Troy and I tried to sleep in late but my mother had other plans for us. We were going to have a 'family' day. Which didn't make any sense because it just didn't. I guess we were just going to spend all day together… all six of us. Thus, forcing us to get out of bed early for breakfast then we had to get ready for the day. All mom said was wear comfortable shoes. Fantastic.

"Do you know where we are going?" I asked Troy. We were meeting everybody out front because I took the last and longest shower. We stepped into the elevator, pressing the Lobby button.

"I have no idea." He said. "I know as much as you do baby."

"I wonder what they have up their sleeve." I murmured more to myself then to Troy. He just shrugged and wrapped his arms around me.

He kissed my ear gently. "You look so sexy in those jeans."

"You look sexy in those socks." I said, smirking at him.

Troy chuckled. "I wore these the last time we fucked."

I laughed. "Shut up, you did not."

"I'm serious."

"How do you know?" I asked, smirking at him.

He shrugged. "I just do."

"You are so full of shit." I pulled his arms from my waist and walked out of the elevator.

"Jeez, what took you so long?" CJ asked.

"Gabi had to do her hair." Troy joked.

I rolled my eyes and started walking away with my mom and Cameron. "How'd we get outnumbered by boys?"

"I don't know baby." She said, running her hand down the back of my head. "I don't know."

"So where are we even going?" I asked, looking at her.

"Central Park!" She said excited. "We're going to the Zoo."

"The Zoo?"

"I love the Zoo." Troy said, excitedly rushing up to us. "Are we really going to the Zoo?"

I laughed at my boyfriend. "We're going to go and release all the animals."

"Really?" His face lit up.

"Yeah! Then we can ride a Giraffe back home." I said sarcastically.

"Damn. Grumpy." Troy grumbled, lacing his fingers in between mine. He leaned over and kissed my ear. "I think you're just sexually frustrated."

I smacked his chest. "Troy!"

"I'm just saying." He said, raising his free hand in defense.

We made our way to the park. We walked around it for a little bit then headed toward the zoo. When we walked in Troy was pulling me a long like an overly excited man-child. "Troy, calm the fuck down, it's just a Zoo." I said. I walked quickly to catch up to him. "Look what you did, we lost everybody else."

"We'll catch up with them later, now come on." He said, dragging me along.

I rolled my eyes and trailed him reluctantly. We stopped in front of the reptile exhibit. "That's gnarly." I said, looking at the huge snake in front of me.

"Why do you say it like that?" Troy asked, standing next to me.

"Look like two feet down it's body from his head." I said, looking at the large lump visible from it's body. "It's like trying to crawl back out."

"Aw we missed breakfast." Troy said, pressing his palms up against the glass.

"Come on Troy, you're not five." I said, laughing to myself.

"Don't be a hater baby." He said, collecting my hand again. We moved through the tropical zone. "Let's go see some real animals!"

"These are all real animals." I smirked up at him, holding onto his arm and his hand as we walked.

"Don't be a smart ass." He said. "You're being a total buzz kill Gabi."

I laughed, kissing his bicep. "I'm sorry baby." I said, leaning my head against this arm. We stopped in front of the monkeys. "They kind of look like you." I said, smirking.

"Ha Ha." He laughed sarcastically. "Monkeys are the shit."

"Monkeys smell like shit." I corrected. "But they're cute."

Troy chuckled. "So you're saying I'm cute but I smell like shit?"

I nodded. "Pretty much."

He laughed shaking his head. We were in front of the penguins now. I loved penguins. They were so cute. I watched them intently while Troy held my waist, standing behind me. "Monkeys are my favorite and Penguins are your favorite." Troy said, resting his head on my shoulder.

"Did you know that when penguins don't have penis' or Vaginas?" I said, looking over at him. "They transfer the sperm into the girl penguin." I explained vaguely. "I researched it a while ago but I don't really remember the specifics."

Troy raised his eyebrows at me. "Really now?"

I nodded. "Yep." I said. "Let's take a walk through the garden." I suggested.

"Okay." He pulled away from me and laced his fingers in between mine. "This is so romantic. A walk through the garden." He said teasingly.

