Chapter 5:
Gabriella's POV
It's never really occurred to me, how much time I spend at Chad's house. More than my own that's for sure. But what can I say? He's the best straight friend a girl can have. And then there's times where he can really bug me. But it doesn't compare to the times he has been there for me. Its crazy to think of how much. So that's why I trust him to help me figure out this whole mess. And how to get out of it. Or so I thought.
"Are you kidding me!? You're taking her side?!"
"Gabi chill out! I'm not choosing sides. I'm just saying haven't you noticed how happy your mother has been since Nathan asked her to marry him?"
He was right, as much as I want to disagree. Like I said before I'm happy for my mother. I'm just not willing to cooperate with anything she asks me. So I'm a disobedient child. Like that's never been heard of.
"All right, all right! I'll go to the dress fitting. God!"
"Now we can get back to the movie."
We were watching Transformers before I got a text on my phone from my mother. I refused to read it. So Chad took the opportunity to do it for me. That's where this whole conversation got started. My mom said that she just wanted to move on and not live in the past. She also said that she loved me and wished that I would show up for the maid of honor and bridesmaid fitting. She already had her dress so Nathan and his dudes were having their fitting on the same day. This meant that a certain Blued Eyed Hottie would be there as well. Joy.
We were about up to the part where they take away sexy Shia Labeouf's robot/car when we were once again interrupted by Chad's mom. I love her to death but she has the worst timing.
"Okay Gabriella I think its time to go home now."
I put a pillow over my head. "Do I have to?" Came the muffled reply.
She pulled the pillow off my head. "I love you to death but I already have Chad and that's all the mouth I need to feed. Now come on your mother must be worried sick."
I groaned and sat up right and looked for my stuff. Then I got up and gave Mama Danforth a hug.
"You be good Gabriella."
I muttered a yeah and started to walk home. I asked Chad if he would drive me but Mama Danforth thought it would be better if I walked considering the fact that Chad was grounded for the little stunt we pulled in the church. She also thought I needed to think about what I did. Whatever that means. I pulled out my Ipod and started listening to "Lollipop" by Lil' Wayne. Hopefully everyone was asleep by the time she got home. If anything she would take the regular route and climb through her balcony.
Normal POV
By the time Gabriella got home it was at least 11 o'clock which meant that everyone had to be asleep by now. She sighed a sigh of relief with that thought. The thing that sucked was that she really wasn't in the mood to do any climbing. But did she have a choice? I think not.
She got up with a little trouble but at least her door wasn't locked. She figured they knew that she would use that entrance anyway so they would leave it unlocked. Gabriella didn't really care. She just wanted sleep. So she just dropped all her stuff in the nearest pile and pulled her pajamas on. She got into her bed and wrapped her quilt around her instantly falling asleep. In the back of her she was dreadfully awaiting tomorrow.
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The alarm on her clock went off at the same time it did everyday. She didn't even have to set it, it would still go off. She had a suspicion that her mother was setting it when she wasn't home. More knowing for a fact than a suspicion.
She searched the floor once again for something to stop the annoying beeping that haunted her dreams, literally. She finally found something and tried hitting the clock. This resulted in her falling out of the bed while trying to hit it. She hit the floor with a thud.
"Crap!" She winced in pain.
"Gabriella, Are you up!?" She heard her mother call up that stairs.
"Yeah I'm up!" God if the clock hadn't woken her up her fall sure did.
She stood up and groaned as the pain in her bottom was worse. She stretched out the kinks in her back and neck and went searching for clothes.
She settled on a Lady and the Tramp tee, black dickie pants, her music note hoodie, and her black Nike air forces. She grabbed her messenger bag which was still in the spot she left it last night. Then made her way downstairs when reality dawned on her. She would be forced to deal with the Blue Eyed Hottie today. Wait. Didn't her mother say that they probably would be there early because they all had some military thingy to attend? Damn I bet she wished that she listened to that part of the conversation. She decided that that was what she heard and that she would just show up unfashionably late. Sounded like a plan to her.
She slowly crept down the stairs to check if the coast was clear. Eerily no one was there and that's when she saw that they were having breakfast on the deck. They haven't done that since… Just like them to forget that they had another person living in the house. That just fueled Gabriella's anger and gave her the extra push to show up extra late. This wasn't going to be pretty.
Gabriella's POV
I figured since Chad was grounded I would aimlessly wander around being that I really didn't hang out with anyone besides Chad. I was walking for about an hour and I got really bored. Believe me it doesn't take much time for me to get bored.
