Chapter 21
Recap
"So what time do we have to be there?" Ryan asked.
"7pm." Troy answered and everyone nodded.
"Wait-- I thought you're grounded." Jason asked.
"I am." Troy said mischievously.
"You're gonna sneak aren't you." Sharpay said and Troy nodded with a smile.
End of Recap
Its exactly 6:30pm and Troy was in his room walking back and forth. He tried to sneak out but it seemed to be harder than he thought because his parents were just downstairs and there was no trees near his balcony unlike Gabriella's. First off, he went to his bed and put pillows underneath his covers to pretend that he was sleeping already. Then he decided to go down and find his parents.
"Hey mom! Dad! I'm going to sleep early today and please don't bother me because I have a test to tomorrow and I don't want to fail it." Troy lied.
"Ok." Mrs Bolton said obviously buying the lies.
Troy turned around with a huge grin. But instead of going back upstairs, he turned to the back door when his parents weren't looking.
"Yes!" Troy said happily. He went outside and looked around. Unfortunately, there was one guard walking around. And he was BIG!
"You can't be serious!" Troy said in his mind, frustrated. He thought of something for a minute. Then he wrapped his jacket around his head, covering his face.
"This sucks! Its my own house and this is making me look like the bad guy!!" Troy quietly sneaked behind the guard.
"Where do you think you're going?" The guard said grabbing him by the collar.
"Umm… outside?" Troy said feeling scared. The guard grin evilly so Troy had no choice but to punch him.
Troy punched the guard right on the stomach but it didn't make a difference.
"Damn it! What am I gonna do! This guard is freakin big!" Troy panicked and he tried punching him on the stomach again but it didn't work.
"SNAKE!!" Troy yelled pointing at the guard's shoe. It was only a pretend of course.
"AHHhh! Where?" The guard screamed like a girl and Troy stared at him in disbelief and amusement.
"Just kidding." Troy joked.
"Pretend you didn't see that." The guard quickly said obviously embarrassed.
"If you let me go I will seal my lips." Troy said.
"Deal." The said the same time.
Troy walked silently to Gabriella's house still thinking of what happened to him.
"Man that guard has the body but not the brain!" Troy smiled.When he arrived at the door, he quickly straightened his shirt and fix his hair. He knocked on the door and soon, he heard footsteps coming from inside.
"Hey Troy!!" Gabriella lunging herself on Troy.
"Hey Gabs!" Troy said happily.
"Where's the gang?" Troy asked confused as Gabriella lead him inside.
"Oh they're in the kitchen." Gabriella replied.
"They seemed to be having a lot of fun with my parents." She laughed and Troy laughed with her.
"OH Troy! You're here." Isabella said happily.
"Come and sit down. I'm just teaching your friend Zeke here, how to cook different kinds of stuff. Sharpay is helping too." Isabella said pointing at Zeke who was smiling widely and to Sharpay who was looking very excited.
"Yeah. I learned a lot. Mrs Montez is a great cook!" Zeke said happily.
"Why, thank you Zeke. Dinner will be ready soon. So chill there for a minute." Isabella smiled.
"Troy get over here!" Richard said and Troy quickly obeyed him.
"Yes, Mr Montez?" Troy said politely.
"I met your basketball friends here. What do you say we play a little game of basketball in the backyard?" Richard challenged.
"Dad I didn't know we have a basketball in the backyard." Gabriella said completely confused.
"Cause you're never been in the backyard. You're always in your room thinking about Troy." Richard smiled and Gabriella lowered her head feeling the heat rising to her cheeks.
"What do you say you play with us Gabi?" Richard said standing up.
"You're on dad!!" Gabriella said.
Jason, Kelsi, Chad, Gabriella, Troy and Richard arrived at the backyard.
"Let's do teams. Chad, Gabriella and Troy are going to be in a team and Jason and Kelsi are gonna be in my team." Richard said and everyone nodded.
"Good luck Jason and Kelsi. I have never seen my dad play." Gabriella giggled and looked over to her father.
"You'll be surprise Gabi." Richard said.
The game started and Troy's team was winning.
"Ha! You're loosing dad!" Gabriella said excitedly.
"Ohh Gabi, I'm just warming up!" Richard said mysteriously.
The game finally ended and it was surprisingly a draw.
"Wow Mr Montez. You were really good!" Troy exclaimed completely shocked.
"Dad I never knew that you could play." Gabriella said also shocked and amazed that her father could actually play basketball.
"I was a kid too you know. I play basketball with.. Some people." Richard explained.
"Come on guys. I think the food is ready." Chad said.
"Is food all you think about?" Troy, Gabriella, Kelsi and Jason said exactly the same time. After they said this, the stared at each other and burst out laughing.
The dinner was great. After that, they decided to have a little karaoke.
"Ok guys. Who's singing first?" Isabella asked the group of people.
"How about you start dad?" Gabriella giggled.
"Ok fine. Only if you're mother will sing with me." Richard grinned widely.
"Alright." Isabella agreed and the two adults sing happily together.
"I guess I know who you got your beautiful voice from." Troy whispered to Gabriella.
The next one who sang was Ryan and Sharpay. They sang beautifully since they were practically experts already.
"Troy you're up." Chad yelled.
"What?! Why me?" Troy protested.
