Finding Love Chapter 4: You're Beautiful, a high school musical fanfic

Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is...
You

All I want for Christmas is you... baby

It was almost noon and Gabriella still didn't like how her voice sounded with the last verse of the song that she was recording. She had already sung it ten times straight and was at the studio for two tiring hours and still didn't fully love the song yet. She loves the lyrics and the song tune, it was just how she sounded and her emotion in the song. It sounded raw.

Gabriella looked through the glass and saw that Matt was pointing at the clock with a look that told her that she needed to take a break. Gabriella shook her head and put up one finger with a pout asking silently to do the song one more time. She saw Matt sigh and roll his eyes muttering something and Gabriella smiled as Matt finally looked up at her and nodded his head. Gabriella smiled brightly at him and mouthed, "Thank you."

The music started and Gabriella shut her eyes to block everything out, but opened them once she finished the first verse feeling another pair of eyes on her and that's when a soft smile broke out onto her face when her brown eyes met with blue.

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree

Gabriella continued singing as she watched Matt and Troy shake hands. Gabriella felt a warming feeling in her heart as Troy was shaking Matt's hand. Ryan had only met Matt a couple of times and Matt nor Ryan had ever offered each other their hands to shake, and it just touched Gabriella's heart that the person that she looked up to was shaking Troy's hand and from what it looked like, Matt was accepting Troy.

I don't need to hang my stocking

There upon the fireplace

Santa Claus won't make me happy

With a toy on Christmas day

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you

You baby

Gabriella shut her eyes and pressed her hand to her right ear against her head phones as she smiled brightly getting into the song even more.

I won't ask for much this Christmas

I don't even wish for snow

I'm just gonna keep on waiting

Underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it

To the North Pole for Saint Nick

I won't even stay awake to

Hear those magic reindeers click

'Cause I just want you here tonight

Holding on to me so tight

What more can I do

Baby all I want for Christmas is you

Ooh baby

All the lights are shining

So brightly everywhere

And the sound of children'sLaughter fills the air

And everyone is singing

I hear those sleigh bells ringing

Santa won't you bring me the one I really need

Won't you please bring my baby to me...

Gabriella opened her eyes and found that her body was swaying and moving with the melody like it usually did without Gabriella even trying. Gabriella looked at Matt and he gave her thumbs up as Gabriella saw out of the corner of her eye that Troy was confused by Matt's gesture. Gabriella looked at Troy and began to sing the last verse and found that she was instantly calmed.

All I want for Christmas is you... Baby

Gabriella took off the head phones and sighed with a happy satisfying grin on her face. Matt gave her a thumbs up and then pointed at Gabriella and motioned for her to come out. Gabriella practically skipped out and hugged Matt.

"You did awesome and the last verse, very good might I add." Matt said as he let go of her and Gabriella just beamed with happiness.

Troy had never seen her this happy and found that he was smiling when he really had no point of smiling like an idiot. "That was really good Brie." Troy said.

"Brie?" Matt asked with a knowing smile. "That's a good singers name." Matt commented and Gabriella blushed a little. "I'm just joking Gabi."

"Right Matt." Gabriella said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes. "So was that a wrap? Is it all ready to go?" Gabriella asked with dancing eyes.

Matt pretended to think and then smiled himself. "I think you're my most promising client." Matt said.

Troy watched the two and from what it looked like, if he was to stay on Gabriella's good side, he would have to respect Matt also, which wasn't hard since he seemed like a cool guy.

"So this is Troy Bolton? The Troy Bolton?" Matt tried to sound like Gabriella. "Or so you have told me and talked about him non stop." Matt added with a smirk as Gabriella's face started to turn red.

"One I do not talk about him all the time." Gabriella turned towards Troy who was smiling with a satisfied look. "I don't." Gabriella said and then turned back towards Matt. "Two, I do not sound like that. Third, where's MJ and Emma?" Gabriella asked.

"Who?" Troy asked and then remembered that Gabriella wanted him to meet two of her friends.

"They were around here somewhere. Let me go get them." Matt said leaving the recording room.

