Stranger 2: Pain is not For Gain.

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Gabriella groaned when she heard the phone ring for the 44th time that day. It was two days before the party and Gabriella had asked her boss to be off today and tomorrow considering today was Thursday. People had been calling in to confirm that they were going to Troy's party. It was driving her insane!

The house phone had been ringing nonstop all day

"Hello?" She answered calmly into the phone.

"I'm calling in to confirm that I'm going to the party" A female answered.

"Ok, I'll make sure you're on the list" Gabriella replied back.

"Thanks, bye" The female answered back, hanging up the phone.

Gabriella sighed as she heard the dial tone, hoping it was the last person to call, well at least for today.

But suddenly the phone rang again and she groaned and picked it up and held it into her ear.

"This is the Bolton residence, how may I help you?" Gabriella answered into the phone, politely.

"Uh, I'm here to order, a cheese pizza with a lil bit of sauce with a cola" The person answered.

Gabriella realized who the person was as she recognized the tone of the voice.

"What the hell, Troy," Gabriella shouted into the receiver "This is not a pizza restaurant"

Troy burst into laughter "Chill, Gabs. Can't you take a joke?"

"I can but not right now," Gabriella answered bitterly.

"Anyway, I'm calling to check up on you," Troy spoke up into the receiver.

"I'M NOT 16, I'M A 26 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO DOESN'T NEED TO BE CHECKED UP ON" Gabriella screamed completely losing her cool.

It wasn't her intention to scream at him like that but what can you do, when you have mood swings?

"I take it," Troy replied back. "Your stressed out, aren't you and what is making you stressed out?"

"Nothing and I'm not stressed" Gabriella snapped.

"Yes you are, don't try to hide it"

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes you are"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are"

"No I'm not!"

"Yes you are"

"Fine I am"

"So your admitting your stressed babe?"

"Whatever, I'm stressed. OK. You don't need to rub it in"

"Rubbing it in? I'm not even close to rubbing it in"

"Whatever, look, I'm sorry I yelled at you like that. It's just that
I've got a lot of things in my mind"

"Oh really what?"

"You know what, I don't have time for this."

"Maybe, you're right. Looks like I called in at the wrong time"

"Yeah, you did"

"Whatever, I love you babe, bye"

"Bye, love ya too" Gabriella replied back into the phone, hanging up.

She felt totally bad for yelling at Troy like that. But, hey, it was mood swings and he called in on the wrong time

Gabriella closed her eyes and leaned back into her chair, enjoying the peace and quiet in her house without even having to hear the phone ring, the kids' tantrums and Troy's rants.

Suddenly the phone rang and Gabriella groaned as she hit her head on the kitchen table and picked up the receiver and held it into her ear, once again.

"What do want now?" Gabriella asked, thinking it was Troy.

"I'm definitely going to Troy's party, this weekend. Dude, it's going to rock" A man's voice answered.

Why did the voice seem so familiar? It sounded kind of like-. Gabriella realized who the person was.

"ROCKETMAN" Gabriella shouted into the phone.

"Gabriella?" Jimmy answered, nervously.

"What the heck, how did you get my number?" Gabriella questioned.

"Donny, who had Chad's phone at the time, was looking through the text message and saw about Troy's surprise party then he told me and the number of Troy. Donny had looked at the contacts for the number and found your number. So I didn't know that you too were married.

"Well, we are" Gabriella answered, annoyed. "How did Donny get in contact with Chad when we haven't seen you in like 10 years or so?"

"Donny and Chad exchanged numbers after your graduation and kept in contact ever since then," Jimmy explained "So, can I come?"

"Fine, you're on the list just get off the phone!" Gabriella snapped.

"Whoa, who knew a woman could change so much in 10 years after giving birth to twins and getting married" Jimmy replied.

"HANG UP!" Gabriella shouted.

"Well, if you didn't want to talk to me, then why don't you hang up yourself" Jimmy said.

"Ugh, fine" Gabriella snapped then she clicked the off button and hung up the phone.

Gabriella shook her head in annoyance, making a mental note to talk to Chad about the Donny thing.

She closed her eyes and placed the clipboard on the table and began to drift off to sleep.

Ring! ring!, ring, ring!, riiiiinnng.

Gabriella groaned as she slammed her head down the table.

Today was going to be a long day.


Troy sat on a park bench watching his children run around, enjoying the fresh air in the neighborhood park. He took pleasure in taking them to the park because he finally got the chance to think, without the distraction of children arguing or Gabriella randomly having 'her moments' like she did a couple of minutes ago when she called him.

