Gabriella Montez put the last suitcase into her mother's car. She closed the trunk and sighed. Gabriella was moving into the freshman dorms of Stanford University today. Even though she was excited for this new chapter of her life, she was also sad that she had to spend time apart from her family, friends, and most of all her boyfriend of three years, Troy Bolton. Troy had been accepted into the theater program at University of California, Berkeley. He had also been selected to be playing basketball for the school. Gabriella was so proud of him. They had promised each other that they would visit one another on the weekends. Gabriella walked into the house and went into the living room and lied down on the couch and sighed.
"Are you ready to go?" Maria, Gabriella's mother asked.
"I think so. Troy should be here any minute" Gabriella said.
As if on cue, the two women heard Troy's truck screeching to a stop. Troy got out of his car and walked to the front door of the Montez home that he knew so well. He rang the doorbell and Gabriella immediately ran to the door and flung it open, launching herself into her boyfriend's arms. Troy wrapped his arms around Gabriella and kissed her cheek softly. Gabriella pulled back so she could look at Troy's face.
"Are you ready for this?" Troy asked.
"Ready? I don't know. Do I have to do this? Yes" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled understanding what she meant. He released Gabriella from his arms and entwined their fingers together. Troy sat down in the swing that was next to the front door and Gabriella sat next to him. He put his arm around her.
"You are going to do great Gabs. I know you are" Troy said.
"That's not what I'm worried about, Troy. It's killing me that I have to be away from you" Gabriella said.
Troy kissed Gabriella's temple softly. He put his finger under Gabriella's chin and moved it so she was looking at him.
"We made a deal. We will visit each other every weekend. You can come to Berkeley some of the weekends and I will come to you. We will talk every day" Troy said.
Gabriella looked down at their entwined fingers. Tears filled Gabriella's eyes. Troy knew that this transition was going to be hard for them, but he was willing to do whatever it took to maintain their relationship.
"Baby, don't cry. I will be one hundred miles away" Troy said.
"It's just hard when you have spent all day and every day with someone and it just abruptly ends or is limited to only three days" Gabriella said wiping her tears away.
"I know it is. But we are strong enough to make it work" Troy said.
Maria came out of the house and smiled when she saw Gabriella and Troy sitting on the swing.
"Gabi, we need to get going so we can beat the traffic" Maria said.
"Okay" Gabriella said.
Maria went back into the house and closed the front door. Gabriella turned to her boyfriend.
"I love you so much. Never forget that okay? Everything will be fine" Troy said.
"I love you too" Gabriella said.
Troy opened his arms and Gabriella moved into them. She inhaled his cologne and smiled. Troy pulled away and looked at girlfriend's face. He moved a stray hair away from her eyes. Troy leaned in and kissed Gabriella's lips passionately. Tears fell from both of their eyes, knowing that it would be a while until they could do that again. Gabriella pulled away and smiled. She wiped Troy's tears away as he wiped away hers.
"I'll call you tonight when I get settled" Gabriella said.
"Okay" Troy said.
Gabriella looked at Troy for the last time and smiled. Troy walked to his truck and got into it and drove away. Gabriella and her mother started driving to Stanford. Gabriella had her head leaning against the window thinking about Troy. Maria looked over at her daughter and smiled.
"You both promised each other to make time for one another Gabi. That's all you can do" Maria said.
"Yeah but it's just hard to not be with him every day" Gabriella said.
"All you can do is try and communicate with each other on how everything is going to work" Maria said.
Gabriella nodded. A couple hours later, Gabriella had moved into her dorm and met her roommate, Sarah, who was also a chemistry major, like herself. Gabriella's mother had just left and Gabriella walked back into her dorm and sat on her bed. She dialed a familiar number and waited for an answer.
"Hey baby girl, did you get settled?" Troy asked.
"Yeah, mom just left. I miss you already" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled into the phone.
"I miss you more" Troy said.
"That's not possible" Gabriella said.
"Oh and why is that?" Troy joked.
"Because it's not. My missing you capabilities are a lot stronger than yours" Gabriella said trying not to giggle.
"Well, we will have to see about that when I come see you this weekend" Troy said.
