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Troy, Gabriella, Chad and Taylor all sat in the Montez's living room, watching re-runs upon re-runs of old horror movies, romantic comedies, and unrealistic fantasies. Gabriella and Troy, who were enjoying themselves on the couch, watched as Chad and Taylor sat as far away from each other as possible.
Taylor constantly shifted in her seat as she could feel Chad's stare penetrating her from across the room. She re-crossed for the hundredth time to try and focus her attention on something else. It wasn't working very well.
Chad maintain his stare at Taylor. She ignored him for the whole day due to their incident after math class today, more his fault if anything. He constant attempts to apologize were foiled by her attempts to avoid him in every way possible. Now, they were in the same room, no less than 10 feet apart. Tension wouldn't begin to cover it.
" Would anyone like anything else to drink?" Gabriella offered. " I'm quite thirsty myself."
" I'm fine," Taylor quickly replied.
Chad responded shortly after, " No, thanks."
Gabriella turned to her boyfriend. " Would you like anything Roysie?"
" As a matter of fact I would," answered Troy. " While still on that fact, I would like to help you get that drink."
" Troy, I can get the drinks on my own." She put her hands on her hips.
Troy put his hands up in defense. " Just making sure." Gabriella sighed defeated. The two walked off into the kitchen, leaving Chad and Taylor alone.
" Taylor, can we please talk?"
Taylor turned her head to the side, pretending she didn't hear his question.
" I know you heard me, Taylor." Chad got up and walked over to the couch, sitting on the edge closest to her. " Please Taylor, just hear me out."
" I have nothing to say to you."
Chad groaned. This was going to be harder than he thought. " Taylor, you don't have to reply, but it'll mean a lot if you listen."
He took Taylor's silence as a response to continue. " Taylor, I know I got mad at you today. I yelled at you and I shouldn't have. It was wrong of me."
" I was just trying to help, Chad! I try to be nice, but if you're going to bite off my head when I do…" Taylor interjected.
" I know you did, Taylor, and I didn't mean to yell."
" And I didn't mean to be nice." Taylor's voice was breaking. She stood up.
Gabriella and Troy re-entered the room to see Taylor standing, and apparently about to leave.
" Taylor, Chad, what's going on? " Gabriella asked holding her drink.
Taylor turned towards the door. " I'm sorry Gabriella, I have to go."
" Wait, what's going on? What happened?" Taylor's best friend asked in confusion.
Taylor grabbed her coat and opened the door. " Thanks for inviting me, Gabs."
" Taylor, don't go! Troy, do something?"
Troy took a step forward and pointed at Taylor. " Uh,..I forbid you from leaving." The door shut before Troy finished his sentence.
He turned to Gabriella. " I tried," he shrugged.
" I'm sorry, Gabs, this is my fault," Chad apologized before standing and following the same path Taylor recently made.
" Wait, Chad, where are you heading off to?" The door slammed. Gabriella looked to Troy. " Wha…what just happened?"
" We weren't gone that long, were we?" Troy questioned.
Taylor hastily put on her jacket and rushed to her car.
" Taylor, please just listen!" Chad called out behind her. She pulled her car door open. He pushed it to a close. Taylor's chemical mixing arms were no match to Chad's 24/7 basketball one's.
She became frustrated and gave up. " Just let me go!"
" Stop being so stubborn, McKessie, and let me finish," Chad demanded.
Taylor scoffed in disbelief. " For someone who is trying to apologize, calling me stubborn isn't getting you anywhere."
" Well, apparently trying to be nice to you isn't getting me anywhere, either."
" I really do not need this." She tried again to open the car door.
Chad leaned on it to prevent her from opening it. " Taylor, just listen for a minute."
Taylor sighed and leaned on the car next to him, arms folded, and an aggravated look drawn on her face. " Fine," she muttered.
" I'm sorry for yelling at you. You know how I am, I always talk before I think. If I thought about it for a second…"
" None of this would've happened," Taylor finished for him. She turned towards him to get a better look of his face. He looked truly sorry, and tired.
" So, are you feeling any better? Please don't yell at me this time," she nervously chuckled.
He flashed a smile at her. " Honestly…I don't know what I'm feeling." He looked up at the sky, relieved to be telling the truth for once.
" What's going on? Is everything alright?" She uncrossed her arms and her expression softened.
" I don't even know anymore. Have you ever had a dream, a dream that just foreshadowed what could happened? Something that made you remember something that happened a long time ago?"
" Well, I had a dream that made me remember how much I love bees," Taylor answered.
" Bees?" He looked at her.
She shrugged. " I remember my dad reading me old science books about bees because their anatomy was perfect."
Chad's stomach pinged upon hearing the word 'dad'.
" I know that wasn't as deep as you were referring to, …"
" No, no, it's great. I just,..I haven't thought about,…what I've been dreaming about forever. Sure I had the occasional flashback, but these dreams, really nightmares, are just so frequent,…I don't what to make of it. Do you think it means something?"
" Chad, I wish I could tell you that everything will be alright, but I'll be lying to you. These dreams could mean something, and I'm not one for absolutes, but don't think on them too much. You're so stressed out and tired from what I've seen, and you really need to just relax."
" I wish I could," he said rubbing his neck, " but I can't shake this feeling. Maybe I should take them as a warning."
" If you feel the best thing is to act on them, then you should."
Chad sighed. " Have you ever tried to be something that you aren't?"
" Everyone has. It's human nature."
" But you pretend so much, you don't even know who you are anymore."
Taylor took a step closer to him. " Did you want to tell me something, Chad?"
Chad opened his mouth to speak, but quickly stopped himself. " I… can't tell you. I'm sorry."
" I get it."
Chad slid down to the ground. " I wish none of this ever happened."
" Things happen for a reason." Taylor joined him on the ground. " Whether it's fate or choice, it's really all out of our hands if you really look at it."
" I feel like such a girl talking to you about my dreams and stuff," he admitted while slightly chuckling.
" Well, I'm glad that you feel close enough to me to tell me about your dreams. And stuff."
Chad turned to her and stared into her eyes. This was the same Taylor that he made fun of, constantly teased, and fought with on almost a daily basis. Why was she so different all of a sudden?
Impulse lead him to her lips and his hands to her face as he pulled her closer to him and kissed her deeply on her lips. Her eyes gently came to a close in response of his sudden actions. Her heart bombarded her chest however at the scent of him sending messages of to her brain that made her palms sweat and her pulse race.
" Hey, Chad, Taylor! Are you two still out here?" Troy yelled walking outside.
Chad and Taylor pulled apart in response and stood up immediately.
" Hey Gabs, they're still out here!" he called back inside the house. Gabriella walked out and sighed.
" I thought you guys were leaving. Did you want to come back inside? I have another movie we can watch," she said.
" No, no, it's fine Gabriella, really. I should be heading home anyway," Taylor confessed. She opened her car door and stole a glance at Chad when she stepped in her car.
Chad stared at her when she started the car engine and drove out of the driveway and down the road. The wind blew causing a shiver up his spine as soon as she left his sight.
" Chad, are you coming in?" Gabriella asked from her house's porch.
Chad took a while to process the question in his head after what just happened. " Yeah, yeah, I'll be there in a minute." Chad turned around slowly and walked out into the Montez's household.
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