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Chapter 8;

Jealously

Amanda Rivers. Gabriella couldn't stand anymore the sound of her name at East High's corridors. She was the new exchange girl from Australia and she was literally, driving the school crazy. All boys were falling in love with Amanda and her beautiful body, or her blond long hair, or maybe her height. And all girls wanted her back down under, f-a-s-t.

What would make Gabriella angrier was the fact that Amanda was a pretty nice girl; she was always stalking Gabriella and trying to be friends with her. Oh, and Troy. Troy was completely, intensely, totally impressed by the new girl. That was the most irritating feeling Gabriella has ever felt in her entire life since now.

The girls sat on the cafeteria, placing their trays with lunch on the table. Gabriella looked around the room, and everybody was surrounding the exchange table.

"Uh, I really don't like that Amanda girl," she told her friends

Taylor looked at Gabriella, agreeing, "She put a spell in the whole school, I don't see nothing attractive in that blond girl"

Sharpay pouted, "I am a prettier blond than her, don't you think?"

Gabriella and Taylor laughed, "Sure, Shar"

Amanda walked to Gabriella's table and sat in front of her.

"Hi, Gabby" the blond girl said with a huge smile.

Gabriella looked down, still eating her food, "Hi Amanda"

"How was the practice? I couldn't watch it yesterday"

Gabriella swallowed her sandwich, "Good"

Amanda grinned and waved to Sharpay and Taylor, "Ops, I didn't see you guys there"

Both Taylor and Sharpay fake smiled, "Yeah" Tay said.

"So, Gabby" Amanda started again.

"Call me Gabriella, please" she cut the girl off.

"Okay," Amanda smiled, "You have no idea who I'm going out tonight"

"I don't" Gabriella drank her milk and looked away, trying to cut the conversation with Amanda. Ugh, everything about the Aussie girl was boring, how come Troy was fascinated by her?

"You won't try to guess it?" Amanda asked, disappoint in her voice.

Gabriella fake smiled, "Oh sorry, you said I had no idea who you were going out tonight and I agreed I have no idea"

Taylor and Sharpay giggled and Gabriella smiled to her friends. She grabbed her spoon and ate a bit of her pudding.

"Your brother, Troy"

Gabriella chocked badly and the spoon fell from her hand. Taylor gently tapped Gabriella's back.

"You're okay, Gab?" Sharpay asked, worried.

Gabriella nodded slowly, massaging her throat. She couldn't believe what she just heard.

"You're dating my brother?"

Amanda nodded; a large grin on her face. "Isn't it awesome? We can be like sisters-in-law"

Gabriella shook her head, "You're crazy"

Gab stood up, taking her tray to the trash. Taylor and Sharpay followed her as Gabby walked down the corridor, back to the gym's changing room.

Sharpay sat on the bench, "I really hate Amanda Rivers"

Taylor sat on Shar's side and hugged her friend, "You're okay Shar?"

Sharpay nodded slowly, smiling, "I'm fine and my crush on Troy isn't the same anymore"

Gabriella started to undress and put her cheerleading clothes quietly. She was feeling betrayed, how could Troy do this to her? Date the girl she hated the most? What kind of person he was? She shook her head, muttering something to herself, putting her bag in the locker and shutting it hard.

Taylor looked up, "Is everything okay Gabs?"

Gabriella snapped out of her thoughts, "Yeah" she sat on the bench with her friends, "I just can't believe he's dating someone I hate so much"

Taylor nodded, "I would hate to see my brother with someone I don't like"

Sharpay laughed, "You don't have a brother"

Taylor rolled her eyes, "Anyways, if I had a brother I would"

"You're lucky enough she didn't want to be in the cheerleading team since she loves you so much, Gabby"

Gabriella nodded, "Yeah, I'll make sure we don't have an empty spot till she leaves"

Taylor laughed, "Oh, she would just love that"

Gabriella gathered together the entire cheerleader group and told them to start practicing. The boys from the basketball team showed up as well and started warming up.

"Looking good, ladies" Jack Bolton complimented the girls and they all smiled, giggling. "Hi Gabsy" Gabriella waved to her daddy as he passed through them.

Troy was the last player to get in the court; he was probably late because of Amanda Rivers. Gabriella's eyes burned Troy as he smiled to her and the other girls. She turned her attention to the rest of her team, now teaching them the new choreography Ryan gave her two days before.

The basketball team and the crowd that were watching the practices stopped to watch Gabriella smoothly dance; she was really good at it. Gabriella was as delicate as a ballerina.

She stopped the music, "Okay, got it?"

The rest of the girls nodded. "Good, practice it for a bit, I'll be right back"

Being the captain of the cheerleaders meant Gabriella had special treatment, such as a helper that did everything she wanted. But Melody, her assistant, wasn't feeling good today, so Gabriella told her she could go home.

Gabby watched the girls dancing for a while and went to the basketball side of the court, meeting one of the Wildcats players that were on the bench today.

"Hey Aidan, I was wondering If I could have a bit of this Gatorade?" she asked, her best smile on her face.