"Oh come on Troy." Richard said and Troy groaned feeling nervous. He stood and sat on a tall, black stool in their mini stage. The lights were off and the soft light was pointed to the stool. He was gonna do this performance for Gabriella since Gabriella did the same for him.
When
we turn out the lights
The two of us alone together
Something's
just not right
But girl you know that I would never ever let
another's touch
Come between the two of us
Cause no one else
will ever take your place
Troy looked straight into Gabriella's eyes feeling like he was getting trapped. Everywhere around him just disappeared and the only thing he could see was Gabriella.
No
one else comes close to you
No one makes me feel the way you
do
You're so special girl, to me
And you'll always be,
eternally
Every time I hold you near
You always say the words I
love to hear
Girl
with just a touch, you can do so much
No one else comes close
Gabriella was looking right back at Troy. She was blushing and tearing up a little but she still didn't break their eye contact. She was just simply drowning into his ocean blue eyes.
"Gosh I love him! But do I really know the meaning of love?" Gabriella asked herself. Never in her whole life, she experience liking anyone as much as Troy.
And
when I wake up to
The touch of your head on my shoulder
You're
my dream come true
Oh, girl you know I'll always treasure
Every
kiss, every day
I love you girl in every way
And I always will
cause in my eyes
While the pair was lost in each other, the rest of them were just watching the whole eye contact scenario. They found that very amusing.
"Wow, they sure like to stare at each other. Don't you think?" Chad whispered silently while the gang except Troy and Gabriella, turned to look at him as if he was crazy.
"Danforth, you are an idiot." Sharpay hissed quietly.
No
one else comes close to you
No one makes me feel the way you
do
You're so special girl, to me
And you'll always be,
eternally
Every time I hold you near
You always say the words I
love to hear
No
one else comes close
No one else comes close
Troy finished the song softly. He smiled at Gabriella which she returned gladly.
"That was incredible!" Isabella said while clapping her hands.
"Very interesting." Richard said winking at Troy with a smile. Troy haven't literally asked Gabriella to be his girlfriend again since they broke up. Before they went home, Troy and Gabriella went and sat on the bench on the backyard just to get some fresh air. The others were still inside chatting with Gabriella's parents.
"So Gabs, ummm.. This is kinda.. Umm.. Strange? But I really have to ask you this… Will you be my girlfriend? Again?" Troy chuckled nervously. Somehow, he knew that Gabriella will say yes but a part of him was still scared of rejection.
"Yes Troy. I would love to be your girlfriend. Again." Gabriella giggled and before she knew it, Troy's soft lips were gently pressed onto hers.
"You have no idea how much I wanted that kiss today." Troy smiled.
"I guess we're thinking the same thing. By the way, was the song referring to me?" Gabriella giggled and kissed him again.
"Well, you do fit the characteristics of that girl… And you are the most special girl to me." Troy grinned.
"Does that mean I am the girl?" Gabriella asked cheekily.
"Yes Gabi. No one else come close." Troy said hugging his girlfriend and kissing her softly on the lips.
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The next morning, Troy obviously didn't get much sleep since he went home pretty late. He was eating breakfast and could've slept and slam his face on the cereal right there if it wasn't for Jenna who nudged him roughly causing him to jump a little.
"Troy, so you're going to the party this Saturday right? We all have to come." Jack said randomly.
"Huh? What party?" Troy said completely lost.
"Didn't your mother came up to you last night and told you about it?" Jack questioned and Troy quickly turned to look at his mother with fear written all over his face.
"Remember when I walk up to your room to find you 'sleeping'? I told you about it." Jenna said eyeing her son and giving him looks that said 'you better play along with it because I'm doing you a favor already.'
"Ohh right.. The party.. Yeah I'm coming." Troy said trying to hide his nervousness. He knows that his mother probably saw the pillows on his bed and not him. Which meant his mother found out that he was gone last night.
When Jack left, Jenna quickly turned to her son who was hurriedly eating his cereal.
"So anything interesting happened last night that I should know about?" Jenna said raising her eyebrow.
"Damn! I'm totally screwed!" Troy thought.
"Umm.. What are you talking about mom?" Troy tried to lie but his mother obviously didn't buy it.
"Oh don't play games with me! I'm your mother and the fact that I went to your room last night to find pillows on the bed." Jenna whispered.
"Ok busted. I went to Gabriella's place." Troy said lowering his head but he couldn't help but smile just thinking about Gabriella.
"Gabriella's place? As in their mansion?" Jenna asked completely shocked.
"Of course not mom. They bought a house here." Troy said silently.
"You're lucky I didn't tell your father about it!" Jenna said.
"Thanks mom." Troy said happily.
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Gabriella was just in the lounge room reading some magazines.
"Oh Gabi. I forgot to tell you. There's a party coming up this Saturday and we have to come. Its formal party ok?" Isabella said.
"Ohh man.. Is it one of those, rich party kinda thing??" Gabriella winced.
"Yeah it is." Isabella laughed.
"Do we have to? Is famous people gonna be there?" Gabriella pouted.
"Yes. You're going to the party Gabi." Isabelle chuckled and walked to the kitchen.
Little did they know, The Bolton's were also gonna be there….
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I hope you like that chapter! Tell me what you want to happen in the party and maybe I could add them in. Also tell me what you think is gonna happen… lol Please review.