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Chapter five

Hypothetically

Gabriella rolled out of bed tiredly, seeing the light from the morning sun shimmering through her balcony doors. She ran a hand through her hair, going over to her bathroom to take a quick shower so that she could start her Saturday off nicely.

After showering, getting dressed in a green sun dress that laid just above her knees and eating the breakfast that her mom had made her, she grabbed the keys to her car and headed towards the bookstore that she visited once in a while with her pay check. Her damp curly hair laid on her shoulders as the bright sun was shielded by her sunglasses and she smiled as she parked her car, happy to spend a day alone with no one to bother her.

She walked into the large store, smelling the crisp smell of freshly printed pages and looked over the books on the tables by the front doors before heading over to the American Literature section. She had a basket with her already, knowing that she was currently out of good books to read and that she'd be buying more than a few.

After about fifteen minutes, Gabriella already had three books in her basket that she was going to buy and two books in her hand that she was still deciding on. As she twirled a piece of her long hair around her finger, she could have sworn she heard Troy Bolton's voice.

She pressed her palm to her forehead, wondering if she was coming down with some kind of illness that had her hearing this boy's voice because lately it had been happening…

"What would you suggest I assign my students to read this semester? I couldn't keep them interested last semester and I'm sure you have a few ideas since you're a student yourself." She heard a woman's voice say from behind her.

"Well, The Great Gatsby is in my opinion the only book that can keep me interested while at school, so I would recommend that one, unless you're looking for something like To Kill a Mocking Bird, that one's decent." She heard Troy's voice say in response.

Gabriella bit her lip, hoping to hear their voices soften as they walked away, but they only became louder as she realized she was standing right in front of The Great Gatsby books.

"Excuse me." She heard Troy say politely.

Gabriella sucked in a breath, scooting over a few steps because she'd have to face him if she turned around to leave, and she glance subtly next to her where Troy was plucking the book off of the shelf for the woman.

"Well, thank you so much, sir, you helped a lot." She said to him, and Gabriella tried to concentrate on the names of the books in front of her instead of eavesdropping on Troy.

"No problem." Troy said, clearly smiling as his happy tone floated towards Gabriella.

Gabriella looked in the opposite direction and notice that the woman was walking away and as she started to pray that Troy Bolton had also left the section she was in, she heard him speak.

"Can I help you look for anything?" He asked her.

Gabriella's eyes widened, noticing that she was only like an inch away from the shelf of books, trying to go unnoticed. Now she probably looked like she was trying to see if the books were scratch and sniff! She felt herself blush as she turned away from the shelf and held in a laugh when Troy Bolton look completely shocked.

"Holy shit!" He said to her, not even noticing that the hot girl in the sun dress was her at first. "I did not recognize you!"

"That explains the politeness." Gabriella mumbled, holding the books that she was still deciding on close to her chest.

"What are you doing here?" He asked her quickly, the blush that also appeared on his face disappearing slowly.

"Buying books… what are you doing here?" She asked him in the same tone he used with her, wanting to disappear as he looked at the books held to her chest and the books in her basket.

"I work here." He replied shortly, running a hand over his eyes as he sighed stressfully.

"Do your friends know that?" Gabriella asked with a laugh, surprised herself at seeing Troy Bolton at a book store.

"Unfortunately." He answered, stretching his arm out towards the shelf of the book case next to him, leaning to the side as he talked to her. "They made fun of me for weeks, but then I got them free coffee here, so they accepted it."

"Why do you work here?" Gabriella asked, expecting that answer from him.

"Why? Am I not allowed to sell books to people?" He asked her, raising his right eyebrow slightly.

"I guess I just didn't expect you to work here."

"Now you see my surprise when I walked into Rebecca's and you were my waitress." He replied, standing from his leaning position as he fixed an out-of-place book.

"At least you didn't run away from me when you realized." Gabriella said with an awkward nod, setting one of the books that she had in her hand back on the shelf. As this event occurred she decided she wouldn't want to read about a hot guy who worked at a bookstore.

Troy nodded with a chuckle, seeing her toss a book back on the counter quickly.

"So, you liked The Great Gatsby? You slept during that class while we read it." Gabriella asked curiously, shifting in her spot as she shivered slightly, the air conditioning cooling her hot skin that was exposed by her sun dress.

"Nah, I was just trying to sell a book." He replied honestly.

