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June 15th, 2003 (10 years old)

Chapter 1- Promise

"Gabi" My mom yelled out with worrier. "Gabi" Over and over my name was called. The sound made me dizzy, and sick to my stomach. The fear was high in the air. "Gabriella please come out" plead in her voice was high. I was sitting behind the bush, tears streaming down my little face. My eyes were blood-shot and puffy, my cheeks were red, and my hair was a disaster area, the tears blocking my eye sight. Couldn't see very far, hoping this was a dream.

"Gabi" this time it was a different voice. My head snapped up from the bush, Troy. I thought he left already? I scrambled up from my spot in the bush and started to look around for the voice. I saw a bunch of flashlights in the distant. "Gabi" was heard in the distant. "Found ya" This time it was close I jumped and turned around.

"Jezz, Troy don't every scare me like that again!" I said smacking his arm. He laughed his wonderful laugh. I wiped away a few tears, more followed the old ones. Even in the dark I could see Troy's face soften.

"Gabi" He brought me into a tight hug. My best friend Troy Bolton was moving right before 5th grade.

"El, I am sorry I don't want to move either" I cried into his flat chest, my head starting to hurt from all the crying made me cry harder.

"Troy why" I felt his body tension and then relax. Like it was a secret.

"I can't tell you El but I promise that I will come back and find you in this small city and tell you." I sniffed "How long" I mumbled into his chest. He pulled away from me and then looked into his baby blue eyes. He looked lost, speechless, like he won't talk again. Like his throat went dry, like he was lost in a different universe.

"Uhh, maybe seven, ten tops." My mouth dropped in shock. He shook his head like saying I shouldn't have told you.

"Don't worry no more than ten" I was still was in shock from the number. Ten years without Troy, I don't know if I could" I was staring off into space thinking about if I could. I then say Troy's hand waving in front of me. I snapped out of it.

"Ella you need to say something, I am getting worried" I spit the first thing on my mind out of my cramped mind.

"Uh, New York isn't a small city" He smiled and then laughed his ten year old laugh.

"No, New York isn't very small," I smiled at him. "In face New York is large but the day I come and find you, you will shine the brightest out of all of them" I giggled a little

"Troy, Gabi?" My smile turned into a frown. I mouthed and shook my head no. His eyes went stern and hard. I sighed ready to cry again; I closed my eyes trying to hold back the tears. I barely shook my head yes. He ruffled my hair and then yelled out telling them we were by the kitchen window. I heard feet shuffling towards us. I scrambled into Troy's arms and started sobbing. I saw flashlights beam off the window. I then saw my mom come over into view.

"Oh Gabi honey" She pulled me out of Troy's arms and into hers. I let out a sob and scrabbled out of her arms and back into Troy's arms. I heard him sigh and he started to rub my back. Her drew designs on my back.

"El, baby I am so sorry" I let out another sob. I heard Troy choke back a sob. I pulled back and looked into his eyes, they were filled with tears. His voice shook when he spoke next.

"Mom, dad can I talk to Gabi alone in her room" I could see his parents debating by looking back and forth between each other.

"15 minutes, then we have to go Troy. Our plane takes off at mid-night" Troy shook his head sadly and slowly.

He grabbed my hand and took me towards my room in my two story house. Our parents followed a good distant away. We took each step with care. When we got to my room Troy shut the door with a great force, we both then sat on my bed.

"I have something for you and you have my have my email, you have my cell phone number and my new address in California" He rambled for another moment before I hit him.

"Troy move on" He blushed "Yeah um oh what I was going to give you" He got up and went to his backpack. He reached in and grabbed the box. I got of my bed and went to my closet and grabbed the gift bag. We both then sat back on the bed. We just stared and looked away and stared again. His baby blue eyes looked like a storm was brewing in his eyes. We switched gifts knowing what little time we had left together. He started opening his gift. I just held my gift to my chest and cried.

"Gabi you shouldn't have" I looked up to see him spinning the around the new basketball I bought him. I signed it and wrote his favorite quote on there.

"When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousands reason to smile." Troy finished saying, I smiled for the first time in long time. He looked up at me.

"Stay true to that Gabs" I looked up and slowly nodded.

"I will, I promise"

His head nodded this time he then turned away not showing me his tears.

"Troy you can cry in front of me. I have known you for ten years." His head turned toward me. Tears falling. I brought him into a hug, "Oh Troy" He sobbed into my shoulder. I closed my eyes to keep myself from crying any harder. Troy then pulled back from our hug. His cheeks were red and his eyes were blood shot from all the tears that came flooding out of his eyes. He looked at me "Open it"

I looked at it and tears came flooding down my cheeks but I started to open the present. I pulled the lid up to see three things. A blanket, a teddy bear, and his orange IPod.

"Troy I can't take your favorite IPod" He smiled weakly and nodded his head yes. I set all the stuff to the side, got off my bed and crossed the room to my desk. I pulled open my drawer and pulled out my green IPod. I shut the draw and walked back across the room. I started to hand him my IPod; he tried to push it away.

"Troy I can't have two" He only nodded and took it into his hand. Troy stood up and started to take off his Bolton 14 hoodie. It was a guy medium. It looked like a dress on me.

"Troy not the"

"Gabi just take it" I nodded slowly

"Troy Bolton let's go" Tears sprung to both of our eyes. I then quickly ran over to my dresser. I grabbed a photo of Troy and I in central Park. I was on Troy's back. We were both nine years old at the time. I handed him the picture.

"Gabi, absolutely not this is your favorite picture of us" I then went back to my dresser and picked up another frame. The same frame as the one I gave him. It spelled Best Friends Forever down the side.

"I duplicated it" I sniffed "I signed the back of it" He got up and took mine opened the back up and wrote something. He closed it back and handed it back to me.

"Don't read it until you miss me so much you can't handle it" I nodded a sob building up in my throat. Troy and I pulled back into a graceful hug. We sobbed into each others shoulders to young to be saying good-bye.

"I love you Gabriella" I sighed

"I love you too Troy Bolton" I then heard cries from the doorway. We turned around to see our parents crying. We looked at each other and smiled.

"When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry show life you have a thousand reasons to smile" We said in unison.

We smiled again; we hugged one last time before our parents dragged us away from each other.

"Bye Gabs" I smiled

"Bye superstar" I closed my eyes to make it all go away. I didn't want this at all. When I finally opened my eyes I saw reality. Troy was sobbing loudly and was being carried out the door. He was screaming and kicking.

"Troy" I yelled out

"Troy" I kept yelling his name. I wanted him now…I needed him now. I looked over at my mom. Tears. Tears were all I saw, my own were blinding me. My mom brought me into a tight warm hug and sang Troy and I's song. I eventually fell asleep, hugging the picture frame, listening to the IPod and all snuggled up with the blanket. It stilled smelled like Troy. Troy was my last thought for the night.

Sorry it is short, i will try to longin them up...:) Please review

Jo.