Gabriella turned towards Troy with an embarrassing look on her face. "Sorry about him, he can be a bit…much." Gabriella said with a laugh.

"Yeah, no problem. So tell me about MJ and Emma. Have you known them long?" Troy asked finding himself getting a little nervous.

Gabriella smiled at Troy, "I've known Emma and MJ for four years." Gabriella said.

"Oh…" Troy said scratching the back of his neck which he did when he got nervous.

"Here they are, waiting to see you Gabi." Matt announced as he carried a little girl in his arms who looked to be no more than four years old and a boy followed who looked to be about ten years old.

Matt put Emma down and the four year old came running over to Gabi as fast as her little legs would let her run that is without falling as Gabriella crouched down and opened her arms for the four year old to jump into as Gabriella lifted her up from the ground and gave her a huge hug.

"Hey Em." Gabriella greeted as she kissed the top of Emma's head. Troy smiled and then turned towards Matt with a confused face.

"This is MJ, Matt Junior." Matt introduced as the ten year old who was average height for a ten year old boy stood with jeans on and a basketball t-shirt. He had brown fluffy hair with green eyes and a few freckles.

"Hey MJ." Troy greeted as MJ just stared at him.

"You're…Troy Bolton." MJ gasped.

"Yeah, I am." Troy said extending his hand for the boy.

"You're the best basketball player ever!" The boy said.

"MJ, you know you're not allowed to act like this around people." Matt scolded. "Sorry, he's usually always like this when he meets someone big."

"No problem, I used to be a kid like him too." Troy said as MJ shook Troy's hand and Troy ruffled his hair.

"Troy, this is Emma, she's my god child." Gabriella beamed as she tickled Emma who was now standing on her own and Gabriella was kneeling down laughing with the girl.

"I swear, Gabi is more of a four year old than a god mother." Matt said smiling.

"Hey there." Troy said softly as Emma looked up at him with soft baby blue eyes filled with curiosity. Troy looked at Gabriella and Gabriella nodded indicating that Troy should get down on his knees too. That only helped a little as Troy still had a head over Emma. Emma walked up to Troy and everyone watched at how she would react as when she saw Ryan, she kicked him but then again she hadn't seen Ryan since three months ago.

Emma extended her hand and poked Troy in the chest with her index finger and started giggling as she ran back to Gabriella and flung her arms around Gabriella's neck and started laughing hysterically.

"She likes you." MJ said.

"Is that a good thing?" Troy asked as he turned form MJ to a Emma and Gabriella who were rolling around on the ground as Gabriella had two arms on either side of Emma's waist and hoisted her up in the air and then would bring her down quickly, and then put her in the air again and then bring her down while making faces at the laughing Emma.

"Yeah." MJ and Matt said at the same time.

"So MJ, do you play any sports?" Troy asked standing up again as MJ took a seat in the spot Matt had occupied when Troy first came to meet Gabriella.

"Football, soccer, and basketball." MJ listed on his fingers.

"Wow." Troy said. "I was only good at basketball. I bet you're good at everything."

MJ smiled up at his dad happy that The Troy Bolton complimented him. "So Gabi, you better get going if you and Troy want to get to lunch and you wanted to show me your new song after. Remember it is Christmas and I have to be home by four." Matt said making Gabriella look up from her position. "And the offer still stands with you joining us." Matt added.

"Thank you, but like I told you before, I have plans..." Gabriella said and Matt gave her a curious look. "I know, it's shocking." Gabriella joked.

She was laying on the ground with Emma sitting on her stomach and Gabriella was looking up at Troy, MJ, and Matt upside down. Gabriella carefully took Emma off of her and stood up herself and brushed herself off. Gabriella ruffled Emma's soft blonde hair. "Where do you want to go Troy?" Gabriella asked as Emma connected herself to Gabriella's leg.

Troy was about to answer before Matt cut in, "Come on Emma, Gabi has to go. You'll need to let go of her."

"No." Emma said into Gabriella's leg as MJ rolled his eyes.

"Dad, she's just hungry for lunch, we've been here for three hours now."

"Troy, where too?" Gabriella asked as she gave Emma a quick kiss on the head.

