Author's Note: Hey guys. This is the very last installment of 'If Only For A Moment'. I hope you enjoy it. And since I don't want to keep you any longer from reading, I'll wait for you at the end, alright?

Disclaimer: My first ever disclaimer. LOL I just need to say that I don't own Carrie Underwood's "So Small", but yes, I admit it, Zac Efron is still locked in my closet )and I don't give him away anymore), because some of you guys so generously sent him to me after the last chapter. :P

Epilogue

2 years and 3 months later

"Come here, buddy," Troy said cheerfully, taking the little dark-haired boy up into his arms. Both were dressed into tuxes, Troy in a black one with a plain white button-up shirt under it and a skinny black tie, the toddler in a dark-grey suit and a blue shirt underneath. "Where is your mommy, Phil?" The handsome male asked and readjusted Phil's dark curls.

"She's with auntie Gabi. She said we're not allowed in there," 1 ½ year old Phil answered skilfully and frowned.

Troy chuckled. "Well Phil, your mommy probably needs to prevent auntie Gabi from getting cold feet."

Phil looked at his godfather irritated. "Why cold feet? Doesn't she have shoes?" He asked when he saw his own daddy approaching through the church doors. "Daddyyyyyyyy," Phil yelled, so that all the guests looked around to see what was going on.

Chad stopped right in front of Troy and his son. "Is uncle Troy telling you inappropriate jokes again, son?" Chad laughed and took the little boy out of Troy's arms.

"Haha, very funny, Chad," Troy smiled faintly and scratched his neck. Seeing Chad and Phil together always made him grin. Not only had Phil the same immense amount of hair on his head, he was also already sure that the boy would be just like his daddy when he was older. As much as Taylor wished he came more after her, she had to wait for a brainiac child to the next one, even though Chad was sure Danforth #2 wouldn't be much different.

"Where's your daughter, man? Your parents are looking everywhere for her," Chad asked his best friend now, who turned around to search for Jamie.

"With Sarah. She promised to make her hair and Ella allowed her to wear a little make-up for this special occasion," Troy smiled, thinking about his fiancée and daughter.

"Nervous?" Chad asked now, putting his son back on the floor, holding his tiny hand.

"A little," Troy smiled. "The girls seemed to be very hyper though, when I last saw them running towards the changing room," he chuckled. Taylor and Sharpay were helping Gabriella into her wedding gown and they also hired a make-up artist and a hairdresser to make her the most beautiful bride in history, as Sharpay said. Troy was sure she would be the most beautiful one, even without all the primping beforehand.

"Speaking of the girls," Chad grinned, seeing Sharpay running down the aisle agitatedly. She was already wearing her dress for the wedding, a turquoise glittery cocktail dress and a pair of silver high heel sandals, and her hair was pinned up, a few blonde curls smoothly falling into her tanned face.

"Troy, we need your help," she breathed in and out heavily. "Gabi locked herself in the bathroom and she's not responding to anything we say."

Troy never thought Gabriella would be one to get cold feet before that special day, he was only joking to Phil earlier, but seeing Sharpay with a very serious face, he knew she wasn't kidding. "I'm coming," he answered severe and followed Sharpay into the big room they converted into a changing room earlier. He saw all the clothes and make-up scattered throughout the room and mentally thanked Sharpay for making up the 'girls only' rule for this room. The artists had already left and the only person in the room besides Sharpay and Troy was Taylor, wearing a similar turquoise dress as Sharpay's, but with less rhinestones.

When she saw Troy, she got up from sitting on the floor next to the bathroom door and hugged him tightly. "Thank God you're here, Troy," she whispered into his ear, not letting go for a few more seconds.

Troy was anxious. He wanted to know what happened to Gabi. "What happened, Tay?" He asked worriedly. "What Sharpay told me doesn't sound like my Gabriella at all," he stated, intensely staring at the door Gabriella was supposed to be behind.

"After finishing her hair and make-up, Gabi was beaming like never before and we were so ready to leave for the ceremony, but then she suddenly rushed into the bathroom without saying a word. That was about thirty minutes ago. I heard her throw up several times, but I thought she was only nervous," Taylor explained everything.

