Chapter 1
"Good Morning Albuquerque!"
18 year old Gabriella Montez groaned and rolled over to push her snooze button on the alarm. Every morning it went off at 7:00 a.m. and every time it went off she rolled over and hit the snooze button. She could already hear her mother's footsteps on the stairs coming to make sure she actually got out of bed.
"Gabby, come on, you'll be late." Said Mrs. Montez as she opened up the curtains and let the sunshine in.
"Ok, mom. Be right up." Gabby mumbled from under the blankets. Right as she thought she was ok she felt the covers being tugged off of her and was suddenly blinded by the bright lights.
"Mami, I said I would get up!"
"I know honey, but I wanted to have breakfast together before I go to work today." She replied in a sing song voice as she went back downstairs to the kitchen. Gabby pulled herself off the bed and headed to the bathroom to get ready for another day at East High.
Gabby smiled to herself as she walked up the stairs to the school and heard the first bell ring. That meant that she had exactly ten minutes to get to her locker grab her things and make it to class on time. Still groggy she made it through the halls and turned the corner to find herself face to face with basketball star Troy Bolton.
"Running late are we?" He said as he smirked slightly.
"Oh, Mr. Bolton, you know I have impeccable timing, now if you would kindly get out of my way, I could get to my locker and keep that spotless record." She said as she tried to pass him.
"That is what a get instead of a 'good morning'?" She giggled as she stood on her toes and gave him a kiss.
"Good morning." She said right as the tardy bell rang. She looked at Troy and couldn't help but smile.
"Oops, sorry gabs……" he said sheepishly as she walked past him and opened her locker.
"Well, it looks like we are going to have to find a way for you to make it up to me." She said without looking at him.
"And what might that be?"
"I think we both know the answer to that question." She said as she shut her locker and took him by the hand.
They decided that if they wanted to get some "alone time" so Troy could make it up to Gabriella, they would have to go somewhere a little more private than the school. So they made their way to Troy's car and headed over to his house where they were sure they wouldn't be bothered. They barely made it to the front door before Gabriella jumped into his arms and began kissing him fiercely. This was a side of her only Troy could bring out. She helped him take his shirt off and he tried unsuccessfully to take hers off as well. She pulled apart from their kiss giggling and unbuttoned it herself. He smiled as he went in to kiss her again and put her down.
"Lets take this to my room." He whispered in her ear and noticed that just his breath on her neck made her shiver with anticipation. She jumped off of him and grabbed him by the hand as she made a quick dash for his bedroom door.
"Do you think we should go back to class?" said Gabby as she pulled the sheets up around herself.
"I think we can throw that plan out the door, it's already noon, so its lunch. Why do you need to be back?"
"I just had to turn a paper in for my social problems class. But I can do that anytime before schools out, so as long as I am back there before 2:10 I am fine." She replied as she lay back down and positioned herself between his arms. They both knew that skipping class probably wasn't a good idea, but who could resist? Gabriella felt Troy tense up and knew that he had something on his mind. He had been that way for a few days now, and she knew that he would come to her if something was bothering him, so it had to be something big if he wasn't sharing it with her. Just as thoughts were running through her head they were interrupted by Troy's voice.
"Gabriella?"
"Yeah?" she answered wearily.
"I've been meaning to talk to you about something."
"You know you can talk to me about anything."
"Yeah, I know. And you know I don't like keeping things from you, so this has been kind of hard." Just as he said that, a ton of horrible thoughts began running through her head. What could be wrong with him? What was he keeping from her? Was it going to break them apart?
"What is it?" She held her breath and waited for the worst.
"Gabby, I love you. You bring out the best in me, and no one makes me feel the way you do. Like I can do anything. And I want to make sure that you know I will feel this way forever."
"Troy I feel the same way about you." She said smiling as she held tears back. He suddenly got out of bed and kneeled down on the floor. She gasped and suddenly realized what was going on.
"Gabriella Montez, will you marry me?" he said as he slipped his class ring off of his finger and held it out to her.
"I know it's not much, but it's what I want to offer to you until I can get you a real ring. But for now, this is what I want you to wear, to show how much I love you." He sat there, giving his heart to her in the palm of his hand and she couldn't say a word. She stared at him with her mouth open trying to find the words, but her mind was drawing blanks.
"You know, this might be a good time to say something. It's getting kind of cold here in my boxers." He said with a crooked smile. She finally seemed to regain her breath and started to breathe heavily.
"YES!" she screamed and lunged at him. He laughed as she toppled him over and they both landed hard on the floor.
"You had me worried there for a second."
"You have nothing to worry about. There is nothing I want more in this world." She said crying and laughing at the same time.
"Gabriella Bolton. I think I like the sound of that." She said as she held her hand out in front of her. They were driving back to school and this all still seemed very surreal to her.
"I think I like the sound of that too." Troy responded with the biggest smile on his face. She smiled and put her hand down. Troy Bolton had asked her to marry him. Of course it wouldn't be right away, but they had planned on going to the same colleges anyway, so this would work out perfectly. They would wait until they graduated high school and maybe get married the summer after their senior year was over. Both Troy and Gabriella's parents knew this would happen sooner or later, so it wouldn't be a shock to them. Everything was working out so perfectly. They would be finished with high school in one month, and then they would be getting ready to start their lives together. Gabriella couldn't be any happier then she was at that very moment.
"Troy, this is all so perfect. I can't wait to tell my mom and all of our friends." Gabby said as Troy turned his head and looked at her.
"I love you so much Gabby."
"I love you too Troy." She said as they crashed head on into the truck that had lost control less then a block away.
Ok, Kind of a cliff hanger but I didn't know if this should be a one shot or if I should go on and make it into a story. It could go either way, so if you want me to go on let me know. And I will be more then happy to oblige. Reviews are greatly appreciated.