It had been three days since their graduation, and Gabriella was blissfully happy. She was driving back to Stanford, but this time Troy was in the seat next to her, driving. She felt so different this time. last time all she felt was dread, but this time she knew that she and Troy could actually stay together. they could be each other's rocks, and everything would be perfect. Eventually, with happy thoughts I mind, she drifted off to sleep.

(Troy's POV)

I was driving my old, white pickup truck, and I saw Gabriella with a smile on her face and my heart gave a little flutter. Her beautiful brown curls were blowing in the wind. All I could think about was how lucky I felt. This beautiful girl, who was kind, gentle, talented, and everything anyone could ever want. I had to force myself to keep my eyes on the road. After a while, I realized that she had fallen asleep as she curled up in a ball with her breathing steady and her eyes closed. Even when she was asleep she was beautiful. By the time we arrived at her dorm she was still asleep, but she had shifted so that she had her hands closed around my arm, and her head was on my shoulder. I wanted to just stay like this forever. Her body melded perfectly into mine. After debating for a bit on whether or not to wake her up I decided to wake her up. She slowly stirred and let out a small mewing sound, which made me laugh.

"Troy? Are we here already? I am so sorry that I fell asleep on you!" She exclaimed. I only laughed and replied,

"It is completely fine, you look like you needed the rest, and to answer your question we are back at your dorm."

"Ohh. Is it terrible that all I want to do is just stay with you?" she said with a sigh.

"I do too, but I will see you tomorrow! You promised me that you would help me unpack and get my dorm ready."

"At least we have that." She then moved to turn away, but quickly gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Is that all?" I asked with a mischievous smile.

"If you don't smile like that I might give you a proper kiss." She replied. I immediately became completely solemn. She only laughed that beautiful laugh that I loved with all my heart. She then gave me a quick peck on the lips, hopped out of the car, ran into her dorm building, and blew me a kiss. Of course, I cheesily caught it and blew one back at her. She just giggled and was then out of sight. I sighed and drove away with a smile on my face, feeling wonderfully happy.

Next Morning...

I woke up the next morning to the sound of the opening of my door. The next thing I knew Troy had walked in, bearing coffee and my favorite donut, double chocolate.

"Hello, sleepyhead," he said kissing me on the forehead. I yawned as I slowly got up.

"Aww, you take such good care of me,"I said happily. I love him so much! Ever since my dad died I was loved by my mom, but I always wanted to feel the love of a guy, and Troy took care of me when I was at my worst and best.

"Thank you for getting breakfast!"

"No problem. I am going to make you my worker for the next couple hours. I am just ensuring maximum work capacity." He and I just looked at each other and laughed.

"So," he started again,"This is your dorm. It is more like a suite!"

"Since I was a part of the special honors program I have a dorm that I only have to share with another one of the honors candidates. So far she seems really nice and smart. She is majoring in law also! We are going to study together!"

"Well, it seems like you will be well taken care of here. I haven't seen my dorm yet. I just stayed in a motel last night, because I didn't feel like driving anymore."

"You should have told me!" I said. "You could have stayed here on the couch!"

"Gabi, don't worry. I have managed to sleep on the floor in Chads room. Anything is better than that." he shuddered at the thought. I only laughed. We sat and ate for a little bit longer then we got on the road. It was only about a half an hour drive to Troy's dorm, and then we parked the car and went dorm was a pretty small, average dorm size. It had two bunk beds and a small bathroom off to the side.

"Well, here is my new home!" he said with a smile, "the college said that I was put in a dorm with a fellow basketball player, so it should be interesting." Just then a tall, olive-skinned guy walked in. He had brown hair, hazel eyes, and a mischevious smile. He then walked up to troy and started talking.

"Well, you must be my new roommate! My name is Daniel Whister, but people usually call me Danny or DW."

"My name is Troy Bolton, and this is Gabriella." With a little smirk, Danny came up to me and started flirting, or at least his attempt at it.

"Hello, hot cakes. You can call me Danny." Troy immediately pulled him away by his shirt and said to Danny,

"This is my girlfriend who you will never hit on again." Danny just laughed and said,

"Don't worry bro. I was just seeing if it was an awkward, best friends that like each other or something that was legit."

"What about just asking?" Troy said.

"I could have done that, but if you guys were just best friends, then it would have created more of an awkward situation."

"Well," I decided to interject now,"Now that we have had our first meeting, would you be willing to help get some of Troy's stuff out of the car?"

"Sure thing! Are you going here too?"

"No, I am going to Stanford, law."

"Wow. Troy, you got yourself a keeper here. Smart and beautiful!"

"Don't I know it." Troy said then put his arm around me and said, "Let's get to it!"