Chapter 6
Recap
"Wow! That car looks hot. I wonder who owns that!" Gabriella exclaimed as she spotted the Saturn Sky Red Line.
"You'll never guess." Troy laughed and Gabriella stared at him weirdly. Finally it clicked to her.
"That car didn't happen to be yours right?" She asked curiously and Troy smiled knowing that she loved the car.
"What if it is?" He chuckled and Gabriella's jaw dropped.
"Are you serious?" Gabriella said with a smile on her face and Troy nodded while grinning.
"Cool!" She exclaimed and they went for a ride.
End of Recap
They finally arrived at their destination. Troy quickly ran to the other side and opened the door for Gabriella.
"Thanks." Gabriella said and Troy smiled. Then Troy noticed a girl looking at him trying to decide if he is the Troy Bolton.
"Oh. I forgot my hat!" Troy quickly ran inside and grabbed his hat.
"Why do you need one?" Gabriella asked confused.
"Oh umm.. I don't like girls stalking me like last time." Troy said nervously and they both head inside.
The waitress took their orders and started talking.
"So, Gabriella…. What's your last name?" Troy asked after they got their orders.
"Montez. Gabriella Montez." She answered plainly as if she's just an ordinary person while on the other hand, Troy almost choke on his drink.
"You don't happen to be Isabella Montez' daughter right?" Troy asked curiously and Gabriella giggled.
"I am actually." She said now laughing at Troy's shocked face.
"I love your mom's movies! They're amazing! And by the way, she looks young." Troy said and Gabriella suddenly paused.
"You're not checking out my mom are you?" Gabriella said with a mock seriousness that Troy didn't really understand.
"What?! No! NO WAY! I don't check out girls the are older than me! Trust me, I don't even like girls that are one year older than me! " Troy started to panic and feel embarrass at the same time.
"Chill. I was only kidding!" Gabriella almost fell off her chair laughing like crazy while Troy just glared at her with a little smile on his face.
"You are such an idiot Troy!" Gabriella commented and Troy froze.
"Wow!" He said out of no where and she raised an eyebrow at him.
"What?" She asked.
"Never in my whole life I've been called an idiot by a girl!" Troy said amazed.
"Then I should go down in history as the first girl that called Troy…." Gabriella wanted Troy to tell her his last name.
"Bolton." He answered followed by a chuckle.
" …that called Troy Bolton an idio--" Gabriella suddenly stopped with a shocked face.
"Troy Bolton? As in Troy Bolton the hottest basketball superstar as in the son of the famous Coach Bolton?" Gabriella said in one whole breath.
"They sure have a lot of nicknames for me. Yes, I am Troy Bolton." He said amazed.
"Well, that explains why you have that car. My friends are all crazy about you! They talk about you non stop except for my best friend. She got the hots for another basketball player." She explained and he nodded in understanding.
They continued talking and telling each other's stories. Finally they finished eating and they head back to the car.
"Umm… listen I really, really had fun.. Umm.. Wanna go in the park?" Troy asked nervously and Gabriella couldn't help but smile.
"Sure!" She answered enthusiastically.
"So umm… you're really nice." Troy complimented.
"Ok.. That was kinda random but thanks." She said.
"Oh look! They have a little carnival! Let's go!" Troy said and dragged Gabriella to the carnival full of people.
"WOW! That's the cutest teddy bear I have ever seen!" Gabriella stopped and stared at the huge teddy bear inside a basketball booth. It was a white one but the designs around it was just perfect and unique and it looked expensive too.
"Do you want it? I'll buy it for you!" Troy said and Gabriella shook her head.
"I'll buy it! I'm the one who wants it." Gabriella smiled and Troy frowned.
"But I'm the one who wants to give it to you!" He challenged.
"I'll buy it first." She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Not if I get there first!" He laughed and ran to the booth. Gabriella quickly chased after him.
"Can I buy that teddy bear there?" Troy pointed at the teddy bear breathlessly.
"Sorry but we don't sell that. You have to win it!" The man said.
"Don't give it to him. I'll pay 100 bucks for that teddy bear." Gabriella said.
"I'll pay 110 dollars!" Troy argued and the man just stood there watching them in amusement. He doesn't know that Troy and Gabriella knew each other.
"150!" She said and he frowned.
"160!"
"175"
"200"
"300" This time, they didn't know how much money they were saying already. They were too busy glaring at each other deciding who's gonna buy it.
"500"
"1000"
"1500" Troy yelled out.
"Guys! Stop! I told you we don't sell it. You have to win it." The man finally cut them off.
"How do you play?" Gabriella asked.
"You just have to shoot the basketball in the hoop 20 times in a row." The man said and Gabriella just looked down while Troy's face lit up.
"That's impossible! I'm gonna go in the other booth. I'll be back." Gabriella said and Troy nodded.
"So, how much is one game?" Troy asked the man after Gabriella left.
"5 bucks!" The man answered.
"Ok. So all I have to do is shoot the ball 20 times in a row to get the teddy bear right?" Troy asked again just to make sure.
"Yeah and your prize depends on how many balls you can get in the hoop." The man explained and Troy smiled.
"I'll do it!" Troy handed the man 5 dollars and grabbed a ball.
"You really want to have it huh? Who are you gonna give the teddy bear to?" He asked Troy curiously.
