The Hottest Couple
Tell All Interviews
Rating: T
Gabi was in dance rehearsal for her tour, and Troy was sitting there watching her.
"Hey Troy, can I talk to you for a sec?" Stacy asked.
"Yeah, sure," he said getting up. They walked out of the dance studio into the hallway.
"What's up?"
"I wanted to tell you this before Gabi," she said and took a deep breath.
"Tell me what?"
"Eric (the guy she was engaged to) decided to speak out about Gabi and your relationship," she said.
"Ugh," he groaned, "who did he give the quote too?"
"He didn't give a quote," she replied.
"What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"He gave an exclusive interview to In Touch," she replied.
"Oh god."
"Yeah."
"What does he say? How bad is it?"
"I haven't read it, but from what her publicist told me, he says how hurt he is, he calls you a home wreaker then purely trashes Gabi."
"So pretty bad."
"Yeah," she sighed.
"But what are the chances that people will read an interview with some random producer," he said.
"It is the cover story," she said.
"Shit, how do you wanna tell her?"
"I say we sit her down at home once rehearsal is over," she responded.
"Yeah," he sighed, "so what do I do now?"
"Hope that someone gets a picture of Suri (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' baby who no one has seen)," she replied and he lightly laughed.
"How do you think she will react?" Troy asked.
"There might be some yelling," she replied.
"Yeah," he sighed. "Can we get a copy?"
"They are sending one over right now," she replied.
"Let me know when you get it?" he asked.
"Yeah of course," she replied.
"Thanks, lets go back in," he said and that is what they did.
AFTER THE REHEARSAL
"I just got a call saying the messenger got lost so I am going to go pick one up from the office and meet you guys at your house," Stacy whispered to Troy.
"Okay," he replied and nodded.
"You ready to go Gabs?" he asked walking over to her.
"Yeah," she replied and said bye to the dancers she was talking to.
"Thanks for watching today," she said as they got into the car.
"Don't thank me, I wish I could watch you perform everyday," he said smiling and she kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey I invited Stacy over for dinner, is that okay?" he asked.
"Of course," she replied.
"Ok good," he said. They chatted along until they arrived at home. Twenty minutes later Stacy walked into the kitchen where Troy and Gabi were talking with a manila envelope in her hands.
"Oh hey Stace," Gabi said.
"Hey Gabs, hey Troy," she said. They stood there in a silence.
"Whatcha got there?" Gabi asked leaning on the island.
Troy and Stacy glanced at each other which Gabi caught.
"Is there something I should know?" she asked nervously and kind of angrily.
Stacey sighed and took the magazine out of the envelope and handed it to Gabi. She took the magazine confused and looked down and read the headline.
Gabi's Ex Speaks Up! Eric reveals his feelings about Troy and Gabi's relationships-and they aren't happy feelings.
"What!" she exclaimed still looking at the paper. She looked up to Stacy and Troy who just nodded.
"How could he do this?" she exclaimed. Stacy just shrugged. "Wait did you know about this?" she asked Troy.
"Stacy told me at the rehearsal," he replied, she nodded and turned back to Stacy.
"Have you read it?" she asked.
"No not yet," she replied.
"Well we might as well, how bad can it be" she sighed. Troy and Stacy just looked at each other. They all sat down around the table and Gabi opened it up to the magazine.
