The next morning, after getting dressed in my running attire, I went to Blake's room and woke him up to see if he wanted to go for a run.
"Hey, fatty," I said as I was shaking him, "want to join me for a run?"
"Really, Gabs? " He looked at me sternly, "it's 9:30, go away!"
"Jeeze, I was just asking" I said as I left his room.
As soon as I got my New Balance Minimus Zero running shoes, I started running towards the trail by the lake. I've only ran on this trail a few times since I've moved here. But I wish I started running earlier because I feel totally out of shape. Only reason I haven't been is that we've been busy moving and organizing the house. At least I'm starting to run now! After 25 minutes, I stopped for a bit and stretched out my legs since I could feel them tightening up a bit. As I was stretching, I couldn't help but notice the beautiful view right in front of me and the beautiful summer morning. Not too hot, just the perfect weather. While stretching, I saw someone slowing down to a stop on a spot not too far away from me. I took a closer look and it was the same boy from the café I went to yesterday. Boy, was he ever gorgeous! I noticed he looked at me, so I gave him a smile. But, I did blush a little bit. I mean seriously! This blue-eyed boy is gorgeous and his arms...it's like heaven! Form what it looks like, him being in his shorts and muscle shirt; he looks like he has a nice body. Okay, I'm sorry. I'm starting to sound like a creep, I promise you I am not! After my stretch that took longer than it was supposed to be, I started running again. This trail is great to run on for 2 reasons, it was long enough for me and it provided great views.
As I kept running, I couldn't help but stop due to the pain in my ankle. I sat down and started massaging it gently and moved my foot around a bit. In my junior year of high school, I was a t a cross country meet in the mountains and the trails were filled with rocks. About 2 and half kilometers out of the 5 kilometers I was supposed to run, I stepped on a huge rock unconsciously and next thing you know, I fell to the ground in an immense amount of pain. But that wasn't the only time I injured my ankle. I damaged it again in another cross country meet in my sophomore year and in gym class while playing volleyball. I'm always super conscious about my ankle when it comes to sports. I usually tape it, but I find it does nothing for me. But my coaches always forced me to tape it, so I did.
While waiting for the pain in my ankle to subside, the blue-eyed boy came running towards me.
"Hey, are you okay?" He asked while sitting beside me.
"Yeah," I looked up to him, "I'm fine. Just my ankle, but it's normal though"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I first injured my ankle in my junior year and since then, I've damaged it twice" I said as I looked at my ankle.
"Ouch, that's brutal. May I ask how?"
"Cross country meets and sports. "
"Ah, I see. Well, can I help out in some way?"
"Not really." I said while smiling. "Thanks for asking though!"
"It's no problem," he said as he got up. "Since you're fine, if you don't mind, I'm going to finish my run before getting ready for work. And by the way, my name's Troy. I probably should have told you at first."
"It's all good! Thanks. And I'm Gabriella. Nice to meet you. Anyways, enjoy your run and work!" I said as I turned around and ran back home.
When I got home, I went and grabbed some ice for my ankle and sat in the backyard to cool down a bit. I didn't expect to see Troy, the blue-eyed boy again, unless I went back to the café. He's such a nice guy. I wonder if he's still in high school or just back for summer break. But I guess I'll find out when school starts! As I was icing my ankle, my dad came out with his daily morning coffee and newspaper.
"Hey sweetheart. Is your ankle bothering you again?" He ask while taking a sip of his coffee.
"Yea, a little bit" I said with a small pout.
"I guess no matter how much physio you do, nothing's going to change it hey?"
"Unfortunately. Oh well, lesson learned. Or should I say lessons learned" I laughed.
"Dang, I'm so out of shape. I was already out of breath running up the stairs." Blake said as he came outside to join dad and I.
"I told you. You should have come for a run with me!" I said while laughing at him.
"Yeah, yeah. Be quiet" He said before getting into the pool"
I shook my head at him before getting up to go and shower.
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I figured I should update my resume and look for a job so I can have some spending money. After my shower, I let my hair dry on its own leaving it to be its natural curls. As my hair was drying I put on some foundation, concealer, loose powder to set my foundation, mascara and some lip gloss. Once my make-up was done, I went to my closet to find some clothes that would be acceptable to wear for job hunting. After looking for about 15 minutes, I decided on a pair of dark William Rast straight jeans paired with my purple Talula scoop shirt with my black Talula cardigan. To finish off my outfit, I picked out a pair of black flats. When I got dressed I went back to my washroom and put a little bit of moose in it and finishing spray. As I was doing my hair, I could hear Blake walking into my room.
"Whoa! Where are you going all dressed up?"
"I'm going job hunting." I said while fixing my hair
"But why? You're already so busy with school, cross country, wrestling and rugby!" He exclaimed.
"I need money too. I just can't live off of mom and dad's money. It's not fair to them!" I told him as I was putting my hair stuff back into its right place.
