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Chapter 7 – Marie Rodriguez
Troy, Taylor, Chad, Sharpay, Zeke, Kelsi and Jason decided to go to Prom as a massive group. They hired a white limo for the evening which took them to the five-star-hotel where the Prom was being held.
Everyone went into the hall apart from Troy who quickly took out his phone to call Gabriella but her phone was off. He sighed and saw a girl who Troy has never seen before who had olive skin but blonde hair was leaning against a wall near to where he was standing. He walked up to her and asked, 'Do you need some help?'
She looked up and he saw a pair of piercing brown eyes. She smiled at him widely and said, 'No, I'm fine. I'm one of the entertainers.'
Troy nodded and smiled. 'I'm Troy Bolton, by the way.' He held out his hand for the girl to shake.
She took it and introduced herself. 'I'm Marie Rodriguez.'
'It's nice to meet you Marie. Anyway, I must go and meet up with my friends. I'll see you later.' Troy walked into the hall and Marie watched him leave, until Mark came out and told her that it was almost time for her to go on.
An hour later, all the seniors could pretty much conclude that Marie was a fantastic singer. She sang with an amazing charisma and showed her personality while performing. Troy was feeling attracted to her and kept on mentally kicking himself and told himself that he is just missing Gabi.
Marie finished her song and looked into the wing. She looked out to the crowd and smiled. 'I have brought some friends with me from LA to sing to you. So everybody welcome one of my friends, Hilary Duff!' The crowd went wild as Hilary came out and performed a couple of her songs.
Troy and the gang stood in amazement. 'How can Marie be friends with someone that big?!' Taylor said.
'Wait, a minute, didn't-' Troy started but was interrupted by Hilary announcing the new performer which was Jesse McCartney. He was then met by a very loud scream from Sharpay. 'Ow! Shar!' Troy complained and rubbed his ear in pain.
'Shut up! Oh my God! Jesse McCartney! This is huge! I love this girl!' Jesse performed a couple of songs and then Marie came out again.
'This is the last one guys, so enjoy my new guest. He is a great friend of mine, so give a warm welcome to…Zac Efron!' Zac came out and hugged Marie and whispered something to her and she blushed. Zac waved at the crowd and they screamed louder than they already were. The boys stood with their arms folded as they saw their dates going crazy with the sight of 'wonder boy'. However he only performed one song and Marie was dragged out by Jesse and Hilary.
Zac laughed and said into the microphone, 'OK, guys, Marie here organized this to make your night special, because she is very close to a few of you in here. Confused? Well you won't be as soon as she stops pretending.' Marie shook her head laughing and a man who Troy recognized as the guitarist from the Lakers ball came out and held Marie as Zac pulled at her hair. Her hair came off and dark brown, ringlet curls fell around her shoulders, revealing a very embarrassed Gabriella Montez. Everybody cheered as they had missed Gabi and Troy grinned at the sight of his girlfriend.
Gabi ripped herself out of Mark's grasp and lightly slapped Zac on the arm. She walked to the microphone and said, 'Hi guys…you like the show?' and everybody cheered in response. She smiled and asked, 'Does everybody want to hear a preview of my new single?' and she was met with even more cheering. She nodded at Mark and he walked over to the band and told them something. Zac, Jesse and Hilary walked off the stage and the music started playing. Gabi looked out at the crowd and found Troy smiling at her and winked at him.
I see your face when I look in your eyes,
What you feel is no surprise,
Everyone needs something to believe in,
Tell me your dreams , I'll tell you mine,
In our hearts, we'll look inside,
And we'll see all of the colors of the rainbow,
I know!
We all want to believe in love,
We all want to believe in something,
Bigger than just us,
We all want to be a part,
Of a greater picture,
Singing in our heart,
Yeah bigger than just us!
I want to see beyond my own little world,
Grab your hands so we can twirl around the galaxy,
see the world with gravity,
Oh-oo-oh,
We have such a long way to go,
But I know,
We're getting closer everyday,
Everyday!
We all want to believe in love,
We all want to believe in something,
Bigger than just us,
We all want to be a part,
Of a greater picture,
Singing in our heart,
Yeah bigger than just us!
It fills the universe,
With lot's of skies above,
It rescues from our hearts with love,
(we all want to believe in love)
That's what's bigger than us! (bigger than us!)
(C'mon!)
It's love, it's love, it' love!
(C'mon!)
It's love, it's love, it' love!
It's love, it's love! (it's love, it's love!)
(C'mon!)
We all want to believe in love,
We all want to believe in something,
Bigger than just us!
Everyone cheered and she smiled and walked off the stage into the wing, finding Zac, Hilary and Jesse clapping. She smiled and said, 'you are so dead, guys!'
'Whatever!' Zac shrugged and hugged her.
'Are you three staying around?' Gabi asked.
Jesse shrugged, 'We can't go out there on our own. But it was cool seeing your friends and previous class-mates. We will hang out in the hotel room before we all have to meet up to leave for the airport.'
