The two children were tucked into bed, It was going on 11:30 at night. Gabriella had on a beautiful black dress. She had prepared a steak dinner with the side of her Husband's favorites. Mash potatos and macaroni and cheese.

Two candles were lit with a bottle of champain. She smiled, The door opened, she looked up to see her husband had came home from work.

Gabriella smiled, "Hey honey, how was work." Troy ignored her, going to the fridge and pulling out a coke, not even achknowledging the lovely dinner she made. "Good." he muttered. Gabriella walked closer to him, and grabbing his hand, "I made you dinner. your favorites."

Troy looks at her, and to the table, "What for?" Gabriella's heart drops, and so does her smile, "It's..It's our anniversary.." she whispered.

He looks at the table; set for two with steak, mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. He looks at her; see's her wearing a short black dress and her feet bare. He sighs, "i'm not in the mood Gabriella-"

"Troy...come on, it's our anniversary-" "and I said I'm not in the mood. I had a rough day at work." "Well tell me about it, talk to me." her tone is gentle, Troy shakes his head and takes a swig of the coke. "It's none of your damn business."

Gabriella just stands there as he walks over and plops down on the couch. Gabriella bites her lip, holding back the tears, She goes over to the table, picking up the two plates and dumping the food into the trash cane. She places the plates in the dishes.

She blows out the candles, and walks into the living room. Troy was watching TV, "I'm going to head to bed." No answer. Gabriella sighs, "I love you..."

A grunt. That's all she got in reply to those three words, eight letters. She sighs, shaking her head and holding back tears until she got upstairs and behind her bedroom door.

Even then she didn't let the tears fall until she had her dress stripped and she was naked in the shower; letting the hot water soak up all her tears as she released fresh ones.

The next morning, Gabriella had just got done fixing dinner, Her two small boys Andy who was 5 and Rider who was 3 we're playing with cars at the table while they ate their breakfast.

Gabriella sighed, "Andy, Rider, please finish your breakfast before you play with your cars." "Okay Mommy." Andy said grabbing his fork and digging into his eggs.

Troy walked into the room, Gabriella looked at him, He looked at her, "Where's my breakfast?" Gabriella sighed, grabbing a plate off the counter, and giving it to him.

"There. Enjoy." she mumbled going over to the counter. He took a seat by his two boys, Rider looked at his father, "Daddy, can we pway basketball today?"

"Huh?" Troy says, barely looking up from the newspaper. "Daddy.." Rider says, tugging on his dad's arm. "Can me and Rider pway-" his phone started playing; blaring 'Smoke On The Water'.

"I got to take this." digging through his pockets for his phone, he gets up and leaves the kitchen- forgetting his breakfast and the ignored question that his son had asked him. Gabriella sighs, "Sweetie's yes, you guys can play basketball."

Rider nods, "Okay mommy." Both two young boys run outside. Gabriella sighed, lifting up their plates and taking them to the sink.

Troy walked in, "I won't be home until late tonight." Gabriella looks at him, "What?" Troy nods, "You heard me." Gabriella looks at him, "Troy, you worked late last night-" "It was late practice, I have to do this Gabriella-" "You always do this!" "This is my fucking job Gabriella! It's very important to me!" "More important then me and your two boys?!" she yells.

"Exactly!" He yells back. Gabriella just looks at him, "I don't even know who you are anymore, get out of here! take your basketball and Go!"

"Fine I will! your just a fucking distraction! I'm out!" Troy walks out the door slamming it. Gabriella throws a plate at the door, and slides down the wall sobbing.

Troy kept his hands steady on the steering wheel, the thoughts of his and Gabriella's fight replaying over and over in his head. there was a small guilty feeling in the pit of his stomach, but it passed as the thought of his upcoming game.

He was at a stoplight, He look into the rearview mirror, and that was when a car came up slamming into the back of him. Troy's head hit the steering wheel hard and it went black.

Gabriella rushed into the hospital, running up to the front desk, "Troy Bolton. Is he okay?" The nurse sighed, "The doctors are still with him, we will know something soon." Gabriella nods, "Thank you."

She walks into the waiting room, to find Troy's parents already in there, Gabriella runs to them as they stand up, "Oh my gosh! it's been so long. thank you so much for coming." Gabriella said sniffling. Jack smiled sadly, "It's no problem Gabriella. we missed you. we missed Troy, we just haven't heard from you all in forever."

Gabriella sighed, "I'm sorry about that." Rachel Bolton smiled, "It's fine sweetie. are you doing alright? how are Rider and Andy?" Gabriella sighed, "Their fine. growing up into handsome boys...and I could be better."

The doctor walked in, "Are you three here for Troy Bolton?" All three nod, Jack shakes his hand, "Yes. I'm Jack his father, This is his mother Rachel, and his wife Gabriella...how is my boy? is he alright?" The doctor nodded, "He's fine.. but there has been some brain damage.." Gabriella gasped, "Is..Is he going to be alright?"

