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Chapter 11: Breakout

We're gonna breakout, let the party start,

We're gonna stay our, gonna break some hearts,

We're gonna dance till the dance floor falls apart, uh oh all over again

We're gonna wake up, everyone we know,

We're gonna have some fun, we're gonna lose control

It feels so good, to let go

The next day, everyone was still excited about and talking about yesterday. They all showed Jack, Lucille, and Maria the pictures that they had taken yesterday.

Today, they decided that they would go to Magic Kingdom. They all boarded the monorail and got off at the entrance to the park.

"This is awesome." Zeke said. Everyone agreed.

They all stared at the entrance that awaited them. It was as if they had stepped back in time fifty years. On either side of them were candy stores, restaurants, theatres, and gift shops.

They walked until they came to a traffic circle. A road branched off at certain points, clearly leading to a different part of the park.

"Let's take a picture in front of the Cinderella castle." Taylor insisted.

The boys didn't really want to.

"We took a picture in front of the giant hat in the other park. We have to take one here. Come on. We'll want to look back on this vacation years from now, and we won't be able to do that unless we take pictures. Now let's hurry so we can get this over with and ride rides."

They all got in front of the castle and patiently smiled and posed for the photographer who offered to take pictures for them.

Tomorrowland was the first stop for our Wildcats.

They all enjoyed watching Stitch's Great Escape, riding Space Mountain and a whole other assortment of rides in Tomorrowland, and enjoyed sitting and relaxing through Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress.

They returned to the traffic circle once again and decided on going to Adventureland. They all went on Pirate's of the Caribbean and enjoyed sitting on the boat watching the robots do pirate things.

They went on the jungle cruise and watched a twenty-year-old girl hold on to her best friend for dear life because she was so scared of the animatronics.

Chad leaned over to Zeke. "I think that the two-year-old sitting next to us is enjoying the ride more than she is."

The next stop was Frontierland. They all liked the roller coasters that it provided: Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The girls reluctantly accompanied the boys to Tom Sawyer's Island so that they could play with their newly acquired plastic pirate swords. The visit seemed to be worth it when Chad lost his footing and landed in a pond.

Famished from all the energy they were exerting, they grabbed some lunch and some funnel cake before heading over to Liberty Square to ride the Haunted Mansion.

The last "land" they visited was Fantasyland.

"Come on, guys, please come with us to Fantasyland?" Gabriella pleaded.

"No." They all answered in unison. They all started listing the rides that they would rather go on.

Gabriella sighed and put on her best doe eyes on before once again sighing and saying, "Troy?"

Troy rubbed his forehead. He could never, ever say no to her when she did that. "I'm in."

Gabriella smiled knowing that she had done it again.

The guys stared at him disbelievingly. "Oh, come on guys, it'll be fun."

The boys went reluctantly, to all of the rides that the land provided.

"Oh come on, you guys enjoyed the rides, just admit it." Kelsi told them.

"No, actually we didn't." Chad said.

"I didn't hear you complaining when you were trying to get me to look at Peter Pan and Wendy." Taylor told him.

"I swear, if I hear "It's a small world" one more time, I'm going to die." Jason added. "That song was so annoying! And the kids that were singing it freaked me out."

They all laughed. Their day had been long; it was almost time for the fireworks over the Cinderella Castle. They waited patiently with the rest of the crowd for the show to start. They watched as the sky lit up with different color, the music affecting the fireworks as they lit up the night sky. Caught up in the moment, Troy kissed Gabriella. It was ironic, he thought. He had always felt fireworks when he kissed her, now they had real ones shooting above them.

The next day, they were extremely tired from all the walking they had done yesterday in a short period of time. Chad had brought a device that told you how many miles they had walked, and it ended up being more then eight miles. (That is seriously how many miles you can walk a day in Disney World. Just a random fact. Anyways.)

They decided to take easy today. They still had five more days to visit and revisit the parks. They decided upon visiting Animal Kingdom next.

They took the tram to the park and entered into a whole different world. Unlike the other parks, this one resembled more of a zoo, though retaining its Disney touch.

A large island with a giant tree stood in the middle of the park.

"I don't know about you guys, but if there's one ride I'm riding today, it's going to be Expedition Everest." Chad said.

Everyone agreed so they went to the other side of the park to get the fast pass for the ride and the rapids.

While they waited for the required time to return, they went to: Dinoland U.S.A. and rode the mini coaster and the dinosaur ride; and Asia and walked through the mini zoo.

The zoo took up most of the time so they were able to go to the fast pass rides right after.

"Dude, and then the yeti almost grabbed Zeke's head!" Jason exclaimed.

"It did not. It was like thirty feet away from me!" Zeke retorted.

"Hey, Gabs, are you feeling okay?" Chad asked. Troy's head whipped towards Gabriella.

Gabriella didn't hear him. She had her hand at her forehead, and she had a pained expression.

"Gabs?"

She heard him this time and replied. "Huh?"

"Are you feeling okay?" He asked again.

"Yeah. Fine. Why do you ask?"

"You didn't look like someone who's having the time of their lives just a moment ago. You feeling okay?"

Troy approached her.

