Gabriella sat on her bed, or at least what was left of it, it was stripped of all it's covers, pillows, and sheets. She was basically just sitting on a king size mattress cross legged. Gabriella looked around her empty room, it was just a deep color shade of red and nothing else. She had no cabinets, posters, boxes, or anything else you would usually see in her room, it was all being shipped over to England now, all except for her carry on suitcase and one other big suitcase for her clothes that would get her through a couple of days.

Gabriella looked at the clock and saw that it read 11:00 and she was leaving for the airport in an hour to get there at one for check in and everything like that as her flight left at four. She looked down and at her blank mattress again and realized a lot had happened on that bed concerning Troy and her. A lot had happened in her room with the fighting between Tay, Chad, Troy, and her, and Gabriella wouldn't change that for anything. A lot had happened in her life which she wouldn't change, but then again, there was a lot of stuff that was bad which she would get rid of happily too.

Gabriella fiddled with her neck as she absentmindedly pulled on her skin there where a necklace used to sit and Gabriella sighed as she thought about all that happened in the past week.

Thursday After School

Gabriella walked inside her house and walked into the kitchen to get something to eat, but froze in the doorway as she saw Chad and Troy there already. Chad turned around from sitting on the counter after he saw Troy freeze up and glued his eyes to the doorway.

"Hey Ella." Chad greeted. "Mom said that she went to go get boxes for packing later." Chad informed her and Gabriella nodded.

"Okay, thanks." Gabriella said quietly as things got quiet and Troy and Gabriella just kept staring at each other. Chad looked between the two and hopped off the table.

"I'm just going to go out to the living room, I have a lot of homework." Chad said hurriedly as he walked past Gabriella and gave her a reassuring smile. Gabriella sighed knowing that she would have to talk to Troy now, she didn't even prepare for this.

Gabriella looked up and found that Troy was still staring coldly at her as his two hands gripped the counter and started turning white from the pressure he was putting on them. "Troy I--" Gabriella was cut off.

"Don't tell me that you want me to apologize because I've already done that." Troy spat out harshly and Gabriella winced in shock of how cruel Troy could really sound. "I tried talking to you this morning and I find out that you're just leaving?!" Troy exclaimed.

"Troy I--"

"And then the thing that gets me the most is the reason why you're leaving." Troy stated as he walked around the counter so that his back could lean on it as he still faced Gabriella. "I didn't tell you about my past, maybe because I didn't want to hurt you." Troy said and Gabriella breathed out not realizing she hadn't taken a breath in a while. "But I bet that didn't cross your mind as you were too busy thinking about leaving." Gabriella shivered at the cold sound in his voice.

"I didn't--" Gabriella started in a shaky voice.

"I tried to apologize, but whatever." Troy said with the wave of his hand as if it was nothing.

"I'm sick of this." Gabriella stated glaring back at Troy, matching his darkened eyes. "I came here to try to talk to you, but you're not letting me say anything…I forgave you about V, I forgave you this morning, and you would've known that if you would've talked to me today."

"Then why the hell are you leaving?!" Troy shouted frustrated with Gabriella, frustrated with the person whoever created England, and more frustrated with himself.

"FOR ME! I'M DOING THIS FOR ME!" Gabriella shouted back. "I…need to…just go. I need to find myself." Gabriella said in a calmer voice.

Troy looked Gabriella over and found that she still looked gorgeous with her hair in a messy bun, low hip hugger jeans, and a blue and orange t-shirt. Troy was about to say something but found that he had nothing to say to this as he just stared at Gabriella in shock.

"I need to find myself again. I need to get back on track and away from all the lies, and problems that only cause people hurt and pain." Gabriella said. "I have to do this Troy, don't you understand?" Gabriella asked in a pleading voice.

Troy narrowed his eyes on Gabriella, "What about me? HUH?!" Troy demanded. "I need you to stay, did you think how this would affect me?" Gabriella looked at Troy who was shooting questions after questions at her. "What about me, I need you. I'm sorry that I lied, but--Aren't you worried about me? Don't you care that I won't be able to function properly without you?!"

