G Force

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Take it all as fiction, but please enjoy! All the Military information I give is my interpretation of what I have researched so just for legality sake view it as fiction.

AN: okay....so here is the talk and what it will lead up to. i hope this chapter is worth all the antcipation that has been looming over it. of course this is not the end, more reveal of something im sure some of you may have forgotten about...but that's another chapter. Man, im evil tonight...ha...sorry.

You can thank this quick update to runninequalslife. Not only is she immensely talented in her writing and creativity, but she runs one hard bargain that Im sure we will all benefit from in the end. Thanks!! :)

On to the chapter!!


Chapter 21

Troy gazed into her determined brown orbs as he took a long deep breath. This was what he had been waiting to spill for the past six years. He had stayed in contact with her father, but never was able to speak with her no matter how much his mind, body and soul wished and begged to speak...to her. He had been told it was for the best, for both of them.

"Do you want to sit down?" he asked with care.

Gabriella crossed her arms tighter around her chest, "I'm fine standing"

Troy swallowed, "I just really think you may want to sit Gabriella"

Gabriella exasperated, "Troy, when I want to sit, I'll sit. Right now I want you to speak. I want to know why you left. I want to know everything. Every sordid detail."

Troy nodded, "okay" he said as if in pain as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"Well, you know how I put Chris in the hospital?"

Gabriella nodded in understanding, "how could I forget"

"No, shit. Well, as you know things for my future kind of went downhill from that moment. The fights we previously had were all brought back into the picture and they couldn't see why I needed to stay in school after injuring someone as badly as I had…No matter if I had cause or not" he said with narrowed eyes as his fist began to clench at the memory.

"I remember it very vividly Troy. Chris was and is a waste of space and if you had not been there when he…" she closed her eyes and let out a long breath, "I just…I'm very grateful for you. Had you killed him like you set out to do ...it would have been no loss on my part"

Troy raised his eyebrows and let out a low deep laugh, "you know I'm in agreement there"

"We fought it best the we could"

Troy nodded and began to slowly pace the three foot space in front of him, "I know, but it didn't turn out the way we planned and therefore my options went to very few."

Gabriella watched him for a moment. His body had become more rigid while his eyes darkened the way they did when he worried. A pang twitched in her heart at the obvious distress present in his mind. She took a deep breath trying to gather herself. She couldn't let her natural pull and desire for him sway her. She couldn't let the desperate need to pull him into her arms and ease his mind with her words and motions. She had to muster the strength and keep the barrier she had inside. She needed to close this dreadful file of her life and she knew she was so close to doing just that. She couldn't let her womanly urge for Troy bend her focus and intent.

"Troy, I'm not trying to be rude, but I know all this. I was there. I lived it. I was the cause. Can we…"

She was halted mid-sentence when he stopped dead in his tracks and jerked his body to face her. His piercing blue spears sent a jolt to her heart and a constriction of the air entering her lungs.

He took a step towards her. His face resembling a mix of anger and sadness, "Don't you ever let me hear you say that again Gabriella"

Gabriella's mouth had gone dry. Speaking was not even close to happening at the moment. She continued to stare at him. His stance was strong and demanding and had her in awe.

"It's not your fault that fucker couldn't keep his dick in his pants and had set his sights on you. I blame the restraint I had on him in the past. He got only an ounce of what he deserved. I would have gladly broke more bones in his face and abdomen… and stopped his heart from beating. He's lucky he only ended up in the hospital, because I had my sights set on the morgue as I was pounding his face in… No one touches you but me…Everyone knew that"

Gabriella felt light headed at his words. His possessiveness was such a turn on, but frightening at times. He was so passionate about her that sometimes it got out of hand. Said situation being one of those times. Yes, he was protecting her, but when she was involved he saw red and nothing else. Restraint from an outside force was a must.

"You know I don't like it when you talk like that Troy" she said in a low stern voice.

