The break up

From Troy's point of view

It's been almost six months since my girlfriend Gabriella and I began our different, but nearby colleges. I am still in contact with Chad and the rest of my friends, but we spend most of our time together. Well, we did. Until last week. We had a small fight. We went down to the ice cream shop and I promised to pay, but Gabriella ordered something more expensive than I thought, so I asked her if I could borrow two dollars and she didn't have any, so she went out of the shop in a strop. I called her that night and apologised and we are still going out, but it's been a bit strange.

Today, I am going to meet Gabriella and as it's valentines day, I'm taking her to a fancy restaurant and this time I will bring enough money for anything she wants. Hopefully we will make up and everything will be fine. I also received a valentines card from Gabby today. She didn't put her name on it, which is strange, since we've been going out for ages, but I don't mind. She'll get hers tonight.

From Gabriella's point of view

Troy is driving me insane at the moment! I love him, but we're going through a really bad patch at the moment. I'm not sure if it's because of our row at the ice cream shop or if our relationship just isn't working any more. But I'm gonna try and make up with him tonight. It's valentines day, and he's promised to take me somewhere special.

I'm not going to tell him this, but I really don't want to go to some posh restaurant. I hope he takes me somewhere nice and quiet. But whatever he does, I will thank him. Today, Emma and I went shopping and I picked out this really sweet card for him. Emma helped me write a poem for him and the most important bit, love Gabriella. I haven't sent it to him yet, I think I'll give it to him tonight. I'll be wearing my jeans and t-shirt for our date, because since Troy knows me so well, we'll probably be going to the park.

Troy looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing his best suit, the same one he'd worn to the prom. Gabriella was probably going to be wearing a really nice dress, so he wanted to look nice.

"Bye Steve!" he shouted as he left his flat. Troy and his college friend, Steven Carson, had bought a flat together almost a month ago, so that they could be nearer to the college, and of course, in Troy's case, Gabriella.

Gabriella was standing at the bus stop, where she was meeting Troy. She had her card for him ready to give to him. She'd gone easy on the lipstick, because she knew he'd want to kiss her. In fact, she wasn't wearing much makeup at all. When Troy arrived, Gabriella was surprised to see him in his suit.

"Um, you look-great." she said eventually.

"You too…" he said, eyeing her jeans.

"Coming?"

He lead her over to a restaurant. She sighed and handed him his valentines day card.

"Well, it's not as great as the first one," said Troy, "But it was really sweet of you to give me two."

"I didn't." she said. Then she walked away, back to her house. Troy ran after her, but she wouldn't speak to him. That night, Troy called her and dumped her. He didn't want to, but he knew she'd do it to him if he didn't do it soon. That night, both Troy and Gabriella lay in bed.

"I wish I'd taken her to somewhere she'd liked, and asked her if she'd sent me two cards first." said Troy.

"I wish I'd been more appreciative of where he took me, and not just walked away." said Gabriella.

Although both of them wished they'd got back together, neither of them had the guts to say anything. Troy discovered who sent him the valentines card, it was Lucy Rhodes. They dated all the way through college and got married the day after graduation. Gabriella had a few boyfriends in college, but didn't actually get married until two years after she graduated, to James Kelsey. Troy and Gabriella forgot one another, until one day, many years later, when fate would bring them back together….