Gabriella sat on the end of the bed, suitcase sitting on the bed beside her, playing with the necklace hanging from her neck. She was set to leave for the airport in just a few hours to go back on location. She'd been with Troy for less than a week and it was time for her to go back out on tour. He wasn't back from daily practice, but he had promised he would be back in plenty of time to have a late lunch with her and spend some time with her before taking her to the airport. They were going to be away from each other for two long and horrible weeks before meeting up with each other in Albuquerque. They had planned their phone calls around his practices and her schedule, promising each other that they'd be with each other via telephone and even video chats online whenever possible. It was what they had and what they would do to be with each other.

Gabriella was packed, but she wasn't ready to go. She'd never not wanted to do her job the whole time she'd been acting, but right now, she'd much rather stay home with Troy, but she couldn't stay home just because she was back with her soul mate. She had a career to think about and she couldn't place it on the shelf because her life was back on track, or rather because she had a life now. She just wished Troy could come on tour with her. They were barely half way through filming, but she had times where she was able to take a few weeks off here and there, where she could take time off to spend time with Troy, but he'd either be here or out on the road himself. She would go anywhere to spend time with him though. It didn't matter as long as they were together though. She'd go anywhere to be with him.

Hearing the door open downstairs, she jumped off the bed and ran out of the bedroom, running down the hall, looking over the banister down at him. "Hey!"

He looked up at her from the bottom of the stairs, his eyes bright when he saw her, opening his arms wide to catch her as she jumped from practically halfway up the stairs straight into his arms. They both laughed as he went down to the ground. She started kissing him unceasingly.

"Nice to," he kissed her, "see you," kissing her some more, "too."

She giggled, kissing him more and more, pulling at his tie, pushing his gym bag away from them, sitting up on his lap.

"I missed you, baby," she moaned, moving her hips against his over his trousers.

His hands slid up over her bare thighs. She usually wore short skirts and he loved that about her, it made making love to her like this very accessible. His hands slid up under her flowing skirt and found that she wore no panties. Groaning, he pulled her down more against his cock as it grew more against her through his pants.

"Lily," Troy groaned, thrusting up against her, feeling her wetness through his pants.

She smiled down at him, starting to unbutton his shirt. "Surprise," she moaned down at him, smiling seductively.

"Very nice surprise!"

He didn't know how he was going to go two weeks without seeing her. He didn't know how they went ten years without seeing each other, but two weeks was going to be worse than those ten years. Bri pushed his shirt off his body, pulling him to sit with her, pulling his tank top off of him. She could still smell his workout all over him and it drove her crazy. She groaned, tossing his tank top aside, sliding her hands down over his chest, pulling at his belt and working at the clasp and then the zipper before sliding her hand down inside his pants, straight down inside his boxers. Troy groaned, leaning forward and biting at her breast through her silky top. She wasn't wearing a bra either.

"Fuck," he groaned, pushing up against her hand. "Need you, Lily," he groaned against her breast.

She needed him too. Pulling him from his boxers and pushing his pants away, she moved herself over him, letting him feel her for just a moment before slowly sliding down on top of him, biting her lip moaning loudly.

"O, sííííííí!"

Troy pulled her head down to meet his, groaning loudly as he pressed his lips to hers, kissing her deeply, their lovemaking sounds blending together as they kissed. "Love you, Lily! I love you!"

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, pulling herself closer to him and wrapping her legs around his waist, letting herself ride him a little easier.

"Oh, that's good! Yes, babe!"

Troy wrapped his arms around her and pushed himself up into her as he helped her move on him slowly up and down on his hard cock. This had probably meant to be a quickie, but neither of them wanted that by now. She was leaving for two weeks and the only contact they would have was going to be by electronics and they were going to enjoy this as long as possible. He pulled at her shirt, dropping it aside on the floor, leaning forward and laying her back on the stairs, laying on top of her, not pulling out of her the whole time. She looked up at him, keeping her legs wrapped up around him as she moved her hands to his hair, gripping at it with one hand.

"I love you," she whispered, gripping at his hair at the back of his head.

His hand slid between the two of them and she arched her back to his caress as he cupped her breast, pinching her nipple slightly. Whimpering, she shook, gripping onto his hair a little tighter. Grunting, he bit at her other breast.

"Lllllyyyy!"

She smiled, pulling him closer to her. "Mio dios!"

He smiled, pulling back from her breast, looking up at her briefly, before leaning forward and pressing his lips to hers, kissing her deeply, moaning loudly as he pushed deeper, harder into her, wanting her to feel as good as she was making him feel. He felt his balls start to tighten and pulled her closer to him.

"Sííííí," she whimpered as he leaned closer to her ear.

"I know, baby," he whispered, kissing the side of her head as his balls tightened more. He grunted, knowing he couldn't hold it any longer, releasing as her walls gripped down hard on him. "Yes, baby!" he panted out breathlessly, holding her against him, both of their bodies shaking out their orgasms.

