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Chapter 4: Thanksgiving Surprise
Gabi pushed the cart up and down the aisles with Pay. They stopped every few feet so Sharpay could grab something off of one of the shelves.
"I think that's everything…" Sharpay said, glancing down at the list again.
"I hope so because if we miss something Zeke'll have a fit." Gabi chuckled
"You're tellin' me." She giggled as the two made their way to the check out counter.
"Who's apartment are we doing this in?" Sharpay asked, suddenly looking worried.
"Not ours, I refuse to clean up the mess." Gabi said as the young man began to scan the items.
"That's for sure, I say we use the spare key and put it in the guys apartment. They can deal with it." Sharpay suggested. "Uh-oh."
"What?" Gabi asked
"C squared alert." Sharpay said, looking away, hoping he wouldn't notice them.
"Too late." Gabi mumbled, out of the corner of her eye she saw him making his way over to them.
"Hello ladies, Gabi." He smirked at her.
Gabi ignored him; the cashier had finished ringing up the groceries. After scanning her card she handed it to him. He smiled flirtaciously at her. "Great another flirt." She thought to herself, "Wait, this one might help me." "Carl would you back off?" She yelled, "I told you I want you to stop following me around!" She forced tears to form in her eyes.
The cashier looked from Gabi to Carl and decided to step in.
"Look baby, why don't we just go out, I know you want to…" Carl was babbling on.
"Want to? What I want is for you to stop stalking me!" Gabi cried.
The cashier came up with the store's security and they swiftly escorted Carl from the premises. Sharpay sniggered, "Why am I the one in theatre?" she asked as Gabi just shrugged lightly, trying to keep the charade up as the girls left the store arm-in-arm.
When the girls got back to the apartment complex they decided that Shar would begin putting the groceries by Zeke and Jason's door while Gabi went to grab the apartment key. A few minutes later the groceries were all inside apartment and put away. Jotting a note to Zeke Shar and Gabi made their way up to their own apartment to sit down and do some homework.
The girls were sitting in their rooms doing homework when there was a knock at the door. Sighing they both got up to answer it. They met in the living room and giggled as they opened the door.
"Hey."
Sharpay and Gabi stared at their guests. After a few seconds one of them spoke, "Can we come in?" The girls mutely nodded, letting the small group inside.
"Um what are you guys doing here?" Gabi finally spat out.
"We came to see…" the door flew open.
"Oh my God I'm so tired!" Zeke wailed
"That practice was brutal. Hey babe." Troy came over to kiss Gabi
"Yeah, coach was really rough." Jason agreed
"Do you guys have any food?" Chad asked going straight to the fridge.
Sharpay snapped out of her daze. "Go eat your own food Danforth." She hissed slamming the fridge door.
"Sheesh, someone's in a bad mood." Chad grumbled.
Sharpay scoffed coming back into the living room, "What were you saying Christine?" everyone turned to see the foreign group in the living room.
Troy protectively slipped an arm around Gabi's waist, remembering the incident when they had all come to Jacksonville before the move and the tension that hung in the air between the groups of friends.
"We wanted to apologize, and see how you guys are holding up." Christine said, looking at Gabi, who was once one of her good friends.
"Yeah," Tess said, "Come on Shar, we just want to apologize for not being there when we should have been."
"Right Peter?" Alex elbowed him
Everyone turned to Peter, "Right, sorry guys."
Gabi and Shar looked at each other, they nodded and began hugging the group of friends. "So how long are you guys in town for?" Troy asked
"Oh my God Shar that woman is crazier than Lebhar!" Ryan fumed
"Oh no, she's more insane that Darbus!" Miley yelled
"Don't mention that dragon's name." Chad hissed, "It's okay baby, no one mentioned her." Chad said stroking the basketball in his hand.
"Shar, get him food, he's going insane…" Gabi moaned. Everyone laughed except for Chad he just glared daggers at them all.
"Wait, what are they doing here?" Ryan asked, going to stand by his sister, and bringing Miley with him.
"They've apologized." Gabi explained. Ryan arched an eyebrow and was about to say something when the door burst open again.
"Oh my God, Kelsi it was classic." Taylor was saying
"Sounds like it, what the heck are they doing here?" Kelsi spat angrily.
"Okay first of all, Pay and I gave you those keys for emergencies not so you can come waltzing in here whenever you feel like it, and Chad, not so you can eat our food." Gabi scolded. "And second of all, they apologized. Now how long are you here for?"
"We're here with our families for Thanksgiving vacation, so just a couple of days." Tyler explained. The gang nodded.
"What was all that food doing in our fridge and pantry?" Zeke suddenly asked
"Thanksgiving food." Gabi and Shar answered
"Food?" Chad piped up from the kitchen
"Not for you." The nine friends chorused.
"Party poopers." Chad grumbled, causing them to laugh.
"Well I thought we'd cook it here." Zeke frowned
"Hell no!" Gabi yelled, "You will cook it here and then everyone will clear out leaving the mess for Shar and me, then you will all come back to chill and make ANOTHER mess."
"Exactly, so we're doing it in ya'lls apartment since you're the chef." Sharpay smiled her sweet smile.
"Okay." Zeke caved
"Dude, I'm not cooking." Jason chimed in
"Dude, you're whipped." Troy said smacking his back.
Gabi smiled evilly, "Troy, will you go grab a sweater from my closet?"
"Sure babe." He came back with a white one.
"No honey the black one." She corrected him. He nodded and returned with the sweater, she smirked, "Who's whipped now?"
"OH DUDE!" Chad yelled from the kitchen, "Your own girlfriend told you off!"
Troy blushed, "Shut it Chad."
"No way!" Chad smiled triumphantly
"Chad, you know you're whipped too." Jason said with a smile, "We all are."
Kelsi walked up to him and wrapped her tiny arms around his waist, "Looks like I'm dating the smart one." She smiled proudly
"Smart what?" he asked.
She groaned, "Spoke too soon, never mind." She muttered. Everyone laughed.
"So do you guys want to stay here for the evening? We're ordering pizza and having our movie veg." Sharpay asked.
"We're totally in!" Cameron and Christine chorused.