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Chapter 12

Previously:

"No matter what I do, I am the most important person in your life. Forget that and you will be in trouble."

Gabriella was currently arguing with Taylor about if apples should come on top or oranges in the fruit basket when her phone rang.

"Hello?" she held up one finger to Taylor to indicate the phone call would take only a minute and then they could go back to their 'opinion clash'.

"Hi, this is Harry, Troy's manager. You are Gabriella Mon…I mean Bolton right?"

"Yes, that's me."

"Well I was thinking. We never met properly and it's about time we do. The whole team would love to meet you as well, what do you say?"

"Uh, yea! That would be great!" Gabriella said hesitantly. Where the heck did that come from?

"Excellent! So how about you make us all lunch and bring it to the New West LA Studio? We can easily bond there when we have a lunch break at noon!" Gabriella's eyes widened at this. Noon? Today? She looked at the clock, it was 9 am so she had about 3 hours. Not much, but hopefully enough.

"Yea, sure. I will see you then!" she hung up and sighed.

"What was that all about?" Taylor asked curiously, completely forgetting about apples and oranges.

"Troy's manager just called. He wants to have lunch with me, but I have to make it." Gabriella said while beginning to hyperventilate. The whole thing just sank into her brain and she realized what she was in for.

"Oh my gosh! Troy's manager just called. He wants to have lunch with me, but I have to make it! Taylor! What am I supposed to do? Oh my god!"

"First, breath properly, we don't want you to miss the lunch do we? Second, what are you going to make? I am going to help you if you want." Taylor said calmly. Gabriella took in few deep breaths and gradually started to calm down. She gave her best friend a grateful look and started thinking about the food. She could make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…

"No! Don't even think about Pb&js Gabriella! That doesn't cut it." Taylor exclaimed, knowing exactly what was in her head. Gabriella glared at her but continued musing. So peanut butter and jelly was out of question.

"I got it! Montez's famous Turkey and Bacon Wraps!" Gabriella yelled out excitedly. It was the family's special recipe, but basically it was turkey and bacon in tortillas. Upon hearing the idea, Taylor's eyes lit up. She haven't had any of that in years and only the thought of them made her mouth water.

"Can you make more of them? I don't feel like cooking anything for lunch and Chad is coming soon." Taylor pleaded while imagining the taste of the heavenly food.

"Maybe, but we need to go grocery shopping first. Hurry!" Gabriella replied speed walking towards the front door with Taylor in tow.

"Here we go…" muttered Gabriella while pushing the doors of the studio open. After the much needed grocery shopping, her and Taylor began making the wraps. It was a lot of fun and Gabriella discovered that she missed those days when only the two of them spent time together and bonding.

Inside, she was met by a lot of people running around and organizing things around. No one seemed to notice her there and so Gabriella made her way further inside. Her eyes suddenly widened when she saw Troy standing in the middle of a crowd of people that constantly rearranged him and put make up on him. Further away was a camera and a stack of clothes right next to it.

Then it hit her. Troy's manager, Troy, camera, clothes… It was a photo shoot! With Troy in it! Putting the basket with the food on the coffee table, Gabriella turned around and tried to quickly get to the exit. She was about to touch the door knob when someone called her.

"Gabriella! Thank god you are here!" Harry yelled out causing more than one person to stop at their work and look at her. Quietly cursing, she turned around and smiled at the approaching man.

"Hi. You must be Harry?" she said, shaking hands with him.

"Of course I am! Who else would I be?" he laughed and led her towards the center of the room. There, he turned around and smiled reassuringly at Gabriella.

"Everyone! This is Gabriella Bolton as you may know and she was kind enough to make is lunch!" Harry said in a loud voice. Receiving positive murmurs and 'Thank you's from everyone, Gabriella blushed and turned to look at Troy. He was staring at her in shock, completely ignoring that the photographer was talking to him.

"Troy! Why don't you come here man and have some lunch?" Harry called after him. Troy wordlessly moved towards them without breaking the eye contact with Gabriella. Both of them looked away when they were pushed to sit together on a sofa. The basket full of food was being passed around the room and each person took one.

The 'Boltons' were eating quietly and stealing glances at each other. No word was uttered since Gabriella's arrival and Harry didn't like that. This part wasn't in his master plan and he had to do something. Calling the photographer over, he pointed and the couple.

