Helloooo! If you've read some of my previous work, then you'll see that I said that I'm not really into writing full stories. But….I'm going to give it a try! So this is my first attempt at a multi-chaptered story! Actually, this my second attempt, but I deleted my first one, cause it sucked. Big time. But getting back on track, I don't know how long this story is going to be, so I guess I'll find out when I write it! Before I get to the story, I just wanted to let you know that is a mixed-up version of The Parent Trap but it's not gonna follow that storyline. So read on!
Disclaimer: I do not own High School Musical, or the song 'Positivity' by Ashley Tisdale.
Worth the Ride
Chapter 1 : Unexpected
A 22 - year old Gabriella Montez yawned.
"I still can't believe we're having twins!" she said happily.
Troy smiled at his wife. "Twin girls, to be exact," he told her.
"I know!" she exclaimed.
"Now comes the hard part. Naming them." Troy sighed.
"Troy, they're not born yet."
"But they will be in a couple months," he argued.
Gabriella gave him a look, as if to say 'Do not argue with me.' Suddenly, she then said, "Ok. I really want to include my grammy's name in one of their names."
You would think that Troy would be shocked at Gabriella's sudden change of heart, but after living through this for over six months, he really wasn't anymore. So he replied,
"You know, I've always wanted to include my grandma's name, too. Your grammy's name is Connie, correct?"
Gabriella nodded.
"Mines is Elizabeth. How about…Elizabeth Connie? Nah. How bout Connie Elizabeth for one?"
" Okeydokey," Gabriella replied. "What's your favorite flower, Troy?"
Troy wasn't surprised at her randomness. "Uh….Lilies probably. Or roses."
"We'll go with Lily. How about that for a first name?"
Troy thought about it. "Lily Bolton. I like it. Middle name?"
"Oxford. It's where we went to school together."
Troy looked at Gabriella strangely. "Lily Oxford? Lily Bolton. Lily Oxford Bolton. Hmm. Not bad," he told her. You know, it actually sounds pretty good."
"Of course it does," Gabriella said, in an as-a-matter-of-factly way. "Now, its 10:00, and I need some sleep. You coming?" she asked Troy.
"Of course! But first, I need one thing," he replied.
"And what would that be?"
"A kiss."
Gabriella giggled and leaned in.
x
It was 2 years later.
Gabriella and Troy stood facing each other, Troy's bags already packed.
"Look Troy. You do what you want to do. If you want to become a basketball player for the Arizona Suns, you do that. But I've lived in Albuquerque since junior year, except when we went to Oxford together. This is my hometown now. I don't want to move, and I don't plan to." Gabriella bit her lip, trying to fight back her tears. She was mad at Troy for wanting the job, but she made her voice soften as she said "I love you Troy. I really, really do. But I have a great job here. I don't want to leave. I know you have to. And I'll miss you." With difficulty she then said something she knew she had to, as much as she didn't want to. "Take one of the twins. And take good care of her."
Troy looked at her sadly. He took his baby girl, who was sound asleep. "I'll do my best," he told Gabriella.
As he took his bags to the car, Gabriella held her baby girl for what she hoped wasn't the last time. Troy returned, to take his child.
Gabriella kissed her baby on the forehead, and told her, "I love you Lily. Don't you ever forget that, ok?" She gave her to Troy.
Both of them walked over to his car, and Troy put Lily in his car seat. He turned to face Gabriella.
"I'll miss you, too," was all he said, before gently kissing her on the cheek. He got into his car, turned on the engine, and drove away.
But before he even hit the corner, a single tear had rolled down each of their cheeks.
x
13 years later...
It was a Friday afternoon in May, and Connie Elizabeth Montez was sick of her mother.
She loved her, really she did. But as of now, she was extremely annoyed with her. Hadn't her mother ever been 14 once? Connie never wore much makeup. She only wore foundation, mascara, blush, and lipgloss, which was what her mother allowed her to wear. But it couldn't hurt to let her wear a little eyeshadow once in a while? Or some lipliner on picture day?
Connie was fourteen, nearly fifteen, and having a boyfriend at that age isn't really something unusual. Yet, her mother never let her go on a date with her boyfriend Connor without at least 2 other friends there. Thank goodness movie theatres are dark, which lets Connie and Connor, who have been dating for a year, spend time together alone, while her friends sit seats away.
Right now, the aforementioned mother was at East High School, where Connie was currently attending, where her mother had attended when she was in high school, and where Gabriella Montez, her mother, was the principal. Some meeting had held her up, and frankly, Connie needed to be away from her mother.
