"I don't know Troy, I've moved on." Gabriella told him.

"You know you haven't, look at your left hand Gabriella. You wouldn't still wear that if you had moved on." Troy said sternly as she stared at the ring that graced her ring finger.

"Why did you get me this ring?" Gabriella asked holding up her left hand.

"Well the night you crashed was the night I was going to re-propose." Troy said.

"Like when I said no at nineteen?" Gabriella asked.

"No I was hoping you would say yes." Troy said.

"I would have." Gabriella looked down sadly as she told him that.

"Good." Troy said heading over to his underwear drawer.

"When I asked Denice to marry me, I gave her this ring…" Troy said pulling out a plain gold band with a small diamond on the center.

"That's a very pretty one." Gabriella said as he held the ring to her face.

"There's nothing special about it, now hand me your ring." Troy said.

"Ok." Gabriella said and handed it to him.

"When I bought this ring, I had it inscribed." Troy told her holding the ring up to the light.

"The Start of Something New…" Gabriella read off the inside.

"Yes…" Troy said.

"I can't believe I never noticed it." Gabriella said.

"This ring was twice as much as the one I bought Denice… and that was only the engagement ring. This is the ring I was going to slip on your finger on our wedding." Troy said taking the Red velvet box out of his pocket and placing it in her hands.

"Oh my god Troy. Why did you ever spend so much money on this?" Gabriella asked looking at the twenty-four carrot gold band with a ruby and a sapphire on each side of a large diamond.

"I knew you never cared about how much money I had or you had, but I wanted to get you this. It was just so perfect, like you." Troy said.

"Why didn't you give the ring to Denice?" Gabriella asked.

"This ring is meant for you and you only. Check the inscription." Troy told her.

Gabriella smiled as she saw in cursive writing, 'Breaking Free.'

"There's not a star in heaven that we can reach." Troy sang.

"If we're trying, so we're breaking free." Gabriella finished breaking into a large grin.

"There's no one else for me Gabs, so either take me or leave me alone with a fourteen-year-old daughter." Troy said. Gabriella stared at her ring for a moment and quickly looked up at Troy. Soon, they were making out again.

"I wouldn't leave you alone with our fourteen-year-old daughter… and I love you too much to go." Gabriella smiled.

"I'm glad you see it my way." Troy smiled as they just held each other and looked into the other's eyes. Their foreheads were touching and they seemed to glow.

"I should get home." Gabriella said quietly.

"No, you can stay here." Troy said kissing her between every other word.

"But Troy-" Gabriella started.

"No Gabs, stay." Troy said breaking away. He slid all three of the rings for her onto her left ring finger.

"I can't have all of these." Gabriella said.

"Yes you can. You do have all of them. Gabriella, marry me. If you decide you really don't want to later you don't have to, but please, agree." Troy said.

"Yes, I will." Gabriella agreed.

"Finally." Troy laughed and smiled at the woman he loved all along.


Bella stood outside the door ecstatic about what she just witnessed. Her parents were getting married... She would have the family she always wanted. Could life get any better?