CHAPTER 2
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Gabriella was straightening her hair. She was preparing for a date with David. She was wearing a dark green dress with black high heeled sandals. She finished her makeup just as David came to the door.
"Hi," she said to him pecking him on the lips.
"How are you?" he asked the same thing as he did every time he saw her, which she had to admit was incredibly uninteresting.
"Fine," Gabriella always answered the same thing. David smiled.
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Gabriella and David were eating dinner at Lez Cheuz, a popular Italian restaurant. David was talking about his usual boring stuff. Gabriella waited for it to pass. It always did. She was staring out the window when she saw a huge group of guys walk by the window into the restaurant. She stared at them.
"Is it?" she thought to herself. "It can't be, or could it? Oh my god, it is. It's Troy."
She had just taken a drink of water when Troy walked in. She gagged on it when she saw him. David noticed. "Are you alright?" he asked standing up.
"ye..no," Gabriella changed in mid-sentence causing David to look at her weirdly. She fake coughed. "I don't feel well. I feel sick." She got up and began to walk towards the door.
"Check please!" David called to the waiter.
"I'll wait in the car," Gabriella said to David. She snuck out so that Troy wouldn't see her.
Gabriella lay in bed. She had faked sick so that she could stay in the dorm all day. She was miserable. Trust Troy to ruin her date.
Her roommate Katie came in. "I know your little secret," she said to Gabriella. "You're not sick, you're just afraid to leave this room."
"What are you talking about?" asked Gabriella trying to act innocent.
"UCONN's in town," she said. "I also heard that they were at the same restaurant as you last night. So that's why you ended your date early. You saw Troy and freaked out."
"No, seriously I'm sick," Gabby said faking a cough.
"Uh-huh," said Katie sarcastically.
Gabriella was getting frustrated. She got out of bed. "I'm sick! Stop telling me what I feel!" Katie stared. Gabriella blushed.
"Out with it," said Katie, "give me all the details."
"Fine," said Gabriella. "He was doing his usual dull conversation starters when I saw the whole UCONN team walk in. I just freaked out when I saw him I guess."
"That's all?" asked Katie doubtfully.
"That's all," said Gabriella. "It wasn't that exciting."
"Whatever," Katie said. "oh and to explain why Troy's here, UCONN is playing us tonight, and they came over here on a plane last night. They leave again tomorrow."
"Oh," said Gabriella. "That explains it."
"I have to go to Biology," said Katie. She began to walk towards the door. "You comin?" Gabriella shook her head. Katie started out and saw that David was at the door. "I hope you feel better, Gabby."
Gabby looked puzzled. Then she saw David walk in. "Hi," she said putting on a sick voice.
"You don't sound so good," he said. "How ya doin?"
"Better," said Gabriella. "Better than last night." She faked a cough.
"Tell you what?" David said. "How about I make you some soup. We can eat it together like a little date. To make up for last night."
"I'd like that," Gabriella said.
David smiled. "I'll go get some." He walked out the door. Gabriella got up out of bed and looked out the window. Her dorm wasn't really a dorm. It was more like an apartment. It was for juniors and seniors only. It didn't have curfew rules or anything like that. The rooms were a lot nicer. Gabriella's room was on the 17th floor. She had a small balcony outside her window door. She got up and walked onto it. She could see the whole campus. It was beautiful. She felt the wind breeze around her, comforting her.
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Troy walked by with the team. They were exploring the Duke campus. He had to admit, it was beautiful. Chad came up to him. "Hey," said Chad.
"Hey," replied Troy.
"Nervous about tonight?" Chad asked.
"The game? Nah, I'm calm right now."
"Gabriella?"
"Gabriella."
"Don't let her stress you out," Chad said. "You know, you may not even see her. It's a big campus."
Troy wasn't sure if he wanted to see her. Part of him was desperate just for a glimpse of her, while another part of him hoped that he wouldn't see her. She never called him back. She obviously didn't care about him.
"You have spent three years being depressed over her," Chad said. "You have to let it go. It's not healthy." Troy just stared at him. "Come on, Shelby loves you, and you like her, now maybe not as much as Gabriella but you like her. You've even admitted it."
"Yes, Chad, I do like her."
"See," said Chad. "And she likes you. You're perfect together."
Troy shrugged. "I guess your right."
Gabriella sat listening to Twinkle Towne, tears streaming down her face. How could he have done this to me she thought to herself. Breaking Free started to play. Gabriella recognized the words and began to sing along. When she reached to the part where she sang we're soarin, she stopped and cried harder. She hadn't cried this hard since saying goodbye to Troy the last time she saw him. She got up and walked over to her dresser. She opened her underwear drawer where she kept her photo album, and pulled out a silver locket in the shape of a heart. Troy had bought it for her. She opened it up. Inside it was a picture of Troy and her. It was taken when they graduated from East High. The Gabriella in the picture was younger. The Gabriella in the picture was happy. The Gabriella in the picture wasn't worried. The Gabriella in the picture had no idea about the pain that was too come during college. Gabriella put it on herself. It was beautiful. She cried even harder when she saw it on herself. There was a knock on the door. It's probably Katie Gabriella thought to herself. She was always forgetting her key. Gabriella walked towards the door to open it. Expecting Katie, she opened the door. Troy Bolton was standing right outside her door.
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