Okayyy so…I know you all are probably furious at me for taking so long to update, but life has been busy so the updates are when I get as much free time as possible..All I can say is that I'm sincerely sorry and I hope to never make you wait this long again. Hope your still giving this story a chance and thanks to all that are taking the time to let me know what you think or have shown any interest in general.

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Disclaimer: I own nothing associated with High School Musical or it's characters.


Well day one had been interesting. Several girls had given him numbers that he had thrown away as soon as he walked into his house. He didn't need them because he already had a girlfriend…even if she didn't know it yet. All of his friends immediately had welcomed him back without questions unlike everyone else. They could see it in his eyes that he was a new person for the better and that was the only answer they needed. He couldn't invite them over yet because he currently wasn't allowed to do anything except school for the moment, but that was understandable. His phone had been destroyed by his parents. All he was allowed was his computer that pretty much served zero use for him since it wasn't hooked up to the internet. They were smart.

As he was going through it to clean out all of his unwanted files he came across one labeled as Gabriella with a sideways heart beside her name. Confused he double clicked the folder and found several pictures of them together along with a couple videos. First were the pictures that he couldn't help but laugh at. She was making some crazy face at the camera while he stared at her grinning widely at her weirdness.

A couple more were the same with different silly faces and then others were normal of them smiling happily together or catching them in a kiss when he would unexpectedly grab her face and join their lips. If you looked close enough you could see the smiles on their faces as they kissed and he felt his heart squeeze at how happy they once were before he had fucked everything up.

Continuing to look through all the memories he finally made it to the videos, but clicked the one that said surprise under it with a bunch of exclamation points beside it.


"Alright viewers were about surprise Troy with this secret visit video. He has no idea I'm here right now and he's been having a rough day so I thought I'd bring over a few things to cheer him up."

"I'm taking a nap mom. Don't wake me up til dinner!" She heard him yell while making his way to the room."

Troy watched as Gabriella smiled brightly into the camera before setting it up on his desk to make sure it had a clear view of the two of them. He watched himself open the door and throw his backpack carelessly to the side before finally glancing up to see her beaming at his presence.

He froze and for a minute the two just stared at one another before he came running over to tackle her onto the bed. She squealed as he laughed before they finally laid down together on the bed as he questioned her.

He remembered this day perfectly.

"What are you doing here? You told me you had to stay after school for some project you little liar."

"Well I knew you had a bad day so I decided to come surprise you with…brownies!! My mom made them especially for you."

"Thank you baby." he beamed with appreciation and then bent down to press a brief kiss to her waiting lips.

"Your welcome. Just make sure you don't eat them all at once cause I'd rather not have a 600 pound boyfriend." He stopped mid-chew and looked at her with a mouth full of brownie as she giggled at his appalled expression.

"So your telling me that you wouldn't like me anymore if I was 600 pounds?"

"Wellll…." she smiled when he dropped his mouth open again

"I knew you were only dating me for my looks." he said as he made his way over to the bed

"Guilty."

"You know what I think this situation calls for…"

"What's that?" she replied scared as stood up on the bed

"TROYQUAKE!" he screamed as he started to jump all around her nearly knocking her off the bed or landing on her

"Ahhh! Troy" she screamed while laughing hysterically "Stopppp!!!"

He finally stopped moving around before throwing his body on top of hers as she continued to giggle "Just imagine what that would feel like if I jumped on you weighing 600 pounds."

"I'd be dead."

He laughed, "Most likely."

"Umm..baby?"

"Yes?"

"It's a little hard for me to breathe with you still laying on top of me"

Troy then watched himself slide off of her and then pull her so that they were facing each other and then waited for the line he knew was coming next…

They both smiled at each other before lightly kissing each other and then Gabriella moved her body closer to his to snuggle into his body. Troy pressed kisses to her head and played with her hair as they laid there in silence completely content.

"Gabi.."

"Yea babe?"

"I love you."

Her head quickly left his neck and looked up to his face "What?" she whispered

"I said…I love you."

She leaned down and began to kiss him with as much passion as she could before breaking the kiss to breathlessly reply, "I love you too."

He looked into her eyes, sincerity glistening within them and as he held her gaze he could feel his heart squeeze in bliss at her returned devotion. He gently lowered his head to rub their noses gently together before meeting her lips in a gentle kiss.

Troy exited the video and felt his heart squeeze for a different reason this time: pain. Watching the video made their separation more real because it gave a very detailed video of what they had really been like and how in love they truly were. He had taken it all for granted and now that was coming back to bite him in the ass, but it was turning out to be exactly what he needed to continue being healthy.

He wasn't going to lie. The thought of doing drugs still crept through his mind and raced through his veins every now and then when life felt near impossible, but Eric Michaels had taken on the role of a second father and helped put Troy's life back on track. He knew about his relationship with Gabriella in more detail than any of his friends and on more than one occasion he had used it against Troy, motivating him to better himself or she'd be gone and he'd be left standing there as she lived her life happily with someone else.

The thought of her with another man always made Troy tense up and his fists tighten in aggravation. Her being with someone else wasn't an option which was exactly why he had been blunt to her about breaking up with whoever the hell that pretty boy was. And if she didn't take care of herself…he would make sure he found out through him.

He knew the way Gabriella felt about him. The only problem was her need to not hurt anybody so waiting for her to break up with him was put a little bit on hold.

It was frustrating because the sooner he was gone…the sooner he could work towards getting her back. Actually being able to see her now caused his heart to ache even more in need for her.

He had to keep telling himself that it was only a matter of time…and then…then he could be whole again.