Chapter 4 - "We're off to the Par-tay"
DING - DONG
G - I'll get it!
Gabriella burst through her bedroom doors, ran down the hallway almost losing her sparkling white 3" high heels, her white skirt flew in the wind as she literally jumped 15 steps while running to answer the door, she clanked as her heels hit the marble flooring in the foyer and she slid straight to the door
Ding dong
Gabriella stopped in front of the door checked herself quickly in the mirror and then opened the door slowly and only half-way so all you could see was her wavy hair falling down from the sides of her face.
G – "Who is it?" (In a cute 4 yr old way)
T – I don't know? (Laughing)
G – Oh it must be the delivery man giving me a present
T – Well you'd be close cuz here are some flowers (smiles)
G – Ha ha ha… so would you like to come in?
T – Sure if it is okay with you, that is?..
G – Of course
Gabriella opened the door completely and that is when Troy finally saw Gabriella in full. The light from the chandelier made Gabriella look like an angel and Troy's mouth dropped t the floor, she was wearing white a skin tight pink skirt with frills at the end of it, as well as Gabriella written in pale pink rhinestones embroidered into the hem; her top was a v-cut, sleeve-less, pale pink. She was wearing a huge diamond necklace that glittered and seemed to blind the rest of the room out of Troy's line of sight. Gabriella's hair was wavy as it fell from the pony-tail and bangs. They stood there not moving from the porch and foyer, facing each other for about two minutes, speechless to say none the less.
T – Uh. Uh. Uh. Uh. Uh…. You... l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-o-o-o-o-k-k... "cough cough" (clears throat) you look amazing Gabriella!
G – Heh heh... Thank you very much Troy. Come on in and ill be right back.
T – Umm... ok sure. (Walks inside) Wow for being new to the neighborhood, your house looks beautiful!
G – Hah... thanks… okay ill be right back I'm just going to run up to my room and get some things. (Runs half-way upstairs, turns around) Troy come on up ill show you my room!.
T – Okay, (runs up the stairs pretending to chase Gabriella)
When they reached Gabriella's room she ran around grabbed her purse filled it with a few necessities, grabbed her white faux fur shawl. (Troy – wow this is her room, its more beautiful then I remember from her porch the other night) Gabriella stopped in front of the mirror checked her hair and outfit one last time then strolled over to Troy.
G – Okay well I'm ready.
T – Okay let's go!
G - But before we go, can I uh...
T - Yes what is it?
Gabriella leaned into Troy to kiss him, but stopped because she was afraid, that someone might come in any minute. Troy gazed at her confused.
G - Okay we better go!
It was now 6:50 and on their way out Gabriella went and said "good-bye" to her mom, put her shawl on and a few quick pictures in the mirror of Troy and her and on the porch. Then they walked off to the party, it was about four, five blocks away at Majestic, a teen night club, which was rented out for the After-party by the Bolton's. As Troy and Gabriella walked they walked in the middle of the street, it was dark already and the only light was coming from the main part of the town and the street lamps. They would walk side to side because they were more focused on watching the skies for shooting stars, planets, etc. They'd giggle here and there, and each time they looked in each others eyes they would stop and the only thing to get them moving again was if there were headlights coming in the distance. As they walked Gabriella would continually rest her head on Troy's shoulder and they would hold hands and everything would just seem right. About 20 minutes into the walk and only another 2 blocks to go it becomes really dark, the street lights aren't working.
G – Oh, wow it got dark fast!
T – Heh, how about that, it did! And look Babe look we can see all the stars in the sky!
G – Why don't we stay here for a little longer? I like it, it's quiet, peaceful and I'm with you!
T – Yea, that's a great idea, there is actually a bench over under the broken street lamp that we can sit at and just look up.
G – Race you there (punches him playfully and runs to the bench) Oh, wow it feels good to sit down, my feet hurt because of these shoes!
T – Really, if I knew that I would've carried you!
G – Aw, thanks, but I'm a big girl now.. Ha-ha..
T – So, I just wanted to say again, you look amazing tonight!
G – Thanks Troy, so do you, you look so "HAWT" ha-ha..
They both stared up at the stars. He placed his left arm around the back of her head and she leaned back into it and then she moved closer to feel the warmth. They then stared at each other for a long time.
(Back of their minds.)
Troy:
Ya never know what you're gonna feel, oh
Ya never see it
comin' suddenly it's real
Gabriella:
Oh, never even
crossed my mind, no
That I would ever end up here tonight…
About 15mins later of closely, starring into each others eyes, Troy's phone goes off. It was Chad and he was already at the After-Party with Taylor waiting for them to arrive, and it was already 7:30 and they had been at the party since 7:15.
C – Hey man, Where you at?
T – I'm on my way I'm just walking taking my time to look at the stars and planets
C – Ok, well you better get here soon, people are arriving already and it's starting to get of the chizz-ain!
T – Okay, okay I'm on my way!
C – Peace out!
Click
T – Okay, well ready Gabriella, its getting kind of too cold to stay outside anymore, ready to go and party?
G – Yes, let's get our groove on all night long.. ha-ha
T – (laughs)
(back of their minds)
All
things change
When you don't expect them to
No one knows
What
the future's gonna do
I never even noticed
That you've
been there all along
They both got up and walked to the club close together now, because the wind started to pick up and got colder. Gabriella couldn't wait anymore the song of their love couldn't stop, so she kissed Troy then ran ahead to the club doors, while he stopped in astonishment.
