Chapter 6 - Games In The Gym
It was Gabriella's free period, and she was happy she had no students for an hour because it gave her time to think. She had finished her correcting in 10 minutes (pretty impressive!) and had nothing to do. She grabbed her pen and started to doodle. She had taken to drawing hearts, little hearts, and if you looked closely you could see little T's inside them. She didn't know why, but it just felt right.
She had made up her mind about the 'date' a long time ago, and all she had to do was tell him his answer to put him out of his misery. She wondered how she could play games and still give him his answer. She wasn't sure why she had this feeling she had to wind him up. But it would be worth it in the end.
She sat there for a while, head resting on the palms of the hands, when an idea came into her head.
"Of course! I'll give him a note, just like he did to me!" She said aloud.
She took a peice of paper out of her drawer and began to write:
Dear Troy,
"No that won't work" she mumbled.
Troy,
I wanted to give you my answer
"Nope!" She growled angrily. "It has to be short and sweet, like his"
Sure, 7:00pm??
"Perfect, not too much, not too little" She took out one of the tickets to the restuarant and slipped it in an envelope. At the bottom of her letter she scribbled,
You'll need your ticket too...
Sh giggled to herself as she slipped the letter in with the ticket and sealed the envelope, leaving an icky feeling in her mouth.
"Now all I have to do is find the perfect moment"
The speaker gave a large squeak before the voice came through. It was Troy.
"Can everyone who is supposed to be in the gym get here, NOW, please, and by that I mean Fraser Hitch, NOW!"
"Pefect timing" Gabriella whispered to herself
She grabbed her keys and locked the door behind her. "To the gym"
As she entered the corridor which led to the gym, her stomach gave an unbearable lurch. She didn't think she would be nervous, it had never crossed her mind. She stopped in her tracks. Wondering whether to go through with the plan, she uttered some words of comfort to herself "Getcha head in the game, Gabriella!". She started to walk again and as she got nearer she could hear Troy's distinctive voice echo through the door.
"Ok, everybody stretch, Fraser, thanks for joining us, about time too, do some laps then stretch."
Gabriella decided that this would be a good time to walk in. "Keep it cool" she muttered.
She opened the door and found several faces looking at her in bewilderment, except one, Troy. She stood at the door and leant against it for a couple of seconds, letting her dress show off some of the tan on her toned legs. His smile was building. She started to walk, slowly, across the hall in the direction of Troy. Hearing some wolf-whistles in the background helped her confidence grow. She stopped, and looked around.
"Don't any of you have stretching to do, or laps?" She looked in the direction of Fraser, and he lowered his face, starting to pick up the pace of his running. The rest of the class continued to stretch.
Envelope grasped tightly in her hand, she continued to walk towards him, his smile growing at every step, his eyes fixed. She walked straight up to him, close enough to have the Lynx aroma flow over her. She lifted her hand which had the letter to right in front of his nose. He laughed.
He took the letter, and as soon as he had it in his hands Gabriella started to walk away, swaying her hips as she walked, to the door at the other side of the room. He watched as she was faded away.
"Miss Montez?"
She was silent. A smile started to creep on her face as she was walking away, she knew she was winning.
"Gabriella?" He said with a ring, as he clicked his teeth.
"Mmmhhmm..." She answered as the reached the door. She turned around to face him and flashed a flirtatious smile his way, beckoning him to the door with her finger. He saw this and laughed quietly to himself. "Is she trying to make me jealous, because if she is, its working!" he thought.
"I'll be back in one moment, guys" he said as he followed Gabriella's footsteps to the door. As he reached the door he heard a sharp wolf whistle from on the the boys. He turned around with a stern stare and his face, making all of the boys in the gym immediately go back to work. With a smile on his face, he walked out the door and closed it.
"Gabriella?" he called as he looked around for the face that made him weak.
"Yeah?" He jumped as he heard her sweet voice talk from behind him.
"So," he said gently stroking her thumb with his,"will i pick you up at 6pm"
"You obviously haven't read the letter, Mr Bolton, how do you know that the letter is about if you haven't read it?" she asked cockily. He quickly tore open the envelope, and Gabriella watched the letter and the ticket fall out. Gabriella brushed passed him but was caught by his hand flying into hers. Her heart stopped a beat as he pulled her closer.
"So, I'll pick you up at 7pm then"
"I can make it there myself"
"But I'd prefer to pick you up Miss Montez." She backed down.
"Fine, I'll see you at 7pm on Saturday." She replied as she broke hands and started to walk away, fully aware Troy was watching her. A thought flew into her head. She stopped and turned around.
"How did you know where I lived?" She asked puzzled.
"There are ways" He said as he opened the door back to the gym.
She laughed at his comment as she walked to her classroom. She might not know how he found out where she lived, but she did know one thing. It was definitely a date.