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The only light illuminating the room when she woke up was the clock beside her flashing 2.30 in neon red. The sound of his breathing was even, reassuring her that he was still in a deep slumber. She slowly disentangled herself from him, removing his arm from around her waist where it was holding her close to him. Slipping from beneath the covers she felt the cold night air wash over her naked body and goosebumps covering her body. Gabriella softly padded around the room attempting to recover her clothes from the various places they had been flung in moments of passion. Finding her phone on the carpet next to his jeans she noticed she had numerous missed calls and texts. Making her way into his hall she picked one from someone she knew would understand and pressed call, waiting with bated breath she listened to it ring several times before a groggy voice answered
"Hello?"
"Shar?" Gabriella whispered for fear of waking Troy.
"Oh sweetie! Where are you? Everyone is worried sick!" Sharpay questioned with concern laced in her voice.
"Pick me up." Gabriella piped out timidly
"You're going to have to tell me where you are, sweetie" Sharpay pressed softly, knowing that Gabriella was in a vulnerable state.
"I'm at Troy's" she admitted "but I don't know where it is"
"I do. I'll be there in fifteen minutes" she informed Gabriella before her voice turned reassuring "Everything will be okay sweetie, don't worry"
Gabriella contemplated leaving him her number for several moments before she returned to his room to look at him for what she felt would be the last time. She softly kissed his forehead savouring the moment of quietness before everything was going to come crashing down on her.
The street was quiet as Gabriella stood waiting for Sharpay to collect her. Troy was rich, she thought to herself. His house had been almost ten times the size as the apartment she had shared with her ex-fiance. How had Troy become so rich she wondered to herself, maybe him leaving her had been a good decision on his behalf, although he hadn't acted like it last night. He had worshipped her as if she was the only that mattered and in those moments he was the only thing that mattered. The feeling of being in his arms had been one of pure ecstasy and she wished it could have lasted longer but knew the consequences whe would have faced waking up with him were too great.
The purr of a car knocked her back to reality and she watched as Sharpay drove down the streey towards her. A sense of relief washed over her, she knew Sharpay would not judge her, not yet. Gabriella got into the car, thanked Sharpay and then let silence wash over them.
As Gabriella lay awake in Sharpay's spare room she let her mind wander over everything that had happened in the past 24 hours. This time the previous day she had been asleep in her own apartment dreaming of her wedding day and the rest of her life that she would be spending happily married. She had been looking forward to her wedding night, never in a million years did she imagine it would be spent in the arms of Troy Bolton.
The guilt that Gabriella felt was killing her, David had been a good guy. He didn't deserve all the pain this must have caused him. He had always treated her right, never hurt her physically of emotionally. He listened when she needed it. She thought she had been in love with him. It was only now that she realised that she loved him but was never in love with him. He had been there when she was vulnerable, he had been the one to bring her back to life once Troy left. For that she would be eternally grateful, but when she saw Troy for the first time in four years she would never love David as she had loved Troy. He deserved more than she could give him.
At 8am Gabriella was awoken by the sun streaming in on her and Sharpay standing by the window.
"Oh! I didn't mean to wake you" Sharpay apologized
"It's okay" Gabriella assured her "I have alot to sort out today" she continued with a tired sigh
Sharpay crawled onto the bed beside Gabriella when she saw the how fragile she looked and enveloped her in a hug, one that Gabriella had badly needed.
A sinking feeling was building in Gabriella's gut as she placed her key in the door of the apartment she shared with David. Sharpay had dropped her off since her own car was still at her special thinking place. The lock clicked open and she gingerly placed her foot over the threshold, she couldn't turn back now. Sharpay had helped her to build up the courage to try to amend what had happened the day before. The apartment was silent, it looked just as it had when had left it adorned in a white gown and a glowing smile. Only now it felt tainted, she felt like an intruder in her own home. She carefully made her way through the apartment looking out for any sign of David.
"He must not be here" she thought to herself once she had checked every room in the apartment with no luck.
Gabriella was about to leave when she heard a key in the door. Her heart began to beat wildly, she didn't know what she was going to say to him. This was a bad idea and she needed to get out, but it was too late.
He looked at her with surprise when he first saw her, he looked tired but there was no anger in his eyes.
"I'm sorry" Gabriella started "I never intended to leave you... there" she said not wanting to awknowledge the fact that she had left him at the altar.
