Both groups went to the Ski lounge, and it was packed with lots of people. There was a banner across the room that read; Summer fun. And the sign was blue and the words were in bubble designs. Everything was perfect, and there were dolphin, starfish, and claim ornaments hanging from strings, beautiful balloons, and tables filled with fruits, vegetables, beverages and deserts.
Hope's eyes went wide, they were really focussed on only one thing, the table filled with deserts, but she had to stay focused. Both her and Faith decided to come here for one reason, and one reason only, to get their parents to reunite. She had to keep a close eye for Troy and Faith.
Gabriella decided to sit down at a table and read a book, like she did years ago before her and Troy met.
Troy walked in the party area, looking around nervously, he wasn't much of a crowd person, unless he was playing basketball. He sighed as he sat down at a chair. He was only one table away from Gabriella, and if he wasn't looking down at the ground then maybe he would have seen her.
"So do you want to party dad? dance? You know that their are a lot of great women here." Faith said pulling on Troy's arms.
Troy let out a laugh. "Good one. Really funny Hope! But I already have a great woman, and I'm going to be marrying her in three days."
"Don't remind me." Faith mumbled under her breath. "And if you ask me, she's a real witch."
Two people were on the stage performing, a girl and a boy, and they looked around the same age Troy and Gabriella were when they first met. The boy and girl looked like they were in their junior year of high school. And as they were singing, people could feel the emotion and chemistry.
Both Gabriella and Troy were watching the performance and had the same thoughts. They were thinking about eachother and when they first met, and how they both wish they could relive the lovely moment and fall in love all over again.
When the song ended, everyone cheered and applauded for them, the boy and girl shook hands.
"Mike." The boy said with a goofy and friendly grin.
The girl smiled friendly. "Courtney." She said as she shook his hand.
The guy who was in charge of the singing competition was going to choose a pair who would go up next and sing in front of all the people.
"How about you," He pointed at Gabriella, and a few people pulled her up from the chair.
Gabriella felt as nervous as she felt the first time she did years ago. Hopefully the boy would be friendly just like Troy was. She felt like she was relieving the moment all over, except she wouldn't be reliving it with Troy...
Another light shun on Troy. "And you." The guy finished.
Troy felt his heart beating heavy, and Gabriella froze in shock as she looked up at her singing partner. It looked exactly like Troy Bolton.
She looks exaculy like- Troy didn't have time to finish his thoughts and both him and Gabriella were being pushed to the stage, and they both were handed microphones.
Nice music began to play and as both Troy and Gabriella got a great look at each other, they realized that they have some how reunited.
Troy: 'Livin in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance'
Gabriella: 'I never believed in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart'
Troy tried his hardest not to blush. Same Gabriella he met and fell in love with, and she still had the voice of an angel sent from above.
Troy: 'Ohhh'
Gabriella: 'To all the possibilities, ohhhhhh'
(Both): 'I know'
Gabriella: 'That something has changed'
(Both): 'Never felt this way'
Gabriella: 'And right here tonight'
(Both): 'This could be the start of something new'
Gabriella: 'It feels so right'
(Both): 'To be here with you...oh
And now looking in your eyes'
Gabriella: 'I feel in my heart'
(Both): 'The start of something new'
Hope and Faith stood next to each other smiling as the song went on. This was it, their parents were finally going to fall in love again and maybe get back together.
Troy: 'Ohhh, yeah
Now who'd ever thought that...
