It was a rare, rainy day in LA. Gabriella was with Selena in her apartment. She was supposed to be helping her pack, but all she was doing was watching Selena pack. It was Thursday and her best friend was still acting a little weird. She kept looking at her phone as if she was waiting for someone to call or text her. Both girls were in the process of sorting through her clothes, trying to decide what to keep or to give to charity.
"Ready for the video shoot tomorrow?" Selena asked, throwing a shirt into the charity pile.
Gabriella sighed and said "Yeah, I mean other then Miley, I'm going to be with friends. Hey, can I have this?" She said, holding up a black strapless dress.
"Sure, why not. That just means I can still wear it."
"So why is that you have tons of clothes with their tags still on them?" Gabriella said, holding up a pair of seven jeans with the tag still on.
"Hello! It's called getting them because they are cute! But then I forget that I have them so I don't wear them. Come on, are you telling me that you don't have clothes in YOUR closet with tags?"
"No..well, I guess just a couple of things."
"See! And you're telling me off for not wearing things! You should see Massie's closet! Why she goes shopping every day is beyond me. Which reminds me! Now this is hypothetically thinking. What if Troy and his friends were to come out here? What would you do?" Selena said, getting up and putting a Prada purse in one of the boxes.
"I would keep them all far away from Massie, Chris, Claire, Kristen, and Stephen. You know how Massie is with new people hanging in our group. Plus I don't think she even likes him."
Selena turned around to face her and said "I think that is very smart of you."
"Why do you ask?" Gabriella said from her spot on the floor.
"I said it was hypothetical! You hungry? Wanna order pizza or go out somewhere? You know we haven't had a girls night in FOREVER? Want to get together the girls and go out?"
Gabriella let her words sink in. It was true. They hadn't all hung out since Chris's birthday bash. And they didn't need to report till noon tomorrow. She sighed before saying.
"Why not! I can just wear that black short dress, add some heels, and I'm ready to go!"
"Alright! Let me go call the girls!"
Gabriella giggled. She got up from the floor, grabbed the black dress, and went into the bathroom to take a quick shower. She knew Selena wouldn't mind. By the time she was done with the shower Selena had told her all the girls were coming, including some new people.
"Really? Who?" Gabriella asked, as she applied make up.
"Um Massie said she was bringing Demi because they are at the studio right now. I hope that's okay." Selena said as she wrapped a towel around her body and walked in her closet to find something to wear.
"Yeah, I guess she can come. I mean, it's not like we hate each other or something." Gabriella said.
The girls finished getting ready, Gabriella borrowing a pair of high heels from Selena. They were ready and decided to go in Gabriella's Range Rover. They pulled up to the club and walked into the club, going straight to their reserved table. The two girls were the first to arrive. They ordered drinks and sat on the couch, waiting for the rest of the girls. By 11, everyone was there and the club was packed. Gabriella kept shooting glances over at Selena who was now texting non-stop on her cell phone. She was about to get up and see when someone stepped in front of her. She looked up and smiled when she saw that it was Taylor.
"Fancy seeing you here" Taylor said.
"Yeah, well it's been awhile since my friends and I had a girls night."
"Friends? You're here with friends?"
"Yeah, they're over there staring at us as if we are about to start making out."
The both of them laughed and continued to talk for a couple of minutes before one of Taylor's co-stars were calling him over again. They said good-bye and Gabriella made her way over to Selena.
"Who you texting?" she asked.
Selena looked up and immediately shoved her phone into her clutch. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, you've been texting someone non-stop. Then, there's all this weirdness going on with you."
Selena sighed and said "I'm not texting anyone important."
"If you say so. Hey, want me to get you another drink?"
Selena stared at her friend and said "Gabriella Montez, are you trying to get me drunk so I can tell you what's going on?"
Gabriella shrugged before saying, "I'm just trying to buy my best friend a drink. I didn't think it was a crime."
Selena laughed "It is when your trying to get information out of people. But I'll give you a hint.. one word..surprise!" she then got up and walked over to the bar to get another drink.
