A/N: I decided I couldn't wait any longer and started to type this up. Enjoy! I only own the characters not in the film!
August 16, 2006 5:30 pm
"Mom he's going to be here in thirty minutes." I told her as I ran down the stairs.
"Gabriella Marie Montez, calm your self down right this instant." Mom told me as she picked up Tina.
"But mom this is huge. It's been a year since we've been going out. I'm nervous." I told her as she smiled.
"Young love. Got to love it." Mom told me as I ran back upstairs to my room.
"You will be fine. Now get dress and I'll help you do your hair." Mom told me as she laid Tina in her crib and walked into the adjacent bathroom.
I quickly slipped on my red skirt with my white tank top. I sat on the chair in the bathroom as my mom took all the curlers out of my hair. She quickly put half of my curled hair up and left the other half down. She smiled at me through the mirror.
"There you go. You look beautiful." Mom told me as I smiled.
"Thank you. Are you going to be ok here tonight with Tina and Lucas?" I asked her as she smiled.
"I will be fine. Don't worry about us. Just focus on your date tonight." Mom told me as the doorbell rang.
"I'll go get it. Get some shoes on and come on down." Mom told me as I ran to my room. I heard her go downstairs and let Troy in.
I walked downstairs to see Troy dressed up in khakis and a button down shirt. I smiled at him as I walked down the last few steps.
"Hey Troy. How's it going?" I asked him as he grinned.
"You look beautiful babe. It's going good. These are for you." Troy told me as he handed me a dozen pink gerbera daisies.
"They are beautiful. Let me go put them in water and then we can go." I told him as I kissed his cheek.
I quickly put the flowers in a vase and walked back to the entry way.
"Ready, Gabi?" Troy asked me as I slipped my denim jacket on.
"Yeah. Let's go. Mom I won't be too late." I told her as she smiled.
"Don't worry about it. Have fun you two." Mom told me as we walked out to Troy's car.
"So where are we going?" I asked him as he opened the door for me.
"I can't tell you that. It's a surprise and you wouldn't want me to ruin a surprise would you?" Troy asked me as I grinned.
"No I wouldn't want you to ruin a surprise you worked so hard on." I told him as he drove to an unfamiliar place.
"We're almost there. Don't strain your brain too much. I don't think you've ever heard of this place." Troy told me as I smiled.
"I'm sure I will love it." I told him as he grinned.
"I hope so. It took me forever to get a reservation." Troy told me as I looked out the window.
Troy drove for about another five minutes until he stopped at a place that wasn't familiar to me. He got out and came around to open my door. I grabbed his hand as he helped me out of the car. We link our fingers together as he led me to a building. Troy quickly opened the door and led me inside.
"Where are we Troy?" I asked him as we walked up the candle lit stairs.
"This is an old run down building that use to be a restaurant. It closed several years ago." Troy told me as he opened a door.
"Then why did you have to make a reservation?" I asked him as he grinned.
"I wanted to throw you off a little on where we were going. So what do you think?" Troy asked me as I gasped.
Around the entire room were pictures of the two of us. Some photos just had Troy and I; others had our friends; and even more had photos of us with our families.
"Where did you get all these photos?" I asked him as I looked around.
"I have my ways. Actually, whenever someone took photos of us, I always asked for doubles. A lot of these are from your mom and mine." Troy told me as I continued to look at the pictures.
"I love this one the best." I told him pointing to a black and white one of us sitting on the swing on my front porch.
"I think my mom took that one. She saw us staring off and decided to take it." Troy told me as I smiled.
In the picture I had laid my head on Troy's shoulder and he was playing with the ring on my finger. We both had faint smiles on our faces.
"Thank you. I love it." I told him as he grinned.
"Well our night is just starting. This is only the beginning." Troy told me as we sat down on what looked like an old antique park bench.
"Where did you get all the props in the room?" I asked him as I looked at the park bench.
"This park bench has been in my family for generations. This is where my grandfather proposed to my grandma and where my dad proposed to my mom." Troy told me as I grinned.
"You are proposing to me are you Troy Bolton?" I asked him as he shook his head.
"I was thinking about it and I realized that I don't want to be engaged until we're both out of high school. But I am going to do something special." Troy told me as I smiled.
"What's that?" I asked him as he smiled.
"Here this is for you." Troy told me as he handed me a velvet box.
I slowly opened it to see a silver ring. It had a tiny diamond in the ring. I smiled as he slipped it on my finger.
"This is a promise ring. I promise, when the time is right, I will ask you to be my wife. But until that time, wear this knowing that I love you and I will continue to love you as time goes on." Troy told me as he kissed me.
By the time he got done talking, tears were rolling down my face. Troy rubbed his thumb over my tears, pushing them away. I smiled as I found my voice.
