Chapter 4

I had waited so long to actually see Gabriella again, and now that she was coming I wanted to crawl up into a dark hole.

Who cares if I was being a coward? I don't care! I didn't know how she would react or what I would say? I knew we wouldn't be how we were before, but I was frightened in not know what we would be.

I walked down the hall as people went around talking excitedly.

Now this is usual, but they were all overly excited. And I knew something big was happening.

I spotted Chad walking with Taylor and went over to them.

"What's happening?" I asked, glancing around, confused.

"You mean, you don't know?" Chad asked, grinning.

"You've only been wait, what, a year?" Taylor laughed out.

I furrowed my eyebrows. What had I been waiting a year for? And then it hit me.

My eyes widened and I could distantly hear everyone around us quiet down and as Chad and Taylor looked behind me, their smiles widen.

"Gabriella," Taylor called as she let go of Chad's hand and ran over to her. He laughed as he slowly followed after her.

I held my breath and slowly turned around. There she was. The same girl I had known in high school. I slowly let out the breath as I made my way over to them.

"Oh my god, its been so long," Taylor gushed as she hugged her.

Gabriella giggled. "I've missed you Taylor."

"Hey, what about me," Chad asked and they quickly pulled him into a group hug and all of them laughed.

Chad was the first one that spotted me. "Hey Troy, want some part of this," he said, smiling secretly.

Gabriella quickly spun around as they broke out of the hug and turned to me.

I smiled, though my heart was beating a million seconds per hour. "Hey Gabriella."

"Hi Troy," Gabriella said nervously as she glanced anywhere but me.

"It's been a long time," I said sadly.

She nodded as she finally looked at me. "I know."

And suddenly she sprung into my arms and I baried my face in her hair.

"I missed you," she softly whispered as her head rested on my chest.

"I missed you too," I whispered back.

"Okay you guys, no more emotional reunions, come on Taylor, were going to be late." And with that Chad and Taylor walked away.

"Um, I think we should be going," Gabriella said, looking around nervously. I just hen realized that everyone was watching us and whispering. I quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her along outside towards a bench.

I sighed and I knew what I had to say. "Gabriella, I want to talk to you about the whole thing that happened at the end of high school."

Gabriella looked uneasy. "Oh, um, well its been a really long time so you don't have to worry about it."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm over that little crush so its okay."

"Oh."

Well that hurt. After all this time that I was waiting for her to come back, she doesn't even feel that same way.

One thing was for sure, I was going to get her back.

A/N: Okay, there's the plot. Hope you like. Ha, ha and if you love Zac Efron, then go and check out the full song from Hairspray, 'Without love'. I've heard it about a trillion times. It's awesome!