Gabriella was left confused. How can the word surprise have anything to do with Selena and her weirdness. Unless someone has a surprise for her and they made the mistake of telling Selena. Gabriella was about to go and sit with the other girls when she noticed that Selena had left her clutch. In the clutch was her phone. She looked towards the bar to find Selena trying to get the bartenders attention. She looked back at the clutch and was tempted to look at Selena's text messages. It couldn't hurt…right? She made up her mind quickly when she opened the clutch and took out the phone only to have it snatched out of her hands. She looked up to find Selena looking at her.
"What are you doing?" Selena asked.
"Umm" Gabriella stuttered, trying to come up with a lie. "Well I felt your phone vibrate and you were busy, so I figured that I'd be a good friend and see who it was calling you or texting you."
"Uh huh….is that why there isn't anything on the screen that says I have a missed call or unread text message?"
"Urgh! Can't you just tell me who you have decided to text all night! I mean, I thought I was your best friend! Don't best friends tell each other everything?" Gabriella said. To add to the act she deiced to give her the puppy dog eyes.
"Ohhhh no! Don't you go and try to pull the 'best friends tell each other everything' card! And don't do that puppy dog look! Might work on guys but not me!"
"Fine! You'll just have to live with the fact that you never told me for the rest of your life."
"Will you stop with the drama queen act. Your acting like Massie." Selena said as she sat down.
"I do not. I just want to know what's causing you to be soo secretive lately."
"You'll just have to find out." Selena looked at her cell and found it was well past 3 in the morning.
She finished her drink and asked Gabriella if she wanted to leave. She agreed and the both of them made their way towards their friends and said bye to them. Gabriella looked around the VIP room to see if Taylor was still there. She saw him and waved. He waved bye and the girls made their way downstairs. They waited as usual till their car was in front and they went straight to the car, ignoring the flashes of light.
Next Day/ Albuquerque
It was the morning of the basketball game and the team was still arguing with each other. Just when Troy and Chad thought they were fine, Trey would have to leave practice early to go and rehearse for the play, leaving half of the team angry. The two coaches had no idea how to handle the situation. All they were trying to do was to get through the game. Troy was in his office, which was in the boys locker room. He was nervous and excited. After texting Selena all day yesterday he knew that Gabriella was suspecting something was up. He let Selena know what hotel they were staying at and she promised to have a car waiting for them at the airport. He looked up when he heard the door opened to find Chad walk through.
"I'm going to be glad once this game is done. All I want to do right now is be on that airplane on my way to LA."
"You and me both Buddy!" Troy said.
"So you all set to go to LA?" Chad asks.
"Yup. I spent all day texting Selena last night telling her what time our flight comes in and she is sending a car to take us from the airport to the hotel. Then, if we want, that same night go and surprise Ella on the set of their music video."
"Wow, you do have everything planned. So did you tell Maria and the girls about all of this?"
"Sure did. Everything is all set, and ready to go! Operation SG is all set!"
"Operation SG?"
"Operation Surprise Gabriella! Duh!"
"Yeah just a little weird, not going to lie."
"Psh whatever. So you think the guys will get their act together and play as a team for tonight's game?"
Troy sighed and ran his hand through his hair and said "God, for their sake, I hope so."
"Yeah. I know what you mean. Alright, so let's say they DON'T win and they play crappy. Or they do win but they aren't passing the ball. What are we going to do about it when we get back?"
"Simple, we get permission from their parents to lock them into the gym for the weekend, until they all work out their differences."
"Bolton, I like the way you think!"
"Thanks!"
The two boys sat at their desks, getting themselves ready for the big game. Troy was worrying over the trip to LA. The game went by smoothly. They won but just barely. Chad and Troy had little to say to their team. The team knew that both of their coaches were mad. When the last person left the locker room, Troy and Chad made their way over to the gang and they all climbed into rental cars Nick had gotten them to drive them to the airport. Everyone had brought their suitcases to the game so they could just go straight to the airport. They all checked in at the airport and soon they boarded the plane and, in a short few hours, they were going to be arriving at the set of Gabriella's music video.
Los Angeles
Even though their call time to be on set at noon, Gabriella was tired. Selena made fun of her because when they woke up, Gabriella came out of the bathroom after showering wearing her pajamas. When Selena asked why she didn't change into day clothes, Gabriella only answered with "They have clothes for us there!"
"So you ready for this ultra LONG shoot?" Selena said.
