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!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own and/or am affiliated with any of the characters, the movie, music, etc.


Saturday, December 16th, 2006 6:00 am

"What the hell are you doing?" Holding up his hands in innocence, Troy just grinned his adorable smile.

"I couldn't help it. Your mom said you were bored." I shook my head going back to my book.

"I'm not bored; I'm just relaxing and enjoying my time at home." I grinned.

He leaned over and captured me in a steamy, passionate kiss. I grinned against his lips as he made my head spin with another earth shattering kiss.

"Not in this household, children." Mom's voice caught us and I pulled back quickly. My eyes went to those of my mom's as I heard a thump on the floor.

Laughing so hard, I couldn't express the amusement I had. "You . . . . you just fell off the sofa." I choked out before falling into another fit of laughter.

A crimson, red blush crept over Troy's face as I continued to laugh. "Get it out. Ok Gabi, you've had your fun." Troy jumped back on the couch as I managed to can the laughter.

My laughter eventually subsided but as soon as I looked at his pouting face, I would let out a round of giggles before he shook his head and gave me the evil eye.

I looked over at him until he caught my eye. "Not that I love you being here, but why did you come over?"

His hand immediately flew to his heart before giving me a hurt expression. "I'm hurt Gabi."

I kissed the pout that crept across his face. "You're stalling. And don't think I haven't been catching onto your sneakiness." I pointed my finger in his face as he lightly bit it.

"Eww Troy. Are you trying to make me pissed off at you today?" I asked looking at him.

He grinned sheepishly and shook his head. "I'm sorry, babe. I'm not trying to piss you off. Actually, I've come to deliver some great news."

His sentence caught my attention as I raised my eyes in curiosity. "Sharpay called me to find out what you were doing today and I told her nothing so she said that you, Kelsi, her, and Taylor are all going shopping."

I could have killed him but his grin was too adorable for me to kill. I nodded my head and smiled. "That's great. What time are they coming over?"

"Actually they're waiting outside for you. You better get a move on." Troy said hurrying me.

"I swear, Bolton, I'm going to find out what you're up to." I glared at him before calling over my shoulder, "Go tell them I'll be down in a couple of minutes."

I walked into my room before settling on a pair of boot cut jeans and a white long sleeve with my denim jacket over the top. I ran a brush through my hair before slipping on my rings and bracelet. I shoved my feet into my clogs before walking downstairs.

"You look gorgeous, sweetheart." Troy kissed me as I gave him a suspicious look.

"You're not off the hook yet sweetheart. I'm going to find out what you're being so sneaky about." Troy's eyes rose challenging me to find out.

I shook my head, grabbed my purse before walking out the door. I shook my head before seeing the girls standing there smiling.

"You don't look too happy." Sharpay looked at me as I shook my head.

"Oh I'm not. Troy's hiding something. Any idea what it could be?" I looked at the three girls who surrounded me.

"How do you know he's hiding something?" Taylor asked as the girls traded looks.

"He's sneaking around. He pushed me out of my own house. If he's talking on the phone, whenever I come into the room he immediately shuts it. He's just acting not the guy I fell in love with." I bit my lip from tearing up.

"Gabi he's probably just stressed from everything that's going on." Kelsi said putting her hand on my shoulder.

"Maybe you're right." I still couldn't get rid of the feeling that something was happening.

I watched the girls trade looks before looking at them. "You don't think he's cheating do you?"

Immediately, the girls' jaws dropped before they choked out their responses. "Troy Bolton cheats on Gabriella Montez? Hell would have to freeze for that to happen." Taylor managed as I shook my head.

"I just have that feeling that he's hiding something from me and that's all I can think it is." A single tear drop fell down my face as I angrily wiped it away.

"Gabi Troy loves you to death. There's no way he would or could ever cheat on you." Sharpay tried calming me down as I shook my head.

"I'm just worried that . . ." I trailed off not wanting to bring up what I was really thinking.

"How about we go shopping and get your mind off your pain in the ass boyfriend?" Kelsi smiled as I laughed.

"Sounds good to me." We piled into Sharpay blue VW Beatle and headed to the mall.

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

Troy's POV

I watched her walk out the door and talk to the girls before they all piled into Sharpay's Beatle. I watched the car drive down the street before smiling at Anna Montez.

"My daughter is very observant, Troy. She's going to figure something's up." Anna smiled at me as I nodded.

"She's all ready suspicious." I put my hands in my back pocket before rocking back on my heels.

"Troy come have a seat. You seemed a little worried on the phone." Anna said patting the chair next to her.

"Actually I need to ask you something." I shook my head smiling a little.

"What you and Gabi did at Duke is your own business. I don't want to hear any of the stories." Anna shook her head as I laughed.

"It's nothing like that. Actually this is going to change Gabi's life." I placed both of my hands on the table and gave her a long look.

"Troy you and Gabi have been dating for almost a year. Just spit it out all ready." Anna shook her head as I laughed.

"All right. You know I love Gabi a lot." I started as Anna gave me a look to continue.

"I wanted to ask you . . ." I choked not being able to ask her mom the simple question.

She smiled waiting for me to ask her. "I wanted to ask for your permission to ask Gabi to marry me."

I held my breath while waiting for Anna's answer. The smile on her face was all I needed to see. "I was kinda hoping this was the reason you were shooing Gabi out of the house so quickly."

