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WhyDoesItHaveToRainOnMyParade x
After sending an hour or so driving around the back roads of Albuquerque we were just driving slowly along the streets not sure where to go until Troy came out with "So what do you think of your new ride?" Troy asked.
"It's a pretty sweet ride" I say as I continued to drive.
"Just make sure you enjoy it."
"I will enjoy it"
"I suppose we better get back then before the parents call out the national guard to find us." Troy said with a laugh. "Hit it Kels!"
I floored it and it wasn't to long before we were back home. When we arrived I carefully parked it into the garage considering I didn't want to get a scratch or anything of it as I had just gotten the car.
"Well, that was fun and all but I smell barbecue and that means dad is cooking on the grill in the back yard. Let's go!" Troy said jumping out of the passenger seat and running towards the backyard. When he did that I got out the car and ran to the backyard after him.
"Welcome back kids!" said Lucille. "How was the drive?"
"It was great" I tell her.
"She's a wild woman behind the wheel." Troy said nudging my arm with his elbow which had me giggling lightly.
"Well just don't get into too much trouble with it." said Jack. "Hope you two are hungry. Got ribs cooking tonight."
"Starving" I reply looking to Jack
"Be right back guys." Troy said walking off a bit with his phone to his ear. "Girlfriend again."
"She's a nice girl, but a bit too stuck up for our tastes." Lucille said bringing out a plate of steaming hot corn on the cob. "She's really kind of possessive of him."
"I see them around school together and i kinda have to agree with you"
"No Gabriella! I'm busy tonight!" Troy said frustrated.
"Come on Troy! We've only been on two dates this week."
"Yes, and that's plenty! I have a family, school, and other things to worry about also. All of my time can't be committed to you."
"Why not? You worried about your friend in the hospital as always these days?"
"Yes I'm worried about my friend! After all that has happened in my friends life my friend at least deserves to have someone around that cares! And I tend to be that very person!" He yelled out unexpectedly.
"Who...what...what are you saying Troy?"
"I...I don't know Gabs. I'll call you later, alright?" He didn't even really give her a chance to respond. Instead he just hung up and sighed tiredly.
I had just been making small talk with his parents while Troy had been on the phone.
"I'm back. Sorry about that everyone." Troy said kind of frustrated.
"Don't worry about" I say to Troy
"Yeah, sure." Troy said sitting down. He didn't know why but lately Gabriella had been tiring and stressing him out to no end.
"So Troy, how is Gabriella?" Lucille asked her son.
"You know...the usual mom. Complaining we don't spend enough time together, that I should be with her more, that I'm not committed enough to our relationship..."
"Sounds about usual alright." His dad said with a sigh.
"But you spend loads of time with each other" I say after thinking about it.
"You don't get it Kelsi." Troy said looking at me. "Believe it or not those are the minor issues."
"That's only a minor issue. Whats the major issue then?"
"Her parents have arranged a marriage between her and Troy without our consent." said Lucille. "We're trying every option to get him out of it."
"It's true..." Troy said looking down at the ground. "Ever since about two months ago it's been all she's been able to talk about. But...I just don't know...what to do about it."
"We're delaying the process as much as we can." his dad then said. "But there's only so much we can do with the pressure they're putting on us to move things forward."
"They're still under age. You guys need to give consent before the pair can get married." I say.
"That's the one thing we're stalling on." Troy said looking over at me. "You see, the Montez family pulls a lot of power around here with their wealth and influence. They're using that against us to push the consent through court. So far we've gone through four lawyers and each one so far has quit because they just don't have the guts to fight up against them."
"What if Troy break up with her?"
"They already said that if that happened they would force the marriage when they both turn eighteen." My dad said frowning. "Happy or not Troy either has to accept the marriage or we come up with a plan B."
"What if Troy did something to make Gabriella not want to be with him, like cheat or something." I saw the look on all of their faces when I said cheat "What I mean is what if Gabriella were to think Troys cheating on her. We could make it look like he was and the she might want nothing to do with him."
"Who would you suggest we do this with?" Troy asked curious.
"Our other plan was to send him away in hiding in a place that only we know." said Jack. "We have a ton of money in reserve for him to use freely."
"Hold on dad..." Troy said. "Let Kelsi explain first."
"Well I was thinking it would have to be a girl that's not all the close to Gabriella and that can be trusted not to say anything to her about it. I mean Troy and the girl wouldn't have to do anything with each other but make Gabriella think they were by catching them together mid-way to doing something" I explained.
"What girl would do that?" Troy asked. "I'm close to just about every girl I know. With them Gabriella would catch on too quick."
"I could do it. I mean not all that close to Gabriella. After all if I was I would have known about the wedding. Anyway she's never really liked the idea of me and you hanging out over any other girl you know" i suggest. During Twinkle towne she wouldn't let me rehearse alone with Troy until Miss Darbus had a go at her saying that she was distracting Troy.
"Y-you Kelsi?" Troy said shocked. "I mean...I'm honored that you'd do this for us...but are you positive you want to go through something like this? You just got out of the hospital and are still recovering. I'd hate to see you put yourself at risk."
"I'm sure. I can see when your with her your not happy. I wanna help you like you've helped me"
"You know what this means though Kelsi." Lucille said worried. "You two will have to be caught doing...well...you know what I mean. It'll have to be done at the right time and place."
"I know what it means and i'm cool with it"
"Kelsi, I think you don't get it." Troy said. "It's going to take us more than just kissing to pull this off. Gabi is not going to fall for something like that since we don't actually like each other like that. We'll practically have to get caught half naked in bed going at it or something while at the same time making it look like we're really into each other."
"Troy!" Jack then yelled. "Isn't that a little in appropriate?"
"Got any better ideas dad?" Troy yelled back. "I'm just as uncomfortable about this as you are! Imagine how Kelsi must feel being dragged into this! I'd rather have her here home safe recovering and taking it easy first."
"Ok." I looked to troys parents "How much longer do you think you can hold it off? I know troy doesn't turn eighteen three or four months so would you be able to hold it off that long"
"It'll have to be sooner that's the problem honey." Lucille said looking at Kelsi. "The wedding day is on their eighteenth birthday."
"Well our so called engagement party is in a month. If we can pull something off then we might stand a chance." Troy said. "But only if you're up to it Kelsi."
"I'm up for it" I say looking over to Troy.
"I am too then. But Kelsi, I don't want you to feel to uncomfortable about this."
"If I ever do I promise I'll ask you to stop" I tell him smiling gently to him.
"Well, it's agreed then." My dad said with a smile. "We wish you two the best of luck."
"Thanks dad." Troy said with a smile taking my hand into his. What the both of us didn't realize was the moment we agreed to our plan, our entire lives together were going to change dramatically.
