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The next day, Gabriella was getting ready to go to Troy's nephew's birthday party because she was forced to. Gabriella was still not happy with the idea Troy thought was doing him a favour but she had no choice. Ok, maybe it was stupid to choose your favourite book and become a fake girlfriend to some guy she just met (and already hate) but it was a moment of weakness. While getting ready, Sharpay walked passed her room and saw Gabriella picking out an outfit.
"Going somewhere?" Sharpay asked.
Gabriella sighs, "Long story."
Sharpay entered Gabriella's room and sat on her bed, "I have time. Now dish."
Gabriella took a deep breath, "Ok, remember when I lost my book?" Sharpay shrugged and Gabriella continued, "Well, I was right. I did left it at the café but someone else found it on the same day so when I was looking for it yesterday, he found me and gave me back my book."
"And what? He asked you out on a date?" Sharpay asked.
"I'm not done. So I'm so happy that he found my book and then I said 'is there anyway I can repay you?' and then he said yes and that he wants me to be his fake girlfriend for a day for his nephew's birthday today so his parents won't make him be in an arranged marriage," Gabriella explained. "So yeah, my life sucks."
Sharpay smiled amusingly, "So you're his bitch?"
Gabriella scowled at her friend and threw a pillow at her face. "You know, you've been throwing pillows at me a lot recently. Besides, if you hate it so much, why didn't you just say no?"
"He said if I refuse, he wouldn't return my book and that he would throw it the trash can," Gabriella answered.
"That does sucks. Well so now you're going to meet his family?" Sharpay asked.
"Yeah."
"Are you nervous?"
"Why should I? I'm just there for a day and then I won't even be seeing him or his family anymore so I might make the most of it," Gabriella said.
"But what if his family starts to like you? Or better! He starts to like you," Sharpay said.
"What? That's just stupid and plus, he hates me and I hate him," Gabriella said.
"I don't know G. Hate can lead to like and then love," Sharpay said.
"You watch too many chick flicks," Gabriella said.
"And you don't watch enough of them. I don't know, G. Maybe you should give him a chance. You haven't dated anyone in a while and who knows, he might be the one," Sharpay said.
"Yeah, the one that I would stab in the face by the end of the day."
"What's his name?" Sharpay wanted to know.
"Troy Bolton," Gabriella said while continuing to choose her outfit.
"Is he hot? What does he look like?" Sharpay asked again.
Gabriella was distracted about choosing her outfit but still answers Sharpay, "He's tall and an appealing guy I guess. He has shaggy light brownish hair and his eyes are blue in colour. It looks as if I'm looking at an ocean – wait, why is this so important?"
Sharpay looked at Gabriella innocently, "What? I was just asking and you're the one who's babbling there. Sounds like you like this Troy Bolton guy. Maybe you should take a picture of him."
"And what? Paste it on the wall and throw chilli sauce all over him," Gabriella said.
"I think you would like that very much," Sharpay smirked.
Gabriella gave Sharpay an irritated look, "Don't you have to be somewhere right now?"
"Alright, alright. Have fun."
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Half an hour later, Troy arrives at Gabriella's apartment building to pick her up to go to the birthday party. He arrived in a red Mercedes Benz and honked and gave Gabriella a cocky grin as he arrived. Gabriella had to roll her eyes at his actions as she enters his car.
"Like my ride?" Troy asked.
"I didn't say I did," Gabriella answered.
"Yeah but I saw you checking Macy out," Troy said.
"Who's Macy?"
"That's the name of my car," Troy answered.
"You name your car Macy?" Gabriella asked then she looked the other way and mumbled, "What a freak."
"I heard that," Troy said. "And well it's either you were admiring Macy or you were just checking me out."
Gabriella scoffed, "As if. I would rather check out a monkey on a tricycle than you driving a Mercedes Benz. Where is the party held anyways?"
"At my parents house just outside of New York. Get ready because it's going to be a big fiesta. I heard my parents planned a carnival theme party," Troy said.
"For a 3 year old? Don't you think your parents are going overboard with it?" Gabriella asked.
"Jeffery is my parent's first and only grandson. Of course they will go all out. I can't imagine what they'll do to my first child, I mean…," Troy stopped talking when he realized what he said.
Gabriella giggled a little bit, "Sounds like someone's planning his future."
"Shut up," Troy responded while blushing.
Gabriella giggled again and then turned on the stereo of the car. The radio station played one of Gabriella's favourite songs and started to hum the song. Troy turned his neck to her and smiled. "You like this song?"
"Absolutely. It makes me happy every time I hear it," Gabriella answered.
"That's good to know. I wrote it you know," Troy informed.
Gabriella didn't believe him, "You're lying."
"No. Seriously I wrote it. Well I co-wrote it but yeah, I wrote it," Troy said.
Gabriella still didn't believe him, "Get out of here. No way."
"I did write this song. Why is it so hard to understand?" Troy asked.
"Well first off, you don't seem like the type to write a song like and secondly, you don't seem like the type of person to be writing songs at all. Maybe a journalist or photographer but other than that I don't believe you wrote that song at all," Gabriella said.
Troy gave her a challenged look, "Well then you don't look like an aspiring designer at all."
