Chapter 15 - Back Home
Gabriella's car kept on driving as she finally thought she had lost Troy. She knew this route well. She was telling the truth. She was heading home. She was heading back to the place where she lived when she first arrived to Albuquerque. That white house with the balcony. Thats what she called home.
Arriving at the house, she sighed. It looked just the same, same front garden, same door, same everything. It was Home.
She opened the car door, and stepped out onto the road. She remembered the first time she did this...
Flashback
"Mum, remind me why your company tranferred you to the Middle of Nowhere"
"It's a long story, and ive told you before, so be quiet, we are almost there"
"Well, I wish we where back home" Gabriella mumbled under her breath.
She hated that she always moved. When she was finally making friends she ended up packing boxes again. It wasn't fair, none of the people she met had to do this. She wanted to be in one place for longer than 3 months.
"We're here!" Her mum was excited, but not Gabriella. She groaned.
"Just get out the car" her mother said to her.
She stepped out the car onto the road. It was nice, better than she had expected. Her mum was never very good at choosing houses. The only time she had had a nice house was when she helped her mum pick it, and that was a long time ago. It was about time!
She stared at the large, white buliding in front of her.
"Nice choice Mum"
"Thank you Honey, its nice to know I did something good for once!"
Marie walked around to the back of the car and got out some of the boxes, the others had already been dropped off. Gabriella reluctantly picked up one of the boxes and took it over to the right side of the road.
Gabriella looked at her new home again. She turned her head and looked at it sideways. She sighed.
"It looks familiar" Gabriella announced.
"What does?"
"The House"
"Well, you say that at every house we've moved in to"
"Hmmm... thats true"
"You watch theses house programmes too much, Gabi!"
She sighed again, and picked up the box, putting it in the hall, and coming back out to the fresh air again. She breathed in the sweet scent of the grass. It was lovely. The birds twittering was a cheerful sound.
That sound was squashed however with the sound of a basketball coming along the sidewalk. She walked to the end of the path, and was met by a basketball, nearly hitting her face, but she mananged to grab it just in time.
"Nice save!" One of the boys said.
"Thanks"
Thats when he came into view. He had lusicous brown hair which fell slightly over his eye. His eyes were bright blue, and mesmerised Gabriella as they met her brown ones. His smile was enchanting.
She gave him back his ball, and he thanked her, his friends smirking a little and starting to move along the road again.
"You moving in here?" He called back as she crossed the road to one of the boxes. She lifted one up and turned around.
"Yeah"
"Cool" She crossed the road again, and stopped in front of him again.
"Dude, come on"
"Troy, let's get goin'"
His friends called him to be on his way.
"See ya round!" He called as he walked away with his friends.
"Bye!" She walked up to the front door, to find her mother looking in the direction of, Troy... was it?
"Making friends?" She said with a smirk.
"Maybe"
Maybe this won't be so bad after all?
End Of Flashback
She came out of her thoughts and crossed the road so she was nearer the house. She loved this house, it was so peaceful. It had good times, and bad times.
Her eyes watered at the thought of her mother. She was so kind, helpful, loving. Gabriella wanted her to be here. She missed her mum terribly. If only she had known her mother was dying, she would have spent more time with her.
She fell to the ground, hands over her face, letting her tears fall freely. She sat there, crying.
"You don't have to do this yourself, ya' know"
His voice was welcomed by Gabriella's ears. She needed to know someone cared about her. She needed someone to stay with her and help her through all these situations.
She got up from her knees, and turned around, her eyes falling on Troy. Her mascara had run, a lot! Even when she was crying Troy still thought she was beautiful. He wanted to be there for her, in these times. As he was the only one that knew, he had to be there.
She wimpered, shook her head, and ran up to Troy, grabbing him and making him hug her. She needed him. He wrapped his arms around her, making her feel secure. Kissing her forehead, he whispered words of much needed comfort into Gabriella's ears.
She broke apart from him, and looked him in the eye.
"Thanks you... for being here... for me"
"You are very welcome!"
She took his hand, and walked over to a tree.
"Sit" she said. Troy obeyed and sat down resting his back on the trunk of the tree. Gabriella sat down too, and crawled into the gap in Troy's legs, resting against his chest, his arms creeping around her body. She felt warm. He was amazing.
They sat there for a while, him kissing her forehead every couple of minutes. She just stared at the house, him staring too. Somehow this made Gabriella feel much better, like she was letting go of all the sorrow without having to use words. They sat there for almost half an hour.
After a while Gabriella spoke up.
"I'm here now, so I think this would be a good time to explain" She said this and instantly felt his grip around her get tighter.
"Its ok, I wont run away, promise!" She giggled.
He laughed, letting go slightly, and started.
"Ok... 1 year ago, I was still with Sharpay. I woke up one morning and she was gone. I was so confused. She had left me a note saying that she had been called during the night and had got a part in this play in New York. She said she would only be gone a month" He stopped, looked down at Gabriella who nodded, as if saying 'go on' and he continued.
"A month went by and Sharpay didn't return. When it got to 3 months I just gave up. 4 months after that, you, Gabriella Montez, turns up. And all the feelings that I had for you came back with you. I fell in love with you again." He stopped again, and kissed her ear, then went on.
"Sharpay turning up in my doorstep was not meant to happen, I had forgotten all about her. But she did turn up, and made you mad at me, and she made me hurt you again. But you have to understand that that was not in the plan, she wasn't meant to turn up out of the blue like that, I hadn't seen her for a year, you have to understand! I dont love her, I did, until she left me, and you came along. So when she did that, I was mad. I kicked her out. Like I said, I dont love her. I... I love... You."
His speech was over, and now he had to wait for her to speak. It wasn't long.
"Where is she now"
"I dont know, she left, Well... I made her leave, but she's somewhere"
"I can't believe you kicked her out" Gabriella laughed slightly.
"I know, but I did it because I was mad at her for making me lose you"
"I know, I know" She rubbed his hand slightly, reassuring him for his next question.
"Do you forgive me? He closed his eyes tightly, waiting for his answer.
"Yes, I do" His heart gave a leap. " But I cant be with you again yet"
She stood up and stuck out a hand to help Troy up.
"Ok" He replied, he hadn't expected her to get with him again, it was understandable.
They walked hand in hand to their cars and Troy watched as Gabriella got in.
"Just for the record"
"Yeah" she replied, waiting for his question.
"What would I have to do to get you back?" She pondered over this question.
"Hmmm... you'd have to... prove to me you loved me and prove you would never hurt me again"
"Ok"
She planted a kiss on his cheek, and he smiled.
"Thanks, for everything, and just for the record, we're are friends... for just now anyway"
"Great"
She waved goodbye and drove away, feeling a lot better. He got into his car, also feeling a lot better. He knew he loved her, and he wanted her back more than anything he had ever wanted before. He just had to think of a way!
Now it was Troy's turn to play games...
Hehe... I really liked this chapter, things are getting going again! The famous Fraser Hitch will be in the next chapter so look out for that one!
I just wanna say a HUGE thank you to all of you who read 'Lost & Found', I really enjoy reading your reviews :)
Remember to R&R this one, you know you want to...