Chapter 6
Gabriella's POV
I fell asleep easily the night Troy asked me to be his girlfriend. When I woke up the morning after, my phone buzzed and I looked at it and smiled Morning gorgeous Txx. I quickly replied to him Morning! J Gxx. I abandoned my phone on my bedside table and went and had a shower. Once I got out I went to my wardrobe and took out a strapless white dress and some high-heeled wedge sandals with light blue straps. I quickly put them on. I put on some mascara and eyeliner and blow-dried my hair, leaving it in natural waves.
I went back to my phone and saw another message from troy Really? No handsome or sexy? Txx. I giggled and replied Nope you don't deserve it Gxx. I shoved my phone and mascara in my bag, adding my purse, keys and a couple of pens. I picked up my books for the day and walked out of my bedroom and down the stairs. I walked into the kitchen and kissed my mom on the cheek "Morning momma." I said walking over to the toaster and putting some bread in it.
She smiled at me, "You seem awfully happy for," mom looked at the clock on the wall "6.30am. Did something happen to make you extra happy?" She asked looking at me knowingly.
The toaster popped up and I got the toast and put some butter on it, "Nothing out of the ordinary," I said smirking, walking out the room with my stuff and toast "Have a great day mom I'll see you later!" I shouted walking out the door.
I finished my toast in the elevator and texted Troy that I was on my way. As I stopped outside Troy's house I looked in the rear-view mirror, checking my make-up and hair. I got out the car and picked up my bag. The paps had gone completely from outside Troy's house so I could now access it easily.
I rang the doorbell and took a step back. I heard noises coming from inside, I looked down at my feet waiting for Troy to answer the door. Suddenly the door opened and I looked up, my eyes met Troy's. Troy said "Morning," and stepped forward to give me a kiss.
"Morning," I said to him.
He stepped back into his house and picked up his books, shouting, "have a good day mom, I'll see you after basketball!"
He shut the front door before wrapping an arm around my shoulder. He lent down and whispered in my ear, "you look gorgeous."
I smiled back at him and said, "You don't look so bad yourself."
He laughed, "Seriously? What do I have to do to get a compliment?"
I looked at him, "Have you ever tried singing?" I asked him.
"Yeah, right the wildcats basketball captain sings?" Troy said laughing.
I stared at him "It was a genuine question Troy." I said before walking towards my car.
I heard him swear under his breath and run down his drive to catch up with me. He ran in front of me and grabbed my shoulders. "I didn't say no." I looked up at him "This weekend alright for my first lesson?" he asked.
"Of course." I said smiling at him.
"There's a massive plus point to doing this." Troy said.
"What?" I said turning around to face him.
He lent forward to whisper in my ear "I've heard the teacher is really hot."
I moved my head to the side and kissed him. "That is the best reward for saying that." Troy said.
I looked at my phone, "Come on we need to move if we are going to get to school on time."
Troy's POV
As I walked into the Montez' apartment block I was nervous. I don't know how to sing, I don't even know if I can sing. I knocked on the door and stepped back, waiting for someone to answer the door. I heard some muffled shouts from inside. The door swung back to reveal Gabriella. She smiled seeing me and invited me in.
I walked up the stairs and into her room to see brown boxes all over the place with writing all over them. "Going somewhere?" I asked slightly puzzled.
"We're moving." Said Gabriella. I stared at her, she saw me looked and said quickly, "breathe Troy, we're moving into a house here since I'm going to be finishing my high school education here. We need something more permanent and we found an amazing house for sale and it's slightly closer to school, and you." She said moving slightly closer to me.
"How close?" I asked
"A five minute walk." She said moving even closer. "I even have a balcony that you can see the stars from."
"I'm liking the sound of this." I said, "When do you move in?" I put my hands on her hips.
"Tuesday. I miss part of school to go and get everything sorted." She said.
"Really? They let you do that?" I asked her.
"No, we told them I had a meeting with my agent." She said.
"Very naughty Miss Montez, what am I going to do with you?" I asked her grinning.
She put her arms around my neck and I lent down and our lips met. I glided my tongue against her lips and she allowed me entry we stood there our tongues dancing around.
She pulled back and looked at me, "Come on we have a lesson to do." She said.
I groaned and allowed her to pull me over to the sofa.
A couple of hours later and I had learnt the basics of how to sing, all the breathing exercises and ways of warming up. Gabs gave me a sheet of paper with some musical notes on it along with words. I sung it to Gabs and when I finished I looked over at her. Her mouth was open and she was just staring at me.
"That bad huh?" I said looking down at the floor.
"That bad? Troy that was amazing, it was better than all the singers that I've ever met." Gabriella said to me.
