Hi all! New story here. This story may sound a bit like my old story Vanished Love in places- especially the beginning- but it will be a different story. I apologize if it sounds like it in places. Hope you enjoy!

Lost Memories of Us

Gabriella Montez stared ahead of her, as she had found herself facing the love of her life's locker. The love of her life was Troy Alexander Bolton. He had not touched it in a year. No one had touched it in a long time, to be honest. It even remained like that with his stuff in it all summer, for no one wanted to harm Troy's belongings there.

For he had not touched that locker in three hundred and sixty five days.

That was how long it had been since he walked the halls of this high school, and how long it had been since had been at his locker.

That was how long it had been since she had seen him, since he had seen her.

That was how long it had been since she had last kissed him and touched him.

That was how long it had been since they were last together.

That was how long it had been since she knew if he was okay.

That was how long it had been since she knew where he even was.

She could feel tears falling down her eyes as she kept staring at his locker. For some reason, she didn't want to take her eyes off it.

A year ago, the love of her life, Troy Bolton, had disappeared. He had vanished. No one knew what happened to him. The last memory she had of him was when he kissed her goodnight on her front porch. It had to have been the most amazing kiss he had ever given her. She had watched him walk away after that. He gazed back at her and smiled at her one last time. He had disappeared on the walk home. He had vanished overnight. After that he had devastatingly been reported missing. It had been the worst day of her life, the day her love had disappeared. Her heart had broken into a million pieces over him being missing and it still wasn't fixed. She knew it wouldn't be fixed till he was found. Safe. And alive. She would never feel whole and complete again unless he were here with her. Her world never felt right without him after he went missing. It killed her that he should of been here all year, happy, and safe with her, and he wasn't. It wasn't right. It was the most horrible thing that he wasn't there with her, where he should be, at that very moment. Its where he should of always been through this whole year.

She sighed heavily as she thought back to it all.

No one knew what happened to him to this day. They had suspected a kidnapping, but no one knew who would harm Troy. He had no enemies and he was loved by all. It seemed crazy to think someone would take him. The thought of someone doing that to him just about killed her. She couldn't bear the thought of her Troy being hurt or in pain somewhere because of someone. She wanted desperately to hurt whoever was doing that to him if this was the case. The worst part is she had no way of knowing if this was the case or not. She could suspect it, but could never know for sure. And that drove her crazy. The police had also suspected he might of run away, but none of his friends or loved ones believed that- especially her. He had been so happy. Not to mention, they had been so in love. There was no way he would of left willingly. Honestly, anything in the world could of happened to him. That is what made it all so maddening.

Suddenly, she could hear two girls she didn't know real well walking down the hall. They suddenly, stopped and stared at her. They gazed at each other, "There she is. The girl who's boyfriend died a year ago today." They both eyed her, then gazed back at each other. They both then turned and walked away.

Tears continued to poor harder down her cheeks as she didn't want to believe what the girls were saying. It was what some believed. That Troy had died and wasn't coming back. It had been too long since he had vanished and there was no way he could still be out there. They thought it was impossible for him to still be alive. That was another possibility.

But she didn't believe that possibility. She refused to believe it.

They had that strong of a connection.

She would know if something like that had happened to him. Just like she believed he would know something like that had happened to her had it been her instead of him who disappeared.

If he was gone... she would just know it. She would feel it. Her whole heart would feel it.

And she didn't feel it at all.

She suddenly felt herself running, for she had to get away from his locker, from the girls that were saying he was dead.

For he wasn't.

He was just... missing. For an entire year he had just been missing. They didn't have any idea where he was.

He wasn't dead... he was still out there... just waiting to be found.

He was still out there... trying to find his way home to them.

She had to keep on believing that.

She kept on running as fast as she could and wandered through some doors. She wasn't watching where she was going. She suddenly looked up, and was surprised to see what room she had wandered into. She looked up to see the empty stage in front of her. She stared up at the stage for a long time. She could just see the two of them up there... dancing... smiling... singing... they were so, so happy that day. They had made history at East High that day. They had changed the school for the better. The two of them. But best of all, they had been together. That was what she longed for right now. She longed for them to be together right now. She could feel herself wanting to burst into more tears as she thought back to it all. Being in this school while he wasn't was really starting to get to be to much for her to handle.

