"Ok! Let's play capture the flag now!" eight-year-old Chad exclaimed to the group of neighborhood kids.

"Who are the captains?" Gabriella asked curiously.

"Me of course and Troy," Chad pointed over to Troy.

"That's not fair!" Gabriella exclaimed, "You guys are always the captains!"

"Fine!" Chad huffed, "You and I."

"No!" Gabriella was a little mad at the boy, "Taylor and I."

"Alright just this once," Chad rolled his eyes as Taylor and Gabriella went to the front of everyone else and started picking teams.

"Troy," Gabriella smiled at her best friend and he came up to her and stood next to her.

"Timmy," Taylor pointed to the boy next to Chad.

"Zeke," Gabriella chose.

"What about me?" Chad asked, waving his hands to try to get some attention.

"Jason," Taylor laughed, ignoring Chad.

"Ryan over here," Gabriella motioned him over.

"Kelsi," Taylor went.

At this point, the only two that were left were Chad and Sharpay, who never did anything and sat filing her nails.

"Sharpay," Gabriella made Sharpay snap back to earth.

"I'm not last?" Sharpay asked curiously.

"Nope," Gabriella smiled at her as she walked to the group, "go ahead Tay."

"Chad," Taylor sighed as Chad slumped to the group being the last to be chosen.

"Let's go play!" Troy exclaimed as they chose their areas and began their game.


Gabriella hid behind me as I rang the doorbell and we heard a faint, "Just a minute."

True to their word, the door opened to Chad a minute later, "Troy, my man."

"Hey Chad," I greeted him with a man hug and said, "Someone came with to see you."

"Who?" he asked curiously, looking around to find Gabriella hiding behind me.

"Me!" she leapt on him to give him a tight hug which he gladly returned.

"Gabs!" he laughed as she ruffled his hair, "It's been so long."

"Who's at the door Chad?" Taylor's voice echoed out the door as she stepped out and squealed, "Gabi!"

"Taylor!" Gabriella exclaimed as they latched on to each other and hugged while squealing girlishly.

"What are you doing here?" Taylor asked, laughing.

"I came to make up with Troy," she told her friend.

"And he excepts that you want to be his friend again?" Taylor was a little bit shocked as it looked.

"That's another reason we came," Gabriella twiddled her thumbs behind her back and I rubbed the back of my neck nervously.

"No," Chad looked stunned as he took a guess, "you guys are still fighting?"

"No no no," Gabriella intervened, "Could we talk about this inside?"

"Yea yea sure," Taylor ushered us in and Chad led us to their living room, "now what is it?"

Gabriella looked nervous so I decided to break the news, "we're getting married."

Both of our friends were completely shocked and didn't know what to say except, "how?"

"I realized how great of guy Troy is and decided to take it up a few notches," Gabriella lied and I knew it hurt her.

"What?" Taylor didn't believe it… I could tell.

"Look," I started cautiously, "I gave her a choice. I told he she could go away and never see me again or marry me."

"Troy!" Taylor exclaimed at me, "how could you?"

"Guys," Gabriella sighed, "I realize how much I hurt him and I want to give it a shot because he is a great man and I love him… maybe not romantically but I think that could happen."

"Good for you then," Chad stood up from his seat and gave me a man hug.

"Are you sure you're ok with this?" Taylor asked Gabriella, which made my heart sink guiltily again.

"Yes," Gabriella nodded, hugging her best girl friend, "Now about you… what have you been up to?"

"We're engaged too," Taylor squealed happily as she held onto Chad's arm.

"That's so great!" Gabriella exclaimed, "when's the wedding?"

"Late August," Taylor responded and asked, "Will you be my maid of honor?"

"Only if," Gabriella dramatized he answer, "You'll be mine."

"Of course!" Taylor laughed and they hugged each other tightly.

"When are you guys getting married?" Chad asked curiously.

"We still have to discuss this further, like what I'm gonna tell my parents, because I for sure don't want to tell them Troy's deal! They'd kill him!" Gabriella exclaimed in a laughed.

"Then you wouldn't have a choice," I laughed, "You wouldn't ever see me again."

"Unless I helped bury the body," Gabriella looked completely serious but as I predicted her and I burst out laughing simultaneously as Taylor and Chad just watched us in wonder.

"How do you guys do that?" Taylor asked, amazed, "even after four years."

"We just know each other so well," Gabriella shrugged it off as nothing, because we had always done that.

"Maybe you should get married," Taylor giggled, "You are perfect for each other."

"Well," Gabriella was a little shaken, hearing Taylor say they'd be a perfect couple, "We should go."

She looked a little anxious so I said, "Yea we need to plan our wedding."

"Bye then," Taylor waved as we walked towards the door.

"Stop by soon guys!" Chad was oblivious to the sudden impulse to leave.

"Sure will!" Gabriella grabbed my hand as we walked out together and headed towards Troy's car.

"What was that about?" I asked as we started driving the five-minute ride back to my house.

"She already thinks we're perfect for each other and we've been engaged for a day!" Gabriella exclaimed quietly, for the sake of my ears.

"I love you," I told her quietly, "and we're a perfect couple because of that and even though you might not love me, we know so much about each other and it shows when we're together."

Gabriella was silent for a few minutes as we pulled up my driveway and I walked around to open the door for her, "thank you."

"You're welcome ma'am," I laughed and took her hand into mine, oh how I loved her small, delicate hands.

"Can we start planning our wedding?" Gabriella asked me as we stepped into the house and sat at my kitchen table.

"Go ahead," I told her with a warm smile, "Make it anything you want. I will help you with whatever you need me for, but I want this to be the wedding of your dreams."

I saw her smile widely at me and I wondered if I would ever win her heart, "Troy, that is sweet, but I want your opinion too… you only get married once."

"The woman I am marrying is the only thing I need to make it my dream wedding," I told her seriously, I wasn't lying, it was the truth. She was the only thing I needed.

Tears started streaming down her face and she grinned at me, "You really know how to make me cry. I've cried more in the past two days than I have since we split."

"I want one thing at this wedding though," I smirked slightly, "besides you. I want pink jelly at the reception."

"Of course," Gabriella laughed at me and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before taking out my phone book and looking for a wedding planner.


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