A/N: Even though Valentine's Day has passed, I still want to write cute one shot about our favorite couple. Thank you for all the feedback you've sent in. Ideas are always accepted and appreciated!!!
A huge thanks goes out to Justacrush for her ideas that appear in this chapter! Thank you so much!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own and/or am affiliated with any of the characters, the movie, music, etc.
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 9:00 am
A few minutes ago, Troy had bounced into the room and started talking my ear off leaving me listening to him more than my notes.
"Gabi whatcha doing?" Troy asked walking beside my desk.
"Trying to study for EspaƱol. It's not going at all." I rolled my eyes and looked up at him.
"Do you mind if I sit here and study along side of you?" He asked motioning to his math and history books.
"You have to promise me that you'll sit here quietly and not disrupt me." I gave him the evil eye as he nodded and smirked.
"I cross my heart hope to die stick a needle in my eye that I will sit here quietly and will not disrupt you." Troy promised crossing his hear.
For the next twenty minutes he was quietly studying, but soon he got bored and started talking my ear off. "Troy . . ." I drew out his name in warning.
"I'm piping down, Gabi." He grinned looking over at me as I turned back to learning the shop names in Spanish.
I shook my head and continued to study until he started throwing stuff in my direction. My eyes went wide before throwing my pencil down.
"Troy leave me the hell alone." I looked over at my grinning boyfriend. His grin disappeared while his face showed shocked.
"Gabi I'm sorry." He recovered quickly before looking at me with sad eyes.
"Troy knock it off. I'm trying to study." I ran a hand through my hair and sighed loudly.
He quieted down for a minute but got bored again. I slammed my hands on the table and looked over at Troy. "I can't stay here." I picked up my books and shoved them into my bag before grabbing my keys and walking towards the door.
"Gabi what's wrong?" Troy stood up and looked at me with a hurt look on his face.
"I can't stay here while you're making racket. I'm not getting any studying done." I stalked out of the room and headed towards the library.
The entire way towards the library I was fuming. I was so mad at Troy; he knew how much I needed to study but he was being annoying and talkative. Taylor caught my eye and gave me a look.
"What's wrong?" She asked stopping me and looking worriedly at my angry face.
"Troy's being annoying. I just have to get out of the room." I pushed my hand through my hair before looking at her.
"Go get some studying down and I'll see you later." Taylor said as I nodded.
I walked into the library and dropped my books down at a table. I dropped into the chair still mad at Troy. I propped open my Spanish book and got to work in the quietness of the library.
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need, and I
Don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
2:00 pm
I sighed loudly having enough time to study all of the stuff I needed to know for Spanish. I packed my books up before walking out of the library. I heard the familiar ring of my cell phone before grabbing it out of my purse. I flipped it open and saw I had six missed calls. Three of those were from Troy while the others were from my mom, Tess, and Olivia.
I shook my head while making my journey back to the dorm. My exam was at 4 so I had a little over two hours until my exam. I dialed one of the numbers before putting the phone up to my ear.
"About time you call; I've been dealing with a pain in the ass boyfriend." Olivia's voice came over the phone as I rolled my eyes.
"Tell him I'm going to take my exam and I'll be home later." I glanced down the sidewalk and saw a bunch of people coming my way.
"You need to talk to him Gabi. He's angry with himself and keeps taking his anger out on himself. It's actually pretty funny." Olivia laughed as I shook my head and grinned.
"Tell him to meet me in front of my Spanish class if he wants; if not, then I'll see him after I take my exam." I said heading into the building.
"The message will be delivered. Good luck with your exam and I'll see you later." Olivia told me as I smiled.
"Thanks Olivia." I closed the phone before heading up the stairs towards my classroom.
I smiled at some of my classmates before sitting on the ground and propping open my Spanish book to go over some last minute vocabulary words.
I was so engross in my studies that I didn't even notice the shadow standing over me. Someone kicked my foot and I glanced up towards them with a smile on my face. "You came." I looked at him in surprise.
"I'm sorry for everything this afternoon. I was just hyper and ready to get my exams over with. I'm sorry." Troy slid down the wall and looked over at me.
"It's ok. And I'm sorry for taking my anger out on you. I've been stressed and not talking to my family at all . . ." I let my sentence hang before Troy looked at me.