"I…" Gabriella scratched the side of her head. "Don't make this any harder Troy." Gabriella said softly with glossy eyes. Gabriella blinked her eyes a couple of times to clear them. "I came here to say that I'm not mad at you, I never really was, it was more just disappointment that you didn't trust me enough to tell me about V." Gabriella said and Troy's eyes went wide.

"It wasn't that I didn't trust you." Troy said right away.

"It doesn't matter anymore, so don't worry about it." Gabriella said. "But I just wanted you to know that so now we can at least put up with each other for the next couple of days." Gabriella said.

Troy's jaw dropped. "What?" Troy sputtered. "I don't think I can do that." Troy said harshly again. He didn't give Gabriella time to say anything as he continued. "You leave on that plane, I leave you forever." Troy told her.

"An ultimatum?" Gabriella asked slowly.

"Whatever you want to call it." Troy said as he walked past Gabriella and into the living room where Chad was watching TV instead of doing his homework.

Friday Morning

Chad and Troy were downstairs eating breakfast as Chad was trying to tell Troy about the fight the soccer captain and football captain got into at lunch the day before.

"So then Mandy comes in and says--" Chad stops all of a sudden once music starts blaring through the house.

"What the hell?" Troy mutters.

I've given up on giving up slowly
I'm blending in so you wont even know me
Apart from this whole world that shares my fate

Chad stands up and says over the music. "I think Ella's up!"

"You think?" Troy asked sarcastically.

And this one last bullet you mention
Is my one last shot at redemption
Cause I know to live you must give your life away

And I've been housing all this doubt
And insecurity
And I've been locked inside that house
All the while you hold the key
And I've been dying to get out
And that might be the death of me
And even though there's no way of knowing where to go
I promise I'm going

"And then Mandy says she slept with both of them!" Chad shouts over the music as he starts walking up the stairs to Gabriella's room.

Because I got to get out of here
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
I got to get out of here
And I'm begging you
I'm begging you
I'm begging you to be my escape

"What?!" Troy shouts as he follows Chad up stairs and down the familiar hallway.

"She slept with both of them!" Chad shouts as they reach Gabriella's door with the music blaring.

I've given up on doing this alone now
Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how
You've told me the way, and now I'm trying to get there

Chad and Troy received no welcome as they figured Gabriella couldn't hear them. Chad opened her door and walked right in on Gabriella who was just sitting on her bed with her back against the wall and boxes surrounding her with half of her closet clothes on the ground and her cabinet drawers pulled out with her room looking like a mess.

"TURN DOWN THE MUSIC!" Chad shouted as Gabriella opened her eyes and looked at Troy and Chad in surprise.

"WHAT?!"


And this life sentence that I'm serving
I admit, that I'm every bit deserving
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

Chad stormed over to the stereo and shut it off and smiled at his sister as Troy just stood in the doorway awkwardly as the lyrics to the song stuck in his head. He recognized the group from somewhere, they were the group that they listened too on New Year Eve…Relient K.

"Turn down the music." Chad said with a chuckle. "Please and thank-you."

Gabriella playfully glared at her brother. "It wasn't that loud." Gabriella said stubbornly.

"I think it was the loudest you've ever had it." Chad retorted. "Come on, it's time to go to school." Chad said as Gabriella got up reluctantly.

"Yeah…" Gabriella said sadly as she started for her bedroom door and Troy had his eyes narrow again.

"Don't act so sad, it's only your last day today." Troy said harshly as he walked away from the brother and sister.

Gabriella turned to Chad as she thought about it, this was her last day since her parents figured that there was no point in her going only two days the next week.

"How can you stand him like this?" Gabriella asked.

Chad shrugged. "This is how he used to be."


