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"Gabriella! Wait up!" Troy said. He was chasing around Gabriella, trying to get her attention before the workday started.
"Huh?" She said before turning around. "Oh! Hey Troy." Gabriella said somewhat unenthusiastically.
"Are you OK?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." She said while rubbing her forehead. "I just have a lot of things to think about. That's all."
"Are you sure? Because I've been chasing you for like five minutes now."
"Oh. I'm sorry. I've just really distracted lately." Gabriella said with a half smile.
"Is it anything that I can help you with?" Troy knew that there was something wrong about the way Gabriella was acting, and he wanted to find out what it was.
"Uh…no. I just need to get better sleep, that's all." She said hastily. Gabriella started to walk away from Troy, leaving him a bit confused.
"Hey," Troy said, grabbing Gabriella's arm to get her attention, "come here. Maybe this will help." Troy pulled Gabriella down a dark hall out of the way, and started kissing her playfully.
"Troy!" Gabriella said eagerly after a few kisses.
"What?" He asked mischievously. "Aren't you enjoying yourself?"
"We can't do this here." Gabriella's tone was very blunt.
"Do what?" Troy asked like he didn't know what Gabriella was talking about.
"Kiss! People might see us."
"Who cares if people see us?" Troy went in to kiss Gabriella again, but she turned her head before he could make contact.
"I do! I'm not entirely sure I want us to go public about our relationship yet."
"Why?"
"I…" Gabriella had to think of what exactly to say.
"What?…You…" Gabriella could tell Troy was getting a little annoyed with her.
"…I…I don't want the paparazzi following us everywhere we go."
"Guys with sunglasses and cameras mean that much to you?"
"No, Troy. It's just such a big hassle with them following us around, and we'd never be able to go out. Everything would be too much trouble"
"What, Gabriella. Is it the paparazzi that's the hassle, or is it me?"
"Troy…I never said that."
"Save yourself the 'hassle', Gabriella. I get it." Troy walked angrily away from Gabriella towards his office.
"Ugh." Gabriella let out in a sigh. She walked down the hall, and flopped down on a big brown leather couch. After a while, she ended up completely sprawling out on the couch. People tended to stare at her when they walked past her, but she really didn't care. When it was time to shoot her scenes, Gabriella became completely professional, like always. She didn't want anyone else, especially Ryan, to see that she and Troy were fighting. But, when she was finished filming her scenes for a while, Gabriella's "professional mode" switched off. She just walked off the set, and laid down on the very same couch just like before.
By the end of the day, Gabriella hadn't spoken to Troy once since their fight. Gabriella wanted to try and talk to him, but she didn't want to interrupt Troy from all of the things he was doing. Gabriella grabbed her purse, and headed towards the front of the studio, so she could go back to her hotel.
"Ms. Montez!" Angie, Troy's assistant, called after Gabriella. She was half walking, and half jogging in effort to catch up to Gabriella, who was almost outside already.
Gabriella stopped walking, and turned around. "Oh, hello Angie." Gabriella said nicely.
Angie was a bit out of breath from chasing down Gabriella. "I forgot to tell you." She took a break to breathe.
"Yes?"
"I already lined up a car to take you back to your hotel. It's around the back entrance of the studio."
"Oh…that's ok. I'll just take this car back to the hotel."
"Please Ms. Montez, I insist you ride in the other car."
"Um…ok, if you insist." Gabriella walked all the way to the back of the studio. It was a long walk, so it gave her lots of time to think. She thought about Troy, and how to fix her problem with him. She also thought about Ryan, and the fun date they had the other day. She also thought about the cute pair of gold strappy heels she wore with her movie wardrobe today.
"Oh wow!" Gabriella said when she walked outside. Out there waiting for her was a black stretch limo.
"Good evening, Miss. My name is Adam." The driver of the limo said. He was slim, tall and had dark brown hair. Adam was in his late twenties. He was waiting outside the car, so he could open the door for Gabriella.
"Hello, Adam. Are you here for me?"
"Yes I am." He said.
"Who set all of this up?"
"I don't believe I am supposed to tell you."
"Alright." Gabriella said with a smile.
"Here you go." He said while opening the car door for Gabriella. Gabriella got into the limo, and immediately let out a sigh. She sat there a while, and just let Adam drive. After about fifteen minutes, Gabriella looked out the window, and noticed that she didn't recognize where she was. She figured that that Adam would take her back to the hotel, but that wasn't the case.
"Um, Adam?" Gabriella said after lowering the partition between her and the driver.
"Yes, Miss Montez?"
"Where are we going?"
"Again, I don't believe I am supposed to tell you."
"Ok…I'm getting a suspicion that I'm not supposed to know anything about this." Gabriella said.