"I have a surprise for you." Troy smiled looking deep into my eyes.
I caught his contagious smile and caught myself smiling. "What are you up to?"
"It's a surprise and you'll get it tomorrow. But now I want you to focus on this exam and kicking butt in it." Troy looked me squarely in the eyes and leaned over and kissed me.
"I love you." I whispered as he kissed me again.
"And I love you too. So how about I sit here and quiz you before you walk into that classroom?" Troy suggested as I handed over my book and turned and faced him.
Troy sat there quizzing me over Spanish until it was time for me to walk into that classroom. He stood up before helping me up and kissed me gently on the lips. "Good luck and I'll be here waiting for you as soon as you're done."
I smiled before turning and walking into the classroom. I knew no matter what happened in the exam, I would be fine because of the man waiting outside of the classroom for me.
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you, youuuuu, ooh ooh baby, oh oh
I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow, and I
I just want to keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay up late
To hear those magic reindeer click
5:35 pm
I handed my exam to my professor before grabbing my bag and headed out of the room. I saw Troy staring at the ground shuffling his feet nervously. His head snapped up as soon as the door shut quietly behind me.
"Gabi." He smiled walking over and taking my hand in his.
"You didn't have to wait." I looked over at him as we headed down the hall towards the stairs.
"I wanted to. How did the exam go?" He pushed open the door for me as we walked down together.
I shook my head before looking over into his crystal clear blue eyes. "It was, I don't know. Everything that I studied was on it so I knew the stuff but I'm not sure how I did."
"I'm sure you did fine. Now how about we go get dinner and then relax tonight." Troy looked over at me as I smiled.
"Sounds good. So what's the surprise tomorrow?" I asked as he smirked and squeezed my hand.
"I knew you would bring that up sooner rather than later. I'm not telling you but you're going to have so much fun tomorrow." My eyes rose as he told me this.
"What are we going to do?" I leaned up and kissed his cheek as we walked across campus.
"I'm not telling you. But you and I are spending the entire day tomorrow just relaxing before we head back to Albuquerque. Which by the way, are you packed?" Troy took my bag off my shoulder and put it on his as we continued to walk.
"I'm totally packed. What about you?" I asked all ready knowing the answer.
"Nope I threw some stuff in a suitcase but not much. I'll be doing tomorrow night. What time is our flight?" Troy shook his head before looking over at me.
"Um . . . I don't know. I think it's ten on Thursday but I'll check once we're back at the dorm." I told him.
We walked the rest of the way back to the dorm in silence. Troy would squeeze my hand ever now and then just to make sure I knew he was there.
Right in front of our dorm he pulled me over to a set of bench. He sat down before pulling me onto his lap. He sat there and just whispered stupid things in my ear. I just threw my head back and laughed. I leaned over and lightly kissed him on the lips before pulling back and running over to our dorm. He chased me up the stairs until I threw the door shut in his face.
"Gabi come on!" He yelled from the outside of my dorm room. "No!" I called back before laughing.
My hand found the doorknob before throwing open the door. Before Troy could react, I kissed him. His hand found my waist as we stumbled back into the dorm room. We were pulled back by the giggles from the next room.
"We were going to say get a room but it seems you two have all ready found one." Bella giggled watching blushes creep over mine and Troy's faces.
"Not a word." I glared at my roommates. They nodded their heads before leaving Troy and I alone.
We went to dinner before coming back to the dorm room and spending time with my roommates and their boyfriends. We ended up popping a movie in and just sat there completely relaxed now that exams were over.
'Cuz I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Oh, Baby all I want for Christmas is you, youuuu, ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of childrens'
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me
The one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me quickly, yeah
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 8:00 am
"Where is she Olivia?" I heard Troy's voice as I stretched and groaned from my place on my bed.
"She's still asleep. What time was she supposed to wake up?" Olivia's voice asked from the bathroom.
"She was supposed to be up by now. I guess I'll have to take matters into my own hands." I could hear the evilness in Troy's voice as he ascended the ladder to my bed.
"Gabi . . . Gabriella, my love, it's time to get up." I felt the bed shift as he climbed onto the mattress.
"I don't wanna." I stretched before opening my eyes lazily in his direction. He just grinned and stretched out so his face was just inches from mine.
"I know you don't but we have that surprise today. Don't you wanna know what it is?" He grinned.