She had finished her homework, and was on her laptop, listening to music. And of course, singing along to it.
"I'm looking at you, you're looking at me, what more could you want, show me some positivity," she sang. She didn't know it, but she had inherited her voice from her mother, who now only sang in the shower.
Tossing her light brown curls over her shoulder, she sighed happily and leaned back.
"I love Fridays," she said to herself. "Especially ones where my mother isn't pestering me to do something I don't really want to."
x
Lily Oxford Bolton was not very happy with her dad. At all. Being the captain of the Arizona Suns, he was pretty popular. And at least once a month, he had to leave town to go to somewhere else, and he always left her at her godfather's. Lily's godfather's name was Chad Danforth, he was the assistant captain of the Arizona Suns, and he was Troy Bolton's best friend. Despite the fact that they looked nothing alike, Chad could be Lily's uncle; that was how close they were. However, family doesn't always get along with each other, and Lily being in a rather bad mood, was not very happy with the fact that her father always had to leave for some stupid basketball thing. Unfortunately for Chad, he was the only thing that she could take her anger on.
"Remind me again why he has to go to Alberjerky?" she asked him sarcastically.
Chad sighed. "Lils, it's Albuquerque. And because it's some kind of huge captain conference, where they meet and do….well I'm not exactly sure what they do, but I know it's important."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Sure it is," she replied back, once again, sarcastically.
"Look Lily, I know you miss him, and are probably extremely annoyed at him, he has to do what he has to do. And he has to travel," Chad told her.
Lily rolled her eyes again. "He likes writing better anyways. He majored in journalism, I know that for sure. He named me after his college." She yawned. "I'm gonna go to bed now."
"Lil, its nine. You never go to bed before 11."
"Yeah, well, I'm tired. Night Uncle Chad."
Chad, deciding not to argue with a moody teenager, sighed, and said, "Good Night."
Lily went to her room. She heard her cell phone ringing, and saw the screen, which read, 'Dad Cell.' Ignoring the ringing, Lily sat on her bed, brushing her straight, light brown locks. She sighed with annoyance at the fact that her dad wouldn't let her stay at their own house, even though the Danforth's was like her second home.
Laying on the bed, she pushed the thought away, and soon fell asleep.
x
Gabriella Montez sighed. The meeting about some new district-wide computer program was finally over, and she had decided to take some time to walk around the school. She stopped when she got to locker 1038. That had been her locker all those years ago, when she had been high school. Knowing it wouldn't work, she dialed her old combo, and to her surprise it opened. Of course, she thought. They only have 5 different combinations.
Her next surprise was that this wasn't just a random student's locker, it was Connie's locker. She smiled at the neatly arranged books and supplies; organization was just another trait her daughter had inherited from her. Her daughter…..who wasn't having the best time of the month….
Gabriella decided to roam the school a little more. She was the principal, after all. She walked around for a quarter of an hour before coming to a familiar door.
Of course…This was the door to the stairway to the not-so-secret rooftop garden. She opened the door, went up the stairway, to surround herself in the happy memories of her high school years.
x
Troy Bolton was ridiculously bored. He desperately wanted to get out of the hotel. He wanted to call his daughter, but realized that she wouldn't pick up anyways, and decided to call her later. Right now, he would have to figure out some other way to end his bored state of mind. The all-captain conference lasted three days, and this was his first. He was back in his hometown, and stuck in a hotel. Without another thought, Troy picked up the phone and dialed.
"Hey Zeke? I need to you come and get me," he told Zeke, who owned the second-most successful bakery in Albuquerque.
"Sure thing. You're here for the all-captain conference, right? What hotel?"
Troy grinned, and told him the directions. "But before I come to your shop to eat all your food, I want you to drop me somewhere else first……
x
Troy entered the doors of East High, and sighed happily. He knew the first place where he wanted to go. He raced up and down the halls, and got to the stairway, and opened the door carefully. As he walked up the stairs, he felt that rush of energy that precedes something wonderful happening.
x
Gabriella was around the corner when Troy crept into the rooftop garden, so she didn't see him, and he didn't see her. They both stood on either side of the garden, looking down at the grounds of their old, beloved high school. They stayed that way, completely silent, both remembering the memories of their high school years. After a few minutes, each of them spoke. They were talking to themselves, but the other person heard them, too.
"I love this school," both of them said, exactly at the same time.
Both of them froze for a moment before turning around at the same exact moment.
They knew the other's voice. They knew it very well.
"Troy?"
"Gabriella?"
Yeah, that sucked, huh? Well, either way, please review!
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