Life went on just as normal for Troy. He had school, homework and the occasional date with Gabriella. But both had been so busy with school and life, they hadn't had much time with each other.
It was the weekend, but Troy was busily studying for the end of the year tests. At around 4:00 he had had enough and let his studies alone and had a snack and started flipping through the channels.
As he was looking through the stations, he stopped on a news station that was showing breaking news.
"There has just been an attempted murder inside a home just outside USC campus boundaries." Said the reporter on the screen. To Troy astonishment, the screen was showing a picture of Gabriella's home. There were police cars everywhere, as well as ambulances.
"Oh, no. Gabriella…" Troy said, almost whispering. The reporter continued.
"The police were lucky to track down the criminal 7 blocks from the scene of the crime. Luckily, no one was hurt."
Troy heaved a great sigh, then jumped up and ran out the door. He needed to find Gabriella.
10 minutes later he was at her house, trying to get through the mob of police officers. He couldn't see Gabriella anywhere. He stopped an officer for help.
"Excuse me sir, please, I'm trying to find Gabriella Montez, she lives here." He said with pleading in his voice.
"Oh, of course, she's right over there by the ambulances. They're just checking everyone for injuries." The police officer said.
"Thank you." Then Troy started running over to where the officer pointed. Once he got over closer he spotted her.
"Gabriella!" She turned and immediately ran to him. Her eyes were swollen with makeup streaks running down. She had evidently been crying her heart out.
Troy grabbed her in his arms and held close. Her arms were tightly around him, not wanting to let go.
For what seemed like centuries, neither one of them spoke. Then Troy started to hush soothing words in her ear.
"Its ok, I'm right here. Nothing can get you, you're going to be alright."
Gabriella was crying into his shoulder.
"Troy, it was so scary. I didn't know what to do." She said sobbing.
"Shh, shh, its ok." He said rubbing her back. Before he knew it, his eyes also started to water and tears started to fall freely.
"I was this close to losing you." Troy said, now sobbing into her hair. Now Gabriella started to rub his back and stroked his hair calmingly.
She pulled back and faced him. "You will never lose me." She looked straight into his eyes as she said this.
She pulled him back into a tight hug then whispered.
"Why don't we leave now? This is all too much of a wreck right now."
Troy pulled back and wiped his tears, then smiled.
"Of course we can." He grabbed her hand then led her to his car and they drove off.
They stopped by a fast food restaurant and ordered some food and went back to Troy's apartment, seeming how Gabriella's was still under investigation.
As they sat there eating their dinner Gabriella wondered something.
"How did you know what had happened?" she asked with question in her voice.
"Oh, I was just flipping through channels and it was on one of the news broadcasts. Thank heavens it was." He answered.
Gabriella laughed. "Hey, I'm already famous." Troy laughed too, and they continued to eat.
They talked the rest of the night about happy things, trying to keep their minds off of what had happened. At around 10:00 Gabriella decided that it was time to head back.
Troy immediately tried to argue, but it was no use. They got into his car and drove back to her place.
There were only a few police cars there, and they were all outside. Troy led Gabriella up, and talked with one of officers. They said it was perfectly safe to sleep here and that extra security was going to be around the house, just in case.
These made Gabriella feel much better, so they walked up to the house. Troy opened the door for her, and she stepped in. She turned around and looked at Troy.
"Thank you Troy. For all that you did." She said with sincerity.
Troy just smiled. "That's what I'm here for." Then he pulled her into one last hug, pecked her on the cheek, and said goodbye.
He waved to Gabriella as he drove off.
(a/n: i'm sooooo sorry it took so long, i've been so busy. but here it is, i'm going to try and finish the story before school starts again. please read and review. thanks)