The doctor sighed, "We don't know yet. a lot can happen with brain damage, we just have to run some test.. but he asking for you Gabriella." Gabriella bites her lip, "Can I see him?" The doctor nods, "Yes. follow me." Gabriella follows him down the hall.

The doctor opens the door for her. Gabriella takes a deep breath, walking into the room, finding Troy hooked up to all kinds of wires. He had a few bruises and some cuts on his forehead, but she still loved him.

"Brie.." He coughed out looking at her. Gabriella's eyes went wide, "W-What?" he hasen't called her that in years. He smiled at her, "Come here baby." Gabriella looks at him with a confused look. She came closer sitting on the bed.

He looks at her, "What happened?" She sighed, "You were in a car accident Troy...on your way to work." "Work?" Gabriella looks at him, "Your a los angeles laker." His eyes widened in suprise, "I am?"

Gabriella looks at him, "Troy, are you okay?" Troy looks at her, then at her hand that had a beautiful engagement ring, "Who gave you that?"

Gabriella looked at him, and to the doctor then back at him, "Troy..we're..we're married...do..do you remember anything from the past 6 years?"

His heart stops, "we're..." his eyes drop to the ring on her finger. It looks expensive. "We're married?" Gabriella nods, "Troy...for the past 6 years...we-..we have two son's-" "Kids?" Why does he sound so shocked?

Sucking in her breath, she square's her shoulders, "Troy...how old are you?" he snorts, shaking his head as he smirks. "Brie...you know how old I am...I'm seventeen." Her eyes widen, "seven...teen?" "Yeah..." he grabs her hand, "Why do you sound so shocked?"

Swallowing, she stands up and knots her fingers together, "I-I...I need fresh air." she turns on her heel before he can say anything, but his last words stop her dead in her tracks. "Hurry back...I love you."

Gabriella looks at him, "W-W-What?" Troy looks at her, "I love you.." she stands there shocked, not saying anything. He looks at her, "Gabriella, baby, are you okay?" Gabriella comes back to him, and looks at the doctor, "Can I have a moment with him alone please."

The doctor nods leaving the room. Gabriella looks at him, grabbing his hand, "Troy... your 24.. We got married when we were 18.." "I don't understand...Why are you shocked that I said I love you.."

Gabriella looks away, tears rolling down her cheeks, she looks at him, "Because you haven't said it in 2 years.."

"What?" Troy whispers, looking at her; tears in her brown eyes, "Brie...no..I-I do love-" "Troy...please just...just don't. I can't take it. I haven't heard those words in 2 years...and I'm- honestly I'm terrified to hear'em now." "Brie-" "Don't call me that. Please...you haven't called me that in two years either.."

She turns to leave, but he grabs her hand; forcing her to look at him. "Am I that bad of a husband?" He whispers, his eyes betraying his emotions. She whimpers softly, "Troy...no..it's just...we grew up. It happens when people marry young.." "I love you." he says softly, holding her hand in a vice grip.

She looks into his eyes, and pulls her hand away. "I should tell your parents how you are...I need some f-fresh air." she turns on her heel, walking out the door and shutting it slowly. Sighing, she grabs the doctor. "You can now check on him.." the doctor nods, walking into Troy's room as she walks toward his parents.

Gabriella walks up to his parents, wiping her tears, "You can see him now. He's fine. He's just..He lost his memory. "What?!" Gabriella sniffled, "He can't remember anything after he was 17." " "Gabriella are you okay-" "I'm fine.. I..I just have to go pick up Rider and Andy from my mom's.. I'll be back after dinner." she walks by them leaving the hospital.

His parents look at each other, and walk into their son's room. As they walked in, Troy looks at them, "Mom..Dad." His mother smiled, "Hi sweetie.. we're glad your okay." She said coming over and hugging him. Troy smiles, "Thanks mom. Hey dad." His dad smiled, "Hey Sport, Haven't seen you in a couple years, how are you?"

Troy raises a brow, "A couple years?" His dad sighed, "We haven't heard from you ever since then." Troy looks at lap. "Why?" His parents sighed, Jack sighed, "You..You completely changed Troy... You let the laker fame get to your head.. and.." he looks at his wife.

Rachel sighed, "Gabriella told us what happened to you.. about losing your memory.. and she also told us what happened yesterday?" Troy looks up, "What was yesterday?" She sighed, "April 29th."

His eyes widened, "Our Anniversary-" "Yeah, and She made you dinner, and she had a candle light dinner made for you and you just pushed her away, and you haven't showed her any love for a couple years.."

She grips the steering wheel in her hands, turning on to her mother's street and pulling along the street. "Mommy!" She heard the sound of her son's yelling before she even got out of the car, smiling, she wipes her tears; checks her make up and gets out of the car, kneeling down to greet her boys.