"And yes Troy you may ask Gabi. When are you planning it?" Anna asked me as I shook my head.

"I'm not going to say but it's coming up. I'm going to ask her when we go back to Duke sometime." I grinned.

"If you need me to do anything, let me know. Do your parents know?" Anna asked me.

"They know I was going to ask you but they don't know any of the details. Tess has been helping me out with most of the things." I grinned.

She leaned over and kissed me. "I know it's not official or anything, but welcome to the family Troy."

I grinned and shook my head. I had one down and another to ask but she wasn't getting asked the question until a couple of weeks later.

I heard my phone's ringtone before pulling it out and looking at the caller I.D. My eyes widened when I saw who it was.

"What's up?" I put the phone to my ear before hearing the other person on the phone talk.

"Troy? It's Sharpay. It seems we have a big problem on our hands." Sharpay hurriedly said.

"What's wrong?" I immediately thought of the worst.

"We were standing on the lawn talking and Gabi thinks you're cheating on her." Sharpay whispered.

"What? Where did she get that idea?" I yelled forgetting Anna Montez was sitting across from me.

I heard voices on the other line before Sharpay came back on. "She says you've been hiding stuff from her and you're sneaking around. That's what she thinks and I thought I would give you the heads up."

I shook my head before thinking about what to say. "Thanks Sharpay. I'll talk to Gabi tonight."

I hung up the phone before hearing Anna chuckle. "What's wrong?"

"Gabi think I'm cheating on her." I picked up my face and looked at her mom.

"Where did she get that idea?" Anna used the same words I used minutes before.

"She says I've been sneaking around and hiding stuff from her." I shook my head as Anna laughed.

"Now you've dug yourself a hole. It's going to take a miracle for you not to spill the beans to her."

I shook my head before trying to figure out what I would say to Gabi when I saw her next.

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

6:00 pm

"Come on Gabi talk to me." I begged from the ground. I had been trying to talk to her for the past 45 minutes but she had shut her balcony doors and refused to see me.

'I guess I'm going to have to do this the hard way.' I mumbled before starting to climb the tree.

After successfully jumping over the railing, I knocked on her door. I heard the music being turned down before the door swung open. Her face was wet from the tears she had cried and she had an angry look.

"What the hell do you want Bolton?" Her icy tone made goose bumps run up and down my arm.

"Look I'm sorry." I knew this was the first step for her to talk to me again.

She crossed her arms and gave me a long look. "Sorry for what?"

'Uh oh.' I cursed myself not knowing what I was sorry for. "Not talking to you?" I tried.

"Nice try Bolton but you're wrong." She moved to shut the balcony door before my hand flew out to stop it.

"Can I have five minutes of your undivided attention?" I pleaded looking at her.

She hesitated before looking into my blue eyes. She must have seen something in them because the next thing I knew I was sitting on her bed while she stood in front of me.

"Gabi I know I've been sneaking around and secretive but I'm planning something for you. You have to believe me." I reached for her hand but she quickly put both hands behind her back.

"Do you know what I've been thinking since we've been home?" Her icy tone returned as I saw her eyes soften at the sight of me.

When I didn't answer her, she continued. "My mind went and started playing tricks on me. The doubt started to settle in and I seriously thought for a minute, you were cheating on me. Troy Bolton the lunkhead basketball man who claims he loves me cheating. But I kept telling myself that you would never do that." More tears fell down her eyes as my heart broke in two.

"Gabi I love you; I know that might not mean much to you now, but it means the world to me. One day, I'm going to ask you to marry me. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I wanna wake up with you beside me every morning. I want to have kids with you. Most of all, I want to continue to love and grow old with you." I paused.

Her eyes soften and I saw her face soften at my little speech. "I would never, ever cheat on you Gabi. I love you too much to lose you like that." I took her hands in my hands.

"What are you planning?" That one question threw me for a loop even though I was semi expecting it.

I bit my lip as she looked at me expectantly. "It's part of your Christmas present. You'll find out in a couple of days."

"That's all it is?" Her eyes rose in suspicion.

"That's all Gabi. Your Christmas present is what I've been planning." If she ever found out I was lying, I would be a dead man four times over.

"I'm sorry but when you were sneaking around and hiding stuff from me, my mind starts playing tricks on me." Gabi fell into my arms as I hugged her.

"And I'm sorry for making you have those thoughts. I should have told you I was working on your Christmas present." I smiled before leaning over and kissing her.

I put so much passion into that kiss that when she pulled back, she had a dazed look on her face. She stood on her tip toes and kissed me back.

I picked her up bridal style and threw her on the bed before crawling in next to her. We continued to make out until she broke away. "So what are you getting me for Christmas?"

I shook my head knowing I would have to deal with this until Christmas morning. "I'm not telling you Gabi. You have nine days until Christmas; I think you can hold out for that long." I kissed her again before she sighed.

"I was this close." She held out her index finger and thumb about an inch apart as I laughed before kissing her mouth.

"No you weren't." She pulled me in a kiss as she giggled against my lips.

"Don't argue with me Bolton." She kissed me again before I started nodding my head.

"Yes ma'me." I was glad our fight was over and at least she was talking to me, though not much talking was happening.

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me


The song is "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion. Feedback would be most appreciated. Thank you to everyone who has submitted feedback!!!