But recently he'd been thinking it's something else, but it was shot out of his head last week when she told him she definitely wasn't pregnant. He tried to shake it out of his head but the conversation they just had kept playing over and over. He needed to get this out of the way. He took out his cell phone and called a friend.

"Hello" Chad answered

"Hey what's up man?" Troy asked

"Nothing, trying to change Dylan's diaper. It's not working out that well" Chad said.

"Chad, the diaper goes on his body" Troy said chuckling, wondering how Taylor could leave Chad alone with a 1 year old.

"Ha, ha very funny. I got that part but he keeps moving and I only have one free hand right now" Chad said, his voice showing how stressed he was.

"Calm down, this stage will pass by soon enough. Just keep sane" Troy said chuckling.

"Good idea, but did you call me to give me advice" Chad asked.

"No I actually called to talk to you about something" Troy said sighing

"Lay it on me man"

"Well, I think Gabriella's pregnant, again" Troy said, finally spilling out what he was thinking.

"Wow, that's a lot to lay on me don't you think" Chad joked.

"Seriously, man"

"Well is she having mood swings, you know an overload of hormones" Chad

questioned.

"Yeah, she's exactly how she was when she first got pregnant" Troy said thinking back to the times when she'd get so emotional.

"Has she mentioned anything to you?"

"She's just high strung and I don't think so emotional but I mean it's just a bit weird" Troy admitted.

"Why don't you ask her about it?" Chad asked.

"That'd be the most awkward conversation ever"

"You and her have had more awkward ones, believe me" Chad said joking.

"True, so I guess I'll just ask her" Troy said, exhaling.

"Great, now how are my god children doing?" Chad asked.

"They're great, playing in the park right now" Troy said smiling as he watched them have a race with another child.

"That's good to hear. So, what are you doing for your birthday" Chad asked.

"Just hanging with the family. Nothing big"

"Sounds—Oh my god what is that!" Chad exclaimed, causing Troy to break out in laughter.

"Everything ok?" Troy inquired

"His crap is the size of my fist. Where's this coming from?!" Chad yelled.

"You should be used to this. Taylor shouldn't being doing everything" Troy said.

"Whatever man, I gotta go. This is too much. Talk to you later. Taylor!"

Chad called out as he hung up. Troy shook his head and laughed as he stood up and walked toward his children.

"Is it time to go daddy?" Troy Jr. asked his father as he climbed up the ladder.

"Yeah, let's go" Troy said lifting up Brie.

"Do we have to?" Brie asked her father, her chocolate brown eyes full of sparkle as she gazed at him.

"It's getting late, we should get home sweetie" Troy said trying to pout his lips.

"Mommy was right, you don't do it good" Brie said chuckling. Troy scowled and went to grab Troy Jr.

When they arrived they found Gabriella asleep on the couch with a phone by her ear. All three of them snickered then Troy took her to the bed room, laid her in the bed then made dinner for the kids. Later that night Troy sat in the living room watching TV alone while the kids were tucked into their beds.

"Hey Hun" Gabriella said tiredly, rubbing her eyes as she entered the living room.

"How was your sleep?" he asked her as she laid down on the couch, her head in his lap.

"It was ok" she said yawning.

"Apparently it wasn't that good if you're still tired" he told her, chuckling.

"Well maybe I didn't want to sleep until the morning. Maybe I wanted to get up now" she snapped at him. He took that in for a second then remembered what he was thinking earlier.

"Whatever you say Gabs" he said not wanting to start an argument. She was silent so he decided to be blunt."Is there anything you have to tell me?" he asked her.

"No Troy, why do you keep asking me that?" she said, raising her voice.

"Just asking" he said

"Well the answer is no" she said, abruptly sitting up. "I'm going back to bed" she said, getting up and going back to the bedroom. Troy sighed and turned off the TV, his mind fighting against possibilities of the future.

Gabriella groaned in frustration as she tried to wipe the mess that her daughter had made moments ago.

I can't get this stupid stain off the damn carpet Gabriella thought to herself.

She wondered what her husband must be doing. She hadn't had a chance to talk to him this morning due to the fact he had to go to practice and do a couple of press conferences about his new movie that he would be filming in a couple of months.

Gabriella felt totally bad for treating Troy like crap yesterday. It wasn't her fault that she was so stressed out and couldn't deal with anything at the moment.

He probably must be doing something better compared to what was doing. Just then the door bell rang. Gabriella sighed in relief.

