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Recap

Gabriella found the girl's nervousness slightly amusing, it reminded her of her fear on her first day here, that had soon dissipated when she had discovered Troy attended the school, her mind drew back to the now seemingly pointless argument she had started earlier, he had walked away then, and she hadn't seen him since.

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Gabriella's POV

Home was strangely silent, as I predicted, Isobel wasn't speaking to me, Mom was out, I hadn't spoken to Troy since the argument this morning, Ali had been here for a while, she was chatty, but her mom had picked her up and around 5.30. That old saying, silence is golden, totally incorrect, silence is horrible, I can hear the clock ticking, but it doesn't sound normal, it sounds lonely, just like I am now.

I glanced at the clock, 6.15, I should probably call mom and see if she wants me to sort dinner, but I don't feel like it, I'm not hungry, and if Isobel wants something to eat she's just gonna have to ask.

I got out my science homework, deciding to tackle that; because of the unbearable silence I began listening to my mp3 player as I answered the numerous questions.

"GABRIELLA!" I heard Isobel shout some while later over the music, I paused the music and turned to face her, realising she was not alone, "So that's why you wouldn't answer the door,"

"Didn't mom tell you never to answer the door?" I pointed out, my eyes still fixed on the figure behind her.

"I can go, if you don't want to talk to me," He suggested.

"I didn't say that" I spoke in a quieter tone to the one I had used with my sister.

I watched as Isobel rolled her eyes and ran back upstairs and turned my attention back to him.

"I'm sorry about earlier" I apologised.

"No, no, no, this wasn't your fault," He insisted,

"It was, Troy, I freaked out for no reason and that was wrong" I continued, knowing he wouldn't listen to a word.

"You were right though, I should have been there, I did promise," He proved my thoughts right.

"But you can't be there all the time," I said softly, "It wasn't your fault"

"I shouldn't have got mad, you were scared," He sighed sitting next to me.

"Ok, we're both sorry I get it" I grinned, getting a bit tired of the conversation. "I had my first tutoring session with Sasha today,"

"I heard" He answered, "Taylor has a big mouth, she told me Kieran had been bothering you so I asked where you were, you'd already left when I got to the library, how'd it go?"

"Pretty good actually," I told him, "Sasha's ok, she needs a lot of help though?"

"Better than hating her," He pointed out before kissing me, "I missed you, new rule, if we have a fight, we can't avoid eachother after,"

"Agreed," I confirmed.

ewwwww, too much fluff.