"I figured." Gabriella nodded, seeing Troy give her a playful look since she already had him all figured out.

They were quiet for a minute, glancing around the store so they wouldn't make too much eye contact when they heard a familiar voice.

"Hey, Troy! Do you have a free coffee for me? I stayed up all night with that cheerleader, if you know what I mean."

Gabriella's eyes widened quickly when she saw Chad turn the corner, coming face to face with a much different looking Chad. He had on a purple t-shirt that had the Chucky Cheese logo on the pocket and she sucked in a laugh as he stopped talking, seeing her.

"Someone told me Troy was over here!" Chad said, glaring at her. "What the hell." He said, looking around the area.

Gabriella scrunched her eyebrows together in confusion and looked over to where Troy was just standing and saw that he was gone. Her eyes widened again when she saw him crawling on the floor behind Chad, putting a finger next to his lips, indicating that he couldn't be given away.

"What's up with the outfit, Chad?" Gabriella asked meanly, seeing Troy stand up behind a book shelf, walking over casually as if he wasn't just having a conversation with Gabriella.

"I make good money." Chad spat, continuing to glare at her.

"Hey, man! What's up?" Troy asked her, glancing at Gabriella.

Gabriella started to walk towards them, wanting to wedge her way through the space between Chad and the book shelf so that she could leave.

"Excuse me." She said to him, glancing at him as she held her book securely.

"Make me, nerd." He hissed, already angry that he had to see someone he hated seeing on a regular day on his Saturday morning.

"Be careful, Chad. You wouldn't want another book thrown at you, would you?" She asked, glaring equally evilly back at him.

"You know what…"

"I heard you say something about a free coffee?" Troy said quickly, grabbing Chad's arm, pulling him with him as he walked towards the back of the store. "I think I could use one too."

Gabriella watched as Chad and Troy walked together to the back of the store, both of them in their dorky work clothing and she laughed to herself, taking her books and loaded pay check to the cash register, ready to get away from any chance she had of having an encounter with another crazy wildcat.

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Gabriella set the bag of books she had bought at the book store down on the kitchen counter, sliding into the tall chair by the island. Ms. Montez smiled at her daughter as she turned from the dishwasher where she was loading dirty dishes into it and noticed the confused look on Gabriella's face.

"Get any good books?" She asked her, wiping her wet hands dry with a dish towel.

"A few." Gabriella replied shortly, putting her hand under her chin as she leaned against the counter.

"Everything okay?" Ms. Montez asked with a small smile.

"Can I ask you something?" Gabriella asked, sighing as she pulled out the many book she had bought from the plastic bag.

"Sure, what's on your mind?"

"I have this friend," Gabriella started, rolling her eyes subtly as Ms. Montez raised her eyebrows. "And she may be developing, I don't know, feelings for this guy and this guy has never really been nice to her until now." Gabriella explained vaguely.

"Who's this guy we're talking about?" Ms. Montez asked curiously.

Gabriella leaned back in her chair, tapping her index finger quickly against the top of the counter before finally answering.

"Troy Bolton." She said quietly.

Ms. Montez looked extremely surprised as she looked at her suddenly shy daughter. Gabriella shifted in her spot as she waited for her mom to reply.

"Why would Sharpay or Taylor like Troy Bolton? He's been mean to all of you for as long as I can remember." Ms. Montez answered, looking at her in confusion.

"Okay, speaking hypothetically." Gabriella said quickly, looking at her mom with a sigh. "Say I liked Troy Bolton and he's been hanging around the diner, what would that mean… hypothetically speaking." Gabriella added in slowly, not exactly sure what she was saying.

"That he's hungry and you just so happen to be his waitress?" Ms. Montez said unsurely, watching as Gabriella's calm expression turned into disappointment.

"Oh." Gabriella replied quietly.

"Well, we're speaking hypothetically here." Ms. Montez said with a laugh. "It's not like you actually like Troy Bolton."

Gabriella smiled as if she was hiding something and Ms. Montez raised her eyebrow suspiciously again.

"No, hypothetically I don't." Gabriella said quickly, grabbing her books from the counter, walking towards the stairs in a hurry.

"Wait!" Ms. Montez called after her. "Doesn't that mean you like him?"

"I don't know what I'm talking about anymore. I'm going insane… I'm hearing his voice in my head." Gabriella ranted on as she marched up the stairs, mad at herself for even hypothetically thinking of Troy Bolton.

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