Well, this is it...it's based on Troy, so I know so me of you who thought Troy had a minimal part in last chapter will be happy.

Chapter 20 – Epilogue

Troy fingered the name of the tombstone in front of him. Fifteen years. Fifteen long years since he lost his little sister. A lot had happened in fifteen years.

For one, he got married.

The day had been beautiful. Amazing. The only thing missing was his little sister. Chad was best man with Taylor as the maid-of-honor. But, deep down, it had only reminded him of what Mack would never be able to do.

Like graduate.

Mack and Calum's red and white graduation robes were placed on their chairs during the ceremony. Jack accepted Mack's diploma and Karen was given Calum's. Bailey had cried the whole way through, even as she took her diploma from Mr. Matsui's hands, her body shook with sobs.

A tear fell down Troy's face and onto the cold ground. She would have been thirty three in two days, just like she would have turned eighteen two days after the accident.

"Daddy, are you okay?"

He turned around. Standing behind him was a beautiful ten year old, his oldest child Pilar Mackenzie Bolton. She looked exactly like Mack, from her hair to her smirk. Her attitude was the same as well, basketball was life.

"Yeah," Troy said lifting himself up off the ground. "I'm okay."

Pilar took a lollipop out of her pocket, unwrapped it and stuck it into the dirt surrounding Mack's grave. "Just in case she gets hungry," she told her father matter-of-factly before she walked to the grave next to Mack's. "This is Cam's brother right?"

"Yeah," Troy told her. "Had they lived, he probably would have been your uncle."

"How did they die again," the little girl asked.

"A drunk driver hit them one night."

"Oh," Pilar said quickly. She knew her father hated drunk drivers, but she had never asked why. "That's why you make Mom help out when MADD comes to school."

"I don't make your mother," Troy said. "She likes to help and Mothers Against Drunk Driving is a good program."

There was an awkward silence between the two for a moment. "What was Aunt Mack like?"

"I've told you millions of times," Troy said.

"No you haven't," Pilar said. "You rarely talk about her. Mom said that when she first met you, you were...different than you are now."

Troy looked up at his daughter and she studied him carefully. His hair was still shaggy and his face still tan, but his eyes were dull. The bright blue that had once occupied them were gone and replaced with common gray. He never smiled, and when he did it was fake.

He sighed. "Well, what do you want to know?"

"Anything."

"Okay," he said. "Well, she was an awesome athlete and she had a beautiful voice..."

"Troy?"

"Yeah Mack," he said as they walked down the street, ice cream running out of the cone in their hands and onto their skin.

"How did you propose to Gabriella?"

"Oh...it wasn't fancy. I brought her to a nice restaurant and asked her."

She shook her head. "You are so lame!"

"I'm lame," he asked.

"Yeah! You could have made it exciting."

"Like how?"

"I'm going sky diving and right before we jump, Calum's going to present me with this huge diamond."

Troy laughed. "And where is Calum getting all this money?"

"Teagan."

"Oh right," Troy said as if it was obvious. "You want to be in debt to Teagan when you get married."

Mack laughed and threw her ice cream cone in the trash. Troy lazily tried, but it miss. "Oh, I think you're losing your touch big brother," she teased. "You might need a lesson or two from the all powerful Mack."

Troy looked up at the stars and shook his head. Gabriella came out and sat in the chair next to his. "I don't get it," he said. "It seems like it was just yesterday, but it's been fifteen years. I though it was supposed to get easier as time went by."

"Troy, you were really close to your sister," Gabriella told him. "It's going to take a lot of time. Plus, you're not good with putting things behind you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You can't let things go." Troy just shook his head. "You know I'm right. I'm always right Troy."

"Well aren't you modest," he teased.

Gabriella raised her eyebrows. "Well Mr. Basketball, how are you going to get over this?"

"I don't want to forget her-"

"You don't have to," she said. "You'll see her again someday." She kissed his cheek before going back in the house. Troy was about to follow when he heard noises from the bushes. He looked over and he could have sworn he saw two eighteen year olds – a boy and a girl – trying to be as still as could be.

"Nah," he said and he walked in the house.

So...I feel sad writing this...I'm going to miss them!

Okay...Read this author's note, all of it because these are some ideas I have!

Now. I know I'm writing some more stories, but I have a few ideas I've already started (Title, summary, "excerpt"

Disappearing Act

Troy disappears and goes missing. Assuming the worst the gang grieves their lost friend. But when he comes back to Albuquerque with a new name, a new personality and a new life, will they be able to remind him of the old Troy Bolton.

"There was something fishy about Topher Harrington and Ryan was going to get to the bottom of it."

Gabriella's Gift

Gabriella has a gift. She can see the spirit of death. When she sees it following Troy, she only has a few days to figure out how he's going to die and stop it from happening...but what if the "einsteinette" can't figure it out?

"But, you see, I need to tell my friends what I can see because right now we have a major problem that I need to solve. I might even need their help. The other day I saw the black ghost - the spirit of death - following one of them."

Those Four Words

The friendship between four boys is tested when one of them is diagnosed with a deadly disease.

"'Look,' he said, letting go of Sharpay and walking across the room. At first, they hadn't seen the big deal, but with each step they noticed he was getting slower until they looked at his legs. One was limping, his knee barely moving as he tried to walk across the room."

(Those Four Words isn't about the medical aspect of it because I've never really had that happen, but I have been a friend, so I know how it can feel like in the situation, of course everyone can have different feelings and reactions.)

Also, if enough people want me too, I'll post some one-shots together based off of Troy and Mack and this series, because I still have some ideas for them and I know some people want to see more of Troy and Mack's childhood.

So, I'm going to post them all at one point hopefully. But, if you like one of them more than the others, tell me and which ever one get the most I'll post first.

So anyway, I just wanted to throw some ideas out there for you all!

Thanks for reading!

Review and tell me what you think!