Chapter 2 of: Another Heart Calls. Thank you for all your reviews and such.
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I looked up at the beautiful, brown eyes staring back at me. I must be dreaming. 'Snap out of it Troy.' I told myself, I'd been so wrapped up in dreams of Gabriella, I must be hallucinating.
"I told you I'd be back" She smiled. Her angelic voice rang throughout my ears. I dropped the books on the floor and hugged her tight. I hugged her like there was no tomorrow. I smelled in her amazing vanilla scent, which I had missed so much these past two years. This was the moment when I knew it was happening, everything came to realization. The thoughts of apologizing to Dannie were pushed to the back of my mind. All that was important was right here, right now. I had Gabriella in my arms, and that's all that mattered to me right now.
"Where? Why? How?" I asked, unable to complete any of my questions.
"I got back early this morning, I didn't have time to come and see you, I figured I'd see you at school" Gabriella's voice sang. I was so caught up in my world, nothing mattered to me anymore. Gabriella was in my arms and that was all I cared about.

"How about you let go of me and help me pick these books up?" She asked her famous giggle erupting from her perfect mouth. I immediately released her and bent down to pick them all up.
"My mum drove me this morning; could you give me a lift home?" She asked politely.
"I'd love to," I replied. I knew she still lived in the same place, her relatives had checked on their house frequently whilst they were away. Whenever I saw a car pull up outside her house, my heart skipped, then to realize it was just her aunt checking up, it just made the whole process harder for me.

Driving through the streets of Albuquerque, the atmosphere seemed like more of a comfortable one than it was when Dannie was here. Gabriella didn't talk about herself all the way home; she asked me questions of how my life is like, and what I had done and what I'm doing now. And I actually listened and had a goofy smile on my face throughout the whole time. It was comfortable, relaxing; there was no awkwardness what-so-ever. Suddenly my phone rang; Dannie. I had two options: one, pick it up and have the possibility of getting caught talking on the phone while driving or two, ignore the call and have her ring and ring until I got annoyed with her so I had to answer it. I chose option one.

"Hey baby!" she shouted. I had to pull the phone away from my ear just to have a normal voice going through it. "I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have had a beef at you. I'm sorry baby." There was laugher in the background and music. Was she having a party?
"… Anyway, listen, the movie night is cancelled, I'm at a friend's house so I can't see you tonight." She continued.
"What friend?" I asked, suspiciously.
"Just a friend babe, I'll call you later. Love you," she said and hung up. I was frozen; it felt like my hand was glued to the phone. I couldn't move, all I could do was drive. I hang up and dropped the phone on to my lap. She loves me? 'She said it, didn't she?' I thought. Did I love her? I don't think I did. If I did love Dannie, I loved Gabriella 100% more. I was sure of that.

"Girlfriend?" Gabriella's angelic voice said. I broke from my trance, gripped the steering wheel tighter and looked over at her and a small smile crept up on my face. 'God, she is so beautiful' I thought. 'Okay so I'm going insane.'
"What? Do I have something on my face," she panicked and went to grab her bag and started searching for something.
"No! No, you're just so beautiful," I said. Where did that come from? I never said it to Dannie but with Gabriella it just seemed right to say it.
"Okay, whatever Troy. You've been hit on the head by too many basketballs, since I've been away," she said, looking out of the window, obviously embarrassed. I sighed and muttered "It's true." I carried on driving until we got to her house. It looked so much the same but the people living in it were so different. Gabriella was so much more grown up. She was more developed and her hair was longer, and shinier. Truth be told, she looked amazing!

Gabriella stepped out of my car and I followed her out.
"Thanks for the ride Troy, do you want to come in?" her voice sang. I processed what she just said in my mind. In her house? I hadn't been in it for two years. I needed to do this.

