Hey guys, I'm back with this story. I deleted it because I wasn't really pleased with it, so I've done some editing to it based off of some reviews that I got about what the readers would prefer happened with the story. I'm currently working on making it into a longer story rather than a oneshot. I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1 - Can't Wait!

"So…you're never going to believe this…" Gabriella said. She and her best friend Troy were sitting at Troy's house hanging out.

"What?" Troy asked, curious of what she could be about to tell him.

"You know that trip I told you about a couple of months ago that I was hoping to win?"

"The one to Europe?"

"Yep, that one….well I got a call yesterday. I won it!" Gabriella was trying her hardest to keep the biggest of smiles from coming to her face, but was struggling.

"What? You've got to be kidding me!" Troy exclaimed. He sat there just staring at her trying to be sure she was telling him the truth. When he saw nothing but honesty he started shaking his head at her. "That is amazing! How is it you manage to get lucky with everything? You win everything!"

Gabriella laughed and showed how excited she really was about it. "Well…not everything…but yeah…I guess I did get lucky with this one. But anyways…they said that I have to take it within the next year and they will be sending me some paperwork and information for it so I can start getting things set up for it. I figured I would wait and take it during the summer."

"Well if you can remember that far back, you had originally promised me you were going to take me along." Troy smirked at her. "Is that still true? Or have you changed your mind?" Troy was only joking. He didn't really think she would actually take him. He figured she would take her mom or Taylor or someone that she would probably have a lot more fun with.

That was the problem, though. Since Gabriella had received the call the day before she had been struggling with deciding who to take with her since she could take one other person. She had originally told Troy she would take him but she didn't honestly think she stood a chance of getting to go. Her friend Taylor had also told her that she wanted to go as well, so one of her friends was going to be upset with her in the end.

"Well actually that's something I'm going to have to think about. I would love to take both you and Taylor and I know I promised you I would take you but I'm just going to have to think about it." Gabriella smiled nervously at Troy. She was so afraid he was going to be upset with her and she didn't want to risk causing any problems for them.

Troy chuckled softly. "That's fine. You know I was just kidding when I made you promise me you would take me. It's your decision. You decide who you would rather take the vacation with."

Gabriella smiled at Troy. "You're the best, do you know that?" She leaned over and hugged him.

Troy smirked. "Yep, I know it." He pulled back and looked more seriously at Gabriella. "Like I said though, it's fine. I don't expect you to take me along. I think you should take Taylor. You would have so much fun."

"Yeah, I can see how we would. But I have a little bit of time before I really have to make a decision so I'm just going to keep thinking about it. I really want to take the best person, unfortunately that decision is much harder than I ever thought it would be."

Gabriella soon left Troy's, thinking hard about the decision she had to make. She decided to run it past her mom, just to see what her momwould say.

When Gabriella got home, she found her mom in the kitchen fixing dinner. She walked in and began to help her. "Hey, Mom, can I talk to you about something?"

"Sure, sweetheart. What's up?" Maria looked around at Gabriella while she stirred the food in the pot on the stove.

"Well I wanted to talk to you about that trip that I'll be going on."

"Okay, what about it? Have you decided who you're going to ask to go with you? You might think about taking Taylor. That would be a great opportunity for both of you girls since you have both just recently graduated college."

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I can't decide who I want to go with me. It's basically a toss up between Troy and Taylor."

"Troy? Now, Gabi…are you sure? You do realize this is a trip that is probably geared more towards a romantic trip. Wouldn't that be kind of awkward for the two of you considering how you feel about him?"

"I know…that's why it's a toss up. I would give anything to be able to spend that time with Troy. You know how much I enjoy spending time with him. But I don't want it to get awkward." She let out a deep sigh. "This would be so much easier if I had a boyfriend I could just take with me. Then I wouldn't have to make this decision…"

Maria smiled sadly at her daughter. She wished the decision was easier for her, but the truth was she knew her daughter had been in love with her best friend for several years…ever since high school. But what was even harder was seeing Troy fight his own feelings. She had seen the many longing looks he had given Gabriella over the years. They both were in love with one another, but too afraid to voice their feelings. Maybe if she took him, this trip would give them a chance to get closer and pursue an actual relationship…

"Tell you what…why don't you wait until you get all the paperwork and information and find out what the trip includes as far as what you are going to be doing. Then go from there. Do a little research into what there is to do there and figure out who you would rather do those things with. But maybe taking Troy might be fun. I think I would feel a lot more comfortable knowing you had someone there to protect you should something happen…"

Gabriella nodded slowly thinking it was a good idea. "Okay. That sounds like a good idea. I just don't want to hurt anyone's feelings."

"Gabi…I don't think Troy or Taylor will care if you don't take them. Sure, they'll be disappointed they didn't get to share this foreign experience with you…but they won't be mad at you."

A week later, Gabriella had received the information she had been waiting for. But even before she had received it, she had already made up her mind who she wanted to take with her. She wanted to take Troy with her. Not that the trip wouldn't be fun with Taylor, but this had always been a dream of hers…an experience that she wanted to share with a guy. She had always dreamed it would be with a boyfriend or her husband, but right now she had neither. But thinking about it, she couldn't imagine going with anyone else but Troy.

A few days later, Troy and Gabriella were hanging out with some friends. When Troy went to take Gabriella home and it was just the two of them, Gabriella decided to bring up the subject of the trip again.

"Troy, I made my decision about the trip."

"And?"

"How would you feel about going to Europe next July?"

Troy slowed down a little and looked over at Gabriella with a shocked expression on his face. "Are you serious? You want me to go with you? Are you sure? I mean…not that I don't want to go, but what about Taylor or your mom?"

"Well I've really been considering this decision and I really would rather you go with me. I mean…its not that I don't want to take Taylor, but I think I would feel safer if you went with me. I think having a guy there would help me to enjoy it more because I won't be constantly worried about what weirdos I might come in contact with." Troy laughed at this. "Plus my mom agreed with me and was happy that I was planning to take you along."

Troy smiled as he continued to drive on to Gabriella's house. "Brie, this is so awesome! I can't wait! I am so excited for this. We are going to have so much fun!"

Gabriella couldn't wait either.