Thanks to the reviewers! I opened my e-mail and found like 13 review alerts! I was really excited!

Anyway, to answer some questions:

Monica7725: No they didn't, when they walked out of the science room right before they went to the store, Troy and Chad had just had their little meeting. The meeting was pretty much Coach Bolton telling them what happened in the class and what they missed so I didn't put that in.

Jamez.Blonde: I think it might...I haven't decided when or where, but it will be coming up again because it's still with him...it will be a surprise when it happens though so keep a look out, you never know when his heart might do that. It's not serious, just a little scary from what I've read about it.

So, I like the questions that you reviewers are asking so keep up the good reviews and enjoy!

"Hi mom."

"Troy explain to me immediately what you did to the kitchen." She looked down at Troy and as an after thought asked, "and what are you doing on top of Chad? No, I don't think I want to know."

Troy jumped off of Chad and looked at the kitchen. "Um...well you see...we were doing our project...yeah project and we...kind of..."

"Okay, it wasn't our fault," Chad said jumping to Troy's side. "There was this giant alien invasion in the kitchen and they wanted to take Troy so he could play for their basketball team...the Mars-lings. I mean, we had to put up a fight or they'd take Troy-"

"Chad hold your breath!"

"Yes ma'am."

They heard a popping noise and the five boys looked up and gulped. Some sort of gooey substance on the ceiling was about to fall.

"I'm very disappointed in you-" and it fell. A big orange glob right on the top of her head.

"Mrs. Bolton," Ryan said. "Orange is definitely your color."

"What is that," she asked disgust apparent on her face.

Troy looked around, none of his friends wanted to answer. "I don't know...orange juice and-"

"No, not that. That smell...its like burning-"

"The hamburger!" Zeke yelled.

Troy groaned and sat down on the floor, right in the middle of the mess. "Why me?"

"Troy, clean up the kitchen...now!"

"Okay Mom." Elaine walked out, shaking her head and muttering about kitchens and teenagers.

"I don't get it!" Troy said. "I try to do something nice and it backfires in my face. What have I done wrong to deserve this?"

Chad slid down the side of the cabinets to sit next to Troy. "You didn't do anything. Life just sucks sometimes, that's all. I thought you would have learned that by now."

"I should have."

"Here, you go get ready to go with your parents, me and the guys will clean up the mess. You will still get your date with Gabriella and it will be the best date she will ever have," Chad said."

"But that stupid banquet's tonight. I can't leave it."

"You'll have to leave if your cellphone rings," Chad said smiling. "It would be rude to stay."

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Gabriella rang the door bell and tapped her foot. It wasn't that she was impatient, but because she was nervous. She had been dating Troy for what seemed like forever, but tonight was their first date.

The door opened and Chad stood in the doorway. He looked like a waiter of a restaurant. "Welcome to the Bolton residence. My name is Chad and I will be your waiter this evening. A table for two, follow me."

Gabriella followed him into the house. It was dark, lit with just candles. Chad led her to the living room. It was decorated beautifully. There were candles on the table along with one red rose on Gabriella's plate. The only thing wrong was that Troy wasn't there.

"Mr. Bolton will be arriving shortly." He leaned toward her and whispered in her ear, "He's up in his room looking at himself in the mirror." Chad loved how lying came so easily to him. He pulled her chair out and she sat down. "Dinner will be served shortly."

Chad

walked to the kitchen and picked up the phone and dial a very familiar number. "Troy, she's here."

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Troy sat at a table half asleep. It was always boring when business people talked for long periods of time. His mom's boss was telling them a story and Troy could have cared less. He had placed his cellphone on the table for easy access. He drummed his fingers on the table

Right as the speaker got to the 'interesting' part of his story, "Roundball Rock" the NBA theme song (and his ring tone) played threw out the room. He grabbed the phone and walked out of the room. Once he shut the door of the hall, he said, "I'm on my way."

"You better be," came Chad's answer.

Troy shut the phone and looked down the hall. Jason was leaning up against the wall and he walked over to him. "Okay, when they start to look like I'm being missed, call me."

"Yeah," Jason said. He chuckled, "nice ring tone."

Troy shook his head as he ran out to his car and drove to his house. He got out of the car and walked to the back door, so he could walk up the stairs without being seen. He dusted himself off once he reached the top of the staircase, took a deep breath and walked down into the living room.

