Gabriella's eyebrows scrunched slightly as she was brought out of her sleep by a noise coming from the living room. Her brown eyes fluttered open softly seeing Troy's peaceful face as he slept. She paused listening intently, and she got slightly scared as she concluded it wasn't just her imagination.

"Troy." She whispered frightfully. "Troy." She repeated and he started to stir, wrapping his arms tighter around her. "Do you hear that?"

"What?" He groaned

"Just listen." She said quietly, pausing and listening carefully again. Troy's eyes closed again as he started to fall back asleep, and she nudged him harshly.

"What?" He whined.

"What is that?"

"What's what?" He asked tiredly.

"That noise. What if there's someone in the living room?" She asked scared.

"There's no one in the living room baby." He said surely, shuffling in his spot getting more comfortable.

"Please Troy, just check." She pleaded and Troy sighed slowly getting up. Gabriella got up after him, his T-shirt clung to her tiny frame, ending right above her knees. She tip toed behind him peaking over his shoulder as he walked into the living room rubbing his eyes. "Be careful." She added quickly and Troy smiled to himself, rolling his eyes. He flipped on the light switch and he closed his eyes quickly having the light hit the blue iris.

"See, no ones in the living room." He mumbled tiredly leaning against the wall closing his eyes. Her eyebrows scrunched again as she looked around the room confused.

"But..but I heard a noise."

"I'm sure you did sweetie." He said letting out a big yawn.

"I did!"

I know baby, lets just go back to bed." He said standing up properly before Gabriella quickly stopped him.

"Wait. There it is again." She said grabbing his arm. He looked around the living room hearing the annoying sound.

"What is that?" He thought out loud and Gabriella looked at him with wide eyes and he laughed tiredly grabbing her hand. "Ella, there's no one in the house." He laughed.

"That's what they want you to think." She whispered.

"I think it's the heater." He said, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes again and walking toward the window that had the heater under it. He bent down in front of it hearing the strange noise. "The heaters broken again." He said standing back up and turning to her. She had her arms crossed over her torso and looked slightly bashful. "Don't worry, the big bad heater won't hurt you." He teased.

"Shut up Troy." She said walking back into there bedroom and he laughed quietly and followed her.

"It's broken baby. Your safe."

"Troy.." She whined.

"You'll just be a little cold." He continued and Gabriella huffed as she crawled into the bed and spun around forcefully so her back was facing him. Troy laughed again wrapping his arms around her and kissing her shoulder.

Gabriella pulled the large sweater closer to her body as she shivered sitting on the kitchen chair watching Troy try to fix the heater.

"Well, how did you fix it last time?" She asked. The whole house was freezing cold. She woke up this morning finding herself so close to Troy, she was practically on top of him, trying to get as much warmth as possible. Her skin cowered from the cold as small bumps formed on her arms. Troy was wearing his winter jacket, which Gabriella found hilarious as he crouched in front of it with his tool box that he barely used, sitting beside him.

"I can't remember, it was a long time ago." He said making her laugh.

"Troy, why don't we just call someone to fix it?"

"Because I can fix it." He said surely and Gabriella rolled her eyes. "We'll save money."

"Or freeze."

"I can fix it. Why don't you stand in the hallway and thaw out a little."

"I shouldn't't have to stand in the hallway to avoid turning into a Gabriella popsicle." She muttered.

"I'd lick you all over." He said as the phone started to ring. She rolled her eyes at his stupid reply before picking up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Oh my god!"

"Shar?" Gabriella asked coin fused.

"I found it. It's like fate."

"What are you talking about?"

"The perfect wedding dress." Sharpay said dreamily. "It's incredible, it fits perfectly."

"Shar, it's 9:00 in the morning, how did you find the perfect wedding dress?" Gabriella asked with a giggle walking into the bedroom.

"Zeke was telling me about this route that can take me to work faster, so I decided to take it, and that's when I walked by it, the perfect shop."

"That had the perfect dress." Gabriella added.

"Exactly, everything's so perfect. Everything's falling into place. You have no idea how great this feels." Sharpay said giddily and Gabriella frowned.

"No, I don't"

"Oh god. Gabriella, I'm so sorry, I forgot."

"No, it's okay. I'm happy for you. So tell me about the dress."

"You don't have to-"

"I want to." She insisted. "Tell me all about it." She said and Sharpay hesitated before giving in.

