(Flashback)
"Troy! God, why can't you accept the fact that I have other plans?"
"Because Gabriella that college is across the country for goodness sake! It's MIT!"
"So what Troy!? What now you don't trust me?"
"It's not you it's them!"
"Then maybe we shouldn't be together!"
"Maybe your right!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
(Flashback Ends)
(Gabi's POV)
So here I am 4 years later moving back to Albuquerque from Massachusetts. I'm not living with my mom because I got used to living by myself. I just wish I still had Troy. Hmmm, looks like someone else is moving in next door on the same day. Wow.
(Troy's POV)
Thank God! I am finally moving into a real house, away from my parents. To bad I'm alone. I keep dreaming every night about how horrible I treated Brie. I really miss her and maybe one day I can get to apologize to her. Hmmm, new neighbor moving in on the same day. What are the odds?
2 weeks later- No one's POV
Gabriella was out at 9 in the morning walking her dog Shadow. Gabi was walking past Troy's house when Troy walked out. He looked out, saw her face and almost passed out. Oh My God that's Gabriella! Troy thought. He started walking a safe distance behind her and watched her walk into the house next door.(Troy's POV)
Holy Crap!! I can't believe she is my next-door neighbor! Oh My God! I have to think of something to let her know I'm sorry. I decided to keep walking until suddenly I GOT IT! I will sing the song I wrote my 1st year of college, make a CD and put it in her mailbox! I am a total GENIUS! I'm totally gonna start now.
(No-One's POV)
Over the course of a week Troy had rehearsed the song, played the instruments, and put them together on his music mixer. The only thing left to do was sing and record. Troy went on a walk everyday and admired Gabi. She's even more beautiful than I remember her, he thought one day. That night he rehearsed and recorded the song and added it to the music. He wrote the letter and went to sleep. He woke up the next morning at 7:30 to slip the letter and CD into her mailbox. He carefully and stealthy walked past her mailbox and slipped it in and continued walking.
(Gabi's POV)
BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!"UGH! STUPID ALARM!" I have been having that same dream every night! The night me and Troy broke up. I just wish I could see him and apologize. I shouldn't have acted the way I did. You know something? I could have sworn I saw him walking down the street one day but it was probably just my imagination playing tricks on me. Oh well. "Shadow, come here baby." She jumped on my bed and started licking my face. I laughed and picked her up, "Alrighty Shadow, let me get dressed and will go for a walk." She licked my nose in response. I laughed and got dressed. On the way out I grabbed her leash and started out. I stopped at the mailbox on the way back in and grabbed the mail. Shadow and I walked in the house and I pulled her leash off and started to go though the mail. "Bill, bill, bill, application, package, bill... whoa, package?" I took out the package and opened it, inside there was a letter and CD. I pulled out the letter and started reading.
Dear Brie,
Whoa, wait a minute, only Troy cal... it can't be can it? I continued to read.
I know this may look odd getting a letter from a strange next-door neighbor but you have known me for a long time. Brie, ever night for the last 4 years I have dreamt the same thing over and over. The night we broke up. I regret the way I treated you. I should've backed you up but instead I was just being insecure. I apologize, I shouldn't have acted that way but me being me I was stubborn. Brie, I love you. I never stopped, I never will. I wrote this song my first year of college and I wrote it for your ears and yours only. Never forget, I love you and I always will.
Love Always,
xxx Troy Bolton xxx
OMG! Troy lives right next door to me! Holy Crap! I ran to the CD player and put the CD in and pressed play.
You used to talk to me like We used to have this figured out I used to reach for you We used to
have this figured out I
look around me You used to talk
to me like We
used to have this figured out To how it used to be yeah
I was the only one around
You used to lean on me
The only
other choice was falling down
You used to walk with me like
We
had no where we needed to go
Nice and slow
To no place in
particular
We used to
breathe without a doubt
When nights were clear you were the first
star that i'd see
We used to have this under control
We never
thought we used to know
At least there's you
And at least
there's me
Can we get this back?
Can we get this back?
To
how it used to be
I got lost
along the way
I used to listen
You always had the just right
thing to say
I used to follow you
Never really cared where we
would go
Fast or slow
To anywhere at all
We used to breathe without a doubt
The
nights were clearer for the first time that I'd see
We used to
have this under control
We never thought we used to know
At
least there's you
And at least there's me
Can we get this
back?
Can we get this back?
To how it used to be
And I want you to be there
Cause I miss the
things that we shared
Look around you
It's empty and you're
sad
Cause you miss the love that we had
I was the only one around
The only one around
We used to breathe without a doubt
The nights were clearer for the first time that I'd see
We
used to have this under control
We never thought we used to know
At least there's you
And at least there's me
Can we get
this back?
Can we get this back?
To how it used to be yeah
To how it used to be
To how
it used to beeeeeeee
To how it used to be
By the end of the song the tears I was trying to hold back were running freely down my face. I grabbed my shoes and ran out of the house right over to Troy's front door and rund the doorbell. OMG!
(Troy's POV)
(right before doorbell)
I wonder if Brie got my letter? DING DONG Well why don't I find out? I opened the door only to hear "TROY! OMG I'M SO SO SO SORRY!" Brie collapsed into my arms crying. I stroked her hair and said "Brie, you shouldn't be saying sorry, I should, I should've backed you up." "Oh Troy, I've missed you so much! Do you know, that I've had the same dream as you, every night as well?" "Well Brie, what I want to know is can you find it in your heart to forgive me and maybe possible start over?" I asked hopefully. She looked up at me and said, "You honestly don't know how long I've waited for you to say that." With that I leaned down and kissed her as if I would never see her again.
Yeah, the song is Used To by Daughtry. I love the song and thought of Troyella during it and I wrote this. The epilogue is after this read it and I have a important authors note at the bottom.