A/N: Ok here it goes! This is the sequel to "To Make Her Love Me". The story takes places 4 years after "TMHLM", which the year is 2012. Troy, Gabriella, and the gang are out of college and all are back in Albuquerque.
Just so you know, I'll put the kids' ages here! Lucas and Tina are 6; Sarah and Nathan 5; Hannah is 16; and Gabriella and Troy are 22 years old.
Pictures of Gabi's dress and her bridesmaids' dresses are located on my profile is anyone wants to see what they look like.
Disclaimer: I only own the characters not in the movie!
June 15, 2012 2:00 pm
I slowly pulled my foot off the gas and eased to a stop. I turned the car off and slowly opened the door. I got out and eased the door shut. I looked around finally finding the gravestone I wanted. I eased myself down on the ground and leaned against the headstone.
"Hey mom. Well the time has finally come. Tomorrow Troy and I are getting married. I keep promising myself that I'm not going to be one of those crazy brides who yell at everyone and is totally nervous. I'm actually relaxed and ready to get married to Troy." I said looking around the colorfully decorated cemetery.
I just sat there listening to the birds and the wind pick up. I looked at the headstone and traced the words on it. I couldn't believe she's been gone for 4 years all ready. It didn't even seem that long. I fell into one of my many flashbacks from the past few years.
Flashback
I walked among the headstones looking for my mom's. I grinned when I found it.
"Mom he finally did it. He proposed last night. It was so romantic. But you probably all ready knew that. He took me to the East High Theatre and had sprinkled rose petals everywhere on stage. He had brought the same bench his parents and grandparents had gotten engaged on and had that sitting in the theatre. It was so romantic mom. You would have loved it. Well then he blind folds me and walks me up to the stage. He told me that I couldn't open my eyes. So I'm standing there like an idiot." I told her stopping to giggled at the thought.
"He then takes the blind fold off and tells me to keep my eyes closed. Once I can open them, I see the bench and the rose petals everywhere. He led me over to the bench and we sit and he starts to talk about the past three years and how I've changed his life. Then he proposed to me. But the sweetest part was that he asked all of our friends to come watch him propose and his parents were there too. It was so perfect mom." I told her sighing in reply.
I sat there for a minute just thinking about how I was going to pull off a huge wedding without my mom there to help me.
"I'm going to come to you with all the questions I have. You have to send me signs that I'm doing the right thing. I love Troy with all of my heart and I want to plan the perfect wedding. It's just going to be hard without you here." I told her leaning over and kissing the headstone.
"Anyways mom, I know you're going to be watching. By the way, what did you think of the college graduation? I got my degree in PT and Troy got his degree in Physical Education. Four years seems to fly by." I said hearing another car pull up.
"How did I know I would find you here?" A familiar voice called as he got out of the car.
"The same reason I knew you would come. I'm catching her up on what's been going on." I said as he walked over to me.
"Are you feeling a little blue?" Troy asked offering his hand for me to grab so he could pull me up.
"Just a little bit. You know when you're a child, you expect your parents to be there to watch you graduate or walk down the aisle. I'm just sad neither one of my parents will be there." I told him.
"They will be there in spirit. I thought you were happy about my dad offering to walk you down the aisle?" Troy asked.
"I'm thrilled he asked but it's just the sadness kicking in." I told him.
"I wish I could take all your sadness away, baby. I really do." Troy said pressing his lips to my forehead.
"I know you do. I wish you could too. So why did you come out here looking for me?" I asked him grinning.
"Well we do have a family get together with my family or did you forget?" Troy asked.
"Oh I totally forgot. I'm sorry. I wanted to talk to mom before tomorrow." I told him smiling.
"I figured as much. Then we have to get to bed early to go to the church tomorrow." Troy told me.
"Ahh I can't wait. Ready to go to your parents?" I asked him grinning.
"Well I'm thinking you need to go home and change out of those scrubs you have on currently and get into someone a little nicer?" Troy asked me.
"Oh I forgot to stop at home first after work. Do we have time?" I asked him.
"Oh we have plenty of time. Let's go. I'll meet you at home." Troy told me walking back to his car.
Flashback
"Gabriella Maria Montez we have to decide this sooner or later!" Troy yelled as I walked into the house.
"Can't it wait a minute while I put this stuff down?" I asked him walking into the apartment Troy and I had rented.