"Of course I do but I don't wanna move. I'm nice and comfortable here." I leaned up and kissed him before pulling back.
"Well it's not going to come to you. We have to go to it." Troy told me as he got my curiosity going.
I kissed him again before he pulled back and jumped off my bed. "Gabriella you have twenty minutes to get yourself ready. It's going to be cold where we're going so dress warmly. I'll be back in twenty minutes. If you're not ready, then I'm going without you."
I heard the door shut quietly before sitting up in bed. Olivia grinned in my direction as she stood in the kitchenette sipping a warm cup of coffee.
"Do you know anything about this?" I ran my hands over my face before looking at her.
"Not a thing. Apparently, according to Dustin, he's been planning this since Thanksgiving." My eyes went wide as she told me that.
I jumped off the bed before walking over to my closet. Settling on a pair of jeans and a red sweater, I headed towards the bathroom. I took a quick shower. I pulled my hair back in a pony tail before walking over to the kitchen. I poured myself a cup of coffee before looking over at the clock. Having five minutes remaining, I walked over to my laptop and quickly checked my emails.
"You better be ready princess or I'm leaving without you." I rolled my eyes hearing Troy's voice as the door opened.
"I'm bushy tail wide eyed this morning." I peeked out from under the desk and looked at his grinning face.
"Good I didn't wanna pull out the drastic measures." Troy came over and bent down before kissing me.
"Good morning, Troy." I smiled before closing my laptop down.
"Good morning, sweetie. Ready to get this day started?" He asked offering his hand for me to take.
"As ready as I'll ever be. Where are we going?" I asked grabbing my set of keys and my purse before joining him by the door.
"It's a surprise. I'm not going to tell you until we're there." Troy said as my eyes found his.
I smiled before taking his hand and walking out of the dorm. As we headed over to my car, I ran to the driver's side. Troy shook his head as he came closer to me. "Let me drive, please?"
"You don't ever know where we're going." Troy shook his head trying to grab the keys from my hand.
"You could give me directions." I said looking at him with a pouty face.
"No deals sweetheart. Besides what fun will it be if you're driving to your own surprise?" He looked at me with a grin.
"Fine you win but sometime today I'm driving." I pointed my long index finger in his direction.
"I'll let you drive today, I promise sweetheart." He kissed me before I ran over to the passenger's side.
"Since I'm not driving, I get to play with the radio." I grinned as he shook his head.
"You and Sharpay are not hanging out together over break." Troy told me as my eyes flew to his.
"And what is that comment supposed to mean?" I asked looking at him with an angry face on my face.
"Never mind." Troy knew he had dug himself a very large hole that he couldn't get out of.
I giggled watching Troy maneuver through the streets of Raleigh. I looked over at him a couple of times trying to figure out where he was talking me but his face was emotionless.
"How much longer?" I looked over at him as he shook his head and smiled.
"It's just up here baby. It's not too much farther." Troy assured me as I turned back to the traffic in front of us.
I sighed before watching Troy pull into a parking lot and pulled into a spot. "I talked to your mom the other day and she gave me a few suggestions for you and how to get you in the holiday mood."
I gave him a curious look before he smirked and leaned over and kissed me. "She told me that you used to love doing this activity we're going to do today. But you must forgive me if I manage to embarrass you in front of everyone."
"What the heck are you talking about?" I asked getting out of the car and looking at the object in front of us.
"You'll see come on." He grabbed my hand and led me over to a large oval in the middle of a parking lot. My eyes went wide as we came closer.
"Oh Troy." My hand flew to my mouth as I looked at the large ice rink that we were standing in front of.
"Your mom said you used to love to skate. She could never get you off the rink when it was time to go home. So I decided our first relaxing activity of the day would be to ice skate." Troy took my hands in his and smiled warmly at me.
"I love it. Are you going to skate with me?" I asked while noticing the change in his face.
"I'm afraid I don't have the balance for ice skating but I will skate with you for a while." Troy told me as I beamed.
We got our skates before lacing them up. We headed towards the ice rink and I instantly knew this was going to be a disaster for Troy.
"Are you coming?" I called over my shoulder watching him in fear of him hurting himself.
"I'm coming slowly but surely." He said as I cautiously skated onto the ice. I watched him stay close to the edge as I twirled out in the middle.