Hilary smiled, 'Now go see Troy! We saw you talk to him as Marie earlier…he's hot!'
Gabi laughed, 'Thanks guys! I'll come up in an hour.'
Gabriella walked out into the hall and immediately spotted Troy who was laughing with there friends. She quietly walked up to the group to stop getting noticed by everyone else. She slithered her arms around Troy's waist and he jumped and turned round to see his girlfriend smiling at him. 'Brie!' he said and grabbed her and hugged her tight. 'I missed you!'
Gabi hugged back and said, 'I missed you too. Sorry I lied, but I didn't want anyone knowing, because even if you don't say anything, the press find out, and then it turns into a disaster. Especially if I was planning to bring those three with me.' Troy nodded in understanding and kissed her softly.
'Do you want to dance?' Troy asked and Gabi nodded and took his hand and they walked to the dance floor and danced.
'I remember the last time we danced…' Gabi said, smiling.
Troy smiled with the memory, 'I prefer this dance…we have been talking for the past 6 months.'
Gabi laughed and stepped in close towards Troy. 'I can't believe High School is nearly over…soon you will be in LA playing for Lakers!'
Troy gulped. 'Lakers…what if I am not good enough?'
Gabi looked at him, 'Troy, you got in…you are good enough!' She kissed his cheek and Troy smiled.
'When do you go back to LA?' Troy asked.
'I have to go back upstairs in about an hour to get ready to go back to the airport. I have my own Prom tomorrow.' Gabi sighed.
'I only have an hour with you?' Troy said.
'I'm sorry…but that was the best I could do…but it is only a few more weeks…then you are will be with me for a very long time!' Gabi smiled.
'But Brie, I will be travelling around with Lakers, and you are going on a tour!' Troy said.
'Yes, maybe, but I am not going on the tour for about three months! We have two months together!' Gabi said. Troy nodded and he kissed her.
'Another few weeks won't hurt,' Troy whispered and Gabi smiled.
'I love you Troy.'
'I love you too, Brie.'
Troy and Gabriella joined the group again and they had fun together until Mark came up to Gabi telling her that she had to get ready to leave. Gabi sighed and told him to give her a few minutes to say goodbye. She looked at the group and nodded at them sadly. Taylor, Kelsi and Sharpay walked over to her and they hugged in a group.
'I love you guys,' Gabi said while hugging the girls, 'I'll try to come down for a weekend before we all graduate.' They all separated and Gabi hugged Chad, Zeke and Jason. She turned to Troy and kissed his cheek and hugged him. She reached up and whispered into his ear, 'Meet me in the lobby in 10 minutes. Go quietly.' She then walked out of the room and the gang watched her leave.
Troy sighed along with everyone else. 'It's hard having a friend who's a celebrity…' Taylor said.
'Hey, Troy is about to enter that world!' Chad said.
'Guys, I'm not going to change, and Brie hasn't changed at all!' Troy said.
'I also have a feeling that Gabi hates the attention,' Sharpay added. And everyone nodded in agreement.
Troy walked into the lobby and came face to face with Gabi, Zac, Hilary and Jesse. They were looking out of the door and Troy followed their gaze, to find a swarm of paparazzi. 'You've got to be kidding me,' Gabi groaned and Zac rubbed her back soothingly, making Troy slightly jealous. He walked up to Gabriella and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Gabi hugged back and then pulled away. 'We are gonna have to make a run for it, so I'll see you soon, okay?'
Troy nodded noticing the tears forming in Gabi's eyes. Troy pulled her in a hug again and whispered, 'It's not much longer until I come. When I arrive, we can put up with the cameras together, alright?' Troy looked into Gabi's eyes to make sure she understood and then kissed her forehead. 'I love you,' he said quietly.
'I love you too,' Gabi whispered and they parted, and Troy watched the group walked out, keeping their heads down and not replying to any of the questions that were being fired at them in rapid fire.
'OK, Gabriella, one more,' the photographer said while clicking his camera. Gabriella was in the middle of a photo shoot for a magazine. She was modelling formal wear style dresses and some sundresses as well.
The shoot was accompanying an interview that she had, and she answered questions about her album, her tour and last but not least, her relationship with a certain Troy Bolton. She phoned Troy about the interview the day before, and he said that he trusted her to say what she felt was right. After the shoot she was going to dash off to collect Troy at the airport.
After what seemed like an eternity, she was dismissed and she quickly changed into her own sundress and jumped in her new car to go to the airport. She parked her car and walked over to the arrivals gate. Just as she expected, paparazzi were dotted around the airport, no doubt waiting for the arrival of the new NBA star and, more importantly, the reunion of the new NBA star and the Pop Sensation. Gabi sighed and sat down on a chair, covering her eyes so no one could get a direct shot of her.
Soon a group of people started to file out of the door, and Gabi looked up, no longer caring about the photographers. Troy came out towards the end with a trolley full of suitcases and Gabi sprang up and ran across to him. Troy laughed and scooped her up into a hug. They kissed sweetly and they pushed the trolley together, with smiles fixed on their faces.