"Hey, MJ are you hungry?" Troy asked looking at the boy in front of him. Gabriella smiled as she knew what he was doing. "Because I know this really good diner that's right by this ice cream shop that I bet you would love." Troy said.

MJ looked up at his dad with a smile. "Dad can I go? Please?"

"How can I refuse you going out to lunch with your favorite basketball player?" Matt asked himself rhetorically as he nodded. "But behave."

"Hey Emma, do you want some ice cream?" Troy asked as Gabriella picked her up.

Emma looked at Troy, but refused to talk as Troy got closer to the two girls. Gabriella smiled as Emma poked Troy in the chest again with her index finger.

"Let's go then, Matt do you want to come?" Troy asked politely as he put on his sports jacket while grabbing Gabriella's off the rack also since the kids already had jackets on.

"No, I'll just meet you guys back here. Gabi, if you want to show me your new song idea and talk about an album then you need to be back here by 2." Matt said as the clock read, 12:15.

Gabriella smiled. "No problem Matt." She then turned towards MJ and Troy who were talking quietly by the door. "Are you two ready?"

"Yeah. Troy was just telling me how good French fries and ice cream were together." MJ said excitedly.

Gabriella chuckled at this. "Don't worry, I'll make sure that he stays healthy for Christmas dinner tonight." Gabriella said as she started to follow out the door in back of Troy and MJ with Emma in her hands.

Matt was in the doorframe and called to the four, "I think I feel safer with Troy being in charge than you Gabi." Matt joked as Troy chuckled and Gabriella rolled her eyes as Emma poked Troy in the back and started laughing as she pointed at Gabriella and Troy looked back and winked at her.

"God, I can't believe you're eating ice cream here when we're going next door for ice cream also." Gabriella said as Emma continued eating her waffles and MJ was in the back of the diner where they had a couple of arcade games set up.

"It's good. You should try some." Troy said as he scooped a fry in the vanilla ice cream and dangled it in front of Gabriella's face.

"No way. I am full." Gabriella said. "That is until we get ice cream later." Gabriella said as she pretended to be deep in thought.

Troy shrugged. "Suit yourself. I bet Emma will eat it." Troy said as he offered it to the little girl who was busy eating her chocolate chip waffles. Emma looked up at Troy and giggled.

"Eww." Emma squealed as she went back to eating her waffles and Troy just shook his head as he popped the French fry in his mouth as MJ came back to the table.

"Hey there." Gabriella said as MJ sat down next to Troy.

"Hey." MJ said. "I don't like those games."

"Me neither. They always seem to rip you off." Troy said.

Gabriella smiled as the waitress came up to them and put down their bill. "Do you guys need any boxes for your kids things?" The kind middle aged woman asked as she smiled at Emma who was just picking at her food.

"Oh, there not--" Gabriella began.

"There not big left over people. So no thank you." Troy said as the waitress smiled at them.

"Well then here's the bill and I'll be right back to pick it up and you're free to go." She said as she walked off again.

Gabriella began to reach for her purse which was closer to Troy as Troy reached for Gabriella's moving hands and just held them in place on the table and smiled at her. "I got it Brie."

"You don't have too." Gabriella said just as a flash went off outside the window. "What the hel--" Gabriella looked at the children and quickly changed her words, "--hello…"

"What was that?" MJ asked even though he was somewhat used to having people take his picture since his dad was very famous for his producing skills, everyone wanted to be Matt's client.

The flashes continued with more added as Troy just flung out a 50 from his wallet as he ushered MJ out of the booth. "Brie…take Emma and MJ and go out the back way through the kitchen, I'll meet you there." Troy said heading for the front door of the diner as everyone else in the diner was looking around curiously.

Gabriella ushered MJ forward through the kitchen swinging door as she gripped Emma in her arms as she heard some people that were in the diner shout out…

'HEY THAT WAS GABRIELLA MONTEZ!'

'TROY, CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?!'

'OH MY GOD, MONTEZ, CAN I GET A PICTURE?!'

