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Chapter 17-A Night With Zak Part 1

I sighed and looked at Zak, who was shrugging, "You waited…" he said, "and waiting gets you nowhere Gabs."

I sighed, getting impatient. I mean, what was I supposed to? I may have finally managed to start talking to Zak again, but I couldn't even get him to tell me anything that was bothering him. So, how on earth was I supposed to get Troy to talk to me when he was the most stubborn of the two?

"Yeah. I'll talk to you later." I said, defeated.

"Gabi-"

"No, Zak, I'll talk to you later." I said, "I'll get on and we'll talk on the computer, kay?"

"Yeah…" he said, sticking his hands in his pockets, "Just eat, okay?"

"I can't promise anything." I said, "Besides, you shouldn't eat when you're not hungry."

"You are hungry Gabi." He said in a stern voice.

"Well I don't feel hungry, Zak." I said, mocking him.

"Fine." He said, grabbing my wrist, quite harshly, I might add.

"Zak, what are you doing?"

"Feeding you."

"I told you, I'm not hungry."

"Yes you are, now stop being so stubborn."

"You stop being stubborn."

Zak rolled his eyes, and began dragging me into the house. "What would you like?"

"Nothing."

"Gabi, you are eating that is final."

"Well you can go and shove that food up your little-"

"Zak!" Lucille said, as she walked down the stairs, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry if I'm intruding Lucille," he paused, "But I was going to help Gabriella with her studying." He said, smiling at me.

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, what he said." I mumbled.

"Oh, well you two have fun!" she said, turning into the kitchen, "Oh wait!"she turned around quickly, "Zak, sweetie, would you like to stay for dinner?"

Oh no! NO, NO, NO, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no-

"Of course Lucille! Why would I want to pass your delicious cooking skills?" Zak said, wrapping his arm tightly around my mid section. Seriously? What he going to do me? Hand feed me?

"Wonderful!" Lucille said, completely delighted, "Would you both like a little snack to start your studying?"

Zak smiled cheekily at me, "Actually we would love something!"

That boy was going to pay.

"What would you like?" Lucille said, looking around the cupboards and the counter.

"Anything you're willing to let us have!" Zak said. Why did he have to such a little charmer?

Lucille smiled sweetly at Zak. Sadly, Zak had always been the sweetest little boy ever and Lucille had loved him like her second son, so there was no possible way she wasn't going to give us a big ole' plate of food. She was going to give us anything she could possibly find that looked remotely edible and knowing Zak, he was going to want to be the little kiss-up he was and eat it all so he didn't make Lucille feel bad.

I watched as Lucille began to grab a huge platter and started piling a few carrots on it, celery, baby tomatoes, cheese, crackers, some ranch, tortilla chips, salsa, and a few other things that made me want to whack Zak across the face. "Here you are!" she smiled, "Don't forget to offer some to Troy. He seemed a little moody, so I'm sure food is what he needs."

"Yeah, go bring some up to him, Gabby. I'll go settle up in your room and start organizing all the stuff we need to study."

I glared at him. We all know that I, of all people, do not need help studying and I definitely do not need it from Zak. "Go on." He nudged me, as he handed me the platter.

I sighed, knowing that I wasn't going to be able to get out of this. "Fine." I glared at him and Zak just gave me a cheeky smile in return. That boy…

I managed to make it up the stairs without falling over and spilling everything on me. I rested the plate my leg and leaned it against the wall so it would stay upright as I knocked on Troy's door which had a bunch of blaring music on the other side.

"What?" a pissed off Troy hissed as he looked at me.

"Um, your mom wanted me to offer you some food…" I said, holding out the platter, looking like a complete fool.

Troy narrowed his eyes, as he looked down at the platter, scanning all the food. "Oh." Troy said. He grabbed a large handful of the crackers and cheese and then slammed the door in my face.

"And I wanted to make up with you." I whispered, as I almost dropped the platter.

"Well that's a start." Zak smiled at me, as he walked up the stairs and grabbed a stick of celery and dipped into the ranch, "But now we need to get you to start eating."

"I'm not hungry Zak." I said, "I just want to do my homework and go to sleep. I don't need your help with anything, so why don't you just go home and do the same so we don't have to start fighting again."

"Gabi, you're the one who's making this into a fight. Just eat a little bit." Zak said calmly, "I'm just trying to make sure you're being a good girl and eating." Zak said, grabbing a carrot and sticking it near my mouth.

I pressed my lips together tightly, making sure that he wasn't getting anything in my mouth. Okay...that sounded wrong. Let me rephrase that, he wasn't going to be getting food in my mouth. I shook my head violently, "Stop Zak." I mumbled out of the side of my mouth.

"Gabi, c'mon. It's one measly carrot. You're not gonna die from it!"

"How do I know you didn't poison it!" I screamed, as I turned around and practically ran into the wall.

"Woah there!" Zak said, grabbing the platter from me before I dropped it, but sadly, he didn't catch me and I managed to fall my way down the stairs.

"Ow…" I muttered, rubbing my shoulders as I looked back at Zak who was giving me a weak smile, knowing that he was the reason I fell.

"What was that?" Troy's door opened and then looked at me and then looked at Zak.

"Oh…nothing." Zak said, looking sheepishly at me, "Your stupid-" he stopped himself and looked down at me, "She fell."

I sighed, knowing that he didn't want to say 'your girlfriend' to Troy, considering we weren't exactly on speaking terms. Actually, we were barely on 'looking at each other' terms. He was angry with me and I couldn't blame him. I mean, sure, I had invited Luke to sit down next to me, but I invited Troy too…but I guess he just took it the wrong way.

"How the-" Troy looked at me, confused.

Was there concern in his eyes?

Okay, so this was the first part of this particular chapter. I had to cut this into two because I was beginning to get a little tired of writing this particular story today because it's really hot in my house and stuff. Anyways, I'm so sorry for making you guys wait for a week or two, but I had been with my friend for a whole week and I didn't want to write with her, because that's a little rude.

But I am going to try and write maybe two more chapters tonight. *cross your fingers*

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yogaluva: Gabriella has a secret? Um, I didn't realize she had a secret. And she doesn't really need to call Troy because she lives with him...but she should talk to him.

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