I ignored him, looking around the garden. We got to a free bench and I sat down. Troy sat next to me and I scooted closer to him, cuddling up to him. I licked my lips and let out a content sigh. "I wish we could stay like this forever."

"In a Zoo?" Troy asked, smirking.

"No!" I said smacking him. "So carefree. Once we go to college we'll have so much shit to worry about…" I trailed off, watching people walk by.

"We already had this conversation. We will make time. We will designate nights to lay in bed and watch friends. I'll take you out all the time and we can find new things to do other than Laser Tag and Mini Golf." Troy said, rubbing my arms.

I looked up at him as he spoke. He was watching people like I was. He looked down at me. "I never thought I'd love you the way I do now." I said quietly. "When I told you I thought I was in love with you was nothing compared to what I feel now. It was like you just pushed me off a cliff."

Troy started laughing. "What?" He asked confused.

"You know in cartoons, when they like run off a cliff or get pushed, they just dangle there for a minute? That was I was doing. Dangling."

"Dangling?" He asked with a smirk.

"Troy!" I whined.

"Sorry. Continue."

"No." I said.

"Come on."

"Fuck you."

"Gabiiii."

"No, Shut up."

"I love you." I rolled my eyes. "Can I have a kiss?" He asked.

"No."

"Pleeeease?" He begged.

I sighed and pecked his lips. "There."

"Now continue with what you were saying."

"There's mom." I said, getting off the bench. "Mom!" I called out.

She turned to look at me. "There you are, we were just looking for you guys."

"Troy kidnapped me." I explained. "Did you make it around yet?" I asked her.

"We saw most of the exhibits, not really the real animals." Mom said.

"We did the opposite." I said.

"Hey! There you are Gabi!" Cameron and the boys said walking over. "Hey, do you and Troy check out the exhibit at the front yet?" He asked.

"No, we just saw the Animals." Troy said, popping up beside me.

"Marie, I'm going to take Gabi and Troy to see the exhibit. Are you okay with the boys?" He asked.

"Yes, of course. Boys, do you want to go check out the animals with me?" She asked them. They accepted.

Troy, Cameron and I walked back towards the other side of the park. "How are you liking the Zoo?" Cameron asked.

"Troy loves the Zoo." I said, grinning up at him. I laced my fingers in between Troy's. "It's pretty cool."

"Your mom and I were thinking… well talking about something and we wanted to ask you what you thought." Cameron said was we walked to the exhibit.

"What was that?" I asked, looking up at him.

"We were talking about moving in together."

"You moving in with us or us moving in with you?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. "Or all of us moving into a whole different house?"

"Probably moving into your house. I'll be in your mom's room. The boy's can share a room. They'll only be there on weekends until summer starts then they stay at their moms for two to three weeks and we switch off until school starts." Cameron said. "But then again, we are still thinking about this."

"I wouldn't mind." I said, looking up at him. "I graduate in June. I'll probably be out and about most of the summer so it wouldn't really bother me."

He grinned. "Good, that's good. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable or anything. It is pretty sudden. My lease is about to be up and your mom offered. Our relationship is fairly new so nothing is set in stone." He explained.

"I understand. I don't have a problem with it. I'm happy with whatever makes my mom happy." I said. Troy squeezed my hand. "She deserves to have somebody as great as you Cameron."

"Thanks Gabi." He said smiling. "You know, from what your mother told me, I was a little afraid of you at first."

Troy burst out laughing. "You should be."

I smacked his chest. "Shut up Troy." I said, before looking over at Cameron. "Why were you scared?"

"I just wanted you to like me." He said shrugging. "She said you were temperamental but she loves you and she raves about you. She's very proud of you."

"Marie loves talking about Gabi." Troy said.

I rolled my eyes. "I don't know why."

"You are pretty great babe." Troy said kissing the top of my head.

"You are great. So is your mom." Cameron said.

I smiled. "You really like her, don't you?"

Cameron blushed like a little boy. "I don't think I've ever met anyone more perfect than she is." He said, looking at me. "She's beautiful, she's smart, she always can make me laugh. She's strong and she has a beautiful heart." I grinned. "I could go on but you already know all of these things."