"Oh, really? Why is that?"
"First of all, you're a few inches short and…well that's it," Troy smirked.
"I cannot believe you just made fun of my height. You're lucky you're driving right now or you can say goodbye to your future with kids," Gabriella jokingly threatened.
Troy laughed, "But jokes aside, you're really good. Some of the sketches I saw in your book are kind of nice. You're really good."
Gabriella gasped, "You looked in my book?"
"Well I had to find out your name right?"
"Why? Cause you're so into me?" Gabriella mocked Troy. Troy chuckled a little and Gabriella soon followed as well. The car ride didn't seem so bad after all.
Not too long after that, they finally arrived at the Bolton Mansion. Gabriella was amazed at how extravagant it was. Even her old house isn't that big. She started to feel nervous about meeting Troy's relative. Then she thought, why should she? She's never going to see them again. Right?
"Wait," Gabriella said while stopping at her tracks. "Are you sure you've got this planned out perfectly? What are we going to happen after this?"
"Don't worry. If by tomorrow my parents asked about you, I'll just say you have to move to China because of a sudden job transfer and that we decided to break up after that. No big deal," Troy explained.
Gabriella didn't think his idea was good but she'll just have to go with it, "Alright but why China?"
"I don't know. China just popped up in my head when I was having Chinese food one night. Convenient huh?"
"Ohhkayy, but don't come crawling back to me if your plan blows."
As Troy enters through the big mansion doors, he was greeted by the housekeeper Inez.
"Inez!"
"There's my handsome Troy," she said as she hugged him and then she faced Gabriella and gasped, "Is this the girlfriend you told your parents about?"
"Yep. Inez, this is Gabriella…uh…" Troy stuttered as he forgot Gabriella's last name.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and helped him, "Montez. Gabriella Montez."
"Troy, how could you not remember your girlfriend's name?" Inez scolded him.
"Yes, Troy. How could you?" Gabriella asked amusingly.
"Guess I got a lot in my mind for the past few days. For example, introducing my beautiful girlfriend to my parents for time," Troy said as he took Gabriella's hand and squeezing it tightly causing Gabriella's hand to be squeezed tightly in pain. "Let's go and meet my parents Gabriella." Gabriella could only smile because she couldn't bear the pain Troy did to her.
As they walked away from Inez, Troy realised Gabriella's hand, "You know, there's no need for you to squeeze my hand so tightly. If you don't like something just tell me," Gabriella said sarcastically.
Troy ignored her and walked to the snack table with Gabriella following at his tail. "What should I do now, boyfriend?" Gabriella asked with an annoyed tone.
"Just be my girlfriend. Stay close to me. Giggle at anything I say and tolerate a few people here. That including my parents," Troy explained.
"Where are they anyways?" Gabriella asked.
"Who knows? Oh, my brother's coming. Don't worry, he knows about this," Troy said.
James smiled at his little brother while holding his son in arms, "Hi Troy. This must be the girl that you asked to be your fake girlfriend right?" his brother asked sarcastically.
"Yeah. This is Gabriella," Troy introduced.
"Hi, I'm James and this is my son Jeffery, aka the birthday boy," James said.
"It's nice to meet you two. Troy has informed me about you two," Gabriella said.
"Heads up you two. Mom and dad are making their way here. Good luck," James said before walking away.
Troy and Gabriella eyes grew wide open. They weren't ready as they seem were. Troy was starting to panic as to what to do in his actions to make his fake relationship seem convincing to his parents. Should we hold hands? Should I put my arms around her? Should I kiss her? Before Troy could make any move, Gabriella took his hand and rested her head in his chest.
"Troy?" Lucille called.
Troy and Gabriella turned around and acted surprise, "Oh hi mom! Dad."
"Is this the girl you told us at dinner?" his mother asked.
"Yes. This is Gabriella Montez. My girlfriend," Troy introduced.
"It's nice to finally meet you. To be honest I never thought Troy would be dating but after I find he is, I am so happy for my little boy," Lucille said.
"Mom," Troy whined.
"So Gabriella, how did you two meet?" Jack asked.
"At a café," Gabriella answered.
"But I thought you met at the library?" Lucille asked.
"What Gabriella meant was the café…at the library. The café library. Yeah that's it," Troy answered quickly.
"Aw, was it love in first sight?" Lucille asked.
"Not really," Gabriella answered.
"What Gabriella meant was, we were friends first and we developed our relationship from there," Troy said quickly. "Isn't that right sweetie?" Troy asked as he squeezed his hand tightly at Gabriella's.
"Right. He's right. He's the apple of my eye. My hero and apparently my soul mate," Gabriella answered sarcastically.
"That's so sweet. Why don't you come and join us for a moment? I'm sure Troy's relatives would love to know how you two develop your relationship."
"I don't know mom," Troy said.
"Please, I insist. I'm sure Gabriella doesn't mind right?" Lucille asked. Gabriella stared helplessly at Troy but Troy looked as lost as she was. She didn't know what she was going to answer. If she said no, his mother would think she's rude but if she yes, it's going to be a long night. Well, she might as well go through with it.
"Uh, I guess not," Gabriella answered.
To be continued…
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