Love in the End Zone
Chapter 4
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The next few weeks were a blur for Gabriella. She went to school after a week, they had the funeral, and some students from North High started at East High. The only thing she remembered was that Troy and her other friends were always around which she liked because she didn't want to be alone. Today is the start of a new week and the beginning of football tryouts. Gabriella had promised Troy, during freshman year, that she would be at every practice and every game, so today was no different. After school she sat with Taylor (Chad's girlfriend), Sharpay (Zeke's girlfriend), Martha (Jason's girlfriend), and Kelsi (Ryan's girlfriend). When the boys walked onto the field, Gabriella's eyes looked for Troy and found him talking to the new guy, Nick. She remembered watching the news the night when her dad died, and Nick was being interviewed by a reporter. Nick told everyone what had happened to him and said that when he looked back to thank the fireman he couldn't find him. It was later confirmed that the fireman was her dad. She looked down quickly feeling tears roll down her cheeks. She hadn't thought about her dad since the funeral. Suddenly, she felt arms around her and looked up to see Taylor hugging her. Gabriella laid her head on Taylor's shoulder and cried. Taylor rubbed Gabriella's arm softly and saw Troy look over. Taylor shook her head and mouthed, "Practice." Troy sighed and nodded slowly. The girls comforted Gabriella through out the entire practice, even after she had calmed down. The girls watched the guys tryout, then at the end they all walked over and the boyfriends kissed the girlfriends. As for Troy and Gabriella he hugs he tightly, "Are you okay, I saw what happened earlier." She nods slowly then pulls away and whispers, "Go shower, then we can hang out." Troy nods and hugs her again then walks to the locker room with the rest of the guys. When the guys come back Gabriella notices Nick is with them. She looks away biting her lip, but when Troy says he name, while introducing Nick to everyone, she smiles and waves slightly. He smiles at her warmly and winks. Troy smiles, "It's okay if Nick hangs out with us, right?" "Yeah," everyone says together then they break out laughing. Troy looks at Gabriella and walks over to her taking her hand. She jumps from her thoughts, "Its okay, it's only me, Brie." "Oh sorry I must have zoned out." "Its okay, Nick is coming with us to hang out, okay?" Gabriella nods trying to hide her nervousness and the group walks to the parking lot.