I skated around that ice rink reliving memories from years past. I let out a giggle as I continued to twirl and skate around. I skated up to Troy and held out my hands. "Come skate with me."
"Gabi I'm not that good." Troy admitted to me as I shook my head.
"Please? For me." I pulled him away from the wall and started skating slowly with him.
Together we skated slowly across the ice. Troy leaned closer to me and kissed me. "You're so graceful. Did you do this a lot when you were younger?"
"Dad would take Joe and I out to the ice rink once a week before the local high schools played. He would hold my hand as we slid across the ice." I said looking at him.
"When you first came out here, your face was priceless. It was like you were reliving the first time you ever stepped out onto the ice." Troy looked over at me with a grin.
"Essentially I was. I was remember the first time my parents, Joe, and I went ice skating. We were in San Diego and we went to a hockey game that my cousin was playing in. After the game it was open skating. My cousin took me out onto the ice and we skated for hours after his game. It was the most fun I ever had and I've loved ice skating ever since." I grinned at him.
"Well I'm glad you had fun today but we're not done yet." Troy told me as my eyes flew to his.
"What do you mean? I thought this was the only thing we were going to do." I smiled.
"Nope we've got a couple of other things to do." Troy said as we skated over to the edge and walked to the benches.
We untied our skates before putting our shoes back on. Troy grabbed my skates before taking them back to the dealer. We headed back to the car on our way to our next adventure. I relaxed into the seat as Troy weaved in and out of traffic.
I closed my eyes briefly before Troy put the car into park. "Don't tell me you're all ready tired."
"I'm not; I'm just relaxing. Where are we?" I asked as my eyes came back into focus.
"For all the time we spent here the day after Thanksgiving, you forget easily." Troy teased as I smiled.
"What are we doing here?" I asked as we got out of the car.
"We're being kids again." Troy vague said as we walked into the mall.
I shook my head not understanding what Troy was getting at. I simply took his hand in mine and let him lead the way towards our unknown destination.
Troy kept the conversation flowing as we walked around the mall. He entertained me with stories from basketball as we made our rounds around the mall. He stopped and looked at me with a goofy grin on his face.
"Ok this wasn't the whole reason I brought you to the mall." Troy started as I looked at him.
"I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I hated going to visit Santa when I was a kid. I would cry for hours before going to see him. Tess and Drew always loved going to see him but I hated it." Troy told me as I grinned.
"Ok so why are we at the mall?" I asked looking up at him.
"When I was 12, Tess convinced me to go to the mall to see Santa with her. She asked Santa to bring her a boyfriend that year and instead he brought her Aaron. They didn't start dating until her junior year of high school but . . ." Troy trailed off. I gave him a confused look which he picked up on.
"So what I'm telling you is that when I was 16, unknowing to anyone but me, I went and saw Santa. When it came time for me to see him, I asked him to bring me a friend; not Chad or any of the other basketball guys, but a friend that I could fall in love with one day if it was right. That New Years Eve, I met you." Troy told me squeezing my hand.
"Troy . . ." I looked down at the ground with tears stinging my eyes.
"Gabi I'm telling you this because even though I hated Santa when I was younger, I've come to realize that if you believe you will receive and you're living proof of that. Santa brought you to me as a late Christmas present." Troy smiled as he ran his finger under my eyes to dry my tears.
"So what are we at the mall for?" I asked still confused but extremely touched with his words.
"We're going to see Santa. I want you to tell Santa what you want for Christmas and hopefully it'll come true for you." Troy said as I nodded.
We joined the semi long line and stood there waiting for our turn. Once it was my turn, Troy and I both went up and sat on Santa's lap. Santa gave us looks before asking us the age old question. "What can I bring you two for Christmas?"
"I want a puppy Santa. And I want all of my friends and family to be happy this Christmas." I grinned looking over at Troy.
"Gabi . . . I want Gabi this Christmas and the all the rest of my Christmases." Troy said looking at me and completely forgetting that we were in the middle of the mall.
"I think I can do that for both of you. Now smile for the camera." Santa said as Troy and I both grinned.
"Merry Christmas Santa." I mumbled as he winked and smiled at me.
"And Merry Christmas Gabi." He said as my face washed with shock.
Troy laughed as we walked over to grab our photo. I hit Troy's shoulder as he continued to laugh.