She suddenly started to turn and run away again for she had to get away from everything that reminded her of Troy. She couldn't stay here just like she couldn't stay at his locker. Even though it was the middle of the day, she knew she had to get away. She then found herself racing as fast as she could through the halls of East High, with tears falling out of her eyes wildly, as they were simply out of her control, and before she knew it she was outside of the school doors. She collapsed into more tears as she was outside. The tears were impossible to hold inside today. She wanted to get as far away from here as possible.

However, she was interrupted by the sound of a few footsteps. She looked up wildly to spot everyone walking towards her. She stopped and turned around to look at all of them. Everyone included Chad Danforth, Sharpay Evans, Taylor Mckessie, Ryan Evans, Zeke Baylor, and Jason Cross. She gazed at them all with tears that were still in her eyes. They were tears that just didn't want to stop. If anyone understood, it was all of them.

"Gabi," Chad softly spoke as he looked at her, "How are you doing?" it was then that she collapsed against him, with tears falling down her like a river. He felt so bad for her. He missed Troy like crazy as well. He hated seeing her like this. He held onto her while she cried. He looked up, and gazed sadly at his girlfriend, Taylor. She sadly eyed him back.

She slowly looked up, and could suddenly hear another set of footsteps. She looked up to see Kelsi Nielson behind her. She smiled sadly at her friend and Kelsi smiled back.

"Awe, Gabriella," she pulled away from Chad. Kelsi then leaned over to give her a hug. She hugged her rather tightly, "I saw you looking all upset in the hallway and thought you could use a friend."

"I thought you looked like you could use seven friends," Ryan spoke from behind, "Which is why we all came." She reached over to give Ryan a hug after giving Kelsi one.

"Thanks guys. I admit... I admit I'm kinda going crazy," Gabriella sighed after she broke away from Ryan, she shook a little as she spoke, for she was still so upset, "It's just that today is harder then most days. Everyday is hard.. but today..."

"Awe, Gabriella. We know how you feel," Sharpay went sadly, "We all feel the same way. We all miss him and love him. We all wish so much he could be here with us."

"Yes we all do," Zeke gazed at them all, "We miss Troy every single day. Especially today."

"I just got even more upset... then I already was... cause those girls in the hall were saying he died... I didn't believe them. I never do. I still believe he's out there... we just haven't found him yet. You all know that. The whole school just reminds me of him... and... I went by the stage... we were so happy on that stage... I wanted so badly to get out... away from it... I just want to escape from that building because it reminds me so much of Troy..." Gabriella trailed off.

She could feel more tears coming suddenly, "God, I just wish we could find him so much," Gabriella cried suddenly, "I hate him not being here, i hate it. It's not right that he's not here. He should be. He should be with us right now. I hate that its a year later and he still isn't here. I hate that we still don't know where he is. I know he's out there... and I believe he's going to come back... I believe we will find him... It's just... I can't help but worry sometimes that we still won't find him ever... I really hate to think like that... I try really hard not to... but I... sometimes... I admit..." she couldn't help but tremble.

"Oh Gabi," Kelsi reached over to hug her again.

"That's right he didn't die," Taylor went suddenly, causing Gabriella to look up at her. Everyone else gazed at Taylor, "We all know that. And Gabriella- he WILL come back to this school someday! He will come back to US. He will come back to YOU, someday, Gabriella. We WILL see him again. He's out there... trying to find his way home to us... to you! We will find him someday out there. He's fighting to get back... I know he is! Wherever he is... he's still alive... and he will come home to us. You have to keep on believing that like you are... don't give up hope."

"Yes," Chad started to speak, "He is still alive..." he gazed at the group and smiled, "And we all believe that strongly... and he will come back to us someday. I don't believe those girls for a second either... or anyone that tries to tell us that... someday he will return to us all. We will find him. Someday. I will never give up that hope. Ever."

"Someday," Gabriella whispered. She nodded as she could still feel a tear run down her cheek. She liked hearing others still believed he was alive and still out there. It helped. It gave her hope.

Kelsi slowly brushed the tear away from her eyes, "Yes. Someday. I can't wait till that day. But you know what Troy would want us to do till then? He'd want us to live our lives- and be together waiting for him to come back to us. I know he would. So what do you say we all go back to our classes together- go back into that school- cause that is what Troy would want us to do. We will do it together. All of us. I strongly believe that is what Troy would want."

"Kelsi's right," Jason agreed, "He wouldn't want us feeling sad for him all day. He'd want us out there living our lives. He would want us waiting for him to come back to us- cause he will- like we are all saying. Like we are all believing."

