Chapter 4: Back Together again
My heart started to beat faster and the butterflies in my stomach were now doing flips.
"Gabi?" I heard him ask.
"Troy?" I asked back, my voice quivering.
I saw Troy start to walk closer, and I saw that there were others flowing him too. "Wow," I thought, "He still has that leader persona about him."
"Chad?" I heard Taylor ask.
"Tay?" I saw Chad start to run towards us and when he reached us he threw his arms around Taylor and picked her up and swung her around.
I watched, as they both seemed to be in their own world. I saw Troy walk towards me, and I felt myself walking to his arms. I had waited so long for this to happen.
We reached one another and Troy smiled. I felt my knees go weak. He hadn't changed at all.
I threw my arms around Troy's muscular body. "Hmmm, he's been working out," I thought to myself and smiled. I waited for him to hug me back, finally he did. I thought to myself, "Why isn't he excited to see me?" I looked up at Troy's face and saw that he was smiling. He was just messing with me. I quickly forgot my doubts.
"It's good to see you Gabi," he said into my ear. I smiled at his nickname for me. I hadn't heard it in a long time. No one besides him could call me that.
"You too, Troy," I said into his shirt still smiling.
I then heard a loud squeal. It actually sounded more like a screech and it seemed to be louder than it really was because it echoed again through the hallways of the school. I saw the person responsible for the squeal and her blonde brother coming towards me.
"Gabs!" I heard Sharpay squeal yet again.
"Sharpay?" I asked. My ears were still hurting from the first high-pitched noise and I wasn't sure if I truly believed Sharpay was here.
I saw her twin brother walking with her, actually he running to keep up with his sister,
"Hey Ryan," I said as they came closer.
"Gabriella its good to see you," Ryan said.
I realized I was still in Troy's arms but I didn't let go. I looked at his bright blue eyes and I smiled. They seemed to be sparkling. "His eyes look better than I remember," I thought to myself.
"You too, Ryan," I said still looking into Troy's eyes.
He returned the smile I had on my face, and hugged me once again.
"It's really good to see you Gabi," he whispered again.
"You too," I whispered with the same smile on my face.
I finally left his eyes to look at Taylor to see if she was doing the same with Chad. I saw that she was out of Chad's arms and was hugging three other people. She looked happy and she continued to talk to them. I finally saw their faces and saw that they were Jason, Zeke, and Kelsi.
I smiled even bigger as I walked over to them. When I reached them, we all had a big group hug. I continued to smile as I hugged them each separately.
I realized that I was out of Troy's arms. I felt as if a part of me was missing. I looked over at him and saw that he was still smiling and he motioned me back over to his arms.
I gratefully walked back over too him. I looked out and saw all of my friends from high school and smiled. We were all together once again.
"So guys, how did we all get jobs here?" I asked.
Everyone started to talk at once. I smiled to myself, "Some things never change," I thought to myself as I looked into Troy's bright blue eyes. He looked down at me and smiled. He was thinking the same thing.