A/N: Hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I decided to put up two chapter so here is the second! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: refer to chapter 2 (and the party begins)

DINNER


When the gang returned from the beach, Troy and Gabriella were upstairs. Troy was strapping up Gabriella's ankle and showing her how to use the crutches.

"Hello!" bellowed Kelsi.

"Wow Kels, I didn't know you could make such a loud noise," said Jason.

"Well then you don't know me well enough yet," she replied.

"We're up here!" Troy bellowed back down the stairs. The whole gang came up the stairs just in time to see Gabriella fall over from using the crutches.

"Oww…" she said and Taylor ran over to help Troy lift her onto the couch. As Taylor lifted her, she caught sight of the ring.

"Have you always been wearing that ring?" she asked, admiring it. Gabriella glanced at Troy as if to say 'do I tell them?'. He seemed to understand because he nodded.

"Troy gave it to me before," she said, "today is our one year anniversary."

"Has it been a year already?" Taylor asked, still admiring the ring.

"Yep," replied Gabriella.

"Well congrats you guys," said Sharpay and she pushed Taylor off the couch so she could have a look at the ring.

"It's gorgeous, not that expensive though," commented Sharpay.

"I don't care how much it costs," said Gabriella.

"Wow, a year since you sang 'Breaking Free' at the callback," said Kelsi.

"It went pretty quickly," said Troy. Suddenly, Sharpay had a grin on her face.

"Can you use your crutches to get up and down stairs?" she asked.

"No, not yet. Troy carried me up here," she explained.

"Troy, can you carry her downstairs and outside?" she asked.

"Yeah sure, but why?"

"Because you said that you were gonna take her outside again."

"Okay then. Ready Gabi, one, two, three!" and Troy lifted her off the couch, down the stairs and outside. Chad and Sharpay followed them, Chad, with the crutches.

"Practice using them out here," she said, "and don't come inside until I tell you." and she marched inside.


For what seemed like an hour, Gabriella hobbled around on the crutches, only occasionally falling over. She was just starting to get used to them and having races with Troy when Sharpay stuck her head out the door:

"You can come in now!" she yelled across the front yard.

"Do you want to try going up the stairs on the crutches?" asked Troy as they approached they front door.

"Yeah, why not," she replied standing at the bottom of them.

"Now, only go up one at a time. Put the crutches on the first step and push up," he explained. She did this with ease.

"That wasn't so bad. I can do the rest." she said as she carefully lifted herself up each step. Troy opened the front door and they went inside.

It was dark inside. All the curtains were shut and there were three candles on the dining table.

"What's all this?" she asked, thinking someone would pop out of nowhere. Someone suddenly did.

"Hi," it was Taylor, "we made a special dinner for you guys." She was dressed in black and she had what looked like a waiter's apron on.

"This looks lovely," Gabriella commented and she hobbled over to the table. As they both sat down, Sharpay came over.

"Hi, what would you like to drink? She asked.

"Um…coke for me thanks, Gabi?" asked Troy.

"Just water for me thanks." Sharpay wrote this on a piece of paper.

"I'm sorry guys, but you don't get a choice of what to eat. You will be having Cannelloni and for dessert will be Chocolate Mousse."

"It sounds great," said Gabriella and Sharpay walked over to the kitchen.

"What is Cannelloni?" asked Troy.

" It is a sheet of pasta rolled up and stuffed with Ricotta and Spinach," Gabriella said, sounding sophisticated.

"Are we still going to go to dinner tomorrow, after all this, and your ankle?" Troy asked.

"Nah, this is nice, and I probably need to rest my ankle," she said.

"Okay then." Five minutes later Taylor came out with two plates and Sharpay followed with two glasses.

"Thanks Taylor," said Troy as she put the plate down in front of him.

When they finished their dinner, Sharpay took their plates and replaced them with two bowls of Chocolate Mousse.

"Hey Shar," said Gabriella, "what did you do with the boys?"

"Well," said Sharpay, "We locked them in the basement and told them to shut up. Kelsi helped us in the kitchen."

"Impressive." said Troy.


When they finished their dessert, Taylor and Sharpay cleaned up and Troy helped Gabriella onto the couch.

"Thanks for everything," she said, "Can I go upstairs? I need to get something."

"Do you need help up the stairs?" he asked.

"Will it be quicker?"

"Yeah, probably."

"Okay then," she said and Troy lifted her off the couch and carried her and the crutches up the stairs.

"Thanks, I'll be two minutes," and she went into their room. Surely enough, she came out two minutes later with a tracksuit on and her pockets bulging.

"What's in your pocket?" he asked he as he carried her downstairs again.

"I'll show you when we get down there."

By the time they went into the games room, Taylor had let the boys out of the basement and they were all watching TV.

"Ahh…here come the love-birds," commented Chad.

"Um… can you two move so that Gabi can sit there?" Troy asked and he signaled towards Sharpay and Zeke.

"Yeah, sure," Sharpay said and she stood up, grabbed Zeke's hand and lead him to an armchair where she sat on his lap. Troy ran and got the pillows from the other room to rest Gabriella's ankle on. He then sat the other end of the couch and placed a pillow on his leg for Gabriella's head. They were all watching 'Hairspray'.

"Oh yeah," said Gabriella and she reached into her pocket and pulled out a gold chain with a 'G' on it.

"That's original," said Troy as he took it from her.

"You do like it don't you?" she asked she asked looking worried.

