A/N: Hey welcome to my first fanfic! I kinda had this plot for the story stuck in my head and I thought Troy and Gabriella would fit it perfectly. Hope you check it out and tell me what you think!!
Disclaimer:I don't own anything except for this plot and any original characters.
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Summary: Troy and Gabriella married young and have started a family, but after a huge fight and a car accident Gabriella loses her memory. What will Troy and his family and friends do to deal with the situation? Well, because they left off at a bad spot, Troy makes up a decision and doesn't tell Gabi he's her husband. He wants to have a new start with her since he doesn't want her to pick up her memory from the bad spot, so instead he makes up his mind to befriend her first. What will happen next? Will Gabi ever get her memory back? Read to find out.
Pairings: The story basically surrounds Troyella but also includes Chaylor. Other pairings will come eventually as well.
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Relive In Love
Chapter 1 - Dreams and Nightmares
Blinding rays if light made their way through the gaps of the window shades, waking a peacefully sleeping 23-year-old Gabriella Bolton. Not wanting to wake up yet, she squeezed her eyes shut and pulled the covers up a bit more trying to get back to the wonderful dream she was having. But after a few minutes of trying she gave up.
"Troy?" she asked, patting the place beside her without opening her eyes. Her eyes finally fluttered open when she didn't feel anyone beside her. Then she remembered.
He was still at an away game.
Then she thought back to her dream. She was dreaming about the time he had surprised her by taking her and a then one-year-old Annabelle out to a fancy restaurant for dinner.
Flashback
He had only told her do dress up, and said he wanted to take them out for dinner.
She was shocked when he parked in front of the restaurant, for it was the restaurant he had took her to when he proposed to her.
"Troy, why this restaurant? What's the special occasion?" she had asked him after they sat down and Annie had been put in a high chair.
"Nothing really." He replied. "It's just after we had Annie we haven't really gone out to eat much, and I thought it'd be nice to come to this place again."
"Thank you, Troy. You know I love this place." She smiled.
He smiled back. "Besides, do I really have to have a reason to take the two lovely ladies I love the most out to dinner?" he asked kissing Annie's forehead. Annie giggled slightly.
"No, you don't." she replied smiling. He reached over and kissed the back of her hand. Then they leaned in for a kiss.
"I love you, Gabriella."
"I love you too, Troy."
They enjoyed their dinner and the rest of the night went by peacefully.
End of Flashback
That was such a long time ago, she thought, even though it was really just over a year and a half ago. She never thought her life would change so much in such a short amount of time.
Nowadays Troy was barely home anymore.
After high school, Troy and Gabriella had gone to Duke University together, as well as Chad and Taylor. Troy and Chad had both got in with basketball scholarships and Gabriella and Taylor had both entered with high soaring scores in both math and science. In their third year of college, both Troy and Chad were drafted to try out for the NBA. They both got in but returned later to finish their studies because they had promised their moms they would. But the real reason was that they wanted to be back with Gabriella and Taylor.
Along the way both couples had gotten married and started families on their own. After college they had all moved back to Albuquerque since it was the place they had loved the most. Troy and Chad were both on the same team together, playing for the Albuquerque Roadrunners. Gabriella and Taylor had both gone back to East High to teach. Gabriella was a math teacher and Taylor was a science teacher. The school was out for summer already, and both wives were waiting for their husbands to get back from their last away game of the season, which also finished off their second year in the NBA.
After letting go of her thoughts, Gabriella got up and decided to go check on Annie. She opened the door to find the two and a half year old girl sitting on her bed, looking out the window.
"Good morning, sweetie."
"Good morning, mommy," she replied looking up at her mom. "Daddy's coming home today, right mommy?" she asked excitedly, jumping off her bed to give her mother a hug.
Gabriella laughed. "Yes, sweetie, he's coming home today," she replied, hugging her bouncy child back and smiling at the thought.
They went to have breakfast and decided to watch a movie together after.
"Annie, what do you want to watch?"
"Can we please watch Finding Nemo?"
"Of course, sweetie"
"So, who's your favorite character?" Gabriella asked once they finished the movie.
"I like Dory, she's so funny!!" She giggled. "But I feel sorry for her because she forgets things." Gabriella smiled at her comment. She was happy to have such a wonderful and caring child. Annie was also a bright little kid. She had picked up a lot of words since she turned one and a half and she had also learned the alphabet and could write a few words down.
"Mommy?"
"Yes?"
"Would you forget me?"
"Of course not, silly." She said, kind of shocked at her question. "First of all, you're my little baby girl and you're far too cute for anyone to forget!" She said tickling her. "And besides, I don't think I'm going to loose my memory anytime soon."
"Good." Annie said while laughing.
"And if I ever did get old and loose my memory, I promise that I'll still remember you. Something somewhere in my heart will always tell me that you're my daughter." She said hugging her.
"Promise?"
"Always." She said giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Now, go find something to do while I go prepare lunch."
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After lunch they went to the living room, Annie was busying herself by drawing a picture while Gabriella occupied herself with a book. After a while, she heard a yawn and noticed Annie's eyelids drooping.
"Ok, kiddo, time for your nap." She scooped Annie up and took her to her bed.
