Chapter 21- Work

Gabriella sighed heavily through her yawns. She finished her homework, but still need more information on her project. Even a cup of iced coffee didn't keep her awake. She grabbed her apron that has 'Seafood Grill' printed on it, ready for work. (A/N: Made up restaurant.)

"Gabriella Montez?"

"Yes." Gabriella smiled at her boss.

"You will be responsible for table 23 to 27, ok?"

"Yes, sir." Gabriella walked over to the customer, waiting for their drink at table 24.

"Hello, my name is Gabriella and I'll be serving you tonight. Do you want anything to drink?"

"Sure, I'd take a root beer." A tall, dark skinned person with a shirt that says 'wildcat' on it ordered. (A/N: No racist comment. Just describing someone.) He looked up from his menu and grinned broadly as he recognized Gabriella. "Hey, Gabster!"

Gabriella gasped. "Oh my god, Zeke!"

Just as Zeke got up to hug Gabriella, a pretty blonde walked to the table. "Zekie-poo, can you order--" The pretty blonde paused as she saw Gabriella hugging Zeke.

"Hey, Gabriella." Sharpay mumbled. Sharpay and Gabriella had a bad past together. So Sharpay tried not to show any emotion as she talked.

"Hey, Sharpay." Gabriella smiled politely as she let go of Zeke. He sat down next to Sharpay.

"Oh, Gabriella, Sharpay and I are kind of going out." Zeke blushed.

"I'm so happy for you two!" Gabriella smiled again.

"Thanks." Sharpay said back politely, but emotionless.

"So, Zeke, you wanted root beer. How about you, Sharpay?" Gabriella got back to work.

"Unsweet tea."

"Alright. I'll bring you back the drinks in a second. Got to get to work." Gabriella giggled a little. She walked over to get their drinks as the couple looked in their menus.

"Thanks for shopping at craft world. Have a nice evening." Troy said to his customers. (A/N: Made up store.)

That was Troy's last customer. The store was closing in 10 minutes. He works at Craft World from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. He took out his phone and called Gabriella. "Hello?"

"Hey, you have reached Gabriella's voice mail! I'm probably busy or snoozing right now, or maybe my phone's on low battery, you know phones, right? Stop Troy! Or maybe somebody is bothering me and I couldn't get to finish recording this thing. Anyway, let's get to the point. Leave your name, why you called and when to call back. Easy as pie, got it?" After Gabriella's recorded voice had been finished playing, it made a beep sound.

"Hey, babe, call me when you have time. I miss you." Troy said in the phone. He couldn't hold the laugh any longer as he remembered what happened when Gabriella got her new phone and was recording that. He was tickling her waist and Gabriella is very ticklish.

Troy cleaned up a bit and left. He started to drive safely back to his apartment.

A/N: Again, so sorry for being short. I can't possibly think of any other ideas so I'm going to either just end it here or one more chapter. Please tell me! I might make a sequel if someone supports me. But I'm not going to go any farther with this story. I'm going to end it on the next chapter. Or this one. REVIEW AND TELL ME! If I do a sequel it's going to take place 7 years later. REVIEW AND TELL ME I NEEDY'ALL TO PICK! ;p xxx Natalie