Chapter 5: The drive to the police station/ Picking up Mrs. Montez

Troy got into the car on the passengers side and looked at Gabriella.

"All ready to go Troy" asked Gabriella when she looked at Troy.

"Yupp, so anyway's I wanted to talk to you about what happened last night about you telling me about the exam how you switched mine with yours and yours……"

"Yes Troy I get were your going with this I think it's a terrible thing that I did and it wont happen again." Said Gabriella cutting Troy off of his sentence.

"actually I was going to say thank you, I know why you did it now, you were just trying to help out a friend in need of some help so he could go to collage."

"Yeah that was the reason why, so what about you last night you were all , I love you gabi. What happened to him." Gabriella wanted to know so bad if he actually meant it.

"Yeah well I don't know I kind of freaked myself out last night to." He knew that that's not what she wanted to hear.

" Okay I have had enough of this." Gabriella turned into the police station and stopped the car. "I have had enough okay Troy we both like each other, we have liked each other ever since that first day we sang together on new years eve. You know you wanted to kiss me ever since those fireworks went up that night. Then on the day of the basketball championships and the scholastic decathlon. Well I did to and we were just afraid to, if you didn't mean what you said last night in the closet then why did you say it. You new you were just going to get me confused now." Gabriella said, she got out of the car before Troy could say anything and walked towards the police station doors. Troy got out of the car and ran after her, he caught up to her at the door and grabbed her arm before she went into the police station. He pulled her back to the car.

"Look Gabriella…"

"Oh so know your back to Gabriella, well guess what I don't care your sitting in the back of the car on the ride home. No wait scratch that your riding nothing go ahead its about 30 blocks to your house, have fun." Gabriella got out of his grip and ran to the door she shut the door behind her and tried to find her mom.

"Gabriella"

"Hey mom are you ready to go home know."

"Yes I'm all set I can pick up the….. what's wrong Gabriella." Asked Mrs. Montez as she could see sadness in her daughters eyes.

"Its nothing mom, lets just go home."

"No Gabriella you have to talk to me about this."

" Okay lets go to the car first I'll explain it in the car." They walked to the car and Gabriella got into the passengers seat this time and Mrs. Montez got into the drivers seat.

"Okay so what happened."

"Well last night at the sleepover my friend locked Troy and I in the closet."

"Oh yeah I heard about that this morning." Said Mrs. Montez

"How did you.. I'll finish my story first then you can tell me that one. Anyway so they locked us in a closet together and well Troy kind of told me that he liked me."

"Hunny that's great, that's good isn't it I mean isn't that what you wanted."

"Yes it's what I wanted but then I told him about the exam."

"What exam don't worry Gabi I think you did good you always do."

"It's not me mom, I switched mine and Troy's exam."

"Which mean that he's going to get your grade and your going to get his grade"

"Yes exactly, but he freaked out, but then this morning on the way to pick you up he told me that it was a mistake that he said he liked me because he really didn't"

"Well hunny I don't know about you but maybe he's a little freaked out over what's happened over the past 24 hours."

"Wait so your telling me that you're on his side he should have told me that he liked me and then told me that he didn't"

"No hunny I'm saying that… well okay let me explain this better first of all if Troy came with you were is he know… you didn't, you did your making him walk 30 blocks to his house."

"Yupp and he disserve it."

"Gabrielle I talked to him this morning before I left the house to go to work."

" Wait we were locked din the closet this morning how did he get out, if you unlocked the door which means you knew this was going to happen."

"Yes your friends called me at work and told me what they were planning on doing because they were tired of you 2 not realizing your feelings for each other."

"And you agreed with them MOM I can't believe that you agreed with them that means this happened between us because of you."

" It doesn't matter the man 18 year old who I talked to this morning was in love with my daughter and I could tell even if he did get a little mad over the changing of the exams. He loved you for who you are and if you don't see that Gabi I don't have much else to say. Well let me see 30 blocks to his house and he walks pretty fast which means he's probably walked about 10 blocks by know so how about I drop you off about 12 blocks and you and him can have a long chat."

"That would be good mom thanks."

Mrs. Montez drove Gabriella 12 blocks and then let Gabriella out of the car and drove off so they would have privacy when Troy showed up. Troy came walking down the sidewalk as Gabriella got up onto the sidewalk. He stopped right in front of her.

"Hey" That's all Gabriella could think of when she looked up at Troy.

"Hey" replied Troy

"Look I'm sorry I made you walk it's just you made me so upset we've liked each other since we saw each other at the lodge on New Years even though we didn't know enough about each other. But that doesn't matter look I switched our tests just like you said for you to pass and be with your friend you were already failing you needed a high score to pass the class. That's what I gave you college wouldn't be the same without you Troy. So you can be mad at me if you want but I'm not mad at you anymore."

"Gabriella I could of done great on that test how do you know how I did on the test or not I mean I'm not that dumb."

"I know I just saw the way you were looking at that test and it looked as if you were having problems concentrating that's all, all I wanted to do was help you out."

"Thanks but I think that I'll be fine but that was brave what you did I mean if I did fail the test that means I have you put down to a lower grade."

"But if you passed the test my mark will stay the same."

"Exactly so know all we have to do is wait for the results to come in which the teacher said they would be graded by today so we should get the call any minute to come pick up the report cards."

"So when they call do you want to walk to school with me then just as friends though I wouldn't want to go through any problems between us I'm tired of fighting with you."

Troy laughed for a couple minutes then replied with a ok.