"Gabriella?" she's sat with her legs curled up besides her looking at the stars
"Troy? What are you doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep…you" I go and sit next to her.
"Me either…I didn't wake you up coming downstairs did I?"
"No I think Chad's snoring drowned out any other noise in the house" she smiles softly at me. We sit in silence for a while just gazing at the nights sky. I then notice her shiver slightly so I put my arm around her and pull her closer to warm her up. She leans on my shoulder and smiles. She carries on looking at the stars but I can't help but be distracted by her. She is so beautiful.
"There gorgeous aren't they" she's says gazing up at the sky.
"Yeah they are" I reply but I don't take my eyes of her. She turns to look at me. We both slowly lean in and just as our lips are about to touch she looks down.
"I'm sorry" she whispers ever so quietly.
"It's ok" I then kiss her forehead and she looks back up at me.
"I…I…I can't…I'm sorry but…I just…I just can't" she has a tear falling down her cheek. I wipe it off and pull her in for a hug.
"It's ok….it's ok…I'm sorry"
"What for"
"For making you cry" she sits up and looks me straight in the eye.
"You have not made me cry troy…I don't even know why I am crying"
"Me either" she smiles at me. What am I supposed to do now? Fortunately I don't have to think about it because she goes back to leaning on my shoulder. We sit in silence for a few minutes.
"Troy…can I ask you something?"
"Of course…anything"
"Do you believe in fate?"
"Ermm I don't know…..I've never really thought about it to be honest….do you?"
"I thought I did….I thought me and josh we're destined to be together, that it was fate…but then…he died….and now I'm thinking well either fate doesn't exist ..Or…."
"Or what?" she looks up at me
"Or my fate isn't what I thought it was going to be"
"Well how do you mean?" I'm slightly confused
"Well I don't know exactly. When josh died I was completely devastated, I didn't know how to live without him….he was my whole life….but…but then I moved here and I met all you guys…and I met you….."
"Was that a good thing?" I'm very confused right now; I don't totally understand what she's trying to say here.
"Yes…yes of course…it was a wonderful thing…troy without you I don't know how I would have coped. You have helped me so much… you have no idea how grateful I am to have you in my life"
"Really?"
"Yes…troy before I came here I was an absolute mess…I basically stayed in my room for 3 weeks solid because everything in that town reminds me of him and of us"
"I can only imagine how hard it was for you….so is it what happened or coming here that has made you question fate?"
"Well kind of both really…I mean before I could never imagine myself with anyone but josh...but then he died…and it makes me wonder…maybe he wasn't my destiny in the long run…maybe I was always meant to move here and meant to meet you guys….perhaps my fate was always going to bring me here…..and I realise that makes me sound like I don't care about josh but I do…and I don't understand why he had to die and why he had to be taken away from me….and that makes me question destiny? Why would fate bring us together if it always was going to take him away from me?...I'm sorry I'm rambling..Just ignore me"
"You're not rambling its fine" She smiles at me and looks me straight in the eyes. I can't get over how beautiful she is.
"So what do you think?"
"Well I'm not really sure whether I believe in fate or not but I do believe that I was meant to meet you Gabriella"
"Really, why?"
"I don't know it's just ever since you moved here I've felt like I was somehow meant to meet you. And I don't know why…it might be to help you get through this or it might be for you to make me a better person….and I don't want this to come out wrong because I'm so sorry about josh…but …I'm so glad I met you"
"Thank you troy….that means so much to me" She hugs me tightly. We sit there for a while longer looking at the stars all the while she is cuddled up into my side.
Lying in bed I cannot stop thinking about last night. I went outside because I couldn't sleep and ended up having a heart to heart with troy. And I nearly kissed him. What is going on? Why did I nearly kiss him. I'm not ready for another relationship yet. It's only been 6 months. And troy's my friend I wouldn't want to risk losing him. I wouldn't be able to lose him in my life we're too close now and he has helped me so much since I moved here. But the thing that's bothering me most of all is…why there is a part of me that wanted to kiss him.
"Right gabs get up we're making breakfast" Taylor (of course) comes barging into my room
"What…oh right ok give me a minute and I'll be down"
"Well hurry up we need you for pancakes" and with that she was gone. I force myself out of bed and quickly change before she comes storming back in here. As I go into the kitchen I find I'm the last one up as everyone's already there cooking a full English breakfast.
"Morning" I turn around to find troy stood behind me smiling
"Morning" I grin back and then turn to go cook the pancakes but find everyone staring at us smiling.
"What?"
"Nothing" they all say then carry on with whatever it is they are doing.
I start making the pancake mix and sharpay puts the radio on so they all start singing along loudly to it. I can't help but smile at them. Before I know it there all dancing around and troy comes over to me and starts dancing and twirling me around the kitchen. I laugh along with everyone as we dance and sing our way through breakfast.
While I'm cooking the last batch of pancakes I catch troy's eye and he winks at me. It makes my stomach flutter slightly, why is that? I have no idea. But I can't stop smiling. And I still cannot stop thinking about what happened last night, well what nearly happened. Does he like me? As in more than a friend? Oh my god what if he does? No. no I'm being stupid of course he doesn't. We just both caught up in the moment that's all. That's definitely it. But he was right about one thing. I was supposed to move here and meet him. I couldn't imagine not having him in my life.
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