"Okay, it's like the mermaid style of dress. It's tight around the legs but then flares out. And it's strapless and has little beads at the top, and the veil, is so beautiful…" Sharpay continued to rant about the lacing of the veil and what the shoes looked like. Gabriella stared at the blue wall in a daze, as she thought about everything. Would she ever get the chance to find the 'perfect dress'? Was she going to be able to feel that incredible feeling Sharpay was talking about? She couldn't help but get upset, but wouldn't dare let Sharpay know that. "But I still need your opinion okay? So maybe we can go and check it out this weekend or something?"

"Uh yeah, sure."

"Okay awesome, well I'll talk to you later."

"Bye." She hung up the phone and sighed sadly.

"Ugh!" Troy yelled loudly from the living. "Stupid heater! Fucking..ugh!" He yelled and she jumped slightly hearing a loud crash.

"It's colder in the house then it is outside." Gabriella argued with him as they walked into the hospital. Ever since the phone call, she had been kind of snippy wth him. She was sad, and hurt and mad all at the same time, and had been taking it out on Troy. When she wasn't showing her obvious frustration towards him, she was ignoring him.

"Your exaggerating."

"I'm really not." She said getting frustrated. "I'm calling someone tonight."

"No, I can do it." He whined.

"You kicked it!"

"And I can fix it."

"I can go outside and lay in the snow and be warmer then laying in my own bed."

"I don't think its that cold."

"Troy you were turning blue." She said with wide eyes.

"I can fix it!"

"Hi, I hate to interrupt, but were quite busy, so if you could put this little argument on hold and I don't know, maybe save lives, that would be great." Taylor snapped.

"Jeez Tay, Chad not so good in the sack?" Troy asked and Gabriella smacked him.

"That is so inappropriate. Why would you say that?"

"Why are you yelling at me?" He asked confused

"I'm not yelling."

"Gabriella." He said looking at her confused. "You've been snapping at me all morning."

"It's nothing."

"What's going on? This morning everything was fine, we were joking and I was making crude comments everything was perfect, and then now.." He said and she looked down at the tile. "You barely even looked at me in the car."

"Can you please do this another time." Taylor begged.

"Taylor seriously." Troy said getting aggravated that she kept butting in.

"Don't yell at Taylor. She didn't do anything."

"I'm not yelling." He mocked and she glared at him spinning on heel and walking towards the locker room. He groaned loudly before running after her. "Just tell me what I did."

"You didn't do anything. Your not doing anything." She said and he looked at her confused. "You'll never do anything!"

"What?"

"I have to go."

"No, you don't, not until I figure out what's going on."

"Nothing."

"Gabriella tell me!" He yelled frustrated and she stopped mid stride spinning around to look at him.

"Your Bill!" She snapped and his eyebrows scrunched.

"What?"

"Your Bill!"

"I'm..Troy."

"No! From the song!" She said aggravated.

"I'm confused." He said and she sighed impatiently.

"I want to get married." She said quickly and his eyes widened.

"Now!?"

"Well, not now, but eventually." She said.

"Married?" He asked shocked.

"You mean, you've never thought about it?" She asked hurt.

"Ella, just because I don't want to marry you, doesn't mean I don't love you." He said and her eyes widened. "Shit, that didn't come out right." He said and she shook her head. " I just..don't see, why we need to get married. I mean were practically married now." He laughed nervously. "We live together, I've slept on the couch more then enough times, and I'm already begging for sex. "

"Troy, please just be serious. For once just be serious." She begged.

"Fine, you want me to be serious, I'll be serious." He said, all his humour leaving his body. "I don't believe in it. It's a stupid certificate that leads to divorce and bankruptcy ." He ranted and she crossed her arms over her chest looking at her shoes. He sighed sadly, realizing his tone wasn't as soft as he wanted it to be. "Before I met you, I didn't even know if I believed in love. I thought it was an emotion that people built up in their heads. But then, I saw you at orientation and that all changed." He said and she swallowed. "You understand right? That the whole marriage thing, just isn't for me?"

"Yeah, I get it." She said looking away.

"Gabriella.."

"I got to go, umm, I have to check on my patients." She said, finally looking at him letting out a deep breath before walking into the locker room. Troy closed his eyes almost painfully and ran his hand through his hair.