"Is that your goal for the day?" I asked looking over at him.
"What? Trying to make your cry? I think I'm pretty successful." Troy handed the picture to me as I smiled.
"You always know what to say to make me smile or laugh or cry." I shook my head while lacing our fingers together.
"I know but we're not done sweetheart. Come on. We've got one other place to go." Troy told me leading me to our next stop.
Ohh ohh, I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
3:00 pm
I watched Troy pull back into the university's parking lot. He put the car in park before turning and looking at me. He ran his thumb over my knuckles before speaking.
"There's one other thing I want us to do." He smiled nervously.
"What's that?" I looked at him before running my fingers up and down his arm.
"Come on; we've got places to go." Troy told me getting out of the car. I met him in front of the car as he motioned me to jump on his back.
"You're going to ride in style." Troy said as I got on his back in a piggy back ride.
Instead of going back towards the dorms, we headed to the fieldhouse. Troy walked through the darkened halls until we reached center court. He put me back on my feet as I looked around. Something hit me like a hurricane.
"Troy you have games the 19th and 21st. What are you going to do about those?" I asked looking at him in fear.
"Gabi, don't worry. Coach and I have talked about it. I'm going to go back home with you tomorrow and on the 18th I'll fly back here and I'll play with the team the 19th and 21st before flying back to Albuquerque. Then you and I are flying back the 30th for my game here on the 31st." He assured me as I looked worried at him.
"So that means I'm going to miss two of your games." I frowned as he smiled.
"I'll be gone three days. I'm going to miss you those three days." Troy told me hugging me close to his side.
"The 21st is an away game isn't it?" I asked looking at him.
"Yeah it's up in New York. Do you wanna go with me?" He grinned as I shook my head.
"Nah I'll stay home. When are you flying home?" I looked up at him.
"Um . . . I'm getting on a flight as soon as the game is over. So I'll be back in Albuquerque in your arms by 10 o'clock Albuquerque time." Troy promised as I smiled.
"Sounds good to me. So what are we going to do here?" I saw pieces of paper scattered around us.
"You'll need this and this." Troy handed a pen and a piece of paper to me as I gave him a look.
"Ok I'm confused now." I shook my head as he laughed.
"We're going to make Christmas lists for Santa. Anything you want can go on this list. It doesn't matter how much it costs." Troy told me.
"Trying to figure out what I want for Christmas?" I grinned walking over to the dead center of the court.
"Your Christmas present is all ready bought and stored in a safe place back in Albuquerque." When I heard that statement, my jaw dropped and I whipped around to face Troy.
"Cat got your tongue sweetheart?" Troy grinned as I shook my head.
"Usually you're waiting until the last minute." I grinned.
"Not this year. Now go work on your list." Troy pointed to the center as I sat down.
I lay out on the court and started writing on my piece of paper. I erased half the stuff I had written and was stumped on what I wanted. I tried to think of something good while occasionally looking over at him. He was furiously writing which caused me to giggle.
"Gabi are you done?" Troy called as I looked over at him. I looked at my list suddenly getting the best idea.
"Yeah I'm ready. Are you coming over here?" I called while still lying on the floor.
"I'm on my way." He picked up his piece of paper and made the five foot journey over to where I was sitting.
"What did you write?" I asked once he sat across from me with a grin on his face.
He showed me his list which included my name, a new car, and a one on one game with Michael Jordan, which I giggled at, and happiness among his family members.
"Very cool list." I handed the piece of paper back to him before he looked at me. "What did you write, my dear?"
"Here." I handed him the piece of paper which had only one thing on. I had written All I Want for Christmas is You with a smiley face.
"You don't want anything else?" He asked looking over at me as I moved closer to him.
"I don't need expensive jewelry or bracelets. I just want to spend Christmas with you and our families." I leaned up and kissed him.
"I love you, Gabi." Troy mumbled against my lips before kissing me again.
"And I love you too." We sat there in silence just thinking about the Christmas we knew we would enjoy.
Ohh ohh, I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Oh, Baby all I want for Christmas is you, you ooh, baby
All I want for Christmas is you, ooh baby
The song is "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey. That was the longest chapter I've written for this story. Feedback would be great. I'm just now getting into the Christmas mood with this story. Look for another update this weekend some time!!!
