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The next morning, Troy was sitting on the couch. He got out his notebook and found the page that he labeled, 'Proposal.' He kept it hidden away so Gabriella couldn't find it. This is where he jotted down notes about the night, the plan, even what he was going to order!
"Hey," Gabriella came into the room. She had on tan pants, and a light blue shirt. Her hair was up in a ponytail and she looked very awake and ready to start her day.
"Good morning," he smiled as she kissed him on the cheek. "Off to work?"
"Yes, and I'm starved," she got out the eggs and started cracking them in a bowl to make scramble eggs.
"And why are you in such a happy mood?"
"Nothing," she smirked. "I'm getting a new student today."
"Really? Do you like those?"
"I don't know. What kind of question is that?" She asked. Troy shrugged his shoulders. "Well, they can be hard because they're shy, but it's nice meeting new children, I guess."
Troy nodded then leaned back and hid his notebook.
"Troy, what are you doing?" She laughed.
"Nothing. I'm making... a puzzle."
"What?"
"A puzzle. You know, those like word find things?"
She nodded, giving him a weird look.
"Well, I thought it would be cool for me to make one myself."
"Ooohh, okay. Well, have fun with that," she giggled.
Troy started looking through a sports magazine. After about ten minutes, Gabriella spoke up.
"Well, I have to get going."
"Okay," Troy got up and kissed her and then she left. He immediately, got out his notebook and looked over everything. Okay, first is, going to dinner at Chez Pennise, then a stroll in the park where he pops the question. Perfect! Just then, Chad called.
"Hey man," he answered.
"Hi, so what've you got so far?" Chad asked. Troy explained what he was going to do.
"Cool. So where did you buy your ring? I got mine at Kay Jewelers."
"What? I totally forgot about getting a ring!"
"And you call me bad at proposing?" Chad started cracking up. "That would be hilarious if you asked and didn't have a ring!"
"Not really," Troy said, getting angrier
"Okay, I'll wait to laugh until after we've got the ring."
"Dude, what am I going to do? Friday is tomorrow and I don't have a ring!" Troy started freaking out.
"Okay, okay. I'll be right over and we can go to the ring stores."
"Thanks, man. I owe you one."
When Troy and Chad got to the wedding ring store, they immediately looked at all the diamonds on them. 'Wow!' Troy's mind thought.
"Gabi's going to love these!"
"Yeah, now let's pick one out."
Troy walked up to the jeweler. "Hi. I need a ring."
"Well, you've come to the right place," the jeweler said. "I'm Mike. If you have any questions just ask me."
"Okay, ...Mike, uh I'm proposing and I need a really nice engagement ring," Troy said.
"Alright, well here are some nice engagement rings." Mike showed them a variety of sparkly rocks.
There were two that caught Troy's eye. One had a diamond in the middle, with two diamonds on either side. The other one had four diamonds with sparkly crystals around it.
"Hey, can I see that one," he pointed to the four diamond one.
"Sure," Mike picked it up and handed it to Troy. It looked perfect. Perfect size. Perfect shape. Perfect for her.
"How much?"
"This one is 799.99"
"What? Are you serious? Aaarrrgghhh, Chad! That's a lot of money."
"Yeah, but think about how much she'll love it and say yes," Chad leaned against the counter.
Troy thought about it for a minute. "Okay. Can I get it by tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow?" Mike asked. "That's soon. Let me check and see if we have it in stock."
Troy watched Mike go in the back room. "Dude, what if I can't get this one?"
"Don't worry, we'll get it." Chad said.
Mike came back out. "Sorry. Afraid were out of that one."
"Ah, man. How long would it take if you placed an order?"
"Maybe a week or two."
"That won't work," Troy muttered.
"We do have this one in stock," Mike picked up the other one that Troy liked and handed it to him.
"This one is really nice. What do you think, Chad?" He showed him.
"Yep. This looks like the one."
"I'll take it."
"Alright, let me ring it up, and you can take it home today."
"Really? Today?" Mike nodded. "And how much is it?"
"1000.00" Mike muttered.
Troy coughed. "Excuse me, did you just say 1000?"
"Yep. Is that a problem?"
Troy looked a Chad. "1000.00!"
"I know man, I know. So what are you going to do?"
"Not get it. It's too much."
"Well, then when are you going to get a ring?" Chad asked him.
"Troy looked up at Mike. "Are you sure you don't have any more in stock?"
"Sorry."
Troy leaned back against the counter and put his head in his hands. "What am I going to do?" Troy thought about giving it to her. She would be so surprised and happy. She would have tears of joy and she would say yes!
"Yeah, okay," he muttered.
"You're getting it?" Chad asked.
Troy nodded, getting out his credit card. He handed it to Mike. Then Troy and Chad left. Troy had felt guilty about spending so much money, yet happy and excited.
"Ms. Montez?" One of Gabriella's students put up her hand.
"Yes, Ruth?" Gabriella walked over to the little girls desk.
"I don't get this," she pointed to the problem of 50+50.
"Okay, so let's start with the right side. What's zero plus zero?"
"Zero," Ruth muttered.
"Okay, now what's five plus five?"
"Ten."
"Alright, put that next to the zero and you have...?"
"One hundred!" Ruth smiled.
"Good job!" Gabriella said and went back to her desk.
"Ms. Montez?"
Gabriella looked up and saw the principal with a little girl. She had brown, curly hair that was shoulder length and a cute skirt on. Gabriella got up to greet the new student.
"Hi."
"Good morning. Gabriella, this is your new student, Chelsea. Her father will come by after school to pick her up, so make sure you don't leave until she leaves."
"Alright, sounds good. How are you, Chelsea?" Gabriella led Chelsea to an empty desk.
"Good."
"Well, that's good. I'm Ms. Montez and I'll be your third grade teacher." Gabriella handed her a lab book and a math book. "We work in these every other day. Right now, were' working on this work sheet." She handed the new student the math sheet with adding and subtracting. "Sound good?"
Chelsea nodded.
Gabriella went back to her desk and started grading papers. She handed them back and before she knew it, it was time to go. "Alright! Pack up; it's time to go. Your buses should be here, so I'll see you guys tomorrow on happy Friday!"
Everyone waved and left the room, except Chelsea who was waiting on her dad.
"So are you familiar with the work I showed you?" Gabriella asked her.
"Yeah. I did lots of it at my old school."
"That's great. Were just starting multiply and I think you'll fit right in."
"Chels?" A man walked in who must have been her dad.
"Dad!" Chelsea grabbed her stuff and hugged him.
"Gabriella? Is that you?"
She couldn't believe whom she was seeing. This can't be. "Jerry?"
"Hey, how are you?" He came up and hugged her.
She quickly stepped back after the cold-hearted hug. "Good. What about you?"
"Nice. So your a teacher now?" He asked. She nodded. "That's so awesome. You're looking great these days."
Gabriella couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. I mean, this guy ruined her life pretty much. "Uh, thanks. Chelsea is a great student." She said, trying to change the subject.
"Yeah, she gets it from her dad."
"Uh, what about her mom?" Gabriella asked.
"Illinois. Things didn't work out. Well, we have to get going." He put his hands on Chelsea's shoulders. "I'll see you tomorrow," he winked at her then him and Chelsea left. Gabriella grabbed her purse, closed up her room, and left. She couldn't wait to get home to the man she loved.
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