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Chapter 6: The Picture

((Gabi's POV))

Those three days after Open House flew by. And of course, who did I think of that entire time? Three Guesses. Did you get it? Good!

For those of you who aren't so quick, it was Troy Bolton.

Why do I let this man control my life? Any one know?? If you do know, let me know, because I still have no idea.

My alarm clock rang at 7:30 on September 5th, 2017. I stumbled out of bed and into the bathroom. I took a quick shower and picked out a pink long sleeved floral print dress, almost identical to the dress Taylor wore to Open House.

I tugged at the towel, currently holding my hair, and let it fall out, letting my it fall naturally. I brushed it out, which takes about five minutes, and put it up in a bun. If Taylor knew how much hairspray I use getting my curly hair in a bun that small, she would kill me.

I did my make up and looked in the mirror. I sighed, picked out some white sandals and put on some hoop earrings.

I looked at the clock, it said 7:45.

"Oh shoot!" I exclaimed.

I grabbed my bag and ran out the door. Luckily for me, Taylor and Chad just got their own car yesterday, so I could just head off to school.

An hour later, kids starting coming into school with their parents. Parents of Kindergarteners were allowed to stay the first day to help their kids get used to Elementary school, the one thing I was not looking forward too.

I was writing on the board when I heard a little voice.

"Hi Miss M!"

I smiled and turned around, seeing the five year old boy. He was wearing a basketball jersey that said his name on it, jeans, and black sneakers. His short light brown hair was all over his head.

"Hi Alexander!" I said kneeling down to his level.

"Can you please call me Alex?" he asked smiling sweetly.

"Sure Alex," I said, "Is your Daddy-" I was about to ask him when Troy ran in.

"Alex! You were supposed to wait for me!" he exclaimed jogging over to him.

"I'm sowwy Daddy," he said.

I stood up and brushed myself off.

"I'm sorry about him, he was really excited about seeing you," he explained.

"That's fine," I said, "Are you staying today?" I asked.

Troy smiled and nodded, "I thought it might be a good idea," he said.

((Troy's POV))

"Are you staying all day?" Gabriella asked.

I smiled and nodded, "I thought it might be a good idea," I said.

The truth was that I knew that Alex was more than capable of staying by himself, but I wanted to see the twenty seven year old Gabriella, without looking like a stalker. She seemed to not want to even be near me at Open House, but maybe after today, she might warm up to me.

((Gabriella's POV))

Troy seemed to be in deep thought about something.

"Troy? You okay?" I asked.

He seemed to be shaken from his day dream, "Huh, oh yeah," he said.

Alex started pulling on his shirt, "Come on Daddy!" he exclaimed.

"Hold on a second Alex," Troy said.

"Come on Daddy!" he repeated impatiently.

"Alex! Hold on!" he said frustrated.

"That's alright Troy, I have to start teaching soon," I said.

Troy seemed disappointed. Did he actually want to talk to me?? Maybe I am overeating…yeah, right.

Troy sat down next to Alex's seat, and I waited a couple more minutes before starting.

The bell rang, signaling the day to start. Everyone went quiet, and I walked to the front of the room.

"Good morning class and parents. My name is Miss Montez, or Miss M," I said.

I was greeted by a wave of "Good Morning Miss Montez"'s. I smiled.

"Okay, first, why don't we all stand up and introduce ourselves, and the we can introduce our mommies and daddies, and I tell us what their job is. Any Questions?" I asked, knowing Nessa would raise her hand. Sure enough, she did.

"Vanessa?" I asked.

"What if our Mommy or Daddy isn't here?" she asked.

"Well, you can tell us what they do anyway, right?" I asked.

She nodded.

I smiled.

"Okay, ready?" I asked. I pointed to a girl. She stood up and smiled.

"My name is Ashley, this is my Mommy, and she is a….psyceitrust," she said, mispronouncing psychiatrist.

"You mean psychiatrist?" I asked.

She grinned and nodded.

I pointed to Vanessa.

"My name is Vanessa or Nessa, and my mommy and daddy both work here! My mommy is a teacher and my daddy teaches gym," she said.

Troy seemed interested by Vanessa. He obviously knew she was talking about Chad and Taylor. He smiled when she said Chad was teaching gym. I even heard him mutter, "Good old Chad".

"What does your Mommy teach?" Ashley asked.

"Kindergarten," she said. Taylor had told me she had been practicing saying Kindergarten.

"Cool!" Ashley exclaimed.

"Okay, let's move on," I said smiling.

I went around the room, and finally I was on Alex. He smiled.

"My name is Alex, and my daddy plays basketball!" he said excitedly.

"What kind of job is that?" A boy named Bryan asked.

Alex smiled, "He plays in the ABC!" he said instead of NBA.

"I think you mean the NBA," Troy said.