Troy was rushing towards the door, holding his ear to the wooden entrance. "Baby, it's me. Are you alright?" He asked, still extremely worried. Sharpay and Taylor were standing behind their friend, hoping that Troy could make Gabriella come out there. They waited for an answer from inside.

"Come in," a soft faint voice said after a while, sniffing and probably wiping away some tears.

Troy looked back at his friends. "Thanks for your help guys. Can you tell my dad to wait another ten minutes? We'll hopefully be ready by then," he said, his hand already on the door handle. Taylor and Sharpay nodded their heads, before Troy disappeared behind the door.

Gabriella was sitting on the closed toilet seat, her beautiful ivory dress hanging down to the tiles, creating a beautiful pattern on the floor. Troy's breath was taken away for a second, seeing his gorgeous girlfriend like that, but he was fastly popped back into reality, when he saw her looking up, smudgy make-up all around her eyes from the crying. "Baby, what happened?" He walked over to Gabriella and carefully took one of her hands in his, kneeling down on the floor, not sure how she would respond to him touching her. But she let him.

Gabi squeezed his hand and leaned her head on his shoulder. "I think I'm getting sick," she answered sweetly, her one arm wrapped around Troy's shoulder now, searching for security.

Troy lifted her head by putting one finger under her chin. "What makes you think that, Ella?" He asked not afraid. Troy knew he had to stay calm if he wanted to marry the woman he loved today.

She locked eyes with her boyfriend and found so much comfort in them, that she almost forgot why she was sitting here sobbing. "I feel so weird the last days and I always have to vomit. At first I thought it was the excitement, but I want to marry you, there's nothing I would rather do, but the sickness won't go away," she replied desperately, not loosing eye contact with Troy.

Troy stood up from the floor and took Gabi with him, so that she was standing next to him. He sat down on the toilet now, pulling her into his lap. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? We could have made an appointment with Dr. Stevens," he asked Gabi, squeezing her left hand that still held the beautiful silver-gold engagement ring Gabriella had accepted over two years ago.

Gabriella sniffed and wiped away a tear from her eye, looking into the very concerned eyes of Troy. "I don't think it's that kind of sickness, Troy," she answered, her thumb caressing the knuckles on his hand. He looked so wonderful in his suit, even more handsome as usual and she wanted nothing more but kiss him right now and marry him in front of all of her friends and family.

Troy's eyes widened. 'What other kind of sickness was there?' He asked himself and motioned Gabriella to keep talking.

"Well, I guess someone's becoming a daddy again in about eight months," Gabriella whispered now, smiling lop-sided at her fiancé. She knew what his reaction would be, right when she saw this amazing sparkle in his gorgeous blue eyes.

"Oh my…are you serious, Ella? You're pregnant? I'm going to be a daddy again?" Troy couldn't believe what she had just told him. He picked Gabriella up from the ground and whirled her around as well as possible in the small bathroom. "When did you…? I mean when did we-? How? He flashed over his own questions, which made Gabriella chuckle.

"Calm down, sweetheart. I'm not sure yet, but I have been pregnant before, as you might know, and I can just feel it," she answered, touching her very flat stomach with her hand. "And you should know when that happened," she smiled at Troy and winked at him sheepishly.

"This brings back memories, huh?" Troy casually had his arm wrapped around Gabriella's shoulder, while standing in the elevator of the hospital Troy was still getting check-ups at every two months. His leg had healed enormously fast and he was lucky not to have to use crutches anymore. Sometimes, when he was walking long distances without a stop, he felt his leg respond with a painful stitching, but he knew all he had to do then was get some rest and it would be okay again.

Gabriella tried to look oblivious. "What kind of memories?" She teased him, her own arm wrapped around his waist, her fingers lying on his bare skin under the fabric of his shirt.

Troy beamed at his beautiful fiancée and captured her lips into a passionate kiss. "That kind of memory," he told her out of breath, an evil grin on his face.

Gabriella knew her boyfriend was up to something, when his hands skilfully opened the buttons of her silky blouse. "What are you doing, Troy Bolton?" She asked him a little shocked, but didn't keep him from carefully kissing every spot on the bare skin he was exposing.

"Just finishing an undone project," he breathed within the kisses, smiling up at Gabriella naughtily.

"But Troy, we can't do that here," she tried to be reasonable.