"I think I'm going to need a lot of red bulls or even better if there is a star bucks open 24 hours!" Gabriella said.
The girls were sitting in the hair and make-up trailer. Selena was getting her make up done, while Gabriella was getting her hair done.
"Here you go Gabriella, your star bucks just the way you like it!" Joe said as he walked into the trailer to deliver the coffee.
"What! How come SHE gets coffee but I don't?" Selena complained.
"Because Gabs texted me to see if I was here on set yet, and I wasn't. I told her I was going to Starbucks first. She then asked me if I could get her a coffee. So I did. I thought she asked you if you wanted anything."
"No, no she didn't!" Selena said, now glaring at Gabriella.
"Hey! Not my fault. But I will share if you want," Gabriella said, handing Selena her Java Chip coffee.
"Yeah, you better offer."
The two girls were done, and they headed with Joe to the green room to play games, and wait until they were needed to get started.
11 pm
Troy and his friends had landed at LAX at 10. True to her word, Selena had a car waiting for them at the airport. Troy wanted to get to the music video set, but the girls had complained about the clothes they were wearing and their hair was in a total mess. So, in the end, they told the driver to take them to the hotel. After checking in and waiting for the girls to get ready, Troy sat on the couch. After what seemed like two hours, the girls all came out of the room and told the guys to hurry. Maria and Nick opted out, saying they would hang with Gabriella when they were able to function. After getting to the Disney lot and being checked in. they were each given a visitors pass. They were guided to the soundstage that Gabriella was at. They walked in to find a lot of people running around and the six stars looking bored, standing on stage getting hair and make-up re-done. Troy looked around to find Gabriella, but she was no where to be found.
Kenny came rushing towards them and said, "Hey, guys! You must be Gabriella's friends. Let me get Selena over here. Selena!"
Selena, who was talking to Nick Jonas, looked up and smiled when she saw Troy and all of his friends. She walked down from the stairs and walked to the group.
"Hey guys, glad you can make it." she said, while giving the boys hugs and earning a kiss from Ryan.
"Thanks for having us. Wow, look at us at a real music video shoot!" Kelsi said.
"Yeah, been here since noon, and we barely started like two hours ago."
"Where's Gabriella?" Troy asked.
"Uh, I think she went to get her phone from the green room. That or she went to hunt down a DA ( directors assistant.) to bring us all red bulls. We are all so tired."
"How can you be tired? All you do is stand there and sing." Chad said.
"It takes more then that!"
"Alright Selena, ready to start again? Gabriella just came back, we need you on the stage," Kenny said, leading her to the stage.
Troy looked towards the stage and saw Gabriella. She was standing next to Joe and Nick. She was wearing a pink dress, with a black leather mini jacket. To Troy, she looked beautiful, standing there laughing at something Joe had told her.
"Alright guys! Now we know its almost midnight but focus!" Kenney said, smiling.
"Kenny, we are focusing, now just tell us what to do and we will try not mess it up" Kevin said from his spot next to Selena.
"Yeah! Kenny, trust us!" Selena added.
Kenney just chuckled and said "Okay, so we are going to pan the camera to each of you. The only light is behind you to show the clouds. So just be funny, goofing around, no one will see your faces. And when I tell you guys, you are going to hold hands. Got it?"
"I don't know. It is all too much direction." Selena joked.
"Alright, let's get the camera in place. So it's going to start with Joe and end with Kevin, so when it stops at Kevin look into the camera in front of you and hold hands. Alright, play back, and action!"
The gang stood back in amazement watching the six stars do what they were asked to do. They all wondered if this is how they were all the time. They were given a ten minute break. Troy saw Selena walk toward Gabriella who was trying to get Joe to give her phone back. The two girls were talking and Selena pointed towards where the gang was standing and said "Surprise!" Gabriella stood there in shock. Troy locked eyes with Gabriella and she smiled. She ran down the stairs and ran into Troy's arms.
"Oh my god! What are you guys doing here?" Gabriella said as she hugged all the guys and Kelsi. Taylor and Sharpay opted for a smile.
"Well, your mom's boyfriend offered to fly us out here to surprise you. And your friend Selena over there arranged for us to watch you work." Zeke said.
By this point, Joe and Selena had walked over. Joe gave Kelsi a small kiss and hug, same thing was going on with Ryan and Selena.