Gabriella and Chad walked into school to be greeted by Tay, Shar, and Zeke. Gabriella looked down the hall and saw Troy already at his locker right below Gabriella's. "Oh my God Gabs. You need to stop them." Shar said.

"Who?" Gabs asked as she looked around and sure enough she saw Sarah and Faith pinning some helpless lower classmen against the lockers again. Gabriella narrowed her eyes thinking this was the last time that she would actually be able to stop them. "What the hell is their problem?" Gabriella growled as her eyes darkened, she was trying her hardest to transform all of her hurt, pain, and anger that built up since Wednesday into hating Faith and Sarah, and it was working.

The gang minus Troy all looked at Gabriella expecting her to start walking over there and stop the two, but Gabriella didn't move. "Well?" Tay asked.

"Well what?" Gabriella asked as she spotted Troy still at his locker and Faith and Sarah at the lockers across from him.

"Aren't you going over there?" Shar asked.

"Um…" Gabriella didn't know. She knew that she was the only one that would actually stand up to the two of them, even Shar and Tay were afraid of them and Gabriella didn't know why. But if she went over there then that would mean she would have another run in with Troy which she didn't want right before school.

"Of course she is." Chad answered for her.

"I am?" Gabriella asked shocked.

"You always do." Zeke said.

"I just…I don't…I just want to blend in on my last day. I don't need people looking at me or whispering about me on my last day." Gabriella whined knowing that she was being selfish, but why was she the only one that would and could stand up to the two of them.

"Gabs, what's wrong?" Tay asked.

"Nothing." Gabriella said not wanting to talk about it. Gabriella started walking forward. "I'll just…I'll be right back." Gabriella said gruffly as she decided that this was the only way to get her best friends to stop asking her questions. Gabriella approached Faith and Sarah as their backs were to her and just with Gabriella's luck Troy finished with his locker and shut it.

He turned around and saw Gabriella approaching and looked at her coldly and then realized that she wasn't coming up to him as she made a quick right and put herself in between the two bitches and the lower classmen.

Gabriella saw Troy watching out of the corner of his eye as he nodded his head slowly while listening to a teammate that just walked up to him. Gabriella could tell that he wasn't really paying attention to him as his eyes kept wandering her way. Gabriella tried to forget about the people that were watching now as Faith and Sarah lowered their eyes on her once more and Gabriella had to remind herself that this was going to be her last time getting into a little fight with them, so just get it over with.

"Danforth." Faith growled.

"We're starting to get sick of you interrupting us." Sarah hissed stepping forward to Gabriella.

Gabriella didn't back down as she stood up taller and smirked. "You can go now, I'll take care of them." Gabriella said to the lower classmen behind her and recognized her from the freshman basketball team too. The girl mumbled and quick 'thanks,' and hurried off down the hall with her backpack slung over her shoulder. Gabriella looked at Faith and Sarah with hate. "You know, I'm getting sick and tired of you two harassing the freshman team."

"Freshman team?" Faith asked innocently with a sly smirk on her face.

"We don't know what you're talking about Danforth." Sarah added with a nastier smirk on her face.

"You know damn well." Gabriella hissed taking a step forward towards them and smirked as she saw a hint of fear flash through their eyes and have it quickly disappear.

"No, we really don't." Faith said.

"We were just trying to have some fun since V turned all goody-goody." Sarah said with disgust.

"You two are pathetic." Gabriella spat as she saw more people watching and she knew that there was no way that she would just blend in today.

"We're pathetic, we're not the one who thought they could change the slut of the school into some goody-two shoes." Faith said and Gabriella knew that they were talking about her cousin. Gabriella saw out of the corner of her eye that the gang was slowly approaching and Troy was no longer trying to deny that he wasn't interested in the predicament Gabriella got herself in with Faith and Sarah.

"I didn't try to change her!" Gabriella exclaimed. "And if you do have a problem with me, then come after me directly, don't go terrorizing other people to get to me." Gabriella hissed in a dangerously low voice with a scowl.

