Chapter 7
Recap
"There! All done. You're knee is gonna be fine, thanks to me!" Troy smirked.
"Whatever." Gabriella giggled taking her leg off his lap.
"What? That's it? No thanks or anything?" He asked with a mock hurt face.
"Aww.. Thank you Dr Bolton!" Gabriella said, quickly giving a kiss on the lips. Troy couldn't believe that Gabriella did that and neither could she. There was an awkward silence until Gabriella finally decided to break it.
"I'm just gonna go to the umm… kitchen." Gabriella excused herself.
End of Recap
Troy and Gabriella went to school with smiles on their faces the next day. They spent their weekend together and they couldn't ask for more.
"By the way, I have practice today Gabs, are you gonna watch?" Troy asked.
"Yeah sure why not? I think Kelsi, Sharpay and Taylor are coming too anyway." Gabriella said.
"Ok cool!" Troy grinned.
Afternoon finally came and the girls all went to the gym to watch the boys practice. They went in and sat on the bleachers while the boys grin and walked over to them.
"Ready to watch?" Troy asked putting his arm over Gabriella's shoulder.
"Do you actually need to get ready to watch?" Gabriella giggled and the gang copied while Troy playfully glared at them. The gym door burst open revealing coach Bolton and another guy that Gabriella was familiar with.
"Troy get your hands away from Gabi!" Sharpay hissed at Troy because if Coach Bolton saw Troy with his arms around Gabriella, he would suspect something.
"Oh right!" Troy said, quickly standing up.
Everyone was listening to coach Bolton while Gabriella stared at the familiar guy behind him.
"I know him from somewhere!" Gabriella thought deeply.
"Gabs are you ok?" Troy whispered.
"Yeah I'm fine!" Gabriella replied and finally realised who the person was.
"Andrew??!!" Gabriella asked completely shocked.
"Hey Gabi!" Andrew greeted with a smile.
"Yes. Guys this is Andrew Bale. He's gonna co-coach me since I'm gonna miss out some of the practice because I have other works to do." Coach Bolton announced while the gang said 'hi' and 'hello'. (I forgot to tell you, Mr Bolton owns a Hotel that's why he's really busy).
On the other hand, Troy was just glaring at the guy who was smiling widely at Gabriella.
"Gabi, I believe you and Andrew know each other." Coach Bolton said while Gabriella just nodded.
"How did you guys know each other?" Troy popped the question.
"Umm… my dad used to be a college teacher and Andrew was one of his students. He often went to my place but he moved away." Gabriella explained and everyone nodded in understanding.
Andrew is a very handsome boy. He has light brown hair with grey-greenish eyes. He's 22 years old and a very good basketball player.
"What are you doing here?" Troy asked. He already had a bad feeling about Andrew but he could be wrong.
"Yeah. I thought you moved." Gabriella asked, also interested how he's old crush ended up coming back to them.
"I'm on a break and Mrs Montez called and asked me if I could help Coach Bolton with his team. I happily accepted it because I don't have anything to do anyways." Andrew smiled at Gabriella as she returned the smile. Of course that didn't go unnoticed by the gang.
The whole gang turned their heads to see Troy's reaction.
"Why the hell is he giving my Gabriella that kinda smile!!?? And why is Gabi smiling back?" Troy thought as he glared at Andrew.
"This is not good." Chad whispered to his friends.
"You think?" Everyone said rolling their eyes.
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That afternoon, Gabriella noticed that Troy was a little distant to her.
"I think I've been hanging out with Andrew too much today." Gabriella thought as she waited for Troy in front of the entrance of the school where she usually wait.
"Hey Troy!" Gabriella said finally spotting her.
"Hey!" Troy said without emotions or anything.
"He is angry at me. I can tell." Gabriella bit her lip.
"Are you mad at me?" Gabriella asked softly.
"I don't know." Troy said shrugging. Its true though, Troy doesn't really know exactly if he's mad at Gabriella.
