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"You, devil child you," Gabriella pointed her finger at Taylor, smiling.

"Hey, we did it for you guys. He really does love you Gabs, trust me," Taylor reassured her with a grin.

When Troy entered through the doors Gabriella tensed up nervously. Taylor smiled and waved to Troy who returned it. Before he reached their table she quickly turned around and whispered in Gabriella's ear, "You know what they say, your first love never truly ends," winking at her.

When Troy reached their table he brought the dozen roses from behind he back, "For you," he offered to Gabriella.

"Oh my goodness," she gasped taking it from him, giving him a small hug, "Thank you so much."

"Ahem, well this is my cue. I've got work to do," Taylor interrupted, surprising Gabriella, "Spot me?" she asked heading towards the door.

Nodding her head, Gabriella waved to her. "Sit down," she offered Taylor's seat to Troy. "So, how have you been?" she asked him, starting up a conversation.

"I've been well. How about you?" He asked.

"I'm good. I get to see Taylor everyday. It's nice to be able to see a familiar face everyday. I'm so glad that she and Chad are getting married, they're the perfect couple," Gabriella stated.

"Yeah they are. Hey, listen Gabriella, I think we need to talk about what happened between us," Troy began.

"Troy, I don't—," Gabriella hesitated.

"No Gabriella, we have to. We can't pretend that it never happened," Troy reasoned.

"I know, but I don't want us to fight again," Gabriella explained.

"How about this, we'll meet for dinner and we'll talk about it then," he offered.

"That's a good idea," Gabriella agreed. "So have you heard about Kelsi's new project?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, she asked me to audition a while back," Troy answered.

"Yeah, she asked me last night, I wasn't sure though, I mean I haven't really done any drama ever since college," Gabriella explained.

"I haven't neither, but I think I'm gonna do it. I mean it would mean a lot to her," Troy told her.

"I missed I Twinkle Towne /I , Mrs. Darbus was hysterical," Gabriella stated.

"Yeah she is," Troy agreed.

"Troy, I think I should head back to the lab," Gabriella excused herself.

"Yeah, I'm gonna have to head to practice anyway, I'll see you tonight," he told her.

"Bye," she waved to him when they got outside.

"Bye," he replied, giving her a peck on the cheek, causing Gabriella to blush.

Gabriella walked back to the lab with a smile on her face. When she got to her office she looked down at the flowers. Noticing that there was a card attatched to the flowers for the first time she read it, "Here's to the start of something new," she smiled. She then placed the card in the cardholder on her desk, reading it over and over again.