Disclaimer: Wish I owned Troy but I don't
A/N: I would like to call this chapter...Blast from Gabi's past. You'll see why.
1. Italics -dreams or short flashbacks. (All in Gabi's POV)
2. Regular font -Long flashbacks and regular POV(a.k.a Gabi's POV)
3. Long lines -the beginning and end of a long flashback unless noted
4. If a chapter ends with a flashback, the next chapter will begin in the flashback.
Taking Over Me
by: LunarEclipse360
Fünfzehn
I walked into school Monday morning with Friday night's events still fresh on my brain. From the dinner to my mom's obsession with wanting Alex to call me Gabi to Alex comforting me and finally...to the kiss. I still don't know why I did it. It was like something came over me. Could it be possible that I was falling for Alex? No, it can't be...could it?
"Gabriella are you alright?" I turned my head and saw Kelsi giving me a worried look.
"Yeah...I'm fine."
"Well your locker's not going to open itself." she said with a smirk and I looked at the locker in front of me. Sure enough, my feet had led me to my locker while my head was out of commission.
"Oh...right." I said and opened my locker.
"So how was the dinner Friday night?"
"F-Fine."
"Did everything go how you planned?"
"Yea. Everything went the way I wanted it to...maybe even further than I wanted it to."
"What do you mean?" I sighed and pushed my books to the back of my locker before turning to her.
"Kels...I think...I think I'm falling for him."
"What?" I nodded and she blinked in disbelief. "How did that happen?"
"I don't know it just...did."
"Well what are you going to do?"
"I don't know. It gives me a headache just thinking about it. If it happens that Troy does come back and I'm with Alex...then what? Where would I be? In the middle of a big mess."
"And what if Troy doesn't come back and you push Alex away?"
"Then I will have lost the only two guys I've ever fallen in love with." I leaned against my closed locker and sighed.
"You're gonna have to choose what you wanna do."
"I know but it's just so hard."
"Well you still have time to think it over. Prom's not for another two weeks. So you have until then to make up your mind before the whole 'dating' thing with him is over." I nodded and pushed off the locker.
"I wish it was easier."
"Nothing's ever easier." I smiled sadly at her just as Alex came into my view. He smiled and walked over to me.
"Hey Gabriella. I went to your house this morning but your mom said you had already left."
"Yeah. I decided to walk today just to have some time to think." he nodded and cleared his throat.
"There was something I wanted to talk to you about..." he glanced over at Kelsi and I looked at her.
"I'll just be going now."
"See you in homeroom Kelsi." she nodded and walked away. "So what did you wanna talk to me about?"
"About Friday...what did it mean?"
"What did what mean?" I asked, I knew perfectly well what he was talking about but I just wanted to make sure he was talking about the right thing.
"You know...the kiss you gave me."
"Oh...that. Well..."
"I mean not that I had a problem with it but what does that make us? Are we still going to act out this whole thing or are we actually going to go for it?"
"I-If you want to. I-I don't mind." he smirked and leaned in towards me.
"I would love to be your real boyfriend." he whispered before placing his lips on mine. At first I was shocked but then it wore off and I kissed him back.
"Well what do you know." we broke apart and looked over. There was the entire basketball team standing in front of us. "I always knew you never cared about Troy." said Christian, captain of the team after the accident. Besides Chad, Jason, and Zeke, Christian was the only guy on the team that Troy trusted with his life. "You pretended like you never got over Troy and yet here you are, sucking face with some newbie."
"Christian stop." Chad said, his eyes reflecting sorrow as he looked my way.
"Why should I? If she really cared about Troy, she wouldn't be here with this lowlife."
"Back off." Alex said and Christian smirked.
"Look the newbie has a voice." everyone laughed except for Chad, Jason and Zeke. They looked pissed at Christian. "Glad to know you haven't sucked everything out of him like you did to Troy. That's probably why he's dead."
"If only he was." I said and he looked at me.
"You and I both know Troy's dead and gone. Everyone knows it."
"Not everyone. I don't believe it."
"If you don't then why did we find you making out with him? If you don't think he's dead then you don't deserve to move on. Just face it. You're a liar. You lied just so everyone could feel sorry for you."
"Leave her alone." Alex snarled and Christian laughed.
"Or what? You can't do anything to me Miller. I'm more powerful than you'll ever be."
"What do you want from me?" I asked and he smirked.
"Well...a little go in the sack..." before he could continue his sentence, Alex punched him in the face. "Why you little bastard." Christian said and threw a punch at Alex, hitting him in the gut. Before long, the two started a wrestling match on the floor with a group of onlookers surrounding them.
"Please stop." I yelled and tried to push them apart, only to get hit in the process. Everyone gasped and the two stopped fighting.
"Gabriella are you okay?" Alex said and cupped my bruised cheek in his hand.
"Yeah I'm fine. Are you?"
"As long as you're okay I'm okay." I smiled but the moment was short lived when Principal Matsui walked into the circle.
"What is the meaning of this?" he yelled then his eyes fell on the bruised Alex and the bruised Christian. "You two my office now. Everyone back to your own business." he said and everyone dispersed.
"I'll see you later." Alex said and I nodded. He walked away and I sighed.
"Gabriella." I looked up and saw Chad standing in front of me. "I'm sorry...about before. I never meant to say what I did."
"It's okay Chad."
"You think we could be friends again. I know ever since the accident, we've kind of drifted apart but I always thought of you as my sister."
"Of course Chad we can be friends again."
"Good well do you think you can hook me up with Taylor."
"I knew that was going to come up. Why you just don't ask her yourself?" I asked when I noticed Taylor coming towards us.
"What?" I motioned for him to look behind him and he did. Taylor froze in her spot and he smiled nervously.
"See you in homeroom." I said and walked away to leave them alone.
Homeroom and first period felt like one big blur to me but then came my walk to second period. Everything seemed to go in slow motion for me especially when I saw someone I hadn't seen in three years standing in front of Principal Matsui's office.
"Coach Bolton?" I whispered to myself as the man I once called my second father stood no more than ten feet away. It was like something out of a dream. He couldn't be standing here, he just couldn't.
"Shouldn't you be in History?" I turned around and came face to face with Alex.
"Hey." I said with a smile. "Shouldn't I be asking you that same question?"
"Actually..."
"Principal Matsui's suspending me for a week for fighting with Christian."
"But you didn't start it."
"I know but I did fight with him. My parents will be pissed but hey...I was protecting someone so they can't blame me for that." I smiled softly and he bent down to kiss me gently. "You should get to History before you're late." I nodded and kissed him one last time before walking off. I quickly took one glance down the hallway to see if what I saw earlier had really been there but there was no one.
'My mind's playing tricks on me again.' I sighed and walked to History class.
A/N: okay I just want to add a short history to Alex's last name. His last name is the last name of this guy that I work with. He's really nice and I kind of like him...a lot. He's also the reason why I wanted to do a story like 'Take Me Away', about a younger girl liking an older guy and him liking her back. Of course he doesn't like me back since he has a girlfriend but a girl can dream can't she.