Troy was moving into his dorm in a couple days and he was really excited to see Gabriella.
"Yeah, but I don't think I will be able to wait that long" Gabriella said.
"Four days. We have four days apart. We can do that" Troy said.
"Hopefully" Gabriella said.
"Alright, well I will let you get some sleep okay? You had a long day" Troy said.
"Okay. I love you baby" Gabriella said.
"I love you too sweetheart. I'll talk to you later" Troy said.
The couple hung up. Gabriella got off her bed and walked into the bathroom and smiled when she saw Sarah brushing her teeth.
"How's the boyfriend doing?" Sarah asked.
"He's alright. This transition is just going to be hard for us" Gabriella said.
"You just have to make the time to make it work" Sarah said.
"Yeah, it's just that we haven't ever lived in two completely different places before" Gabriella said.
"You guys will be fine" Sarah said.
Gabriella smiled. She went to bed that night hoping that everything was going to be okay. The next morning, Gabriella woke up and looked at her phone. She had three days left until she could see Troy. Her phone started ringing and Troy's face came onto the screen. She smiled and answered the call.
"Good morning beautiful" Troy said as his voice filled the phone.
Gabriella smiled.
"Good morning" Gabriella said.
"How was last night?" Troy asked.
"It was fine. I fell asleep after I talked to you" Gabriella said.
"Good. You needed it. What are you doing today?" Troy asked.
"I have to go get my schedule and my books" Gabriella said.
"That sounds fun" Troy said trying to be enthusiastic.
Gabriella smiled knowing that her boyfriend was joking.
"Yeah, so when does your practices start?" Gabriella asked.
"I don't know yet. There is a team meeting on Friday and I am assuming that is when all that information will be explained" Troy said.
"Is it still going to be a week long thing?" Gabriella asked.
"I believe so. I haven't heard anything else" Troy said.
"But you can still come visit this weekend?" Gabriella asked.
"There is nothing that is going to get in the way of that. I will be driving as fast as I can to you when I get up there" Troy said.
Gabriella smiled.
"Just don't get in an accident" Gabriella said.
"I won't. I will let you get ready for your day. I just wanted to call and see if everything was going okay" Troy said.
"I'm glad you called. I can't wait to see you" Gabriella said.
"I can't wait to see you too baby. Go get all your stuff done" Troy said.
"Alright. I love you wildcat" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled.
"I love you too" Troy said.
The couple hung up. Gabriella sighed. Fresh tears ran down Gabriella's face. She wiped them away and took a deep breath. Gabriella went to get her schedule and her books and came back to her dorm.
"Hey" Gabriella said opening the door and seeing Sarah sitting on her bed with her laptop.
"Hey, did you get all of your classes that you wanted?" Sarah asked.
"For the most part. The times that I got are horrible though" Gabriella said showing her roommate her schedule.
Sarah looked at Gabriella's schedule.
"Wow, a full load. You are going to be busy" Sarah said.
"Don't I know it" Gabriella said putting her bag down on her bed.
Gabriella unloaded all of her books and placed them into her bookshelf that was above her bed. That night, Troy was on his computer when he saw a incoming Skype call. He smiled when he saw Gabriella's face pop up. Troy answered the call and smiled when he saw his beautiful girlfriend's face.
"Hey baby" Troy said as he put his ear phones in so his parents couldn't hear their conversation.
"Troy" Gabriella said.
Troy looked at Gabriella closely and saw tears running down her face.
"Baby, what's wrong?" Troy asked getting worried.
"Can you come up here please? I need you" Gabriella cried.
"Sweetheart, I'll be there in three days" Troy said.
"I know, but I just need you now" Gabriella said.
"What's going on?" Troy asked.
"I just miss you a lot" Gabriella said.
"I miss you too Brie. So much it hurts. But, in three days you will be in my arms and everything will be okay" Troy said trying to cheer his upset girlfriend up.
Gabriella sighed.
"This sucks" Gabriella said.
"I know it does. Are you having a good time up there though?" Troy asked.
"Yeah, it's different than high school" Gabriella said.
"Why?" Troy asked.
"I just feel distant from people" Gabriella said.
