Troy ran his finger over the soft skin of her arm. She frowned in her sleep, Troy giggled quietly to himself. He glanced at the clock, 5 minutes until he had to wake her from her sleep.
He carefully and quietly climbed out of bed, pulled a sweater on, and made his way to the kitchen.
A few minutes later, he returned with a cup of coffee and two slices of toast with jam on a tray. He lay them down on the dresser and walked back to the bed.
"Honey." He gently rocked her, causing her to stir. "Wake up!"
The girl grumbled and brought her hands up to her dark hair. She opened her eyes and looked at Troy.
"Morning baby." She smiled.
"Morning Gabriella." He smiled, and picked up the breakfast from the dresser. "For you."
"Aw, Troy!" Gabriella smiled, yawning. "You're so sweet." She sat up in bed as Troy lay the tray on her lap.
"Last day at work today." Troy reminded Gabriella. "For what, 3 weeks?!"
"Yup."
"And when you return…"
"I'll have a heap of work to catch up on?"
"You'll be Mrs. Troy Bolton."
Gabriella smiled, and wrinkled her nose.
"I can hardly stand the waiting. I want to be your wife now!"
"I want you to be my wife. Of course after the wedding…"
"Haha, don't, Troy!"
"…Honeymoon!"
"Don't bring it up. Unless you're willing to tell me where we're going."
"Nope."
Gabriella rolled her eyes and giggled. Troy kissed her on the forehead, and made his way towards the shower.
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Gabriella was bored almost to tears at work. All she could do was stare at the clock. Ten minutes until she finished.
She looked up at the class she was teaching. Even the class were boringly behaving themselves. The 9th graders were working hard on an assignment she'd given them. She sighed to herself, why did she have nothing to do? She'd worked extra hard over the past couple of weeks so that everything was done in time. But now she was bored out of her skull.
Gabriella jumped out of her chair almost as quickly as the kids did when the bell finally rang. She ushered them out quickly, before rushing out herself.
She stopped off in the staff room to say goodbye to everybody before she left. When she got in there, she discovered everybody standing around a cake with two candles in.
"Oh my gosh, you guys!"
"Good luck, Gabs!" a fellow science teacher shouted.
"We're gonna miss you!" Another colleague said.
After half an hour of happily chatting to her colleagues, and eating lots of cake, she decided to go home. Taking a slice of cake for Troy, she made her way to her car. When she got in, she put the cake and her bag on the passenger seat, locked the doors, and called Troy on her cell.
"Hello?"
"Hey baby."
"Oh, hey darlin'. How was work?"
"It was boring - until the end, the other teachers threw me a little party, it was so sweet Troy!"
"That's great! Are you on your way home?"
"Just about to leave. I'm in my car now."
"Okay, hurry back, I've cooked you dinner."
"Aw, baby, that's so sweet! See you soon. I love you."
"I love you too. See you in a few."
Gabriella smiled to herself and threw her cell onto the passenger seat. She sat for a while, just thinking. Thinking about the man she was soon to marry.
She sighed contently, and turned the keys in the ignition. Just as she was about to pull away, she noticed a piece of paper on the floor. She frowned, then noticed she'd left her window open very slightly.
"Darn, stupid pamphlets." She leaned down and picked it up. She unfolded it, and her eyes widened as she read it.
"He's a liar and a cheat. Don't marry him."
The nondescript handwriting smudged into a blot as a tear fell from Gabriella's eye, down her cheek and onto the paper.