A/N: Hey guys! I hope you all enjoyed part 1 of the climax…it really wasn't a part 1 chapter…but I keep saying that for some reason. :-) Anyways, thank you all so much for the amazing reviews. They mean a LOT for me, and the fact that total strangers take their time to write a review back really means a lot. Haha.

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Chapter 12

Gabriella stared ahead at the blank wall, giving no expression to her face. She heard Troy sigh deeply from behind her in the bed, rubbing her back softly, as he lay down on his bed, the covers wrapping over him. Gabriella was sitting up, tear stains visible on her wet cheeks, her mascara slightly runny.

"Brie…Gabriella…talk to me" Troy whispered. It was probably the only sentence he had pleaded to say in a half an hour. Other than that, he sat and watched her, comforting her when she stared off into space.

"My mom…" Gabriella spoke, Troy lifted his head off of his pillow and sat up. "I'm sorry I lied to you…but everything has not been okay with my mom. We haven't spoken in weeks, and tonight was probably the biggest fight of all."

Tears were rolling again, and Troy gently turned Gabriella to face him. She looked up at him with her brown eyes showing sad emotion, and he hugged her tightly to him. He could hear her muffled crying into his chest, and he just kissed her forehead in response, rocking her slightly.

"Sh…it's okay sweetie…it's okay Brie…" Troy tried to reassure her, and she only pounded at his chest exasperatedly. Her cries became louder, and he knew he had only upset her more, silently cursing himself.

Gabriella lifted her head off of Troy's chest lightly, reaching up to touch his cheek. He grabbed a hold of the hand on his cheek gently, rubbing his thumb over it. "My dad kept my mom and I together…we were always fighting. And somehow he just kept working his magic and helping us get through…and now that he's gone everything has been falling apart!"

Troy guided her head back to his chest, his fingers tangled up in her curly hair. He bent over to her ear, and started whispering. "Brie your mom and you need to work things out…no matter what, your dad can not be there anymore. It hurts, I know it does Brie, but you are strong. You can get through this, and stop it before it gets worse. But only you can. Gabriella let me in…let me love you, care about you, and be there for you…you don't have to hide from me."

Troy moved away from her ear, and immediately found lips on his. He smiled slightly through the kiss, his fingers still tangling up, gently lowering her down onto the bed. He moved slightly to hover over her, placing his hand onto her cheek lovingly. Gabriella kissed him with as much passion as she knew, circling her arms around his neck tightly. Troy kept a firm grip with one hand on the side of her waist, the other that was pressed to her cheek moving slightly upward to run through her hair. Gabriella sighed in relaxation when she felt his fingers through her hair…only deepening the kiss.

This went on for another few minutes, when the necessity to breathe came in tact. They broke apart breathlessly, Troy leaning his forehead gently to hers. They closed their eyes for a second, Troy still holding himself above her. Both of them instinctively opened their eyes at the same time, Troy stealing a short kiss from her in the process.

A lock of brown hair flew into Troy's eyes at that moment, and Gabriella smiled while reaching up to touch it lightly, moving it out of his eyes. He watched her in amazement, feeling a sudden sense of rush go through him. Troy's eyes were filled with pure love, and he fought the urge to lean down and kiss her again. Instead he rolled off of on top of her, shifting the covers as he did so. He moved them over her and settled down onto his pillow, turning his head to hers.

"Thank you" Gabriella softly said to him, smiling for probably the first time that night. He only responded by putting a gentle kiss to her lips, forehead, nose, and then cheek. Snuggling closer and closer to her boyfriend, Gabriella rested firmly against him, steadying her breathing a bit.

Troy just pulled her as close to him as possible, while moving the covers over her. Kissing the top of her head one last time before burying his head into her hair he whispered, "You're welcome…always."