"Take a few photos of them would you?" Gabriella and Troy looked at them in shock. What the…? "You two!" Harry pointed at them "don't sit there just like that! Do something!"

Gabriella was still staring at the man with wide eyes when Troy leaned towards her.

"Close your mouth and stop staring, you look like a freak." He whispered to her lowly while the photographer snapped pictures. Gabriella recomposed herself and smiled sweetly.

"I hope you choke on your food." She whispered back into his ear while putting a hand on his shoulder. Troy couldn't do anything but glare at her.

"That was cute!" the photographer gushed at the couple. "Gabriella, why don't you feed Troy huh?" upon hearing this, Troy choked on his bite and Gabriella almost spat out her wrap. Troy was still chocking and coughing when Gabriella realized she won and smirked at him. What was the score? Oh yea, 2 for both.

"But of course." Gabriella smiled sweetly and turned to Troy. "Open your mouth honey!" she said while holding her lunch up. Troy swallowed and opened his mouth. Gabriella, not waiting for anything, shoved half of the wrap into his mouth while everyone awed at how cute they were.

Troy, glaring at Gabriella with a full mouth, forced his portion into her mouth and smiled triumphantly. Both of them were trying to chew down their mouthfuls while making faces at each other. Harry only laughed and mentally congratulated himself. He was a genius!

"Troy, why don't you kiss Gabriella? This was all cute but we are not in kindergarten." The photographer called out. Looks like Harry was not the only genius in the room.

Before Gabriella could react, Troy pressed his lips against hers and the camera snaps could be heard in the background. As fast as the kiss started, it also ended and Troy continued eating his lunch as if nothing had happened. Gabriella slowly munched on the tortilla while blushing profusely.

Everyone around laughed at the couple and gushed about how cute they were together. Everyone except one person. The platinum blonde threw her Wrap into the trash bin and stormed out of the studio, not caring that it was her clothing line in there, not caring that it was her responsibility and her time to shine. The only thought and image in her head was the kiss.

After lunch, Troy went back to his photo shoot while Gabriella and Harry stood on the sidelines and watched.

"You know, at the Magazine Launching party, Troy gave me this manuscript of a story from some author. I told him I would look at it and see what we could do about it." Harry told her while they were watching Troy work. Gabriella's interest suddenly rose. Was it her story?

"Yea? And what did you think about it?" she asked in what was supposed to be a casual voice.

"Just between you and me, I think the story sucked big time. I mean I couldn't even finish reading it because of how awful it was!" Harry lowered his voice as if telling her a secret. Gabriella frowned at this. He said her story sucked!

"Are you sure? Maybe you are a little biased. I mean, it shouldn't be that bad if Troy Bolton himself brought it to you right?" she tried to reason with him.

"I thought that too, but you should see the story! It was so bad I cant even begin to describe it." Harry shuddered at the very thought of reading it again.

"Well I bet it is amazing! You just don't see the good in it." Gabriella defended herself. Harry looked at her weirdly but decided to drop the subject and looked back at Troy.

"Ready?" Troy asked Gabriella half an hour later when he changed back into his clothes. The photo shoot was done and Gabriella waited for him to go home. Yes, she decided to move back in even though they didn't talk about it. She called Chad and asked him to bring all of her stuff back to the house. He was more than happy to do that after the wraps and the very thought of no more Gabriella in the house.

"Yup, let's go home!" she nodded and together, they walked out to the streets of downtown LA.

"Morning…" Gabriella yawned while walking into the kitchen. Suddenly she stopped dead in tracks. Troy was already sitting there with a coffee and newspaper in hand. Something she had never seen before.

"Good Morning! Where is my breakfast?" Troy asked with a smile. Gabriella rolled her eyes, at least something didn't change. Taking out everything she needed to make the morning dishes, she started working while humming. Troy observed her quietly and sipped his coffee.

Both of them started their breakfast when Troy decided to break the silence.

"Where is the cake?" Gabriella looked at him like he had grown a second head.

"Why should there be a cake? Is it your birthday or something?" Troy smirked at her and chewed his pancake before swallowing.

"Nope, but it's yours." He said casually. How could anyone forget their own birthday was beyond him. Gabriella stared at him for few seconds before her eyes lit up and a big smile appeared on her face.

"You are right! It's my birthday today!" she exclaimed excitedly almost bouncing in her seat.