"Who do you think's going to take your spot when you're gone?" Sarah hissed as she stepped closer to Gabriella as Faith took a step back knowing that Sarah was close to snapping and Gabriella wasn't too far behind. Gabriella didn't say anything because she had no idea what to say nonetheless do. "That's right." Sarah smirked. "Some poor freshman girl is going to be in our line of fire when you're gone and it's going to be all your fault." Sarah taunted.

Gabriella clenched her fists and took a deep breath trying to calm herself and it wasn't working too well.

"Or maybe Sharpay or Taylor will take your place, it should be easy making their lives hell." Sarah said proudly.

Gabriella shook with anger and if looks could kill, Sarah would've been dead a long time ago. Gabriella could see that the gang was standing right by Troy now as Shar and Tay glared at Sarah also.

"How does it feel knowing that when you're gone after today, you're making someone else's life a living hell?" Sarah sneered as Gabriella saw that Faith was no where in sight and Gabriella had to give her credit to know when she was in dangerous mode.

Gabriella shrugged her shoulders pretending to think as she could feel the whole hallway looking at them and Gabriella smiled sweetly at the confused Sarah and threw back her hand and punched her square in the nose.

People gasped.

People whispered.

Gabriella cracked her knuckles as she smirked.

Sarah yelled in pain as she doubled over and clutched her nose.

"Ow!" Sarah yelled standing up normally now, but still clutching her nose. "You Bitch! You fucking punched my nose!" Sarah informed Gabriella as if she didn't know what was going on.

Gabriella smiled as the whole hallway now paid a lot closer attention to what they were doing. "Your nose looked bad to begin with, I highly doubt I could make it worst, if anything I improved it." And normally Gabriella was against making fun of someone, but she could make exceptions to her rules.

Sarah took her hands off of her nose which was red, but not bleeding as Gabriella smirked at her with a taunting smirk as Sarah threw daggers at her with her eyes.

"How dare you hit me!" Sarah exclaimed. "Someone go get a teacher!" Everyone looked around and shrugged. Sarah stomped her foot down on the ground like a little kid. "Someone go NOW!" No one moved as some people were heard chuckling at the situation.

"Come on Ella, we're going to be late for class." Chad said with a proud smile on his face as Gabriella nodded.

"I'm gonna miss you Sarah." Gabriella said as she chuckled and started walking down the hallway with the gang and Gabriella noticed even Troy was with them. Gabriella smiled even though he was four people away from her, Gabriella still could feel his presence like he was right next to her.

"At least I'm not a murderer." Sarah hissed which made Gabriella stop in her tracks and turn quickly on her heel to face her. Sarah smirked triumphantly as she hit a sore spot for Gabriella. "That's right Danforth, at least I didn't kill anyone in these hallways and almost bring Troy down with me." Sarah said as she smiled sweetly at Troy.

Gabriella felt herself shake and it wasn't from anger, it was from the painful memories that she worked hard to push away. "Come on Gabs, let's just go." Tay said putting a hand on her shoulder.

"We don't need to concern ourselves with this low life." Shar said glaring at Sarah violently.

"You put the whole school in danger Danforth, how can you live with yourself and then Troy here almost died for you and how do you repay him?" Sarah mocked as Gabriella just stared off into the distance as memories of Troy being pinned up against the locker with Derek choking the living life out of him.

"Stop." Gabriella said with her bottom lip quivering.

"Come on Ella." Chad said trying to get her to move in her spot, but her feet were glued to the floor.

"The newspaper said that there was a lot of blood." Sarah sneered.

"…st--stop." Gabriella said shakily as she blinked back tears.

"Troy almost died Danforth." Sarah hissed as Gabriella walked up to her. "How do you live with yourself that you almost got him killed?" Sarah hissed and before Troy could open his mouth for the first time to say anything Gabriella punched Sarah in the face again and Sarah tackled her to the ground.

