Ok, so this idea just popped into my head and I had to write it.

Home

After the musical, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montes fell in love and happily dated for two years. Then, Gabriella went away to college. They loved each other too much to let go, so they agreed to try long distance. Troy stayed in Albuquerque and became the Wildcats assistant coach, while Gabriella went away to NYU. The long distance thing sort of worked. They would IM, text, write, any way of staying in contact. Everytime Gabriella went home for a holiday, Troy's family had to go visit more family, so they hadn't seen each other in four long years, yet, somehow, they didn't even think about cheating, not once. Her and Troy hadn't had too much contact in her senior year, so nobody had come to her graduation, and she was fine with that. She didn't want them to come, it would cost too much money. Gabriella missed Albuquerque more than anything. Right now, she was on her plane ride home. Her mom had agreed to pick her up at the airport.

I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.

A tear slid down her face. Would her friends be mad at her? She had only ever kept in contact with Troy. She was the only one who had gone to college, everybody else had good job offers, enough money, couldn't get in, or didn't want to go. Even Taylor. But, it was Troy she missed the most. NYU was fun and hard, it was, but, Gabi missed her home way too much.

I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.

Karen Montez dialed a familiar phone number.

"Hello?" the male voice on the other line answered.

"Hi Troy, it's Karen Montez."

"Oh, hey Mrs. Montez, it's been a while," pain was evident in Troy's voice when he heard the name Montez.

"Listen, Troy, I was wondering if you would pick someone up at the airport for me in a couple hours, I know it's last minute, but, I'm sick," she completely lied. Yes, she missed her daughter very much, but she knew somehow Troy missed her more.

"Um, ok, what's the info?"

"Umm, flight 81, Gate 22 at 4:00pm." (made that up, oh, and I know Troy wouldn't be aloud in the gate, but for the sake of the story, he is)

"Alright, got it, what's the person's name?" he asked.

"Umm, you'll know who it is," she answered, wanting to surprise Troy.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive."

"Oh, well, then, bye," he said, kind of confused.

"Bye."

The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best girl or friend for you.
But your love, remains true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.

Tears were now flowing freely down Gabriella's face. A part of her wished she had never gone to college.

So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.

The second Gabi's plane touched the ground, her heart skipped a beat. She was home! Well, almost, at least. The plane taxied to the terminal.

Troy got to the airport at around 3:53 and looked at the arrivals list to see where this mystery person had come from. He saw NY, NY. New York? The only person he knew who was in New York was… no, it couldn't be. Mrs. Montez would have told him. But, then again… Nope, it couldn't be her.

Gabriella got out of the plane at 4:08 and looked around for her mom.

Troy looked around at the people exiting the plane, looking for someone who looked in the least bit familiar. He gasped at about the twentieth person out the plane. Her brunette waves were unmistakable.

Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.

Gabriella scanned the crown for her mom, when she saw someone staring at her with deep blue eyes. She gasped. This was not what she expected. She smiled her first real smile for the first time in four years. She squealed as he ran toward her, picked her up, and started spinning her around. When he was done with that, he engulfed her in a bear hug. She didn't know why, exactly, but, tears started coming in bucket loads. She cried into his shoulder, it feeling so god to be in his arms again. "I love you Gabriella," he said.

"I love you too, Troy," she said as he kissed her.

Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old.
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

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So, how was my first oneshot?

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