped his credit card.
Troy and Gabriella grabbed their lunch and quickly rushed back into their car.
"Man, that man was even more annoying than the man that interviewed Britney!"
Gabriella giggled, remembering what happened. "Yeah..."
"Let's back to the studio. The windows are tinted so put your wig back on. No one will notice. We'll eat when we get back. Wow, we wasted a lot of time running." Troy said turning on the engine and driving out of the parking lot.
"Yeah, guess things didn't go as we planned. More like how you planned."
"Actually taking you out to lunch was spur of the moment. I really didn't plan anything. That's why I took you to McDonald's. If it was planned, we would've got a intimate room in an extravagant restaurant or the most expensive restaurant in town." The traffic light turned red.
"You don't have to do all that for me, Troy."
"I know. But I want to." Troy smiled and kissed Gabriella on the lips.
"Troy! The light turned green."
"Oh ok."
After a few minutes they arrived back at the studio.
"Where did you two go?! You're late! Just because you two were tardy we had to delay rehearsals! Don't you two know you both play lead? Female and Male? You're both in every scene! What were you two thinking?!" Kenny Ortega yelled his tirade in one breath.
Gabriella was about to take all the blame but Troy cut in.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ortega. I abducted Gabriella and took her out to lunch. She really didn't want to go."
"How did your girlfriend, Gabriella Montez, wind up in this conversation?"
Troy's eyes grew wide as he gradually realized he said the wrong name.
"I mean Vanessa. I took Vanessa out to lunch. Not Gabriella. I just got confused."
Mr. Ortega sighed. "Very well. Get back to rehearsals now, will you two? Stop wasting time! Money doesn't buy extra time you know? A day passes, a day passes. Time is nonstop. You can't just go back!"
Troy and Gabriella were both gazing into each others eyes, completely ignoring their director's speech about time.
"Troy! Vanessa! Stop frolicking! Troy, this morning you told me you didn't want to waste time because you had plans with your girlfriend and you wanted rehearsals to end as early as possible. What happened to that?"
"Nothing! Let's rehearse people!" He told the rest of the cast.
After rehearsals, Troy and Gabriella walked out, holding hands. Gabriella was giggling at something Troy whispered in her ear.
Kenny watched them like a hawk.
Troy had seemed so casual talking about taking Gabriella out to lunch even though he really took Vanessa out to lunch. Troy and Vanessa's chemistry seemed so real. Just like Troy and Gabriella's. It was too real to be acting. Just way too real. Too affectionate. Too loving.
Something's not right.
Something just isn't right.
Something's up.
A/N: LOL. Most likely Kenny will be the next person to discover Gabriella's alter ego. I still need some help on Alexa and Britney's next prank! So PM me if you have any suggestions.
