"Gabriella, why didn't we make the connection?" Troy demanded, pacing the hotel room. Gabriella sat on the bed, staring at the floor.

"Gabriella?" Troy said. He kneeled down in front of her. "Gabriella?"

"Troy… what if… what if he comes… and sees us?" Gabriella whispered.

Troy's brow furrowed. "What do you mean?"

"He's on the run. What if he comes here for help from Carey? He'll see us and… and… who know what'll happen!"

"Gabby, I don't think that Carey knows that Rick killed Brian. That her brother killed her other brother. We shouldn't say anything… and if Rick does come, then we'll just stay in this room. We'll have everything that we need. Please don't worry."

"Troy, we have a murderer out for us! You can't possibly sit there and tell me not to worry!"

"Gabriella," Troy sighed. "Gabriella, all we have to do is stay here. We can't do much more than that. Please… we'll talk to Moseby about it." Gabriella still looked doubtful. Troy took her face into his hands and gently lifted it so she would look into his eyes. "Gabby, we have the best security in all of Boston. I don't think he'll be able to get in."

Just then, there was banging in the ceiling above them. Gabriella grabbed Troy and he held her against him protectively. They didn't move… it was like they couldn't. Suddenly, two people crashed through the vent. They were yelling incoherent things at each other. Troy finally managed to see who was rolling around on the floor.

"Zach! Cody!" Troy yelled.

Both twins stopped yelling and screaming. They looked up at him. "Oh, hey Trevor," Zach said.

"Sorry for "dropping in"," Cody said, laughing. Zach hit him over the head.

"Leave the funny stuff to me," he said, standing up. He looked over to Gabriella, who had tears running down her cheeks.

"Corrie, what's wrong?" Cody asked, voicing Zach's thoughts.

Gabriella ignored him. "See, Troy!" she shouted. "That's exactly what could happen! You tell me not to worry? Look!" Gabriella pointed to the open vent. "That's why I'm worried!"

"Corrie…" Troy growled.

"NO!!!!" she shouted. "I'm done! DONE! Just leave me ALONE!!!" Gabriella ran to the bedroom and slammed the door behind her.

"What's her problem?" Zach asked.

Troy shrugged his shoulders. "Never mind," he said. "It's too complicated."

"Oh, is that time of month?" Zach whispered. "Cody and I aren't stupid, you know. I actually paid attention in health!"

"It's only because Coach Tony was talking about girls," Cody said. "And Mom wanted to talk to you. Go, before she takes away the TV."

Zach was out of there faster than you can say "Risk it All."

"Now," Cody said. "Do you want to tell me why Corrie called you Troy, Trevor?"

Trevor gulped. He could feel his chest tighten as he looked down at the blonde Martin. He resembled Mr. Martin so much… and he probably didn't even know that his uncle was dead.

"We had just got done a play at our school," Troy said, coming up with one of the excuses that he and Gabriella had planned. They had to be prepared if one of them let the other's name slip. "Corrie and I were the main characters, and my name was Troy. We practiced so many times… I guess she just got used to calling me Troy." This wasn't a lie. Gabriella had accidently called him Arnold for weeks after Twinkle Towne. Cody still looked unsure, and he was about to say something when Zach burst into the room.

"Cody, come quick!" he said. "Mom's crying!" Troy sighed. They were about to find out why their mom was crying. As Cody shut the door behind him, Troy opened the bedroom door, where Gabriella laid curled in a ball, her body shaking.

"Gabriella…" Troy said, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Leave me alone, Troy," Gabriella said.

"Come on, Gabby," Troy pleaded. "I know you're upset. This is hard for me, too. I've been separated from my family and friends, too. You're not the only one that's hurting." Troy got up and walked to the door. "Come talk to me when you're ready."

Troy went to the elevator and pressed the lobby button, intending to talk to Moseby about their situation. Gabriella's safety was what mattered to him.

As he walked towards Moseby's office, he heard someone calling his name. Troy turned to see Maddie standing behind the candy counter.

"Trevor!" she called again, giggling. Troy rolled his eyes. Maddie was most definitely not his type.

"Hey, Maddie," Troy said, walking over to the candy counter.

"What's wrong, Trevor?" Maddie asked. "You look really upset." No matter how sincere she tried to sound, Troy could still hear the flirtatious lilt in her voice. Maddie was a really nice person, great to be around. But… he just didn't like her. He liked Gabriella. Scratch that. He loved Gabriella. Too bad he didn't know if she loved him back.

"Yeah, I guess I am upset," Troy said.

"Maybe I can fix that," Maddie said, trailing a finger down his chest. Troy jerked back from her. Was she making a move on him?

"Maddie, I'm going out with Corrie," he said.

