Loving Gabe

Chapter 2 (Gabe)

I lay on Gabby's bed waiting for her to get dress, I love hanging out in her room, it's covered with boy stuff. I remember hangout in this room after school, when my parents fought, we played video games especially Assassin's Creed that game is Epic. Hell, I've in slept in this bed. Nothing sexual between us "I wish there was" but Gabby's like my younger sister-brother-best friend-crush it's complication I know is that it's been me and her from the start and it will be me and her till the end. Today is the first day of high school, and I am terrified not for me for Gabby. Gabby is your typical tomboy she loves climbing trees, playing in mud, playing sport she was going to try out for the football team, but I convinced her that she should play basketball. She loves gaming, comic books, rap music, and parkour. Parkour is very dangerous, last year she broke her arm. I tried to convince her to stop but she is hardheaded.

I always considered her Gabby as my best friend but when I hit puberty, I could stop talking about her, dreaming about her, thinking about her, I wanted her, I wanted to be around her more than ever. I am about to drown in my thoughts of her when I hear her says "How do I look," I hope of the bed and just stare at her. I can see her shape her boobs are popped up her, her stomach shows. I want to touch her; I want her to know that when I see her my heart flutters. I tuck her hair behind her ear, I hold my hand on the back of her neck my thumb brushes some dirt of her cheek. She stares up at me, I stare down at her our lips inches away from each other I am just waiting for us to collide. You look beautiful Angel Face," I state. Gabby just rolls her eyes.

"We should get going, we don't want to be late?" She whispers pulling away. She flings her black Jan Sport backpack over her shoulder and climb out the window, I climb out after her. She walks fast, I run to catch up to her I am worried if she caught on that I have feelings for her.

"Hey Gabby, wait up, I've never seen you so eager to get to school," I chuckle. She turns around her face full of animosity. It looks like she really wants to bitch slap the hell out of me. I want to run but Gabby is fast she'll catch me and beat my ass up. I want to hug her, but I know that she will beat my ass up if I do. No matter what I'll get my ass kick, but I'll rather get my ass kicked than to leave her with her thoughts.

"It's Brie and you know it, you know more that anyone that I don't like to be called Gabby," She yells at me. Tears collect her eyes she turns away like she did in the room when I told her to dress like boys want to look at her. One thing that I hate about Gabby is that she is tries to hide her feelings. I never know understand why she does it.

"Why you do hide your feelings, you know it's okay to cry," I tell her. She turns around to face me once again the tears start to pour out.

"I don't want to feel this way Gabriel I don't want to cry, crying makes me feel exposed and vulnerable. I cried when my mom left when dad died, I can't feel this way, I felt it too much, I can bear for my heart to fall apart anymore,'' She cries. She walks keeps walking away from me but I'm not ready for her to go. I grab her hand pulling her towards me.

"Look at me Gabby look at me, look at me, you never have to be afraid for your heart to fall apart anymore because I will be right by your side when it does because I will be there to mend it," I grab her face in my hands and bush away her tears from my eyes with my thumbs. She pulls away again walking towards the gate.

"Come on Huckleberry time to go to school," She smile through her tears. I walk in silence beside her all the way to school. In the hallway I find my brother Ivan hanging out with the football players Gabby's sister Isabella is wrapped in his arm, Izzie talks to the cheerleaders, Izzie flips her hair with her hands on her hips and giggle. One of the girls whispers something to Izzie, Izzie turns around to us, her demeanor went from joyful to nefarious quick. I shoot her a look full of don't you dare try and start this bullshit. We walk to our first period when I see a pale girl with long wavy unkempt red hair and sparkly green eyes standing down the hall, she put her thing in her locker while she talks to a couple of football guys.

 One guy whispered something to her she laughs her teeth pearly white, she takes the breath straight out of my lungs. I just stop dead in my tracks and stare at her. Her sparkly green eyes meet mine; I feel paralyzed unable to move lost in the wonders of her beauty. Gabby calls out my name trying to pull me back to reality, but I don't listen I just stare at the most beautiful girl in the hall. I forget about everyone else around me. Gabby tugs on my shirt, grab my hand, snaps her fingers, slaps me in the face she tries everything to get my attention. The cute girl walks towards us, my heart beats a thousand times each time she gets closer. She extends her hand out to Gabby to shake. But Gabby doesn't shake it which is very impolite.

"Hello, my name is Amelia Harris, I'm an exchange student from England.'' Amelia says to Gabby.

"Nice to meet you Amelia welcome to Beverly Hills," Gabby says with a voice full of sarcasm. "My name is Gabriella Hawkins most people call me Brie, and this is my idiot best-"

"My name is Gabriel Barrett, but most people call me Gabe," I smile at her. She smiles back making my heart skips a thousand more beats. I want to look and walk away from her, but I can't. I know that I am being rude to Gabby, but I don't care.

"Nice to meet you Brie and Gabe, are you too related because you know Gabriella and Gabriel?" Amelia asks.

"No our parents knew each other since the fourth grade and we were born on the same day so our parents decide to have matching names we have twin siblings my sister Isabella and his brother is Ivan and they are dating as you can clearly see. " Gabby says pointing back at Ivan and Izzie.

"Are you two a thing you know you guys seem really close, I don't want to get in the way?" Amelia asks. She looks at Gabby and then at me waiting for an answer.

"No, there is nothing romantic between us there was and never will be," I chuckle. Amelia gives me another one of her alluring smiles. She tucks her hair behind her ear and bites her lip. I don't know what I feel all I know is that I want to feel this way more often.

"I'm going to go to class now," Gabby walks away turns into the classroom and is out of sight.

"Sorry about her I don't know what her problem is, she is not really like this around people," I tell Amelia.

"No problem I'm not offended," She declares.

"God your beautiful," I reveal. I couldn't control it; it just came out.

"Your handsome," She smiles. We head into the class and take our seats next to each other. I leave Gabby in the back of the classroom by herself.