A/N- I decided to start a new story for High School Musical the other day. I never really read or even see any Chadella's. At first it starts out as a Troyella but if I continue it, it will become a Chadella. Also, I'd like to give a shout out to my big sis Brianna (xobriannaxo on FanFic) for helping me out with this plot.

Summary-- Troy and Gabriella graduate and go their separate ways. They promise to wait for each other. Chad attends the same college as Gabriella, since he doesn't get a scholarship like Troy. Then Troy comes back, after 4 years. Will he change everything they have? Will it all be the same as before? Troyella, Chadella…

Disclaimer- I don't own anything.

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"…Well, I'd just like to congratulate all of the East High seniors. Have a safe and happy summer! Enjoy college!" the principal of East High congratulated.

His speech was followed by cheers and hollers and whistles.

"Oh my gosh, Troy! I can't believe it! We're officially adults," Gabriella yelled over the noise.

"I know! Next step is college," Troy smiled at her.

"Then, marriage and kids and everything after that!" Gabriella laughed as Troy kissed her.

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"So, Gabby, which college are you going to?" Taylor asked her best friend.

"I want to stay close to home so I've decided to go to University of New Mexico Los Alamos. I hear they have a good math and statistics program there" she revealed.

Troy wrinkled his eyebrows.

"Really?" he said.

"Yeah. Where are you going Tay?" Gabriella asked, ignoring Troy's oddness.

"I thought about going to Georgia State for journalism," Taylor answered.

"Chad, where you going," Troy questioned.

"Same as Gabby. I didn't get my basketball scholarship because of my grades so I'm just going to take a few Business Technology courses there," Chad lowered his head.

He hadn't wanted anything more than that scholarship to Florida State. But because of his grades, he lost it all.

"Oh. I'm going to Florida State," Troy said, looking around.

He felt bad but he couldn't stay behind because of his friend's mistakes.

"Oh. I would've thought you'd go to UNMLA," Chad said with disappointment in his voice.

"No. I got the um…scholarship there," Troy said. He hated having to seem as though he was smarter than his friend but it was somewhat true.

"Oh."

"That's a great college. You don't need basketball. It's good for you to expand your knowledge in a different area" Taylor comforted Chad.

"Easy for you to say," Chad scoffed.

"Chad, don't be that way. You're going to do great. You don't need basketball," Taylor repeated.

"Yeah. Don't worry about it. It's a great college. It has a lot of good programs, too," Gabriella reassured.

"Um, so Troy, how are you and Gabby going to keep your relationship up," Chad started trouble. He still was resenting Troy because of his scholarship.

"I don't…know. I guess we're just going to…I don't know. I haven't really thought about that. Have you, Gabby?" Troy asked.

"Actually, yeah. I just kind of figured we could keep up with a long term relationship," Gabriella informed him.

"Oh."

"Wait, that's all you have to say? Oh?" Gabriella mimicked. Now Chad felt bad for bringing the problem up.

"Chad. I think we should go," Taylor said, gesturing towards the door. They left abruptly and neither Gabriella nor Troy cared or even noticed.

"What do you want me to say?" Troy asked her.

"I don't know. You should know what to say," Gabriella shrugged her shoulders.

"Well, I don't," he looked down.

Whatever," Gabriella sighed.

Troy got up and looked at Gabriella with hurt in his eyes. He loved her and wanted to make the relationship work. He couldn't if she wasn't willing to contribute to the relationship. He couldn't do it all by himself.

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"…I just don't know what to do anymore. She wants to make the relationship work and so do I but I can't do it alone. She's not making things better," Troy told Chad over the phone.

"Do you want me to talk to her?" Chad offered.

He and Gabriella were best friends since they were in diapers. Chad was always able to reason with her.

"Yeah, I guess. She'll probably listen and talk to you," Troy muttered.

"Alright. I'll go talk to her. I'll call you if I get anywhere," Chad hung up his cell phone.

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"Hey, Gab," Chad said when Gabriella answer the door.