Troy closed his eyes as he took a deep breath grinding his jaw as he did so. He ran his tongue over his lower lip, "yes…I know, but you know I do what I need to protect you... To make sure you are happy and get nothing but the best"

Gabriella's brow turned inward. The first part fit, but the ending was obviously directed elsewhere, "I get the feeling you are trying to lead this elsewhere"

Troy traced her features with his eyes, "yes…and no…No, because I want you to understand that nothing has changed. I would do anything…absolutely anything for you." he was quiet for a moment letting her digest his words. "Yes, because you want answers and I intend on giving you just that."

Gabriella felt her knees become weak. She hadn't wanted a seat earlier, but at the moment sitting was the only thing that seemed to make sense in grounding her. She fumbled back into the chair next to her bed and stared up at a smirking Troy.

"You ready" he said with a hint of a cocky gleam in his eye.

Gabriella rolled her eyes. Leave it to Troy to turn a serious moment into something to smirk about. Despite the slight smug moment that was present she was quite certain it was about to take a turn down a path she was scared to venture. She sat up tall and crossed her arms, "start talking"

Troy's grin faltered and he nodded, "I was good at flying…damn good"

Gabriella sighed, "uh huh"

"After all the shit went down with Chris your father had hinted that he may have an option for you and I to still have the future we both wanted, but after that one time he never mentioned it….until…"

"The night before you left" Gabriella finished for him with malice.

Troy scrunched his brow in confusion, "yeah"

"I had a nice little talk with my father before you broke into my bedroom. I'm slightly informed. Not fully, naturally. That would be too easy for my asshole of a father…so, please… continue"

Troy was silent for a second, but picked back up again, "Our life would have been so hard Gabriella. My record was fucked and getting into college in those next couple years would have been impossible. It was going to be wiped but, the couple years leading to it were going to be hell. I couldn't put you through that. I couldn't ask you to give up on your dreams. Your shot at a life"

Gabriella's eyes had turned cold, "and I have such a great life now?"

Troy sighed, "Gabriella, I didn't know it would turn out this way. I was supposed to enter this program and we were supposed to reunite a couple years into it. Your father had promised. He had guaranteed that."

Gabriella let out a harsh laugh, "he's full of shit. I thought you knew that. Everything is empty and returns nothing"

Troy shook his head as he moved to kneel in front of her, "No…he was for real Gabriella. It was the plan. I promise. I was going to enter this program and you were going to enroll in college and begin living your dream of becoming a doctor…I…I…just couldn't let you give that up and my leaving was the only way I could guarantee you didn't risk it for me. You deserved more and I wanted to give that to you."

Gabriella groaned as her eyes narrowed, "That's the biggest load of bullshit Troy."

Troy stared at her wide eyed. This was not going well…not at all.

"You make it sound like you were this worthless piece of street trash that lacked all know how and intelligence to function in the world…you are and were nothing of the sort. Your grades were impeccable and your test scores were top notch. Your faults were in your bed hoping and in controlling your temper. Good thing colleges don't care who you screw or beat up. As soon as you were cleared you could have resumed your life the way you planned it. The way we planned it." She shook her head, "but you ran scared and listened to the garbage my father sells on daily basis. You didn't even have the decency to talk to me about it."

"You would have stopped me" he said flatly.

Gabriella leaned forward on her knees, "hell yeah I would have stopped you."

Troy shook his head, "I didn't want that. I wanted you follow the path you wanted forever."

Gabriella groaned and shot up out of her chair and stomped past him turning to face him when she was at a good distance, "I wanted you forever… I guess I thought you knew that….I was wrong. I was wrong about a lot of things" she said in a louder voice than normal. Tears began to tickle her eyes as she let every emotion pinned up over the years wash over her.

Troy rose up on his feet.

"You said you loved me. You said that you would do anything for me and that I was your number one thought for everything, " she swallowed the lump rising in her throat as a lone tear trailed down her cheek, "but you…you still left. You didn't have faith that I would still have my dream, as you call it. You didn't give me an option to decide…You didn't see that as long as I had you I was getting my real dream."

Troy felt knives piercing every inch of his body. He had always doubted he made the right decision, but never more than he did at this moment.

"Gabriella…" he said as he reached for her, but she stepped away.