"I think that suspicion you have is correct." Adam said.
"Can't you tell me anything?"
"Mmm…"
"One tiny detail?"
"I'm sorry, but no."
"Thanks a lot, Adam." Gabriella said with sarcasm.
"You're welcome, Miss Montez." He said with equal sarcasm. Gabriella raised the partition back up, and then sunk back in her seat. She noticed an envelope on sitting top of a wooded storage cabinet that was on the side of the limo. The envelope had the words 'Gabriella Montez' written out neatly in cursive on the front. Gabriella picked up the envelope, and read the note inside.
'Look inside the cabinet' were the only words written on the note.
"Ok, kinda weird." Gabriella said to herself. She dropped the note on the floor, and opened the doors to the cabinet. Inside there was a large, flat, white box with red bow on the front of it. Gabriella took the box out of the cabinet, and studied it for a while. She ran her fingers over the edges of the box, and through the velvety ribbon. Truth be told, she was a little hesitant to open the box, and see what was inside. After a few minutes of convincing herself to see what was inside, Gabriella finally decided to open the box. She took the lid off slowly, and placed it on the seat next to her.
"Oh, wow!" Gabriella said out loud. Inside the box was a beautiful, sleeveless, dark blue dress. Also in the box was a pair of silver high heels.
"Ooh." Gabriella said when she found something else in the box. It was a smaller black velvet box. Gabriella wasn't hesitant to open this box. Inside was a diamond necklace, and a pair of teardrop diamond earrings.
"Adam!" Gabriella said as she lowered the partition. "I think I know what your answer is going to be, but, who left me all of these things?"
"Again, I'm not supposed to tell you."
"Darn!"
"Although, I will tell you that we will be arriving to our destination-"
"Which is…" Gabriella interrupted. Adam ignored her, and kept going.
"We'll be arriving in about ten minutes, so I suggest you change into your dress."
"Alright." Gabriella raised the partition again, and began to change into her dress, and shoes. After she finished getting dressed, Gabriella dug around her purse for a while, and found some make up, and a very small mirror.
"Crap." Gabriella said as she was trying to put on her make up. The limo had just gone over a bump, causing her to mess up on her eyeliner.
"Hey, Adam," Gabriella yelled through the partition.
"Yes, Miss Montez."
"Could you take it easy over the bumps? I almost poked my eye out with that last one."
"Sorry…" Adam said.
About five minutes later, the limo stopped. It was about seven o'clock at night. Gabriella could hear the driver's door slam as Adam got out of the door.
"We've arrived." Adam said as he opened Gabriella's door.
"Thank you very much." Gabriella said after she climbed out of the limo. Gabriella didn't see much outside. There were a few buildings and trees, but that was it.
"Alright, Miss Montez, I was instructed to tell you to walk through those doors over there. Once you are inside the building, there will be more instructions." Adam pointed at the building that was taller than all of the other ones around.
"Oh…how James Bond-sey all of this is." Gabriella said.
"Ok, have a good evening Miss Montez." Gabriella walked inside the building Adam pointed to. There was no one inside the building for Gabriella to ask where to go. The only thing Gabriella found was a note on a counter like the one before. It had the same handwriting as before. This time, it was paired with a single red rose. Gabriella picked up the note, and read it's contents. Inside, it said,
'Walk up the stairs until you find the next note.'
Next to the counter was a door that said 'Stairs' on it. She opened the door, and started her trek up the stairs. Once she got to the 2nd floor, Gabriella found the next note taped to the wall. There was another rose on the ground directly below the note. Gabriella grabbed the note off the wall, and read it.
'Keep going.'
"Alrighty then." Gabriella said to herself. She kept walking up the stairs until she reached the 3rd floor. Then, Gabriella found another note taped to the wall, and another rose on the ground. This time, the note said,
'Keep going, almost there.'
"Oh, great." Gabriella picked up the rose, and kept going up the stairs. Gabriella kept up this routine until she reached the 6th floor.
"Crap…not another one!" Gabriella said when she saw the note taped to the wall. By this time she had 6 roses in her hand. The note this time said,
'Exit through the door.'
"Oh thank goodness." Gabriella said with a sigh. She exited the stairwell, and entered dimly lit room.
"Hello?! Is anyone in here?" Gabriella said. She could hear her voice echo. She walked around the room a bit to try and find who set all of this up.
"You look good."
Ooh…a little cliffy!! Dun, dun, dun!!! Haha.
Ok peeps, I promise that I'll update more regularly! I don't know why, but the chappie took forever to write! It's not that I haven't been writing for a week, I've just rewritten this chapter maybe 4 times now. Have sympathy on me!! Lol.
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