Okay, so you know how last chapter was really pointless and stupid? Well, I hope that this chapter makes up for it. The ending gets really dramatic and sad. Plus, it's kinda like a cliffhanger. Sorry about that. lol!
Anyways, I don't own Wet Seal, DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) or the songs mentioned. But I do own Isabelle, Sarah, Olivia, Andrea, and Matt (You'll "meet" them mid-chapter) Okay, READ:)
P.S: I'm moving Sarah up to 12 years old. She's 11 in the previous chapters, but I'm making her 12 now :)
...Olivia...
Olivia woke the next morning to the smell of bacon and eggs being fried in the kitchen. She was about to rush down to eat when she remembered the news that she had yet to tell her children. She threw the covers off of her body and walked down the sun lit hall to Isabelle and Sarah's room that they shared. She opened the door, but was surprised to see that no one was occupying the room. Confused, the black haired 35 year old was about to call for them when she heard cheering downstairs. She walked downstairs and turned the corner into the living room. She smiled and laughed when she saw Troy and Isabelle having a heated competition of DDR. Gabriella was cheering Troy on while Sarah favored her sister. So far, Troy was winning by 50 points.
"Crap! Missed a step!" Isabelle groaned, noticing Troy's points skyrocketing.
"Keep your feet on the mat Izzy and maybe you'll beat the master." Troy teased. Isabelle playfully glared at him and continued dancing. In a few seconds, she noticed that her points were almost matched to Troy's. "Looks like I'm catching up." Isabelle grinned, her confidence rising.
From behind her, she heard her mother say "Hey guys. Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Troy answered "Sure, but can it wait until the end of this round? You can't pause this."
Olivia nodded. She took a seat next to Sarah and watched as her daughter competed against her nephew.
When the round ended, Troy threw his arms up in victory and shouted "Yes!!! I am victorious!"
Isabelle's mouth just dropped in shock. She then glared at the teenage boy beside her and growled "You cheated."
Troy rolled his eyes with "Yeah, yeah. Good sportsmanship."
In a huff, Isabelle sat next to her mother and changed the subject "So mom, what did you have to say?"
Olivia nodded and began "Okay, so you know how we'll be staying here for a few months until we find another house?"
Sarah and Isabelle nodded while Olivia continued "Well, we can't have you just sit here for 5 days while Troy and Gabriella go to school, so I transferred Isabelle to East High."
Isabelle gasped and squealed while hugging her mother tightly, yelling "Oh my God! Thank you so, so much mom! I'm going to school with Troy and Gabriella?!"
Olivia nodded and smiled "I've made your schedule match Troy's. Gabriella's in a few different classes, but you'll basically be in the same classes."
Troy, Gabriella, and Isabelle all cheered while Sarah complained "What about me? I'm not old enough to go to East High."
Olivia explained "You'll be going to East Middle sweetie. You're only in the 7th grade."
Sarah groaned "Oh great. So I'll be the new girl starting out with no friends while Izzy can automatically fit in with Troy and Gabriella's friends."
Troy shook his head "Don't worry Sarah. Taylor and Chad have siblings that are in the 7th grade too. Andrea McKessie's really nice and so is Matt Danforth. Does that make you feel better?"
Sarah sighed, but nodded. "Thanks Troy."
Troy nodded and piped up "As a matter of fact, why don't I call my friends so that it won't be a surprise on Monday? Gabby, go call Taylor and Sharpay and tell them to meet us at the mall in a half an hour with Andrea."
Gabriella nodded and went upstairs to get her phone. Troy brought out his cell and dialed Chad's number. After someone picked up, Troy said "Hey Chad, can you and Matt meet me at the mall in a half an hour...I'll tell you when we get there. Just bring him...okay, bye." With that, Troy hung up and turned back to Sarah, saying "Trust me, you two will totally click. He's a really nice guy."
Sarah leaned back in the couch and replied "I hope you're right Troy. I hope you're right."
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...At the Mall...
When Troy and the gang arrived at the mall half and hour later, he caught sight of Chad's car. He had called Zeke and Jason also after he called Chad so that Isabelle could meet all of his friends and not just some of them.