"Come on kids. Let's go." Gabriella finally made it to the back door as some of the cooks looked at her weirdly but left her to her own business as Gabriella looked through the window frantically as she tried to spot Troy. "Alright, MJ I need you to get into the car as fast as you can, okay. And don't listen to anyone else besides me and Troy, okay?" Gabriella asked as she heard a car approaching, hoping that it was Troy's car.

Gabriella sighed with relief as she saw Troy stop his car in front of them as Gabriella looked at MJ and nodded for him to go. MJ ran to the door and got in and Gabriella followed suit as Troy looked behind his shoulder as they saw that some flashes were catching up with them. Gabriella was just thankful that the windows were tinted as she got in and nodded at Troy that they were all situated in the backseat as Gabriella tried to get Emma to stop crying.

"Are we getting ice cream?" MJ asked as Troy drove off, trying his hardest not to go over the speed limit.

"Um…how about I promise you that I'll take you some other time." Troy suggested as MJ's eyes lit up.

"Promise?"

"Promise." Troy nodded as he looked in the rearview mirror and smiled as he saw that Emma was cuddling up to Gabriella as Gabriella wiped away the last tear that trickled down the girl's cheek.

Gabriella was rushing around her house as she received a call from Taylor. "Hello?" Gabriella answered. "Merry Christmas Tay…and Chad." Gabriella said as she heard Chad's voice and realized that they had her on speaker phone.

"Merry Christmas Gabster. Glad you remembered me." Chad said and Gabriella could just picture Chad pouting. "So Tay and me hnd an idea…ready?" Chad asked.

"What?" Gabriella asked as she switched her phone to speaker phone as she was now writing down lyrics to a song that just popped in her head. The notebook was faded blue and it had papers sticking out of it left and right and it looked truly horrible like it would fall apart any moment.

"Well…" Taylor drew out the word.

"How about you be best man and Troy be the maid of honor?" Chad asked.

"What?" Gabriella choked out as she dropped her notebook on the ground.

"What was that?" Tay asked and then Gabriella could just imagine Taylor's face looking accusingly. "She's writing while on the phone with us!" Tay exclaimed. "Gabi, you promised that you wouldn't do that anymore."

"Wait, wait, wait…you don't get to turn this around on me, what about me being best man?" Gabriella asked.

"You don't want to be?" Chad sounded disappointed and then started laughing. "Just kidding, but you deserve that for writing while having a conversation." Chad scolded as Gabriella rolled her eyes and picked up the notebook and finished a line and then left the notebook on her bed.

"So you were joking? Thank God. I didn't want to wear a tux and a tie, I think I would die of suffocation." Gabriella said.

"It's actually not that bad, I bet you've been in tighter situations." Chad said and Gabriella could hear Taylor slapping Chad on the back of the head. Just then Gabriella's doorbell rang.

"I got to go guys, someone is here." Gabriella said about to hang up.

"Wait, who?" Tay asked.

Gabriella picked up the phone and traveled downstairs with it pressed to her ear. "Merry Christmas Tay. I'm so glad that you two called to just to tease me." Gabriella said sarcastically.

"Gabriella Marie Montez, don't avoid Tay's question." Chad said as Gabriella had to pull the phone away from her ear at how loud he was.

"God, I don't think I can hear anymore Chad." Gabriella said as she reached her front door and the doorbell rang again.

"God, someone's desperate." Tay said.

"Wait, isn't your part secluded, who else is able to get through security besides your friends and their all busy with their own families?" Chad asked.

Gabriella opened the door and looked at Troy apologetically. "Guys, I have to go. I'm very busy." Gabriella said sternly.

"I'm sorry, we can not do this if you're busy." Troy said feeling bad that Gabriella was choosing him over whoever was on the phone.

"WAS THAT TROY!?" Tay accused and Troy looked at Gabriella confused as he even heard Tay's high pitched voice.

Gabriella pulled the phone away from her ear as she winced in pain. "Bye guys, Merry Christmas." Gabriella said.

"Gabi, don't you dare hang up on us." Chad scolded as Gabriella shut off her phone and threw it over on the couch that was twenty feet away.

"Chad and Taylor." Troy more like commented as Gabriella nodded.

"Chad and Taylor."

Gabriella grabbed her clutch that was right by the door on the wooden cabinet with a mirror and smiled at Troy.

