"...And he shoots and he scores in the last second of the game. He did it. Troy Bolton made the New York Knicks champions for the second year in a row" The speaker voice ran through the room. Gabriella looked up from her work.

"Brian, would you please turn down the volume" She complained. She had to finish her research on this case tonight or she would never be able to get it done, and hearing about Troy Bolton didn't exactly make her evening better.

"Gabi, relax will you. It's the finale and last time I checked, this was my apartment not your office" Brian fired back at her.

The brunette looked down at him from her place at the dining table.

"I'm sorry" she told her blond haired roommate. She leaned back in her seat, placing her hands on the side of her head, rubbing her temples.

"It's okay" he said, looking up at her from his seat on the couch.

"No, this is your apartment and I should be able to hear his name without feeling like a complete looser" she cried.

He stood up, turning off the T.V. so the picture of Troy surrounded by his teammates disappeared.

"Gabi, you're not a looser, your just in love" Brian tried to comfort her.

Gabriella looked up at him; "But I have to move on Brian, it's just hard you know, I miss him so much" she cried.

"I know Gabi, but it takes time to move on" Brian took her in his arms, holding her close.

"Brian, it's been more than a year" Gabriella pointed out, crying into his shoulder.

"Yea well Gabi, it takes time to forget someone you care for and it takes a lifetime to forget the love of your life"

Brian explained, still holding her close.

Gabriella smiled at Brian, they had been living together for almost a year and a half now. She had meet Brian just after Troy left, he had offered she could move in with him. He went to Yale to but she first meet him when Troy left.

Her and Troy had both gotten into Yale, and had lived together, enjoying being together. The 2 years had been pure bliss until one day just before the end of their 2nd school year when Troy had come home with news that would change both life's forever, Gabriella also had news that would change their life forever, Troy just never heard them because he left.

*FLASHBACK* (May 12 2011)

*Gabis pov*

I sat in our living room, staring at the object in my hand. The object that had just changed my life.

I had been sitting there for about 10 minutes when I heard someone enter but before they entered the living room I stuffed the object down a drawer and stood up.

The door opened and in came my Boyfriend of 4 years Troy Bolton.

I couldn't remember the last time I had seen him that happy. Maybe he already knew about me.

"Gabi! I got the greatest news" he exclaimed walking over to me, pulling me into his embrace lifting me up, spinning me around.

I couldn't help but laugh and forget all about what had happened 10 minutes ago.

After a while he stopped spinning around but he still held me close.

"what is it?" I asked, holding on to him tightly.

"I just got a call from the manager of the New York Knicks, he wants me to join the team" Troy exclaimed, his voice so full of happiness.

I looked up at him shocked, we still had more than a year left of school.

"So you're going there next year?" I asked.

He looked at me confused for a minute.

"No Gabi, I'm leaving in a week. They want me to train with them before the season starts" Troy explained, suddenly all the happiness was gone, and had been replaced by tension.

"What?" was the only thing I could muster to say.

"I'm leaving in a week" Troy explained.

I felt tears well up in my eyes, how could he even think about leaving.

"Gabi, please honey don't cry" he pleaded, "I want you to come with me" he said, smiling down at me, wiping my tears.

I looked up at him, suddenly filled with anger.

"HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK THAT TROY? IM IN THE MIDDLE OF SCHOOL, I CANT JUST LEAVE" i screamed. I had never been so angry, half of it of course was because of what Troy was doing the other half was because of what she had just found out.

Troy looked at me confused and sad.

"Gabi please, take it easy. You know how much I want this" he tried to explain.

I looked at him, furious; "it's not good enough Troy. This means something to me. I have to finish law school" I explained. It couldn't all just be about him.

He looked at me strangely.

"You can't be serious" he asked.

I was confused; "What are you talking about?"

"You're really going to make me stay?" he asked sadly.

I looked at him, I couldn't do this. I loved him too much to do that and I knew I might make the biggest mistake of my life but as they say, if you love something let it go so I answered.

"I'm going to make this easy Troy. You go to New York and I will stay here" I said sadly, tears leaving my eyes falling down my cheeks.

Troy was crying too and for some time we were just looking at each other.

"I'm going to go pack then" Troy said sadly walking into our bedroom.

I broke down as soon as the door closed, he didn't even fight for me.

But I had to stay strong, but for myself but also for the baby that was inside me.

*END OF FLASHBACK*

Present day, November 26th 2012

It had been a year and a half since I had last looked into those magnificent baby blue eyes of his.

*No ones POV*

"Are you okay Gabi?" Brains voice ripped her out of her daze. she hated those moments when she would go back and remember everything.

Troy had left, just like she had told him too. she didn't tell him she was pregnant. She didn't want to stand in the way of his dream.

She found out she was 2 months pregnant just after Troy left, due on 11th December 2011.

Because she was the best in her class, her teachers let her stay and she would receive private lessons. To afford this she had to move out of her and Troy's apartment and that's when Brian offered that she could move in with him. He had two spare rooms which made it perfect when the baby would come. He knew from the beginning what he got himself into but knowing he would probably never have his own children he loved the idea of helping her.

Gabriella worked hard to be able to keep up with school. she stayed fit and didn't get big until the 7th month. It wasn't hard being pregnant. She had been really scared because she had heard so many horrible stories about morning sickness and mood swings but she didn't experience it badly at all.

Brian was there through it all, and he was the one who held her hand when she on November 29th gave birth to a healthy little girl.

Gabriella named her Emily Audrey Hope Montez. Emily had always been her and Troy's favorite name, and when they had talked about having kids there had been no doubt that if they had a daughter she should be named Emily. Audrey was Brian's choice, he had been so happy when Gabriella had told him he got to pick her middle name. Hope was just something Gabriella thought her daughter would need. Gabriella would have loved to call her daughter Bolton but she knew she couldn't because then people would know who her father was and Gabriella didn't want that.

She especially didn't want Troy to know.

She would tell him eventually it just wouldn't be any time soon.

Gabriella had finished school with the highest grades in her class and she had almost immediately gotten a job.

"yes Brian, I'm fine. I'm just thinking" she explained, smiling at her gay roommate.

"good, and now cheer up. We are going to Barbados tomorrow" Brian smiled at her.

"I can't wait. I just have to finish this case and then I can spend the next week relaxing with you and Em" Gabriella smiled. She could use a vacation. They were going to celebrate Emily's first birthday with a holiday to Barbados.

But what Gabriella didn't know was that it wouldn't be as relaxing as she hoped for.

IN NEW YORK CITY

*TROYS POV*

I opened the door to my apartment. My boring empty depressing fifth avenue penthouse apartment. I hated coming home to an empty apartment.

but i had made the choice myself. If I hadn't left Yale a year and a half ago, Gabriella would be there when I came home. God how I missed her.

I turned on the light in the living room, dropping my bag on the floor walking over to my phone to see if i had any message.

There were 12, the first 10 was congratulations messages from different people. I had just won my second championship with the Knicks.

My dream.

I couldn't help but slightly tell myself, how wrong I was. Gabriella was my dream but I had screwed that up pretty well.

The last two messages were from my mother, who wanted to get the last details on my holiday. I was going to Barbados tomorrow, to a holiday villa I had just bought there.

I dropped down on my couch. I wondered what she was doing now? She probably had a boyfriend, just the thought made him sick.

He signed. He knew he had to move on, it was just so damn hard.

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