Chapter 2 Visit
The next day Gabriella was all packed and ready to go to her dad's house. As her mom pulled into her dad's driveway Gabriella could feel her excitment rising. "Bye mom"Gabriella said stepping out of the car. "Bye!I'll call you tonight to check up on some things"her mom said. Gabriella nodded and watched her mom drive off. Gabriella walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. A moment later a similar face answered the door.
"Dad"!Gabriella exclaimed. She ran up and hugged him.
"Hi Gabriella"her dad said hugging her back. After they broke apart her dad said"Wow!Look how much you've grown". Gabriella smiled and said"Well you look the same as when you did before". Her dad smiled and showed her in. They walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"So I'm sure your mom told you about Julia right"?her dad said. Gabriella nodded excitedly. Her dad noticed how excited she was and said"You know Julia is just as excited as you are". That made Gabriella get even more anxious. Her dad chuckled and called Julia in. Julia walked in. She looked just like Gabriella. They had the same eye color,same long brown curly hair and the same smile. Julia and Gabriella run up to each other and started hugging one another. "It's so great to finally meet you"Gabriella said after they stopped hugging.
"Me too"Julia said.
"Okay Julia why don't show Gabriella your room,where she'll be staying"her dad said. Julia nodded and took Gabriella upstairs. When they entered Julia's room Gabriella was stunned at how much it looked like her room.
"Wow!Your room looks just like mine"Gabriella said.
"I guess we have the same taste then"Julia said. Gabriella smiled and sighed in relief about how much things they already had in common. After Julia helped Gabriella unpack they went back downstairs to the living room.
"HEy I heard that you have a boyfriend"Julia said while sitting down on the couch.
"Yeah"Gabriella said slightly blushing.
"Well tell me about him"Julia said.
"Well his name is Troy Bolten and he's the captain of the basketball team"Gabriella started.
"Well go on"Julia said.
"He also likes to sing like me"Gabriella said.
"And whadda about his personality"?Julia asked.
"He's protective,he's kind and sweet and I don't know...he just has a nice personality"Gabriella said.
Julia smiled and said"You nust be so popular there".
"Sort of...At first when I went there the whole was trying to break me and Troy up just because he was trying out of school musical"Gabriella said.
"You know how schools are..they just want people to stick with what they're good at"Julia said. Suddenly Gabriella's cell phone rang.
"Hey it's Troy"!Gabriella said looking at the caller id. She answered it.
"Hey Troy"Gabriella said. She paused for a moment. "Oh nothing..just hanging out with Julia"Gabriella said looking over at her sister.
"Hey you wanna talk to her"?Gabriella asked Troy. She paused for a moment and then handed it to Julia.
"Um hello"?Julia said.
"Oh hey...Julia,right"?Troy said from the other line.
"Yeah that's me"Julia said.
"So what do you think about Gabriella"?Troy asked.
"She's okay..we actually have alot in common then we thought"Julia said.
"Well that's good..sounds like you two are getting off to a good start"Troy said.
"Yeah"Julia said. She looked over at Gabriella and just then their dad came in and that's where everything started.
"Who are you talking to"?their dad asked.
"Um just a guy"Gabriella said.
"Well I don't want you two talking to strangers"their dad said rudely. He snatched Gabriella's phone and hung up.
"But dad,HE'S not a stranger...he's my botfriend"Gabriella said.
"And how long have you two been dating"?their dad asked.
"For about 4 months"Gabriella said.
"Well that's not enough to consider him not a stranger now for the rest of the weekend I don't want to see you two talking to this guy...understood"?their dad said. Julia nodded because she knew what will happen if she disobeyed him for she had learned it the hard way. But Gabriella did not.
"This guy is named Troy and he's NOT a stranger"Gabriella snapped. Their dad had lost his temper. He swung his arm back and slapped Gabriella across the face.
"Don't you ever talk to me that way ever again..got it"?their dad yelled. Gabriella nodded and their dad handed back Gabriella's phone and walked upstairs.
"Are you okay"?Julia asked when their dad was no longer in hearing range. Gabriella nodded and look at her.
"Did he ever did that to you"?Gabriella asked. Julia was silent for a moment and then said"Yeah..but only once in a while". Gabriella sighed sadly.
"But good thing I'm moving to your place so he won't need to hurt me anymore"Julia said.
"Does he still do it to you"?Gabriella asked.
"Not really"Julia said. They smiled at each other and watched some television until dinner.
Meanwhile at Troy's house.
"Man,that was weird"Troy said to himself.
"What's weird"?Jack Bolten asked while entering the living room.
"Well I was talking to Gabriella's sister asnd then she just hung up"Troy said.
"I'm pretty sure she hung by mistake"Jack assured.
"Yeah probably"Troy said.
"Okay come on let's eat dinner"Jack said. the kitchen witTroy nodded and walked into kitcben.