"Our history blah blah blah, ok (Italics is what she is reading), When we contacted Eric three months ago to comment on his ex-fiancé's new relationship that had begun only two months after they split, he declined, but now that Troy and Gabi's past he had decided to speak up. When first asked if he knew about Troy he replied that he knew she had a serious high school boyfriend, but he did not know who it was. "Whenever high school would be brought up in a conversation, she would try to change it as quickly as possible," Eric says, "it was always a really touchy subject," little too much info but not to bad," she said looking at Stacy and Troy who just nodded and Gabi turned back to the magazine. "What did I think when I first found out that she was seeing Troy? I thought, wow I thought she might have been a little more affected by the break-up. That kinda hurt, but I didn't really care that she was with Troy. I just thought of it as another one of
the long list of celebrities she has been attached to, what the hell? He is calling me a ho!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah," Troy said quietly she just turned back to the magazine. "'Gabi was very hard to figure out and once I found out about Troy it just all made so much sense,' Eric says. When we asked what he meant he replied 'Everything from why she wouldn't talk about her life in New Mexico, to why she didn't like any sports team let alone did not know much about sports but was absolutely obsessed with the Lakers,'" Troy smiled at this and Gabi continued, "'To why we broke up. I guess she never stopped loving him. That is the worst part.' 'What is?' In Touch asks. 'That she actually led me on to the point where we were engaged when she was in love with some one else the entire time. And I had no idea. I never thought she was a girl who could sink down to that level. She was so sweet, but I guess it was just a game'" Gabi said and started to tear up.
"Come on Gabs, that is enough we will read the rest later," Troy said noticing the tears.
"No," she said wiping her tears away, "we are doing this now." Troy slightly smiled at his girlfriend's strength, "I still cant believe why Gabi left me for a guy that as cheated on her."
"Ugh," Troy groaned.
"When asked what Eric would say to Troy if they met face to face," Gabi continued, "he clearly got very upset. 'Seriously I would have to restrain myself from punching the guy. I mean if he had never cheated on her me and Gabi would have never met. I wouldn't have been through the pain I have been through. He stole her away from me' When we reminded him that Gabi and Troy didn't meet again until months after the split he responded, 'I know that it wasn't Troy's intention to split us up. But I have heard things and I know he is a cocky guy. He knew she would come back to him.'"
"What!" he exclaimed. "He has never met me! How the hell could he say something like that!"
"I dunno," she responded clearly upset. "In the end it really just sucks that I wasted a year of my life falling for this girls tricks. What! Okay that is it I am calling him!" She got up from the table and went to the phone.
"No! Gabi! You can't!" Stacy exclaimed.
"Well too bad cause I am," she said starting to dial the phone.
"Gabi! He did this to piss you off! And if you call him and yell at him he will know that he won," Stacy said.
"Yeah so what do we do?" she asked with attitude.
"You do the tell all interview that has been scheduled for you and Troy on Thursday," she said.
"What!" they said in unison.
"Do you guys want the final word in this?" she asked and they both nodded.
"Then you do the exclusive interview with Ryan Seacrest, and tell the truth," she replied.
"Thursday is two days from now!" Gabi exclaimed.
"The sooner you do it, the sooner it goes away," she replied. "Trust me, you want to do this."
"Okay," they both groaned.
"Gabi the next two days you must lay as low as possible," Stacey said and she nodded.
"Troy, at tomorrow nights game, make sure you have one of your people there to control the post-game interviews," she continued.
"Yeah, okay," he replied.
"Okay well I am going to go," Stacy said.
"Okay, thanks Stacy," Gabi said. She just nodded and left.
"Did you know he was such an asshole when you were engaged to him?" Troy asked and she just glared at him. He walked over to her and stood behind her. "I am just kidding baby," he said wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Sorry I am just not in the mood for jokes right now," she replied.
"Yeah, I know. Gabs what did I say when our relationship became public?" he asked.
"You said…you said that we will go through this together and no one will come between us," she replied and turned around and looked at him.
"Yeah I did. And I am gonna say it again. Gabi, as long as we stick together it will be fine," he said.
"Yeah I know," she sighed and he pulled her into a hug.
THURSDAY NIGHT
"Ryan Seacrest here, tonight we have the exclusive interview with Los Angeles Laker Troy Bolton and singer Gabriella Montez. Tonight you will hear their side of all the stories that have been written, so don't change the channel."
"Okay and we are out," a producer said.