Gabriella and Sarah tumbled into everything, some people who scampered out of their path, the lockers, the classroom doors and Troy looked around and saw that Chad shared the same surprise look he had and that's when Troy remembered that there was some morning teacher meeting so everyone was on the other side of the school in the library.

Sarah rammed her fist closed hand into Gabriella's stomach as Gabriella pounced on her and knocked her to the ground. They both gripped the other ones shoulders tight, digging their finger nails into their shirt covered skin, rolling all over the place, trying to pin the other one down.

Gabriella flung Sarah off of her using her feet to kick her in the stomach and she stood up quickly and said in a dark mono tone voice. "I'm really going to miss you." Sarah huffed as she continued to yell things at Gabriella as she walked down the hallway by herself clutching the 'T' necklace which was hidden underneath her shirt.

Sunday Afternoon

Taylor and Shar sat on Gabriella's bed as Gabriella sat on the ground by her closet packing clothes in big cardboard boxes. "I can't believe you're really going." Shar said in a distant voice as she slumped against the wall.

"Me neither." Gabriella mumbled so that Tay and Shar couldn't hear her.

"Have you talked to Troy yet after the fight on Friday?" Tay asked.

Gabriella looked away from them. "No, he's given me the cold shoulder." Gabriella said.

"You have to talk to him." Shar said.

"I've tried, believe me." Gabriella said taping a box closed and labeling it.

"Are you sure?" Shar asked.

"Yes, I think it would know, especially if I was the one trying to talk to him." Gabriella said frustrated. "He's just…just not the person…I know." Gabriella said. "He's different."

"Can you blame him?" Tay asked rhetorically. Gabriella looked at Taylor surprised by her question. "Don't get me wrong, because I don't blame you, but he's hurting Gabs. He hasn't really ever had a long relationship like the one he had with you, he was more of the type to date and dump." Tay explained. "And now I think he's just hurting." Taylor said simply.

"I love him." Gabriella said. "But after everything that happened, I just need to go and find myself and having Sarah bring Derek up again, it just…" Gabriella trailed.

"Made everything harder again?" Shar filled in as Gabriella stood up and plopped herself down on the bed.

"Yeah…" Gabriella sighed.

"It'll get better, especially if you write everyday and call." Tay said as Shar and Tay both nodded at Gabriella who was in the middle of them.

"Of course." Gabriella said. "I don't think I will be able to last without you two." Gabriella said.

"We're going to miss you Gabs." Shar said.

"But let's not think about you leaving anymore today, let's go do something else because all this packing is giving me a headache." Tay said and Gabriella chuckled.

"I was the one packing, you two were just sitting here all depressed." Gabriella pointed out as they stood up.

"All the more reason to go get ice cream." Taylor said.

"I'd like that." Gabriella said as all three of them exited Gabriella's room not fully realizing that that would be the last time all three of them would do that.

Monday Afternoon

Zeke, Shar, and Tay were all sitting on the picnic table in the backyard of Troy's old house as Chad and Gabriella played one on one basketball. All four of them were sad that Gabriella was leaving, as they tried their hardest to hide it and they could all tell that something was off with Gabriella as she missed almost every shot she took. Gabriella sighed in frustration as Chad blocked her shot as she tried to do a fade away.

"Damn it!" Gabriella cursed as she ran her hand through her hair.

"Ella, when are you going to learn that I can't be stopped?" Chad mocked in a way that only brothers could

Gabriella glared at him and was almost relieved that they were doing a bother sister game like they used to do before.

"Ha ha Chad." Gabriella said sarcastically as she saw Troy exit her house and make his way over by the gang. Gabriella silently gulped as Troy walked quietly passed her.

"You got to work on the fade away." Troy said coolly.

"I like to drive, not create space." Gabriella said remembering her first day back and the conversation Troy and her shared.

"I like to create space, not drive." Troy mocked back.

"You guys, just stop fighting. You only have two days together, can't you please get along?" Tay complained.

