Promises are Forever

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Chapter Eleven

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"Gabriella, Troy told me that you wern't allowed to go outside yet." Matt looked up at her as she went to put her sandals on. Kendra was sitting next to him on the couch. It looked as if they had been looking through a baby catalog.

"Oh." she said quietly, wondering what Troy had pulled up his sleeve. "Do you know what Troy is up to? He told me to wear my favorite sundress."

Kendra smiled. "He might have told us something, but i'm afraid that it's a secret for you to find out."

Just then, Troy walked in the front door. He was wearing a blue plaid button down shirt with khaki colored shorts.

"Wow Bolton, you sure clean up well."

"I try to look decent for my favorite girl." Troy walked over to where Gabriella was standing. He stopped using his crutches, which was remarkable for someone who just woke up from a coma. "Are you ready to go?"

"Ready as always." she said as she grabbed Troy's hand and walked out the front door. Kendra flashed Gabriella an excited smile.

"First, we just need to make a trip to the hospital. Dr. Annoying wants to check up on me. Then, we will go to our destination."

"Can you drive?" Gabriella asked as Troy walked her around to the passenger's side of his beat up truck.

"Yeah. I drove this morning. We were kinda late because I took the long way around. It feels good to drive again." Troy walked around to his side of the truck and got inside. He kissed Gabriella once before his foot hit the gas.

"That man annoys me so much! I guess the only positive part of being in this hospital for five months was that I couldn't hear his voice!"

Gabriella rolled her eyes as they got back into Troy's truck. "He is just making sure that you're alright."

"Yeah, but he didn't need to make me take my pants off. I bet he wants me."

"Definitly Bolton, that's his motive. Now seriously, where are you taking me?"

Troy gave a short evil laugh. "You'll see."

"Troy, why are we here?" Gabriella looked around. They were at the graveyard that her father was buried in.

"I'll be right back, you can stay in the truck."

She couldn't say another word before Troy got out of the truck and closed the door. He set off at a limpy jog. Even though he could walk perfectly fine, running was still an obstical.

He got to a certain grave and stopped. "Hi Mr. Montez. I just thought that I should ask you something before-"

Gabriella tried to read his lips, but failed halfway through his sentence. She wondered why he would possibly want to come here of all places. After a few minutes, Troy was back at the truck. He opened his door and slid into the driver's seat.

"What was that all about?" Gabriella looked at Troy with a stern glare.

"Nothing, nothing. Are you ready to continue on our journey?"

Gabriella nodded, but wanted to say no. What was Troy planning? She wanted to know, but knew that it would be better if she just went along with his plans.

They drove down the road until they came the park that they used to play at when they were little. Troy got out of the car and walked around to Gabriella's side and opened the door. She stepped out and kissed Troy. "Why are we at the park?"

"Well," Troy said as he leaned against the side of his truck, "do you remember when we were going to on a picnic at the park? Then all of that shit happened, and we never got a chance to actually have our picnic."

Gabriella smiled and leaned into Troy. "Great idea, wildcat."

Troy kissed her and started walking to the back of his truck. She didn't even think to look in the back of the truck to clues of what they were doing. He pulled out a picnic basket, grabbed Gabriella's hand, and began to walk towards the center of the park.

They found a nice grassy spot right away. Troy opened the basket and pulled out a red checkered blanket to lay on the grass.

"You are so typical, Bolton."

Gabriella laughed and went to go open the picnic basket. Troy's hand flew to the basket.

"I'm suprising you, remember?"

"I'm oh so sorry, Mr. Bolton." Gabriella said in a sarcastic tone.

Troy opened the basket once again, and pulled out two sandwiches. They were both peanut butter and jelly, their favorite sandwiches.

"I expect that you'll want some iced tea to go with your sandwich?"

Gabriella smiled. "How'd you know?" she said as she grabbed one of the sandwiches and took it out of the plastic bag.

After they had finished their lunch, they walked over to the swings.

"Do you remember when we would go on these when we were little, Troy?"

Troy gave her another push as Gabriella's swing soared back up into the air.

"Yeah, and the slide, and the teeter totters."

As Gabriella's swing came back down towards Troy, he grabbed her around her waist and brought her back to the ground slowly.

"Hey Ella, i'll race you to the slide. Whoever goes down first wins."

"You're on, wildcat." Gabriella said as she kissed Troy and began to run over to the slide. He followed her at a slower pace.

Everything was going as planned. Troy waited at the bottom of the slide for Gabriella to come down.

"I won! Troy, you need to come down with me this time." Gabriella pleaded like a little kid.

"Fine, fine. Only if you go up first."

Gabriella laughed and climbed back up to the top of the jungle gym.

"Are you coming up?"

"Ella, I love you. You know that right?"

"Yes, and I love you too. But are you going to come up?"

"I would," Troy took a deep breath," but I always want to be down here, so I can catch you if you ever fall." He got down on his knee, which took some effort, and pulled out a beautiful diamond ring. "Gabriella Montez, Ella, will you marry me?"

Gabriella's eyes lit up. She hadn't been expecting this, but was still excited. She walked over to the top of the slide and began to go down. Troy repositioned himself so that he would be facing her as she got off of the slide.

"Troy, I would love to be your wife." She took the ring from the box that he was holding and slid it on her finger. It fit perfectly. Gabriella waited for Troy to stand back up before smothering herself in his chest. He put his arms around her and rocked back and forth. She looked up at Troy's overjoyed face and kissed him. The kiss seemed as if it lasted forever.

Gabriella looked around. Some people were staring at them with lovestruck gazes. An elderly couple sitting on a nearby bench smiled at her. Finally, her dream was coming true. She was going to get married to Troy, and he would belong to her forever.

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