"Don't feel bad, they called me too." Troy said. "I told them I was with some of the guys."

"Oh. That makes it better." Gabriella joked as she walked down her pathway with Troy.

"It does for you." Troy said as he looked Gabriella over. She had her hair in it's normal curls that grazed her slim shoulders, while she wore a simple silver necklace, very light make up that looked perfect on her, and her dress was one that fit her shape and then flared at the bottom with a plunging v-neck, but Troy was caught off guard, in all the girls that he has dated or gone out to dinner with, they have all wore black or red dresses, but Gabriella's was different, it was a deep shade of blue. A blue that Troy now found a new loving too and would tell anyone that that was his favorite color, (dress in profile).

"How so Mr. Bolton?" Gabriella asked with a smirk as he opened the car door for her.

Troy was taken out of thought as he looked at Gabriella and scrambled in his head to try to remember what he had just said to make Gabriella question him. "Um…well" At last, he thought about it, "I lied to them and now you totally just blew my cover." Troy joked as he got into the car.

"Sorry." Gabriella smiled as Troy started the car and started pulling away. "To make it up to you, I'll let you pay for dinner." Gabriella said.

"Thank you so much Montez." Troy said.

"Anytime." Gabriella said as she smiled and found that she had an urge of interlacing their hands together, but she decided against it since they were alreayd caught in public touching.

An hour and a half later, one appetizer, one huge salad, bowl of soup, one roll, baked potato, baked carrots, and a t-bone, Gabriella was completely stuffed as she sat in her chair and looked at Troy try to finish his lobster.

"You can't do it." Gabriella said simply.

Troy looked up and put his napkin down also. "I know." Troy admitted.

"Who would've thought that you, The Troy Bolton would get full." Gabriella mocked.

"I'm not full, I'm just waiting for dessert. I ordered it special." Troy said with a smirk as Gabriella's face fell, but not from sadness, nor anger, but in an you-got-to-be-kidding-me look.

"You're serious?" Gabriella asked.

"Yup." Troy said and then sat back in his chair and grinned. "Did I forget to mention that?" Troy asked innocently.

"You might've forgot to give me a heads up." Gabriella said.

"Oops." Troy said as he gave her an innocent smile and then turned serious. "I'm sorry about today at the diner."

"What?" Gabriella asked startled at how serious he turned.

"I didn't think that the press would have found us when I haven't had a run in with them for quite awhile since I haven't had any basketball for a couple of days." Troy said. "Are they okay?"

"Yeah, they're fine. Em was a little freaked out, but for the most part MJ was okay with it, sometimes he will even stop and pose for them when he's with his dad and me." Gabriella said. "But, it wasn't your fault. They found us both, remember?" Gabriella said trying to get him to release some guilt.

Troy shook his head, "Yeah, about finding us holding hands, I already had some of my people working on that and trying to get the press to hold off on printing that, I don't know how well they will be able to control that, but I'm trying." Troy said and part of him wanted people to think that they were together, but then he had to think of what they would think of Gabriella holding hands that's not with the 'beloved Ryan.'

"Thank you Troy. And you were really good with the kids too." Gabriella said. "Any younger siblings?" Gabriella asked.

"Nope, only lonely child." Troy said. "Just a lot of friends with younger siblings back home." Troy said.

"It meant a lot to me." Gabriella said. "Ryan wouldn't have done what you did, actually…he won't even have lunch with the kids." Gabriella said with a hint of sadness.

"Why not, I bet MJ would love meeting some of the other players." Troy said.

"I bet he would, but Ryan isn't a kid friendly type of guy, or at least not right now, he said that he would love his kid, but others…not going to happen." Gabriella said with a shrug.

Just then the dessert tray came and the waiter left as soon as he came after revealing what was under it. Gabriella looked down at the plate of large fries and two bowls of plain vanilla ice cream with no spoons or silver ware.

"Troy, there's no way that I'm eating that."

"Come on Brie…splurge a little bit." Troy tempted as he dunked a fry in the ice cream bowl closer to him and dangled it in her face with a childish grin on his face.

