Okay, 2 things I wanna say about last chapter...
A: 1 person out of 18 got the clue right. Now I'm not gonna tell u who it is, but their name has "Zanessa" in it. So if ur nickname has Zanessa in it, then u better take a better look at ur review to last chapter.
B: Thank you XCrzyLkeDatX for tellin me that the last line from last chapter (How can I call you a friend when you just stood me up in the end) was from a Jonas Brother's song. I didn't realize that until you said it! It's from the song "7:05", which you can't get on iTunes. Go to Limewire and get it. I got that quote from an icon on this one website (Link in my pro) and didn't know that it was a JB song. Oppsies!
lol! Anyways, the beginning of this chapter is a happy one :) But then by the end of this, you'll hate the JB for a reason. Brandon does one more hell act in this story, so be prepared. You'll hate him at the end of this chapter :)
WARNING: This has A LOT of language in it. The "F" word's in here 3 times along with some others...
...Troy...
Troy sat there, staring at the white board, his pencil absentmindedly thumping on his notebook. He had just gotten to class 5 minutes when it was already 20 minutes into the period. He didn't care. Gabriella was more important than some cranky old teacher.
"Stupid, dumb fuck brother of hers!" Troy thought to himself angrily. "It's his fault that she's so depressed! What the hell is his problem?!"
By now, the teen had grown extremely impatient with the bell. He had noticed that Gabriella was deeply depressed and he needed to think of a way to cheer her up before she did something horrible to herself.
"...And the marketing industries are extremely busy at this time of year," Ms. White rambled flatly, no one really paying attention to her. "One of the most popular and inappropriate shows on Fox is releasing its new season tomorrow and every advertising station is trying to get a hold of it. How many of you are aware of the show Family Guy?"
The entire class raised their hands with smiles upon their faces, exited of the new season of their favorite show. As Troy lowered his hand, his face brightened as he whispered "That's it!"
...The Next Day...
Gabriella sighed and lightly shut her locker. Ever since that touching moment with her and Troy, she had been extremely depressed. Brandon just didn't seem to understand that she hated having to see her friends in pain. The thought just disgusted her.
"Hello Ms. Montez!" a cheery voice greeted behind Gabriella. She turned around and gave a small smile as she said "Hey Troy. Why so happy?"
"Guess what I got yesterday." Troy excitingly stated. Gabriella squinted at him suspiciously. Something was up.
"I give up. What?" Gabriella replied, hugging her books to her chest.
Troy slowly swiped something from his back and Gabriella gasped.
"You didn't!" Gabriella squealed.
"I did," Troy smiled brightly "All 6 seasons of Family Guy are in my hands right now."
"Oh my God Troy!!! That's my favorite show of all time!!" Gabriella nearly screamed, earning her strange looks from everyone around her.
"I know. It's mine too. I don't know one person who doesn't like Family Guy besides the nerds. No offense." He carefully finished.
Gabriella giggled "Non taken. Wow, I can't believe you did that! How much were all of these?"
"I already had season one and the rest are just a gift from me, so you don't need to know that." Troy smiled again.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and hugged him tightly, not aware that a certain brother of hers was watching her. Brandon just sighed and walked away from the two, not up to another fight.
"So, how about you come over after school and we can have a little Family Guy marathon?" Troy offered, sensing Brandon walking off.
"Pizza, popcorn, and soda will be provided right?" Gabriella joked.
"Hell yeah! What's a Friday night without pizza?" Troy replied back, rolling his eyes playfully. The two laughed one more time before the bell for 4th period rang.
"Kay Troy, I gotta get to science. See you after school?" Gabriella said.
"Yeah, see you then." Troy grinned, hugging her one last time.
Gabriella waved and walked off, leaving Troy to think "Thank God she's smiling again."
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...Troy's House...
"Yeah Stewie!!! Kick his ass!!!!" Gabriella shouted, hearing Troy laugh beside her.
Gabriella was now at Troy's house watching and episode called "Patriot Games". Stewie was beating up Brian due to the fact that Brian didn't pay him for a bet that Stewie had won. So far, they had gotten through 1 and a half boxes of pizza, 2 bags of popcorn, and they were working on their 2nd liter of root beer. All in 5 hours.
"When's that stupid dog ever gonna learn that you should never mess with Stewie?" Troy joked, watching as the baby whacked Brian upside the head with a towel rod.
"When he learns to bark like every other normal dog." Gabriella laughed back as Stewie dragged Brian over to the toilet bowel to dunk his head.
The two burst out laughing as Stewie warned "You've got until 5 o'clock, you hear me?! 5 o'clock!"
"You're a freakin psychopath!" Brian yelled, trying his best to breathe.
"Clean yourself up." Stewie finalized, throwing the towel in Brian's face.
"Stewie's insane." Gabriella commented.
"The things you can do when you're a one year old..." Troy wondered out loud.
Gabriella nodded. She nestled further into Troy's chest and he tightened his arm around her shoulder. If someone didn't know better, they would assume that they were a couple.
"Thanks for this Troy," Gabriella suddenly said. "You really brightened my day."
"Eh, I get that a lot." Troy waved as though it was nothing. Gabriella gasped. "I'm just kidding Gabby! You know that you're welcome!"
Gabriella lightly punched him in his arm. Troy grabbed it and screamed "OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD, I THINK YOU BROKE MY ARM!!! HOLY SHIT, IT HURTS SO FRICKIN BAD!!!"
Gabriella fell back on the bed laughing at Troy's stupidness. She felt him crawling to her on the bed and tap her shoulder. As soon as she opened her eyes, he asked "What are you laughing at?"
Gabriella was about to reply, but Troy straddled her and started tickling her sides furiously. She let out screams and squeals of joy as Troy soaked it all in.
