Thanks guys for being so impatient with his story, it's annoying enough that there is so much stress going on down here with me that I can hardly write now! It's so irritating. Anyway, this is like an apology chapter to you so please enjoy it.
Chapter 11 – A Hellish Date
"SO what exactly do we do now?" Taylor questioned, Chad sat beside her smiling, he believed her about what she had said about Troy and Gabriella and for this she was earnestly relieved.
"Well, 'The young man exclaimed, he looked as if he were thinking a great deal, "What if we eat the fish."
"But the fish is Troy!" Taylor replied.
"Troy's a fish?" Chad asked incredulously.
"We've just talked about this! He's a fish." Taylor groaned, clearly the message hadn't sunk in properly.
Chad looked perplexed, "Who?"
"Oh for god sake Chad, he is a fish, Troy is a fish!" Taylor shouted.
"We're going to eat Troy! Taylor that is horrible, how can you even do that? I'm so ashamed of you!" Chad growled looking disgusted.
Taylor sighed rolling her eyes and wanting to knock Chad out, she shook her head and turned away, "I'm not given enough for this!"
TROY was relieved it was a Saturday, he was taking Gabriella out for the day, it was their first date and he was delighted that she had accepted. He liked being with Gabriella, he liked kissing her, he liked talking to her, he liked her cuddling up to him at night…DAMN HE LIKED EVERYTHING ABOUT HER!
She was walking by his side; her fingers intermingled with his own. They were on their way to a cafe, somewhere quiet where they could talk over the book Miss Darbus had given them. It was a date but they could find some way to get rid of Troy's fishy problem whilst there, right?
"Hey Mr Fish, 'Gabriella mumbled gently, she nudged his shoulder in affection, "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing really. Just thinking about us." Troy replied looking down on the girl he loved so much.
He saw for a moment that Gabriella's eyes were locked on someone else's through the crowds. If she was watching other guys he would flip! He glanced up following her gaze and gasped, Miss Darbus stood in the crowd with a solemn look upon her aged face. She raised her hand pointing it at Gabriella.
Young Kea' line you fight like dog and cat,
Well let's see what you think of that,
Instead of those we'll have cat and fish,
Let animal temptations do what they wish.
Gabriella began to heave and Miss Darbus rushed away quickly, Troy looked across at his girlfriend with worry. Her face seemed to be contorting, for a moment he was sure he could see her nose changing shape. She looked across at him and he screamed.
"YIKES! What the heck is the matter with your eyes?" Troy questioned trembling
Gabriella frowned, her eyes were to fine yellow slits just like a cats. She yelled out and cried.
"Troy, please get meeeeooooww out of here!"
Troy looked panicked and then started laughing, "What are you laughing at?" Gabriella demanded.
"Brie, you have a tail." He snorted.
Gabriella smacked Troy across the head, "Help meeeeooooww. Now!"
Troy picked Gabriella up hiding the dark brown tail visible from her backside and started to rush home with her, they needed to do something and quick.
"OH my flipping Lord, Gabriella have you seen the state on you." Troy cried disbelievingly as he stared down on the girl he loved who was now in the form a sleek dark brown feline. She meowed gently and approached him with her imploring cat eyes.
They had returned home as quick as possible but by the time Troy had thrown Gabriella onto the sofa she was a full grown feline, her ears were pricked up and her tail was swishing back and fore delicately. Troy cursed Miss Darbus under his breath, this was sick and wrong.
"Meow." Gabriella said running up to Troy and rubbing her head up and down against his trouser leg.
"What the hell…Gabriella get off me. Bad girl, naughty girl, 'He said sternly, "I shouldn't be saying this…this is so wrong on so many levels."
He picked her up and cradled her in his arms, "Gabriella, what are we going to do? That woman hates us."
"Meow."
"Now we'll never have children because I'm not marrying you if you're a cat, sure you'd tell me not to be so vain but…you're a cat! I couldn't! We'd have like 'cat children' our babies would look like Hermione in 'Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets' when she's completely covered in fur. No! No! I don't want that. They'd get bullied." Troy babbled.
There was a knock at the door and Troy looked at Gabriella closely, "It better not be Miss Darbus, she might turn me into a squirrel or something."
He put Gabriella down and made his way to the door, opening it wearily he revealed Taylor and Chad grinning at him.
"Hey Troy, sorry to hear about your problem, 'Chad said, "I mean it's….humph humph –"
He was stopped by Taylor's hand being firmly clamped over his mouth.
"We need to talk." Taylor said briskly.
"Yeah as hell we do. How the heck do you know about…um…um well my –"
"Fishy problem, 'Taylor finished, "It's a long story but we want to help."
"Meow!"
At that moment Gabriella came skulking out of the living room and around Troy's legs. He grabbed her and tapped her on the nose gently.
"Brie! I warned you about that. Not when you're a cat."
"Did…did you just say cat?" Taylor demanded.
Troy looked at the young African American girl and nodded, "Yeah, this is Gabriella."
"What she changes too?" Chad questioned.
"No, not like this. It's normally just me but Miss Darbus had her way today and now Gabriella's a cat. I can't live like this."
"But you hate Gabriella!" Chad said shaking his head in confusion.
"Meow!"
"No Brie, I don't hate you, 'Troy said tenderly stroking her under her chin trying to soothe her worry, "You know I love you."
