I'm Only Me When I'm With You
Chapter 7
A couple of weeks later Gabriella was laughing and joking with the other staff. It had been a hard couple of weeks but with help from Troy and Jason she was slowly getting back to her old self.
"So Gabriella got a boyfriend?" asked Yvette.
"No," said Gabriella.
"Ever done it?" asked Yvette.
"What I'm not answering that in front of my brother," laughed Gabriella.
"Jason out," said Susan.
"Nope I wanna know this cuz if she has Jordon and I can go punch the guy who she was with," smirked Jason.
"No I haven't," said Gabriella.
"Bet you've never even been kissed," smirked Yvette.
"It'll happen when it happens," sighed Gabriella, folding up a tea towel.
"Your eighteen hunny trust me it should have happened by now," smirked Yvette.
"So you're saying," said Gabriella, holding in her tears. "No boy wants to touch me with a ten foot barge pole?"
"Pretty much you're not much to look at," shrugged Yvette.
Troy had been stood outside the kitchen listening but it was at this point he strode in. His presence startling the staff and had them rushing to get back to their jobs. One stayed still, Gabriella. She was still fiddling with the ends of the tea towel. That was were Troy was heading.
He strode across the kitchen and stopped in front of her.
She looked up and stood still at the expression on his face - the determination.
With no warning, he pulled Gabriella towards him and kissed her soundly. She gasped and in doing so opened up her mouth to Troy. Within minutes the kiss was over and Troy was gone upstairs. Gabriella stayed rooted to the spot, staring after him.
It wasn't until minutes later when everyone bar Jason and Gabriella had left that she moved.
"I've locked up the front," said Jason.
Gabriella nodded.
"I'm going to take Troy the keys," he said.
"I'll do it you need to get to Suzanne," she said.
Jason looked her with narrowed eyes before placing the keys in her hand. Once he was out she locked the back door and stood still. Thousands of emotions were crashing down on her. Need, confusion, hope, sadness and want. Want - she wanted a cigarette to get her though this, she wanted Troy to feel the same. She was filled with sadness at the fact he might have only done it because he heard the teasing. Shaking her head of these emotions, she headed up the stairs. Troy was sat on the sofa with his back to her.
"What the hell was that?" she asked, placing the keys on the side table.
"I thought you were meant to be smart," he whispered.
"I know what it was Troy I mean why did you do it," said Gabriella.
"I heard them," he whispered. Her heart sank.
"They and you are wrong. Your first kiss will happen when it happens. I mean happened. As to no guy wanting to touch you, your wrong there is a guy. He's never come forward because of your brothers and because he thought you'd never love him but -," he trailed off.
"But what Troy?" asked Gabriella, coming closer.
"You kissed back," he smiled.
Gabriella's breath hitched in her throat, Troy liked her.
"No," said Troy.
She'd said that out loud.
"I don't like you I love you," said Troy, standing up and turning to face her.
Within two strides she was across to him.
"The feeling is very mutual Mr Bolton," she muttered, before drawing his face down to kiss him.
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Gabriella Somerfield