~First Chapter

Gabriella sighed as she looked out the window of her bedroom. Clear diamonds of water pounded against the cool glass on an early Sunday morning. Gabriella didn't work on the weekends but what's the point of enjoying weekends when you're all alone. This morning she woke up to an empty bed, which didn't surprise her. She then thought of the other person that fulfilled the bed, Troy Bolton.

Troy Bolton was Gabriella's husband for one year now. He's a successful traveling lawyer, which means he traveled a lot. Ever since that job was given to Troy, he's been a different person than before. He would always come home and go to his office. Even if Gabriella was home and he saw her, he would just look at her and continue on his way to his office. There wasn't any greeting, no hug and defiantly no kiss, just a simple glance. Gabriella knew Troy had wanted to become a lawyer ever since High School, so she never got in the way of Troy's job.

Gabriella laid her head on the clear glass and continued to stare out of it. She then thought of the last time Troy had ever kissed her, which was six months ago on their anniversary. That was also the last time he had made love to her, too. Most importantly, that was the last time she heard Troy tell her he loved her. A single tear ran down Gabriella's face like the raindrops outside. Gabriella didn't even bother to wipe it off, she just left it alone. Her stomach started to grumble and queeze, which made Gabriella remember she didn't have dinner last night. Gabriella stood up from the window and then made her way downstairs to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Gabriella grabbed some whole wheat bread and put it in the shiny silver toaster. While waiting for her toast, Gabriella went to the stainless steel refrigerator and grabbed some butter. When he toast was popped up, she grabbed a plate and then went over to the table to eat her breakfast.

While Gabriella ate her breakfast, she saw a white piece of paper lying on the table. On the paper was Troy's handwriting. Gabriella picked it up and read it. It said Make reservations at The water Grill for tonight at 8, Table of 2. Gabriella smiled at the note. It was obvious Troy made reservations for him and her. Or was it? I mean why would he all of a sudden make dinner plans for them? Did he realize what was going on in their relationship? He was her husband so she should be used to these random dinner outings, even if he hasn't done it in over 6 months. Gabriella hugged the note close to her chest and smiled before placing back down on the table.

After breakfast, Gabriella walked upstairs to her room and changed into some sweats. She wasn't going anywhere today, well that is, until tonight. She didn't have many friends here in Los Angeles. All her friends were back in Albuquerque. Her co-workers were somewhat her friends but Gabriella never felt like she could actually go out with them after work.

Gabriella always hated the weekends because that's when she was bored to death. She could go shopping but she had more than enough clothes in her closet. She could go to lunch, but it was too early for lunch. She then went over to the mahogany dresser and swiped her finger across the surface. Just as she thought, a bunch of fluffy, gray dust covered the tip of her finger. Sure, Troy and Gabriella had more than enough money but Troy was too caught up in work to hire a maid or anything. She then headed over to her cleaning closet and started to clean the house.

After six hours of cleaning, Gabriella was finally finished cleaning the house. She put her cleaning supplies away in the closet and then plopped onto the black leather couch in the living room. She then heard the garage door open and her face lit up. Troy was finally home, which meant it was soon time for their dinner date. Gabriella stood up immediately and fixed her chocolate colored hair a little. The door then flew open to reveal Troy dressed in a dark navy suit. Gabriella stopped what she was doing and then looked over at Troy who was staring at her. Gabriella smiled brightly at him. Troy gave her a small smile before taking his shoes off. But hey, he smiled at her which was a start, right?

Gabriella then saw Troy walk to his office and followed. She saw him put his suitcase down and turn his computer on. Troy noticed that Gabriella was standing in the doorway, looking at him, intently. He then gave her a weird look.

"Uh, hi," Troy greeted, awkwardly.

"Hi Troy," Gabriella greeted back, as if it was a normal conversation.

"Um, do you need something?" Troy asked.

"Well, uh, actually I found something on the table that I think is yours," Gabriella answered as she walked back to the kitchen table. She then grabbed the note and walked back to Troy's office, to find him taking some folders out of his suitcase.

"Here it is," Gabriella announced as Troy looked up at her alarmed. Gabriella then handed Troy the note and he scanned it.

"Oh, yeah, thanks," Troy said as he put the note on his desk and continued to do what he was doing. Gabriella then looked at him for a few seconds to see if he would notice her still standing there. Like usual, he didn't.

"Um, I'll just go," Gabriella mumbled as she walked out the office. That was probably the longest conversation her and Troy had ever had in the past six months. It was already 6:00pm and if Gabriella wanted to look sexy for her date tonight she needed to get ready now. Gabriella then walked upstairs to her room to get ready.

In her bedroom, Gabriella went over to her closet to take a quick shower. In the shower, Gabriella felt the beads of water splash against her tan skin. She then grabbed the soap and started to wash herself.

Once Gabriella was finished in the shower, she dried herself off and put her hair in a towel. She then went over to the sink counter and grabbed her make-up. She then started applying on her make-up. When her basic make-up was finished, including her long, dark eyelashes, she grabbed her rosy red lipstick and applied it on. Just putting that simple color on her lips made Gabriella feel like the sexiest woman in the world. When she finished with the lipstick she gave herself a look in the mirror and smiled. She then put her make-up away and moved onto her hair.