"That sounds wrong on so many levels!" Taylor groaned nearly gagging.
"Oh my, Troy's going to marry a cat!" Chad laughed.
Taylor swiftly smacked him around the head and looked at Troy beaming, "We're all in this together…no matter what."
IT was later on in the evening and Gabriella sat gently on Troy's lap prowling; his gaze was on the clock in front of him, face minutes 'til six o' clock and that was it! He'd be a fish again.
Chad and Taylor were opposite him snuggled up. Taylor's head was resting in the crook of Chad's neck and Chad had his arm around her waist holding her as close as he could get. They were both asleep.
He was still unsure whether he should've allowed them to join them in their quest to change his form back. It wasn't exactly a situation that could be summed up in a few sentences, it took a while to understand but Chad and Taylor had understood…well Taylor had understood immediately. Chad had to be talked over it a few times.
The clock struck six o' clock and Troy became alarmed. He stood quickly and Gabriella pranced out of his lap hissing in protest at the sudden movement. Taylor and Chad jolted awake and frowned as Troy's face became contorted with hardness, his face growing dark with scales. His body surged and jolted, his hands became puny and his legs malformed into one big fin. He suddenly dropped to the floor in the form of a large fish.
"Oh my god, what the hell…it's true! It's true!" Chad screamed as Taylor rushed forward and scooped the fishy version of Troy up and into her arms. None could hear Gabriella's mind working as Taylor promptly sat him in the sink.
(Gabriella will be black italics and Troy will just be italics, okay!)
Hmm, fish! Come to think of it I'm getting hungry.
Here we go again! Another day as a fish, another day as a loser.
Chad looked at Taylor with worry, "What are we going to do? I mean I thought it may have been a lie but look at them. Gabriella's a cat and Troy's a fish. I mean, have we been drinking or something? Have we hit our heads or something?"
"Chad look calm down. We can get through this." Taylor told him.
"What do you mean we can get through this? If we start telling people our best friend's are fish we'll be locked up! We'll be thrown away, no key, no food, NO BRUSHES TO CLEAN OUT MY AFRO!"
Babble, babble, their always at it. Now whilst their talking I think I'll have myself a little snack.
Gabriella jumped up on the cupboard singing 'Going fishing' in her head and whilst Taylor was trying to calm down a screaming Chad.
Hey Gabriella! Wait, what are you doing? Why are your claws in the water? Why are your eyes hungry? Why are you licking your lips?
In a flash Gabriella threw herself into the water at Troy. Her claws attached around Troy's but he slipped through her fur and he went flopping onto the floor. Gabriella let off a strangled meow and darted after him as Chad and Taylor ran after cat and fish.
"Naughty Gabi. Stop that. You're going to eat your boyfriend." Taylor bellowed as Troy and Gabriella went bouncing down the stairs, fish first cat second, knocking over everything and anything in their path.
Brie! Stop please, it's me. You know it's me. You're going to kill me.
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I don't want to but it's like this hunger to kill. I WANT FISH!
Please help me! Taylor! CHAD! She's gone loopy.
Gabriella grabbed him by his tail but he broke free and slapped her hard in the face. She hissed angrily and pranced back after him.
Come back fish boy, I'm having you with fish!
This is wrong; you're going to regret this.
You'll come back out, granted in the opposite side to my mouth but heck you'll come back out. Now keep still so I can devour you.
She was about to prance at the terrified fish when she felt someone grab her hard by the scruff. She looked into Chad's eyes and swiped at him with a claw.
"Hey Pussy cat, that's enough." He said firmly.
I'll give you pussy cat you backwards jock! Fight like a man.
Taylor looked Gabriella in the kitchen and put Troy in a small bucket of water. Taylor turned to Chad breathless and sighed, "I hope it's not like this all the time."
IT was later on that night; Taylor and Gabriella were sitting in front of the television with popcorn between them while Chad and Troy had gone to order a pizza. The hellish date was over and Gabriella and Troy were back to normal much to their relief. Taylor couldn't help but notice however that Gabriella was terribly quiet.
"Hey, what's the matter?" She asked her softly.
Gabriella turned to her with tearful eyes, "I don't think I should be with Troy anymore."
"What? Why? He dotes on you!" Taylor said her smiling failing.
"Exactly. He's a fish and by the looks of it, he's going to be a fish all his life. How can I deal with that?"
"You care about him…don't you?" Taylor queried.
"Of course, more than anything, maybe if it doesn't work out we can set him free into the ocean, he'll find himself a pretty little girl fish, they'll have a hundred babies, named them all Troy Jr, half of them will get eaten by sharks and they'll all live happily ever after." Gabriella said tearfully.
Taylor frowned, she wasn't sure whether that was meant to be a joke, "So, what are you going to do?"
"I'm going to break up with him, 'Gabriella mumbled incoherently, "He'll be better off without me."
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, like I said, I'm sorry for not updating. It's getting so stressful with GCSE's, but please review and tell me what you think. I can't wait for some replies. Also, if you're interested check out my newest story…Husband And Wife'
Here's the summary: They were meant to be together since birth, arranged to be one in Holy matrimony. She needs to trust him and all he wants to do is love her! Will she give into him and will pressure from their parents get to them. TROYELLA! CHAYLOR etc
Thanks for reading again and look out for the next chapter! xoxMusicalxox, Si xxxx
