Chapter 11

Recap

"Wait, did you say Minnie and Arnold?" Chad asked randomly and the two nodded their heads not knowing where Chad was going with his question.

"Isn't that like, a love story. (I don't really know that real story, so I'm really sorry.) So it means you guys are in love and in the last scene, isn't there like a ki---"Chad was cut off by the Taylor's elbow. She purposely stopped him from saying the last word.

"What was that about?" Gabriella suspiciously asked.

"Nothing its Chad being smart. Trying to be smart I mean. Alright, see you guys tomorrow. Have fun in the theatre." Taylor quickly said walking away, pulling Chad with her leaving Troy and Gabriella with confused faces.

End of Recap

"Why did you elbowed me?" Chad finally asked when they were far enough so that Gabriella and Troy wouldn't hear them.

"Because its obvious that they still doesn't know the full story of Minnie and Arnold and they don't know the kissing part at the end. Its better if they just find it out by themselves rather than you telling them." Taylor whispered with a smug grin on her face.

"Oh ok." Chad smiled, finally getting what she was talking about.

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Troy and Gabriella was walking slowly to the theatre, even though they know that Mrs Darbus will get angry if they were late. They were used to it because Mrs Darbus always yell at them and put them on detention.

"Ms Montez, Mr Bolton, you are late again!!" Mrs Darbus yelled as they walked towards the stage.

"Sorry." They said softly and head to the stage. Both of them were trying not to laugh because of the conversation that they just had on the way to the theatre.

"Let's get started people!" Mrs Darbus commanded the two couple settle themselves on the stage, holding their scripts.

(I'm just gonna make up the story of Minnie and Arnold)

The practice

"Where is Minnie? We're gonna be late?" Troy read his scripts and pretended to look at his watch. He pretended to turn around and found Gabriella/Minnie standing there.

"Looking for me?" Gabriella smiled.

The practice continued and they started to actually like it. They were having fun and laughing and they could see that Mrs Darbus was secretly laughing at their jokes too but she didn't want to show it. They couldn't believe how nice Mrs Darbus really is and how expert she is in drama. She seemed to know everything.

The practice ended and Troy and Gabriella were laughing on the way to Gabriella's house. They decided that they will learn their lines together in her house tonight.

"Mum?? Are you here?" Gabriella called out as she motioned Troy to come inside the house. There was no response so she figured that her mum was still at work.

"Want a drink?" Gabriella asked Troy as they entered the kitchen.

"No I'm fine , thanks anyways." Troy smiled and the next thing he knows a glass of orange juice was placed in front of him.

"I consider that as a yes." Gabriella giggled and Troy just shook his head and drink the juice. After getting a few snacks, the two of them head upstairs to Gabriella's room.

"Let me just get change, and then we'll go practice. Is that ok?" Gabriella said as she threw her shoes neatly on the corner of her room.

"Yeah its cool." Troy smiled and Gabriella walked to the bathroom to get change. He walked around her room and saw a lot of pictures of Gabriella and Josh together. Troy had to admit that they looked really good together and its ashamed that he could never make Gabriella smile the way Josh did. All the pictures of Gabriella with Josh, seemed to have sparks in their eyes. The sparks that never appeared in Gabriella's anymore. Then he spotted a picture of Gabriella when she was little singing shyly in the church with some other kids. She looked so cute and he couldn't help but smile.

"Hey Troy, you ready?" Gabriella came out of the shower and Troy quickly backed away from the photo's.

"Yup." He nodded and grabbed his scripts from his bag. They went to the balcony to practice some scenes there. They were having so much fun and they learnt and memorised most of their lines. They were really comfortable with each other and it makes it more easier.

"Whoa, its getting late. I better head home." Troy said as he glance at his watch.

"Oh ok." Gabriella felt a tiny bit of disappointment but not enough for Troy to see. She quickly put on a smile.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Troy smiled and they head downstairs. Gabriella walked with him to the door and they both said their goodbyes.