"It's beautiful Troy. You didn't have to get me a promise ring to show your love, because I experience your love everyday. Every time you kiss me or give me one of your smiles, I know how much you love me." I told him as he smiled.
"I know I didn't have to get it for you but I wanted you to have something physical that showed my love." Troy told me as I smiled.
"Well thank you. I love it." I told him as he stood up.
"Come with me. I've got some other things to show you." Troy told me as I smiled.
Troy took my hand in his and led me down a hallway. I looked into the room and saw a table set for two.
"Oooh a romantic dinner set for two. Did you set this up?" I asked him as he grinned.
"Yeah and I even cooked what we are having for dinner." Troy told me as he pulled my chair out.
"I'm sure I will love it." Troy told me as he removed the plate and replaced it with a plate with food.
I grinned when I realized it was all my favorite foods. There were green beans, chicken alfredo, and ice tea to go with it. I grinned over at Troy as he started to eat.
"What?" Troy asked me as I giggled.
"Nothing. I'm just amazed how talented you really are." I told him as he smiled.
"Why thank you. I haven't shown you my many talents yet." Troy told me as I held his hand.
We talked about general things as we ate. After dinner, we were off to another room. I walked in and immediately saw the balcony. Troy opened the doors as we walked out to look at the stars.
"Aren't they amazing?" I asked Troy as he sighed.
"They're cool but I'm looking at something more amazing." Troy told me as I blushed.
"You're pretty amazing yourself." I told him as I pulled him closer and we kissed.
We were soon pulled apart when we heard pop and big bangs. There was a firework presentation going on. Troy and I stood there and watched the fireworks. I turned to him and just looked at him. He looked content and that's how I felt. I grinned as I turned back to the fireworks.
That night was amazing. We sat on the park bench and just talked. Troy then took me home and we sat in my living room watching a movie. He went home around midnight after giving me a goodbye kiss.
September 4, 2006 7:10 am
"This sucks." I yelled as I stood in my closet, looking for something to wear.
"Gabi keep it down. I just got Lucas to go back to sleep." Mom told me as I smiled.
"Sorry but I have nothing to wear." I told her as she smiled.
"What about all those clothes that I just bought you? There's got to be something in here you can wear." Mom told me as she came into my closet.
She picked out a pair of green corduroys, a yellow tank top, and my orange jacket. I looked it over and decided that looked good. I quickly got dressed and then went downstairs.
"You're going to be late." Mom told me as I rolled my eyes.
"Mom we're juniors now so they really don't care about people being late or not." I told her as she smiled.
"Don't come complaining to me when you receive a detention." Mom told me as I grinned.
"I'll just drag Troy and Chad with me when I get mine. Speaking of Troy, where is he?" I asked her as she grinned.
"I have no idea." Mom told me as there was a knock on the back door.
"There he is." I told her as I went and opened the door.
"You're late!" I told him as he grinned.
"Sorry I had to give Hannah her prep talk because today she is starting 6th grade." Troy told me as I grinned.
"Well we're in 11th grade now and if I get a detention, you're going down with me." I told him as he grinned.
"You won't get a detention the first day. My dad is our homeroom teacher this year. He won't be that hard on you." Troy told me as I smiled.
"Well let go so we don't put him in that position." I told him as he grinned and as I grabbed my book bag.
"Bye Anna. We'll see you after school." Troy told my mom as he grabbed my hand.
"Bye mom." I told her as we walked out of the house and into Troy's car.
After a short drive, we arrived at the school. I opened my door and joined Troy in the front of his car. We linked our fingers together and walked into school. I saw a lot of kids just standing around, catching up on all the gossip from the summer. Troy and I walked down the hall into our first class together.
Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, and Ryan were all there. We sat down and started talking with them.
"Hey guys. It's the first day of school again." Troy told them as we all laughed.
"I'm so ready to be done." Chad told us as Taylor and I looked at him.
"Dude you haven't even made it through the first period yet. How are you going to survive the next few months until Christmas Break?" I asked him as he grinned.
"That's easy. Basketball is going to keep me and your boy busy. Are you gonna come watch me?" Chad asked me as I grinned.
"I won't come see you but I'll definitely come see Troy play." I told him as he grin fell.
"You fell into that one, Chad." Taylor told her boyfriend as he frowned.
"Everyone's picking on me and school hasn't even started." Chad told us as Coach Bolton came into the room.
"And the day doesn't get any better!" Chad said quietly as we all sat down.
"You want to share that with the class, Danforth?" Coach Bolton asked as we all broke out in laughter.
"No Coach Bolton." Chad said as he shot me a glare which I gladly shot back.
