Chapter 16 - Fraser Hitch's Parents Night
Gabriella stood there, staring at her reflection. She had been standing there for almost 20 minutes. She was so nervous. In 40 minutes time, she was about to do her first Parents Night. ARGH!!! There would be a lot of parents, some happy and some disappointed, but that was her job, to tell it how it is. If your child isn't behaving then the parent must be told, its all the the job of the Teacher.
She sighed at herself, and walked downstairs. Slipping on her heels, she grabbed her bag and the notes on each student. Opening the car door and locking herself in, she knew this would be a nerve racking night!
Her car pulled into her parking spot at 6:45pm, 15 minutes before she would have her first student. 1 of about 30, all of which would be looking at her, right in the eye, trying to tell if she was lying or not. Some would look at her with pleading eyes, others knew they would have shining reports.
She walked through the corridor and into the large gym hall which was filled with little tables and chairs. All of the teachers had arrived. She went and found her table, set down her bags and jacket. She was sorting out her papers into, hopefully, the right order, when she felt someone's presence behind her. Looking up she saw Troy.
"Hey"
"Hey, I saw you coming in, you looked a bit nervous, you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah, im fine, but I am nervous" she admitted.
"There is nothing to worry about, you'll do fine, all the parents will love you " he said, then added, " and even if they don't... I still will."
She lloked at him, straight in the eye, and realised he wasn't joking, he was telling the truth. He really did love her. He noticed her looking at him with grateful eyes, and this made him shine inside. His hopes kept on building as they stood there, entranced with each other. His hopes were flattened though, but Gabriella breaking the gaze.
"Eh, well... thanks"
"Its fine" he said, sounding disappointed.
"Oh, look, there's the first parents" she said pointing to the door.
"I'll see you after ok"
"Yeah"
And with a kiss on her cheek, he left, and Gabriella got ready to work her smile.
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Troy sat down on his chair and sighed. He was so sure that she had felt something, something that had wanted her to tell him she loved him too. But that, of course, never happened.
Parents kept coming through the doors, one caught his eye immediately. Fraser Hitch's face sparked off a memory of just a couple of weeks ago...
Flashback
They were sitting on the couch, smoothies in their hands, flicking through their mountains of paperwork.
"Ok, next I've got Fraser Hitch, your favoirite student"
"He is hardly my favourite student" Troy mocked. Gabriella gave him an 'yeah right' look.
"Ok, Ok, he is a good student, great at sports, but not my favourite, I don't have a favourite, do you"
"No way! You can't have a favourite student, that would be wrong!"
End of Flashback
He laughed silently to himself, that was the day when Sharpay turned up and ruined everything. Gabriella hadn't been his since that day. Anger grew inside him when he thought of this. He hated Sharpay.
As if by magic an idea popped into his head.
"Can I really do that?" he asked himself.
He had no choice, if he was to get one step closer to Gabriella, and one step closer to Gabriella realising they were meant o be, he had to do this.
He got up off his chair, saying to one of the parents that he would be back in a couple of minutes, he walked straight up to Fraser Hitch.
"Good Evening" He shook Fraser's parents' hands.
"Would it be okay if I had a word with your son for amoent please?"
They nodded their heads, and Troy turned away, Fraser following behind him. He stopped in the corner of the hall.
"I need a favour." And he started to tell Fraser what it was...
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"So all in all" Gabriella continued, " Laura is a fabulous student, I'm very pleased with her"
"Excellent"
Gabriella shook Laura's parents hands, and watched them walk off.
Gabriella was half way through her appointments, and so far she it had gone very well. She had had no angry parents, and that was a good thing.
She looked at her appointment sheet, and saw that Fraser Hitch was next. She laughed to herself. No matter what Troy said she knew he was a favourite of his. She knew Troy to well. She also knew that he truely loved her...
"Miss Montez?" An arm waving infront of her face brought her dreaming.
"Oh sorry, well you must be Fraser's parents?" They nodded.
"We dont know what we are expecting from you, we know Fraser is more of a sporty gut rather than an academic one" His mother laughed with Gabriella, this comment seemed far too familiar.
"Weel, you'll be pleased to know that Fraser is doing well in English. I might add that he is not the most eager student, but far from the worst" Fraser laughed.
"English has never been my favourite subject" Fraser added.
"Well, you are doing good, good grades, everything is going smoothly"
"I'm glad" added his father.
"Emmm, just before I go, I wanted to apologise for what I said in the corridor about you and Mr Bolton. You look really good together. If you don't mind me saying, you look like to peices of a jigsaw, and you fit perfectly together. From rumors, I heard that you had been in High School together? Well, anyway, what im trying to say is that you look cute together, and whatever Troy has done in the past,he probably didn't mean it."
"Thanks, Fraser... eh, how do you know all this?" She looked at him surprised, while he came up with his excuse.
Fraser put his hand in his pocket, feeling the empty lining.
"I eavesdrop a lot!" He laughed.
"Have a nice day" he called back as his parents and him left the table.
Frasers' words circled her head, and as she thought of them she blushed. They were like a jigsaw, nearly always fitting perfectly, nearly always...
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Troy glanced over at Gabriella's table and noticed Fraser leaving her table. She glanced at him briefly, blushed, then smiled, to which he smiled back.
His student and their parents left the table, and Troy excused himself once again. He went over to the same corner of the hall and waited. Fraser eventually walked over and greeted him.
"Well"
"Went fine"
"What did she say"
"Well, she asked me where all the words came from, to which i replied smoothly, she blushed, and smiled. My guess, she's nearly your's again Mr Bolton"
"Great, excellent work, your report will be shining, and here's the extra award"
He took a ?0 note out of his pocket, and put it slyly in Fraser's hand. Troy winked at him, and left for his table. Frasers pocket didnt seem so empty anymore.
Troy sat down on his chair again, and glanced in Gabriella's direction.
"We're half way there, Troy" he said to himself.
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