"Coward," he mumbled, nibbling around her belly button now, making Gabriella run shivers down her spine. She couldn't take it any longer, so she pressed the stop button on the elevator and fully stripped off her blouse.

"Oh yeah, I remember vaguely," Troy winked and kissed Gabriella on her full lips.

"Idiot," she responded, slapping him on his shoulder. "This is your entire fault."

"Sorry m'am, but if I remember right, you need two people to do that. Wasn't that how it worked the first time around?" Troy teased Gabriella, pecking her lips once again.

Gabriella's face stayed serious. "Honestly honey, we're not ready for that baby. We agreed on waiting until I finish college, which would be in two years. How am I supposed to get my degree with another one like you running around?" She said desperately and Troy could see that she was really worried about that.

Troy took both of Gabriella's hands in his. "Ella, this child might not come at the most appropriate time, but Jamie didn't either, right? You can still finish next semester and once our girl is born, you will go back to college and I take care of her. You know that I can work my hours whenever I want," Troy tried to calm her down.

Right after the news spread around that Troy Bolton wasn't able to play basketball again, they were guessing what the most talented basketball player of the last years would do now. Troy used the first few months after the accident to recover at least enough to not be dependant on medical supervision anymore. After Gabriella had agreed on marrying Troy, he let her decide where she wanted to live and because she knew almost their whole friends circle was living in L.A., she heavy-heartedly moved to the city on the west side of the country, leaving her first-born's place of birth behind. Two years ago in summer, Gabriella started going to college at UCLA, majoring in kindergarten teaching. She didn't have to worry about a job besides college, because Troy was taking care of everything, very to Gabriella's dismay. They found a beautiful little house a little outside of L.A. and right when they settled into the new living place, Troy got offered a promising job at a sports channel, which he gladly took. He could work from home most of the time and only rarely had to leave town to narrate basketball games on TV. Troy even decided to take some college courses in journalism, a subject he never thought he'd like as much as he did now.

"Her? Why is our unborn child already a girl? What if I wanted a boy?" Gabriella asked now, smiling widely. Troy definitely knew how to comfort her.

"Baby, I made that little guy in there," he pointed at her belly, "it's going to be a girl again, I'm sorry," he winked at his girlfriend, kissing her stomach softly. Gabriella only pouted and rested her head on his shoulder. "We can make a boy next time, okay?" He teased her, lifting up her head with his hand.

"Next time? How many more children am I supposed to get, Nostradamus?" She asked curiously.

Troy smiled and brushed his hand over the soft fabric of her wedding gown. "Let's see, I at least want a basketball team."

"Out of all the girls you're making me have?" Gabriella chuckled.

Troy leaned down to her ear, whispering softly, "I'm taking care of the cheerleaders first, honey."

Gabi's shocked expression made Troy giggle. "Let's talk about that later. I'd really like to marry you now," he focused on his girlfriend's gorgeous dress again.

"I'd like that, too," was all she responded and intertwined fingers with Troy.

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Gabriella stole one last kiss from her husband-to-be, before he left her standing alone in front of the big wooden church doors, that would soon led her into the main body of the old building. She had asked Chad to escort her down the aisle, since she'd lost her father a few years ago and nobody else seemed to be suited to do the job.

"Miss Gabriella, may I have the honor to give you away?" A soft warm voice suddenly asked, while Gabriella waited for Chad to show up, like he promised he'd do. She turned around and saw Jack Bolton standing in front of her, looking just as handsome as his son, only about 20 years older. Over the last two years, Jack had become like a father to Gabriella. He took care of his little granddaughter whenever the Bolton's were in L.A. and he loved Gabriella just as much as he would have loved his own daughter.

The brunette beauty had tears in her eyes again, knowing that Troy must have arranged all this, since he knew she was upset about not being able to be given away by her own father. "I'd love to," she smiled widely, hooking her one arm with Jack's, who was glad his son got to marry the one woman he loved and had probably loved since High School.

Troy was standing next to Chad and opposite Taylor, selected by Gabriella and Troy to be best man and maid of honour, waiting for his beautiful fiancée to show. Next to Chad, 5 ½ year old Jamie was standing, a little basket with colourful petals in her one hand, looking beautiful in the bright yellow dress that was complimenting her tanned skin.

