"Troy, what happened to you last night?" Zeke asked me as I walked into the gym for morning practice. "Nothing, I just didn't feel like partying" Both Jason and Chad laughed at that; I looked at them. They Stopped. "Anyway… that party was pretty hot right, it didn't have gay music like usual" Zeke said flinging the ball at the basket. He missed, Zeke sucked at free throws. "So when do you plan on making that shot Zeke?" "As soon as you get over Gabriella." Chad dropped the basketball he was holding, Jason's jaw dropped, and my whole body went numb. That was the first time in what seemed like forever that I had heard her name out loud. I turned to go take a seat on the bench. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Chad pushing Zeke, I tried not to pay attention.
"What's going on in here?" Coach shouted from across the gym, "This is basketball practice, what is it that you are doing?" He said looking from Chad, to Zeke, then to me. He continued to do this until Chad broke the silence with, "WHAT TEAM?" then a echo of "WILDCATS." from the rest of the team. "Are you planning on joining practice Troy?" Coach called from the other side of the gym. I got up slowly and joined into the workout.
Gabriella's POVThe first thing I decided I would go out and do after moving in was go get coffee. I stopped by a near-campus Starbucks. I picked up a frappichino (AN: Can't spell that) and sat down to read. I couldn't get Troy out of my head though, Had he not gotten my letter and the box? Or was he ignoring me? Was he thinking of me too? Is he dating someone else now? I laughed out loud at that; he wasn't dating me in the first place so how could he be dating someone else? But that wasn't the point. I drove back to my dorm and put the key in the door, but then I heard something. "…I love you too" then a giggle, then silence. I pulled the key out and turned my back to the door and slid down it slowly; just like the tear on my cheek.
I waited a few minutes after crying to let my eyes clear up, then opened the door. Hannah and her the assumed boyfriend were sitting at the computer watching music videos. "Oh Hey Gabriella, this is Luke, my boyfriend" he half-smiled at me, then went back to the screen. I sat down at my desk thinking that I was in desperate need of a computer.
Eventually Luke left, and Hannah sat down next to me as soon as he did. "So why were you crying?" "Nothing." "Oh come on, it's not like I'm going to go gossip like Miss-I'm-Bisexual-who-wants-to-get-in-your-pants!" I laughed. "It's just that I need him so bad!" "Oh, well then lets go!" "Huh? Firstly are you crazy? Secondly, there is no way we can be back before classes tomorrow!" "You have much to learn, get packing" "What do you mean?" "Hmm… lets see… skip plus school equals, Skipping School! Come on hurry up"