His body fell forward onto hers as she sank into the stairs. She kept her arms wrapped around his body, turning her head weakly toward the side of his, kissing it softly.

"I love you," she barely whispered, smiling gently.

He barely lifted his head, turning it to face her, looking up into her dark eyes. "I love you, Lily."

She smiled, running her fingers through the short strands of hair on the back of his head. "I don't want to go, T," she continued to whisper, keeping him held against her.

Troy closed her eyes. He knew exactly how she felt. If he had it up to him, he'd go with her, but he had to stay with his team. Sure, Chad could stay with them, but Troy had vacation time during off season. He couldn't just take time off and go jet setting with Lily because they were back together. They were adults now and they had to be responsible. As much as he wanted to, they couldn't just pick up and run off together like they wanted to.

"I know, Lily, but we each have responsibilities and we have to adhere to them," he told her, cursing himself for being the adult here.

She grumbled, sighing against the top of his head. "I know. I don't like it, but I know," she told him, pouting.

He leaned up slightly, looking down at her. "Listen, ok?" he asked, running his fingers through her hair. "Two weeks. Two weeks and we'll be together again. For five days. Five days in Albuquerque. We'll spend time with my parents. We'll visit your abuela. Five days, it'll be just like it used to be before." He shifted slightly, pulling out of her and laying beside her on the stairs, pulling her to lay beside him in his arms. I promise you, with our phone calls and web chats, we'll get through this. Trust me?"

She looked up from his chest where she had her hand resting over his heart and into his eyes. She nodded slightly, smiling. "Yes. I trust you. Just going to miss you."

He kissed the side of her mouth, shaking his head. "I'm going to miss you, babe. I'm going to miss you like no other!"

She smiled softly, resting her head against his chest. "I need to get ready to go, even if I don't want to."

He kissed the top of her head. "I know," he whispered. "Come on," he said, standing and helping her stand as well, "I'll help you get ready." She smiled up at him and they walked up the stairs together to get her ready to go.

Just short of two hours later, Troy parked his Landrover in the short-term parking at JFK, shutting off the engine, turning toward Bri. She already had her dark sunglasses on and her round-brim hat. He knew it wasn't just to hide from everyone. The tears were in her eyes and have been since they were getting dressed earlier. He reached out across the console, pulling her glasses down from her eyes, wanting to see her beautiful eyes.

"Please..." she tried to protest, but he shook his head, placing both of his hands on either side of her face.

"It's ok, Lily. It's ok." He pressed his lips to hers, kissing her softly, letting his lips linger there for a moment. Pulling back slowly, he wiped the tears from both of her eyes, kissing her forehead gently. "Everything is going to be ok," he tried to reassure her, resting his head against hers. She closed her eyes, closing taking a deep breath.

"I love you, T," she whispered, trying to stop her crying. "I'm just going to miss you so much."

He nodded, pulling her closer to him. "I know," he kissed her lips softly. "But we'll get through this. I promise you we will."

She slowly nodded, swallowing as she bit her lip.

"We'll be together again before you know it."

She wrapped her arms around Troys neck, pulling herself over onto his lap, resting her head onto his shoulder, content to stay there as long as she could. "I just want to stay here for a while."

He wrapped his arms around her, kissing the side of her head. "Anything you want, my dear."

She smiled, running her fingers through Troy's hair. "We can talk on the phone every night until we fall asleep and then you can call me when you get out of practice."

Troy kissed the top of her head, whispering into the dark curls. "Just like we planned. And we can video chat too. Maybe even get a little intimate," he suggested, his hand brushing between her thighs where they pressed together near the hem of her skirt.

She bit her lip softly. "Mmmm," she moaned softly.

He was determined to bring out the girl he once knew back in high school. He knew she was still inside of her somewhere and he'd find her. "Turning you on, am I?" he asked, his mouth inches from her ear, the warmth of her breath causing goosebumps to spread up all over her neck and down her arms and spine. She whimpered slightly, nodding her head. "What ever are we going to do about that poor, unfortunate incident, baby?" Troy asked, nipping at her ear with his teeth.

Gabriella shivered slightly, biting her lip, knowing she should probably get into the airport, but she didn't want to leave this spot with Troy. "I might have a little bit of time... Right here... Right now... Before I have to go into the airport."

Troy smirked up at her, sliding his hand up between her thighs. She parted her legs to him, letting him slide her panties to the side, rubbing at her clit. She whimpered slightly as he slid two fingers inside of her, rubbing at her clit with his thumb. She was already wet and his cock was throbbing to be inside of her.

"I need you, T," she moaned, turning more to him, straddling his lap.

He loved that she was taking the initiative, watching her hands as they pulled at his zipper, not even wasting time with his belt. She had attacked him when he had gotten home from practice earlier and now she was taking him here in his SUV. He had enticed her here, but when he had gotten home, that was all her. He loved it, and he knew these two weeks were going to be hell on the two of them. She pulled his cock from his pants, pumping it slightly in her hand, moving closer to him.