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"I think this play is gonna be good." Troy whispered to his self while getting ready for dinner. The dinner with his parents seemed quiet because his mind was far off the topic that his parents were talking about. As soon as the dinner finished, he ran to his room and grab his phone. He dialled Gabriella's number and before he could press the call button, a thought had struck her.

"Why did I want to call her?" Troy paused and wondered. He was so excited before to call her now he can't find a reason why.

"I better not call her. She's probably busy doing homework or something." Troy put the phone down and lied on his bed. He has nothing to do except stare at the ceiling of his room. He was so bored and its driving him nuts.

"I should call Chad. He's probably bored too." Troy grabbed his phone and dialled his best friend's number. It rang four times until he finally picked up.

"Hello Chad!" Troy greeted.

"Man, bad timing. I'm with Taylor right now. Call you later. Sorry man! Bye!" Chad explained and hung up. Troy was shocked for a moment but then he realised that Chad is happy with Taylor so he shouldn't disturb them. Troy decided to just go to sleep but he still doesn't have anything planned for tomorrow.

The next morning, Troy woke up really late. It was already 11am and he already missed breakfast. He went down and saw a note on the kitchen table saying:

Hey Troy! Me and your dad need to go to a meeting ok?

We'll be back later.

You can do whatever you want just call us if you need anything.

Alright. Bye!

Take care,

Mum

Troy sighed and put the note back on the table. He looked around for something to it but he was too lazy to prepare it. He decided that he'll just have lunch outside and invite some friends if they're available.

The first one he called was of course, Gabriella. Her phone rang but no one was answering. He decided that he'll come back to her later after he call Chad.

"Hey Chad! I'm not interrupting something again am I?" Troy asked curiously.

"Well, your pretty early. Me and Taylor are having lunch together today. Anyway, what's up?" Chad said plainly.

"Oh nothing. Don't worry about it. See you man." Troy knew that he shouldn't eat lunch with Chad and Taylor because he will interrupt them again.

"Alright see you." They both hung up and Troy dialled Gabriella's number again.

Finally, someone picked up.

"Hello umm.. Gabriella?" Troy started.

"Hey Troy. Sorry if I didn't pick up before. I was in the shower." Gabriella explained.

"Oh ok." Troy said.

"Anyway, why'd you call?" She asked curiously. She didn't really have solid plan for today.

"Well, I just wanted to ask you if you want to eat lunch together. I'm really bored and my parents aren't home so yeah." Troy said quickly. He could feel his heart beating really fast. He felt nervous asking her that.

"Oh ok. How about Chad?" She asked unsure of what his answer's going to be.

"He have a date with Taylor." He answered followed by a chuckle.

"Alright then. I have nothing to do anyway so I guess we could have lunch." She answered and a smile spread across his face.

"I'll pick you up in about 30 minutes. Bye!" Troy said happily.

"Bye!" They both hung up and get ready for lunch.

As what Troy said, he arrived at Gabriella's house in exactly 30 minutes.

"Hey Troy!" Gabriella greeted happily.

"Hey Gabriella. Hi Mrs Montez." Troy noticed that Mrs Montez was approaching them from behind Gabriella.

"Hello Troy." Mrs Montez greeted politely.

"You ready?" Gabriella asked.

"Yup." He nodded and they both head to Troy's car leaving a wave to Mrs Montez.

"So, where do you want to eat?" Troy asked as he started the engine of his car.

"Well, anywhere will be good." Gabriella giggled and put on her seatbelt. They arrived at a familiar restaurant and sat down. The waitress took their order and they waited there in silence.

"Wanna go to the zoo?" Troy didn't why he said that at all. He had no idea why.

"Umm.. Sure." Gabriella answered with a little confusion in her voice.

"Wanna bring Jen and Jake? They're usually free this time." Gabriella offered. She knows Jen and Jake well enough to know what they're doing at this time of day.

"Sure." Troy smiled and they started eating.

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