Maddie shrugged her shoulders. "Doesn't mean that you can't have fun. You don't want to be tied down now, do you?" Troy gaped at her. Where was the Maddie that he had met two days ago? Why was she acting like such a slut?

"I… I have to go." Troy couldn't get away from her fast enough. He knocked on Moseby's door.

"Trevor," Moseby said. "I was expecting you."

"I figured." Troy sat down in the char across from Moseby's desk. Moseby settled in his own chair and stared at Troy intently, wondering when he was going to ask about Carey.

"Corrie is worried about Rick getting in the room. The twins climbed through the vents, and, just by looking at those vents, I could see that a man Rick's size could fit in there."

"I'm having Arwin, our engineer working on it as we speak," Moseby said.

"That's good to know." Troy looked around the simple office. There were employee of the month awards hanging behind the desk, and there were pictures on his desk. There were a few plants, but other than that, that was it.

"I'm sure you want to know about Carey."

Troy looked up at Moseby. "Um… yeah. But I didn't think that I should ask."

"It's your place to know. You're involved in this, and you have a right to know." Troy nodded his head, indicating for Moseby to continue. "Carey has two brothers, as I'm sure you know. Rick and Brian Martin. She also has one sister, Casey. Carey hasn't been in touch with Casey or Rick in years, but she's kept in touch with Brian. The two of them were very close. So the lose… it's too much for her. Imagine what she'll feel when she finds out that her own brother killed her brother."

"You're going to tell her?"

"We can't keep it from her forever, Trevor."

"But she's up there breaking down, right now! Then you're going to spill to her that her brother killed him?"

"She needs to know. And she'll also be informed of your situation, just in case Rick ever shows up."

"Thank you, Mr. Moseby," Troy said standing up. Just as his hand was on the knob, Moseby stopped him.

"Talk to Corrie," he said. "And, maybe, just maybe, you could let her know that you love her. It will make things easier for her, to know that you love her." Troy didn't even bother to ask how Mr. Moseby knew that he loved Gabriella. Moseby just seemed like that kind of person that could tell anything just by looking at a person.

"I'll try, Mr. Moseby," Troy said. "I'll try."

Xx0o0xX

When Troy got up to the room, Arwin came out. "I've fixed the vent," Arwin said. "It is officially break-in proof, I promise." He tripped over his own feet. Not very convincing.

"Arwin, you know Maddie kind of well, right?" Troy asked.

"Yeah. We talk from time to time," Arwin said, adjusting his large red tool box.

"Have you ever known her to make… passes at people?"

"Not really. She's just not that kind of person. London… now London would make a pass. My bet is that she talked to London. I don't know if you noticed, but London not exactly… the best wrench in the toolbox."

Troy chuckled. "I figured it out." Just yesterday, London had answered the question fifteen times twenty with fourteen carat. Shopping was always on that girl's mind.

"Well, I see you later." Arwin began to move towards the elevator, but the weight of the toolbox made him smack into the wall. "I'm okay!" he called out. Troy laughed and shook his head as he entered the suit.

"Gabby?" he called out. He strained his ears and heard faint sniffling coming from the bedroom. She was still crying.

Troy walked into the bedroom where Gabriella was in the same position that he had left her in. This time, Troy stood over Gabriella and shook her gently.

"Gabby, stand up for me, please," he said. Gabriella rolled off the bed and got to her feet.

"What?" she sniffled, rubbing her eyes.

"Arwin fixed the vent."

"I heard him."

"Gabby…" Troy walked over to the side of the bed that Gabriella was standing on and took her hands in his. "Gabby, please tell me that you're not mad at me."

"Troy, I don't know if I can do this anymore. I'd prefer to be holed up in police station then living another life out here," Gabriella said, looking down at the ground.

"No, you wouldn't, and you know that. And you didn't answer my question."

Gabriella looked up at Troy, brown eyes meeting blue. "I'm not mad at you," she said softly.

"Good." Troy swooped down and captured her lips with his. Shocked, Gabriella stood there for a few seconds as Troy kissed her, but then she began to return the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck. Troy pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her waist. She entangled her fingers in his hair as their tongues met, dancing together. Finally, the need for air became too great, and they pulled apart.

"Gabby," Troy breathed, resting his head on hers.

"Troy, Gabby replied, smiling.

Author's Note: I hope you all liked this chapter! I hadn't originally planned to get them together, but I had ideas. Anyway, I'm sorry if Maddie came off as a slut. But, like Arwin said, she must've been talking to London. That may or may not be the case, but, I can say that Maddie will make a few more passes at Troy. I'm sorry if you don't want that, but it kind of ties in with the story… I'll try to make it tie in with the story, anyway. I have an idea; I just need to plan it. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Please review! They make me happy!