"Yeah but we have to talk." Troy said following me into the kitchen.
"Ok shoot. What do we have to talk about?" I asked him turning around and facing him.
"When do we want the wedding? Everyone is asking about it." Troy told me.
"We've been engaged for 6 months. We still have time." I told him calmly.
"I would like to know if you have a date in mind. Or were we going to be engaged for the rest of our lives?" Troy asked.
"I thought we both agreed on being engaged until we were done with college?" I asked him.
"Well I would like to start planning it out and making sure we get everything we want." Troy told me.
"Fine let's do this now. I was going to wait until this weekend but I guess I'll tell you now. How about June 16, 2012?" I asked him.
"Why that date?" Troy asked me as I grinned at him and wrapped my arms around his broad shoulders.
"Well we'll be graduated from college by that time. I've always wanted a June wedding." I told him.
"If my baby wants a June wedding, then she'll have one. That sounds good babe." Troy told me capturing me in a kiss.
Troy and I had our good days and our bad days. Some days we were the lovey dovey couple we were in high school; other days it was like we were fighting at the drop of a hat. But we had learned to work through our petty arguments and learned how to say sorry to each other.
"I know the perfect place we can have the wedding." I said rushing into the house excitedly.
"Where's that baby?" Troy asked from his place at the dinning room table.
"The old church downtown. I called them today and they have an opening for our date." I told him grinning.
"Did you book it?" Troy asked me as my grin fell.
"No because I wanted to make sure it was all right with you." I told him quietly.
"Why don't you call them and book it and then we'll go see it later on tonight?" Troy asked me.
"I'll go do that right now. Hey Troy?" I asked turning around and looking at him.
"Yeah Gabi?" Troy asked getting up from the table and walking over to me.
"I love you." I told him simply as his face broke out in a grin.
"Oh babe I love you too." Troy told me leaning down and kissing me.
I smiled as I pulled into the apartment complex Troy and I had been leasing since our junior year of college. It was our home for now. Troy and I had been looking for smaller houses that were in our budget. We hadn't found any yet but we were still looking.
I parked the car and walked up to our door. We had rented a town house and absolutely loved it since Chad and Taylor were in the same complex as us. I pushed opened the door and walked in. I heard Troy talking on the phone as I walked in.
"Sorry dude I can't come out tonight. We're going to my parents." I heard Troy argue with whoever was on the phone.
I walked upstairs as Troy continued to argue. I walked into the closet and grabbed a pair of capris and a nice tank top. I quickly changed and then grabbed my denim jacket before heading back downstairs. I stopped at the counter and quickly flipped through the mail. I smiled when I came across an envelope from Kelsi and Jason's address. I quickly slip open the envelope and took out the card. I flipped it open and out dropped a picture. I looked at the picture with shock on my face.
Troy came over and noticed my face. He looked at me as I looked at him.
"Did you know about this?" I asked Troy showing him the picture of the baby.
"I had no idea about this. Dude Chad quit talking for a minute. Did you know Jason and Kelsi had a baby?" Troy asked into the phone.
"Chad didn't know about this either. What did they name her?" Troy asked me.
"Elizabeth Noelle was born on May 16 at 3:24 am. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 19 inches long." I told him showing him the baby announcement.
"Hey Chad I'll call you back. Yeah I'll tell her." Troy said before hanging up the phone.
"Chad told me to tell you that you owe him." Troy told me taking the baby announcement from me.
"Why do I owe him this time?" I asked him grabbing the phone from him.
"Because I can't go out tonight. So Chad says you owe him." Tory told me as I rolled my eyes.
"I'm going to call Kelsi. What time do we have to be at your parents?" I asked him.
"We have to be there at 7 and its 5:30 now." Troy told me as I walked out to our little balcony and sat down.
I dialed the familiar 7 digit number that I had memorized three years ago. I listened to the phone ring before someone picked up.
"Hey Kelsi. I got the announcement." I told her as she sighed in reply.
"We were going to tell everyone but we thought you guys would be mad at us." Kelsi tried to explain.
"Why would we be mad? We're your friends. We don't pass judgment on our friends." I told her trying to explain.
"I know and now that I look back on the situation, I feel bad. I'm sorry I didn't tell you or Troy." Kelsi told me.
"Well you told us now. She's adorable. She's about 3 weeks old now?" I asked her.
