CHAPTER 10
((Sorry I couldn't update yesterday…after Annie and basketball practice, my whole bball team had a sleepover…I didn't have time to put up any chapters for either of my stories…I may put up two chapters today…but I don't know…thanks for all the reviews…almost 100…keep it up and ill keep the chapters coming…ive got some plans for this story…but I don't know whats gonna happen…it all depends on what letters my fingers put in…I basically command them to write a 1000 word chapter and they do it…I hpe you've liked everything ive written so far…here comes CHAPTER 10! A landmark chapter…R&R…XOXO, Christine))
Gabriella and Troy had really grown to like the hot tub. Before Gabriella had gone to stay with him, Troy had basically ignored its existence. Now, he was constantly in it with Gabriella, which he had to say, he liked it a lot. He had completely fallen in love with Gabriella. He knew that once the week was up, he wouldn't be able to give her up. But, he'd have too, and he'd be the most depressed he's ever been. But, that's how life works. You don't always get what you want.
"So," said Troy. "Have you been having a good time here in Connecticut?"
"I'm so happy I came," replied Gabriella. "This is heaven. Hot tub in the moonlight, with the one I love." She gave him a passionate kiss. "I love you."
"Not as much as I love you. I love you more."
"I highly doubt it," laughed Gabriella.
Troy grabbed her and pulled her into a fiery, romantic kiss. "I don't doubt it," he said. "I know it."
They stayed in the water until midnight. At midnight, they both got out and took a shower. I know what you're thinking. No they did not take a shower together. They took them, separately. Once they were both dressed and ready for bed, Gabriella went into Troy's room to say goodnight.
"Goodnight," she said as she kissed him.
"You know," he said. "There are some thunderstorms in the forecast for tonight. Maybe you should stay with me."
"Nice try, Troy," laughed Gabriella. "You can only hope that there will be a storm."
Gabriella woke up with a start at 2 am. Soft rain was pattering all over the windows. She smiled and thought of Troy. She got up and sat on the window sill. She began to sing No One by Aly&A.J.:
I
am moving through the crowd
Trying to find myself
Feel like a
guitar that's never played
Will someone strum away?
Chorus
And
I ask myself
Who do I wanna be?
Do I wanna throw away the
key?
and invent a whole new me
and I tell myself
No One, No
One
Don't wanna be
No One
But me..
You are moving
through the crowd
Trying to find yourself
Feel like a doll left
on a shelf
Will someone take you down?
Chorus
And you
ask yourself
Who do I wanna be?
Do I wanna throw away the
key?
and invent a whole new me
Gotta tell yourself
No One,
No One
Don't wanna be
No One
But me..
Your life lays
out on the shadows of the wall
You turn the light on to erase it
all
You wonder what's it's like to not feel worthless
So open
all the blinds and turn those curtains
No One, No One
Don't
wanna be
No One
But me..
When you're moving through the crowd...
She sat and watched the rain fall. There was no where else that she wanted to be. She knew that her place was right where she was. She knew that she was out of place when she was at Duke. She knew that Troy was the only thing she was right about. He was leading her down a new path. The path to the real her. The path that she should be following. She was living a lie at Duke and she knew that now.
Flashback
Gabriella had been waiting for this for a month, now. She was eager to find out if she made it into her dream school, Duke. She fell in love with the campus when she visited it. She just couldn't picture herself going anywhere else. When she and Troy approached her house, she checked the mailbox. She wasn't expecting the letter for another two weeks, but she checked every day just in case. When she opened it, she screamed.
"It's here! It's here!" she screamed happily. She examined the envelope before opening it. It was thick which usually meant that you were accepted. She ripped open the letter. "I got in!" she yelled. "Oh my God! I'm in! Troy did you get your letter yet? You never answered when I asked you earlier."
"Yeah I got mine," said Troy depressed.
Gabriella's face fell a bit. "And…" she had a bad feeling.
"I didn't get in," he replied. "Not a high enough GPA."
"Oh, Troy," said Gabriella. She knew what this meant. "So are you gonna go to UCONN?"
"Yeah," replied Troy. "I did get a full ride for basketball, so, I'm gonna take it."
"I don't get it, Troy. You are good enough to be in the NBA. I can't believe Duke didn't offer you a full ride. Duke is so big on basketball."
"Plenty of good players out there," replied Troy. "Plenty of them get better grades than me."
Gabriella hugged him. "We'll work something out."
Back To Normal
They had never worked anything out. The time had come for him to go, and he went. She never saw him after that, until UCONN came to play Duke. Gabriella began to sing one last time:
No
One, No One
Don't wanna be
No One
But me..
Your
life lays out on the shadows of the wall
You turn the light on to
erase it all
You wonder what's it's like to not feel worthless
So
open all the blinds and turn those curtains
And
I ask myself
Who do I wanna be?
Do I wanna throw away the
key?
and invent a whole new me
and I tell myself
No One, No
One
Don't wanna be
No One
But me..
Troy woke up and heard Gabriella's reprise. He smiled, turned over, and went back to sleep.
((Howd ya like it? i was listening to No One on my itunes and I decided to use it…I don't own it…oh but I mixed up the song for the reprise…but its still not mine…you know the drill…review please…next chapter tonight or tomorrow…XOXO, Christine))