"Ok. Let's get started then. When I call your name, say here." Coach Bolton said as a new school year began.
The day seemed to drag on. There wasn't an end. We didn't get any homework considering Troy and I had his dad for homeroom and science. Troy didn't seem too happy about that one.
"Welcome to Chemistry, class. I am your teacher, Mr. Bolton or Coach Bolton." Troy dad told us as we sat down.
"Man, why did your dad have to become a science teacher?" Chad whisper to Troy as I shook my head.
"He likes science. I don't know. Ask him sometime." Troy whispered back as his dad overheard them.
"Troy, Chad do the two of you want to share your conversation with the class?" Coach Bolton asked the two of them as I shook my head.
"No sir. We were just talking about Chemistry." Chad told Troy's dad as I tried not to laugh.
"Now that we have everyone's attention, we can start class." Coach told the class as Troy and Chad started whispering again.
"Man what happened with your dad? He's like evil." Chad whispered to Troy.
"I don't know. He told me he was going to be tougher on his classes this year." Troy whispered back.
"Man why did we have to get him for a teacher?" Chad asked as I grinned.
"I don't know. I think this is God's plan to torture you and I." Troy told Chad as Coach Bolton caught the last part.
"Troy, Chad pay attention. I'm not going to tell the two of you again." Coach told them as I giggled.
"You two better watch it or you're going to get detention." I told them as they looked at me.
"Troy's dad wouldn't give his two star players detention." Chad told me as Coach glared at him.
"Chad, Troy you two have just earned yourself a detention. Come see me after basketball practice." Coach told them as I grinned at them.
"Told you he would. Now's you just got busted!" I told them as they glared at me.
Thankfully, Chemistry was the last class of the day so I waited for Troy as he talked to his dad. I grinned as he came out of the classroom.
"Congratulations Mr. Bolton. You just won a one way pass to detention." I told him as he grabbed my hand.
"Drop it Gabi. I have to go to basketball practice. If you want to wait for me, I'll walk you home." Troy told me as I grinned.
"I can do that. I'll see you after practice." I told him as he walked towards the gym.
"Did you enjoy that class, Gabi?" Coached asked me as I smiled.
"I told the two of them that you would be giving out detentions, but did they listen, heck no." I told him as he grinned.
"I told Troy I would be tougher in all my classes this year. I would have thought he listened." Jack told me as I grinned.
"What are you going to make them do in detention?" I asked him as he grinned.
"I'm thinking that there's a fence that needs to be painted at my house and I'm thinking I have just the boys to do it." Jack told me as I grinned.
"That's a good one. I might have to come over and hang out with Hannah just to watch that." I told him as he laughed.
"They will be up bright and early Saturday morning painting. Just stop over and you can watch over them." Jack told me as he smiled.
"I might come over and play a little basketball just to keep an eye on them two." I told him as he gave me a look.
"You play basketball?" Jack asked me as I gave him a confused look.
"Yeah I've been playing for years. Why?" I asked him as he smiled.
"Hannah's coming here after school because Dana has a meeting and I was wondering if you could keep her occupied as I run practice." Jack asked me as I grinned.
"I would be happy to." I told him as Hannah came through the doors looking disgusted.
"Hey Hannah. You're going to be hanging out with Gabi as I run practice, ok?" Jack asked his daughter as she grinned.
"That's sounds great." Hannah told her dad as we all walked towards the gym.
Hannah and I sat on the bleachers and talked as the guys warmed up.
"I've got something to share with you. And you can't let Troy know that I told you because he'll be mad." I told her as she grinned.
"Is it juicy?" Hannah asked me as I grinned.
"Yeah. Troy and Chad have detention with your dad this Saturday." I told her as she laughed.
"That's great. I knew Troy wasn't as bright as he seems." Hannah told me as we both erupted in laughter.
I saw the team look over at the two of us and gave us a look. I whispered something to Hannah and she quickly agreed.
We walked out to the gym floor, grabbing a basketball on our way, and went down to one of the nets and started shooting. Then I kicked off my heels and Hannah and I started to play one on one. For an 11 year old, she was pretty good. I grinned as I noticed that Troy was watching.
"You know you got the attention of my brother, right?" Hannah asked me as I grinned.
"I know and I'm waiting to see what he's going to do." I told her as Jack yelled at the guys to get stretching. Jack came over and gave us a look.
"You guys are being a distraction." Jack told Hannah and me as we grinned.
"We know and we're sorry. But it's so much fun!" Hannah told him as I laughed.
The rest of practice was uneventful. Troy hit Chad in the head with the ball a couple of times which kept Hannah and me laughing. After practice, Troy walked me home and gave me a kiss and then headed home to find out his detention punishment was.