"Wow, she's beautiful when she laughs." He dreamily thought. But he snapped out of his thoughts and continued to just tickle her harder. "Doesn't feel so good, does it?"
"P-please s-stop T-Troy!" Gabriella pleaded, trying to breathe.
"Beg for it." Troy teased in a whisper.
"T-TROY!!! STOP!!!" Gabriella screamed. Troy tried his best not to give in, but he just couldn't resist her pleading eyes. He drew his arms back and went to go back to his side of the bed, but he accidentally tripped and went tumbling on top of Gabriella. They both froze, staring into each other's eyes, their lips only mere centimeters apart. Before they knew it, they were both leaning in ever so slowly.
"Oh my God, he's gonna kiss me!" Gabriella thought to herself, still leaning in.
"Holy hell, it's actually happening!" Troy mirrored Gabriella's past action, continuing to move closer to her face.
Just as soon as their lips were about to touch...
Even if I say it'll be alright, still I hear you say you want to end your life, now and again we try to just stay alive, maybe we'll turn it all around 'cause it's not too late, it's never too late
Gabriella groaned as her cell phone went off. She could see a hint of disappointment in Troy's eyes and she felt the same thing in hers. She cleared her throat and said "Sorry, one second." She opened the phone and sharply seethed "WHAT?!"
"Honey, it's your mother," Mrs. Montez replied "I need you to clean the house while I'm out at a dinner. There are some very important people coming over tomorrow morning and I need the house to be in its best shape."
Gabriella groaned "Can't Brandon do it?"
"No sweetie, he's going to a party with his friends. I need you home in 10 minutes. That's when I'm leaving."
Gabriella sighed sadly. "Fine. I'll be there in 5 minutes." With that, she hung up. She turned back to Troy and announced "My mom needs me home. I'll see you later."
"Okay," Troy answered, heartbroken. "Roscoe Jenkins tomorrow?"
"Sure." Gabriella accepted with wide smile. Troy nodded and, returning her smile, led her to the door.
"Bye Troy. See you tomorrow." Gabriella dismissed, turning to leave. Troy pulled her back by her shoulder and kissed the side of her mouth.
"Bye Gabby." He whispered. Gabriella, starting to blush, turned and walked out the door to her car, mentally asking herself "Did I just fall in love with Troy?"
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When Gabriella got home, she saw that no lights were on, signaling that her mother had already left. She sighed and got out her keys, opening the door and stepping inside. She turned on the lights and expected to see an untidy house, but instead, it was completely spotless. Not one stain on the carpet, not one smudge on the window, and not one spill on the counter. The floor was clean enough to eat on. Completely confused, Gabriella slowly walked into the house and looked around, trying to find something out of place, but it was perfect. Nothing was dirty or moved somewhere it shouldn't be.
"That's weird," she said to herself. "This house was a mess when I left. It would take 5 hours to clean it."
Just as she was about to head up to her room, someone threw her against the wall with their arm. She screamed and struggled to free herself from this stranger's grip, but it was no use. Their grip was too strong.
"LET ME GO YOU RAPIST!!!" Gabriella screamed, trying to bite the person.
"GABRIELLA, STOP IT!!!" a familiar voice screamed back. Gabriella froze. Brandon. He was the person holding her up against the wall?
"Brandon, what are you doing?" she seethed, her first words to him in 2 months.
"Getting answers! Now why haven't you talked to me in 2 months?!" he glared hard at her, hate filling his eyes.
"You're honestly asking that question?!" she shouted in his face.
"Don't get smart with me!" he spat right back "Tell me the reason I've been completely ignored!"
"Troy, you dumb ass! You almost killed one of my best friends and you expect me to just blow it off and let you off the hook?!" Gabriella shouted, her face growing red.
"I didn't expect you to! I thought that we could just calmly talk about this and everything would be fine, but then you go and fuck everything up! What's wrong with you?!" he screamed, is voice cracking from tears.
"Oh yeah, sure, blame it on me and get rid of your own guilt! And this wouldn't even exist if it weren't for you! You and your stupid lapse of judgment! Troy didn't talk to the coach for a reason Brandon! He wanted to-"
"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUISNESS!!!" Brandon screamed "And I don't want to hear his stupid excuses! They're just a bunch of goddamn lies!"
"What just came out of your mouth was a lie!" Gabriella argued back loudly.
"You know what? Fine! Be that way! You want to destroy your life and waste your time?! I don't care! I'm done with you! Hold yourself back! But I'm telling you that your life is over!" Brandon finished, walking off.
"You think that I'm wasting my time?!" Gabriella shouted, having Brandon turn around. "You're the one who's been fighting a guy that you just gave up on and didn't hear why and how he technically saved you! You're just a selfish con artist Brandon! You're worthless!"
That did it. Brandon raised his clenched fist and forcefully slammed Gabriella's head against the wall by her nose while screaming "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!"
Gabriella fell to the ground in a heap, clutching her nose that was now gushing blood. Brandon glared down at her with the most hateful glare that he had ever given anybody. He hadn't even given Troy a glare so strong. Gabriella lie there, trembling on the floor, blood escaping the cracks in her fingers and meeting with the floor. It was then that Brandon realized what he did.
He had just hit his sister.
Didn't I tell you that you'd hate him? There's another point in this story that you'll hate him, but that's not coming up for a while. The next clue is in here somewhere. If you caught it last chapter, you'll more than likely figure out Troy's reason :)
Gabriella's ringtone in this is the chorus to "Never Too Late" by Three Days Grace. You've probably heard it before. I just got it for my iPod today and I've already listened to it 13 times! lol!
REVIEW!!! Thnx :)
Rachel :)