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Authors Note: Thanks for the reviews. This chapter is kind of random and out of the blue, but kind of important to the plot. Sorry if it leaves you confused. I've been watching a little too much Summerland. Haha. LoveYouGuys!
Sorry these past few chapters have been short. They don't seem so short until they get on the page! LOL. Plus I haven't had a lot of time lately. x3 ENJOY!
Gabriella woke up around 9 that morning. She didn't want to wake up Troy so she layed there. Minutes later she felt him move around, and stretch. She turned around and kissed him gently. "Morning Sunshine." Troy said causing Gabriella to giggle a little bit. He got up and grabbed Gabi's hand and led her to the kitchen. She sat down at the table watching Troy "Eggs?" He asked as he rumaged the fridge. Gabi smiled and nodded her head. Troy brought out the eggs, bacon and some shredded cheese. He cracked an egg into the bowl,one handed. "Wow. Get lessons from Emeril?" Gabi joked. "No. Zeke." Gabi just laughed and stood up. He was whisking the eggs and pouring them into a bowl. Gabi wrapped her arms around him and stood on her toes to peek over his shoulder. "You seem like a real expert." Gabi said watching his every move. "It's eggs and bacon... It's pretty hard to screw up." Troy laughed, "If you want to see me in action, you should've seen Zeke try to teach me to make cheesecake." Gabi just laughed. When he was done he set the plates on the table, grabbed two cups and orange juice. He poured them and walked back to the table.
After a long afternoon of watching movies and tv, they wound up talking. Gabriella told him all about Florida. He smiled, "It's good that everythings okay there." Gabi just put on a fake smile and nodded. Wow, that was the last thing that Florida was was good. She had terrible news to tell him, but decided to wait.
Troy led her to the backyard. Past the basketball court and everything, its actually really beautiful. There were flowers and trees everywhere. I stopped walking and just looked around. Troy laughed, "Yeah, my mom asked my dad and he said sure, but as long as a basketball court was blocking it." They laughed. He sat on a bench swing that was hung from a tree. Gabi sat next to him. They held hands and rocked back and forth on the swing. That was it, Gabriella couldn't takeit anymore. "Troy. We have to talk." Troy stopped and looked at her. Fear filled his eyes. "I don't know if I can moving back here." 'WHAT?" Troy flipped out. "WHY!" He cried. He wanted to die, he couldn't take her being gone for months, but forever? "Troy, I have nothing to do with it." "Then tell me why!" Troy said, practically crying now. "I can't say." Troy jumped off the swing and faced her, "It's me isn't it?" Gabi shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "Whatever." He said as he turned around to walk away. "It's not about me or you, Troy. It's about my mom." She was crying. Troy turned around. "Whats wrong?" "Sh-She's..." Troy sat back down next to her, wrapping his arms around her. "What's she doing?" Gabi sat there, practically clawing into Troy's back with her nails. "Drinking." "What?" Troy said, suprised at this. Her mom seemed so nice, What happened? (a/n: okay, someone has been watching too much Summerland. cough me...)
"I don't know when it started, but I don't think she knows that I know. Ever since the end of April she's been drinking at nights. Now she's been drinking in the mornings too. I just don't know what's going on." She cried. Tears rolled down her cheek and onto his shirt. "She's never home anymore. The night before I left was the first time we actually talked since she started and all I could smell was alchohol. Please don't say anything." Her words were mummbled and faint. "Did you ask her about it?" Troy asked, still in complete shock. She shook her head. "Gabi, you have to tell her that she needs to stop." She shook her head rapidly. "She'd hate me Troy. I just can't do that." Troy squeezed onto her. "Noone could ever hate you Gabi. Noone." They sat there for the longest time.
Mrs. Bolton looked out the window to see Gabriella's head rested against her son's shoulder. She smiled at the thought of how cute they are. She looked at the table which was filled with foods. She poked her head outside. "Dinners done you two." Troy turned around and nodded and held up a finger. Mrs. Bolton just nodded and went back inside. "Dinners done, but if you don't want to go inside then I'll stay out here with you." Gabi smiled up at him. "I'm fine." "Are you sure?" They said as they got up,holding eachothers hands. Gabi just nodded.
Dinner was the last bit silent. Mr. Bolton was actually being nice to Gabriella. "How is Florida." Gabi looked down at her food and then back up at her boyfriends dad, "It's fine." Troy reached for her hand that was resting on her armrest of the chair. He rubbed it softly. "That's good. And how's your mom?" Gabi just looked back down at her food, "Fine." She lied. She squeezed Troy's hand for support. Troy just looked at his Dad. "Uhm. Mashed potatoes?" Troy offered to Gabriella who was staring at her plate. She looked up at him and gave him a faint smile. "Yes please."
After dinner they sat up in Troy's room. "I still don't understand why you didn't tell me sooner." Troy said as Gabriella scooted closer to him. "I guess I just didn't want to believe it." She said. "Hey." Troy said causing Gabi to look up at him. "It'll be okay. I promise." With that Gabi kissed him on the lips. Ten minutes later Gabi found herself practically on top of Troy. Noticing what she was doing she quickly got off. "I'm gonna go change. I'll be right back." Troy nodded and grabbed some sweatpants. He threw them on and sat back on the bed. Gabi came back and sat at the edge of the bed. "Troy?" She asked, wondering if he was still awake. He turned over and faced her. She layed down next to him. "Thanks." She said smiling. "For what?" "Always being there for me." She hugged him and then turned around and went to sleep.
I'll update tonight. x3 hope you liked it.