"I just have a little headache. It's nothing."

Troy put his hand to her forehead. "You know, Brie, you're feeling kind of warm."

The group surrounded her. "Guys, I feel fine. It's just a headache. I'll feel fine in a little bit."

"Brie, if you're sick, I think that you should just rest up for the day. We still have the rest of the week to catch up with the parks." Troy said concerned.

"Troy, I'm fine."

But Troy didn't hear her. He'd already pulled out his cell phone and called his dad. While the Wildcats were going around the park, the adults ventured off on their own. They were only there for emergencies.

"Hey, Dad. Where are you?"

"Right now, we're having a relaxing time sitting on the African safari ride. Why?"

"Well, Gabriella has a headache, and I think I'm going to take her back to the hotel just in case she's sick." He ignored Gabriella's protests in the background and continued. "Can I take to Ms. Montez?"

"Sure. Hold on. Maria, Troy would like a word with you. Here."

"Hello?"

"Hey, Ms. Montez. Gabriella has a headache." He repeated.

"Is she okay?"

"Yeah. She just has a headache."

"All right. Thank you for telling me, Troy. I'll be right there as soon as we're done here."

"No, no Ms. Montez, you just stay here. I'll take care of her." He insisted.

"Are you sure, Troy? I wouldn't want to spoil your day."

"Neither would I!" Gabriella yelled, but Troy ignored her.

"No, really, it's fine. If there's an emergency, I'll just call you."

"Okay. Thank you for telling me, Troy."

"It's no problem. Bye." He hung up the phone and turned towards the group. "Okay, let's go, Brie."

"Troy, I already told you I'm fine."

"I don't care. You're coming with me even if I have to carry you kicking and screaming."

Gabriella considered his threat knowing that he would do it should she not go quietly. She didn't want to be carried around the park like that. "Ugh! Fine. Have it your way! Happy?"

"Very. Now come on. We'll see you guys later." Troy told them. He took Gabriella by the hand and led her to the hotel.

Troy took Gabriella's key from her and opened the girls' room.

"Wow, you're room is wayyyy cleaner than ours." He commented.

"We're girls. We're born clean." She sat on the couch, but she wasn't there long before Troy pulled her up and led her to the rooms. "Now which one is your bed?"

She pointed to the bed by the window. "Taylor and I share that bed. Troy, I don't understand why I can't just lay on the couch."

"Because I said so. You're staying in bed until I say so. Now lay down."

She did as she was told and got under the covers while Troy climbed on top of them layed next to her. He propped himself up on the pillows.

"I don't know why you're being so protective." She mentioned.

"It's you. I'm always going to be protective."

"I just have a headache. I don't even know why."

"Maybe it was last week catching up with you."

"What are you talking about?"

"Brie, you had like three tests, a paper, and a bunch of quizzes last week. You push yourself way too hard. Your body's probably just now catching up with your lack of sleep that you had last week. I swear, you were a walking zombie."

She laughed at his joke. She never thought about that. Now that she thought about it, though, Troy was right. Last week had been a really hectic week. She'd probably only gotten a few hours sleep each night, and now she felt exhausted.

Before she knew it, she was asleep.

Gabriella woke up feeling a lot better. She looked out the window and noticed that the sun was about to set. She looked next to her and noticed that Troy wasn't there. She heard the door open.

"Troy?"

He walked into the room and sat on the bed. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty."

"Hey, did you go out?"

"Yeah. Just for a few minutes. We fell asleep and when I woke up, I didn't want to disturb you. You look beautiful when you sleep by the way."

She blushed, and he continued. "I just went exploring around the hotel. I found this really cool place, and I'll show it to you later."

"Can I see it now?" She asked hopeful. She was feeling a lot better.

"No. You aren't going anywhere until I say so. You might still be sick." He said firmly.

"Troy, I feel a lot better. A few hours sleep was all I needed. My headache's gone, and I don't feel as warm anymore. See?" She took his hand and pressed it to her forehead.

He felt it and had to admit to himself that she didn't feel as warm as before.

"So what's the diagnostic, Dr. Bolton?"

He sighed. "Fine. You have my permission. I'll show you, but you're wearing a sweater."

She was about to protest, but she knew that he wouldn't let her go if she didn't obey him, so she went into her suitcase and took out a light jacket. They made their way to the lobby, and Troy led her to the back of the hotel.

Once outside, they walked a little farther and ended up in a garden. A gazebo was in the middle of it lit by paper lanterns. By that time the sun had set, and lights were on in the bushes and trees.

"Troy, it's beautiful."

"I thought you might like it. It reminded me of our garden back home."

He brought her to the gazebo. "Can I have this dance?"

She laughed. "Troy, there's no music, and I don't think that you're going to sing. Your voice has been going in and out all day since you screamed like a girl on that dinosaur ride."

"Oh ha ha. That T-rex was pretty scary. It came out of nowhere. Come on. We don't need the music to dance."

He pulled her close to him, and she wound her arms around his neck while he put his hands on her waist. They swayed back and forth in the twilight with the invisible music.

Taylor let the rest of the gang into the room to check on Gabriella. She and Troy were sitting on the couch watching American Idol. They turned around when the door opened.