"Well your classes haven't started yet. I'm sure you will be fine once you get back into schoolwork" Troy said.
"Maybe" Gabriella said.
Troy yawned.
"You tired wildcat?" Gabriella asked.
"A little bit. I haven't been sleeping that well since you left" Troy admitted.
"Troy, you need to sleep. That's not healthy to go for days without sleep" Gabriella said going into protective mode.
"Okay mom" Troy joked.
"Baby, I'm serious. You need to sleep" Gabriella said and was now upset.
"I will get some sleep. I promise Brie" Troy said.
"Alright" Gabriella said.
Gabriella sighed.
"I love you" Troy said.
Gabriella smiled slightly.
"I love you too" Gabriella said.
"I'm sorry I upset you" Troy said.
"I just want what's best for you that's all" Gabriella said.
"I know you do and I love you for that but this separation thing is hard and stressful" Troy said.
"We are so close Troy. Just a couple more days" Gabriella said.
Troy nodded.
"I think I'm going to go to bed" Troy said.
"Are you mad at me?" Gabriella asked.
"No sweetheart. I know that you are concerned. You have every right to be. I just need to chill and take care of myself" Troy said.
"Okay" Gabriella said.
"I love you baby" Troy said.
"I love you too wildcat" Gabriella said.
"Can I see my favorite smile?" Troy asked.
Gabriella giggled and smiled for her boyfriend.
"There it is. Alright, I'll talk to you tomorrow okay?" Troy said.
Gabriella nodded. Troy leaned in and kissed the computer screen.
"Night baby" Troy said.
"Night" Gabriella said.
The couple ended their call. Gabriella sighed. Two days later, Gabriella woke up and smiled. Troy was going to come visit her at Berkeley for the weekend. She was so excited to see her boyfriend. Gabriella got out of bed and changed her clothes. She then walked into the kitchen and made herself breakfast. Gabriella's phone went off, playing a ringtone, the ringtone that she had set for Troy. She walked over to her phone and saw one new message.
Just started driving. See you in a little while baby girl. I love you
Gabriella smiled and squealed. She was so excited. Troy had moved into his dorm and started basketball practice. An hour later, Gabriella's phone went off again, playing Troy's ringtone.
I have arrived. Where are you?"
Gabriella looked at the message and ran out of the door with no shoes on. She ran down the stairs and went into the lobby and saw Troy waiting for her. Gabriella ran into her boyfriend's arms and wrapped her arms and legs around him and sobbed into his arms. Troy kissed Gabriella's head softly. He brought her face leveled to hers. Troy kissed Gabriella's lips passionately. Gabriella ran her fingers through her boyfriend's hair and pulled back slowly.
"I missed you so much" Gabriella said.
"I missed you too. Your building is nice" Troy said looking around.
"Thanks. Come on, I'll show you my room" Gabriella said.
The couple walked upstairs to Gabriella's dorm. Gabriella opened the front door and the couple walked in.
"Sarah, Troy's here" Gabriella said.
Sarah poked her head out.
"So this is the infamous Troy that I have been hearing about" Sarah said.
Troy smiled.
"Nice to meet you Sarah" Troy said shaking her hand.
"Nice to finally meet you" Sarah said.
"We are going to go into my room" Gabriella said.
"Alright" Sarah said.
The couple walked into Gabriella's room. Troy shut and locked the door behind them,
"You decorated I see" Troy said looking at the pictures that she had put on her wall.
"Yeah. I just wanted it to feel like home" Gabriella said.
Troy looked at the pictures that were on Gabriella's wall and smiled at the ones of the two of them. Gabriella lied down on her bed and smiled.
"I'm so glad you are here. I thought I was going to die without you" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled. He walked over to Gabriella's bed and climbed onto it.
"I'm glad that I was able to come. Practice nearly killed me this morning Gabs" Troy said.
"Why?" Gabriella asked.
"It just was so different than I'm used to. The coach is different. The players are different. The atmosphere is different" Troy said.
"You just have to get used to it baby. I'm sure that once you get into the routine of things, everything will be fine" Gabriella said.
"I hope" Troy said.
"And you know that I'm coming to your first game. That's one thing that will never change" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled.
