At first I would like to thank everyone for supporting me, for taking the time to review my stories and for adding me to their favorite authors and my stories at your favorites! It's a huge honor! And I would also want to say a HUGE sorry to everyone for abandoning my High School Wasn't Meant To Last Forever story... Inspiration left me on that one, but I promise that I'll try to continue it or rewrite it at some point

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own any HSM rights or ABBA song rights. HSM belongs to it's rightful owners. Disney Corporations, Kenny Ortega etc etc(lets be realistic here people! If I owned any HSM would I seriously be here? :P )

This is an idea that's been turning in my mind for quite some time, but I'll see how it goes... I'm posting the first chapter as a test to see how it goes, and if I get enough reviews I will continue it, or else if I see that it's not worth it I'll just leave it here. So, I would really appreciate it if you guys told me what you think about it after you read it. Whether I should continue it or not to bother with it!

Rated M for future sexual references


I don't wanna talk
About the things we've gone through
Though it's hurting me
Now it's history
I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

Gabriella Montez was seated in her spacious living room's couch, her head resting on the back of the couch, her eyes closed... She got up and looked at the big table set for two in the dining room that was linked to the living room. Everything was perfect... The lights were dimmed, with the light of candles giving a romantic atmosphere to the whole setting she had created... A romantic dinner made for her and her husband of three years, Troy Bolton... Gabriella sighed before she took the carefully placed bottle of red wine on Troy's side of the table and poured herself a glass, bringing it to her painted red lips... Once again he sent her a message the last moment that he wouldn't be home until late. Once again he forgot yet another promise he made... Another anniversary that he forgot...

The winner takes it all

The loser standing small

Beside the victory

That's her destiny

Gabriella shook her head before glancing at the so nicely set table one last time shaking her head bitterly... Here she was... A 25 year old woman, standing in the middle of her living room in her huge LA mansion. Alone... Where was her husband someone might ask? Well, his usual excuses were "I had basketball practice" or "I was out with the guys" or "Sorry I had a meeting". But a woman with Gabriella's IQ wasn't so stupid to believe that... She knew that her husband was cheating on her... He cheated on her more than once! Apparently fame had gotten into Troy Bolton's head, so much that he forgot everything. How much he loved his wife for example, or how important their relationship was to him...


I was in your arms
Thinking i belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But i was a fool
Playing by the rules

Troy and Gabriella met when they were 16... Gabriella and her mother used to travel a lot because of her mother's job... After her father's death, Maria Montez had to take on everything, in order to raise her only daughter and offer her a decent life... That's what her late husband would want her to do! So when the chance for a good job appeared with a decent amount of money, but with a lot of traveling, Maria had no choice but to take it... She knew that all this moving around was hard on Gabriella, since she couldn't really make real friends... Every summer they moved, and every autumn she found herself in a new school, with new teachers to get used to, a new house to settle in and new people around her...

All that changed though... After a New Year's Eve where she met Troy at a snow lodge, where she went with her mother for the holidays, as an apology gift kind of for moving again, Gabriella's mom was transferred in Albuquerque.. But this time she promised her daughter, that they wouldn't move until she graduated... Imagine Gabriella's surprise when she met the same boy she sang with at the ski lodge! And they started from there... After both starring together at Twinkle Town, after some drama of course, since their friends found it hard to accept that they both found a passion in singing, the two became an item...

They were East High's golden couple! Troy and Gabriella, together forever... The perfect couple! The two would never break up, they would never part... That's why it came as a shock when Gabriella left her beloved school, and left Troy behind, before graduation or the Senior's Spring Musical, because of her early admission in Stanford... She was heartbroken... For leaving everyone and everything behind for yet another time in her life. For leaving HIM behind! But Troy couldn't just let her walk out of his life like that! That's why he drove all the way to Stanford to get her and bring her back to East High for the Musical, since they wouldn't make it on time for the prom...

That was the night they became one... The first time they made love... The night she would still remember no matter how many years passed... Everything was just so sweet and innocent back then and so full of love! And of course many of those nights followed since now they didn't have the distance problem anymore, or the prospect of breaking up in college... Troy had decided to decline the scholarship he was offered from the University of Albuquerque for basketball, and took the one Berkeley gave him. For basketball AND acting! Gabriella was in Stanford doing her Law degree, and only a few miles separated the couple, that met every weekend, and sometimes they would meet earlier than that, since they couldn't stand being away from each other for long...

The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear
The winner takes it all
The loser has to fall
It's simple and it's plain
Why should i complain.

It wasn't until Junior year of college that Troy decided that he couldn't live without her, that he couldn't imagine his life without Gabriella... And that's when he proposed to her... He had planned every single detail, he wanted everything to be perfect for the woman that he hoped, would agree to be his for the rest of their lives... And she did! They went to a restaurant famous for it's romantic atmosphere and view of the city, that was also known for the many proposals made there... It was just perfect for it after all! So when he had told her where they were going, Gabriella almost had a heart attack... She was prepared for everything! So when she saw him that night, dressed in a black suit and tie, getting up from his seat, going around the table, taking her hand on his and kneeling in front of her she was out of words... Her heart was beating so loud and fast that Gabriella thought it would seriously pop out of her chest! Troy took out of his pocket the small velvet box and revealed the most beautiful diamond ring she had ever seen... "Gabriella... All this time we are together, these years... Has been the most beautiful years of my life, because you were in it... And I want you to be in it forever and ever! What I'm trying to say is... Will you marry me? And be mine forever?"