"Yeah thanks," I replied "I'll just go park up my car." I jumped in my car and drove to my house…3 houses down the street. I parked in the drive way, abandoned my bag in the car and ran back to her house, she was still waiting out front for me.
"Is your mum in?" Troy asked casually.
"She's at work, as usual, it got kind of boring in Florida, she was always at work, you know, I never had a friend as good as you," she smiled and hung her bag up in the house. I took my surroundings in; it looked the same, just a couple of add-ons and an ornament stood on the table near the door: one I presumed was from Florida. The house still contained its fresh smell, I loved Gabriella's house; it always smelt amazing.
"Come on" She said, pulling me out the back door and into her garden.
"I've missed this so much" I whispered, looking around
"What?" She asked, looking at me confused.
"Oh…nothing" I replied. I stepped forward and looked around.

Me and Gabriella just talked about what she'd been up to in Florida, and then we got onto what I'd been doing while she was gone.
"So, you got yourself a girlfriend" She said, poking me in the stomach and laughing.
"I have a….what?" I asked, slightly confused. "Oh, you mean Dannie" I said, my face turning into some sort of frown.
"She's pretty" Gabriella said, smiling up at me.
"Pretty annoying" I said, laughing at her. "I can't stand her, she does my head in! She used to be really nice, then her ego grew…along with her mouth"

Gabriella laughed at me "She seems nice" I never thought I'd say this, but Gabriella had no idea. Dannie was the ultimate bitch, and now Gabriella's back, what do I do? I need to be with her! I have to; it's like that saying 'don't do this and you'll die!' I have to be with Gabriella; otherwise I think I'd die. Pathetic as it sounds but it's true. We spent most of the afternoon talking about random things and just having a laugh, enjoying the feeling of her been back. I ended up staying for dinner; Mrs. Montez makes an awesome dish of lasagna, my favorite, aside from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches; my specialty.

It was getting late so I decided to call it a night and headed for the door.
"I'll pick you up and give you a lift to school if you want? Dannie has Lauren picking her up so it's cool. You're not going to be the third wheel," I said as she smiled.

"Yeah okay, thanks. I'm glad to be back," she said.
"Me too. I mean, you know, I'm glad you're home and I'm happy that you're back here and yeah so I'll see you tomorrow morning." I said as I started walking down the path.
"Troy!" Gabriella shouted. I turned around sharply and noticed she was running towards me. I opened my arms and she jumped in them and I spun her round. "I meant it you know. I do love you."

"I know," I said. 'In a best friend way though' I thought. "I love you too."

Her face lit up and a large smile and she hugged me again.
"I'll see you tomorrow, don't be late!" she giggled.
"Me late, Never!" I said. And I leaned in to kiss her cheek, she wasn't aware of what I was doing so she moved her head up to look at me and my lips were captured in hers. Time came to a halt; it was like it was only of two in the entire world. Nothing else mattered. I didn't care about anyone else at this moment in time. It was just Gabriella. Fireworks exploded in my stomach; and travelled up to my heart. Was it normal to feel like this? It was just a kiss; but it was such a mind-blowing kiss. I felt like my insides were shutting down. All because of one kiss! I wanted to stay like this forever; feeling her soft lips on mine, feeling her small thin hands travel up to wrap around my neck, feeling her hands grip the hair at the back of my head. I moved my hands to grab her hips and held her close. Oh yeah, I defiantly wanted to stay like this now! When the loss of oxygen became too much, I knew we had to pull away; much to my disappointment. We pulled away, breathless and looked into each other's eyes. We stayed silent for a few minutes to get our breaths back.
"So tomorrow, see you then," Gabriella said.
"What? Oh... uh...yeah see you tomorrow," I said. I let go of her and watched as she turned and walked to the door. "Gabriella!"
She turned back around and smiled. "Yeah?"
"You have absolutely no idea how long I've waited for that kiss!" I said, and turned back around and started walking home with a large smile on my face. That had to be the best kiss I have ever had. It beat out Dannie's so much; the kisses me and Dannie shared are sweet and nice but it wasn't the relationship type kiss; and I'm in a relationship with Dannie. But with Gabriella, it's so different; the kiss was like heaven itself. And I wanted more, I wanted more of Gabriella.

I laid in bed that night staring at the ceiling, re-living what had happened under 2 hours ago. The most amazing kiss of my life. I'm so glad she turned around, it was so much better than a kiss on the cheek. I fell to sleep that night, thinking of Gabriella. The most amazing person In my life.