Gabriella was in the library studying, and listening to her iPod. She was listening to "Cupid's Chokehold" by Gym Class Heroes. Troy saw Gabriella sitting by herself, and smirked. Then he came up behind her, and pulled the iPod away from her, just to tease her. When she noticed someone took her iPod away from her, she turned around quickly in her seat with a disgusted look on her face.
"Hey!" She exclaimed. Once she saw it was Troy, her face turned bright red.
Troy grinned and put his head on the chair and looked at her. "Hey yourself." He said with an amused look on his face.
Gabriella turned around in her seat to face her book, and she was blushing immensly. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Just checking out a few books I need for English class." He said. Then Gabriella nodded. She sat there for a few minutes, not doing anything because she was so nervous that she couldn't think of anything intelligent to say.
"Do you wanna sit down?" Gabriella finally asked.
"Nah, I've gotta get back home, and get started on this stupid research paper, that Darbus stuck us with." Troy said. Gabriella nodded sadly. Troy got closer to her and whispered in her ear. "See yah later." He said as he walked away smiling. Gabriella blushed deeply once he left. Then she got a call from her mother. She saw the text message, and quickly went into an empty part of the library.
"Hey mom...yes I know I'm late for...I was just studying for...yes I know I have to be at the studio soon, I was just about to leave...because I was talking to Troy...yes, I'll do it once I get back...Kay. I love you too mom, bye." Gabriella said as she hung up the phone. Then she went into the bathroom to change. When she finished changing she was wearing black leggings, a white wife beater, a black hoodie tied around her waist, and nude jazz shoes. Her hair was pulled back into a low pony tail, and she had taken off all her make up. She grabbed her dance bag, and walked out of the library and into her car. Once she got in, she had gotten another call from her mother.
"Hello again mom, I was just about to leave right now, so there's no need to check up on...why do I need to go to a private dance studio?...I know the showcase is in less than a week, I mean, I know I'm not the greatest in my class but I'm the most horrible one either...I know you want me to be ready...fine, I'll go. I'll call you once it's over. Can you give me the directions though?" Gabriella asked. Her mother started naming off streets, and exits, as Gabriella scrounged around her car for a piece of paper, and a pencil. She quickly wrote down the directions, and hung up. Gabriella turned on her car, and started to drive to the private dance studio where she was supossed to meet her private dance instructor, who was going to get her ready for the showcase, which was in less than a week. Nobody knew this, but Gabriella had just started Ballroom Dancing. Her mother signed her up for it so she could make more friends, and try something else, other than just doing Scholoastic Decathlon competitions.
After twelve minutes of driving, Gabriella finally reached her destination. She got out of her car, and grabbed her dance bag, opened up the door, and got out. Once she was out, she locked the door, and walked up to the entrance of the building. She opened the door. Once she was inside, she looked around, and saw no one. She set her dance bag on the floor, next to a chair.
"Hello? I'm hear for my private dance lesson!" Gabriella called out. Then she saw a blonde haired boy who looked oddly familiar, running out from a seperate room.
"Hey, sorry about the wait I was just-" Then the boy stopped mid-sentence, to take a good look at the brunette standing in front of him. "Gabriella?" He asked.
"Ryan?" She asked in shock. "Your my?"
"Yeah, I guess I am your-" He said.
"Dance instructor?" She asked.
"I guess so." He said. "Won't this just be fantastic." He mummbled inaudibly under his breath sarcastically.
"I beg your pardon?" She asked only hearing part of what he said.
"Nevermind." He said slightly annoyed. Then the two of them just stood there in silence for a while. "So, I never knew you ballroom danced?" He said slightly surprised.
"Yeah, well I didn't really intend on taking it, it's just that my-" Ryan stopped Gabriella mid-sentence.
"I'm sorry, did that last statement I made, give you the impression I actually cared?" He asked sarcastically.
"Hey, I don't want to be here anymore than you do, so for the time being, let's try to put our differences aside, and at least attempt to work together." Gabriella suggested.
"Fine. Then can we go back to hating each other?" He asked.
"Yes." She said as she nodded.
"Good." He said. "So how far along are you? You know, with the dancing." He asked.
"Ummm...well I'm already up to the Cha-Cha." She said as she shrugged.
"Alright, show me right now, and we'll see what we have to work with." He said as he turned on the stero to play some latin music. Gabriella started dancing, but very awkwardly. As Ryan watched her dance, he started to laugh. Gabriella noticed he was laughing at her, and she stopped to look at him.
"Is something amusing you?" She asked.
"Yeah, your dancing." He said with a chuckle.
"There is nothing wrong with the way I dance." She said slightly annoyed.
"Yeah, sure there isn't." He said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes.
"Fine, what am I doing wrong?" She asked as she folded her arms over her chest, and looked at him with a disgusted look on her face.
"The steps your doing are correct, except your dancing lacks...hmmm...how shall I put this nicely?" He asked as he pretended to ponder that thought for a moment. "Alright, let's face it, you have no rythm. No passion. No sensuality. No nothing." He said flatly. "I mean, you aren't even moving your hips." He added.
"Well, I can't move my hips." Gabriella said softly and bashfully.
"Sure you can, just try it." He said encouragingly to her. Then he realized what he had just done. "Did I just say something encouraging and nice, to Gabriella Montez?!" He asked himself in his mind. Gabriella soon did what he said, and then she sighed heavily, and sat down on the bench.
"It's useless, I'll never be able to get it right." She said as she hung her head low. Ryan saw that she was getting very discouraged, so he sighed heavily, and shook his head. "I'm really going to hate myself for this later." He said to himself in his mind. Then he walked over to Gabriella and kneeled down in front of her, and brought her chin up, to look him in the face.
"Hey, c'mon, I know you can do this, you just need a little practice." Ryan said smiling ar her. Then he pulled her hands. "C'mon, I'll help you." He said. Then Gabriella stood up when he pulled her. He then pushed her to a part of the room. Then he put his hands on her hips slowly. Once he set his hands on her hips, he leaned in, to whisper in her ear.
"Now, just move your hips, from left to right." He whispered, as he guided her hips in the proper direction. Gabriella slowly started moving her hips in the direction he was moving them. As Ryan kept guiding her hips he started thinking to himself.
"Gabriella isn't so bad. I mean, she's cute, sweet, nice-WOAH! What the hell am I saying?! She's the enemy. I can't be saying that the enemy is cute, or that she has the most gorgeous hair-C'mon dude! Stay focused, you can't like her. Just keep telling yourself that, and everything will be fine." He said to himself in his mind, then she just as he was about to let go, the scent of her shampoo started to flow through the room, and he closed his eyes, breathing in her scent, then he wrapped his arms fully around her waist, and just as he was about to kiss the back of her neck, Gabriella pushed him away, and she looked at him with a disgusted look on her face.
"What do you think your doing?" Gabriella asked. Ryan then opened his eyes, and then looked at her, and tried to play it cool, as he folded his arms across his chest.
"I wasn't doing anything Montez, I was just trying to help you because your dance skills are lame." He lied.
"Yeah? Well it seemed like you were trying to make a move on me." She said as she looked at him angrily.
"I was helping you Montez, I wasn't trying to make a move on you. That's just plain disgusting." Ryan said as he pretended to make a grossed out face.
Gabriella turned around and walked over to the bench, and grabbed her water bottle. Ryan, left the room, and went into his own private office, and grabbed a cold iced tea from his mini-fridge.
"Does Ryan Evans have a crush on me?" Gabriella asked herself in her mind.
"Do I have a crush on Gabriella Montez?" Ryan asked himself in his mind.