Chapter 3 (Basketball)

After the school day was over, Gabriella had a Scholastic Decathlon meeting and Troy had basketball practice, but he really didn't want to go.

So before practice he talked to his dad and said "Listen, I know its going to upset you dad, but..."

"But what?" Interrupted his dad.

"But I don't want to play anymore I just want to be free and not have practice and games to constantly wok around for dates. I can't keep Gabriella waiting non-stop." Troy snapped.

"What? We need you? You can't stop." Troy's dad screamed.

"Look dad I'm not going to just do something I don't want to. Looks like your going to have to find a new best player." Troy's eyes started watering.

"I thought you liked to play though?" Questioned his dad with his head tilted.

"I do, but its taking my life up, I never have time to have fun with Gabriella."

"Alright fine, what if we make some compromises? Will that work?"

"Yeah, I don't need all that practice how about instead of every day, I just come once or twice a week?" Questioned Troy with a nervous look on his face.

"You'll have to ask the rest of the team."

"Ok ." Later on at the end of practice Troy asked the team, everybody thought that non of them needed all that practice and everybody should just have two times a week. The coach (Troy's dad) wasn't happy with that but he agreed, but if the team started to lack down, they would be back to the regular schedule.

Troy smiled and said "I can't wait to tell Gabriella, thank god I didn't leave her for Danielle, what a mistake that would of been." People stared at him as the walked by, because he was talking to himself. He left the gym and walked home with a bunch of friends. Troy was silent, everybody else talked and laughed about so many things, but Troy just didn't feel like talking, the only thing he could do was think about Gabriella. He knew he would call her when he got home to tell her the great news.

Sneak Preview for Chapter 4: Troy calls Gabriella and tells her the good news, they go out the same night for a romantic dinner, but it might be disaster when there waiter is Troy's x-girlfriend is there waiter. Troy is over her, but she gets mean.