Chapter 3
A few days later Gabriella checks her email and sees a response from Troy. I will ask if I can go to the movies. What movie did you plan on seeing? If it's Zorro I've already seen it but if you want to see it, it's fine with me. And another question, should I pay for the tickets? Because I can simply go to the bank and get some money out of my account. Well I'll see ya tomorrow. Gabriella giggled to herself as she read the email. "He accepted!" She thought ecstatically as she began to type a note in response. Hi Troy, I thought we could either go see Harry Potter, or Walk the Line, the choice is up to you. And about the money thing, I thought we could split the cost, I pay for the tickets and you pay for the snacks. How does that sound? I'll see you tomorrow. And then she clicked Send. And then got back to her super easy assignment. Twenty minutes later, the bell rang signaling the end of class, so Gabriella ran over to Taylor's locker, waiting anxiously for her to arrive, so she could tell Taylor her exciting news.
It was finally Friday afternoon, and school was just ending. Gabriella was shaking with nervousness as she spoke to Taylor. "Oh my god, I am so nervous! What if the date goes badly?" She says nervously. "Gabi, calm down, the date will go fine, as long as you RELAX!" Gabriella takes a deep breath and tries to smile. "Just do me a favor and let me know how it goes, okay?" Taylor asks her. Gabriella nods. "Sure." Gabriella began to walk outside to her car, and drove over to the address marked on the sheet of paper that Troy gave her, since she was supposed to pick him up, since he couldn't drive yet. Finally she arrived home and began to get ready for her date… Finally it was 6:00 p.m. and she was shaking, her mom constantly telling her that everything would be fine. Suddenly the phone rings, Gabi rushes over to answer and notices that it is Troy. "Hey, are you coming to pick me up?" Gabi glances over at the time "uh yeah, I'll be there soon. Bye." "Bye" Troy says. Gabriella shaking grabs her purse and rushes out of the house to go pick up Troy. "Bye Mom!" Gabriella shouts as she runs out the door. A few minutes later Gabriella drives up to his house. A few seconds later the front door opens and Troy ushers her into the house. "Mom, Dad, this is Gabriella." Troy says as he introduces her to his family. Gabriella smiles shyly. "Wow she is so pretty!" Troy's mom says excitedly as she hugs her tightly. Finally Troy speaks up, "Mom, let her go, we have a movie we have to get to." Troy says impatiently. Finally Gabriella is freed. "What movie are you guys going to see?" Troy's mom asks. "Walk the Line." Troy answers as they are beginning to walk out the door.
Ten minutes later they arrive at the movie theater and they began to get settled in their seats to watch the movie.