"Hey, Troy! Wake up!" yelled Chad, running into Troy and Gabriella's room.
Troy and Gabriella both slowly opened their eyes. When Troy saw Chad, he groaned. "Chad, it's seven o' clock.
Can me and Gabby stay in bed for one more half hour?" he asked, rolling over on his side to face Chad.
Gabriella rested her chin on Troy's shoulder and wrapped her arms around him from behind.
"But there's an emergency!" Chad exclaimed.
"And the emergency would be......" Troy said in an annoyed voice.
"I'm awake and I'm hungry," Chad said.
"Well get cereal or something. We have a few different kinds in the cabinet closest to the refrigerator. Or in the
refrigerator we have some fruit."
Gabriella nuzzled Troy's shoulder affectionately. Troy looked at her and asked, "What are you doing, baby
girl?"
Gabriella looked at him with her sleepy eyes and smiled her sweetest smile. Troy gently stroked her cheek with
his fingers. "Love you, too," he told her.
"I guess I'll go eat now," Chad said, leaving the room.
Gabriella snuggled against Troy and hugged him tighter, nuzzling his shoulder again.
"Gabby, that tickles," Troy said.
"Okay, Wildcat," Gabriella said. "I'll stop."
"I never said it didn't feel good, too," Troy told her.
Gabriella moved up a little bit so she could kiss Troy's cheek. "You look really tired," she said. "How about we
try to go to sleep again?"
Troy nodded and rolled over so he was facing Gabriella. He held her close to him, pressed his nose to hers, and
kissed it. "Love you," he said.
"Love you, too," Gabriella said, snuggling into him and feeling him gently run his fingers through her hair.
Then they fell asleep again, but not for long. As soon as it was seven thirty, Chad came back into the room.
"WAKE UP!" he yelled. "YOUR TIME LIMIT IS UP!"
Troy opened his eyes and pulled Gabriella closer to him. She quickly blinked her eyes open, then they both sat
up. "Wildcat," Gabriella said sleepily, "Can we go back to sleep later?"
Troy nodded. "Yes, but for now I think we'd better get up." He got out of bed.
Gabriella held her arms out and looked at Troy, waiting for him to pick her up and cuddle her in his warm
arms. Every morning, she liked to be held if she was still tired. Troy bent down, lifted her off the bed, and hugged
her close to him. "Let's go in the living room," he said.
Gabriella snuggled against his shoulder and felt him gently press a kiss onto her cheek. "You can go to sleep
now if you want," he said.
Gabriella closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Troy's neck. In a minute, she was asleep again.
"Come on, Troy," Chad said.
Troy, holding Gabriella, followed Chad out into the living room and sat down on a chair. He gently stroked
Gabriella's hair and whispered 'I love you' in her ear before gently rubbing his nose against her cheek, causing her
to smile in her sleep.
"Is Gabriella ever not tired?" asked Chad.
"Relax, Chad," Troy said. "She got up early yesterday and today you wouldn't let us sleep in."
"Yeah, Chad, you woke me up, too," Taylor said. "You threw pillows at me until I woke up."
"Well I was awake," Chad said.
"So, do you want to watch basketball?" asked Troy. "There's a game on now."
"At quarter of eight in the morning?" questioned Chad.
"It's last night's game," Troy told his friend. "It's just on again."
"Okay, what channel?" asked Chad.
"Hand me the remote," Troy said, taking one arm away from Gabriella to take the remote.
Chad walked across the room and picked up the remote off of the TV. He threw it to Troy, but Troy didn't
catch it. Instead, it hit Gabriella, making her wake up suddenly. "Wildcat, what happened?" she asked, lifting her
head to look at Troy.
"Chad threw the remote to me and it hit you," Troy said.
"Well you said to hand it to you," Chad said.
"I said hand it, not throw it," Troy corrected. "Are you okay, my love?" he asked Gabriella.
She nodded. "It doesn't hurt that bad."
"Do you want to go get ready?" asked Troy. "Then we can go show Chad and Taylor around our
neighborhood."