"How's everything here? Did you make any new friends?" Troy asked.
"Not yet. I met the girls that live next door but I don't think we have much in common" Gabriella said.
"They aren't Tay" Troy concluded.
Gabriella smiled and shook her head. She missed Taylor so much. She was going to Yale and would be starting next week.
"Babe, just go and meet people. I'm sure there is a chemistry club or a theater club or something like that" Troy said.
Gabriella shrugged.
"Just see what's out there. I don't want you to be in here when you have a whole world that you haven't experienced" Troy said.
Gabriella nodded. Troy kissed Gabriella's lips softly. Gabriella darted her tongue into Troy's mouth. The couple lied down on Gabriella's bed making up for the four days of no kisses. Troy played with the top of Gabriella's jeans and to his surprise, she unbuttoned them for him. He pulled back and smiled.
"I love you" Troy said.
"I love you too" Gabriella said.
Troy adjusted himself so Gabriella was on top of him. Gabriella unbuttoned Troy's jeans and moved his boxers aside without removing them off his body. Troy took Gabriella's hand in his but stopped and reached into his pocket. He held up a package and smiled.
"No glove, no love right?" Troy said.
Gabriella giggled.
"Right" Gabriella said.
Troy put the rubber device on and looked at Gabriella. She took Troy's hands in his. Troy entered her and heard her moan. His gentle thrusts caused her moans to become louder. The couple made love with as much passion as they could. Once they finished, Gabriella got off Troy and lied down next to him. She heard something hit the trashcan and smiled. Gabriella kissed Troy's lips softly.
"I missed you so much" Gabriella said wrapping her arms around her boyfriend.
"I missed you more" Troy said.
"Not possible" Gabriella said.
Troy leaned in and kissed Gabriella's lips softly.
"So, are we going to be in bed the rest of the day?" Troy asked.
"If you want to, why?" Gabriella asked.
"I want to see the city" Troy said.
"Baby, it's not that great" Gabriella said.
"Come on. I'm sure it's not bad. For me?" Troy asked.
Gabriella sighed.
"But I want to have you all to myself" Gabriella said kissing Troy's cheek.
"And you will. After we go see what's around Stanford" Troy said.
Gabriella sighed.
"Okay, let me take a shower" Gabriella said reaching for Troy's boxers.
"Can I join?" Troy asked.
"If you behave" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled.
"I will. I promise baby" Troy said.
The couple walked into the bathroom and got into the shower. They washed each other's bodies and stole kisses every now and then. Once they finished, the couple got out of the shower and changed into their clothes. They then walked out of the bathroom.
"Let me get my keys and my bag" Gabriella said.
"Okay" Troy said.
Gabriella grabbed her room key and her purse. The couple then left the dorm and walked out of the building to Troy's truck. They got into the car and Troy started to drive.
"So where are we going?" Troy asked.
"You will see" Gabriella said.
Troy looked at Gabriella and smiled.
"That's not fair Brie" Troy said.
"I want it to be a surprise" Gabriella said.
"Alright, fine. Can you give me directions?" Troy asked.
Gabriella gave Troy the directions to the place that she wanted to show him. Once they arrived, Troy saw that they were on the edge of a mountain that had a patch of grass and two chairs and a small table in between them. The mountain overlooked the city of Berkeley.
"What is this?" Troy asked.
"Remember in high school how the rooftop garden was our spot?" Gabriella asked.
"Yeah" Troy said.
"Well, I made a wrong turn the other day when I was driving over here and came across this spot. I did a lot of thinking in this spot" Gabriella started.
"What were you thinking about?" Troy asked.
"You, life, school, and our future together" Gabriella said.
"Okay" Troy said.
"I realized that this is the new rooftop garden for me" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled.
"Really?" Troy asked.
Gabriella nodded.
"So if this is your new rooftop garden" Troy started as he got out of the car and walked to Gabriella's side and opened the door.
"Can I have this dance?" Troy asked holding out his hand.
Gabriella giggled. She took her boyfriend's hand and he helped her get out of the car. The couple slow danced until sunset. They knew that nothing could ever ruin their relationship. Not even moving away for school.