She nodded slowly. Her heart was still missing Troy like crazy, and she wished so much he were here right now. She felt like she couldn't breath without him here like he should be, but she knew he would want her to do what the others were saying. He would want her go on, keep living her life, and wait for him to come back to them. Like she knew he would. Someday.

"I will go..." She went slowly, she tried to find her voice through the tears, as it was difficult, "If all of you go back with me..."

Kelsi nodded. She tried to give a bright smile, "And hey. Maybe once we are all done with having to be here, we could go out and get a cake in Troy's honor later."

"Chocolate cake," Chad smiled, as he remembered all the times he and Troy ate chocolate cake over the years, "It's his favorite."

Gabriella tried to smile as she looked up at Chad, "Definitely chocolate. You are right, it is his favorite."

"Come on," Kelsi also smiled, "Let's all go back in together. Cause we're all in this together, remember? Now that's the way Troy always wanted us to be!"

"Right," Gabriella nodded. She gazed at the school, she took a long deep breath, as she still wasn't sure she was ready for this. She was going to try, though, "Come on, let's go."

Together the group then slowly walked back in the building. As they walked back in they all couldn't help but miss Troy desperately.

More then anything they wished he were here right now but they all believed he'd one day be back with them.

Someday.


"Hey Alexander, could you remember to pick up the groceries later I asked for for supper?" Chloe Ashford asked her friend at that moment.

Alexander gazed at her for a moment, but just smiled, "Sure Chloe. I will do that." It was the least he could do, for she had let him live here for the year.

"Great, thanks so much Alexander! I really appreciate it. I'm headed out to go to work and will see you later," Chloe smiled at him before she exited the building. He smiled as he watched his only friend in the world leave for the day.

Alexander thought back to what Chloe just told him to do a second ago, and he couldn't help but laugh as he thought of what it was.

She wanted him to remember to do something.

That was one thing he didn't do well at. Remembering, that was. He wanted to remind her about that, but it was to late to say so.

He sighed heavily.

All he could remember about his entire life was the past year. The first thing he remembered a year ago was waking up in his friends house out in Los Angeles, California, for when he woke up there, he had absolutely no memory of his life before that moment. He couldn't even remember his name- but for some reason he was almost ninety percent convinced it was Alexander. It came to him a little after he woke up though. For the life of him, he couldn't remember his last name, however. So he simply went by the name Alexander for the past year. He wasn't a hundred percent certain that Alexander was his real name, but for some reason it was what he went by for the past year. He couldn't remember where he was from. He had no idea if he was from California, or someplace else. He flat out couldn't remember anything about himself when he woke up. It was all just one huge blank to him.

He let out another extremely long heavy sigh.

He honestly had not a clue what had caused him to loose his memory to begin with. He had just woken up in Chloe's house and his memories were completely gone. Chloe had claimed she found him on the street outside of her house, and he was unconscious and bleeding on the head. Chloe figured he must of hit his head rather hard somehow. She had moved him into her house where he had woken up shortly after. That was where his memories started. He had lived with her since then. They had gotten to be such good friends, and she had been so understanding of his situation, that she had allowed him to stay with her for the past year. She had an extra bedroom and let him use it. He didn't work or anything, but she did. He thankfully offered to do the cleaning and attempted to cook here and there for her which he didn't mind doing at all.

He smiled as he thought of her. They were in no way romantic with each other. Sure she was an incredibly nice girl- and not to mention she was very beautiful- but he didn't love her in that way. He never did. They were best friends. They were the best of friends. It was nice to have a friend as he couldn't seem to remember any of his old ones.

He sighed deeply as he found himself in front of the long mirror that was hanging on the wall. He stared into his blue eyes. As he looked into them- he couldn't help but wonder who he was. Where did he come from? Was there someone out there that loved him and was searching for him? Or was he completely on his own and it was just him?

He couldn't help but pray there was someone out there- for he didn't want to be alone. The thought of no one being out there depressed him. However he felt terrible making them worry when he was alive and okay. Whoever they we're. He just didn't know who he was. He didn't know who it was he was supposed to be searching for.

Was his family searching for him?

Were his friends?

Was a girl that loved him searching for him? Was she moving heaven and earth trying to find him at that very moment?

His body shook at the thought of someone loving him like that. He hoped there was someone out there like that for him.

And somehow- deep down- he KNEW there was a girl who loved him out there searching all over trying to find him.

He just prayed she would someday.

Or he would find her.

One way or the other, they just had to find each other.

And he prayed when they did find each other, that he would finally remember.

Someday.

Oh how he dreamed for it to happen someday.