"Really?" I said looking up quickly. She nodded excitedly.
I heard a ping on her laptop across the room, she frowned slightly and went and looked at it. "Oh God." She said.
"What?" I said walking over to see what she was looking at.
"I set a notification thing for when people post anything about me and look what I've just found." She said turning the laptop so I could see the screen.
After denying a relationship for weeks Gabriella Montez and her beau are spotted kissing in daylight.
I stared at the headline in disbelief, and then down at the picture of us kissing. It was the morning after I asked Gabi out. It says all about Gabs and I denying our relationship so much in the past few weeks. I thought back to that morning, there had been no paps around, how did they get the picture?
"I don't get it how'd they get the picture?" I said to Gabs.
"There are many different ways that they could. Undercover reporters, hidden paps, anything really," Gabs said shrugging. "But we could just think of the most epic way of officially putting it out into the open."
"What are you thinking?" I asked.
"Well…" she said.
Gabriella's POV
As I pulled up outside Troy's house I was excited. Tonight we were going to announce our relationship to the public in the best possible way. I had a concert already scheduled for tonight, so Troy and I had decided to do something all out. We were missing the whole day of school to get ready for the show. The school was really unhappy with me at the moment as I was missing a lot of classes, missing today and a couple of hours tomorrow, to move into my new house.
Troy walked out the house and got in the car, bringing a bag full of stuff for him to use today. He chucked the bag in the back of the car and lent forward and kissed me softly. "Good morning."
"Morning!" I replied. "Ready to do this?"
"Ready as I'll ever be." Troy replied.
"Don't worry you'll be great, just do everything we practiced and you'll be fine." I said driving towards the venue for tonight.
Troy's POV
I was standing at the side of the stage waiting for the song that Gabi and I were doing together. I had 2 songs to go and I was sweating through my t-shirt. As I watched Gabi on the stage I realised why she was singer, not just because she has immense talent, but the crowds. They create an incredible atmosphere that just makes you feel alive.
"I hope you go out there and do us proud." Dad came up and said to me.
"I'll try my very best dad." I said.
"Are you really sure that you want to reveal your identity to the entire nation?" dad said.
"Yeah," I looked out onto the stage at Gabi "I really like her dad," I looked back at my dad and he was smiling at me. "How did you know mom was the one for you?" I asked him.
"I knew when I first saw her, she was the prettiest girl in my entire year and she chose me to go out with," dad said with a wistful smile, "every time she looked at me, my insides felt funny, everything seemed like it was going to be okay, just because she was by my side."
I smiled at him "dad that's a lovely story and everything but I'm about to go on stage. I'll see you after okay." He nodded.
One of the stage crew came and gave me a microphone, I stood at the side of the stage waiting for Gabi to look round at me, that was my signal to start.
Gabi looked round at me and I smiled at her and lifted the microphone to my mouth and started singing.
(Troy, Gabi, Both)
Once in a lifetime
Means that there's no second chance
So I believe that you and me
Should grab it while we can
Make it last forever
And never give it back
It's our turn and I'm loving where we're at
I slowly walked onto stage, standing next to Gabi, holding her hand.
Because this moment's really all we haveEveryday
Of our lives
I wanna find you there, wanna hold on tight
Gonna run
While we're young
And keep the faith
Everyday
From right now,
Gonna use our voices to scream out loud
Take my hand;
Together we will celebrate
Celebrate
Oh ev'ryday
They say that you should follow
And chase down what you dream
But if you get lost and loose yourself
What does it really mean?
No matter where we're going
It starts from where we are
There's more to life when we listen to our hearts
And because of you I've got the strength to start
Everyday
We finished the song and turned to each other and I put my forehead on hers and lent down slowly to kiss her. You know how in some old-fashioned romance films when the hero kisses the heroine, everything around them vashishes and all they can see or hear is the person they're kissing. This is what happened the whole crowd disappeared and the cheering stopped and all I could fell was Gabi. We eventually had to pull back for breath.
We walked off the stage and quickly grabbing our stuff and walking out the stage door followed quickly by two bodyguards.
When we stepped out of the door we were greeted by hundreds of paps. Flashes going off all over the place, questions being shouted at us from all directions. Suddenly I felt Gabi's presence had disappeared from my side. I looked back quickly to see Gabi lying on the ground.
"Gabi," I shouted running quickly back to her, I felt her pulse quickly and it was really weak. "Quickly someone call 911." I shouted, "hang on in there Gabi." I whispered.
Woah! what happened to Gabi? Will she be okay? Please read and review!
song: Everyday- High school Musical 2