We'd both be here tonight...yeah'
Gabriella: 'And the world looks so much brighter'
Troy: 'Brighter, brighter'
Gabriella: 'With you by my side'
Troy: 'By my side'
(Both): 'I know that something has changed
Never felt this way'
Gabriella: 'I know it for real'
(Both): 'This could be the start of something new'
Gabriella: 'It feels so right'
(Both): 'To be here with you...oh
And now looking in your eyes'
Gabriella: 'I feel in my heart'
(Both): 'The start of something new'
Troy: 'I never knew that it could happen
Til it happened to me
Ohhh, yeah'
(Both): 'I didn't know it before'
Gabriella: 'But now it's easy to see'
(Both): 'Ohhhhh'
'It's the start of something new
It feels so right to be here with you...ohhh
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
That it's the start of something new
It feels so right'
Troy: 'So right...oh'
(Both): 'To be here with you...oh
And now lookin' in your eyes'
Gabriella: 'I feel in my heart'
Troy: 'Feel in my heart'
Gabriella: 'The start of something new'
Troy: 'The start of something new'
Gabriella: 'The start of something new'
Troy: 'Somethin' new'
It was just like the first time they sang together, they felt sparks and magic, and it felt like a moment that would never end, and when it was all over, both Troy and Gabriella tried but half failed to hide their disappointment.
Troy put out his hand for Gabriella to take. "Troy." He said re introducing himself.
She smiled. "Gabriella." She said as she shook it.
They got off the stage smiling. They were somehow reunited...but how?
Both groups went outside to talk.
"What has it been since we've last seen each other?" Troy asked.
"Seven years." She answered.
"Ain't it strange that we both ended up here tonight?" He asked.
Gabriella nodded. "Well Faith told me she wanted to come here tonight."
"And Hope told me the exact same thing-" Troy suddenly stopped as he came to realization. His eyes went wide in surprise at the thought of this all being a set up created by their daughters.
"How?" Gabriella asked as she turned to the girls who were still standing next to each other. "It can't be just a coincidence."
"We met each other at the mall, and we found out that we're twins and decided to switch places so Hope could meet you and I could meet dad." Faith explained.
Gabriella smiled as she felt tears coming down her eyes. "You mean these past few weeks, I was actually spending time with Hope?" She asked.
Hope nodded.
"And I was hanging out with Faith?" Troy asked.
Both of the girls nodded.
"It was so nice finally getting to see you even though I didn't know it was you." Gabriella told Hope as she fought back her tears. She felt both emotions, happy and sad.
"No wonder you seemed a little taller." Troy told Faith.
Faith giggled a little at his joke.
"So this means you're going to dump Meredith and get back together with mom?" Hope asked curiously.
For a second Troy looked kind of happy at the idea of getting back together with Gabriella, but he quickly shrugged that feeling off. After all that was the reason of them two separating, they weren't getting along to well anymore, so why bother getting back in a relationship that can never work out?
He sighed and shook his head. "No, it doesn't."
Hope and Faith's faces fell.
"You were trying to get us to re meet in a place that we met for the first time years ago, hoping that we could get back..together." Gabriella finally managed to say the last word while restraining her tears and hints of jealousy that Troy was in a relationship with another woman.
Troy blushed and smiled when he was sure that either of the girls or Gabriella were looking. Just the thought of being able to hold her, sing to her and love her made him the happiest man alive, but he knew reality and what needed to be done.
"Well that was a lovely plan you girls thought of, but your mom and I are never getting back together, one of the reasons we separated in the first place was because things just weren't the same anymore. I have Meredith now and she's going to be your new mother Hope. Gabriella is nothing that special to me anymore, she means nothing." Troy made himself sound a little bit to harsh than he had hoped.
He regretted every word about Gabriella that he was saying, every word. Gabriella was his whole world and she means everything to him.
Gabriella felt her heart shatter as she heard those harsh words coming from Troy, and she looked down at the ground feeling more tears wanting to escape. She was heartbroken.
"And sweetie," Gabriella told Faith. "Troy doesn't mean anything to me anymore either. And to tell you the truth, I haven't thought about the guy since he left, I had never thought not even once about Troy."
That was a lie, she thought about him almost everyday. She wanted to make Troy hurt just as much as he had hurt her, that's why she said all that stuff.
"Let's go home real Faith." She said eyeing the girl who was dressed as Hope.
Faith followed Gabriella to the car with her head hanging. This was it, the twins were never going to see each other again, their whole plot to get Troy and Gabriella back together had failed, and Hope would have to put up with the evil sea witch Meredith.
