That Sunday,
Tonight was the night his cousin was arriving. Troy was trying to relax in his last hours of total freedom of his cousin. Well that is until, "ALEX IS HERE!" His 14-year old sister, Addie yelled. (From Unfabulous.) Troy grunted up from his bed and went downstairs.
"Hey Sophie." Alex said hugging Troy's little sister. "I bought something for you in Los Angeles."
"What?"
"This!" He held out a doll for Sophie. Sophie shrieked and hugged Alex again.
"Hey Addie." Alex said looking back at Addie. He hugged Troy's other little sister. "I also got something for you."
Addie brightly smiled. "You really didn't need to."
"Ah, but I wanted to." He pulled out a guitar.
Addie's mouth hung out in shock. "Oh my god, Alex!" She exclaimed and hugged Alex tightly.
God, it's like he has my sisters under his stupid spell. Troy thought. Alex looked up to Troy.
"Troy." Troy's cousin said with a smirk.
"Alex." Troy replied coldly.
"So much love in our family." Mrs. Bolton whispered to Addie. "Well why don't we eat dinner?" Everyone nodded and they walked to the dining table.
They sat down. Alex sat down next to Sophie. Addie sat next to Troy. Mr. Bolton sat at the head of the table. "So Alex, how's your Dad?"
"Oh, he's going well. He's got a lot of business. He's really bummed that he couldn't come."
"Oh well. That's okay."
Mrs. Bolton set the food on the table. "Oh this all looks delicious, Aunt Lucille." (A/n that's actually her real name in the movie)
Lucille couldn't help but smile. Her family never quite complimented on her cooking. "Why thank you, Alex."
"Suck up." Troy whispered disgustingly. Everyone looked up at Troy. Addie hit him on the back of his head. "Ow." Troy said brushing the back of his head.
The next day,
"Okay, kids have a good day at school!" Lucille Bolton waved to Troy and Alex as Troy drove out the driveway.
Later that day,
It was free period and Troy walked to Alex's locker. "How's your classes?"
"Pretty cool." He said looking bored. "Aren't you like basketball captain here?"
"Yeah, we're undefeated." Troy said in a boasting way.
"Oh yeah, I've been practicing with the Lakers a few days ago!" Alex boasted. Troy wanted to punch him.
"I heard you sing too."
"Oh yeah." Alex nodded. "I got lessons and my teacher said I was doing pretty well."
"Well isn't that great?" Troy asked sarcastically. "Are you dating anyone?" Troy asked .
"Nah, I'm such a stud." Alex smiled at himself. Troy rolled his eyes. "What about you?"
"Oh yeah. She's a total hottie and she's incredibly smart." Troy lied and spotted Gabriella walking towards him. "In fact, she's walking towards us."
"Hey Troy." Gabriella said with a friendly smile.
"Hey love muffin." He put his arm around her shoulder.
Gabriella gave Troy a confused look. "Love muffin?"
"Excuse us Alex, I have to walk my princess to class." Alex nodded and left. Gabriella smiled at Alex and glared back at Troy.
"Love muffin? Princess?" Troy walked off fast with Gabriella. He got them to their secret spot. "Okay, do you mind all of a sudden now I'm 'Love Muffin'" Gabriella said using air quotes.
"I know it's kind of random and I didn't talk to you about it but…"
Gabriella interrupted. "KIND OF RANDOM?!"
"Okay, I got carried away because Alex started bragging about how he sings and plays basketball."
"Where do I get in all of that?"
Troy ignored her. "And I just started talking about a girlfriend."
"Troy…" Gabriella said walking towards Troy. "Why did you lie?"
"The dude makes me want to punch him!" He put his head in his hands furiously. "Please Gabriella, only for a few weeks!" Troy pleaded.
"Fine. I'll do it." Gabriella gave in.
"Great. Thanks so much Gabs." Troy said excitedly, hugging Gabriella. "I guess you're my pretend girlfriend!"
"Okay but just don't call me love muffin." She smiled at Troy.
"Promise." Troy smiled back.
Author's note x
Ahh guys. I'm so tired. It's 2:38 AM and I really wanted to give you another chapter before I go to the beach for the whole weekend.
I won't be back until Monday so leave me some lovely reviews!
Love to all!
ANGiE xx