"Troy, Gabriella," Ryan said walking over to them.
"Yes," they said turning around.
"All I want to say is just remember, it might not seem like it but I am on your side tonight," he said and they nodded.
"Gabriella you look nervous," he said caringly.
"I am," she said shyly.
"Gabriella, this is the easiest interview you will ever do," Ryan replied.
"What?" she said confused.
"You get to tell the truth," he said and Troy and Gabi laughed, "plus you have Troy right next to you." They just smiled at each other.
"Yep," she said gaining confidence.
"Okay well I will leave you two alone for a few minutes before we start," he said.
"Thanks," Gabriella said and was pulled away by a make-up artist.
"Thanks a lot man, that really helped she has been a nervous wreck all day," Troy said.
"Oh no problem, and damn I am sorry about all this mess you two have gone through," he said.
"You know, it is all part of the job," Troy replied.
"Yep," Ryan said and they stood there in silence for a few seconds, "you wanna kill him don't you?"
"I have been waiting to hurt that man since he proposed," Troy said and they both laughed.
"Well it sounds like he wants to kick your ass now too," Ryan said.
"Oh yes he does," Troy replied.
"Oh we have to get ready to start," Ryan replied.
"Okay, thanks," Troy said walking away.
"Here we are with Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton," Ryan said to the camera before turning to them.
"First things first, Gabriella or Gabi?" he asked her.
"Umm Gabi is good," she said.
"Okay so how are you guys?" he asked.
"Good," they both said in unison.
"Nice, so I think we might as well get right to the point," Ryan said and they both nodded, "how did you guys meet?" Troy and Gabriella smiled at each other.
"You wanna take this one," he asked her.
"Sure," she replied, "it was sophomore year and we were both on vacation over winter break at a ski lodge in Colorado. And on New Year's Eve we both went to the teen party they were having there and we met and kind of just connected," she said. They decided to leave the whole musical thing out for it would get really confusing. "Then my mom got transferred to Albuquerque, and it turned out I ended up going to the same school as Troy."
"Wow," Ryan said.
"Yeah, and then we became close friends for a while, until I finally had the guts to ask her out," Troy said and Ryan and Gabi laughed.
"So how long did you guys date for?" he asked.
"Three years in high school, one in college," Gabi replied.
"And what happened," Ryan asked.
"Well I went to NYU and he went to Duke and the long-distance thing kind of got to us. I started hearing rumors that he was hooking up with other girls, so I kinda flipped and then it all went downhill from there," she responded.
"Did you cheat on her?" Ryan asked.
"Absolutely not," he replied and Gabi lightly smiled.
"There were just a lot of trust issues," Gabi said.
"Yeah, so what was the aftermath of the break up like?" he asked.
"I have never been so depressed in my entire life," Troy said.
"Same," Gabi replied.
"Did you guys know that one another was so upset?"
"No, we were so pissed at each other that we couldn't even hear each other's name," she said.
"Wow so how did you get back together?" Ryan asked.
"Well not knowing our past," Troy said, "Her manager, who I know through a friend, introduced us at a club one night."
"Really? What happened when you saw each other?" he asked and they both laughed.
"He introduced himself to me," she said making fun of him.
"Hey! I didn't want Matt to know our past," he said defensively.
"I know," Gabi laughed.
"What happened after that?" Ryan asked.
"There was some screaming," she laughed.
"Really?" Ryan said.
"Yeah, but we calmed down and talked everything out," Troy said.
"After you met again how long did it take for you two to get back together?" Ryan asked.
"Umm a few hours," Troy said and Gabi blushed.
"Wow, isn't that a little fast," Ryan said.
"No I think it is too slow," Troy said and Ryan and Gabi laughed.
"How did the three year split change your relationship?" he asked and they looked at each other.
"I think it made it stronger more than anything else," Gabi responded and Troy nodded, "it made us realize that we really can't be without each other."
