The Guy Next Door
Chapter 22
A week later…
It was finally Wednesday, the day Taylor would arrive in Albuquerque. I couldn't wait for school to get out so I could go see her. She had texted me earlier this morning telling me her plan had landed and they were going to get breakfast and then were heading to the new house; she invited me to come over once I got out of school, and I wasn't passing that up, it had been so long since I last saw her, it was going to be so awesome to have my best girlfriend back in my life.
It was lunch time and Troy met me at my locker so we could go out to lunch today. He had been so attentive since last week when he freaked out on me and Chad. He had gotten kind of clingy. Which I guess was good since he seemed to have gotten over what happened but the clinginess was getting to be a bit much. I needed some personal space. Maybe I'd talk to him about when we hung out outside of school again.
"Hey Ella!" He leaned down and gave me a peck on the lips. I returned it.
"Hey"
"Ready to go?" He asked.
I smiled.
"Of course."
He grabbed hold of my hand and we went out to his truck. He opened the door for me and I got in, then he shut the door and got in on his side.
"So I figured we could go try that new diner that just opened up by the theater, sound like a plan?"
"Yep sounds good to me, I heard they make good milkshakes." I said smiling. He laughed and grabbed hold of my hand while he drove with his other. It didn't take long to get there, the theater was located downtown and that was about five minutes away from school. When we arrived he parked the car and came to get my door, taking my hand he led me inside. It was a quaint little place, made up in the old fashioned diner way with the bar and the booths. Its colors were red and white, and it had old Coca-Cola pictures up, as well as old cars, pictures of Elvis and other old stars. There was even an old jukebox, not a new modern day touch screen one that but I real old one that you had to use coins for with old songs in it. The waitresses were on skates and dressed in the old style dresses with white aprons. It had a wonderful comforting atmosphere. I had a feeling I was going to like it there, may even become my new favorite place to come to when I needed to study or just hang out if I want to get out of my house or have some me time.
"Order whatever you want, I'm paying." Troy said with that heart stopping smile of his. I couldn't help but smile back.
"Okay. Hmm hey Troy?" I asked.
"Yeah baby?"
"Do you want to share a milkshake with me?" I asked kind of hopeful. It was something I had wanted to do at some point. I bit my lip.
"I would love to, what kind?" He smiled again, and my heart skipped a bit.
"Is chocolate okay?"
"Yes, love it." He winked at me and I blushed.
"Okay great." We ordered a chocolate milkshake to share and I got a grilled chicken wrap with some lettuce and honey mustard. It came with tomatoes but I hate tomatoes so I got it without. On the side I had some fries, with ranch to dip them in, my favorite combination. Ketchup was alright but I preferred ranch; and of course I had to have a pickle on the side, I loved pickles. Troy got a double bacon cheeseburger with onions, tomatoes, pickles, mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard. He also got fries on the side but he had his with ketchup. I couldn't help but smile to myself; it figures he would get a burger. I let out a small giggle. He looked at me while he was in the middle of chewing; he had some ketchup on the corner of his mouth, which only made me giggle even more. He chuckled.
"What are you giggling at Ella?" He asked.
"You." I giggled some more.
"Me? Oh you couldn't possibly be laughing at me, Troy Bolton, basketball hottie." He winked at me and I giggled some more.
"Oh but I am mister 'Hottie', see you have something on your mouth." I grabbed a napkin and wiped away the ketchup for him. He blushed which made me smile. He was so adorable.
"There all gone."
"Why thank you my lady." He said winking again. I blushed some more. We finished up and then headed back to school.
We went to our lockers and then Troy walked me to class.
"Well I'm afraid this is where we part." He pulled me by the waist and brought me closer to him. That little move was enough to take my breath away…literally. I looked up into those dreamy blue eyes of his and he looked down at me and smirked.
"Talk to you later baby?" He whispered to me, I shivered and nodded. He smirked again and brought his lips crashing to mine. I wrapped my arms around him and started kissing him back, his tongue graze over my bottom lip asking for entrance into my mouth, I obliged and soon our lips were entwining hungrily with one another. I sucked on his bottom lip and he let out a low growl from deep in his throat which gave me tingles all over. He started to push me against the wall and soon my body was pinned beneath his. He started to run his hands down my body as he began placing kisses on my jawline down to my neck making me let out a little moan. Our moment of intimacy was interrupted when the warning bell rang. Troy let out a sexy frustrated groan and opened his eyes to look at me. His eyes appeared darker, full of want and need, want and need for me. It nearly made me pounce on him, and I would have, had we not been in school at that moment.
Troy put his forehead to mine breathing heavy from a little make-out session we had just had moments ago. We stood there in each other's arms just trying to catch our breath and not wanting to let go. The late bell rang. Troy gave me one last passionate kiss and then hurried off to free period work out. I stood there still in a bit of shock at my emotions and gathered my thoughts before heading into class. All I could think about the rest of the day was Troy and how much I wanted him.
After a few more classes the bell signifying the end of school finally rang and I was all too excited to get out of there. I sprinted to my locker, quickly put my things away then sprinted to my car and headed home. I couldn't wait to see Taylor. As soon as I was home I went over to Taylor's, I didn't even go in my house I just went straight across the street, I knocked on the door and answered almost instantly.
"Gabriella!" She brought me into a tight hug. "Look at you, you're so grown, it's been so long. How have you been?"
"I've been great , how have you been?" I asked with a smile.
"I've been wonderful darling. Come in, come in. Taylor is up in her room unpacking her things. Upstairs and it's the first door on the right" I went in and looked around. It appeared they had most of their unpacking all done and it appeared it was already furnished when they had got their so they only had things such as kitchen utensils, pictures, and decorations. All their personal stuff. It was a beautiful house, and was even bigger on the inside than it was on the outside. They really had gotten a great house. After admiring the place a bit more I headed upstairs to Taylor's bedroom. Her door was slightly open.
"Knock knock." I said as I pushed the door open all the way.
"Gabi!" Taylor rand over to me and attacked me with a hug, nearly knocking me over. I laughed and hugged her back.
"Hey Tay! Look at you! You are as beautiful as ever." I hugged her again. I had missed her so much; it felt so great to be hugging her again and to be in her presence.
"And you Gabi, why you look like a goddess, absolutely gorgeous." She gave me a big smile and brought me over to sit on her bed. We sat for a bit and chatted, catching up, and I asked her about her flight and her day. It was good to talk to her in person again. After we talked I spent the rest of my time there helping Taylor finish unpacking her things and organizing her room. I stayed for dinner and then we watched a movie and I headed home. I had an amazing time. I finally had my best friend back.