Then she went back to the living room to put away the crayons. She glanced down and saw the picture Annie drew. It was of three stick people, two big and one small, sitting on a blanket with a basket on it. The word "PIKNIK" was written on it. She smiled. She knew Annie's favorite thing was having picnics with her mom and dad, something that they hadn't done in a long time.
Afterwards, she was looking at some photographs and then her thoughts of this morning suddenly came rushing back.
She knew she needed someone to talk to who could relate to what she was going through, so she decided to head over to the apartment next door to talk to Taylor. Out of all the years she spent with the gang, she felt closest to Taylor, after Troy that is.
The gang was still close even through their college years apart, and they would still meet occasionally. Sharpay and Ryan went to acting school and were now both in shows on Broadway; Zeke attended a culinary school and later opened his own bakery; Jason also went to Duke with them but after an injury he decided to study business and management and now he was Troy's and Chad's manager; Kelsi majored in music and also returned to East High to teach.
After getting Annie up from her afternoon nap and getting her ready she knocked on Taylor's door.
"Hey Gabi, hey Annie," She opened the door and motioned for them to come in. "Joey's in the living room," she added. Then the two mothers walked into the kitchen where they could talk while still keeping a close eye on their kids.
"What's wrong Gabi?" Taylor asked.
Even though she wanted to talk about it she was still a little hesitant. "Nothing," she replied.
Taylor gave her a look. "Gabi, I've known you for seven years. Don't lie to me. I know when something's bothering you by the look on your face."
Gabriella still didn't reply.
"It's about Troy right?"
Gabriella sighed; she knew there was no way getting out of this now. "Yes, it's about Troy."
Taylor gave her a look to go on.
"It's just that I feel we've somehow become distant. I don't even know how or when but I just have this feeling and it's been bothering me a lot more lately." She continued to tell her about her dream this morning and told her that she felt it's been a long time since Troy was "properly home". When he's not at away games he's practicing, and after that he's always too burned out to take them out anymore. "I mean I know he wants to do his best and works hard for this family, but still…" she trailed off.
"Well, I can relate to you." Taylor said. "Ever since they got a new coach this year he's been pushing them extra hard. But in my case, Chad's a little better; he tries not to work too hard on himself so he can have some energy for us later. We sometimes go to the park after dinner." She looked at Gabriella with sympathy. "I'm sorry to hear that Troy doesn't spend that much time with you guys anymore." She gave her a hug. "Well, have you talked to him about this yet?"
"Not really." Gabriella replied.
"Well, I strongly suggest that you to talk about it with him after he comes back, I'm sure it'll help."
"How are you so sure?" Gabriella asked, doubt visibly in her voice. "What if he just yells at me and says I'm not being supportive?"
"I'm sure he won't. Trust me he loves you and misses you both when he's not here. Besides you could all use some quality family time." She paused for a second. "And I'm pretty sure of it because Chad was working himself too hard as well before, but after we talked about it he promised to spend more time with us." Taylor replied.
"Thanks for comforting me and giving me advice, Tay."
"No need to thank me. What are friends for, right?" She said, giving her friend another hug.
They both smiled and went to see what their kids were up to.
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"Bolton, may I speak with you for a sec?" Coach Brooks asked.
"Sure coach." Troy replied.
"Well, I know even though it's only been your second year here, you have got some amazing talent on the court."
"Thanks, coach."
"You're welcome. But that's not what I was going to talk to you about." Coach Brooks continued.
"Ok…?" Troy asked.
"Well, I was going to meet up with some executives and wondered if you wanted to meet them with me. You know, many of them have been praising your performance as well. So, do you want to meet them?"
"Yeah, ok. But I have to call my wife first."
"Ok, I'll wait for you by the entrance."
"Ok, see you."
Once he saw his coach walk away he let out a sigh.
Truth to be told, Troy wasn't really keen on seeing these executives, but he felt like he had no choice. Ever since they got a new coach this year, he has been keeping his eyes on Troy, praising him every now and then. Coach was putting a lot of pressure on him causing him to practice more and more. He kind of felt he didn't play basketball for the reasons he used to play it anymore. Sure, he felt like quitting every once and awhile, but he never had the nerve to bring it up. Besides what would he do afterwards? He had been anticipating on his trip home, He felt like he hadn't seen Gabriella and Annabelle for ages and was glad the season was finally over.
He reluctantly dialed his home number. He knew Gabriella wouldn't be happy with him since meeting these people meant that he would be coming home a day late.
"Gabi?"
"Troy? Where are you?" "I thought you were coming home today."
"Yes, I was. But something came up." He paused. "I'm coming home early tomorrow morning. I promise."
There was a pause. "Troy, why are you doing this?"
"Gabi, I swear if I could, I would've come home now, but I can't." He paused. "You believe me don't you?"
"Ok, fine. See you tomorrow morning." She said still half believing him.
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Somewhere across the country, Troy was tossing and turning in his sleep, wishing he had gone home with Chad and the other players. Then, he suddenly woke up from a nightmare he was having. He dreamed that Gabi had taken Annie and had left him. That's the third time I've had that dream this week, he thought, is this some sort of sign?
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A/N: So, what did you think of it? Please review, I'd love to hear some feedback, whether it's on the plot or this chapter, or better, both. Thanks :)
Oh, yeah Albuquerque doesn't really have a basketball team in the NBA, so I made that up, just thought you'd like to know ;)