I've deleted "It's Called Divorce" over the fact that I knew, thanks to lipshake, that I had a bad start.

So here's a new fic, "Come Back"...hope you like it.

The Invitation

"It's so good to see you Gabriella!", Taylor ran to her best friend.

They were still in college, young and quite sexy too. Taylor had grown maturely over the summer break of her senior year and the start of college. Gabriella's shape was fuller, but maybe that was because she had stuffed so many cushions into her bra in high school to make her look nicer.

As Taylor and Gabriella sat down, they began sharing their husband's secrets and woes.

"And like, Chad would always come home after I would-" Taylor was saying.

"-same here!" Gabriella laugh.

Taylor sighed. "It's so good to see you again. I mean, with us going to different colleges..."

"Hey, Brian and I were meaning to ask whether you and Chad wanted to come over sometime!" Gabriella exclaimed. She absolutely adored Taylor and Chad.

"Yeah, sure! Hey, I was going to ask you," Taylor dropped her tone, "whether you've heard from Troy Bolton-"

"No. I don't care about him anymore, alright? I've told you so many times-" Gabriella stood up.

Taylor followed suit. "And I've told you so many times, there's a party at my house this Saturday and Chad and the boys are coming. That includes Troy, and so you better come-"

"With Brian? Oh no Taylor, what would he say?" Gabriella knew about the party, but she just couldn't bear to smile up in Troy's sparkling eyes again...

"Gabi, your husband should know better. Just say to him, 'I'm going out. It's a girl's night.' and you're done. Please come!" Taylor was practically kneeling and begging her.

"Alright..." Trying to look disappointed, Gabriella only grinned after Taylor gave her another hug and left the cafe.

"Troy..." she whispered, "I miss you so much."

"Water?" A hand held a water bottle in front of his face.

"Hmm? Oh yeah, thanks Jason." Troy gratefully took the bottle and started to hydrate himself.

Coach had forced them to do so many exercises and laps that each and every one of the guys on the University of New Mexico Lobos team was practically dying.

"Alright, alright! Five more laps around the court. Sprint this time!" the coach's voice boomed out.

The team groaned. After another five laps, a couple of team members even collapsed.

"Now I can see we are finally in shape. Alright, you can go home now, but come back here tomorrow at the same time for another workout! We need to win the championship this year so keep on working!" The coach finished his speech and left the gym.

Troy left with his sweaty towel and his water bottle out of the gym. Walking so slowly, he felt like his legs were going to break under his tiredness.

"Don't you feel like smashing Coach's head into his tiny neck?" Chad appeared from his left.

"Yeah! I mean, let's see him do 20 laps, 150 push-ups, 75 ab-curls, and constant basketball workouts!" Jason came from his right.

Troy just nodded. He had no energy to answer any of their questions.

"So, you know the party me and Tay are having? You guys are coming right?" Chad asked. He stared at Jason; Jason nodded, and replied, "I'm bringing Kelsi if that's alright..."

Troy finally reached their dorms and fell on the bed. Breathing slowly, he finally answered Chad's question.

"I might not go..."

"Dude! It's like...a high school reunion! We're gonna do karoake, DDR, have a couple of drinks, dance to Jason's experienced DJ skills, whatever! I mean, even Gabriella Montez is coming!" Chad desperately added. He knew Troy had been sulking so low after he had left Gabriella at their graduation. Damn it Troy, say yes!

Troy's head perked up. "Gabriella-"

"Montez. Yeah, Taylor invited her. She said she's coming anyway." Chad casually said.

Troy flipped over. Facing the wall, he knew that Chad knew he was grinning as if all the troubles were gone.

"I take it as a yes. I gotta go, I promised I'd meet my wife down at the cafe," Chad opened the door.

"Hey, Chad?" Troy sat up.

"What now? Look man, I gotta-"

"Do you think it was ever too early to marry in college?" Troy grinned.

Chad laughed. "It wasn't ever too late to marry the ones I loved!" With that, he left.

Troy leaned back against his flat pillow. Thinking back to his graduation, he knew that ditching Gabriella at the graduation was a horrible idea.

Flashback:

"Congratulations Troy! We're finished with school! Now onto college!" Gabriella ran to him and gave him a giant hug.

Troy let go of the hug. Damn it, he thought. I hope this isn't the last time I ever feel like this.

"Look, Gabriella? I know this is hard for me to say this...but we need to split up."

Gabriella's face fell. "I...I don't know what to say. Do you love someone else-"

"No! No, I can't...we can't keep a relationship going like this Gabriella. You're going to a university in New York. I'm here with the guys to try to play for the NBA. Love doesn't stretch a thousand miles-"

"But doesn't love keep lasting? I know what you mean Troy...but, I'll miss you." Gabriella sobbed into his shoulders. Even Troy's eyes were brimming with tears.

"I will always remember you Gabi, because...I love you, always and forever." Troy promised her.

Troy sat up again. He wanted to kick himself. He had never felt so hollow before, but he knew to let go of her was the right thing to do.

He got out of his bed and sat in front of the computer. Didn't Chad mention that Gabriella was moving back to study at the University of New Mexico because she wanted her master's and was finished inNew York?

Typing, "bballtroy" into the IM sign-in spot, Troy smiled and rubbed his aching shoulders. There was one user currently online at the moment, and that was "sci4evergabi".

"Gabriella..." Troy grinned as he said the words.

Please R&R! I hope this is better than the other one I wrote...fell asleep during that one! x-free-x