"The funny thing is I'm gonna give it to the girl that just left." Troy laughed and the man just stared in disbelief.
"Are you serious?" He said and Troy nodded.
"Anyway, good luck with the 20 shots. You think you can do it?" The man asked curiously.
"I'll do my best!" Troy answered and started shooting.
After about one minute Troy already had 16 shots in a row.
"AMAZING!" The man watched him in full astonishment. Troy was now up to 35 shots and the 36th one, he just purposely missed.
"What are you a Wild Cat player?" The man said congratulating Troy.
"Umm.. Sort of.. Don't tell anyone but I'm the son of the coach of Wild Cat." Troy whispered and they guy's eyes widened.
"You mean you're Troy Bolton?" He asked and Troy nodded.
"Wow! Can I have your autograph?" He quickly grabbed a pen and took his basketball.
"Sure!" Troy said.
"Here's your prize. And by the way, inside that teddy bear, there's a necklace with a 'Forever with you' engraved on the pendant. It's a secret." The man whispered handing in the teddy bear while Troy listened carefully.
"Is this the prototype?" Troy asked curiously when he received the teddy bear.
"Yup!" The man answered.
"Oh and since you got 35 balls in the basket, here's two same shooting star rings. Around them, it engraves 'My wish is to be with you'. One is for you and the other to the girl. You can only see the engraving once you put it in the water for an hour or so. (I don't know if that's possible. Let's just pretend.)" The man explained and Troy smiled.
"I get it. It's a shooting star so that's why it has the engraving of 'My wish is to be with you'." Troy said while looking at the rings.
"That's really interesting and unique!" He exclaimed.
Troy then sprinted to his car and put the huge teddy bear inside the car. After that, he went back only to find Gabriella still playing in the other booth.
"Hey what are you doing?" Troy asked and Gabriella glared at him.
"Can't you see I'm trying to concentrate? I'm throwing the darts at the balloons." Gabriella answered.
"Sorry!" Troy said throwing his hands up in the air.
After hours of walking around and playing in the booths, they finally decided that they should head home because its getting dark.
"Why did you park your car so far?" Gabriella whined and Troy looked at her shocked why she was blaming him.
"If you remember, you were the one who kept on walking far away from the car. I didn't park it far away from us." Troy said emphasizing the word 'away' but Gabriella just giggled.
"You're confusing Bolton." She said and some people turned to look at them when they heard the name 'Bolton'.
"Is that Troy Bolton? Who's the girl? " They heard them whispered.
"Look what you did!" Troy said and they both ran away from the crowd. Luckily, they didn't take pictures of them.
Finally they arrived outside the car.
"Gabriella, I think that someone took your seat in the car. I don't think I can drive you home!" Troy pretended to be sorry and Gabriella just stared at him confused.
"What are you talking about?" Gabriella bent down to see who/what's inside the car and found the teddy bear sitting in there.
"OH MY GOSH!! Are you serious??" She exclaimed.
"I won it for you!" Troy said proud of his self.
"Wait! You didn't bribe the man did you?" She said narrowing her eyes on him.
"What? I would never do such a thing. And besides if you heard me, I said I WON it!" He exclaimed emphasizing the word 'won'.
"So you mean you shot 20 basketballs in the hoop?" She asked curiously and pretty impressed but Troy shook his head.
"You did bribe him didn't you?" She insisted and Troy just laughed.
"I didn't shoot 20 basketballs in the hoop because I shot 35." He explained and Gabriella was now really impressed.
"Wow!" She shouted and out of nowhere, hugged Troy.
Troy blushed furiously. He had never felt this way with a girl in his entire life!! He felt like the luckiest person in the world just having Gabriella in his arms.
"Thank you so much Troy!" She said still not realising what she was doing. Troy just continued blushing furiously and was lucky that Gabriella couldn't see it because her head was on his chest.
"Your always welcome!" He smiled widely. After a few seconds they finally let go.
"Did I just hug you?" Gabriella said wide eyed.
"Yeah. But its all cool. I know that girls can't resist me!" Troy joked and received a light punch on the arm.
"Dream on Troy!" She laughed and went inside hugging the teddy bear tightly.
"How I wish to be that teddy bear right now!" Troy thought while driving back to the mansion.
"Here we are!" Troy pulled out at the same place as before, which was the back of the mansion.
"Thanks for everything Troy! That's the most fun I have in months." Gabriella said shyly and Troy just blushed.
"No problems. Let's do it again sometimes!" Troy said as they stood in front of the wall.
"Oh before I forget, have this ring. I won it along with the teddy bear. See, we have the same ring." Troy said showing her the two rings.
"Cool! Thanks." Gabriella said as she slid the ring in her middle finger.
"I had so much fun! Goodnight and sweet dreams Gabi!" Troy said kissing her hand. He had no idea what possessed him to do that! But Gabriella didn't seem to hate it.
"You know, only my closest friends call me Gabi or any other nicknames." She giggled.
"So does that mean I'm one of your closest friend? If you don't want me to call you Gabi I completely understand." Troy said and Gabriella shook her head.
"Its fine. Goodnight Troy! Mind giving me a boost up this wall?" Gabriella asked and Troy chuckled.
"Not at all!" He said and lifted her up to the wall.
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