"So, how long are you guys in town for?" Gabriella asked
"Just for the weekend. We leave Sunday night." Taylor said.
Gabriella sighed. She then remembered that Zeke said something about Selena arranging everything for them to be able to come onto the set. She rounded on Selena who caught the look in her best friend's eye. She let go of Ryan and said,
"Now, before you get mad, and do something you'll regret later. Just hear me out!"
"Hear you out! You could have like given me a little hint! Just a little! Not keeping me in the dark."
"But if I would have told you then it wouldn't have been a surprise! Oh hey, look who wandered over! Gabriella, why don't you introduce Kevin and Nick!" Selena said.
Gabriella sighed and said "Nick, Kevin, this is Troy, Zeke, Chad, Kelsi, Sharpay, and Taylor. Friends of mine from New Mexico."
The two brothers waved and handed Gabriella and Selena a red bull.
"So, Kenny said one of the cameras broke, so we have like an hour maybe two to ourselves." Kevin said.
"REALLY! This is soo cool! Gabriella we should take them on tour of the Disney lot!" Selena said.
"You just want to drive the golf cart. Plus, I thought we agreed that your were banned from driving them." Gabriella said.
"Okay, really! ONE little crash and everyone freaks out! The poster came out of nowhere!"
"Joe told you, you're the one who said you would slow down but instead you hit the gas!"
"Ugh fine! Then let's go to the green room. Miley shouldn't be there. Word has it, she went a little diva and demanded a trailer of her own." Selena said, leading everyone towards the room.
Once they arrived Selena went to turn the radio on while Gabriella went to get her purse. She sat herself on the couch with Troy next to her. She snuggled into his chest watching Chad and Zeke walked over to the pin ball machine.
"Hey, bubbles! Wanna play foosball?" Selena said, walking over to the foosball table.
"Why? So I can beat you again?" Gabriella said from her seat on the couch.
"Okay, first of all I did not lose! Second of all I let you win! And third your just too scared."
"I am NOT scared! Alright I'll play you!" Gabriella said, getting up and walking over to the table.
"Oh, yeah! Another Gomez and Montez show down!" Joe said, running to the table to watch.
"Do they always do this?" Troy asked Nick who was making his way over to watch.
"Pretty much. Its fun to watch. Especially when Selena realizes she's losing. You guys should watch." Nick replied.
"Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the foosball game of the century. On the blue team we have a very successful and undefeated, queen of the foosball table miss Gabriella Montez!" Kevin announced.
Everyone yelled and clapped, while Gabriella just smiled and giggled.
"And on the green team we have Selena Gomez" Kevin continued.
"HEY! That's all I get? Gabriella over there got a speech. All I got was SELENA GOMEZ!"
"Once you win a game, I'll add something. In the mean time, all you are getting is Selena Gomez." Kevin replied.
"Fine. So Montez, what are we playing for today? A Gucci bag? Ralph Lauren clothes? OR my favorite, loser pays for a shopping spree!" Selena asked.
"Why don't we play for that master bedroom?" Gabriella suggested.
"WHAT! No! Then that would be so not fair! You all know how much I suck at this stupid game!"
"Oh, so you admit it you suck at this game?" Nick asked.
Selena glared at everyone in the room and said "Yes! I did! Happy! But no, we are not settling the whole 'who gets the master bedroom' argument over a stupid game of foosball!"
"Okay okay! Gosh calm down. If you win, you get that Gucci clutch you are always borrowing. And if I win you have to buy me new sunglasses since you stepped on mine this morning." Gabriella said.
"Alright, that sounds fair" Selena agreed.
The green room was soon filled with shouts and laughter as everyone enjoyed the foosball game. The girls were tied. The next goal would determine the winner. Selena had tried to distract Gabriella by making conversation. Gabriella, who was so use it, only responded with yes and no's. Just as Selena was going to score the winning goal, Gabriella spun the pole and scored. Nick, Joe, and Kevin all rushed over to Gabriella and pulled her into a group hug. The gang all watched back in amusement as Selena was yelling for a rematch. Gabriella laughed and looked over at her other friends who were all trying to keep straight faces. She looked back at Selena who was still glaring at her.