"Before you said you talked everything out," Ryan said and Troy nodded, "what is everything?"
"Just cleared everything up. The rumors, our past relationships, so on," Troy said.
"Speaking of past relationships, how do you feel about your ex coming out and speaking out against you and Troy," he asked Gabi.
"Not to happy about it," she sighed.
"Now he accuses you of leading him on, playing tricks, and said that if you loved another man you shouldn't have been in a relationship, what is your response to that?" he asked her.
"Here is the deal," she said, "I never thought I was going to see Troy again. It had been three years I needed to move on. Yes I loved him, and I knew that. But I always thought he was your first love of course you will always love him. I don't understand how I could lead him on or play tricks when Troy wasn't even in my life at that time," she responded.
"Was Troy a factor in your split," he asked.
"In the end yes, I realized that I just couldn't do it, I thought I was over him, but I wasn't," she said and Troy smiled.
"Troy, Eric says that you knew she would come back to you is this true?" he asked.
"Hell no. First of all I don't know how he would know that if I even thought that, considering I have never met the guy. Second once they got engaged I thought I had lost her for good. Third, technically she didn't come back to me. We met by accident, it wasn't like she called me and asked me out," Troy responded.
"So Gabi Troy isn't a 'cocky bastard'?" Ryan asked laughing.
"Oh no he definitely is, just not about that," she joked and his jaw dropped.
"You did not just say that," he said and she giggled.
"Stop being dramatic, you know I am kidding," she laughed.
"You of all people are calling me dramatic?" he shot back.
"What is that supposed to mean?" she exclaimed and Ryan just sat there laughing at the banter.
"It means you're a drama queen," he laughed.
"I am not!" she exclaimed.
"You are a celebrity, of course you are," he laughed.
"Fine! Then you are a egotistical basketball player," she smirked.
"Love you too babe," he laughed.
"Yeah, yeah," she groaned.
"Are you guys an old married couple?" he said and they laughed.
"Yeah, we have been known to be like that my best friend Chad as not let us forget it since high school," he laughed.
"Is this the same Chad that you have been linked to, Gabi," he said.
"Yeah and it grosses the hell out of me," she replied and Troy and Ryan laughed.
"Why?" Ryan laughed.
"Cause me and Chad together is something people like to call incest," she replied and Ryan and Troy laughed. "Like not only is he my best friend he is like my over-protective older brother, like uuhh," Gabi just shook in disgust.
"They fight like brother and sister too; it is one of the most amusing things to watch," Troy laughed.
"Have you ever been bothered by their relationship," Ryan asked.
"Oh god no, plus he is in love with Gabi's best friend," Troy responded and Gabi broke out into hysterics.
"He is going to kill you," she laughed.
"Yeah well he will get over it," Troy said and they all laughed.
"Gabi, is Troy over-protective as well?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah, but I like it, it makes me feel safe and loved," she replied and they smiled.
"Well you are," he said and she just giggled.
"Ok I have a pretty tough question for you Troy," Ryan said.
"Bring it on," he said and Ryan laughed.
"At this point in your life what would you rather have a championship ring or a wedding ring," he asked.
"Oh I can answer that," Gabi scoffed.
"Championship," he responded not needing to think.
"Was that what you were gonna say Gabi?" Ryan asked.
"Of course, and he will tell you I would rather have a Grammy at this point in my life," she said.
"Why is that Troy?" Ryan asked.
"You know no matter what Gabi and my family are my first priority in life. But we are only 22 yrs old, yes I do plan on marrying her someday, and we both have careers to focus on. Plus, like for me and Gabs marriage will kind of be more of a title than anything else, I mean sometimes I feel as if we have been married for thirty years," Troy responded.
"I couldn't have said it better myself," Gabi said.
"Well you guys certainly do act like you're married," Ryan said and they just smiled.
Please R&R! This chapter got so long and I didn't really know where to end it so I just ended it there.