Alex nodded, "That's what I said!" he said indignantly.

Bryan seemed to know what the NBA was, he sat back down.

"Bryan, would you please say you are sorry to Alex?" I asked.

His mom gave a look that said 'don't count on it'.

"Sorry Alex," he said quietly. "Sorry Mr. Alex Daddy," he said.

His mom seemed shocked.

"Okay, now that we are done. We are gonna give your Mommies and Daddies homework," I said.

Everyone laughed, except Vanessa. She looked like she was about to cry.

I felt bad for Vanessa. I never even realized that, of course, Taylor or Chad couldn't be there.

"These are little cards that you or parents can fill out, and then you can give them to me," I said.

I walked over to Vanessa.

"Hey V, can I talk to you?" I asked her.

"Sure Miss Montez," she said.

I walked over to my desk and sat down. Vanessa walked over.

"I'm sorry Taylor or Chad couldn't be here," I said softly.

"Its not fair! All the other kids have their mommies here!" she said upset.

I frowned, "I know, but I'm sure Taylor and Chad will be happy to do it after school," I said.

She wiped her eyes, "But it's not the same!" she said.

I frowned, "Maybe I could help," I said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Well, who taught you to read?" I asked.

She pointed to me.

"Who takes you to the bookstore?" I asked.

She pointed to me.

"See, I'm sure I could answer a few of the questions," I said.

Vanessa smiled and hugged me.

I hugged her back.

((Troy's POV))

I started working on the card. It basically said basic things Gabi would need to know to help her get to know the kids.

I looked up and saw her walk over to Vanessa. She kneeled down, talked to Vanessa and then led her over to her desk. She talked to her for only five minutes, and seemed to change Vanessa whole mood around.

"Daddy! Come on!" Alex said.

I looked down, "Sorry Alex," I said.

((Gabriella's POV))

"Finally, is there anything else I need to know? Like is something you don't like to talk about or something?" I asked Vanessa. She shook her head.

I smiled, "Okay, then we are done," I said.

Vanessa smiled and hugged me one more time and walked over her seat and started talking to Ashley.

I picked up my phone and called Taylor.

T: Mrs. Danforth.

G: Hey, it's me.

T: What's up Gabi?

G: Well, I completely forgot that of course you or Chad couldn't be here, so Vanessa might be upset after school because you weren't here.

T: Oh my gosh, I never even thought about that! Is she okay?

G: She's fine now, I was able to help her out with what we were doing. You're not mad at me, right?

T: Of course not! I'll call Chad and make sure that he knows.

G: Thanks. Sorry again. Bye.

T: Bye.

I hung up the phone, relieved that Taylor wasn't mad at me.

I walked to the front of the class.

"Everyone done?" I asked.

They all nodded.

"Okay, now, I want you to draw a picture of your favorite room inside your house," I said.

A girl named Jennifer raised her hand.

"Jennifer?" I asked.

"What if you have more than one favorite room?" she asked.

I smiled, "I'll show you guys a secret," I said.

I went a grabbed a piece of paper.

"Okay see how this is one big piece?" I asked.

Everyone nodded.

"Well, if you fold it like this," I folded it in half short ways. "You have two sections," I said.

"Wow," everyone said in awe.

I passed a piece of paper to all the kids, then when to the boxes that had all the colors in one. I put one on each pod.

"When you are done with your drawing, you can come show me," I said.

I walked over to my desk and went on my computer and did attendance and checked my e-mail, etcetera.

About fifteen minutes, Ashley came over.

"This is my favorite room," she said.

I looked at it. It fully covered purple, and had what looked like a square in the corner, and random shapes on the ground. I also saw what must've been a bookshelf.

"Let me guess, this is your room," I said.

"How'd you know?" she asked in awe.

"Because my bedroom looked exactly that," I whispered.

She giggled and went back to her seat.

Next, Jennifer came up. Her picture was half covered pink and half colored peach. The pink looked almost identical to Ashley's, and the peach colored had what looked like a TV and a couch.

"Is this your bedroom and your living room?" I asked.

She nodded, "How did you know?" she asked.

"Because my best friend had a bed room just like that back in California," I said smiling. "And that," I said pointing to the black square, "looks like a TV," I said.

She grinned and walked back to her seat.

This went on for about fifteen minutes, when Alex was last.

He handed me the paper.

"Let's see it," I said grinning.

I turned my chair so I was next to him.

"Is this your TV?" I asked, pointing to a big black blob that took up most of the paper.

He nodded.

"Is this your couch?" I asked.

He nodded.

"What is this?" I asked pointing to a square that had two heads in it. One had blonde hair; the other had long black hair that went way past the frame.

"That's a picture my daddy put it up. That's him, and a girl named…Ga…Gab…" he said struggling with the name.

I looked closer. I knew who the girl was.

"Gabriella," I said.

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