Hello everyone! So unfortunately I've had a really bad case of writers block. I've been working on basically three stories at once and have been failing horribly. I think I Will Always Be With You is going on hiatus cause I just can't think of where I want to go with that right now. I haven't forgotten On The Line, the next chapter for this is half written and just needs to be finished so hopefully I'll be able to do that soon. Catch Me If I Fall is still in the works too! I just need to get back into writing it. And of course Thinking Of You is still going too, I have the next part started so that will probably be up very soon. I think I finally realized that I start too many things and never finish them but the good news is school is almost over for me so that means I'll be able to write all the time. So hopefully I'll be more consistent with updating. This story is one I started a really long time ago. I actually stole part of the beginning to use in Always And Forever but I changed it up a bit for this. I just decided to post some of what I have and use this story to cure any cases of writers block. This isn't the first chapter it's more of like a pre-face just to get you introduced, It's gonna be rated M for things like swearing and topics like abuse. I hope you all like it and REVIEW please!! I would love to hear from you guys! I'm going to end this novel now and get on to the new story so enjoy!

*Don't own anything.

"Troy Bolton will you please put that basketball down? It's the last day of high school ever and you are not gonna spend it in here." Gabriella Montez said with a giggle, as she walked into the gym and saw her boyfriend shooting free throws, as always.

"Hey, excuse me Ms. Montez but I've only been in here for 20 minutes." Troy smiled as he turned around and faced her, handing her the ball. It was her turn to take a shot; it was just something they did, like a little ritual.

"Wow that must be a record or something." Gabriella smiled as she made her shot. "You know I think I'm getting better at this." She said, taking another confidant shot but missing this time. "Or not." Troy laughed a bit and looked down at her.

"Oh you're so funny." Gabriella smiled a little as she nudged him with her hip.

Troy smiled and wrapped his arm around her, and turned her towards the gym doors. She laid her head on his shoulder and threw the basketball over her own shoulder. After only a second they both whipped their heads around at the sound of the basketball hitting the backboard and swishing through the net.

"Told you I was getting better." Gabriella giggled as Troy kissed her forehead and they both walked out of the gym hand in hand.

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"Ok so you're gonna call me everyday right? No exceptions. Even if you had a twenty-three and a half hour practice and you're dead tired right?" Gabriella asked as she watched Troy and his dad pack their car. The day she had been dreading for a while was finally here. The day Troy, her lifeline, her best friend, her everything, was leaving. For the whole summer. She didn't think it could get any worse than that.

"Yes Gabby, and if I forget, which I highly doubt I ever will, you get to call me and give me one of your infamous lectures on how awful I was for forgetting to call you." Troy smiled as he tossed another bag in the trunk.

"Good, and you're gonna write me sometimes too right? Not like a novel but just some little notes every once in a while?" she asked, brushing some hair out of her face and chewing on her bottom lip, trying to hide the fact that she wanted to break down right then and there.

"Yes babe, I'll write too, I swear." Troy said as he scooped her into his arms and hugged her tight against his chest, knowing she was upset over his soon to be absence.

"Troy do you really have to go? I mean you're gonna be gone all summer. I don't know if I can handle being away from you so long." She said into his chest as he rubbed her back softly.

"I know Brie, but I have to go. I can't get all of my scholarship money of I don't do this clinic." He said slightly tightening his grip around her. "You don't want some dead-beat, high school graduate for a boyfriend do you?"

"No, but I go to college in the middle of August and you don't come back till the end. We're like never going to see each other again." Gabriella said as she felt some tears building in her dark brown eyes. Even though he hadn't even left yet, Gabriella felt herself missing him. Reality was starting to set in and the chance that this was the last time she would be holding him was becoming more obvious.

"Gabby I told you as soon as we both get settled into school we'll make plans to visit. Don't worry we're going to make this work. No matter what, I promise." Troy said as her kissed her head and rocked her back and forth slowly. It killed him knowing that he was the reason she was so upset. If he had the choice to stay and be with her all summer, he would take it in a second, but unfortunately that wasn't an option for him.

"I love you Troy." She said as tears began to fall from her eyes and on to his shirt.

"Gabby babe, don't cry. Everything's gonna work out fine, we're gonna be fine." Troy said as he lifted Gabriella's head off his shoulder and kissed her with everything he had and would have kept kissing her but his dad slammed the trunk shut, and cleared his throat, signaling it was time to go.

"It's time." Troy said quietly as he and Gabriella pulled away.

"Bye Troy." She said giving him a little smile and then wiped her eyes free of tears, she didn't want his last memory of her a sad one.

"Bye Brie. And stop worrying everything is going to be fine. We're going to make this work." Troy smiled as he hugged and kissed her one more time before climbing in the car. "I love you."

"I love you too." She smiled as Troy shut the door and rolled down the window. "Wait, Troy take this." She said just as the cars engine started with a roar. She quickly pulled an old leather bracelet off her wrist and slid in onto his. "Gabby this was your dads." Troy said looking at the bracelet and then her. "I know but I want you to have it. Always keep it on, so whenever you see it you'll think of me. That's what I do with the necklace you gave me." She said smiling a bit and touching the small "T" that hung from her neck at all times.

"I'll never take it off. I promise." He smiled and kissed her quickly before the car headed down the driveway. "I love you." Troy yelled out the window as the car pulled out of the driveway. "I love you too Wildcat!" Gabriella yelled back. "And I always will." She said to herself as she watched the car turn the corner and disappeared.

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Little did Troy and Gabriella know, that very day was the last time they would see each other. Troy kept his promise at first just like he said he would, calling Gabriella everyday, never missing once. But as the summer grew on there just didn't seem to be enough time in either of their days to spend three hours on the phone. Troy was constantly at basketball practice, earning every penny of his scholarship. And Gabriella had found herself to be extremely busy preparing herself for college. Unfortunately for the two the calls slowly stopped being made. Not on purpose, just because they both had too much to do. And just like Gabriella had predicted, August rolled around and the inevitable happened. Troy had finished his basketball clinic and went off to college on his scholarship in New York, never once coming home to say goodbye for good. Gabriella headed to her college in California without a word said to Troy or his family before she left. And the whole 'visiting after we get settled in' thing didn't happen. School was just first on both their minds and everything else took the backseat. The promise of being together forever Troy had made was long broken by their graduating year but a day didn't go by that Gabriella didn't think about Troy, and vice versa even if it was just for a second.

A/N: So there was a little taste of what this story is going to be about. I'm working on chapter one as I type this so it'll be up either tonight or tomorrow. So I hope you liked it and don't forget to review!