Gabriella walked into English and took her seat. Lucas leaned forward, "Gabriella how are you?"

Gabriella smirked but did not turn around to meet his gaze, "Why'd you leave my party?" She asked. "Are you that much of a punk ass bitch that you had to leave when I wasn't there? If you don't want to be with me, grow some balls and tell me."

Lucas was taken aback, "Well there was a family emergency. My sister had a bad fever and I was taking care of her because my mom had to leave. I'm really sorry." He lied.

Gabriella raised her eyebrow and then she turned around, taking off her sunglasses, "Why didn't you just tell me?"

Lucas had to think of something quick, "I forgot. Can I make it up to you?"

Gabriella nodded, "Duh. You weren't going to get off that easy."

Lucas chuckled, "Ok. How about we go out to dinner?" He suggested.

Angelo sat down and laughed, "I hope you have enough money to feed my fat ass sister.

"Angelo nobody asked you." Gabriella said, giving her brother a shove.

"So how was the rest of your party?" Lucas asked.

"The party was fun." Angelo replied. "You should have stayed."

Lucas felt a stab of guilt, "I wish I could have." He felt his phone vibrate with a text.

Michelle: meet me n 3 minutes. By the gym! We needa talk

Lucas put his phone away, "I got to go to the bathroom." He shows the teacher his pass and walks out the door. When he walked out the door, he spots Michelle and walks over to her. "What do you want?"

Michelle rolled her eyes, "About last night…" She started but Lucas cut her off.

"Last night did not happen. Gabriella is sort of my girlfriend." Lucas informed her.

"I don't really care." Michelle snapped, "We can do it again. At my house."

Lucas looked at her, "No."

Michelle smirked, "Ok. I'll just tell Gabriella."

"What?" Lucas semi-yelled. "You can't."

Michelle nodded, "Actually I can. And I will."

Lucas sighed, "Fine. Just don't hurt Gabriella."

Michelle smiled sweetly, "Don't worry. It'll be our little secret." She smiled and walked away.

"Lucas?" He heard someone call. He turned around and saw Gabriella coming toward him.

"Gabriella what are you doing out here?" Lucas asked. His heart rate was going a mile a minute. He was silently praying she hadn't heard his conversation.

Gabriella looked at him, suspicious of his jumpy behavior, "Well Mr. Smith asked me to come look for you. You've been gone for like 6 minutes now."

Lucas sighed, "Oh. Lets head back to class." He grabs Gabriella's hand and they walk back to English together.

~Later That Night~

Lola walked into her sister's room and sat down, "Why are you so dolled up?" She asked.

Gabriella sat down and fastened the buckle on her heel, "I'm going out to dinner with Lucas. Do you think a romper would be appropriate dinner wear?"

Lola looked at her sister's red strapless romper and squinted, "Wear a leather jacket. The black one from Forever21."

Gabriella smiled, "Thank you. Are you doing anything tonight?"

Lola shook her head, "Sadly I am not. So Angelo and I are just going to be losers tonight while you have fun."

"You need a date so we can double one day." Gabriella told her.

"Great idea. Get me a date first." Lola said.

Gabriella looked at her phone , "I gotta go. Be back later."

"He isn't going to pick you up?" Lola asked with confusion.

Gabriella shook her head, "I told him I would meet him at the restaurant." She waves to her sister and leaves.

~At BJ's Brew House~

Gabriella sat down across from Lucas and ran her hands down her arms, "Its freezing here."

Lucas frowned, "I should have brought a jacket. I would have given it to you."

Gabriella smiled, "Well aren't you sweet." She lifted up her menu, "What are you ordering?"

"The buffalo wings." Lucas replied, "What about you?"

Gabriella shrugged, "I don't know. I want to get the buffalo chicken pizza."

"There pizza is the best." Lucas informed her.

"I've had their pizza before. I know how good it is." Gabriella joked. She yawned, "I am so tired."

"Why?" Lucas asked.

Gabriella took a sip of her Dr. Pepper, "I was up until like 2:30 in the morning cleaning up after my party."

Lucas chuckled, "Where'd your parents go?"

"They went to Spain. We have a lot of family out there. They came back when we got home from school." Gabriella answered. "But my parents are pretty lenient with a few things."

Lucas raised his eyebrows, "How so?"

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Well aren't you just curious. My parents let us drink."

"No way." Lucas said, his jaw on the floor.

Gabriella nodded, "Well my siblings and I have parties and alcohol like kids have cell phones: we have to maintain grades and not become the type of kids that they would sent to a military school in the Midwest."

"Is this why you have a 4.0 GPA?" Lucas questioned.

"Maybe." Gabriella replied, "But I'm going to get into Stanford or Yale or Columbia with slacking grades. Rich parents don't get you everything in life."

"You and I have common school interests." Lucas informed her. "I want to go to Columbia too. Major in law probably."

Gabriella smiled, "What type of law?"

Lucas shrugged, "I was thinking family or criminal."

"My dad would like you." Gabriella exclaimed.

"I thought your dad was a litigator. Like that girl's father in that movie Clueless."

"Someone has done their research." Gabriella teased. "You are going to have to try much harder than that Mr. Santana."

Lucas smirked, "I'm up for a challenge. Parents love me, Ms. Montez." His phone rings. When he looks at the caller, he clicks ignore and puts his phone back in his pocket.

"Why'd you ignore the call?" Gabriella interrogated. "I don't mind."

Lucas sighed, "It was Michelle. We were doing a project for history together." He lied.

Gabriella groaned, "No offense but that is one person I just do not like at all. She's had a hatred for me ever since I moved out here."

"Why?" Lucas asked.

Gabriella had a confused look on her face, "I honestly have no idea. I haven't done anything wrong or given her any reason to hate me. Its probably because her boyfriend Troy is like my best friend."

Lucas nodded, understandingly, "Oh really?"

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Yeah. She has nothing to worry about though. She acts like I would sleep with him. I could never stoop that low."

Another pang of guilt, "Yeah sleeping with someone else's boyfriend is really low. Or vise versa."

~One Hour Later~

Lola greeted her sister at the door as she walked in, "So how was your date?"

Greg appeared in the doorway, "Yeah how was it mija?"

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "It was fine daddy. We went to eat."

Greg raised his eyebrow, "Where? Hooters? Chili's? His house?"

"BJ's Brew house. The one 8 minutes away from here." Gabriella replied, chuckling at her father.

"I want to meet this boy." Greg told her.

Gabriella laughed, "After one date?"

Greg sat down, "Well I could have met him earlier, but instead of him coming to the door like a gentlemen, you guys met at the restaurant."

"I'll call him." Gabriella said. She fished out her phone and called Lucas.

~With Lucas~

Lucas heard his phone ringing. He was about to answer when Michelle stopped him.

"You won't be talking to little miss perfect tonight." Michelle almost sang. "Because if you answer the phone, I will tell her about last night."

Lucas groaned. He was in big trouble now.

~The End~