Troy and Gabriella looked at each other and Troy narrowed his eyes at Gabriella once he realized that he was falling for her just by looking into her eyes. "I got to go." Troy said as he backed away from Gabriella and left her and the gang.

Tuesday Evening

Gabriella walked through her thought to be empty house since Chad and Taylor were working on a school project at her house, and her parents were out doing some last minute details for their house over in England. Gabriella walked down the stairs and into the kitchen thinking no one was home in her short shorts that barely left anything imaginable to the eye with a tight red tank top and her hair up in a messy bun so that you could see the sparkling 'T' resting on her neck.

Gabriella was mindlessly playing the with 'T' around her neck in her small cold hands as she entered the kitchen and jumped back a little as she saw Troy sitting on the counter eating chips as he watched a basketball game that was on the TV they had installed into the kitchen wall. Troy heard a very distinct sound as he turned around in surprise and saw Gabriella standing in the doorway of the kitchen.

They just stared at each other, neither one knowing what exactly to do or say as they both stood looking at each other with only the counter between them and the TV quietly talking in the background as Gabriella's hands dropped from her neck as Troy for once didn't give her a glare or dirty look.

"Hey." Gabriella looked down at the ground and then realized what she was wearing and she looked up again feeling some of her blood rush up to her face.

"Hey." Troy said in a quiet voice as it finally sunk in that she was leaving tomorrow. This could be one of the last times that they would spend with each other by themselves and instead of getting him mad like it had been all week, he was slowly coming to terms of her not being around and it was depressing him.

"Um…I just came down here to eat." Gabriella said motioning for the fridge.

Troy's heart dropped a little as she said eat instead of saying she came downstairs for him.

"Yeah, dinner time." Troy said with a nervous chuckle.

"Wh--what are you doing?" Gabriella asked not knowing how Troy would react as her heart slowly dropped just thinking that this was her last night in this house.

"Just…hanging." Troy finished lamely.

Gabriella sighed rethinking about her decision on moving to England but it was a little late to back out. She had everything packed and most of her stuff was already being shipped to England as she stood in her kitchen and she had already promised her parents and told them that she was 100 percent sure on this. She couldn't just go back on her word, could she?

"That's good." Gabriella said not knowing what to say but knowing what she had to do if she was to overcome her feelings for Troy. "Um…can we talk?" Gabriella asked with hope in her voice.

Troy scratched the back of his neck and looked around nervously. He really wanted to talk to her, to try to convince her to stay but he had a feeling that they would just end up fighting again, but then again it hurt talking to her. It hurt almost physically just thinking that he wouldn't see her again.

"Um…yeah." Troy said as he followed Gabriella over to the kitchen table and sat at the head of the table with Gabriella in a chair on his left. Troy noticed that Gabriella's hands were playing with something around her neck and he almost smiled proudly that she still wore the necklace he gave her.

"I…why…here." Gabriella said taking the chain off from around her neck and laid the 'T' necklace down on the table and Troy's eyes went wide as all of this was becoming real.

Troy looked at Gabriella and saw that her lip was quivering. "What?" Troy croaked out.

"It's yours." Gabriella said shakily.

"I don't want it." Troy said stubbornly.

"It's yours, it wouldn't feel right to take it." Gabriella said pushing it closer to him.

"I don't want it." Troy said with his voice raising a little.

"Just take it Troy and give it to someone else." Gabriella said with tears forming in her eyes as this was it, this was the last thing on her list that she wanted to do.

"I DON'T WANT IT!" Troy shouted standing up flinging the chair back violently.

Gabriella stood up as she winced a little from Troy's outburst. She picked the necklace up and closed her hand around it as she felt the metal poking into her soft palm. "Please Troy." Gabriella said through her tears. "Just take it please."

Troy walked closer to Gabriella's trembling body forgetting all the anger he carried around for the past week and just let go as he placed his two arms around her and held onto her for dear life, not wanting to let go of her. "I don't want it." Troy said in a calm whisper which sent a shiver through Gabriella's body as she felt his warm breath on her ear.