"So you're feeling better?" Taylor asked.

"Yup. Like I said it was just a headache. A few hours of sleep, and I was good to go. I told you there was nothing to worry about." She said looking at Troy.

"Hey, is it bad if I worry about my girlfriend? I promise I'm always going to be there to protect you."

All her resent against him vanished, and she was about to kiss him when…

"All right, seriously, you guys had like all afternoon to do that. Please." Chad said.

"Chad…I thought we had past that point in our relationship when you stop interrupting us." Troy said.

"Nope." He said smiling. "Sorry."

"So how did the rest of the day go?" Gabriella asked.

"It wasn't as much fun without you both, but we walked around the rest of the park afterwards. I'm so tired." Taylor said.

"Well, we'd better get some rest." Troy said. "I here you have to walk a ton at Epcot. I'll see you tomorrow." He said kissing Gabriella on the cheek. Troy turned to Chad. "Happy now?"

"Very. Thank you."

Troy shook his head and turned his attention back to Gabriella. "Night."

"Night."

"Dude. I vote that we just go back to animal kingdom. This Epcot doesn't look to great." Chad said.

"Yeah, I'd rather ride It's a Small World again. I mean, check out that huge globe. It looks lame." Jason added.

"Jase, that's a ride." Martha told him.

"Seriously?!" Chad and Jason asked simultaneously.

"Yeah. Let's do the Mission: Space first though. I heard that that ride's pretty awesome." Gabriella said.

"Yeah. They use that spinning machine that NASA uses. It goes pretty fast." Taylor said.

They all agreed to do that ride first. The lines were pretty short for the rest of the major rides in the vicinity so they rode those as well.

"Now what's the deal with this World Showcase?" Chad asked.

"It's supposed to educate you on the countries of the world like Morocco, China, Germany. Stuff like that." Gabriella told him.

"Aw, man! I thought that we came on this vacation to get away from school." Chad complained.

Troy spotted something that might just make Chad change his mind. "Hey, Dude. Check it out. It looks like you get to make some masks over here."

Troy walked up to the lady, and the gang followed. "Excuse me. But what are these masks for?" He asked.

"Well, you get to decorate your own mask and then you go to all of the countries and get a stamp saying that you've been there. You also get these paper cuts." She held up a small paper cut ship. "Of course, they're different for each country."

"Would it be okay if my friend here does it? I know it's like for the little kids, but he's pretty much one."

She laughed. "Sure. You can all do one if you want. It's not just for little kids."

"Sweet!" Chad exclaimed.

They all got to decorating their own masks. Each of them came out with something different. Troy and Chad's were decorated in basketballs; Taylor, Gabriella, and Martha drew something educational on them; Kelsi had musical notes on hers; Zeke had baking utensils; and Jason, well, he just had a little bit of everything.

Each time they went to a new country, Chad and Jason would always get all crazy. After being to every single one of the countries, most of the day had passed, and Chad had already had a great time.

"So, Chad what have we learned today?" Taylor asked.

"That I should just keep my mouth shut and that I should just listen to whatever Gabs has to say because Hoops is going to make me do it anyways?"

"That and…anything else?"

Chad sighed. "Learning can be fun." He admitted gloomily. "But this stays within our group. No one repeats."

"Very good job, Chad. So would you like to stay for the fireworks ensemble that's scheduled in an hour?" Gabriella asked.

"You know what, Gabs. Sure. I've learned my lesson. I can never, ever say no to you. That pout of yours gets me every time."

"Tell me about it." Troy said.

So without arguing, the whole gang found an amazing spot to watch the fireworks.

The Wildcats made their way to the airport days later having had one of the most enjoyable vacations ever.

"So what were your favorite parts?" Jack asked.

Chad spoke up. "Oh, I liked all the roller coasters and all the shows that Gabs forced me to watch."

"Ha! I told you that you would love them!" She said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know you're already a genius. You don't have to remind me."

"I think I loved the music the most. Especially Fantasmic. I really loved the arrangement." Kelsi said.

"My favorite part was everything." Jason said. "I can't choose one."

They all agreed to that.

"Well, my favorite part," Gabriella said. "Was being able to hang out with all of my friends."

"Aww!" they all said.

"Group hug!" Chad yelled out.

After they all got resituated, Gabriella sat down next to Troy.

"You want to know what my favorite part was?" Troy asked her.

"What?"

He took her hands into his. "Being able to spend everyday with you."

She smiled. "Well, you want to know what my absolute favorite part was without a doubt?"

"And what would that be?"

"Our secret garden. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." She said.

"I know something that could beat it." He said in an as a matter of factly tone.

"And what would that be, Wildcat?"

He smiled before he answered. He simply said. "You."

A/N: Okay, this chapter in my opinion is not the best thing I've ever written. I really didn't know how to approach this, but I did the best I could with what I had. Sorry if it disappointed. I promise that the next chapters will be way better. Even though I know it's junk, I would really like to know what you thought of this chapter so please, please, please review because I seriously need feedback from you readers. To make it up to you for doing a not so great job, I've already uploaded the next chapter up.

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