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Chapter 3
"What took you so long?" Troy grunted in my direction as I walked over to him at 1:10am.
"God, I was 10 minutes late, get over it." I said as I rolled my eyes. Troy glared me and walked over to his truck, leaving me to hobble after him in my heels.
"Nice choice in footwear," he commented sarcastically, while climbing into the drivers seat and slamming the car door shut. I opened up the passenger seat door and scrambled in.
"Hi," Chad yawned. I noticed his arm around Taylor. I gave her a questioning look and she looked away, embarrased. "We decided to come too," he added.
"Okay," I replied. We arrived at the house 5 minutes later. I was starting to feel sick with nerves, but I stepped out the car. I tripped over and Troy stood over me, impatiently tapping his foot, while he watched me clamber to my feet. We walked nearer to the building but there was a fence surrounding it.
"Umm.. how do we get in?" I asked uneasily. Troy looked at me as if I was stupid.
"We climb the fence, idiot," he answered. He jumped over the fence first and I quickly followed after him, although it was a struggle in my heels. Chad and Taylor followed shortly after.
"Okay, we'll split up now. Chad and Taylor, you go in through the back entrance, and me and Gabriella will go through that window," Troy said. I was less than thrilled to be walking around the place with Troy, and when I was climbing through the window, my dress got caught and he shoved me in. I crashed to the floor.
(Nobodys POV)
"Could you make any more noise?" Troy hissed at her, as he scrambled in after her.
"You pushed me," she said angrily. The pair looked around for a while, before Troy heard footsteps behind him. "Who's there?" Troy asked coolly, although his heart was thumping insanely in his chest. He was petrified, but he would never admit it.
"It's us," Taylor whispered, clutching Chad's hand. "Where's Gabriella?"
"Ummm.." Troy looked around frantically, but Gabriella was nowhere to be seen. "Stay here," Troy instructed to Chad and Taylor, while he went looking for Gabriella.
"Gabi?" he said, as quietly as he could. He sighed in relief as he saw her ahead. He slowly made his way towards her, trying not to be heard. "Gabriella, what are you doing?" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted it because Gabriella shrieked loudly. "Shut up!" Troy yelled, covering her mouth with his hand.
"Who's there?" A deep voice said, holding a flashlight a little way ahead of them. It didn't sound like Chad, and it certainly wasn't Taylor. Troy jumped into a room to the right of them, but Gabriella was frozen to the spot and didn't follow. The flashlight was getting nearer, but Gabriella couldn't bring herself to move. She was terrified. She felt two strong arms wrap around her waist and pull her into a room. She opened her mouth to scream but no sound came out.
"It's me," Troy breathed in her ear.
"Troy, i'm scared," Gabriella whispered, her voice cracking. She told herself not to cry infront of Troy, but she couldn't hold them back any longer and tears started spilling down her face.
"Shh, it's okay," He spoke softly, and took one hand from around her waist and started stroking her hair gently. After a while, the footsteps got fainter, and they were obviously moving away, so Troy grabbed Gabriellas hand and led her out of the room.
"Where are we going?" Gabriella asked.
"We need to get out of here," Troy replied calmly. He tightened his grip on her hand and they started running around to find a window they could climb out of.
"Come on!" Troy hissed.
"My feet hurt," Gabriella groaned, slowing down. She bent down and started undoing the straps on her shoes. He sighed and pulled off her other shoe vigorously.
"That hurt!" She yelled.
"Sorry," he muttered. Grabbing her hand again and pulling her up. They reached a window, but it was about 15 feet off the ground.
"I'm not jumping!" Gabriella whimpered.
"Go on," Troy insisted.
"No." Gabriella said flatly. Troy sighed impatiently, when they heard footsteps near again.
"I'll go first then." Troy said, and jumped out of the window. Luckily, he landed in a bush and stood up again.
"Your turn," he called up. Gabriella shook her head.
"Come on, i'll catch you." he said. Gabriella looked behind her shoulder. She could hear the footsteps getting nearer. She took a deep breath and jumped. Troy caught her and when she'd recovered, she jumped out of his arms.
"Thanks," she said blushing. "Where are my shoes?"
"Er.." He looked up at the window uneasily.
"WHAT! Those were new!!" Gabriella screamed.
"There's no time for that now, come on!" He said, pulling her away and breaking into a run.
"But.. my feet!" She complained. Troy rolled his eyes and turned around.
"Jump up on my back."
"What?"
"Jump up on my back!! It's called a piggy-back." Troy said, as if Gabriella was stupid. Gabriella was surprised but did as he said. When they reached the truck, Chad and Taylor were already sitting in the back. They clambered in and Chad turned to Troy.
"I thought you said that nobody lived here?" he asked. Troy shrugged, started the car, and turned to Gabriella.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," she snapped, glaring at him then turning to face the window. They drove back to P.C.A in silence, Gabriella and Troy thinking what had happened between them inside the house, and Chad and Taylor too scared to say a word incase Gabriella bit their heads off too.
