Finding Gabby (A One Direction Story)

Chapter 1: Go Hard or Go Home

i don't know why i do this to myself every week. you would think that i have learnt by now, but obviously i haven't. currently, i am doing my fifth lap around the oval with my fellow soccer team. each of us are slightly out of breath and most of the girls are complaining about being tired. i don't blame them though, i am about to pass out but i can't let them know that otherwise they'll take it as an opportunity to see me as weak. i would say i am a confident strong girl for my age. i get told a lot that when people hang around me, that my confidence and positivity shines off of me and they start to feel it too. i think thats why every year since i was 12 i have been voted to be team captain, well that and also my team leading skills must be working since we've won championship every year.

 my name is Gabriella Bretford but everyone calls me Gabby. i am 16 years old and i am currently in love with my boyfriend of a year, Andrew. he is the team captain for the boys soccer team. we see each other everyday, talk to each other on the phone every night and we surprising never get bored of each other. i can easily say that this boy is my one true love. i feel so lucky that I've found my other half so early on in my life. my other love is my beautiful mother that goes by the name Sarah. she is the best mum in the world. we talk about everything with each other and she lets me take responsibility of my life. she only intrudes when its necessary when I'm not acting appropriately, which has been quite a bit. she has been there through all my ups and downs. i would say that I'm quite a happy person. i like to have fun and talk to people. i have never really had anything major happen in my life before to know whether i get upset easily or not. so far my life has been pretty easy, and hey, I'm not complaining.

 after finishing the last lap around the oval i tell the girls that were done for the day and that ill see them for sundays game. after the girls say their goodbyes, i head over to my bag to get my drink bottle. while I'm taking a gulp of my water my phone starts ringing. i look at who's calling and see that its Andrew.  'hey babe, whats up?' i ask him.   'hey beautiful, i just wanted to let you know that chase is having a party tonight. you're coming right?' he asked me. 'i should be able to, i mean i gotta check with mum to see if we have nothing else on but yeah babe I'm keen as a bean for one of chases parties.' i told Andrew. 'kay babe, ill pick you up at 8, message me if you cant though and ill stay home with you.' 'love you, bye babe.' i told him and hung up.after hanging up from Andrew i got in my car and headed towards home.

 when i got home, i arrived to see my mum on her hands and knees doing the gardening. i get out of the car while laughing at her.  'since when did you start gardening? i don't think I've ever seen you even water the grass?' i ask her while laughing my head off.  'hey don't be mean to me! I'm trying out new things to see if i enjoy it or not to see if this can be a new hobby.' mum explained defensively. 'well, are you having fun?' i asked with a smirk on my face already knowing the answer.  'no its awful. my back hurts and my clothes are all dirty so i need to go have another shower.' she says disappointedly.  i start laughing, 'i really don't know what you were thinking. gardening, really? thats not really our thing mum.' she just laughed in response knowing I'm right.'oh, while you're hear. chase is having a party at his house tonight and Andrew wants me to go. can i?' i ask my mum. 'yeah baby, go have fun while you're still young.' my mum responded. i wasn't expecting anything different. my mum really trusted me and well, she wanted me to learn from my mistakes. but if it ever became really serious she would step in. i am so lucky to have an amazing mum like her, especially because i know that not everyone has a parent like mine. 'thanks mum, I'm going to go get ready then.' i told her.'hang on babe. I'm going out to dinner with a work friend soon so i probably wont see you before i go. but you know what not to do so I'm not going to bore you but please be safe babe.' she pleaded.'yes mum, i know...don't get too drunk, don't do drugs, don't talk to strangers by myself, don't get pregnant, don't drink and drive and so on. i know mum, I'm a big kid now.' i say smiling. i go up to her and kiss her forehead, mainly cause its the only clean part on her face. 'i love you' i tell her.'always and forever' she said smiling to me.'to infinity and beyond', i continue. my mum and i have always done that since we were little. its kind of our little thing we do.

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 i make my way over to the kitchen to get Andrew and myself a drink. the only thing left is vodka and tequila. i fill half my cup with vodka and the rest with lemonade and do the same for Andrew but mixed with coke. he is only going to have one drink tonight so he will be alright to drive me home. as i walk into the lounge room, i see my best friend Lucy and we automatically start dancing to the songs that were playing. when at a party, Lucy and i are those girls that are always dancing and having fun. the only way you can talk to us if you want is if you're dancing as well. i generally never see Andrew at parties because of this but i know that he is hanging with his mates. chase comes over to us and gives us 2 shots each. i didn't ask what it was but gathered it was tequila since he had lemons and salt with him. i took the two shot and it quickly went through my system. i defiantly couldn't stand straight now and my words were slurring. after dancing for a while, i checked my phone to see that it was 1am. it wasn't too late but i hadn't seen Andrew since 9ish. as i walk around the house everyone i walk by is trying to hold a conversation with me. i was finding it quite difficult since i am pretty drunk, so i just smile and stumble past them. i saw chase and knew that he would know where i could find Andrew since they were best mates.  'chase, you seen Andrew? i cant find him anywhere.' i slurred my words as i sat on his lap. and no, before you get any ideas chase is like a brother to me, nothing more. 'um, i think i saw him head upstairs a little while ago i think Gabs.' i smiled and gave him a quick hug and headed towards the stairs.

 as I'm walking through the hallway I'm trying to figure out why Andrew was up here. was he upset about something? the first room i thought to go in was chases, since i only know where his room and the bathroom was so i decided to start there. though as i opened the door i wasn't expecting what i was about to see. my boyfriend having sex with another girl. i felt angry, upset, betrayed and there were so many other emotions running through me at this tI'me but i decided on sticking with anger. 'are you f*cking serious Andrew?' this caught his attention and he immediately covered him self up and moved from the girl. i continued, 'and here i was worrying that you were upset about something that happened but here you are f*cking some girl that ISNT your girlfriend.' i said pissed off.'Gabby, babe.. its not what it looks like. she was upset..' he defended himself.'so you just hook up with other girls when they're upset. cause that totally makes it okay Andrew.' i said sarcastically, though he didn't get it.'oh thank god you understand babe I'm so sorry it was a mistake. i love you and only you.''are you dumb? in what world would it ever be okay to cheat. I'm not forgiving you Andrew. i cant even look at you.' and with that i ran out of the room and down stairs. i tried to find chase so he could take me home but i couldn't find him anywhere. i ended up in the kitchen and saw the many tequila bottles that were still there. 'f*ck it,' i quietly say to myself. i was hurting, and i felt like my whole world was crashing. i grabbed the bottle and took a swig from it, and then i took another and another until there was no more left in the bottle. by now i was pissed, the drunkest I've ever been and it scared me when i thought that no one was here to take care of me. and then i suddenly realised... Andrew gave me his car keys to put in my purse. there, at that moment was by far the most stupidest thing I've done yet. though i never knew that stealing my ex boyfriends car would change my life for ever.