"Hey, what's up?" she said gesturing for him to come in.

He sat on her couch. "Nothing. So, how are you and Troy going to deal with the whole college thing?" he asked.

"Um…, I don't know. We can't decide. I don't know what to do."

"You guys could always meet up on the weekends. Meet halfway, like in Louisiana or something," Chad suggested.

"I don't know. He's just being stubborn. I really love him though. He means a lot to me. We've been dating or almost 3 years. I really love him," Gabriela admitted

"I know. He loves you too. He just is really confused with the whole scholarship deal and everything," Chad reassured her.

"Well, he needs to figure out real quick. I'm not going to make this decision on my own," Gabriella shook her head.

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"So, which college are you guys going to," Kelsi, Gabriella and Taylor's friend, asked everyone.

Gabriella, Troy, Taylor, Chad, Kelsi and her boyfriend Jason had all gone out for a graduation dinner.

"University of New Mexico Los Alamos," Chad and Gabriella said at the same time.

"Georgia State," Taylor replied.

"Florida State," Troy murmured.

"I'm going to Florida too," Jason said to Troy.

"I'm going to take a break from school for awhile," Kelsi said.

Everyone looked at her with a funny look on their face. She was one of the smartest people there and everyone figured she'd want to go to college.

"What? College is a big deal. I need to be sure I'm making a good choice," Kelsi told everyone.

The rest of the dinner was quiet. At the end, everyone said goodbye and went home. Troy stayed to give Gabriella a ride. He looked for her after dinner but couldn't find her.

"I'm not going to wait forever," he thought to himself.

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As he drove he saw a feminine figure walking along and knew it was Gabriella.

"Gabriella, get in," He said to her.

"No."

"It's too cold for you to walk," Troy told her.

"Really? I feel perfectly fine," Gabriella lied. For a June night, it was pretty chilly.

"Gabby, you're shivering. I know you don't want to be out her in this weather," Troy replied.

"How would you know what I want? You don't even know what you want," Gabriella shouted.

"Please, Gabriella. Just get in the car."

She looked at him and their eyes met. He had sincerity in his eyes and Gabriella gave in and got in the car.

"You're such an ass," Gabriella told him.

"Fine. Then get out of the asses moving car," Troy joked.

"Fine," Gabriella laughed and opened the card door. Troy stopped at a jolt.

"You're not funny," Troy glared.

"I laughed," Gabriella taunted.

"It's sad that the only way to get you to smile is to almost give someone else a heart attack," Troy remarked.

"So, we have to talk about this college deal," Gabriella became serious.

"I guess so," Troy said as he pulled into an empty parking lot.

"So."

"Okay, here's what I think we should do," Gabriella began. "I think that we should wait."

"Wait?" Troy raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah, wait. We don't have to beak up or anything like that. We can just talk and decide on when we want to see each other and then just go with it. We can wait until we're both done with college and take a few moths to figure out if we still want to be together. I want to wait, Troy," Gabriella poured out.

"I want to wait, too. But what if we meet other people at our colleges and we fall in love. I don't want that to happen and I have to face the disappointment of breaking your heart. I just can't take that, Gabby. I love you too much to do that to you, Gabby," Troy admitted.

"I know, Troy. I know," Gabriella sighed.

Troy reached into his glove box and pulled out a ring.

"Troy, you didn't!" Gabriella gasped.

"Now, don't get all excited. It's not an engagement ring. It's a promise ring," Troy told her as he slipped into onto her finger.

"Oh, Troy! It's beautiful!" Gabriella squealed.

"I know. This is my promise to you, Gabby. I love you. I always have, I always will," Troy promised.

"Oh, Troy, thank you so much," Gabriella smiled and hugged him.

"I'll wait for you, Gabriella."

"I'll wait for you too, Troy."

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A/N- Well, there's my first chapter. I don't know if I should continue it or not. I hope you guys like it. Please press that little purple button that says go and please send me a review! BTW, please no flames! But, I do accept ways I can make the story better. Thanks so much!