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"It's finally here." Gabriella's parents smile at their daughter.

"I can't believe you're leaving us! What am I going to do without out my baby girl" her mother cries.

"Enough with the tears my darlings, we love you Gabs. Bethany, and Taylor please stay out of trouble girls! Studying comes before boys and you party animals need to remember that." her dad says sternly.

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*Second Week Into The Fall Semester*

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"Can we please go out tonight? Seriously I think we've gone out once since we moved in. I cannot handle not having at least 5 lemon drops every night!" Bethany moans

"Beth you're seriously an alcoholic you need help babe. I agree with you though. Come on Gabby you've been killing it in all your classes, you're ahead of everyone and you know it! Can we please take one night off and go out on the town? I'll even do your hair super cute!" Taylor negotiates

"I may be an alcoholic but at least I look cute doing it!" Beth blows a kiss at Taylor.

"FINE. Both of you are right we all need a break! Just a girls night though. I don't want to deal with any boys tonight I'm still frustrated about how things ended with Lucas. Taylor can you do my hair in Victoria Secret model waves?! Gabriella agrees.

"Yes duh. I am the master of the VS model waves. or any hairstyle actually." Taylor giggles

"Now lets get ready!!!" They all shout

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Gabriella's POV
I knew it was going to be a good night. We all looked hot in our usual going out outfits. Taylor wore a tight baby blue dress and her blonde hair was nicely done into a fishtail braid, she finished her outfit off with some cute white wedges. Bethany wore black pleather pants and a dark grey halter top and her usual black scrappy sandals, she just left her hair normal because it was already gorgeously straight and black. I decided to wear a short, low cut white dress to make the tan I had worked so hard for this summer show off a little bit more! Taylor did a beautiful job with my hair because my milk chocolate coloured hair looked killer in my beautiful curls. We were ready to go!
We arrived at Ten X at a great time because the place was bumping. I didn't worry about us getting in because we were a pretty good looking group of girls and if we didn't get in on our looks, Bethany would work her charm on the bouncer and we'd be inside before I could count to 7.

"I'll go get us drinks! First round is on me bitches!" I shouted at my two best friends and gestured for them to go find a spot for us.

I ordered our usual, six lemon drops and waited for the bartender to bring them. I had a feeling it would take awhile because he was falling behind on the drink orders. I took a seat on one of the stools are the bar.

"OMG OMG THE FLAMES ARE HERE OH MY GOD!!! THEY'RE SO HOT!" a group of girls shouted and giggled as the stumbled passed me.

"Nobody cares" I mumbled to myself.

I hated hockey players. It wasn't always that way though. My last boyfriend played in the Western Hockey League and we dated for 3 years before I found out he'd been cheating on me with some puck slut that followed his team around on road trips. It broke my heart, I was so in love with him . The worst part was that he tried to deny everything until the girl he'd been cheating on me with sent me photos of them having sex. We were over I haven't talked to him since that day. I refuse to watch hockey now with the exception of the Ottawa Senators; I loved them since I was a kid.

"Hey watch it!" I hollered as some guy stumbled backwards into me spilling his beer down my legs.

"Hey, sorry about that. My friends can get a little out of hand when they're excited I didn't mean to spill on you. Here let me grab you some napkins." the tall blonde guy apologized

"You know what, it's fine. I should have been paying a bit more attention to what was going on behind me I guess! I was deep in thought and bars aren't really the best place for that." I giggled and smiled up at him. He was so good looking, and he smelled fantastic too.

*Buzz Buzz*

"Gabbs where the fuck are you I NEED MY LEMON DROPS NOW!!! P.S a little bird told me the flames are here.. P.P.S bring the damn lemon drops asap. - Beth

I groan.

"Why does everybody get so hung-up on the flames or any hockey player in general I don't get it! They're all jerks." I complained to the tall stranger who's name I still didn't know.

He blushed "Hey now, I'm sure they're not all bad! I know a few and they're actually really nice guys! Oh I'm Drew by the way. Let me buy these drinks for you!" He smirked at me.

"How are you so good looking holy moly" I thought to myself.

"Nice to meet you Drew, I'm Gabriella but just call me Gabby or Gabs though, everyone else does! Oh and thanks for the drinks." She winked at him before he grabbed her wrist.

"You're gorgeous and I enjoy you so why don't you give me your number and no, that's not a question, you're giving me your number!" He laughed and handed me his phone.

As I was studying his lock screen then his home screen I noticed he had a two pictures of a Calgary Flames player who's last name was Shore. "Flames fan?" I asked lifting my eyebrows as I glanced up from his phone and then typed my number into his phone.

"You could say that. Anyway have a nice night Gabriella, maybe I'll see you around. " Drew said, turned and walked off into the crowded club.

"It's Gabby!" I shouted at him.

He turned back around and winked at me before disappearing into the sea of bodies.

Notes

I'm new at this whole story writing thing so any comments or advice would be helpful :) hope you enjoy