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Troy woke up to a shrill ringing of a phone…it sounded a lot like Gabriella's ring tone. He groaned before shifting over to look at the clock that read 7:00 A.M. He glanced at his girlfriend once as he smiled…he knew his mother would not be up yet, so they were safe. The ringing got louder and louder though, and Gabriella was shifting around under the covers.

"Troy…can you answer that phone?" Gabriella moaned into her pillow, noticing Troy's arm resting firmly around her waist. He groaned yet again, burying his face into her hair.

"But it's your phone…you answer it" Troy whined, mumbling and grumbling what not into her hair, and she laughed slightly. "Pleaasse…." Troy moaned again, when he heard her plea, and reluctantly sat up, squinting in search of the mobile device.

He spotted it sitting on his bedside table, and kissing Gabriella's shoulder lightly, he moved to reach for it. No matter what the phone wouldn't stop ringing and Troy figured it was her mother who would be trying desperately to reach her.

Pressing the 'talk' button, he held the small thing to his ear, "Hello?", he greeted, as he rubbed his eyes tiredly. Yawning, he quickly shut his mouth when he heard a guys' voice start talking.

"Uh…this isn't Gabriella…who is this?" The man on the other in said in an annoying and ticked tone. Troy glanced down towards the sleeping beauty, who had started steadily breathing again, which must of meant she had fallen back to sleep.

"This is Gabriella's boyfriend…Troy…who is this?" Troy said in monotone voice filled with curiosity…he hadn't meant to sound rude back to the guy, but he seemed not to have any manners at all.

Suddenly laughter filled throughout their whole connection, and Troy took the phone off his ear for a moment, staring weirdly and blankly at it. Putting it back to the ear, he noticed the guy was still laughing. What is with this guy? "You're Gabriella's boyfriend? Sorry punk…Gabriella is dating me. I'm her boyfriend from back home, Lucas."

Lucas only had to say that much and Troy's face became deeply pale. His lips seemed to quiver, and he suddenly felt his throat clog up. Boyfriend? Troy thought, as he felt like he was going to drop the phone. Troy shut his eyes tightly, as he ended the phone conversation with Lucas. When he re-opened them, he felt tears drain his eyes.

Troy suddenly became furious…extremely mad. He narrowed his eyes onto the girl sleeping beside him in his bed…the one who he deeply cared about…and thought had cared about him back. Taking the phone that was still open, he lowered it towards Gabriella's ear, and clasped it shut loudly, and Gabriella jerked up almost immediately.

Groaning tiredly, Gabriella put a hand to her forehead. "Who was that?" She yawned curiously, not noticing the anger visible in his eyes. She felt startled when he suddenly threw the covers off of his body, and jumped to stand up.

Gabriella watched his movements closely as he drew out a long, loud breath, staring deeply out into his window. He ran a hand through his hair quickly, and then turned to glare at his unfaithful girlfriend. "You tell me" He said heatedly, and Gabriella jerked at the sharpness of his voice. "Oh wait you wouldn't…because you have lied to me about everything…including having another boyfriend."

Gabriella was now standing up. Shaking her head quickly, she was trying to make sense of what was happening. "Okay, what the hell are you talking about?" Gabriella exclaimed, her eyes showing only confusing.

"You know what, Gabriella? You are a VERY good actor…but don't act like you don't know!" Troy shot back sharply, his eyes and tone becoming very cold and harsh at the moment.

Gabriella felt like bursting into tears…no she didn't know what was happening, and it scared her a hell of a lot that Troy was acting this way. "Don't act like I don't know WHAT?" Gabriella cried back desperately, her arms falling limply to her sides.

"That you're cheating on me!" Troy now screamed, towering over her, glaring her down at every part of her body. He didn't care if he woke his parents up…he didn't know what to do. She hurt him in everyway possible…and he was angry.