Saved by the bell she thought to herself.

She got up and swung the door open only to be greeted by a middle aged woman.

"Hello, um, I'm looking for your sister and brother. I'm here to pick them up for a play date they have with my kids" The woman greeted.

Gabriella blushed furiously, her cheeks turning red. "I'm, um their mom"

The woman's eyes grew wide and her cheeks flaming red in embarrassment

"Oh, right, sorry. It's just that you look really young and pretty"

"Thank you and um, I'll go call the kids" Gabriella told her awkwardly

"Troy Jr. and Brie come down here, its time to go to your play date!" She called out.

The kids ran down and hugged her "Bye mommy, we love you"

"I love you too" She kissed them in the cheeks.

"Bye" Gabriella waved.

"Bye" They waved back.

"Well, it was nice meeting you" The woman told her and eyed Gabriella's flowered printed dress.

"Yeah, it was nice meeting you too" Gabriella waved goodbye and she slammed the door shut.

But then her phone beeped and Gabriella pulled her phone out and stared at the screen reading 1 message. She pressed read and then the message popped up on the screen.

Hey babe.

I really need to talk 2 u so meet me up at da park.

She smiled excitedly and put her phone back into her pocket and threw the sponge on the floor not even caring about the mess that she was about to leave behind.

She threw the door open and walked out of the house but not before locking it. She walked down to the park and spotted Troy standing there, staring at her smiling innocently with his hands in his pockets.

"So, what are you up to now, Mr. Bolton?" She asked smiling.

Troy grinned "Nothing much, I just wanted to tell you that if there's anything you feel that you should hide then your more then welcome to"

Gabriella looked confused "What do you mean?"

"I just wanted to apologize about yesterday-" Troy couldn't finish his sentence.

"No, I should be the one apologizing. I didn't mean to go off on you like that, its just that I've been getting stressed a lot lately" Gabriella apologized.

"And I'm sorry for being paranoid with you and if you have something really important that you're hiding from me, not saying that you are, but if you were to hide try to hide it from mw, make sure to tell me so I could be aware of whatever you're hiding ok?" Troy questioned.

"Alright" She lied as she forced a smile.

"Good," Troy smiled. "Now, do you think I'll look good in this outfit with you to the Celebrity Waltz ball in two weeks?"

"This almost sounds like an invitation" She told him.

"The thing is. I forgot how to waltz. Its crazy, it's like I'm one of those old people who forgets things easily" Troy told her.

"Hey, don't go insulting old people" she joked.

Troy chuckled. "Seriously, Brie"

Gabriella smiled and walked away to the middle of the park, opened her mouth and began to sing.

Gabriella]

Take my hand, take a breath

Pull me close and take one step

Keep your eyes locked on mine,

And let the music be your guide.

[Troy, Gabriella]

Won't you promise me (now won't you promise me, that you'll never forget)

We'll keep dancing (to keep dancing) wherever we go next

(chorus)

It's like catching lightning the chances of finding someone like you

It's one in a million, the chances of feeling the way we do

And with every step together, we just keep on getting better

So can I have this dance (can I have this dance)

Can I have this dance

[Troy]

Take my hand, I'll take the lead

And every turn will be safe with me

Don't be afraid, afraid to fall

You know I'll catch you threw it all

[Troy, Gabriella]

And you can't keep us apart (even a thousand miles, can't keep us apart)

'Cause my heart is (cause my heart is) wherever you are

(chorus)

It's like catching lightning the chances of finding someone like you

It's one in a million, the chances of feeling the way we do And with every step together, we just keep on getting better

So can I have this dance (can I have this dance)

Can I have this dance

[Gabriella And Troy]

Oh no mountains too high enough, oceans too wide

'Cause together or not, our dance won't stop

Let it rain, let it pour

What we have is worth fighting forYou know I believe, that we were meant to be

(chorus)

It's like catching lightning the chances of finding someone like you (like

you)

It's one in a million, the chances of feeling the way we do (way we do)

And with every step together, we just keep on getting better

So can I have this dance (can I have this dance)

Can I have this dance

Can I have this dance

Can I have this dance

By the time they finished the song, rain was already pouring down already. Gabriella wrapped her arms around his neck and giggled.

"So is that a yes?" He asked.

"Si, oui, hai, yes in every language" Gabriella responded and put her face up towards the sky and enjoyed the rain touching her face feeling the wet

She put her head back up and faced Troy and they gazed at each other and then leaned and kissed.

They broke apart smiling that knowing nothing could break them apart.

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