Gabriella slowly nodded and let Troy kiss her cheek. She smiled a little, then snuggled back into Troy. Troy
stood up and carried her into their room, closing the door behind them.
"Hey, I wonder if Troy has any cake," Chad said to Taylor.
"Chad, it's morning. You don't need cake at eight o' clock a.m.," Taylor told Chad.
"Hey, I always need cake," Chad said.
"Well you should ask Troy first," Taylor said. "If he bought the cake, he can say no to you eating it."
"Fine," Chad said.
Just then, the phone rang. "Hey, Chad, can you get the phone?" called Troy from the bedroom.
"Okay," Chad said, walking over to the phone. "Hey," he said as he picked it up. Chad never said 'hello' when
he answered the phone. He always said either 'hey' or 'what's up', even if it was someone he didn't know.
"Is this Troy Bolton?" asked a man on the phone.
"No, Troy's busy. This is his friend," Chad said.
"Well I need to talk to Troy," said the man. "I'm a policeman, and I need to tell him something very important."
"Hey, Troy!" called Chad. "The police are after you!"
"What?" Troy asked, confused, as he hurried out from the bedroom, closing the door behind him since
Gabriella was still getting dressed. He took the phone from Chad. "Hello?" he said.
"Hi, Troy Bolton?" asked the policeman.
"Yeah, I'm Troy," Troy said.
"Well I just wanted to tell you that we arrested Allen about an hour ago. He was found trying to run away from
the town," the policeman said. "We now have him in jail and he will be in there a long time. He had a criminal
record before he kidnapped Gabriella."
"Okay, thanks," Troy said.
"You're welcome," the policeman said. "Bye."
"Bye." Troy hung up the phone and ran back into the bedroom. He picked Gabriella up and hugged her close to
him. He covered her face in kisses.
"Wildcat, what was that for?" asked Gabriella, hugging him back.
"Allen got arrested," Troy said. "He's in jail so he will never bother you again."
Gabriella hugged Troy tighter. "Thank you so much!" she said.
"Why are you thanking me?" asked Troy. "I wasn't the one who arrested him."
"But you kept me safe," Gabriella said, clinging to him.
"That's because I love you," Troy said. "You're my precious baby girl. I couldn't let you be hurt in any way. It's
my responsibility to keep you safe."
"I love you so much," Gabriella said.
"And I love you, too. Now if you're ready, we can go now," Troy said.
"Wildcat, you didn't comb your hair," Gabriella said, playing with Troy's bangs.
"Aw, baby girl, does it bother you that much?"
"No, you look cute with messy hair."
"Okay, then, do you want to go?"
Gabriella nodded. Troy put her back down and they walked out of their room holding hands.
"Chad said the police called you," Taylor said.
"Yeah, they did," Troy said.
"Allen just got arrested," Gabriella said, smiling. "So I'm safe now."
"That's great!" Taylor exclaimed.
"So, do you want to go have us show you around the neighborhood?" asked Gabriella.
"Sure," Taylor said.
"Okay," Chad said.
Everyone walked outside, Troy and Gabriella still holding hands with each other. "Let's go this way," Troy
told Chad and Taylor, pointing in the direction he was talking about.
"Okay," Taylor and Chad both said, beginning to follow Troy.
"Well there's not much here," Gabriella said. "Just houses."
"Yeah. But we're gonna come to the park soon. Gabby and I like to have picnics there a lot," Troy said.
"You two make the cutest couple," Taylor said.
"What?" Chad questioned, surprised. "I think they're a little too obsessed with each other."
"Chad, we just don't mind being affectionate with each other, that's all," Troy said.
"But you do it in front of me and I find it kind of gross," Chad said.
"You say anything that doesn't have to do with food or basketball is gross," Taylor pointed out.
"Well I don't like kissing," Chad said.
"WHICH IS WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR FIRST KISS YET," Taylor announced loudly.
"If you were trying to make me mad, it didn't work," Chad said.