They all got out of the car and walked into the food court, Isabelle and Sarah almost shaking with nervousness. Troy smiled when he saw Chad wave him over to the group that consisted of Chad, Matt, Zeke, Jason, Sharpay, Ryan, Kelsi, Taylor, and Andrea. Matt and Andrea looked really confused at the moment. Troy never really asked them to hang out with him.
When the Bolton clan reached the table, Troy generally greeted "Hey guys! Well, I've got a little surprise. There's gonna be a new girl on Monday. Meet Isabelle Johnson, my cousin and her little sister Sarah. Sarah's going to be in the 7th grade at East Middle. That's why I wanted Matt and Andrea to come."
Matt and Andrea stood and smiled at Sarah. As soon as Matt's eyes locked with Sarah's, Sarah could no longer feel her body. He smiled at her and she could see his smile glowing with the brightest light possible. He looked like he was working up to Chad's crazy hair, but it would take a year or so to get there. His dark brown eyes sparkled with friendship and kindness, along with his smile. His olive skin was a little lighter than Chad's, signaling that one of his parents had lighter skin than the other. He wasn't any taller than she was, so it was extremely easy to stare into his eyes. It was enough to make her faint.
"Hey. I'm Matt Danforth." Matt smiled, holding out his hand. Sarah felt a strong pinch on her exposed arm that stole her from her trance. She shook Matt's hand and replied dreamily "Sarah Johnson. Nice to meet you."
Andrea pushed her way through Matt and smiled brightly and excitingly "Hi! I'm Andrea McKessie! You'll be in my homeroom!"
Sarah giggled at her enthusiasm "Hi! Yeah I think we will be in the same room. My mom made our schedule's the same. I think."
Troy bent down to their level and suggested "Good, now that we've all met each other, why don't you go and let the big dogs rumble, huh?"
Matt shrugged and joked "I don't see Brandon anywhere, so don't you think that it's gonna be a little hard to get your butt kicked?"
Troy slapped his arm and demanded "Leave!"
Matt left with the girls, mumbling things to himself. Sarah blushed at nothing and thought "Funny, cute, and nice. I just may like this guy..."
Back with the teenagers, Gabriella turned to Chad and squealed "Did you see that?!"
"See what?" Chad replied, confused.
Gabriella groaned "The way Sarah was looking at Matt! He didn't even say anything and she was smiling and blushing! You couldn't have missed that!"
Chad shrugged "Well I did. I'm not the one to get into the whole 'Who's crushing on who' crap."
Gabriella rolled her eyes. "You're hopeless..."
Troy interrupted "Okay, okay you two. Guys, as said before, this is Isabelle. You can just call her Izzy for short if you want to."
The gang all reached across the table to shake the blonde's hand. When it was Sharpay's turn, she added "Hey, I'm Sharpay Evans. We haven't exactly met, but I've seen you in the Bolton's house."
Isabelle remembered "Oh yeah. The first night we got here and when Gabby moved in, right?"
The entire gang, minus Sharpay, Troy, Gabriella and Isabelle screamed "MOVED IN?!?!"
Gabriella blushed furiously and whispered "Umm... yeah?"
Taylor cried "What do you mean 'moved in'?! Just because you and Troy are going out doesn't mean that you two can just move in together!"
Gabriella replied "Tay, you don't understand. There's a very good reason as to why I can't go home for a week or two."
Taylor, starting to get angry, nearly yelled "Oh yeah?! What's that?!"
"Brandon punched her." Sharpay answered for Gabriella, crossing her arms.
"WHAT?!?!" the gang screamed again.
Gabriella nodded and sadly explained "It was Friday. I had just gotten back from Troy's house and Brandon was home. He pinned me up against the wall and started screaming things like 'Why have you been ignoring me for the past 2 months?' and 'We could've just talked and everything would be fine, but you had to go and fuck everything up.' We ended up in a huge verbal fight and then he finally had enough, so he... punched my nose into the wall."
