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Can't wait. Nearly Zac Efron - the GLORIOUSLY yummy one - 's birthday.
Yay!
So yes, another short chapter until a few more days.
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Gabriella made her way into math, crying into her arm.
"Hey, Brie, what's wrong?" Troy said, catching her arm and pulling her into his chest.
"Taylor wants to be a cheerleader, and she was being so mean, and it wasn't like her to forget homework or anything, and one little slip-up and pfft. It's so wrong Troy but she thinks she perfectly right and she didn't even want to be early to help the teacher write out the lesson plan but she went off with Ashley, Vanessa and Monique, I can't believe her, she was also speaking to Sharpay, whom I know she very well hates, just as much as we do, Troy! And she-" Gabriella cried into him, making him bite his lip hard.
"Brie, girl, come on, people change. But, since a do love you, I'll come with you to math early." Troy answered, making her smiled and kiss him quickly.
Mrs Darbus walked through the middle of the couple, coughing loudly.
This made Troy laugh uncontrollably.
"Hello Montez, Mc- where's McKessie?" Mr Ball asked, looking over Gabriella's shoulder.
All he could see was a certain blue eyed boy.
"She's busy right now. But, Troy came with me." Gabriella answered, bowing her head.
Taylor had hit right through a raw nerve.
"Okay, well, you two, get down to work. Hand out these, and Troy, yes, come here and write this on the board." Mr Ball finished, sitting down at his desk and holding his cup of tea to his lips. "Chop, chop."
Gabriella smiled slightly, even though she did hate math, it wasn't because of her teacher. He was her favorite, anyway.
It was because of her elbow partner.
Alan.
He was a right weirdo. He wouldn't stop talking, and today she feared it all.
She was being partnered with him for a group project.
She knew it.
She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to make the thought of Alan leave her brain.
"Montez, you okay over there?" she heard Mr Ball gulp, placing his tea on the table and standing up wearily.
She nodded her head, slamming a sheet of paper onto a desk.
"Hey, you sure you're okay?" Troy asked, slipping his hand into hers.
She simply nodded, before putting another sheet down.
"Tell me." he insisted, sitting down in a seat.
Alan's seat.
"Nothing, I swear." she answered, shaking her head.
No one needed to know about Alan.
Mr Ball nodded at Troy quickly before scurrying out of the room, bringing his mug of tea with him.
"Brie, sit down, something's up." he insisted, pushing her shoulders down firmly, making her bottom reach the chair.
"Nothing, Troy. Why do you think something's up? It's just hard having to forget about Taylor being my best friend, you know? Give me time." she lied, standing back up swiftly and carrying on with her job.
As she placed the last sheet down, a terrifying image flashed through her mind.
"Oh, dear God." she whispered, sitting in the nearest possible chair.
"What, what?" Troy yelled, running up to her and grabbing her hand.
She looked up slowly, expressionless.
"He's going to hurt me."
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Gabriella could remember when she had turned up at Alan's, ready to get her thing on.
Her math thing, that is.
She opened the door to see the lights were off, she could just make out light coming from a distant room.
"Alan?" she called, breathing in deeply.
He swung open the doors, pulling her into his arms and kissing her hard.
"Get off me!" she screamed, hitting him as hard as she could.
It wasn't hard enough.
"Come on, baby Brie, you know how I adore you." he said, pushing her up against the wall.
He kissed her again, and this time she couldn't do anything but wait.
Wait for the nightmare to stop.
He started to carefully unbutton her shirt.
"Alan, stop!" she screamed, slapping him gently.
He merely laughed, and pulled her top off completely.
"Come on, baby, you need this. You want this, just like I do."
He snickered to himself quietly as he pulled his trousers off and pulled his boxers down, revealing 'little Alan', as he referred to at school.
She screamed, pulling away from his grasp just as he reached out for her jean button.
She pulled up her top, tears streaming down her face.
She was put off of boys for life.
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Troy stroked her hair one more time before kissing her passionately, trying to feel her pain.
"Brie, my baby, who do you mean?" he asked, wiping a gentle tears from her cheek.
"Alan." she whispered back, jumping as a bell rang, piercing the silence.
The corridor outside filled with noise as youngsters ran inside, ready for their first lesson.
Troy was eager to know what Alan did, but Mr Ball walked back in.
"Aha, you two, sit down. Now." he ordered, and they sprung to their feet and to their seats. "No, Bolton, next to Montez. Heyworth has moved math classes."