Meanwhile, Troy and Gabriella were laughing about Chad and Taylor's conversation. Gabriella was leaning on
Troy slightly and Troy was bending down to kiss her cheeks every so often, making Gabriella smile and kiss him
back.
"Hey, Troy!" Chad yelled. "Stop all the kissing!"
"Chad," Troy said. "You stopped us from kissing about a million times before we had our first kiss. We don't
want to go through that again."
Chad reluctantly decided to stay quiet. It was just his natural habit to tease in a joking way, but he did
understand that Gabriella was Troy's fiancé and not his girlfriend, so he didn't say any more.
"Here's the park," Gabriella told Chad and Taylor.
"It looks cool," Chad said. "Where's the basketball court?"
"There is no basketball court here, Chad," Troy said.
"Then why did we come?" asked Chad.
"So we could show you around our neighborhood," Gabriella said. "This is where we eat whenever we want to
have a picnic."
"Remember that midnight picnic we had here?" asked Troy.
Gabriella smiled at the memory. It had been so romantic, her and Troy, under the stars, kissing.
Flashback
"I'll get the food out," Troy said.
"Okay," Gabriella agreed.
Once Troy had all the food out, Gabriella climbed into his lap and hugged him. "It's so nice here, Wildcat," she
commented, placing her head on his shoulder.
Troy hugged her back. "Remember our first kiss?"
Gabriella nodded.
Flashback inside of a flashback
It was after the talent show at Lava Springs, summer before senior year. It was dark, and stars were shining.
Everyone was outside, Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Zeke, Chad, Taylor, Ryan, Kelsi, and a few others. Everyone
ran off except Troy and Gabriella, who stood next to each other, Troy's arm around Gabriella.
"Here's to the future," Gabriella said, looking up into Troy's eyes with a smile on her face.
"No," Troy said, shaking his head a little, "Here's to right now."
Then, they kissed, sweetly but passionately. They broke apart and began to kiss again. Suddenly sprinklers
turned on, causing them to break apart sooner than they wanted to. But then Troy put his hand on Gabriella's
cheek and leaned close to kiss her once more. Gabriella wrapped her arms around his neck and as they kissed,
they saw fireworks in the sky. Once they were finished, Gabriella took her arms away from Troy's neck and
placed them around his waist. Troy slid his around her waist, then they stood there, hugging each other tightly,
sweetly, and affectionately, all at the same time. They were smiling, happy that they had each other always.
Flashback inside of flashback over
"Do you want to repeat it?" asked Troy.
Gabriella looked into his eyes and leaned close to him, waiting to feel his lips on hers. Troy did like she wanted
and they kissed. Then, looking up at the sky, right at the stars, they thought about how lucky they were to have
each other. Their lips met again, then a third time, then they hugged each other tightly.
Flashback over
"That was so sweet," Gabriella said. "I love you more and more each day."
"Love you, too, baby girl," Troy said.
"Can we just walk?" asked Chad.
"Chad, you're ruining the moment," Taylor said.
Everyone laughed.
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"Bye," Troy and Gabriella said to Chad and Taylor as they were leaving. Chad had decided to leave the same
time as Taylor so she wouldn't have to rent a car to get to the airport.
"Bye," Chad said. "Hope to play basketball again soon."
"Bye," Taylor said. "Thanks for inviting us."
"You're welcome," Gabriella said.
Once they had left, Troy went up to Gabriella and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, pressing a
kiss onto her shoulder before resting his chin there, "It was a crazy weekend," he commented.
"Crazy but fun," Gabriella said, putting her hands on top of his and turning her head so that her brown eyes
locked with his blue ones.
"You know, did anyone ever tell you that you have the prettiest eyes?"
"Only you," Gabriella said. "Did anyone ever tell you that you look adorable when you first wake up in the
morning?"
"Just you," Troy said. "You're the only one who sees me when I first wake up in the mornings."
"Well, yeah, I guess that's true," Gabriella said.
"I love you so much," Troy said.
"Love you, too, Wildcat," Gabriella said.