"I know" he replied, his answer catching Gabriella by surprise "I know that you could never intentionally hurt someone because you know how badly it can hurt. I was there when he left, you were a shell and you swore you would never do to anyone, what he did to you"
Gabriella began to tear up as he spoke.
David continued to speak as he motioned for them to sit down "I know how much you loved him, how your eyes lit up whenever he was mentioned, how much it hurt you when you didn't receive a message from him on the first birthday you were seperated. I wanted to marry you because I wanted to stop your pain, but even more than I wanted to marry you I wanted you to find him again and for him to man up and come to his senses. Yesterday when I saw how you looked at him I knew I couldn't marry you because that would never make you happy and all I ever wanted was for you to be happy. I love you Gabi." with that David took her hand in his, kissed it and left.
Gabriella was overcome with emotion, her tears were now flowing freely down her cheeks and she couldn't stop them.
There was a knock on the door but Gabriella ignored it, she was not ready to face anyone. She was tired, all the crying she had done had worn her out and she felt as if all she need was to sleep. There was another knock on the door, which Gabriella ignored, she thought whoever it was would get the message. It knocked again but this time the knock was accompanied by a voice
"Ella?"
It was the one voice she had not expected.
"I know you're in there, Sharpay told me" the voice persisted
Gabriella knew he wasn't going to leave so she left her spot on the couch to open the door and was met by two piercing blue eyes. Blue eyes so sharp yet so kind they could capture anyone's heart.
"Why are you here?" she questioned him timidly
"I love you" Troy replied sincerely
"If you love me you never would have left me"
"You know how sorry I am for that"
"I know, but I still don't know why you left me. We were happy, I was happy. No matter how many times I have gone over the situation in my head I have never found a reason as to why you would leave someone you claim to love" Gabriella felt her temper start to flare up.
"I guess I do owe you an explanation" he began before he was interrupted by Gabriella
"Yes, you do!"
"One day while you were asleep, I received a phone call informing me that I had recieved a job. I was so excited and couldn't wait to tell you, until I was told there was a catch. The job was in Seattle and I couldn't ask you to move. You had just settled here in LA and I felt incredibly guilty asking you to leave and move across the country. So I tried to become distant and then I just left. I couldn't bare to say goodbye. I now realise that I was the biggest idiot ever and that you deserved to know. I didn't realise that you would be so impacted by it. I was selfish." he explained while trying to guage her reaction.
She was angry, angrier than he had ever seen her.
"That is not reason enough for you to leave without a word. Do you have any idea how much I blamed myself for it? I missed you like crazy for years and THAT is why you left?" she screamed at him before breaking down into tears.
"I know it's a stupid reason but it's all I have. I need you to trust me, to give me a second chance because I cannot let you give up on me. You were always so amazing and I feel like an asshole for leaving you. When I found out that you were getting married I realised that I needed you. No other man should ever touch you like I touched you last night"
"You don't own me, Troy" she shouted at him "You don't get to continuously screw up my life!"
"I am not screwing it up, I am fixing it. You and I both know that last night was the first time either of us was truly happy in four years. I am trying to give us that second chance. Please let me give us that second chance!" he pleaded with her.
"This is your last chance" Gabriella said to him, taking him by surprise.
Troy smiled at her before taking two strides forward to close the gap between them and enclose her lips in a loving kiss. It was soft and sweet unlike their previous night of hurried passion. He wanted to savour her. He gently ran his tongue over her lips asking for permission which she granted. He tried to memorise every corner of her mouth with his tongue until they ran out of breath. He moved his head down and attatched his lips to her neck sucking and biting as he went.
Gabriella began to work on unbuttoning his shirt in order to gain access to his chest. He lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her into the master bedroom where they slowly made love. They spent the night memorising everything they had forgotten about each other. This night was unlike the previous. This night they had all the time in the world for each. They now had forever and they were planning on using it wisely.
AN: Thanks for reading!
Umm... I not usually one to beg for reviews but if people could review to let me know if they liked it, it would be amazing. I'm not sure if people even read my stories and if they don't I think I might just stop writing because I write to make people happy and if my stories aren't doing that then I don't see the point in writing. Thank you to my sole reviewer Xxbestfriend1XX!
I really need to stop babbling so...
Bye
Ella xx
