Recap:
"Oh sorry." I said without looking.
"That's fine." Said a familiar sweet voice.
I stopped in my tracks.
I turned.
"Gabriella?"
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The girl turned around.
"
Excuse me?" It wasn't Gabriella.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else."
He turned around and walked back to his dorm.
Wow. That was disappointing. He thought to himself. Once he had unlocked his door he found a note sitting on the table.
Troy-
Went to dinner with Sydney. I'll see you later.
-Brian
Great, no one to talk to. Well he decided he was going to splurge and go to Tony's Café for dinner. Seeming how there was nothing edible here, he might as well. He grabbed his wallet and once again was headed out the door.
He parked his car and started walking over to the restaurant.
Looking down the whole way, he was almost to the entrance when….
BAM!
He yet again walked right into someone. Hmmm…today must be my clumsy day. He started to lift his head to apologize, when their eyes locked.
"Troy?" the girl said softly.
"Gabriella, oh my gosh its you."
"Troy, wow its been a long time." She said shyly.
"Yeah."
They stood there awkwardly for what seemed an eternity. Troy finally broke the silence.
"So umm, how've you been?"
"Oh pretty good." She said.
Wow. She looks amazing. Her hair was in curls loosely falling down on her shoulders. She was in a knee length brown flared skirt. With a cream colored capped sleeve shirt.
Stunning. Well, you might as well be a gentleman.
"Have you, uh, had dinner yet?" Troy asked.
"No, but I was about to. I was just going into Tony's." she said.
"Well, so was I. Hey how about we have dinner. It's on me. We could catch up with each other." Troy asked with a half smile.
"I really shouldn't."
"Come on, please?" Troy asked with a begging look on his face.
"Ok, I guess." Gabriella said with a sigh.
"Great. Let's go."
They walked into together, sat down and ordered what they wanted.
"So, Gabriella, what brings you to California?"
"Well, I teach at a Elementary school downtown. Westridge Elementary to be exact."
"Impressive." Troy said amazed. She giggled.
"My turn. What are you doing in California Troy?"
"Well, I'm going to USC right now. And I'm playing basketball here." He answered.
"That's not surprising." She said with a smile on her face.
"Ha ha very funny."
The waitress came by with their food. Once they had started eating Troy had a question that was itching inside him.
"Were you possibly at my game last night?" he said questioningly.
"Why would you think that?" she said lightly.
"Because either I saw a ghost or you were there. Just tell me so I can decide whether I'm going crazy or not." He said staring at her intently.
Without looking at him she said quietly.
"You're not going crazy."
"Ha! I knew it was you. What were you doing at the game?" he said puzzled.
"I had seen it in the newspaper. So I decided to I'd just come for a little fun." She said.
"Without even saying hi?"
"Well, you seemed to busy. I didn't want to bug you." She said looking down at her plate.
He grabbed her hand and held it.
"It wouldn't have bugged me one bit." He said sincerely.
They gazed into each others eyes.
They continued with their meal in silence. 10 minutes later they were walking out the door.
"Troy, thank you. Its been wonderful." Gabriella said sticking out her hand to him.
He looked at it, then took it. But instead of shaking it, he pulled her to him and kissed her. He pulled back after a second and said…
"I'll see you soon Gabi." He turned and started walking to his car.
"Troy, wait: Gabriella ran up to him.
"Yeah?"
"Will you meet me tomorrow at 2:00 at the Heritage park?" she asked.
"Yeah sure I can."
"Thanks. I'll see you then."
"Ok, bye." They turned there separate ways.
While driving home Troy started to think. Why the heck did I kiss her? Bad move Bolton. No she's going to tell you tomorrow she doesn't ever want to see you again. Yeah, smart move Troy. Wow, but she looked incredible. What guy could resist. I'll just take it slow.
Wow, am I in for a big game.
(a/n: ok there's the 2nd chapter. how do you like it? any ideas you can give? read and review. please)