"Is this why he owes you?" she asked with disgust, "he broke his promise to deliver me"

Troy sighed, "it wasn't like that Gabriella and you know it."

Gabriella laughed, "Funny…I actually have no idea what it's like. I wasn't informed. All I know is that I went to bed satisfied from making love to you and then waking up to having you rip my heart out and never hear from you again."

Troy winced at her words, "I was in contact…"

"Yeah, I know….that should have been your first inkling that things weren't going to be how he promised Troy."

"I had to trust him Gabriella. At the time I thought this was my only option. Yes, I should have spoken to you about it, but at the moment this seemed like the only guarantee. You say you would have gone to school, but my leaving made that certain."

Gabriella let out an aggravated sigh, "are you listening to me? You should have trusted me to do exactly that, but you didn't"

Troy closed his eyes and he moved to stand in front of her, "we can go around and around in circles about this Gabriella and it won't change a damn thing. The fact is that I love you more than anything in this world and at that down moment in my life you were what mattered most. I thought I was making the right decision. I didn't leave you because I wanted to. I left you because I loved you and I wanted you to have a life."

Gabriella went to speak, but he placed a finger over her lips, "I had to trust his word Brie. I know you hate him. I know you hate his job and I know you blame him for everything, but I always respected him. He loves you and as much as you like to think he wakes up every morning wondering how he can ruin your life….he doesn't. People make rotten choices and they have to live with them. You can tell someone is genuinely sorry when they try to rectify them…that's what he did when he moved you here. His promise was years late, but it got here and I knew it would"

Gabriella had no words.

"I know this may not change anything for you, but now you know. I did this for you whether it makes sense in your mind or not. What you need to understand is that it made since in mine. There was no malice or want to on my part. I felt that taking you father up on his ability to help was my only option… I have done well at it, but only because I thought the sooner I succeed the sooner it brought me to you."

Everything was a fog. Everything he was saying made some form of sense, but it didn't change what his leaving did to her. It didn't change that he wasn't there when she needed him most. She had learned that her father had a large part in Troy leaving. She had always suspected it, but hearing it seemed to hurt so much more. Had it been the first time that he had meddled in her life she may have been able to see the idea that he was looking out for her best interest, but it wasn't the first time. Far from it. She understood that his job moved him around a lot, but the start of putting the nail in coffin had been when Troy left and it had been sealed shut the moment he moved them from Florida to another state while her mother was sick.

The point here however, was not her relationship with her father, but her relationship with Troy. Had she been of right mind she would have realized that everything she thought and blamed was interconnected and like life there was always another side to the story, that usually lead to a great deal of insight. Today she was getting Troy's.

It had been silent and still for quite some time. Gabriella stood against the wall next to her desk in a blank stare.

Troy slowly moved to stand in front of her. His eyes traveled every inch of her face searching for some idea of what she was thinking. He swallowed hard as his eyes moved from her deep brown eyes to her luscious crimson lips. He wet his bottom lip and finally spoke, "Gabriella"

Gabriella's eyes slowly shifted to connect with his. She took a deep intake of air through her nostrils and let it out gradually. She gritted her teeth inaudibly, the only indication being that her jaw twitched. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she bit the inside of her lip. She brought her hand up in one quick motion and connected it with all the force she had to the side of his face.

Troy's face swished to the side from the sudden force, but he quickly recovered and jerked back to face her. A light smirk curled one side of his face and his alluring blue eyes darkened in desire, "feel better"

Gabriella's eyes narrowed to slits as she brought her hand back up to repeat the previous action, but Troy caught it mid air and shoved her forcefully against the wall in one movement. His hand pinned her slapping hand above her head and the other braced the wall next to her face caging her shaking body.

Troy pulse began to race as he pressed his body to connect with hers. His eyes traveled from stormy deep eyes to where she gnawed on her lower lip down to her rapidly rising and falling chest. He swallowed as a devious grin twisted his lips. His face drifted down to hers and his lips breathed air onto hers, "now…this…"

"Shut up" she said harshly as she rose up on her tip toes and crashed her lips to his, forcefully plunging her tongue into his waiting wet warmth.

HaHa....one guess as to what's coming next...