When the music started everybody in the church turned around to see the bride behind the huge doors. They were still closed, but slowly opening, revealing the tiny brunette and her father-in-law, their arms looped into each others. A few 'aww's' were heard throughout the church, complimenting Gabriella's beautiful gown that way. Troy had seen it before, just minutes ago actually, but seeing her now, walking down the aisle in her ivory dress that didn't stop until it reached the floor, took his breath away again. Gabriella had a dozen tiny red roses in her curly pinned-up hair that got along perfectly with the dark-red ribbon tied around right under her breasts.

She looked stunning and all the fear she was feeling before about the unborn child were gone in a second, when she saw Troy standing at the end of the aisle, his eyes only focused on her, smiling widely. Gabriella looked around a little, seeing all her friends and family staring at her. Sharpay was next to Josh, who was holding up Phil, since his parents were busy standing up front with Troy. Amanda Bolton smiled at her daughter-in-law from one of the other seats, already having small tears in her eyes that she carefully wiped away with a tissue. Gabriella saw Sarah giving her a loving smile. She had come with her brother Alex and her new boyfriend, who happened to be another member of Troy's former team. Gabi and Sarah had grown pretty close over the last few months. They had their issues at first, mainly because Gabriella didn't feel comfortable around Sarah because of Troy, but since they talked about it at a barbecue Sarah was throwing, they had spend a lot of time together, carefully avoiding the topic of Troy though. She blew Gabi a small kiss and encouraged her to keep going, which she wasn't planning on changing anyways.

And then she saw her. Clara Montez. Gabriella hadn't seen her mother since she basically threw her out of the house when Gabriella announced she was pregnant. This had been six years ago now. Clara was shyly smiling at her daughter, absorbing every inch of the beauty her only child was emitting.

Gabriella shyly looked away after a few seconds not being able to send her mother more than a lop-sided smile herself. Gabi wanted to focus on Troy again, who was coming closer by the steps she walked and whose smile grew wider every second. Suddenly Jack stopped and Gabriella realized that they had reached their destination. Her father-in-law bent down to Gabriella and placed a soft kiss on her cheek. "Thank you for making my son happy, Gabriella," he whispered, releasing his arm from hers. He walked over the few steps to stand next to his granddaughter, lifting Jamie up on his arm.

Only two more steps and Gabriella's hands intertwined with those of Troy's, blue eyes connecting with brown. Every guest was staring at the couple that looked more in love than ever before, smiling at each other lovingly. "You look amazing and so beautiful," Troy confessed silently for only Gabriella to hear.

Gabriella beamed. "But you've seen me before, handsome," she replied, squeezing his hands softly.

Troy winked. "Yeah, but I've only now had the chance to really appreciate it," he answered shyly, taking in every inch of her gorgeous face.

"Let us begin," the minister suddenly interrupted the private conversation.

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"You may kiss the bride now."

"That was definitely my favourite part of the ceremony," Troy admitted to his wife, swaying her over the dancefloor. Those dance lessons he took hadn't been so bad after all.

Gabriella grinned at her husband sheepishly. "I can imagine," she chuckled, pressing her own body closer to his during the first dance of the day.

"Ready for a re-enactment?" Troy now asked, showing his white teeth while smiling. Gabriella bit her lower lip and nodded, moving her head closer to Troy's…

"Mr. and Mrs. Bolton would like you all to join them on the dancefloor now," the DJ suddenly announced, breaking the kiss between the newlyweds, before it even happened. People were storming towards the dance area, starting to slow dance with their partners.

Troy's face fell. "What a great timing," he rolled his eyes, obviously miffy about having missed that special kiss.

Gabriella took his head into her hands. "Oh baby, we have enough kisses to share in the future," she pecked him on his dry lips. "Besides, I think your daughter is waiting for a dance with her daddy," Gabriella told him, looking down to see Jamie standing there, one arm clinged on her daddy's leg.

Troy looked down at his little girl, who had grown so much over the last months and smiled. "Sweep me off my feet, princess," he offered his hand to Jamie, but not before pecking Gabriella's lips once again, whispering he'd be over at the table in a few minutes.

Troy took his daughter in his arms, twirling her around to the now faster music, making her giggle. "Daddy, you make me feel sick in my stomach," Jamie said out, still laughing. "Let me down."

