An hour later, Gabriella returned to their suite. She found a dress that was long but simple enough for her. She decided to go barefoot to their beachside wedding. Troy greeted her as she walked in. He kissed her as he tried to peek into her bags. Gabriella caught him and pulled them away from his view.

"What are you doing?" she asked playfully.

"Nothing." Troy replied.

"You are not allowed to see these."

"You've know me, when someone tells me not to do something, it always makes me what do it even more."

"Well, I guess I'll have to find someway to distract you from the temptation." Gabriella said. "Come on, we're going out for a late lunch."

"Why?" Troy asked.

"As much as I love staying with you in this room, I do want to be able to say that I spent at least some time on the beach and have a picture taken of the two of us that's appropriate to show our families when we return home."

"Fine."

Gabriella smiled as she kissed him happily. She quickly changed into her bathing suit and put her cover up on. They then walked out of the room towards the elevator. Gabriella rested her head against Troy's chest as he wrapped his arms around her as they took the elevator down to the lobby.

"So, how are we going to tell our parents that we eloped?" Gabriella asked.

"Well, we're just going to have to tell them." Troy said. "And we'll tell them it was something we wanted to do."

"They might be happier with the fact that you're home more than anything."

The elevator doors opened and they stepped out into the lobby. Several people were lingering around waiting for someone or just sitting around. Hotel workers were putting up some decorations for the party that night. As they walked outside, the beach breeze hit them and both were glad to be outside once again.

"It's beautiful." Gabriella said once they got to the beach.

For two hours the two lovers spent the afternoon playing around on the beach. The two then went inside to get something to eat and rest up for the evening's events. Right now the two were sitting in one of the hotel's restaurants.

"So how far is this wedding taking place?" Gabriella asked.

"See where that arch is?" Troy asked pointing out of the window.

"Yeah."

"Well right there is your wedding altar my dear."

Gabriella laughed and kissed him gently. Troy moved his hand behind her pushed her closer to him. He chuckled into the kiss when Gabriella gasped. Gabriella pulled away.

"Not until tonight." she told him grinning slightly.

"You're really not going to make me wait until after we're married are you?" Troy asked her. "I can't wait that long."

"It's only a few hours. It could be worse; I could have insisted we wait until we got back home. Come on, I need to take a shower."

For the next few hours, the soon to be married couple began to get ready for their wedding. Gabriella was in the bathtub taking a bath to relax her muscles. She sighed and melted into the water. She lifted her leg up and rubbed the soap to get the sand off of her skin. She smiled knowing that their parents and friends were in for a surprise when the two returned to New Mexico. Not only was Troy back home but the two had eloped.

That evening, the two headed down to the lobby. Gabriella was in a simple whit dress with a while lei around her wrist and neck. Troy was in a pair of khaki pants and a nice Hawaiian shirt with a white lei around his neck also. They walked out onto the beach. A minister was waiting for them at the arch.

"Ready?" he asked them both.

"Ready?" Troy asked Gabriella.

"More than anything." Gabriella agreed.

"We're ready." Troy told the minister.

For the next ten minutes, Gabriella and Troy's never left each other's. They vowed to love each other unconditionally and to never be without each other's love. As they shared their first kiss as husband and wife, fireworks went off announcing that the New Year had arrived. Troy picked up his new wife and deepened their kiss. Gabriella wrapped her arms around his neck and held him closer to her. After a few minutes, the new Mr. and Mrs. Bolton broke apart to watch the display.

"I love you." Troy whispered into Gabriella's ear causing her to shiver.

"I love you more." Gabriella challenged him.

"I don't think that is even possible."

"How about we both love each other equally and agree that we can't live without each other." Gabriella asked.

"I can agree with that." Troy said as he let Gabriella lead them further down the beach. "Where are we going?"

"Just taking a walk." Gabriella answered. "I just want to take in the moment before we go back up to the room."

Troy wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him acknowledging how perfectly she fit next to him. Gabriella leaned her head on his shoulder. She sighed enjoying the moment of just being with her husband. The stars twinkled in the sky just for them it seemed.

"So how are we going to tell our parents?" Gabriella asked.

"Well, we can have a little fun. Knowing my parents, they're going to call you tomorrow and see how today went and then you can tell them that you got married, just not tell them to me."

"Troy, you're terrible." Gabriella said laughing.

"And then they'll try and call me but I won't answer because I will be too busy entertaining you." Troy added. "And when everyone comes to meet you at the airport and then they'll get the surprise of their lives."

"You're going to have everyone hate me if you make me tell your parents that." Gabriella said shaking her head. "I'm not doing that. I'll just tell them I got a surprise from you and that I'll bring it home for them to see."

"Fine." Troy agreed. "Come on, let's head back up. It is our wedding night after all."

"You read my mind."

Troy turned them around and led them back to the hotel. Gabriella laughed when he picked her up. She kissed the side of his head and then his lips gently. Peoples passing by saw them and smiled remembering what it was like to be so in love.