"Do you love her?" I asked.

"Gabi, they've only been going out for like a month and a half." Troy said.

I rolled my eyes. "So? I told you I loved you after two weeks."

Cameron just chuckled at us. "You bicker like a married couple. It's hysterical."

Troy laughed and I rolled my eyes. "Do you love her?" I asked again, smiling this time.

"I think I do." He said, softly. "I haven't told her yet though. I don't want to freak her out."

"Do you want to marry her?" I asked, looking up at him.

"One day, I hope she'd say yes if I asked her to marry me." He said, looking at the exhibit that I completely forgot about. He looked over at Troy and smirked. "Do you want to marry Gabi?"

I choked. "What?"

"Yeah, one day." Troy said, looking at me.

"Would you say yes if Troy proposed to you?" Cameron asked me.

"Eventually." I said, looking up at Troy. He released my hand and something across the room seemed to have caught his attention. "I love him. I wouldn't say yes now, or anytime soon."

"Smart girl." He said. "I got married young. The boy's mom was my high school sweetheart. But just because we didn't work out, doesn't mean you and Troy aren't. I don't think we loved each other as much as you guys do." Cameron said.

I watched Troy for a moment, smiling to myself. "He's a good guy. When he gets a job and a house and his life together and is ready for a serious commitment and a family, I'll say yes. I want…" I trailed off when I saw Troy coming back.

"They had the coolest monkey thing over there. Did you read it already?" He asked Cameron.

"Yeah, I think I skimmed it." The older man said. "We should get back to the boys and Marie."

Troy wrapped his arm around me and we followed Cameron back to the bench where we first met. We sat for a minute before we saw them coming up. I jumped on Troy's back and he held my legs. I leaned my head on his back.

"You tired baby?" He asked.

"A little bit." I said.

"You can go back to the room if you're tired. The boy's and I were going to go check out the rest of the park. Meet up with us before dinner though." Mom said.

"Okay." I said, letting out a small yawn. "I have my room key." I said, looking at mom.

"Text me when you get there." She said, looking at me.

"We will." Troy said.

"Be safe." Cameron reminded us.

I nodded and Troy and I started walking away. "I'm not going to carry you all the way back to the hotel." Troy said.

I wiggled off of him, walking next to him again. "I know. Can we take a cab?" I asked, looking at him.

"Sure." He said, kissing the side of my head. "We can go swimming if you'd like." He suggested.

"Maybe a little later." I said, squeezing his hand.


I was leaning against the headboard and Troy was flipping through the TV channels. Music videos were playing on a channel and he stopped to watch them for a minute. I watched him stare intently at the screen. The one that was playing faded out and a new one faded in.

"I threw a wish in the well.
Don't ask me I'll never tell.
I looked at you as it fell,
Now you're in my way."

"Seriously Troy?" I asked him. He was just watching the video. "Change it, I hate this song."

He turned to look at me and started mouthing the words.

"Hey! I just met you.
And this is crazy.
So here's my number.
Call me maybe?
It's hard to look right at you baby.
So here's my number
Call me maybe?"

I burst out laughing, picking up a pillow to throw at him. I chucked it at him but he caught it effortlessly. He started dancing to the song. I really should have recorded it. I watched him in amusement as he pranced around the hotel room like a twelve year old girl.

"Before you came into my life I missed you so bad.
I missed you so bad.
I missed you so, so bad.
Before you came into my life I missed you so bad."

"Sweet baby Jesus." I said, laying back. I couldn't watch him anymore. My stomach was hurting from laughing so hard. I giggled quietly to myself. Troy got on the bed and slowly climbed over me, laying on top of me. "You really know how to serenade a girl, Troy."

"Call me maybe. The most Romantic song, ever." He said, leaning down to kiss my lips slowly.

"Do you ever want to get married?" I asked him.

"What?"

I giggled quietly. "Not like anytime soon, but one day?"

"Of course. Who doesn't?" He said, looking at me. "Do you?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I do."

"Why do you ask me that?" Troy asked me.

"If we break up, do you think we could still be friends?" I asked him, ignoring his previous question.