Gabriella grabbed her blow drier and curling iron. She then took her hair out of the white towel and then dropped it to the floor. She grabbed her blow drier and started to dry her hair. When her hair was as dry as wood sand, she grabbed her curling iron and started to curl her hair. Her hair was already curly but she decided to make it even curlier than before. When Gabriella's hair was finished, she looked in the mirror one last time and smiled before dashing off to her closet and picking out a dress.

In Gabriella's closet, Gabriella walked to her section of the room. On the way there, she stopped at the section where Troy's suits were hung. She leaned over and smelt it before smiling. God, she loved the smell of Troy's cologne. She then continued on her way to her section and stopped at her dresses. She shuffled through them all trying to find the perfect dress to wear. She looked through them all before seeing the perfect dress. The bottom of the dress was black and curved with her legs. It went down to her thigh, which was good because then maybe Troy would want to continue the dinner date back home. Gabriella laughed at the thought and then noticed the top of the dress was crimson and was one shoulder strapped. She then remembered that today was going to a little chili so she grabbed a purple button up sweater. She then heard a knock on the closet door and opened it knowing who it was.

"Hey Troy," Gabriella greeted as she peeked her head out of the door.

"Um, can I come in? I need to get ready," Troy asked. Gabriella's face turned a bright shade of red as she looked down at her body and saw that she had only her panties on.

"Uh, could you wait a sec," Gabriella added as she closed the door and slipped her silk robe on. She then grabbed her clothes and opened the door to see Troy staring down at the door.

"You can go in now," Gabriella replied as Troy went in. She then headed to her bedroom and put the outfit on, careful not to mess her make-up and then grabbed her black peep toe heels and a black leather clutch.

While strapping her heels on, Troy had just entered the room, wearing his boxers only. Gabriella felt her face burn up and her cheeks turn a deep red. His perfect 6-pack made Gabriella want to run over to him and place kisses all over his chest.

"Do you know where my black Ralph Lauren button-up is?" Troy asked as he went over to the dresser, not even noticing Gabriella's face or outfit.

"Uh, I think you sent it to the dry cleaners," Gabriella answered as she looked over at Troy. Troy then gave her a quick glance before nodding and heading back to the closet. Gabriella watched him and then heard the closet door shut. She sighed; he didn't even compliment her dress. She then looked at the time to see that it was 7:00pm. Wow, they were going to leave in an hour. Gabriella couldn't keep her excitement in any longer so she ran downstairs and waited by the door, anxiously the door, anxiously.

Ten minutes later, Gabriella saw Troy come down the spiral stairs. Gabriella's mouth dropped as she saw that Troy was wearing a dark gray suit with a navy button up. His shoes were as shiny as a car and his hair was hanging over the side of his face. She watched as he flipped his hair in one swift moment, which made her want to melt. His baby blue eyes locked with her brown ones but the connection was soon gone when Troy looked down at his shoes and continued walking down the stairs. Gabriella looked down also and Troy approached her.

"You look, very handsome, Troy," Gabriella complimented as she gave him a smile.

"Thanks," Troy mumbled as he was too busy checking his messages on his phone. He then looked up from his phone and glanced down at Gabriella's body. Gabriella felt her stomach flip as she saw Troy's eyes go over every curve of her body.

"Why are you dressed like that?" Troy asked, curiously as he gave Gabriella a confused look.

"Well, it is a fancy restaurant, right? I just wanted to look like everyone else there," Gabriella explained.

"What are you talking about?" Troy asked, again. He was completely confused with Gabriella right now.

"Troy, I saw the note on the table. Reservations tonight at The Water Grill at eight, table of two," Gabriella stated. Troy looked at her confusingly.

"Uh, yeah? What about it?" Troy asked. 'Man he is slow' Gabriella thought.

"Well, didn't you make reservations for us tonight?" Gabriella questioned.

"Oh," Troy mumbled as he finally realized what Gabriella as talking about. He then looked down and shook his head. Gabriella then realized that Troy didn't make the reservation for them. It was for Troy and someone else.

"It wasn't for us, was it," Gabriella replied, sadly as Troy looked at her.

"Uh, no, it's a business dinner with me and my boss," Troy corrected. Gabriella felt like the stupidest person in the world. Why would she think Troy would make reservations for her and him tonight? God, she just wanted to cry her eyes out but she wasn't going to do that in front of Troy. Instead she looked up and blinked the tears away.

"God, I'm so stupid," Gabriella mumbled to herself as she dropped her clutch on the table. She then walked over to the hall mirror and wiped the running mascara underneath her eyes.

"Look Gabriella, I have to go so I'll see you when I get home," Troy announced as he opened the front door and left.

Unbelievable, that was the word repeating in Gabriella's head. How could he just leave her like that!? His wife was on the edge of tears and had just made a complete fool of herself and he just leaves! Gabriella felt a bundle of emotions boil up in her body. She was angry at Troy for not being there for her, she was upset at him for NOT taking her out to dinner and NOT saying that he was going to make it up to her somehow! He was a jerk, he was an ass hole but most of all he was he husband!