Chad clenched his fists and growled "I'm gonna kill that little mother fu-"
"No Chad! Leave him alone!" Troy grabbed him as he started walking out of the mall.
Chad protested "Troy! Your worst enemy punched your girlfriend and you're just gonna let him get away with it?! What's wrong with you?!"
Troy sighed "You know why I can't do anything to seriously hurt him. Me and you-know-who had a deal, remember?"
Chad's face drained of its red color and he sighed, falling back into a chair. "Yeah, I guess you're right. So what are you gonna do about it?"
Troy shrugged "Just wait until time tells me what to do I guess. In the meanwhile, don't do anything to Brandon unless I say so, got it?"
Chad, Zeke, and Jason nodded in understanding. "Got it." They all answered in unison.
Troy nodded "Good. Now, how about we all go walk around and get to know Izzy, huh?"
This put a smile on everyone's faces as they all either nodded or verbally answered. Troy smiled. He knew that they would love her.
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...Monday...
Isabelle gulped again as she took another step towards the front doors of East High. Today was her first day and even though Troy and Gabriella were there to help her, she still couldn't help but feel nervous. Her and Troy's friends had all gotten to love each other over the weekend, but what about the other hundreds of students? What would they think of her?
"Don't worry Izzy," Gabriella comforted "Everyone's gonna love you. I'm sure of it."
Isabelle gave a small smile as she finally pushed through the doors and headed for the office. She could feel everyone's eyes on her, the new girl. Troy was walking right next to her with his hand on her back comfortingly. As she walked past a group of jocks, they whistled seductively and flirted "Hey baby! Bolton's got a girlfriend, you know that? Why don't you let me take you for a ride?"
Troy, now furious, warned "Shut up Greystone! She's my cousin, so back off and don't harass her!"
Josh Greystone, the head of the football team, scoffed "I don't give a crap! She's hot and you know my reputation when it comes to hot babes! Especially you're girl, huh?"
Troy prepared to lunge at him, but Gabriella and Isabelle held him back, yelling "No Troy! Don't!"
Troy, now red in the face, seethed "Don't become another Brandon Josh! You know what I can do to him, so don't be in that position too!"
Josh waved him off and finalized "Whatever Bolton. Just watch your back."
Troy turned before he lost control. He would take his anger out on Brandon later.
"Is he another Brandon for you Troy?" Isabelle asked.
Troy shook his head "No, but if he doesn't leave you and Gabby alone he will be."
Gabriella added "But get used to him getting in fights. He fights Brandon almost every day. Don't stop them unless Troy's losing badly."
Troy laughed and replied "Don't stop me at all. There's usually a really good reason as to why I'm fighting that punk, so don't stop me at all."
Isabelle nodded, understanding the new rules that she had to follow. As they turned a corner, the blonde caught sight of a bulletin board and exclaimed "Oh look! There's a dance on Friday!"
Troy nodded and said "Yeah, you wanna go or do you wanna wait until the next one when you get situated?"
Isabelle scoffed "Yeah right! I'm going on Friday and show this school who they're messing with!"
Troy laughed "That's my cuz..."
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...Friday at the Dance...
"Yeah!!! Let's do this!" Isabelle screamed as she dashed out of Troy's car when they arrived at the school at 6:30. Troy and Gabriella just laughed at her. It was finally Friday, the day of the dance. Isabelle and Gabriella had gone shopping at Wet Seal for something to wear at the dance. Isabelle had chosen a leaf green banded bottom buckle cami with light blue jeans. Gabriella chose a rose colored Y neck halter top with gems in the center. She wore a white denim mini skirt with it.
After they paid to get in, Isabelle's mouth dropped in surprise. The entire student body was on the dance floor, going crazy and having the best time of their lives. 2 Step was playing and you could see everyone jumping around doing the moves to the dance.
"Oh my God, this is my song!" Gabriella shouted above the noise, pulling her two friends into the mass of students doing the 2 Step. When they found Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Zeke, Jason, Ryan, and Kelsi, they all got in a line and started doing the dance, hearing the cheering and applause behind and in front of them. People shouted things like "Yeah! Go new girl!" and "You're diffidently not classified as a nerd!" Isabelle screamed "Thank you!" to all of them and they all smiled. This was going to be the best night in Albuquerque.
