Keeping Us A Secret
by: LunarEclipse360
Disclaimer: ha!
A/N: yes, this one does still exist too. lmao. My present from me to you. There's one last chapter after this one.
No Air
If I should die before I wake
It's cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air
It had been two months since Troy had asked Gabriella to marry him. Prom was slowly approaching and so was college acceptance letters. Gabriella had already gotten some, but she refused to tell anyone; especially Troy. She didn't want to face the reality that though she and Troy had just met, they were separating in a matter of months.
Sighing, Gabriella approached her locker and opened it. A pair of familiar warm arms wrapped around her and she found her frown turning into a smile.
"Good morning, Ms. Montez. How was your evening last night?"
"Well," she said, looking as if she were thinking. "I spent most of it with my boyfriend."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I think you might know him. He's tall, about your height. He has sandy blonde hair that looks more brown that blonde and he has these amazing blue eyes."
"You think my eyes are amazing?" he asked, forgetting their charade.
She giggled and turned in his arms to face him. "I think all of you is amazing," she said before kissing him softly. He grinned and kissed her again, his lips lingering over hers.
His eyes opened and he looked at her. Her eyes opened seconds later and she stared into his blue orbs. "I love you."
She smiled and rubbed her nose against his. "I love you, too."
"So," he said backing away slightly. "Any word from colleges?"
Her smile faltered and she nodded. "A few."
"And?"
"I got in…to all of them."
"Alright, Gabi," he said with a smile. "Was Yale one of them?"
She nodded. "It was actually the first one."
"That's great."
"Is it?" His smile dropped as he realized the mood change. "I mean, Yale is so far from Albuquerque and…" she looked into his eyes, "I don't wanna be that far from you."
"Gabriella, if it's the place you wanna go, then go." He placed his hand on her cheek and stroked it with his thumb. "Don't let me be the one to hold you back."
"But what about the wedding?"
"We can do it right after Graduation like we planned," he said running a hand through her hair. "Unless you don't want that."
She smiled and reached her hand up, grasping his ear gently between her thumb and forefinger, massaging it. "All I want is to be with you."
I'm here alone didn't wanna leave
My heart won't move it's incomplete
Wish there was a way that I could make you understand
Troy sat on his bed staring at the fall wall. Gabriella had made her decision to go to Yale even if she didn't want to leave him. He had told her that he would be okay with her going, even if he really didn't want her to. His only concern was her happiness and he had a feeling that she would regret not going to her dream school.
"Knock, knock." He took his attention off of the wall and onto his mother who stood standing in the doorway.
"Hey."
"Hey," she said and walked over to him, taking a seat beside him. "What's wrong, sweetheart?"
He sighed and looked down at his hands. "Gabriella's going to Yale in the fall."
"And what's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, it's just…I don't want her to leave. We just met at the beginning of the school year."
"And yet you found it necessary to ask her to marry you."
"I know it was fast, but can you blame me? I love her, more than anything. I want to spend the rest of my life with her."
"Troy, you knew this was coming. You knew you two would be off to college in two separate directions. It's not that I judge your decision to ask her, but you should have at least thought about the consequences. You two will be going to completely different colleges and will only see each other during the summer, winter and spring recesses. Do you think you can go on like that?"
"I…don't know." He put his head in his hands. "I just don't wanna live without her."
"I know you don't, but you have your whole life ahead of you. I'm not saying that you can't marry her, but wait until after you two have finished college, gotten a steady job and a place to live."
"I guess you're right."
"I'm a mom, I'm always right."
Troy looked at his mom with a smile on his face. "Thanks mom."
She smiled back and kissed his forehead. "You're welcome, Troy." She got up and left his room, leaving him to think of ways to explain this new plan to Gabriella.
But how do you expect me
To live in alone with just me
Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe
Climbing up the tree beside her balcony, Troy stepped onto the platform and walked up to the door, knocking on it to get her attention. He watched as she turned her head and smiled. She got up from her place on her bed and walked over to the door, opening it for him.
"Hey, Troy."
"Hey, Gabi."
Her smile faltered when she saw the look on his face. "What's wrong?"
"I, uh," he started, putting his hands in his pockets. "Can we talk? I need to tell you something."
"Sure. Come in." He walked inside her room and sat on the edge of her bed. When she closed the door behind him, she sat down next to him and took his hand in hers. "What do you need to tell me?"
"Well…, I was talking to my mom earlier and I was telling her about the fact that me and you wanna be married before we go away to college and she suggested that…we wait."
"Wait? Until when?"
"Until after college." Gabriella looked away and Troy quickly tried to make sure she wasn't thinking the wrong thing. "That way we can find decent jobs and an apartment."
"What if we forget each other while we're away?"
"That will never happen," he said as he grabbed her chin and made her look at him. "How could I ever forget you?" He kissed her lips softly and she smiled.
"Promise me that we will get married after college?"
"I promise. I never wanna be without you, so these next four years are going to be hard, but it'll be worth it."
"Eight."
"Eight?"
She nodded. "I'm studying to be a doctor."
He grinned and kissed her forehead. "Then eight it is. Wherever you go to finish off your studies, I'll be right there with you."
She smiled and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you, so, so much, Troy."
He returned the embrace and kissed her bare shoulder. "I love you, too, Gabriella."
She pulled back and looked into his eyes. "I don't know how I lived without you all these years."
He chuckled. "Neither do I." He pushed strands of her hair behind her ear. "But now, you are my life." She pressed her lips against his and the kiss slowly grew more passionate by the second.
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna live without me
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
No air, no air