"You snooze, you lose!" Gabriella said, as she patted her best friend's back. "Oh, and I'll let you know the sunglasses I want next time we go shopping."
"Yeah, yeah! Don't have to rub it in. You know I would have won if it wasn't for Nick distracting me!" Selena said as she walked over to the radio and changed the radio station to Kiis FM.
"What was I doing? All I did during the game was stand here next to Troy and take random sips of my red bull!" Nick argued.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and made her way over to Troy. Troy hugged her and asked "Does she always argue after she loses?"
"Pretty much. Last week she blamed it on my necklace because the light that was bouncing off of it was hitting her in the face."
"Wow, she really doesn't like to lose!"
Gabriella was about to respond when she heard Selena scream and she ran over to her and pulled her arm. It took a couple of seconds to realize that Selena's song was playing. The two girls were joined by Joe and they all danced and sang along to the song.
"And it takes my breath away
What you do so naturally
You are the thunder, and I am the lightning
And I love the way you know
Who you are and to me
It's exciting, when you know
It's meant to be
Everything comes naturally
It comes naturally."
Gabriella and Selena were laughing hysterically at Joe who was dancing around as if he was drunk. Soon everyone else followed and they had their very own dance party in the middle of the green room. Soon the song was over and right at that time, Kenny came in telling everyone the problem was fixed and it was time to get back to work. Troy and the rest of the group of friends followed everyone out and soon music filled the room while the stars sang right into the camera and having fun. Soon, it was six in the morning and they were just about done.
"Alright guys, just a couple more shots and then you can go home." Kenny said.
"Ugh! Soooo tired! Don't think I can make it!" Selena said, laying on the couch that was hauled on stage earlier in the night.
"I second that" Joe said.
"Oh come on you whimps! It's not THAT bad!" said an overly hyper Gabriella.
Troy just looked over at her and smiled. He forgot how Gabriella got when she was sleep deprived. First, she would act all hyper and start saying things that didn't make sense. Then, she would start to whine and complain about how tired she was. Finally, she would just crash. For the past 2 hours Gabriella and the rest of them had dealt with Gabriella. She had gone as far as to annoy Selena, who had gotten so frustrated with her best friend and bribed Gabriella with buying her two pair of sunglasses.
"Ugh! Would some one just shut her up!" Miley Cyrus said.
"You shut up! All you have been doing is complaining! I'd rather deal with a sleep deprived Gabriella then hear your voice" Selena snapped.
"Okay girls. You've kept the arguing to a minimum. Now let's just get this finished." Kenny said.
While the crew was setting everything up outside, Gabriella wandered over to Troy and her other friends.
"So you guys having fun? Or are you guys like bored out of your mind?" Gabriella said.
"Don't you get tired? I mean, it's like 6 in the morning" Chad said as he rubbed his eyes trying to stay awake.
"Well, it gets a little boring. But all the unexpected things are funny. Like the spider Selena saw on the couch before the camera was rolling."
Everyone laughed as they remembered Selena and Gabriella running away screaming when they saw the spider. None of the girls would come near the couch before knowing that the spider was long gone.
"Yeah, that was a pretty sight." Zeke said.
Gabriella giggled as she was snuggled up to Troy's chest. Throughout the night, every free time she had, she would go and hang out with Troy and the rest of her friends. Troy would shower her with loving kisses. Soon, she was being dragged away from his arms and was begin retouched for the millionth time. They all stood in a circle, waiting for instructions.
"Alright! We are in the home stretch! Okay, well first you are going to run away from the camera and act goofy."
"Okay what? Kenny Kenny I'm kind of in a dress and heels!" Gabriella complained.
"I know that! So run slow and hold your dress down. Anyway, so after that we are going to directly go over to the couch and you are going to sit yourself down and smile into the camera. Oh yeah, while you run towards the couch we have invited some kids to run with you guys, then I hand over the mega phone and someone yells 'it's a wrap.' Okay any questions?"
No one had any questions, and after the small argument between Joe and Selena about who was going to yell into the mega phone, the music video was over. Gabriella walked to Troy and kissed him goodbye. After getting into the cars that had brought them over to the studio, they went home to sleep.
hey readers (if i still have any) soooo sorry it's taken soooo long! got uber busy with school. but no worries i'm out of school now! so i should be updateing sooner! so please please please review!
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