Chapter 4
Finally the credits started rolling… Gabriella never remembered a day that she was more uncomfortable then she was right at that moment. She had the date planned in her mind, but she wasn't sure how it was turning out so far. In her mind the date was a complete failure. "Oh well, she thought to herself, better to give it try and see how incompatible we were, then to never know." "So what do you want to do now?" Troy asked her, as they started walking out of the theater. "Um want to go to Barnes and Noble and get a coffee? They should still be open." Gabriella asked shyly." Troy looked at her. "Sure, that sounds like fun." He said cheerfully.
Soon they were sitting in the café drinking their coffees. And because they were in a bookstore, they went their various directions and chose a book to look at, while enjoying their treats. Twenty minutes later, they noticed that the lights in the store was starting to blink, which was signaling that the store was about to close. Troy and Gabriella looked at each other, "we should get out of here, before they kick us out." Soon they walked out to her car, quietly. "Want to come over to my house and meet my Mom?" Gabriella asked him. She thought it was too soon in her opinion to be meeting the parents, but since she met his, he might as well meet her Mother. "Sure, sounds like fun." Ten minutes later they pulled into her driveway, she noticed that they had the driveway lights on, so that she could see when she got home. "Mom!" Gabriella called as they walked into the house. "Gabi, there is no need to shout." Her mom said she walked into the foyer. "Mom, this is Troy, Troy, my Mom. Gabi said as she introduced them to each other. "Hi Troy, it's nice to meet you, I hope you guys had fun!" Her mom said. "We had a great time." Troy said. "Okay, Troy lets go upstairs and play Nintendo." Gabriella said as she started to walk upstairs. Troy quickly ran to catch up to her. "Why are you moving so fast?" He asked her curiously. "If you let her, my Mom can talk forever." Gabriella explained. "Oh ok." Gabriella grinned slyly. "I bet I can beat you at Mario Cart." Gabriella said issuing a challenge. Troy's eyes brightened. "You're on!" And soon they were racing each other, both determined to beat the other. Ten minutes later, Troy's cell phone rang. He reached into his pants pocket, "it's my Mom." He said as he answered. "Yeah?" He said as he answered. "Oh, okay, sure, we'll be right over, bye." Troy looked at her. "Mom wants us to come over to my house, she wants you to get to know the family, and maybe even play a game of cards." He explained. "Oh, um, okay, sure sounds like fun." Gabriella said as she reached to turn off the Nintendo system.
Four hours later, Gabriella said goodbye to Troy and his parents and drove home, absolutely exhausted. The next day her older sister and her husband came to visit. Stella continued to press her about her date last night. Gabriella related the story at least three times, as she was in the middle of her story, the phone rang. Her mom went to answer the phone. "Oh hi Troy, yeah she's here, just a sec." Her Mom said as she handed the phone over to her. Stella winked at her and made a kissy face at her. Gabriella rolled her eyes and walked out of the room to take the call. "Hi Troy." She said into the phone. "Am I busy tomorrow? Oh Let me check." Gabriella put the phone down and walked over to her Mom. "Mom, Troy wants to know if I would be able to go out to dinner with him tomorrow." She asked. Her Mom grinned. "Sure, go for it!" Gabriella smiled and walked back to where she sat the phone down. "Sure, what time would you like me to pick you up?" She asked. "Okay, sounds great, see you then! Bye." Gabriella hung up the phone and walked back into the kitchen.