Standing still, Gabriella whimpered a bit as he towered over her. His eyes softened slightly as he noticed how worried and scared she looked, and backed up off her. He clamped his hands into his face, and turned around so she couldn't see him. "Troy I don't know who you talked to but…"

"Lucas" Troy said sharply, cutting Gabriella off. He didn't want to hear what she had to say; he didn't even want her in his sight, or within reach. But at the same time, he wanted so desperately to hold her and shut his eyes tightly wishing that the pain would all go away and the circumstances would never be true.

Gabriella gulped. She had not heard from Lucas, since the day she walked out on him, never planning to go back. Gabriella bit her lip from sobbing out. How could he do this to her? And more importantly, how could he do this to Troy?

Gabriella was desperate now. "Troy please…look at me…" She cried, grasping his shoulder tightly, only to have it shrugged off furiously. "It's not what you think!" She tried again, tears now streaming.

Troy let out a sarcastic and bitter laugh, "Oh not what I think?" Troy now turned around to face her, extremely red in the face, only not as much anger…more hurt. "Oh that's rich Gabriella…how many times is that so typical for a girl to say when she cheats? Huh?"

"Troy will you just LISTEN gosh damn it!" Gabriella yelled loudly, and that made Troy snap up his head to meet hers. "It's NOT what you think! Fuck you Troy Bolton…you are supposed to TRUST ME! Why would you go listening to a dirt bag like him and…"

"Oh so now your boyfriend is a dirt bag? I'll make sure to tell him that the next time he calls you and I answer the phone…which will be never. I don't really want to see you anymore, Gabriella." Troy finished the last of his speech with bitterness as he said my name, folding his arms across his chest, staring out to the window.

The whole room was silent, and Gabriella started breathing deeply. It had sunk in what was happening…but it was all such a blur. Why was this happening to her? Her eyes filled with tears of grief…it couldn't be, it just couldn't be. "Troy…please…don't do this" Gabriella managed to croak out tearfully, her eyes boring into the back of his head.

Troy however did not turn around this time. "You know…I spent a lot of time thinking about you, Gabriella. You were part of my future plans…I thought I had it all figured out…I was going to move to NYU to be able to be with you…I loved you, Gabriella" Gabriella could heard the pain of regret in the back of his throat, and it felt like no matter if someone was stabbing her a million of times, it wouldn't hurt as much as this did. That was the first time he had told her that…and she wanted so hard for all of the pain to go away.

"Was?" Gabriella slipped out quietly, wanting so desperately for the 'was' to not be there. Gabriella choked on her tears…cupping her mouth with her hand. Troy still did not turn around at this…even though he more than anything hated to see her cry.

Nodding his head slowly, he felt his own tears slipping down his face. "Was…" Troy confirmed, gulping down a humongous pain in his throat. "I want you to leave, Gabriella."

Gabriella bit her lip, tears flowing inaudibly down her cheeks, her entire face runny. She stood there for a moment more, before silently turning to face the door. Before she had a chance to open it, it swung open, revealing a shocked Mrs. Bolton.

"What on Earth…Gabriella what are you…" You could tell she was confused, her eyes huge, but then soften as she saw the tearful looks on both of their faces. Gabriella refused to look at his mother, only silently brushing past her, and out the door.

Mrs. Bolton followed her with her eyes for a moment, before glancing shocked at Troy…what had just happened between the two? Before she had a chance to speak, Troy walked sharply over to the side of his bed, kicking it as hard as he could, whimpering as he sat on the edge of the bed, his face collapsing into his hands.

Troy shook with sobs, knowing that no matter how brave he had sounded a moment ago…it was even harder when she left. Troy was not brave at all; and he felt emptiness when he realized the one thing in his life that he needed…was now gone.

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Gabriella burst through the front door of her house, her entire body shaking. Looking up, she found her mother standing there glancing at her with a look of surprise and relief. "Gabriella Montez, where in the World have you been? You cannot just run off like that…you made me worried to…"

However, she trailed off as she saw a line of tears streaming down her daughter's face. Before she could react at all, she ran full force into her mother's arms, sobbing loudly into her neck,

"I'm so sorry mom…I'm so sorry."

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