"Do you like Andrew?" Troy suddenly asked. Gabriella was totally caught off guard.
"Umm… should I tell him the truth? That I used to like Andrew? It was long time ago anyway but I hope he wouldn't freak. But he always get jealous easily!" Gabriella thought deeply.
"Umm.. No." Gabriella said. She was a totally bad liar that's why Troy didn't buy it.
"Tell the truth Gabs!" Troy demanded.
"Ok I did. I used to but not anymore. I swear!" Gabriella said convincing him that she was telling the truth.
"Are you sure?" Troy asked.
"He was just an old crush!!" Gabriella said and Troy just went in the car without saying a word.
Its dinner time and the whole family went to the dining room. Mr Bolton was not there since he was working some papers for their hotel.
"I cook spicy chicken today. I hope you guys like it!" Carla said to Troy and Gabriella.
"We can handle it!" Gabriella said as they dug in the food.
There was a comfortable silence as they ate. Finally, Carla broke it and spoke.
"So Gabi, did you see your Andrew again?" Carla said and Gabriella suddenly froze. She slowly put her head up to see Troy cutting his chicken angrily.
"My Andrew? What the heck? Mom, you shouldn't have said Andrew's name in front of Troy! I bet Troy's thinking that the chicken he's cutting right now is Andrew." Gabriella thought giving her mother a glare but her mom wasn't looking.
"Yeah I did." Gabriella replied.
"I remember when you were little and you used to tell me that you love Andrew and you're gonna marry him someday." Carla giggled while Gabriella bit her lip giving her mom a look that says 'please don't say it!'.
"Mom can we not talk about this?" Gabriella said giving her mother a pleading look.
"Oh no, aunty. Please continue! I want to know about Andrew more!" Troy said with a fake smile. Gabriella glared at him but he just ignored her.
"Ok. Well, when Gabriella was in first year high school., she told me that she will love Andrew and only him, no one else. She even have a diary with all love hearts in it and has stories of her fairy tales with Andrew. It killed her when Andrew moved." Carla said remembering every details.
Gabriella's POV
Oh my gosh! I can't believe mom just said that in front of Troy! I hope she stops! I can see Troy gripping his fork and I think its gonna break any minute now!! Why did he insist to listen to it and now he's giving death glares!! Oh my gosh I'm dead! I'm dead! I'm dead!
End of POV
"Mom can you please stop now? I think Troy wants to finish his chicken first!" Gabriella said pleadingly.
"Oh ok. How's the chicken Troy? Is it spicy enough?" Carla asked Troy.
"Its very nice aunty. Its so spicy that I can breathe fire any minute now." Troy said flashing Carla a smile and as soon as Carla looked away, Troy gave Gabriella a pure evil glare.
"Goodbye world!" Gabriella thought, biting her lip.
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The next day, Gabriella and Troy was walking together in the school. They haven't talked since dinner, the day before.
"Is he still mad at me?" Gabriella thought. Troy seemed to be lost in his thoughts too and he didn't see where he was going. Suddenly, Troy accidentally bumped onto someone. He quickly grabbed the girl's waist to prevent her from falling.
"Are you ok?" Troy asked and the girl just nodded. She seemed to be admiring Troy so much.
"Why is she staring at my Troy like that?" Gabriella thought, frowning at the girl. A feeling suddenly hit her and she knew exactly what it was. Jealousy!
"I'm Mia." The girl said politely.
"I'm Troy." Troy replied, walking away quickly.
Later that day, Gabriella realised that Mia was in her drama class with Troy.
"How come I've never seen her before?" Gabriella asked herself.
"You alright?" Troy asked with concern visible on his face.
"Oh my gosh! Troy finally talked to me!" Gabriella thought with a smile.
"Yeah why do you ask?" Troy asked.
"You've been spacing out lately." Troy said.
"I'm fine!" Gabriella replied.
"Mr Bolton and Ms Montez! Play attention!" Mrs Darbus yelled.