Gabriella had her head nuzzled in his chest as her arms clung tightly around Troy's torso and she slipped it into his back pocket without him knowing it. They stood there, holding each other as Troy's hands continued to rub up and down Gabriella's back soothingly. Gabriella pulled back a little and looked up into Troy's piercing blue eyes which were slowly leaning in.

Gabriella looked up at Troy with anticipation through her watery eyes and closed the gap between them as Troy put his hands on her lower back, making her arch her back and rub her hips into his as she stood closer to him than before. Gabriella's arms wrapped themselves around Troy's neck, as his lips and hers danced together and moved as one.

Gabriella shut her eyes as she became more relaxed from Troy's touch and he slowly back them up so that they were making their way over to Troy's room. Troy felt a wet drop fall on his cheek and he pulled back panting as he saw that Gabriella was silently crying. Troy shut his bedroom door behind him with his foot as he cleared her watery eyes with the pad of his thumb.

Troy and Gabriella both had the same emotions and feelings. They had no idea what they were getting into. Gabriella was leaving tomorrow and they both were confused, heartbroken, and hurt.

"Hey, you okay?" Troy asked as one of his hands caressed the back of her neck as he leaned down so that he was eye level with her.

Gabriella bit her bottom lip and shook her head slowly and said in a whisper, "No."

"We don't--" Troy was cut off by Gabriella's lips joining his as her arms wrapped around his neck once again and Troy's arms wrapped around her once again as he lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his torso.

Troy kissed down her jaw line to her neck and started nipping. Sucking. Licking. Gabriella let a little moan escape as Troy kissed all over her exposed skin and she knew that she still loved him, so why was she leaving? That was a good question which Gabriella didn't have the answer too.

Gabriella opened her eyes and met Troy's blue eyes boring into hers. Both of their eyes showed love, compassion, and lust for each other. Troy's eyes were just as watery as Gabriella's as they both thought this was their last night together.

"I need you to stay." Troy whispered as he held Gabriella against the wall and Gabriella wrapped her legs around his waist tighter.

"I…I already promised my parents." Gabriella said as she shut her eyes and to her surprise Troy connected their lips again in a very passionate, heated, loving kiss. Soon their clothes were shed and they were under Troy's covers as they showed each other how much they love each other. They were both breathing heavily as Gabriella's head was nuzzled into Troy's sweaty shoulder as they both orgasmed together.

Gabriella had her eyes shut, just taking in their surroundings, of how Troy looked with his perfect sandy brown hair matted to his slightly sweaty forehead, how his arms wrapped around her body perfectly, how she could make him shiver by just running her finger tips along his bare chest, how he smelled, he just smelled like…him.

Troy was still on top of her with his elbows resting on either side of her head as he looked down at her with a very distinct face on. "What are you doing?" Gabriella asked softly as he played with one of her loose curls from her pony tail.

"Remembering." Troy said as he took in her beautiful features. Her brunette hair with it's perfect curls, her glistening forehead right now and Troy was proud that he could do that to her, her flawless face which could light up any mood, her smile that reminded him of an angel, her body which was perfect, and her eyes. Troy could just look into her eyes and get lost in them.

The next day Gabriella woke up in Troy's bed by herself. She didn't cry, she didn't talk, she didn't move as she took in her surroundings with her eyes. Troy was nowhere to be seen or heard as his clothes that he wore yesterday, weren't there.


Gabriella was taken out of her thoughts by her mother's voice through her bedroom door, or at least her used to be bedroom door. "Gabs, it's time to say goodbye." Anna called.

"Coming." Gabriella sighed as she stood up. It was exactly two hours ago that she woke up and she hasn't seen Troy since, and now she was going to say goodbye and leave for the airport at noon. Gabriella looked around her room and walked out the door after turning out the lights, this was it, no turning back.