Gabriella smiled back and rolled her eyes as she opened her mouth and he dropped it in. Gabriella closed her mouth and let out a little whimper as some people were staring at the 'couple,' and Gabriella tried to melt the ice cream in her mouth. Troy was chuckling at Gabriella's response and then she finally swallowed.

"Cold…" Gabriella said blowing out air. "Very cold Troy." Gabriella hissed with a smile.

"It's very hard to take you seriously when you're not serious yourself Brie." Troy said with an innocent smile and ate an ice cream covered fry himself. "Want another?"

Gabriella glared at him as she took a fry herself and smirked at Troy as she plunged it into the ice cream and ate it dramatically as Troy just shook his head slowly with a grin on his face completely forgetting that this wasn't right. Forgetting that he should be feeling guilty because she has a boyfriend, but Troy just thought, screw that. It was Ryan's fault that he was with her right? He was the one that left her to visit his family and left Brie behind, so Troy was just taking advantage of Ryan's mistake.

Troy and Gabriella were now in Gabriella's large living room sitting on the couch just talking about this or that as the radio played softly in the back ground. "So how long have you been playing basketball?" Gabriella asked.

Troy shrugged, "I think since I could walk." Troy said. "But I got a lot more serious about the game once high school started, and I just took off from there." Troy said. "What about you? How long have you been singing?" Troy asked and saw that Gabriella's face almost glowed and it made him wonder why in the world was Gabriella picking modeling over producing an album.

"Um…singing was just something I started since college started and that's when my modeling really took off, so I just sung for fun, and then Matt and I met because it just so happens that his step sister was a designer I modeled for and that's how I met him." Gabriella said with a smile.

"You know, I couldn't help but hear that Matt said that you were talking about doing an album again?" Troy asked.

"I'm thinking about it again. I just…it's weird to be modeling since I was 14 and then just stopping it all of a sudden?" Gabriella asked throwing her hands out to the sides for a dramatic affect. "Look where it's gotten me?"

"And your hit album didn't do anything?" Troy asked with a smile.

Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Okay, yeah that did play a fraction of a part." Gabriella said and smiled.

"I think you have an awesome voice by the way, and you would definitely sell one cd." Troy said.

"And who would buy it?" Gabriella asked.

"Why me of course." Troy said pointing to himself. Gabriella froze in her spot on the couch and Troy just looked at her confused. Troy saw that Gabriella's head perked up more as she was straining her head towards the speakers by the TV a little bit more.

Finally after a couple of seconds Gabriella smiled at Troy, "I love this song." Gabriella said. "James Blunt is such a good guy and artist."

Troy stayed quiet and found that he was also straining to hear it since it was a soft song. As if on cue, Gabriella and Troy both reach for the remote to the music system Gabriella has in her living room. Gabriella and Troy both blushed as Troy pulls back and Gabriella turns the music up a little as James Blunt's voice filled the room with the song, You're Beautiful. Troy saw that Gabriella was mouthing the words and he stood up. Before Gabriella could ask him what he was doing, he held out his hand for her to take and smiled down at her.

Gabriella looked at his hand and then up at his blue eyes that bored into her own chocolate ones. Gabriella looked unsure for a moment and then finally caved in as she took Troy's warm hand in her own and Troy then rested his hands on her back right in the middle as Gabriella's hands went around his neck and she smiled softly up at him, she had never done this with Ryan, and it felt good for new changes. They swayed together with the soft melody.

"Now should I be scared that James Blunt will sweep in here and take you away?" Troy joked.

"Ha ha, but he's helped me out in a lot of charity events. Maybe you'll get to meet him soon." Gabriella said. "But he can't attend this year to the banquet. So now I need to find some other act." Gabriella said and everything went silent besides the radio that was playing in the background.

Troy looked down at Gabriella and smiled as he put a curl behind her ear and Gabriella's eyes stared up into his. Troy found that his hands were slightly rubbing Gabriella's back in a soothing way and Gabriella stepped closer to Troy as she brought her hands down from around his neck to around his torso as she rested her head on Troy's chest.

Troy smiled as he whispered into Gabriella's ear along with the song, "You're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful it's true."