"Yes Mrs Darbus." Troy and Gabriella said.
"Ok students. You're gonna learn about the Globe Theatre and Shakespeare. I'm gonna put you up in groups!" Mrs Darbus said as the whole class groaned. She started saying the groups while Troy and Gabriella hoped that they're gonna be in the same group.
"Troy, Gabriella and Mia!" Mrs Darbus said and Mia excitedly went over to Troy and Gabriella.
"Hey Troy!" Mia said with a smile.
"Hey." Troy said turning away and facing Gabriella.
"Who's this?" Mia said pointing at Gabriella.
"Didn't you hear her name when Mrs Darbus said it??" Troy said, getting annoyed. Gabriella nudged him and sent him a look saying 'be nice!'.
"I'm Gabriella Montez." Gabriella introduced and the girl smiled at her politely.
"I'm Mia Brown. Nice to meet you." Mia introduced.
They started working on the project while Troy just watched Gabriella the entire time, which didn't really go unnoticed by Mia.
"So, are you guys, friends or what?" Mia asked curiously as Troy and Gabriella both snapped their heads up and looked at each other.
"We're umm.. Just friends." Gabriella replied. She doesn't want anyone knowing about her and Troy except the gang since they were the only friends they could truly trust.
"Oh ok. You guys are pretty close the way I see it." Mia shrugged.
"What? Do you have a problem with that?" Troy shotted up.
"Troy!" Gabriella hissed and Troy quickly silent himself.
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On the way home, Troy decided to take Gabriella to the park and just have a little walk.
"Gabi, want to go to the park?" Troy asked as they sat on the car.
"Yeah sure. Why not." Gabriella smiled as they drove off.
They finally arrived at the park. It was really small and the only people who goes there were little kids and old people. No one in their school goes there. They didn't even there's such park in there.
"So…" Gabriella said, trying to start a conversation. Troy smiled slightly and took her hand in his.
"So…" Troy copied her while Gabriella playfully glared at him but couldn't help but smile as Troy interlaced their fingers.
"Do you like Mia, as a friend?" Gabriella asked curiously.
"No." Troy simply said, making Gabriella frown.
"Why not? She's really nice." Gabriella said.
"She's so annoying though! She wants to know everything!" He exclaimed, obviously frustrated.
"No.. not really.." Gabriella said with uncertainty filling her voice. Troy raised his eyebrow and stared at her.
"Ok fine! Maybe she's a little bit annoying but she's really nice." She admitted.
"Whatever. Can we not talk about her?" He pleaded and Gabriella just shrugged.
They walked around the small park in a comfortable silence.
"I'll show you something!" Troy suddenly said. It was sunset and Troy wanted to show Gabriella something.
"This better be good!" Gabriella warned as Troy chuckled.
"Trust me!" Troy said.
"I do." Gabriella smiled while Troy mentally paused. No one had ever told him that they trusted him. No one had ever trusted him. Not even his friends or his dad.
Finally, they arrived at a place just behind the trees that surrounds the park.
"Oh my gosh!" Gabriella gasped as she saw a beautiful, big, yet short tree that stood just in front of the beautiful sunset.
"Like it?" Troy grinned.
"I love it!" Gabriella said running to the tree and laying just under it. She closed her eyes and enjoy the perfect breeze.
Troy sat next to her, putting his arm around her. Gabriella smiled and leaned on his shoulder.
"This is so beautiful!" Gabriella whispered.
"But not as beautiful as you!" Troy said, barely audible. Gabriella heard it and couldn't help but blush.
"Wow! Troy really has change!" Gabriella thought happily.
"This is officially my favourite tree!" Gabriella announced. They could clearly see the breath taking sunset there and the grass was just perfect to lay on.
Troy closed his eyes and breathed deeply. He had never felt so great before. Just leaning on the tree with Gabriella was just perfect.
"I just hope she doesn't find any other guy!" Troy thought.
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