"Just about. She's not going to come to the ceremony tomorrow but we'll bring her to the reception if that's ok?" Kelsi asked me.
"That would be more than fine. I'm anxious to meet your and Jason's daughter. I can't believe I'm saying that." I told her giggling.
"I'm just glad you're happy. Thank you so much Gabi." Kelsi told me.
"Not a problem. All right I just thought to call you and let you know that we got it. Troy and I have dinner plans with his family tonight." I told her.
"Well thanks for calling and have fun. We'll see you tomorrow night." Kelsi told me as we both hung up and I walked back inside.
"So what did she say?" Troy asked me as I sat down beside him.
"She and Jason thought we would be mad at them." I told him simply as he continued to flip through channels.
"Why would we be mad at them?" Troy asked me as I shrugged my shoulders.
"I have no idea. So they're going to bring Elizabeth to the reception tomorrow." I told him.
"That sounds good. I can't believe we're getting married in the morning." Troy said as I looked at him.
"If you start singing I'm going to hurt you." I told him grinning.
"I won't. Ready to go to mom and dad's?" Troy asked as we both got up.
"Ready as I'll ever be." I told him walking over to the front door and looked at him.
"Why didn't Chad just come over instead of calling you?" I asked him.
"It's Chad and he didn't want to walk the two feet to come knock on the door." Troy told me as we both walked towards his truck.
The drive to his parents was a quiet one, mostly occupied by the radio. I sighed happily as we drove down the familiar road to his parents' house. I smiled when I saw Lucas, Tina, Sarah, and Nathan all playing in the front yard. Troy carefully pulled into the driveway as all the kids noticed we were there.
"Troy Gabi. HI!" Four little voices called to us as we opened our doors.
"Hi guys. How have you been?" I asked hugs going around the circle.
"Come see our room!" Sarah and Tina told me dragging me into the house.
"Sarah, Tina let Gabi chill for a minute before you drag her off to your room." Dana called as she walked into the foyer.
"Hey Dana. Thanks for doing that." I told her giving her a hug.
"Those two are just like natural born sisters." Dana told me as Troy came into the house with Lucas and Nathan.
"There's my bigger baby boy." Dana told Troy leaning over and giving him a hug.
"Hi mom. I'm surprised Hannah isn't outside. Where is she?" Troy asked kissing his mom's cheek.
"She's out with the girls. She should be home early tonight. We told her that you guys were coming over and she's all excited." Dana said walking into the kitchen.
"So how does it feel to have another kid driving?" I asked Dana sitting at the counter.
"No different than it was when Troy started. Now the bad part will be is when all four of the little ones start." Dana told us.
"So are Lucas and Tina done with Kindergarten for the year? Are Nathan and Sarah done with preschool?" I asked her grinning.
"Lucas and Tina were done on June 4th and Nathan and Sarah were done with preschool June 8th. In the fall, Lucas and Tina will start first grade and Nathan and Sarah will be in kindergarten. It's hard to believe they're all ready starting school." Dana told us as we heard the front door open.
"Where's the crew at?" Jack called shutting the door quietly.
"We're up here dad." I heard Nathan say in annoyance.
"Watch the tone Nate!" Jack called warningly as he walked into the kitchen.
"There's my oldest son and our future daughter-in-law." Jack told us coming over and giving us both hugs.
"How was work today dad?" Troy asked as I heard the front door open again.
"Someone's huge ass truck is blocking my spot on the driveway mom. So my car is out in the street." Hannah told us coming in with her 17 year old attitude.
"Watch the language Hannah Elizabeth!" Dana said as she heard the words come out of Hannah's mouth.
"Sorry mom. Who's over?" Hannah asked coming into the kitchen.
"Your brother and his fiancée." Jack said looking at me and Troy.
"Hey Gabi, Troy. What brings you by our lovely home?" Hannah asked coming over to stand by me.
"Mom and dad invited us over for dinner. Are you excited about tomorrow?" I asked her.
"As all get out. She's been nonstop talker about tomorrow." Dana said rolling her eyes.
"I'm just excited to see my brother and his future wife get married. That's all." Hannah told us as we all shared a laugh.
We spent the rest of the night at the Bolton's and had a blast. I smiled knowing the next morning Troy and I would be getting married.
There you guys go. The wedding will be in the next chapter! As always FEEDBACK AND REVIEWS are expected, wanted, and appreciated!