"I want to go to Disney Land with Chad and Taylor!" she said suddenly. Troy looked at her feeling a bit hurt.

"Just the three of you? What about me?" he asked before he could even realize what he was saying the words had already left his lips. Gabriella shrugged and replied.

"Sure, I mean, you could come too if you wanted I guess. It's just that, are you sure? With all the fans and stuff following you?"

"I don't want to go to some lame Disney Land anyway. Besides I have a lot of things to do today in my office." Troy replied quickly and shoved a spoonful of scrambled eggs in his mouth. Gabriella glared at him but continued to eat happily.

"Hey Taylor! Yea I know! It's my birthday can you believe it?" Gabriella yelled into the phone excitedly.

"So I was thinking, you, Chad, me and Disney Land!" she smiled broadly while cleaning the steps of the stairs.

"Yea, sure! Don't forget to tell Chad then k? See you at 11!" she hung up and started singing Happy Birthday quietly to herself.

"Move!" Troy told her while walking down the stairs. Gabriella scoffed but moved anyway and continued as if nothing had happened. No one was going to ruin her birthday today. Not even Troy.

"I am leaving for work now!" he called out and slammed the door shut. Gabriella just shook her head and stood up. Suddenly her phone rang Ryan Evans Calling

"Hello?" Gabriella answered in a happy voice.

"Hey Gabriella! I called to talk to you about the story you gave me. Can we meet up?" Ryan asked. Gabriella frowned, it was her birthday and she wanted to go with her friends.

"Uhm, I am actually busy today but can we meet up another day?" she asked in hope.

"Oh, I am afraid I cant do that. I am very busy and this is the only day I have some time."

"Fine, I will just rearrange my schedule then. Thank you." Gabriella sighed and hung up. Career was her number one priority and if that meant missing her birthday then so be it. She took a deep breath and dialed Taylor's number.

"Thanks for meeting up with me Ryan." Gabriella said while shaking his hand and sitting down in of the chairs opposite of him.

"Yup, now about the story." Ryan began and frowned. Gabriella looked at him excitedly and nodded for him to continue.

"I am sorry, but it was just painful to read. In other words, it was bad." He blurted out wincing. Gabriella blinked twice and looked at him sadly.

"I don't understand." She mumbled.

"The narrative is bad and the whole thing is just simply awful. I cant do anything with it." This angered Gabriella. He was the second person in few days to tell her how much she sucked and she was sick of it.

"I don't care! It doesn't matter if you think it is good or bad! I am going to continue writing till the day I die and even after that I am going to be writing!" she yelled out and stood up. She started walking towards the door.

"Wait! Your story, wasn't, uhm, that bad. I am sure we can work something out!" Ryan stopped her.

"What are you saying?" she asked him, turning around.

"I am offering you a job. Your task is to write a new story. I want you to give me a synopsis every week and if it's really good, I will make it into a movie. What do you say?" Ryan asked with a smile.

"Are you serious? Okay!" Gabriella nodded enthusiastically. That was an opportunity she would never miss. "And I am sorry about my earlier outburst. I didn't mean to." She chuckled awkwardly.

"Don't think about that. How about a lunch? A celebration for you getting a job." He waved his hand dismissively. Gabriella agreed and both of them made their way towards the elevators.

Troy Bolton was official the most bored person in the whole entire universe in the moment. The words 'bored to death' should never be taken lightly again because Troy seriously felt like he was dying and he couldn't do anything about it.

He had already read through every single newspaper that his office provided, all the comic books and did all the quizzes and puzzles in the magazines. Apparently his season is spring and his Harry Potter girlfriend is Hermione. But that was beside the point! He had absolutely nothing to do! He had even played all the games on his phone! How pathetic is that???

There was no work for him in the office, despite what he told Gabriella. He just didn't want seem like a loser, inviting himself to go with her and her friends. But then, she was his wife right? He had every right to go with her and that's what he will do! Troy decided and stood up. Immediately he walked to his car and drove towards Anaheim where the amusement park was located.

Upon arriving there, Troy realized two things: one, the place was ginormous and he had no idea where Gabriella was. Two, this place was swarmed with teenage crazy fans that loved him. There would be no way he could walk amongst them unrecognized.

That is going to be a heck of a long day.

A/N: we gotta go! REVIEW because the next chapter includes Troy's adventure in Disney Land and u don't want to miss that :P