Aidan smiled back, "Sure Gabby, anything for you"

Gabriella sat on his side, drinking the Gatorade and watching her girls dancing.

"You did really good last game," Aidan told her, blushing.

Gabby smiled, "Thanks, why you're not playing today?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "My knee isn't working well these days"

Gabriella looked down, to where Aidan had an ice bag on his right knee. He took it of and the girl could see his knee was really swelling.

Gabriella's eyes widened, "Oh, that must hurt"

The guy nodded, sadly, "Yeah, I wish I could play next month, but I don't know if it will be possible"

She smiled sympathetic, "You'll get better eventually, Aidan"

Gabby looked at her girls and they were still dancing, she smiled at how fast they learned a new choreography. She felt someone piercing her from the basketball court and met Troy's eyes. He was staring at Gabriella and Aidan talking with a killer face.

"Troy, get your head in the game" she heard her dad's voice and she smiled to herself.

"Uhm, Gabby?"

She looked at Aidan again, "yes?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime" he rubbed his head nervously.

Gabriella smiled at how cute Aidan could be, "sure"

He grinned, "Alright, you're free this weekend?"

Gabby nodded, "Do you have my phone?"

Aidan said no and she asked him to wait. Gabriella asked Taylor a pen and a piece of paper and wrote her number on it. She walked back to Aidan and gave the paper to him.

"Call me tonight"

He smiled, "I sure will, Gabby"

"I have to go, the girls" she smiled, pointing to the cheerleaders.

Aidan laughed, "Yeah, rock on"

Gabriella laughed and walked back to the girls. When the practice finished, Gabriella got her bag and before Troy could say anything to her, she disappeared from school with Sharpay and Taylor.

; Later that night

Since Troy wasn't home she used the opportunity to ask if she could date without her brother complaining she was too young. In the beginning, Jack said no, but with Marina's help Gabriella got the approval to date Aidan Michaels.

Jack, Marina and Gabriella were watching a movie on the living room, Jack and Marina on the couch and Gabriella lay on the floor with Daisy on her side. Troy arrived home and met the entire family at the living room.

"How was the date, son?"

Troy sat on the floor, at Gabriella's side, patting gently Daisy's head. "Good"

Gabriella didn't look at him; she kept watching the movie in silence.

"Is Amanda a nice girl?" his mother asked her attention still on the movie.

"Yeah ma, she's great" he replied with a silly smile.

The phone rang and Jack picked it up.

"Hello? Yes, Oh, she's here, who's it?" Jack smiled, "oh hi, yeah, what about the knee? Good, good, yeah, I'll pass to Gabsy, bye"

Jack handed the phone to Gabriella, "It's Aidan, Gabby"

Gabriella grinned and jumped off the floor, running to her room with the phone in her hand. Troy heard her door shutting and looked at his parents, confused.

"Aidan? As in Aidan Michaels?" he asked and his father nodded. "Why he's calling Ella?"

Marina raised the volume from the TV up a bit, "They're going out on the weekend"

Troy jumped off the floor too, "What?!"

"Calm down, Troy, she asked for our permission and we gave it to her, she's 15, it's a good age to start dating"

"Dad, come on"

Marina looked at Troy, "we're trying to watch the movie, sweetie"

Troy ran upstairs and entered in Gabriella's room like a hurricane. She ignored him completely and kept talking with Aidan.

"Nahh it's not a girly flick I promise" she giggled "Alright, I can't wait till Saturday. Me too, bye Aidan" she hung up the phone and looked up at Troy, "Can I help you?"

"You're not going out with Aidan Michaels"

Gabriella stood up, opening her closet and looking at her clothes, "Yes I am, dad gave me permission"

"Gabriella, I'm not playing around here"

She looked back and smiled, "Who's playing here Troy?"

"You're too little to date!"

Gabriella closed her wardrobe doors, "Mom said 15 is a good age to start dating"

Gabriella yawned and lay on her bed, "I'm tired, can you please let me sleep?"

"No" he told her, crossing his arms in front of his body.

"Ohh boy," she stared at the ceiling, "Gimme patience, God"

He exploded, "Damn Ella! You won't date anyone, not till I'm your brother"

Gabriella laughed in disbelief, "You know what Troy? You're not really my brother"

Troy shook his head slowly, "I'm asking you not to date Aidan, Ella" he asked her, softly.

"I'm going out with him, sorry"

Troy nodded, in agreed, "So you're choosing him over me?"

Now Gabriella felt mad at him. She stood up and pulled Troy away from her room.

"You chose Amanda over me before Aidan came into the story, so don't think I'll do anything for you, because I won't"

She closed her door on Troy's face and just to be sure, she locked it too. Troy knocked on the door, telling Gabriella to open her door, but she put her headphones on and ignored him.

Jack Bolton looked up at the stairs, "you think we should go there?"

Marina shook her head, "No, they can work this out" she began, "And the movie is getting interesting now" she smiled and her husband kissed her hand, "You're right, Nina"

In a matter of minutes, Troy stopped knocking and shouting and went to his room, shutting his door hard too.

Jack Bolton moaned, "Uh, teenagers"