"You always have to be right, don't you?" He asked while shaking his head.
"When are you going to learn, B? I'm always right" I said as I walked out of my room.
"Good luck!" He yelled as I walked down the stairs.
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It didn't take as long as I thought it would to drop off my resumes and full out application forms. In the end, I ended up applying at Abercrombie and Fitch, Armani Exchange, Albuquerque Floral, and Hotel Andaluz in downtown Albuquerque. As soon as I was done applying for jobs, I decided to go home and have some lunch before asking mom if she wanted to go to the mall for some back to school shopping. Which, of course she said yes when I asked and I also asked Blake if he wanted to come, but apparently he made a new friend here and is hanging out with him instead. Oh well!
"Mom!" I called while hold a shirt up. "What do you think, yes or no?"
"Definitely a yes!"
As soon as we got everything we wanted, we went and paid for our clothes. I definitely bought quite a bit! I'm so excited to wear these clothes.
"Are you excited to start school?" Mom asked while we sat down with our lunch.
"Little bit. I'm more nervous if anything." I said while taking a bite of my Taco Time wrap.
"Well, Gabi, I'm sure you'll fit in right away. You did fit in very well back in New York"
"But mom, that's totally a different story. I grew up with those people. We've known each other since pre-school and all gone to the same school."
"Okay, you are right. But you are good at meeting new people. You're very assertive."
"Thanks mom, that means a lot. I guess we'll see if that's actually true! You know it won't be true if I'm the one loner that sits at alone at lunch."
"Oh Gabi, you'll be fine!" My mother said as she laughed afterwards.
This is why I love my mom so much! I can talk to her about anything and she always helps me through everything. Like my first date I ever had. I remember freaking out and not knowing what to wear or do. But with my amazing mother, she managed to calm me down and help me find something to wear. My mother is truly amazing. My mom and I don't really argue much. If we did, it never lasted long. And when we did, it usually was about stupid stuff.
When we got home, I wanted to go into our pool since we've been in Albuquerque for almost a month and I haven't had the chance to use it yet. I changed into my purple Billabong bikini and grabbed a towel and my sunglasses before heading out to the pool. I found one of those floating things where you lay on it in the water and decided to put that into use and hopefully get a nice tan. Even if I did tan or not, it didn't matter since I'm kind of naturally tanned. But it feels good to get a tan once in a while. As I was relaxing, I heard Blake coming into house with his friend. A few minutes later, I heard a heard a huge splash and felt the water soaking me as I fell off my floating thing.
"BLAKE! I swear to God, you are so dead! " I yelled, "and that goes for you too!" Referring to Blake's friend. I tried to catch the both of them, but unfortunately it failed. Soon, I gave up and got out of the water.
"Oh my god!" He said while laughing, "That was fucking hilarious! You should have seen your face!"
"I hate you both" I said while drying myself off before laying on the beach chairs.
"Dude! Did you see her face?" He asked his friend while still laughing.
"Oh fuck yea!" Blake's friend said while laughing as well.
"Thanks guys, you're so nice!" I said while glaring at them.
"I'm Josh Danforth, by the way!" He introduced.
"Gabriella, nice to meet you."
"Sorry for laughing, but if you were in my spot, you would have killed yourself laughing as well!" Josh said to me.
"No worries. It's all in good fun!" I replied as I got off the chair and went back into the house.
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Later on in the evening after my dinner settled into my stomach, I decided to go for a walk around the lake. After walking for a little bit, I sat down on the sand and relaxed a little bit. While sitting, I noticed a muscular figure sat down beside me. It was the cute blue-eyed boy, Troy!
"Hey Gabriella" He said while smiling at me.
"Hey!"
"How's your ankle doing?"
"It's good now. Usually it hurts for a little bit and after I ice it, it's back to normal."
"Well, that's good" Soon, there was an semi awkward silence before he spoke again. "So, did you just move here?"
"Yeah, we just moved here not long ago from New York." I replied while writing my name in the sand.
"Thought so, because I've never seen you around. I'm assuming you'll probably be attending East High then?" He asked.
"Yeah." I nodded. "Senior year."
"New school for your senior year? Man, I'm sorry, but that sucks!"
"It really does. Especially when you can't graduate with your friends you have known since elementary. But oh well, what can you do, hey!"
"Exactly! Well I think I'm going to head home. It was nice seeing you again, Gabriella!"
"You too. Bye Troy." I said as I watched him run off. He is so gorgeous. But, he's probably one of those popular jocks . I don't even stand a chance.
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Once I got home, I decided to call it a day and go to bed. You probably think I'm lame for going to bed early, but what else can you do after you just moved to a new place and you know no one, except for like one person. However, little did I know, this was about to change quite soon!
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I'm sorry if it's a little boring right now. But, I promise it'll get better. Just please keep in mind that I'm new at this! Thanks!