AN: Hello everyone!! I know what you guys are thinking, YAY a new story!!! Yup, this is a new story, and it's inspired by my worst nightmare, that eventually turned into one of my best dreams ever!!! Haha. OK, now…here is my story…
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Disclaimer: Do I LOOK like I own the characters in the story? NO:P Chapter OneTwenty-six year old Gabriella Montez woke up cozily in her snug warm bed on December 23rd. She smiled, knowing that Sharpay was inviting the gang to her new home in New York for a few weeks with her mystery fiancé that everyone was dying to find out who the lucky man was. Gabriella, on the other hand, was just happy for Sharpay and didn't think it really mattered who the guy was. She got out of bed, fixed the covers and fluffed the pillows, and went into her bathroom to get ready for Ryan to pick her up along with the others to fly to New York. Gabriella put on a black embroidered blouse, red leggings, black leather boots, a black Santa hat, put on her make-up and grabbed her purse. She let out a sigh as she put on her coat and stepped outside of her house, closing and locking the front door behind her. She had already dropped off all her luggage at Ryan's house so she wouldn't have any trouble carrying it when they were getting into the car. Gabriella was relieved that Ryan took the SUV limo since it was much longer and had more space than most of the other ones that his and Sharpay's family owned. She smiled as she stepped in, seeing most of the others for the first time in a long time, except for Taylor, Ryan, and Kelsi. (AN: I've been in an SUV limo 3 times and a hummer limo 1 time, and a stretch limo 1 time…lol, ok back to the story..)
Gabriella almost cried seeing their faces again; she even missed Chad! She hugged them all saying how much she missed them.
"So, what have you guys been doing since way back when, in high school?" Gabriella asked them, she knew she missed a lot of things since she and part of the gang kind of drifted apart during college.
"Well, actually, I got into college football. My basketball career didn't really seem like it was working for me; I mean, sure it paid good, but it was probably just a high school thing." Chad said, shrugging.
"Football? I thought you said football was the anti-basketball?" Gabriella said, a little confused. "Any who, I guess if football is what you want, it's what you get right? So, Zeke, did you pursue your dream of being a chef and possibly having your own cooking show?"
Zeke laughed, looking for what to say. "Well, I am a chef, and I did get an opportunity to have a cooking show…but I turned it down."
"What? Why?" Kelsi asked, a little disappointed. She had asked Zeke to be his assistant chef if he ever got the chance to have a show when they were starting college.
"Well, it didn't seem right for me. They put make-up on you just so you could look good when you're cooking. And you have to do a lot of talking while you cook, and when I was talking with Sharpay when I was cooking for her back in high school, I almost burnt my crème brulèe!" he said
"Hey, wasn't that the same day you found out that Sharpay had been using you just so she could give your treats to-" Jason started to say, but the rest of the gang kept on making hand signals for him to stop, except for Zeke who kept his eyes were focused on the window, with a sense of betrayal and hurt in them.
"Sorry…" he mumbled, looking down.
Zeke sighed, "Guys it's alright. That was a long time ago, and, well, I'm over it." He tried his best to put on a smile but it only made it worse for him.
"So…do any of you guys know where Tro-" Martha started, but was interrupted when Ryan said, "We're here!"
Everyone got his or her luggage with a little help from the driver and headed inside of the airport. As they turned in their tickets and boarded the plane, a memory flashed back into Gabriella's mind.
8 years ago…
Gabriella was slowly walking up the stairs to the plane, her heart pounding faster after each step she took.
Finally, she said, "Troy I can't do it…it's…it's too hard" she started thinking about dropping her bags and running away fast. Her father had died in a plane crash, and ever since then, she and her mom have never ridden a plane.
"It's ok, don't worry. I'm here, now let me help you." Troy said, adjusting the strap of one of the bags on his shoulders. He led her into the plane and brought her to their seats and putting the bags away. Gabriella took a few worried sighs looking out of her window.
"T-Troy, you know that no matter what that I'll always love you, right?" she said, nervously.
"Of course I do, Gabby. Our love for one another can never fade, and I promise you that we'll never separate; we'll always stay strong. Ok?" he said, holding both her hands.
Gabriella smiled, a tear rolled down her cheek as she nodded. Troy wiped it away and placed part of her hair behind her ear and kissing her softly.
"I love you…" Troy said.
End Flashback
The memory of Troy saying 'I love you' kept on replaying over and over in Gabriella's head as she got into the plane. She bit her lip as she got into her seat next to Taylor.
"Gabby, you ok?" Taylor asked, worriedly.
Gabriella nodded slowly, looking down, thinking about whatever happened between her and Troy, way back when.
7 years ago…
Gabriella was blindfolded, being led by Troy for a surprise.
"Troy, where are we going?" she asked, giggling.