"I don't know, Gabi. Why?" He rolled off me, watching me think.

"Would you hate me if I broke up with you?"

"It would really depend on the circumstances. Again, Why?"

"Just wondering." I said, turning to look at him. "I love you."

"I love you too." He said, kissing my cheek, cuddling up to me.

"If we break up, I still want to be your friend. You are my best friend. I never thought it was possible to have a boyfriend that is your best friend. For me it was always one or the other. But for you everything is different." I said, "You know what I mean?"

Troy nodded. "Yeah, I get it." His fingers drifted under my shirt. He played with my belly ring.

"Would you still love me, if I got a tramp stamp?" I asked, smirking.

He started laughing. "It would depend on what it is."

I laughed as well. " 'fuck me' right over my ass. Does that make you all hot and bothered?"

"You would never get a 'fuck me' tramp stamp."

"Maybe if I was drunk enough." I said shrugging.

Troy chuckled. "I'll make sure that doesn't happen."

"Butterfly, on my butt." I said, looking at him. "That's going to be my next tattoo."

"Why would you want a butterfly on your ass?" He asked me.

I shrugged. "Why not?"

Troy chuckled, shaking his head. "Whatever you want baby."

"I can get 'spank me' if you prefer that?" I asked, smirking.

"You clearly need to get spanked." He said, grinning at me.

"I can get my vagina pierced?" Troy made a face at me. "nipples?" He made another face. "Nipple?"

Troy laughed. "Baby, it's your body."

"But you made those faces at me. You clearly have opinions."

"I know I do but I can keep them to myself. I have no right to tell you what or what not to do." He leaned over kissing my neck slowly. "If you want your body marked, I'll gladly do it for you." He started sucking on my neck. One hand was propping him up and the other was making it's way to my thigh.

I closed my eyes, enjoying the feeling of his lips on my neck. I moaned quietly, relaxing against the bed. My phone started ringing, interrupting us. He pulled away from me and I picked my phone up. "Hello?"

"You forgot to text me."

"Shit! Sorry mom. We're at the hotel. We got here like 20 minutes ago." I looking over at Troy who made a face at me.

"I'm just making sure you were okay. Remember we're meeting up for dinner. And Behave." She said.

I laughed. "We're on our best behavior. Bye mom."

"Bye." We hung up and I set my phone back down.

I laid down next to Troy and he pulled me over to him. "What is the first thing you want to do when we go to California?" He asked, looking at me.

"Go to the beach." I said, looking at him.

"It's going to be winter though."

"I know, I still want to go. Or drive down the coast." I said, looking up at him. "I'm taking my car."

"I'm taking the truck too." He said. "We'll find a way to each other somehow."

"There's always BART." I reminded him. "I want to go on BART too! I want to go to every station. Fremont, all the way out to Dublin, Up to Richmond. Everywhere."

Troy chuckled. "We can do that."

"It's kind of like riding the monorail at Disneyland, but a little more ghetto." We laughed quietly. He held his arms around me a little tighter. I laid contently in his arms. If we ever did break up these are the times I would miss the most. We could always find new things to talk about.

I'd tell him about everything I ever wanted to do and he'd tell me we can do it together. I've never met somebody like Troy Bolton in my 18 years of living. If there is a god, I thank him for creating such a perfect human being. There is no way in hell that I deserve to have him but I'm glad that I do.

"What are you thinking about beautiful?" He asked me softly.

I looked over at him and realized he was probably staring at me the whole time. I felt the blush creep on my cheeks. "Just thinking about you."

Troy chuckled. "Remember when I used to annoy you? Now you daydream about me."

I laughed. "Shut up. You are a moment ruiner."

"It's one of my specialties." He said, kissing my cheek. "Cheers to romance."

I kissed his lips, rolling my eyes at him. "Cheers."


What do you think Gabi was going to end the unfinished sentence with? Leave me a review, i want to know your opinions. I forgot how much i loved this story. I'm glad, you guys are glad it's back. And if you don't know what that song was, you've obviously been living under a rock for all of 2012. I love you all. Don't forget to review! :)