I looked at my watch and saw that the fitting started two hours ago. I figured that was enough time to get there. Just to make sure, I'll walk extremely slow.
I got there around four which was now three hours late. What can I say I'm good at losing time.
I walked into the store like I didn't have a care in the world. I had my music on so I didn't hear anybody call my name. I didn't notice anybody till I felt my arm being pulled by none other than Darcy. A great beginning to my wonderful day.
"Nice of you to show up, Gabriella." She said through her teeth.
I pulled my arm out of her grip and took a headphone out. "What?"
She sighed heavily. "Let's go now. We are already late because of you. Everyone has had there fitting meaning you and your partner are left."
"Hold up. I thought the guys were getting theirs earlier."
"Well if you were here then you would know that we decided together partners together so we can see how their outfits look together. Is that a problem?" She said. "Well too bad."
"Is that a problem…" I mocked under my breath.
We walked to where everybody was sitting and currently glaring at me. Well my job is done. I didn't see the Blue Eyed Hottie but I knew it wouldn't be long before I did.
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God I had to have been sitting there for the longest freaking time. I had to watch every freaking bridesmaid who were all my mom's sisters, try on their dresses along with all of Nathan's army buddies trying on their tuxes. I was dying of boredom!
I was starting to dose off when I heard the ding of the entrance door. I kept my eyes close knowing the person that walked through that door was the very last person I wanted to see.
I heard them talking faintly and slumped lower in my chair.
"Gabriella, if you would please join us."
"Do I have to?" I asked already knowing the answer.
"Do I have to answer that?"
I sighed and stood up and the sight of Blue Eyed Hottie made me want to sit back down. He wasn't wearing his uniform anymore. He was wearing a Famous Lethal Dose shirt with low slim aged indigo jeans and Nike 6.0 Oncore red sneakers. He looked so good! I mean he looked really cute with the uniform but that seriously does him absolutely no justice. I tried to act like the sight of him repulsed me. I hope it was working.
"Nice to see you again." He said, not entirely believable.
I scoffed. "Cant say that I feel the same way." Then Darcy stood us side by side to see the height difference, though I'd be wearing heels. Like hell I am! That's when Blue Eyed Hottie spoke; I really should try and remember his name.
"Glad to see that you're still angry at the world."
"Oh not the world, just you." I said with a smirk on my face. Maybe this day wouldn't be bad after all. That was my thought until they got me into the dressing room.
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Normal POV
"Come on out Gabi!"
"I told you it's not Gabi its Gabriella! Jeez!"
Darcy just rolled her eyes. Gabriella had gotten in the dressing room a little over a half an hour ago. They were all waiting for her to grace them with her presence.
In the Dressing room
God how the hell do people wear this crap? Gabriella thought as she tried to figure out how to put her dress on. She wasn't exactly to wear dresses so she was completely clueless.
She had tried multiple times to get this thing on right but nothing was working. When someone asked her if she wanted help, she declined. She didn't want to see herself in this dress, let alone anyone else.
"I give up!" Gabriella exclaimed throwing the dress on the seat in the dressing room. She decided that she wasn't in the mood to try on dresses anymore. So she opened the door while trying to get her sneakers back on.
"Okay I came I tried I failed I give up!" She said.
"Oh come on now. Its not that hard to slip on a dress!" Darcy stated, her voice showing her aggravation.
"If it's so easy then you put it on! I'm outta here!" With that she grabbed her bag and walked out of the store. Not caring about anybody and how they felt. She was done being turned into someone she just wasn't. She looked down at her watch and saw that it was only 2 o'clock. Meaning that Chad was at work. Yes he does work. I think it's a part of his ongoing punishment. Oh well its not like I have anything better to do.
Gabriella's POV
"You did what?!" I rolled my eyes at Chad's expression.
"What!? Did you think that everything would be perfectly fine? Do you not know who I am?"
I was currently sitting on the counter of his job which was at Rodeo Whip eating a banana split.
"You're right. I should've known you'd be yourself."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"What do you think it means? You have got to stop blaming yourself for what happened. There was no way…"
"You know what? I'm really done talking about this. I should've just stayed home." I grabbed my bag and jumped off the counter, ignoring Chad's pleas for me to stay and walked out. I making that a habit now huh?
Okay so not so much an eventful chapter but I wanted to get this one up and leave a little bit of a cliffy on her past. But im already starting on Chapter 6 and hopefully it wont take that long to write it. Im going to try and put the wedding in the next chapter to get that over with so we can actually get to the military academy and introduce the many characters to come. Hope your liking my story so far and I am willing to accept donations in the form of reviews!
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