"My babies." She says, hugging them tight, "I missed you both so much!" She kisses their cheeks and pulls away, grabbing their hands as she looks in the door way seeing her mother. "Thanks for watching them mom!" Her mother smiles, waves and blows kisses of goodbye at her grandson's.

Gabriella walks to the car, "Mommy," Andy says, sucking on his thumb- a habit that she's trying to get him to break; but Lucille says that Troy did the same thing till he was 8 and he started his colouring book fetish.

"Yes Andy?" "Can we see daddy now?" Gabriella sighs, buckling them in their carseats as they are in the car now. "Buddy, daddy's not feeling well-" "I want to see daddy." Andy says, his voice whiny and shaky. Like he's about to cry.

"Andy-" "Daddy! I want my daddy! Daddy daddy daddy daddy!" Gabriella sighs, looking down and at the ground and at her crying son.

Rider is staring out the window; like he always does when he's in the car. "Okay." Gabriella says, "I'll take you to see your fath-...daddy." "Yay!" Andy yells in excitement.

They pulled up to the hospital, Gabriella places Rider on her hip, and Andy running to the hospital. Gabriella sighed, "Andy! Wait!" Andy runs into the building Gabriella chases after him, she grabs his shoulder, "Baby, you don't know where daddy's room is." she laughed.

Andy smiled, "Oh..sorry mommy." Gabriella smiled, leading him to Troy's room. Gabriella opens the door, His parents look at her, and so does Troy.

Andy runs into his room, climbs up onto the bed and goes to Troy's side, "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! I missed you!" He hugged him tightly. Gabriella let Rider onto the floor.

Troy looks at the little boy at his side, cuddling with his arm. He's always loved kids. He smiles, "I...missed...you too." He's this boys father, the boy smiles, cuddling farther into Troy's side. He looks at Gabriella, another little boy is hiding behind her legs.

She sighs, "Rider," she mouths and she points to the cuddling lump on his bed. "Andy." he nods, looking down at the small boy. "Hey...Andy...why don't you go with grandma and grandpa-" "No!" He screams, "Daddy! I want daddy! I want you! I don't want to leave! I want daddy!"

Gabriella walks over, "Andy, me and daddy have a few things to talk about...you can see daddy all you want afterwards, okay?" Andy looks at his father, then to his mother, "Okay mommy." Jack grabs a hold of his hand while Rachel places Rider on her hip. "Come on Sport." Jack says holding his hand walking out of the room.

Gabriella sighs, Walking over and sitting on the bed, "So umm..you get out tomorrow if the tests are good." Troy nods, "That's good." Gabriella nodded, "Yeah it's great." Troy grabs her hand, she looks at him, "What happened..to us..My parents told me about yesterday, I am so sorry Brie, It doesn't sound like me-" "It don't but it happened, After..Graduation, I found out I was pregnant with Andy...we got married right after he was born.. then two years later, we we're 20, we got the news that I was pregnant with Rider, and you got the news that you were asked to be on the laker team."

Troy looked at her, "What..I thought we're going to stay in alberquerque?" Gabriella nods, "We we're.. then you got onto the lakers so we moved to Los Angeles...After about a year, You were getting really famous, you loved it, and I was so proud of you.. I loved you so much.." she had tears shining in her eyes.

"Brie, what's wrong?" Gabriella sniffled, "You...The fame.. it changed you, it changed us.. we.. we stopped kissing, hugging, cuddling, everything. Every morning, we would fight if..if I wanted to spend time with you.. if I wanted the day to be me, you and our boys doing something together, you..you would get mad...I thought about...I thought about leaving you.. I thought that would make you happier, I thought you didn't love me anymore."

"Hey..." Troy says softly, "come here.." Gabriella wipes at her eyes, "Troy I think you should rest-" "No." He says, "not while I have the image of you crying in my head." He tugs at her hand, making her fall on his bed...on him. He holds her.

"I'm sorry," he whispers in her ear. "I...I hate myself for everything that you just said...I promise not to let it happen again." Gabriella sighs, looking into his eyes; not wanting to step out from his arms, not wanting to step away from him.

But...he believes he's 17, how long would this...lovey dovey Troy last? How long before 24 year old Troy returns and they go back to fighting..? No, she can't bear it.

She must keep her wounds clean of any salt, stepping out from his arms she wipes her eyes. "Troy...I love you...but you shouldn't make promises you can't keep."

Troy looks at her, "Brie, I love you.. and I want to keep you. I want to keep us together." Gabriella just looked at him, "Troy, I don't know.." Troy looked at her, "I want to make the last two years up to you. I want to do everything in my power to make you happy again."

Gabriella bit her lip, "Troy I'm just scared-" "Please don't be scared, I'm not going to hurt you again..I promise you."

Gabriella sighed, looking down, "I'll help you with everything that I can." Troy smiles, "I love that...I love you.." Gabriella gulps, "I...I love you too."