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Disclaimer: I do not own, HSM or the characters, the Gap, Jamba Juice or anything else in there that I don't own.
Gabriella Montez sat on the counter of the Gap waiting for her sister to finish her shift which ended in an hour. She had her ear phones in and a book in hand.
"Excuse me," someone said from behind her. He tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and turned her ipod off.
"Yes?" That was all she could say seeing as Troy Bolton was talking to her and he didn't remember her. She got over it pretty fast and paid attention to what he was saying.
"Can you help me find these," He showed her a pair of jeans on a sheet of paper that had been printed out. Sure, she didn't work there but all of the others were busy and she knew the store by heart.
"Yeah, follow me." She jumped off the counter and walked over to the guy's jeans. Her cell phone rang while she was going through the giant stack. "Hello?" Troy watched her in interest as she talked and searched through the pile.
She had brown hair and almost hazel eyes that went perfectly together. In his opinion. "I know… I'm being nice…call you later." He could only hear half of her conversation.
"Thanks," he said when she handed him the jeans that he couldn't find. "Are you allowed to be talking on your cell phone," He asked smiling a little.
"I don't work here. I'm waiting for my sister to finish her shift, I always hang out here for about an hour each day." He suddenly felt embarrassed for thinking that she worked here.
"Oh, sorry about that then. I'm Troy." They shook hands and stared at each other.
"Gabriella, don't worry about it. I know this store way to well and I was getting bored." He laughed.
"How old is your sister?" He asked, she wasn't going crazy like other people did when they saw him but just acting normal she reminded him of someone but couldn't remember who.
"Eighteen, I'm seventeen." They continued talking until he had to go. She left five minutes later with her sister. They were both smiling like idiots.
He had found out a lot about Gabriella and was planning on getting to know more. She only had one sister, named Alexis and her mother and father divorced when she was young. She had lived here all her life and wanted to go to UCLA when she grew up, that or UT.
"What are you smiling at?" Alexis asked her sister. She hadn't stopped smiling since they walked out of the store.
"Nothing," Gabriella replied trying to hide the smile that wouldn't go away. She didn't need to find out much about Troy but still they had tons to talk about.
"I know it's something so tell me," she pestered. Gabriella shook her head. "Did someone come into the store that you don't want me to know about?" Gabriella thought this over.
"Yeah," she said thinking about it. If her sister found out she would flip. "But it's nothing bad," she added. Her sister dropped it and went on to what was going on with all of her friends which were Gabi's friends too.
He was in town for the rest of the summer because he was visiting some family down here. He didn't say who just an aunt and uncle, plus a couple of cousins. Sadly she thought that he wasn't coming back, only if he needed something else, how wrong she was.
The next day Sharpay had just left her in the store so she started reading again. Sometimes she would go down and visit her friends that worked then or walk to the bookstore and hang out there but this wasn't one of those days.
Troy walked in and saw her leaning against the counter sipping from a smoothie. He walked over and tapped her on the shoulders, she turned around shocked to see him there again.
"Hey. What are you doing here?" She asked standing up smiling. She put her bookmark in her book and laid it down next to the register.
"What you don't want me here?" Troy asked playfully. They laughed.
"No, I was just wondering." She said blushing a little.
"I wanted to see if you could hang out, there isn't much to do with my cousin. All he talks about is his ex girlfriend and how he regrets breaking up with her. All he does is sulk!" He said. She looked him over and nodded.
"Sure I have an hour before my sister gets off. Where do you want to go?" She asked. "Let me go and tell my sister that I'll be back later." She ran off before he could say anything. When she came back she said, "My sister took the car keys from me so I hope you have a car, or else we have to stay here." They laughed.
"No problem, I rented a car when I got here. What are you drinking?" He motioned at the drink in her hand. She held it up to him for him to take a sip. "That's really good." He said and grabbed the drink from her. She laughed at him.
"Slow down you'll get a brain-" He made a face. "Freeze. Come on, we'll get you your own. It's just down the street." He handed her drink back.
"You never told me what it was." He said.
"Strawberries Wild from Jamba Juice. I always get one, so they have it ready for me and I have a tab there." They continued to walk in silence until they reached the shop. He opened the door for her.
"Thanks." The girl at the counter recognized her and started up the blender.
"You want another one?" she asked not noticing Troy.
"No, I brought a friend who wants one. This is Taylor, Taylor this is Troy." Her eyes went wide when he took off his sunglasses.
"You—and her—what?" They laughed.
"Taylor, I would watch that." Gabriella said pointing to the blender which was done not to mention every other one. She rushed to get the cups and started calling out names.
"How much," Troy asked, pulling out his wallet. Taylor was about to say something when Gabriella cut her off. "Put it on my tab."
"Okay." Taylor said and gave the smoothie to him.
"No, let me pay. I want to." Gabriella gave him a look that told him to give up now. Troy had never felt anything like this before, not even with his girlfriend, they just seemed to click. Gabriella was feeling the same thing.
"Where do you want to go now?" Gabriella asked motioning to all of the stores. They ended up just walking around occasionally stopping. They talked about everything that they could think of. At the end of the day when Troy's uncle called him he drove her home.
"Thanks." He said to her as she was about to get out of the car. She stopped and sat back down.
"For what?" she asked him. He ran out of the car and opened her door.
"For a great day. I didn't really know anyone here but I'm glad I met you." They walked up to her door.
"I had fun too. You're a really cool guy Troy." He smiled and nodded. "I know," He said. She slapped him on the arm.
"No need to get violent!" she laughed at him. "Would you mind if I came by tomorrow?" He asked her. She stopped laughing and blushed.
"No, come on by. It'll save me from doing nothing. I'll see you tomorrow," she said. Gabriella leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek before rushing in the house not wanting him to see her blush.
I hope you guys liked it and the reason for the long disclaimer is because last time it was because I mentioned real things without saying I didn't own it so I'm making sure it's clear. I DO NOT OWN THEM!!! Review please! And check out my new oneshot for the TV show Wildfire, Married, ot Not?
-Amanda