Dedicated to someone that had a fit when I said that I had to wear heels to prom. Did I ever mention he was shorter than me for about 5 months? Yeah, I had to get my dress fixed so I wouldn't trip over it and I ended up wearing flip flops.
Same contest going on. 60s song lyrics in here somewhere, song by a very famous band, first one to get it wins and gets a character named after them. Hurry it up people! We need another bridesmaid lol!
Ain't No Mountain High Enough – Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye
June 17, 2012
Somewhere Just Outside of Detroit, Michigan
After stopping for lunch at Ponderosa and taking as much time as they could in avoiding continuing on to pick up Edward, Abby rolled her car into the Shell Gas station that was located off the highway where they had dropped Edward off at.
She pulled up to a pump and jumped out, "Troy, could you fill her up? I'm going to go find out what became of Edward. There's forty bucks in the glove compartment."
Abby walked into the Shell store and found Edward talking to a man who was restocking the shelves.
"Edward, Do you think you can shut up long enough for me to give you a ride home?"
"My friend is on his way to pick me up." He responded, not looking at her.
"Ok then, see you later." Abby said happily and walked out.
"Where's the lovely Eddy?" Gabriella said smiling at the fact he wasn't with her, "He not coming?"
"His friend is picking him up."
"I won't complain!" Troy said as he put the gas cap back on.
"Yeah cause otherwise I'd have to sit between you two, I wouldn't want to put Alba in that horrible position. They'd probably hold back if it was me." Gabriella said laughing.
They were all in the car and were about to leave when suddenly Edward raced out of the gas station.
"No! Wait!" He yelled as he ran to the car.
"What?" Abby said venomously.
"My friend just called and said they couldn't pick me up."
"Ugh, get in the back and hurry."
Edward hopped onto the empty seat and before he was buckled, Abby slammed on the gas.
"Hey!" he yelled as he was thrown backwards.
"Oops, my bad." Abby said while mentally cursing herself for not doing it faster so he fell out.
Gabriella felt nervous. This was the first time she had actually sat next to him in years.
After a half hour drive, things calmed down a bit, though the tension between everyone and Edward was so thick they could cut it with a knife. Abby had popped a CD into the player to help keep her calm with some of her favorite music. David Bowie's voice filled the air around the car.
Edward relaxed a bit, convinced that everyone would continue to ignore him.
Gabriella sighed and leaned on Troy's shoulder and closed her eyes, trying to forget who was sitting on her other side. Suddenly, she felt cold fingertips run up her leg where her shorts were not covering. She jumped slightly and Edward pulled his hand away. She shot him a glare, not wanting to say anything and starting another argument.
"You ok, Gabi?" Troy asked.
"Yeah..." Gabi lied and slid over closer to him, and farther from Edward.
Edward waited for Troy to look out over the farm land they were passing and slid his hand over onto Gabriella's leg. He then slid his rushing fingers up under the hem of Gabriella's shorts and touched the hem of her underwear.
"STOP!" Gabriella shrieked, swatting at him and catching his cheek with the palm of her hand.
This resulted in Abby again slamming her breaks and pulling to the side of the road, "That's it! Chinese Fire Drill! Troy, you drive! Gabi, Troy's spot, I'm getting in the middle!"
They all moved spots and Abby glared at her future Brother-in-law.
Mackinac, Michigan
Raglin Residence
8:00 PM
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LEFT HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!?"
"HE WAS DRIVING EVERYONE NUTS! HE'S A LUNATIC!"
"HE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! NOT TO MENTION HITCHHIKING IS ILLEGAL! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?"
"WHAT WAS I THINKING? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT WAS I THINKING!? HE PUT HIS HAND UP GABRIELLA'S SHORTS!"
At this Troy, Chad, Gabriella, Zeke, Ryan, and Jason jumped up. The guys restrained Troy who was doing his best to get at Edward.
"Don't bother Troy! Seriously, he's not worth it!" Gabriella pleaded in front of him.
"He touched you though Gabi! I don't want him touching you! Promise me if he does it again you'll tell me!" Troy replied, practically growling.
"He WHAT!?" Sharpay screeched as she came into the room.
"Oh no." Taylor said as all the girls got up to restrain Sharpay.
Abby ignored the second fight and focused on Bryce, "Your brother is nothing but a disrespectful cheating pervert, and I DON'T want him in my wedding!"
"He's my brother and this isn't just you wedding! And I don't like you ditching him like you did!"
"I don't like how he treats Gabi!"
Bryce grabbed Abby's arm, "You have just as much control over who is my best man and grooms men as I do over who is your bridesmaids and maid of honor!" he hissed.
"Let go of me." Abby hissed back, but he didn't let go. "I don't have any problems with your groomsmen, just your best man. Now let GO!" She said as she attempted to get out of his grasp.
"No! I will not let go! Not until we have finished our discussion." He replied in a dangerous whisper.
Abby laughed harshly. "This is anything but a discussion Bryce! This is a full out fight!"
"No, it's not!"
Sharpay realizing that all the girls had loosened their grip on her, too focused on Abby and Bryce broke loose of them suddenly and ran out of the room towards the room where all the boys were staying.
"Sharpay! No!" Kelsi yelled as she took off after her along with the rest of the girls, minus Gabriella and Alba. Troy also took the opportunity to get loose and follow Sharpay.
"No! Troy! Sharpay!" Gabriella yelled frozen to the spot as Abby and Bryce started yelling again.
"I know he's your brother and all, but seriously! He's just trying to ruin everything!"
"How do you know that Gabriella isn't lying?"
Abby's, Alba's, and Gabriella's jaws all dropped to the floor.
"Maybe because Gabriella is one of the few people on this earth I completely trust." Abby said after getting over her shock. "You know, maybe getting married isn't the best idea." She finished obviously trying to hold back the tears as she ran to her room, pushing past the group trying to hold back Sharpay from opening the door to the guest room. She ducked into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her. Then she tumbled to her bed and grabbed her old stuffed barn owl that she had always used for comfort, crawled under her bed, and curled into a ball like she used to when she was little.
Bryce glared at Gabriella and Alba before storming out of the room and barging out of the room and forcing his way into the guest room, then locking it.
"Um…." Alba said from her seat on the couch. She had no idea what to do and neither did Gabriella.
Gabriella sighed after a few seconds and looked at Alba, "Do you want to come with me to talk to Abby? At least one person should."
"Abby?" Gabriella asked as she came into her room.
"Hi." Mumbled Abby in reply from her position under the bed.
"Uh, are you under the bed?" Gabriella asked looking and finding her there.
"I'm sorry you had to fly all the way out here. Apparently I wasted your money and time." Abby said as she broke down sobbing crawling out from under the bed to sit on it.
"Hey, don't do this! You know you love Bryce! I hate being the reason all of this happened."
Gabriella responded as she sat down next to Abby, hugged her, and rubbed her back.
"He also knows what I think about his brother and you! I shouldn't have brought you all out here, I should have figured out who Edward was. None of this is your fault." Abby said between sobs.
"Think of what you're saying! You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright. That's just what Bryce is doing." Gabriella said still hugging her best friend like there was no tomorrow.
"What if I am doing the wrong thing though by marrying him?" Abby asked as her sobs died down a bit.
"We all make mistakes, but do you really think you're making a mistake? You've been dating him how long?"
"You're right. Gabi, I'm so sorry for putting you through all of this, I'm a horrible friend." Abby answered, sobbing harder again.
"Ain't no mountain high enough baby. I told you you could always count on me. I take the words of Tammi and Marvin very seriously!" Gabriella replied, which thankfully resulted in a laugh from Abby between her sobs.
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