Troy nodded and sat next to Gabriella, pulling her hand into his.
She shook her head and pulled back, watching Mr Ball's eyes drift down to under the table.
"Try to keep your hands to yourself." Mr Ball said, coughing awkwardly.
Troy smiled at him; Mr Ball knew how Bolton handled his girlfriends.
Poor Montez.
"No more Alan." Troy whispered as children filed in, and Gabriella smiled as much as she could. Which wasn't much.
"Okay children, open the textbooks to page 4, do questions 1-20. Think of it as a, say, pop quiz?" Mr Ball cried, hearing a loud groan come from a group of kids at the back.
Freak Jeremy, Crazy Alice, Psycho Nancy, Dandruff Derek and Boffin Becky.
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Taylor wandered into the classroom dizzily, rubbing her head.
"McKessie. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Mr Ball screamed, standing up swiftly, causing his coffee to spill across the table and papers.
"Someone sort of, kidnapped me. They took me and-" she stopped, breaking down in tears.
It had been horrible for her.
"Tay!" Gabriella cried, standing up and running to her friend.
She didn't want to know what happened, she was just glad she was back.
To normal.
"What happened, dear?" Mr Ball whispered softly, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder.
She shrugged and cried harder, this time sniffing into Mr Ball's chest.
He clapped suddenly and the class stopped staring, in fact they turned back and got back to their work, not even daring to look across the room.
"Taylor, what's wrong?" Gabriella just about managed to say, suspecting Alan immediately.
"The cheer-cheerleaders, the-they shave-shaved me and I-I didn't want to-to and they made me s-swear not to say anything, but they laughed at me and-" she choked out, crying uncontrollably.
"I'm sorry Taylor." Gabriella whispered as she escorted her to the nurse's room.
"No, it's my fault. I was a dick." she said simply, wiping her eyes once more.
It had taken guts to tell all that, she reckoned.
"It was brave of you to tell Mr Ball. He is nice, I know, but he's a guy and-" Gabriella said a little louder, watching Taylor's eyes grow wide.
"How could I think of telling anyone! They're going to kill me!" Taylor said, feeling the tears come back again.
Gabriella shook her head firmly.
"It was the right thing to do, you know. I'm just glad you're back." Gabriella gushed, hugging her best friend.
"To normal." Taylor added, and they started to laugh gently.
It was a nice sound.
Laughter.
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"Hey, Brie, what happened with Taylor?" Troy asked, running up to her and pulling her intoa long warm hug.
She simply shrugged, knowing she wasn't about to tell.
"No, tell!" Troy cried, shaking her shoulders.
She shrugged again, a smile playing on her lips.
"At least she's back." he said quietly, watching her grin.
"To normal." she added, grinning bigger and bigger.
He smiled also, hugging her tightly.
"I feel sorry for her. I heard something about cheerleaders, laughing and swearing. doesn't sound like the normal Taylor to me." Troy thought out loud, watching Gabriella laugh.
"No, that was the cheerleaders silly! She wanted a change of clique, and they - did stuff. That goes against... Her religion." Gabriella lied, smiling.
"What religion? I thought she was Catholic?" Troy said, perplexed.
"Did I say religion? I meant beliefs. Bye!" she yelled, running across towards science.
"No, wait! Who's your partner in science?" Troy yelled back, watching her slow down immediately.
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The teacher had given everyone partners. Troy had deliberately not listened, so he could ask Gabriella. He knew they would be together now.
His plan had fitted perfectly.
He had gotten to sit by Gabriella in math, which gave him an automatic ticket to being her partner in the project.
But Mr Ball had his moments, and decided if some elbow partners to mix, so it would be two girls together and two boys.
Namely the naughty ones.
Or, the couples.
Either way, Troy was in for it.
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"Umm, someone named Bolton." she called back, grinning.
He grinned too.
"Well, I guess we're back." Troy yelled, smiling as she turned to saunter off.
"To normal!" they screeched simultaneously, laughing hysterically as they went their different ways.
Scholastic Decathlon meeting room and the gym.
Oh yes.
They were back.
Back to normal.
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Yes, so that's it. Another short one to go with the other short one lol.
Aren't you guys lucky!
Oh yes, and Gabriella's crying at the beginning because fo Taylor choosing to go with the cheerleaders instead of her. Lol.
Peace!
P.S. 6 days till Zac Efron's BIRTHDAY!