"It's a surprise." Troy said, still not revealing where they were going.
"Ok, I like surprises, just not when I have to wait for them." Gabriella said, pouting and crossing her arms.
"Relax, we're here." Troy said, untying the blindfold for her.
Gabriella looked at what was in front of her. There were fairy lights decorated on a tree, peach, white, and red rose petals scattered on the ground, and candles lit and arranged into a circle. In the middle was something inside of a white box that looked like it had some sort of jewelry inside.
"Gabby, I just wanted to do something for you before I left Albuquerque…" Troy said, leaning over to pick up the box.
Gabriella's heart was pounding like hell, tears began filling her eyes like a flood, but she cried no tears and said nothing,
Troy got down on one knee, opening the box.
"Miss Gabriella Montez, will you marry me?" Troy said, looking into her eyes searching for an answer.
At this point, Gabriella couldn't handle her tears and they spilled out quickly; she wasn't ready for this yet, she couldn't do it. She began shaking her head and sobbing. Troy looked at her disappointedly and worriedly. He got up and wrapped her arms around her. "Gabby, what's wrong?" he asked.
Gabriella just shook her head more and more, crying. She got out of his grasp and ran away. She didn't know why she did that. Did she expect Troy to follow her? He didn't, he just stayed at the park there, standing still and looking at the direction where Gabriella ran away. That was the last time Gabriella had seen Troy.
End Flashback
Finally, after a couple of hours, the plane landed in the Big Apple.
"Ahh…I love the smell of New York." Jason said after they got all their luggage and waited outside for their ride.
"New York the city or Tiffany Bollard?" Gabriella joked.
Taylor, who hasn't missed an episode of I Love New York or I Love New York 2, smiled and said, "Gabby, please. Jason isn't as psycho as The Entertainer. Trust me"
Everyone laughed just as they saw two limos parking in front of them. Ryan smiled, placing his luggage down and opening one of the limos' doors. Out stepped Ms. Sharpay Evans with a white sequined mini dress that went a few inches over her thighs.
"Hey guys!!!" Sharpay said; her eyes filled up with delight. "Oh my gosh…I missed you guys soo much!!"
"Aww, you missed me Shar?" Chad said, spreading his arms out to hug her.
Sharpay giggled and said, "Yes, I missed you Chad." She hugged him, and then proceeded to hug everyone else until the limo drivers finished loading up everybody's luggage into the second limo.
Sharpay's House
Everybody immediately kept on guessing which house was Sharpay's when they went through a neighborhood full of huge houses. They stopped in front of a house with a gate that had the letter 'B' on it.
"Sharpay, how come there's a 'B' on your gate, and not and 'S'?" Kelsi asked.
"Well, me and my fiancé are living in this house together, so we should have his last name's first letter on it." Sharpay said, smiling a little, glancing a little at Gabriella, like she was hiding something from her.
The two limos drove to the front of the huge house and everyone was rushing to get inside to see their personalized rooms, decorated by Sharpay, of course.
When they got in, Gabriella admired all the beautiful, drawn clothing designs framed on the walls. Yes, created by Sharpay. She looked at one particular drawing that Sharpay had drawn of her back in high school. She smiled. Just as she was about to look at a picture of Sharpay and her fiancé, Sharpay called everyone upstairs to their rooms. Chad and Taylor had a bedroom with glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling with the walls painted to look like the sky. There were two closets and one bathroom, and there was a queen-sized bed in the middle. Zeke's room had a painted picture of an oven with drawers in front of it to put his clothes in. Jason and Kelsi's room had a painting of the Eiffel Tower on the wall, since they've always dreamed of traveling there together. And lastly, Gabriella's room was painted red, like red wine. Her bed covers were violet with gold embroidery on it. There were pictures of her and Sharpay back in the day, from junior year to graduation, which were hung in gold frames on the wall.
Gabriella saw that one of Sharpay's maids had put her luggage in the closet already so Gabriella had nothing to do. She plopped down on her bed and looked outside. She had a balcony with the perfect view of the city. Suddenly, she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in, the door's open!" she said.
Taylor opened the door, but remained at the doorway.
"Hey, Gabby, Sharpay's fiancé is here! Come on!!" Taylor said, excitedly.
"Already?" Gabriella asked, getting off of the bed and running downstairs with Taylor.
When they got down, Gabriella's smile faded as she saw the same pair of blue eyes that she used to love, the ones that she had wished she'd married. Sharpay's fiancé was………………Troy Bolton.
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AN: Oooh…what's gonna happen next? Haha, find out…on Chapter 2 of…Broken Dream. Oh wait, I'm so sorry…but I have to get at least 12 reviews to update, guys. I always get low on the reviews but high on the favorite-ing. So…review please!!
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