He was amazed at what Chad, Zeke, Jason and Ryan managed to do last minute with the living room. It looked very romantic. But once he saw Gabriella, the living room was pushed into the back of his mind. She was wearing a very pretty, light blue dress with matching shoes. He smiled and continued walking down the stairs.

"Troy, this is fantastic!" She said when he came into her view. "It must have taken you forever to set this up."

"It didn't take that long," he said as Chad walked in the doorway.

"Your dinner is served."

Troy motioned for Chad to lean down. "What is this?" Troy whispered.

"Take out," Chad whispered back. "Our food was destroyed."

Chad walked out of the room and into the kitchen. Zeke and Ryan had just sat down in chairs when he walked in. "It is a success so far boys," Chad said.

"We don't have to go get anymore food right?"

"Nope, but we need to make sure Troy doesn't make a fool of himself." The three made their way to the staircase where they could sit down and be seen by Troy, but not by Gabriella.

"You look very beautiful," he said.

"You don't look to shabby yourself. And this food is great!" She look him straight in the eye. "I didn't know you could cook."

"I didn't either."

She smiled. "Always modest."

"Yeah, sometimes a little too modest," Chad said from the stairs. When Gabriella took another bite of food, Troy sent a glare at the three boys on the stairs. Chad waved back at him.

"You have a lot of pictures around the house."

"Yeah, I guess I never really noticed before."

Gabriella smiled, "I think it's great that your parents do that. There's a little piece of you and Mack in every room. You were a cute toddler."

Troy couldn't reply, "Roundball Rock" started to play again. "Gabriella, my parents are at a banquet, can I take this?"

"Oh, go ahead."

"I'll send Chad in here so that you won't be bored." Troy stood up and walked to the stairs. He jerked his head and Chad jumped out.

"Hello Gabriella," he said as he sat in Troy's seat. "Roundball Rock" still playing he whispered, "make sure he doesn't do something stupid," to Zeke and Ryan. They nodded their heads and Troy was off.

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"What took you so long," Jason said as Troy opened the door to the building.

"Traffic." He shook his head and walked back into the hall. People were having conversations at their tables now and not many noticed him come in.

"Who were you talking to son," Jack asked.

"Chad," he said hoping that there wasn't going to be additional questions.

"What did he need that took so long," Elaine asked. 'Today is not my day,' he thought to himself.

"He needed help with...his English homework."

"Then why wouldn't he call Taylor? She's smarter than you," Mack said, not believing Troy.

"Taylor was busy."

"Then why didn't he call Gabriella?"

"Gabriella was at Taylor's house. Mack stop asking questions about my life, this is Mom's night."

"Just asking why anyone would ask you for help, you're so thick you could be a beam for a house!"

"Mack," Elaine said. "Be nice."

Mack rolled her eyes and started to spin her fork on her plate. Troy didn't blame her for being cranky. He remembered when he was Mack's age, coming to these banquets were horrifyingly boring. This time with his date and the banquet, it was way too much too handle and needless to say it wasn't boring.

"So Troy, how's school going?" Elaine asked, trying to make a conversation.

"Actually, Troy why did you skip today?"

Troy looked at his father and bit his lip. Jack always seemed to tell when his son was lying. Whether he said anything or not, Troy could feel that he knew the truth.

"I was already late and I didn't want to walk in without a late pass, so I decided to go to the library. That way when I wanted to, I could get a pass from there."

"What were you doing that made you late?" Elaine asked concerned.

"I don't know. I was trying to find the guys and I couldn't."

Troy looked around the room, desperate for a subject change. Mack wasn't looking at him. He figured that she was mad at him for letting Chad throw the juice and crackers at her. The table was silent until the sound of Troy's cellphone erupted.

"I'll be right back," he said to his family. He walked out into the hall and answered the phone, unaware that someone had followed him.

"Tell her that I had to pick up something for my mom or I don't know...Zeke, just...What did Chad do now...I'll be right there."

Jason stepped out from behind the wall. "You better hurry, I think your parents are getting suspicious."

Troy groaned. "Just my luck. I'll take Gabriella home, tell her that Mack's sick or something and then I'll come back here."

"You are a genius my friend," Jason said.

"I would have to be if Chad had made a better plan."

"Good luck," Jason said.

"Yeah, I'm going to need it."

So, how did you like it. I wonder who followed him...hmm...this could be interesting...

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