Gabriella could barely contain her excitement. There she was, sitting front row center at the Tenth Anniversary Rent Reunion Show. She never thought that she'd be in New York to see it! But then again, she wasn't in the Big Apple under the best circumstances. The lights dimmed, and the show began.
"Your cell phone off?" Troy whispered in Gabriella's ear seconds before the music began. Gabriella nodded. A ripple of excitement tore through the audience. Gabriella watched the actors perform with complete fascination. They messed up a few times, but that was okay. Adam started singing Jesse L. Martin's lines in the song Rent, Jesse shouted out some profanities during I'll Cover You, Idina Menzel forgot her lines for Over the Moon and La Vie Bohemé, and she kept flirting with her husband Taye Diggs. All in all, it was an amazing performance, and both Gabriella and Troy were thrilled beyond belief that they had been there to see it. Their favorite part was in the end when every cast member that had been in Rent on Broadway and could be at the performance came out to sing a finale of Seasons of Love. A standing ovation was given at the end, and was greatly deserved by the actors. When Gabriella checked her messages after the show, she noticed that she had an abnormal amount of messages. Neither Troy nor she knew what their parents were telling their friends, but it kept the majority of the calls away. Now, however, Gabriella had about 20 messages from the gang.
"Hey baby, how many messages are on your cell phone?" she asked.
Troy pulled out his phone, waited as it turned on, and replied, "Crap! I have like 25 or something. Wait, they're all from the gang. Why do you think they're calling?"
"I don't know, one second. This one's from Bri. One sec." Gabriella covered her one ear with her free hand so she could hear the message better.
"Gabi?" Bri's frantic voice said. "Where the hell are you and Troy? I just saw the news report that they've been looking for Ian for the past week and a half. You guys aren't sick I take it. Please call me when you get the chance!" Gabriella swore under her breath.
"What's wrong?" Adam asked as he approached the couple. Gabriella stuck her phone in her small denim purse, and sighed.
"Our friends know about Ian and how there's a manhunt for him out West," she replied.
"Wait, how? I thought your parents weren't going to tell anyone about why you guys left."
"They didn't. The evening news did."
"Don't worry about it. That means that they're looking for him, and now the public is too. They'll catch him in no time, and you'll be back home. Now come on, I'm taking you backstage."
The following afternoon, Adam was having the seven other principal cast members from Rent over for a small get together. Gabriella was sitting cross-legged on the couch with a pad of paper balanced on her leg, a pen in one hand, and her cell phone in the other when Idina and her husband Taye arrived.
"What are you doing Gabi?" Adam asked as he led his friends into the family room.
"Listening to my messages," replied Gabriella without looking up. "And keeping track of how many times each of my friends has called me. They really need lives, and need to stop calling during breaks."
"Oh, I thought you were making a list of reasons why you love me." Gabriella made a face which Adam promptly returned. Idina and Taye laughed.
"Now why would I do that? I'm making a list of the times you screwed up so I can hold it against you one day in the near future. It also has times that you've screwed up in a show, and I did the same show perfectly fine."
"I want a copy of that," Idina commented. Adam rolled his eyes, and threw a pillow at Gabriella. Without missing a beat, Gabriella returned the blow.
"Be nice to me Gabriella Montez, or else you're sleeping on the deck tonight." Then, Adam and Taye went out back to see what Troy, Monty, and Lennon were doing.
"Montez? You're Mom's name wouldn't happen to be Rosa would it?" asked Idina. Gabriella nodded.
"Yeah, it is. Do you know her?" Idina sat down in the chair across from where Gabriella was sitting.
"We grew up together, and survived Adam together. How is she? Is she here? Last I heard, she was moving out West for some job offer in New Mexico or something."
"We moved to Albuquerque a little over two years ago. My Mom's not here though, my boyfriend who is somewhere around this place and I are here for a little while visiting and stuff."
"Wow, missing school to see a show. Well, tell your Mom that I said hi. We'll have to get together one day if she's out here, or I make it out West."
Gabriella got a chance to talk to Idina, Adam, several of their other friends during dinner a little later that evening.
"You're a singer, right Gabriella?" Fredi Walker asked. Gabriella blushed and nodded."eard, she was moving out West for some job offer in New Mexico or something." a pen in one hand, and her cell phone in the othe
"Yeah, Troy and I have been in the past two musicals together, but not this year. Our friend Sharpay and her twin brother Ryan are taking the leads in The Wiz," she replied.
"What have you been
in?"
"Troy and I had the lead roles in the musical our friend
wrote our freshman year. Last year, I was Aida and he was Radames in
Aida. And unlike Adam, we did the performance without
any trips to the emergency room." This time Adam made a face at
Gabriella, and she returned it.
"I like this girl! She's not afraid to let you know what she thinks of you!" exclaimed Idina.
"Yeah, well, that's not the best sometimes."
Gabriella's cell phone began to vibrate in her pocket, causing her to jump. She managed to pull it out, and look at the Caller I.D. before putting it back.
"Gabi, I think you should call at least one of your friends. I know it might a little weird for you to be nice for once in your life, but I think you should call someone," Adam said. Gabriella groaned.
"Fine. Now I have to figure out who to call. I can't call Bri, Chad, Sharpay, Ryan, Zeke, or Taylor."
"Why?"
"Sharpay
and Taylor can't really keep a secret for long. If I tell Zeke,
Sharpay's boyfriend, he'll tell her. If I call Ryan, her twin
brother, he'll tell her. Bri's dating Ryan, and Chad's dating
Taylor, and is Troy's best friend. See, there's this whole
process I have to go through to figure out who to call, but I think I
know who I'm calling. I'll be upstairs." Gabriella got up to
go to her room to call her friend in peace. Fredi, Idina, and Adam
went back to their conversation.
Gabriella pulled out her cell phone, and dialed the familiar phone number. Her heart began to race. Troy wasn't going to be happy about the phone call, but Adam was right. Someone needed to know that they were safe, and this person was the best person to tell a secret around, and Gabriella trusted them almost as much as she trusted Troy. She closed the door to her room and began to pace as the phone rang. One ring, two rings, three rings, four rings; Gabriella was about to hang up when-
"Hello?"
"Hey Kelsi, its Gabi."
A/N: There you go, chapter 12. Written at midnight when I should be cleaning my room. Please review!
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