Chapter 6
A few hours later Gabriella, her Mom and Troy were sitting in her Aunt and Uncle's house playing Family Feud, the board game version. Troy and Gabriella was sharing a chair together, and Troy was so into the game, answering questions left and right quicker then everybody else. It was a tradition in Gabriella's family that whenever they all got together they all act a little crazy together. Gabriella's uncle has always been kind of a redneck, and he is worse when he's had a few beers. "Hey, I have joke for you!" Her uncle said. Gabriella covered her face with her hands, mumbling into her hand. "Oh no, please no!" She cried. "What do you call the sight of a plumber under the sink with his pants creeping down, exposing his crack?" Her uncle said giving his wide grin. The room was silent. Nobody willing to answer. "Okay, okay, I'll tell you." He said. "Redneck cleavage!" Her Uncle Sam said laughing. Everybody except Troy groaned. Troy just looked confused. Gabriella looked over at him and touched his arm. "You didn't get the joke?" She asked him. "No, I got the joke, I'm just not sure if I should laugh or groan like you guys." He explained. Gabriella laughed. "Troy, don't worry, you can groan, they won't think poorly of you if you do." Gabriella said. "It was a bad joke, even Sam knows it." Troy just looked relieved.
An hour later, they were sitting in her Mom's car; they sat together in the backseat. "Gabriella sat quietly listening to the music coming from the radio. A few moments later, she felt a tap on her arm, so Gabriella looked over at him and she saw him holding his hand up, as if she should put her hand in his. Gabriella smiled and then placed her hand in his. They sat together in the backseat cuddling for the rest of the ride home. When they pulled into Gabriella's garage, Troy took his hand from Gabriella. "Want to stay for awhile or do you need to get home?" Gabriella asked him quietly. "I could stay for awhile." He said. Gabriella smiled. "Awesome!" Then she grinned devilishly. "I bet I can beat you at Mario Cart again!" She said grinning slyly. Troy grinned as well then started to run up the stairs. "Last one there is a rotten egg! And I know I can beat you this time!" Gabriella laughed and ran upstairs after him.
The next day, Gabriella was relating the day's events to Taylor on the phone. "Oh my god, it was amazing!" Gabriella shrieked excitedly. "What happened?" Taylor asked her curiously. "Oh, we went to my Aunt's and Uncle's house yesterday, and had dinner, and got caught up on the old family news, and then when we were driving home, he held my hand the whole drive home!" Gabriella said happily. "Oh wow, that's awesome! I'm so happy for you!" Taylor said. "Actually, there is this guy that I've been kind of eyeing myself." Taylor said sounding embarrassed. "Oh my god, who?" Gabriella asked her. "Oh, well, um, its uh…Chad." She said finally. "Really? I thought you never liked those basketball heroes." Gabriella said sounding and looking confused. "Yeah I know, but ever since you got together with Troy, well I've been thinking that maybe, possibly, that it could work." Taylor explained. "Hey Gabi, do you think you could do me a little favor? I know this is so middle school, but do you think you could ask Troy if he knows if Chad is interested in me?" Taylor asked Gabriella. Gabriella thought for a moment. "Well I'm not sure when I'm going to be seeing Troy next, but when I do, I guess I could ask him. Do you want me to slip it in, like its just a conversation or do you want me to tell him that you like Chad?" Gabriella asked her. "Oh it would be so embarrassing if Troy knew! Just slip it in the conversation!" Taylor said. "Thank you so much! I owe you big time!" Taylor said. "No, no you don't owe me, you're my best friend!" Gabriella said.
A/N:
This will be the last chapter until next week, because I'm going out of town and I don't normally bring my computer with me. So stay tuned! And please review!!!