Gabriella could still remember every single word... The minute she heard the words coming out of his mouth she nodded speechless... She whispered a breathless yes to him before pulling him to her and kissing him, trying to fit all the love she had for him in that single kiss... She wanted to marry him more than anything! And who wouldn't? He was the most sweet and caring, and amazing and sexy man in the whole world! And she was lucky he chose her to share his life with! A year later after graduation from college, at the age of 22 they got married, in a beautiful ceremony that their friends and families still remembered to this very day...

But tell me does she kiss

Like i used to kiss you?

Does it feel the same

When she calls your name?

Somewhere deep inside

You must know i miss you

But what can i say

Rules must be obeyed

It was THAT anniversary they were supposed to celebrate tonight... The day he proposed to her, and she promised to be his for her rest of her life... But once again for the last year, he forgot... After graduation he was offered quite a few jobs... Both in the acting field AND the basketball field. And they were both things he loved... So he played professional basketball and shoot some commercials and got small parts in movies when the basketball seasons were over... And he slowly gained fame... Bigger deals, bigger parts, fans that admired him and Gabriella was there to support him all the way, while trying to establish a career for herself in one of the biggest law firms in California as well...

For the first two years of their marriage everything was perfect... They were madly in love, just like the first time they laid eyes on each other... They were even discussing the possibility of having a baby, since the time was right for both of them... But all that changed suddenly... Troy started changing... Working a lot, traveling a lot, and barely being home... The first fights starter as well between the couple, since he suddenly had a problem with everything, he became more demanding... His newly found fame was blinding him, it was changing him...

And it wasn't long before he cheated on his wife for the first time... He felt amazing guilt afterward of course... He still loved Gabriella, more than life itself, but the sense of power he had, and the feeling of all those girls admiring him, willing to do everything for a few moments with him, it all made him repeat it, again and again... Those girls meant nothing... He loved his wife, but come on! He was 24 and only been with his wife! Well, not anymore anyway... But he always returned home to her... To the familiar and sweet sense of his wife...

Gabriella was aware of the fact that her husband repeatedly cheated on her! She could smell them on him every time he laid next to her on the bed, every time he made love to her... But she never confronted him about it. As long as he came home to her every time, he was hers... She loved him too much to let him go... And if keeping him required her pretending to be blind for his cheating then she was willing to do that... But as much as she refused to accept it, they had fallen apart... She used to read him like an open book, she used to know exactly what he was thinking! But not anymore... This was not the Troy she knew and loved... The Troy she knew never forgot important dates, never shouted at her, always stood by her side... But now he was absent... Sometimes she felt that he was just the one paying the bills in the house anymore... And that their house was the place to come wherever one of his adventures ended... But still... Gabriella pretended that everything was alright, that she didn't know, and she was trying hard. To get her husband back... To be the only one for him again!

The judges will decide

The likes of me abide

Spectators of the show

Always staying low

The game is on again

A lover or a friend

A big thing or a small

The winner takes it all

Troy knew that Gabriella knew... He was photographed with his occasional "female friends" more than once, but he always made it look that they were just simple friends or associates, so he was still the "good boy" of the press and the faithful and loyal husband... He hadn't touched his wife in almost a year. Yes she was beautiful, stunning, attractive, but all those other women... They tempted him... And he was usually too tired for his own wife... He knew he was hurting her, and he swore to stop that more than once... But every time he was tempted... He had promised himself that he would stop once he turned 26 though, and that he would be the loyal and committed husband once again... He adored his wife after all, but it was the adrenaline all those adventures offered him that Gabriella didn't...

Gabriella let another sigh escape her lips as she thought all this. She was still standing in front of the set table, the wine glass still on her hand. She brought it to her lips and drank it all in once before placing it down on the table, and blowing the candles out... She disappointingly turned the lights off and dragged herself upstairs to their bedroom to get ready for bed... Her husband was obviously not coming tonight... And to think that she was all excited and determined to remind him of the way they used to be, to revive their passion for each other...

She had left work early that day, so she would go home and prepare everything and get ready... She had bought a new pair of expensive underwear and dress, as a treat for Troy... A desperate attempt to get him back, all hers... Only for her, like they were supposed to be! She even came to the point of blaming herself for what was happening... That she unwillingly pushed him into this, that she wasn't giving him as much space as she should have, that she didn't put as much effort as she ought to do... Gabriella slipped out of her dress, and put on her night gown... Her eyes fell on their wedding picture on her night stand, and she smiled bitterly to herself, before getting into bed, feeling her tears welling up, and rolling down her cheeks hot, as if they were burning her, before she slowly drifted to sleep...

I don't wanna talk

If it makes you feel sad

And i understand

You've come to shake my hand

I apologize

If it makes you feel bad

Seeing me so tense

No self-confidence

But you see

The winner takes it all

The winner takes it all......