The proud father let his kid back to the floor, feeling a gaze on him that could only come from Gabriella. He looked over to her and saw her beaming at him. She was talking to her mother at the moment, both sitting on opposite sides of the table, but they mae conversation, which was definitely a start. It made Troy proud that Gabriella has had the courage to talk to her mother after such a long time, because he already had a bad feeling that it hadn't been such a good idea inviting Mrs. Montez to the wedding.

Troy twisted his daughter around on her arm skilfully, while observing the other couples on the dance floor. Chad and Taylor were dancing closely together. Since they were having Phil, their relationship was going very strong again. Gabriella and Troy had managed to get them back together a few weeks after their break-up, but they could have never been sure that it worked out. Only when Taylor accidentally got pregnant and Chad dedicated all his time to his girlfriend and Danforth #1, as Phil was called back then, Troy realized how much a child could change a person, or even more a relationship.

Jamie had changed Troy's and Gabriella's life. She had in some ways brought her parents back together, because if it wasn't for her, both probably wouldn't have had the strength to fight for their relationship. Troy took his daughter by her hand and walked with her over to his wife and mother-in-law. They still had to introduce Jamie's second grandmother to her and now seemed to be the opportunity to do that. Nobody resisted the charm of Jamie Alexandra Bolton before and Troy and Gabriella were sure Clara Montez couldn't either.

Troy took Gabriella into his lap, kissing her softly on her lipglossy lips, making every problem from the past suddenly disappear…if only for a moment.

Cause sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
And what you've been out there searching for forever
Is in your hands
And when you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else seem
So small

That's it. Hope the epilogue didn't disappoint. I worked about a week on it to make it 'perfect'.

This time, I decided against writing down all you guys names again, mostly because I don't have the time to do it, but also because I'm sure you know that I mean all of you, when I say the following:

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU from the very bottom of my heart for all the support and love I've gotten over the last four months. I never thought this story would be almost as successful as my baby "The Girl Next Door", mostly because I had such a hard time writing it and because, truth to be told, I don't like the story nearly as much as my last one (even though some of you might disagree with me). I almost deleted it after the first five or six chapters, because I had no idea how to keep going…but then I reread your reviews and they encouraged me to not give up on it and you see, now IOFAM is finished!!! So you see, reviews DO help, so keep them coming guys...I think I speak for all the writers out there.

Your unique, long and funny reviews made me smile so much and thank you again for all the cakes you baked me, for all the chocolate Zacs and Olesyas I got sent and for not complaining much about my bad English. I mean I never would have thought I'd write 100 pages of something in another language than my mother-tongue. My English teacher would be proud. :P

And I have to say 'I'm sorry' for keeping you guys from doing your homework or made you stay up late. ;) I'll never do it again…or maybe I will. Hehe. What brings me to my next topic. I was actually planning on showing you guys a little teaser of my next story, but I decided not to. I'm still in the middle of writing chapter one and I don't know if I'll keep it the way it is yet. I don't want to disappoint, that's why I'd rather wait until I've written some more chapters. You know I promised myself to update my stories at least once a week, which means I need a little head start. Hope you're not too disappointed. But I can tell you that there's gonna be Troy and Gabriella in my next story! Isn't that a surprise? ;) And most definitely no child. At least not Gabi's or Troy's. Bummer, huh?

And to answer some last questions:

1.) No, there won't be a sequel. My stories are finished for good. I think it ended pretty well and writing them having more problems again is really not what I want to do. I'd rather focus on a new Troyella. :)

2.) My favorite character to write this time was most definitely Troy. I just loved him so much in this story, I wish I could pull him out of the computer and make him marry me. ;)

3.) During the whole writing of this story (which started on a train to Holland) I was listening to Carrie Underwood's music. First mostly her first album "Some Hearts" and later also "Carnival Ride". The second album inspired me so much for the last chapters. That's also the reason why I included a few lines from "So Small" at the end.

4.) The titles of this story are indeed movie titles. At least in 16 cases. :)

I'd love to hear what you think of the story now that it's completely finished. I'd love to know everything and I'll make sure to answer all your unanswered questions, if there are any.

I love you guys and I hope to win you back as readers with my next story "Shadows In The Sun" (damn, now I gave away the title ;)).

xoxo, Jule