The next day, it was 9:00 and Troy was still asleep. When his mom walked in the room and saw that Troy didn't wake up yet, she saw 2 things wrong with this. He was supposed to be at work at 8:30 and she couldn't beleive that he didn't remember to set his alarm clock for this special day.

"Troy? Troy wake up. You need to go to work Troy. Come on!"

By now, she was pulling his feet at the bottom of the bed to try and pull him out of bed. But Troy was holding onto the rails at the top of his bed to prevent his mom from doing anything.

She finally gave up and called her husband into the room. He came in with a toothbrush in his mouth with toothpaste spilling out.

Mrs. Bolton explained the situation and Mr. Bolton tried to pull the covers off of his son, but Troy was holding onto the corners of the bedsheets and his dad couldn't do anything. He was about to yell at Troy until Mrs. Bolton had an idea.

She told her husband to calm down and then she whispered "Troy? Do you know what today is?"

Troy mumbled "I don't care."

Mrs. Bolton smiled and whispered in his ear "It's Gabriella's birthday."

Suddenly Troy ripped off the covers and ran to get his work uniform, which was a t-shirt and swimming trunks. Then he shouted "WHAT?!?!?!? WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME SOONER?!?!?!?! I COULD'VE GOTTEN UP EARLIER!!!!!!!!"

He grabbed the black box from his bedside table carefully.

Mrs. Bolton smiled and said "We thought you would remember. Have a good day at work!"

Troy glared at them, ran downstairs, grabbed a protien bar, and tore out of the house into his car.

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When he got to the country club, he tried to sneak in without his boss noticing. She was impossible to deal with if she got angry.

As soon as Troy tried to open the gate, it screeched and Linda, his boss, screamed "BOLTON!!! YOU'RE LATE!!! YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXPLAINATION OR YOUR FIRED!!!!!!"

Troy thought quickly. If he told her that he slept in, he would be fired on his first day!

So instead he said "Umm Linda, I was, trying to call you to say that I was at my aunt's house 45 minutes away, but you wouldn't pick up. Now, according to the guidlines, if the employee calls to say that he's going to be late, he or she's excused. That's going by the rules, not me."

Linda softend up a little bit and let him in without a warning.

When she couldn't see, he smiled at himself and said under his breath "Sucker. My aunt's my neighbor."

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When he climbed up to the lifeguard chair, he looked over the pool to make sure everything was OK. He smiled at the thought of acually having a job. He felt more mature now.

Within the next 2 hours of his shift, he had to blow the whistle 15 times to tell people to calm down.

"Must be summer fever." he thought.

When his shift was over, he jumped off the chair and got a popsicle. Then he waited for Gabriella. The night before, he told her to meet him after his shift at the pool.

After 10 minutes, he got confused. Where was she? He was about to call her when he saw Chad. He ran over to him and asked him where Gabriella was. Chad said that she was doing a show. She told Chad to tell Troy that she was going to be late.

After the musical earlier in the year, Gabriella got more interested in singing and playing the guitar. She got a job as a waitress and singer at the club.

Troy asked Chad when she would be done. Chad said in a few minutes.

Troy thanked him and ran inside the club. He heard music playing from the auditorium. He walked in and smiled when he saw Gabriella on stage singing Troy's favorite song "Make you Mine"

He sang along with her as she sang the last of the song:

"All I wanna do is stand close to you, be by your side

All I wanna do is make the world revolve around you and I

What I would give up, what I would go through

To get it right

All I wanna do in this lifetime, is make you mine

All I wanna do in this lifetime, is make you mine"

As she finished, she looked in the applauding audiance and her eyes landed on Troy. She looked at him and smiled. He returned it and cheered with the others thinking "She sang that for me."

After the show, Troy made his way to Gabriella's dressing room. The guards knew who he was and let him in.

He crept up behind her and covered her eyes with his hands saying "I'll give you a clue. He's hot, caring, and VERY proud of someone right now."

Gabriella stopped squirming and sarcasicly said "Gee. I wonder who that could be. I'mma guess... Troy?"

She turned around and shriked saying "Ahhhh my guess was right!" He smiled and said "And your prize is... a hug!"

He held her tight and then let her go. He then put his plan in action and said "Hmmm. I think something special is happening to you today but I can't remember. Oh, Troy what was it? Don't tell me. Oh! I know what it is."

As he said this, he coolly pulled out the black box.

Gabriella's face suddenly lit up and she smiled saying "Oh something VERY special is happening to me today. And you scared me for a second there. Now, tell me. What's in the box?"

Troy grinned and said "Close your eyes and I'll show you."

She closed her eyes.

Then Troy softly said "Open them."

Gabriella opened her eyes and her heart skipped a beat.

Inside the box was the most beautiful necklace Gabriella had ever seen in her entire life. It was her name in glass bubble letters. The glass was in her 3 favorite colors, light blue, pink, and purple. On each end of the necklace was a pink heart made of authentic diamonds and each heart was lined with purple diamonds. In between each letter of her name were plain white diamonds.

Gabriella covered her mouth with her hand and tears threatened to spill down her face. She looked at Troy and tried to speak but couldn't. Troy just smiled and waited for her to find the words to say.

She finally said "Oh my... it's... I... you... how... just... oh my god! It's beautiful! You didn't have to do this."

Troy said "Gabby, It's your birthday. Of course I had to. Plus, this isn't all." He turned it over and it Gabriella read:

Gabriella,

Happy birthday! You're as beautiful as this necklace. I'm so happy that you're in my life. When I sing with you, I think that I'm in heaven. I will always be here for you when life get's hard. There will always be a place in my heart for you.

Love,

♥Troy♥

He then started to sing:

You're there by my side
In every way
I know that you would not forsake me
I give you my life
Would not think twice
Your love is all I need believe me

I may not say it quite as much as I should
When I say I love you darling that means for good
So open up your heart and let me in

And I will love you 'till forever
Until death do us part we'll be together
So take my hand and hold on tight
And we'll get there
This I swear

I'm wondering how I ever got by
Without you in my life to guide me
Where ever I go the one thing that's true
Is everything I do I do for you

I may not say it half as much as I should
When I say I love you darling that means for good
So open up your heart and let me in
And I will love you 'till forever
Until death do us part we'll be together
So take my hand and hold on tight
And we'll get there
This I swear

So whenever you get weary
Just reach out for me
I'll never let you down my love

And I will love you 'till forever
Until death do us part we'll be together
So take my hand and hold on tight
And we'll get there

And I will love you 'till forever
Until death do us part we'll be together
So take my hand and hold on tight
And we'll get there
Ohh we'll get there
This I swear

She couldn't hold in her tears anymore. They slowly flowed down her cheeks like a waterfall. She looked at Troy and smiled. No words could ever describe that. All Troy said was "Personal message." This made Gabriella cry even harder.

She finally stopped and said "Oh my God! That was beautiful. You wrote that yourself?"

Troy nodded and said "Wanna wear it?"

She nodded and turned around to let Troy put it around her neck. When it was fastened, Troy got a mirror to show Gabriella her reflection. She thought she was going to cry again, but she got a hold of herself.

She smiled at what she saw and thanked him. He said your welcome and then asked her if she wanted to swim.

She happily agreed and went to the dressing room to change into her white bathing suit thinking "He did this for me? He is so sweet! I can't imagine life without him.


Awww! So sweet! lol! The first song is the chorus to Make You Mine by Vanessa Hudgens and the second one is This I Swear by Nick Lachey. It's so pretty! REVIEW!!! Thnx!

Rachel :)