"Yeah, I love it, thanks," he said and he gave he a kiss on the forehead.


"Okay, time for our fashion show," announced Sharpay when the movie finished, "but Gabriella, stay on the couch."

"Well then I'll commentate as I know what is going to happen," and she cuddled up to Troy. the girls cam down the stairs ten minutes later with formal dresses on.

"And now we have the formal wear," announced Gabriella as the girls walked towards the couches. The stopped to do a pose in front of the TV and the boys took pictures of the girlfriends on their phones. The girls went back upstairs and came down this time with jeans and t-shirts on.

"And now for the casual wear," commentated Gabriella as they walked to their previous positions. The boys took more photos and they went back upstairs. They came down another ten minutes late.

"And finally, swimwear!" said Gabriella as they walked to the TV.

"You should wear a bikini more often," commented Chad to Taylor, adding a whistle. This made Taylor blush.

"Sharpay, how come everyone is wearing a bikini and your not?" asked Zeke.

"Well I got my belly button pierced and it is all red," explained Sharpay.

"Show me!" said Taylor. Sharpay pulled up her top and her belly button was a bit red but hanging out of it was a blue stone.

"That is gorgeous!" exclaimed Kelsi.

"I told you it was red," said Sharpay, pulling her top back down.

"Actually it isn't that red. It looks great!" said Zeke. When they finished watching the fashion show, Gabriella went straight to bed to rest. The rest of the gang went upstairs and played 'Monopoly'. The game only went for an hour and everyone got tired so they let Jason win. They then all went to bed but Ryan stayed up and watched more TV.


The next morning everyone woke up at nine o'clock except for Gabriella.

"What time are we gonna leave?" Troy asked at breakfast.

"We'll leave after lunch, so about three," replied Sharpay.

"Ugh, we have school tomorrow," said Zeke.

"Thanks for reminding me," commented Ryan.

"Yeah, you just reminded me about how much I hate Sundays," said Kelsi.

"The auditions for the winter musical are tomorrow," said Sharpay, "I think we should all try out for it."

"I can't sing for peanuts," said Jason.

"Yes you can, I've heard you sing," said Kelsi and Jason gave her a peck on the cheek.

"Yeah I agree, you can sing ONLY for peanuts though," said Chad and Jason whacked him over the head.

At twelve o'clock the gang was having lunch and Gabriella was still asleep.

"I should go and wake her," said Troy as he stood up from the table, "We are leaving in three hours and being a girl she will take ages to get ready." Just as Troy was about to go up the first step, he heard a thump and Gabriella sobbing. He sprinted up the stairs and into her room where he saw her lying on the floor, crying with pain.

"What's wrong? What'd you do?" he asked as he lifted her onto the bed.

"I forgot that I hurt my ankle and I got up and put all my weight on it," she sobbed. Troy ran to the door and yelled down the stairs;
"Can we get some ice up here!" and he ran back to where Gabriella lay.

"I'll take off the bandages and have a look," he said and he started to unwrap her foot. At that moment Taylor came into the room with a plastic bag filled with ice, wrapped in a towel.

"Thanks," mumbled Troy, still taking off the bandages. Taylor put the bag of ice on the bed and left them in peace. When he finally took off the last layer he inspected her ankle. It had a lot of bruising but it wasn't swollen anymore.

"You need to go and get this checked out," he said, placing the bag of ice on her ankle.

"I'll do that when we get back," she said.

"We are leaving in about two and a half hours so everyone is going to come in and pack," Troy explained, "I'll ask Sharpay to pack for you or something because I wouldn't know what I am doing." He then kissed her and left the room just as Sharpay walked in.

"I overheard that I have to pack for you," she said as she walked over to her bed.

"Would you? I can't exactly move," and she pointed to her ankle.

"Yeah, anything for a friend." Gabriella made a face at the word 'friend', but Sharpay didn't notice as she was trying to pull out Gabriella's bag from under her bed.


Two hours later Chad and Ryan were packing the cars. Troy carried Gabriella and put her on the couch downstairs to bandage up her ankle.

"Okay, we're all set!" yelled Sharpay as she walked through the door.

"Shar, can Gabriella bring these crutches home with her?" asked Troy when he finished with her ankle.

"Yeah, we can bring them up the next time we come," she answered.

"Thanks. Gabi, it would be easier for me to carry you to the car," said Troy as Gabriella went to stand up with the crutches.

"Yeah, your right," she answered and she let him carry her to car and put her on the back seat so she could have her leg up.

The trip home seemed longer than the trip there. When they arrived at the Montez home, Troy helped Gabriella out of the car and she used the crutches to get to the front door. Gabriella rang the doorbell and Lena answered almost immediately.

"Hello-" she saw Gabriella on crutches, "Oh my God! What happened?"

"I'll explain when I get to a couch," she said as she hobbled over the threshold, "Thank you so much for everything, Troy," and she gave him a kiss on the lips. Lena looked a bit uneasy.


When Troy got to his house, everyone was waiting outside the door.

"Your parents must have gone out because there is no one home," explained Kelsi.

"We'll give everyone lifts home," said Chad, "I'll take Taylor, Kelsi and Jason and you," he said pointing to Troy, "can take Ryan, Sharpay and Zeke."

"That's fine with me," said Sharpay and she put all of her belongings in Troy's car. Troy took out Kelsi, Chad and Taylor's belongings (Jason were already in the other car) and put them in Chad's car.

"See ya at school guys!" Sharpay yelled out Troy's car window.


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