After the songs Crank That (Soulja Boy), Cyclone, Walk it Out, Pop Lock and Drop it, Low, Lean Wit it, and Kiss Kiss, Troy and Gabriella found themselves dancing to With You by Chris Brown.
"I love you Troy." Gabriella whispered.
Troy kissed her and replied "I love you too Gabby."
She smiled and let her head fall into his chest, slowly dancing to the beat of the song. Meanwhile, Isabelle was dancing with Sharpay (No, not slow dancing like lezbos. If you've been to a school dance and see girls dancing with their other friends that are girls, you know what I mean) They were laughing at their stupidity while a certain football captain was watching Isabelle with pure lust in his eyes.
"I'm gonna go get a soda. I'll be right back, okay?" Sharpay said. Isabelle nodded as she watched her friend walk away to the snack table on the other side of the room.
Just as Isabelle was about to go find Taylor, she felt 2 arms grab her, cover her mouth, and drag her into the janitor's closet.
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In a few minutes, Sharpay returned to the spot that Isabelle should've been, but she was nowhere to be seen. "Izzy? Izzy, where are you?" the blonde called out.
After a few moments of looking, she walked over to Taylor and Chad and asked "Hey guys! Have you seen Isabelle?"
Taylor and Chad shook their heads and concerned "Wasn't she with yo-"
Before she could finish, her, Sharpay, and Chad heard a blood curdling scream coming from the janitor's closet. Everyone in the room turned their heads to see Isabelle running out of the closet with tears streaming down her face and blood running down her face and arms. Her top was trying to cover her chest and her jeans were falling off of her hips from the lack of her belt. She had blood on her neck also from the hickies and nail marks on her arms and shoulders. She ran directly for Troy and bombed into his arms, Gabriella moving out of the way. Troy's arms wrapped around the blonde by instinct as he shouted "What the hell happened to you?!"
Isabelle tried "Grey- Greyst- JOSH!!!"
Troy froze. He heard two people fighting in the closet where Isabelle had fled, but he didn't care.
"D-did he try to rap-" Troy furiously surveyed.
Isabelle nodded shakily and replied "He pulled me into the closet when Sharpay went to get a soda and... oh God Troy! Get me out of here!"
Troy nodded without any questions and demanded "Gabriella, catch a ride with Taylor and tell everyone to meet at my place. I'm gonna go take Isabelle home." Gabriella nodded and ran off to find her friends. Troy swept Isabelle into his arms bridal style and let her collapse into his chest, sobbing her eyes out. He didn't look around at the shocked and scared students around him, but someone did catch his eyes. Brandon was rubbing his sore looking fists and looking at Isabelle with concern. Troy, confused, took a better look at Brandon's hands and gasped.
Part of Josh's shirt was caught in between Brandon's fingers.
Didn't I tell you that it was dramatic? Anyways, the links to Gabriella and Isabelle's outfits are in my pro under the links section. REVIEW!!! Thnx :)
Rachel :)
A Peek at Next Chapter:
- What happened in the closet is revealed
"What the hell happened back there?!" Troy demanded, holding Isabelle close.
"S-Sharpay went to go get a soda and someone grabbed my arms. They dragged me into the janitor's closet and..."
- The person who saved her is revealed
"Montez!" Troy shouted across the hall
"What Bolton? I'm not in the mood for a fight and-"
"Thank you." Troy whispered, holding out his hand.
"What?"
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Well, there you go. Nothing really exiting, right? Okay, REVIEW!!! Thnx :)
Trivia:
- Sarah and Gabriella were supposed to be playing Guitar Hero while Troy and Isabelle were playing DDR
- Gabriella was supposed to wear a different top
- Josh wasn't supposed to show up until the dance
- Josh was named after an asshole at school (His last name isn't Greystone though)
- Andrea is my German name. We have languages at school and the first day of each, everyone in the class chooses a different first name for themselves. I chose Andrea :) Arthur chose Rudolf. lol that dumbass...