"Lily," Troy groaned, pulling his fingers from her, keeping her panties pulled aside as she held his cock, pulling him to slide up into her.

"Oh, T!" she moaned, sitting down on his lap, letting him fill her completely. "Mio dios!" She wrapped her arms around his neck, moving her hips against his, moving up and down faster and faster on him. "Sí!"

He felt so good deep inside of her and all she wanted to do was stay here with him, but she knew she had to go and soon. She picked up her pace even faster, as he helped her move up and down on his cock, his face buried into the side of her neck.

"Lily, I love you!" he groaned, holding her closer to him.

She bit her lip, feeling her walls start to tighten around him. She didn't want this to end, but when she started to orgasm, she couldn't stop unless she stopped, and unless he stopped, but they both knew she had to be going, so they both knew stopping wasn't an option.

"Sííííí!"

He moved his mouth to hers, kissing her deeply as he released deep inside of her, groaning out loud into her mouth. He rested his head against hers, both of them breathing together softly, smiling happily and content. They knew she was leaving, but they were happy and in love and they knew they were going to make this work.

"You've gotta go, babe," he whispered, licking her lips softly before she pulled back, smiling down at him.

"I don't want to go."

He smiled back up at her, tucking her hair behind her ears. "I know, Lily, but we'll be together soon. I promise you. And we'll talk as soon as you land. I promise you."

Gabriella nodded, pulling herself up and off of his lap, crawling over to the passenger seat, straightening her panties and skirt before putting her glasses back on. She put her hat back on, tipping it slightly to the side, smiling over at Troy.

"Incognito enough?"

Troy leaned over to her, zipping up his pants and pressing his lips to hers. "Wouldn't even know it's you if I didn't know you so well."

She giggled, shaking her head and rolling her eyes playfully. "Sí a la derecha."

Troy playfully glared back at her. "You know I have no idea what you're saying when you talk in Spanish."

Bri giggled more, picking up her oversized purse she used as her carry-on. "Well maybe you'd use that as incentive to learn," she smirked, winking at him, pulling her purse over her shoulder and wiping some of her lipstick off of his lip.

He arched an eyebrow at her, nodding his head at her. "Maybe I will," he said, rubbing her thigh, wishing he could have her again, but he didn't have enough left in him to make love to her again even if they did have the time right now.

"I have to go," she said, frowning, turning to the door, grabbing the handle.

Troy reached for the handle. "Let me come get the door, babe."

She turned her eyes back to him, thankful he couldn't see her tears behind the glasses, she just had to keep them from falling. She nodded and he hopped out of his door and shoving his keys in his pocket, shutting it behind him, running around the SUV to the passenger side, opening the door for her, taking her hand and helping her step out into his arms.

"Hey," he said, turning her chin up to him, looking down at her. "No more tears, ok?"

She closed her eyes behind her lenses. She loved and hated that he knew her so well. Actually, she didn't hate it. She just wished that she didn't have to cry in front of him or over him at all. She just knew how much she was going to miss him and how hard it was going to be on both of them. She didn't know which was worse, missing him while they were apart or now they were back together.

"I'm trying," she promised him.

He kissed her forehead softly, holding her gently in his arms. "I know," he whispered.

Shutting the door, he leqd her around to the back, opening it and taking out her suitcases before shutting the door and engaging the lock, putting the keys back in his pocket. He put one suitcase on top of the other and pulled the handle on the bottom up through the handles of the top one, pulling it behind them as they both started walking toward the terminal, their arms wrapped around each other. They entered near Delta Airlines and saw Chad and Taylor waiting for them along with Gabriella's personal bodyguard Dominick. Gabriella had introduced him to Troy the other day when he had come over to the beach house. She called him Nick. Troy had decided that he liked the man and he trusted him to protect the love of his life. They had traded cell phone numbers because Troy wanted to be able to know how Lily was at all times and if he couldn't get a hold of her or Taylor, at least he'd have another number he could call who would know where she was.

They got Gabriella's bags checked into baggage check and the others left them alone to say goodbye. The paparazzi had figured out who she was by the time she had walked in the door and had been taking pictures and asking questions about the movie and about Troy and Julian, but Troy was protectively keeping them away as was Nick and Taylor and Chad, even though they were saying goodbyes of their own a few feet away from the TSA line.

"I'll call you as soon as we land," Gabriella whispered as she stood close to Troy.

The paparazzi already knew that she and Julian were broken up and that she and Troy were together, but they didn't need pictures of their romance plastered all over every magazine in the world. They'd get a few, but they didn't need hundreds or more of them.

"I'll be waiting with my phone in my hand."

Bri smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, whispering in his ear, "I love you, T!" She pulled him closer to her.

"I love you, Lily. Porsiempray!" He held her closer to him, turning his head to her more, kissing the side of her head.

She pulled back slightly, pressing her lips to his. "Por siempre," she whispered against his lips, pulling back and turning toward Taylor and Nick, walking to the TSA checkpoint.