Chapter 8
That night, Gabriella fell asleep and suddenly had a dream. The dream was unexpected.
"I love you so much Gabriella and I wish that Sharpay had disappeared." Troy held Gabriella in his arms.
"Oh Troy, I wish that too." She looked up from him and kissed him; deeply and passionately.
"Will you marry me?" Troy soon asked after a while. "Yes!" Gabriella grinned and kissed him again.
The next morning, Gabriella woke up with a smile on her face and headed into her daughter's room.
She noticed her daughter was fast asleep and that got Gabriella thinking about the bet. Shit!
She thought and headed downstairs. The doorbell rang and she walked up to answer it.
There was Troy at her doorstep, standing in front of her with a bouquet full of red roses. "Thank you."
Gabriella took the roses and placed in the vase, and then filled the vase with water.
"So, did you dream about me last night?" Troy asked as he closed and locked the door behind him.
Gabriella didn't want to lie, so she gave up and told him that she did dream about him last night.
"What was the dream about?" The two sat down on the couch. "That you loved me and wished Shar disappeared.
Also, you asked me to marry you and I said yes." Gabriella explained to Troy, who was thinking very hard.
"Do you want your $100?" she asked him after 5 minutes of uncomfortable silence.
"No, but instead of taking money from you; how 'bout we just skip to the sex part?" he asked kissing her.
Gabriella giggled and smiled. "I like that, but Ali is still asleep." She whispered to Troy.
Troy took out his phone and speed dialed Taylor's phone number. In just 5 minutes, Taylor was at the door.
"Can you watch Ali for me? We'll be back tonight or tomorrow morning." Gabriella said to her friend.
"Sure." Taylor smiled and watched as Gabriella walked away with Troy towards his car.
Finally, Troy and Gabriella were alone. "So, where are we going first?" Gabriella asked.
"We are going to my house and just to tell you, no one knows where it is." Troy reminded Gabriella.
They reached Troy's house and Troy unlocked the door. He carried her (bridal style) into the house.
He then kicked the door behind him, locking it, and bringing Gabriella into his room.
Troy placed her gently on the bed as he started kissing Gabriella more deeply and passionately.
The two of them went at it for hours, until they settled down and Gabriella cuddled up next to him.
"I love you Troy." she whispered into his ear. Troy smiled. "I love you too Gabriella." he kissed the side of her head.
"I wonder if Taylor's okay with Ali." Gabriella said to him worriedly. "I'm pretty sure she's fine."
Troy assured her. Gabriella thought to herself. I miss being together with Troy.
Maybe he's right. Maybe he's right about the whole relationship thing.
The next morning, Gabriella and Troy finally came home to see that Taylor had fallen asleep.
Gabriella whispered to Troy and told him to go check on Ali. He nodded as he quietly went upstairs.
As Gabriella entered the living room, Taylor was sleeping soundly. She smiled and gently woke up Taylor.
Taylor awoke and realized that she had fallen asleep while taking care of Ali. Troy headed into the living room.
"How's Ali?" Gabriella asked. "She's sound asleep." he said, sitting next to Gabriella.
"Am I missing something?" Taylor asked the two. Troy and Gabriella exchanged glances.
Gabriella was slightly blushing as Troy looked away for a bit. Troy turned to Gabriella and whispered in her ear.
He stood up and went outside to go to Chad's house. Taylor called Sharpay to come over to Gabriella's house.
Ryan had decided to come along as well and listen to the girls talk about what happened between Gabriella and Troy.
That Saturday, Troy had invited Ali and Gabriella to go to dinner with him. "Is there a special occasion Troy?"
Gabriella asked as she raised an eyebrow up. Ali was busy smiling for no exact reason.
"Yes there is Ms. Montez." Troy took something out of his pocket and pushed the box towards Gabriella.
Gabriella couldn't believe what she was seeing. Tears were already welling up in her eyes; she couldn't hold them back.
She opened the box and stared in amazement. "Marry me..." Troy whispered as he leaned closer.
She leaned closer to Troy and gave him a kiss on the lips after putting the ring on.
I hope this time... She thought. ....will be the right way.
