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Okay, here's the last chapter! I know, cry, cry, but I promise it's going to be good! A little rushed, but good! And I made it extra long for you guys. So I hope you enjoy the last chapter for this story!
To Kiss Or Not To Kiss
Chapter 16: Saved the Best for Last
When Troy and Gabriella kissed, it was like magic. Everybody applauded and smiled at the couple. They were really proud of them. A couple days later, it was time to head home and go their separate ways. Troy and Gabriella went back to NJ, the rest of the gang went back to Albuquerque, and the cast of "A Teenager's Life" went back to their homes in Los Angeles.
A month after the premiere, everybody was still talking about their movie. People were still buying the DVDs and the soundtrack. Stores now have merchandise based on the movie. Vince called Gabriella. He has great news.
"Hello?"
"Hey G! I've got great news!"
"What is it?"
"Well, I just found out that our movie got nominated for an Oscar!"
"NO… WAY!" She practically shouted the words out.
"It's true! It got nominated for best film, best leading actors/actresses, best supporting actors/actresses, and best soundtrack!" (A/N: I totally made this up. I don't even know if that's really how you call them)
"This is big news! I have to tell everybody!"
"Great idea! Spread the word and I'll book airplane seats. You leave in two weeks. First class sound good?"
"That's awesome!"
"All right I'll talk to you later G!"
"Bye V!" Then they both hung up the phone. Gabriella threw her phone on the bed and screamed at the top of her lungs. Her mom came rushing through the door.
"What happened? Why are you screaming?" Then Gabriella came and hugged her mom.
"Thank you, mama. Thank you."
"For what?"
"For convincing me to go to East High and then moving to New Jersey, and allowing me to follow my dream and… well I guess what I'm trying to say is, thanks for everything." With that, Gabriella continued hugging her mom.
"Okay, I'll play along. Even thought I really don't know what's going on."
"Mama, V just told me that our movie got nominated for an Oscar!" Mrs. Montez was quiet for a while and then she finally spoke.
"SHUT… UP!" She shouted.
"Mama! I can't believe you just said that!"
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. But an OSCAR? Gabby this is so exciting!"
"I know!" And they continued talking about how great it is to win an Oscar.
The next day, Gabriella began to call everyone in the gang. She decided to call Sharpay first.
"Hello?"
"Hey! Guess who this is?"
"Gabby? Hey! What's up?"
"Well, I have amazing news!"
"What? You're moving back?"
"You know, I really wish I could do that, but sadly, no. V called me yesterday and said that the movie was a big hit and it was nominated for an Oscar!" Gabriella didn't hear anything coming from the other end of the line.
"Hello? Shar?"
"Oh. That's- that's great!" Sharpay said unenthusiastically.
"What's wrong?"
"Well, it's just that, in the seventeen years of my life, I always thought that someday, I'd win a Tony Award. You know, acting on stage. In Broadway. Not in Hollywood."
"Oh. I see. But cheer up! Winning an Oscar is so much like winning a Tony. The only difference is, you have cameras watching you and you didn't act on a stage."
Sharpay sighed. "You're right. I should be happy."
"Hey! Why don't you tell someone that they could make this movie a play?" Suggested Gabriella.
"You know what? Maybe I will!"
"There's no doubt that you'll win a Toby Shar. I just know it."
"Thanks."
"Oh, and tell Ryan about the news too."
"Sure will!"
"All right, bye." Then, they hung up. Gabriella called the rest of the gang in Albuquerque. When the rest of the girls heard it, they screamed at the top of their lungs and when the guys heard it, they were silent for a while and then spoke up. Gabriella even thought that Chad had hung up when he didn't talk.
After Gabriella told everyone in the gang, she rushed downstairs and put her helmet and pads on and rushed to the garage.
"Hey, honey, what's the rush?" Asked her mom.
"I'm going on my date with Troy and tell him something."
"You're not going to break up with him, are you? He is such a sweet boy and so-"
"No, mom! I'm not going to break up with him! He's too perfect! I just have something to tell him."
"Oh. Okay. Have fun! Love you!"
"Love you!" Then Gabriella ran into the garage and took her scooter and rode it all the way to Troy's. Luckily, Troy's house was only three blocks away.
When she got there, she rested her scooter on the lawn and walked up to the front door and knocked three times. She waited for someone to answer.
Meanwhile, Troy was inside. He just stepped out of the shower and heard three knocks on the door. Since he was the only one home, he had to answer it. So he wrapped a towel around his waist and went to the front door and opened it widely. Unprepared for what he saw.
"HOLY CRAP!" Troy shouted and slammed the door. Then he ran to his room.
Was that Troy? What was he doing answering the door half-naked? Well, he does look cute when his hair is wet. And it's the first time I've really seen him without his shirt on. His abs are amazing! And he looked absolutely HOT. Gabriella thought.
Then Gabriella opened the door and walked in.
"Troy? Where'd you go?"
"I'm in my room!" So Gabriella went upstairs and walked the hallway leading to his bedroom.
Meanwhile with Troy, he was trying to figure out what to wear. He was about to take his towel off. He turned around and saw that he forgot to close his door and it was wide open and Gabriella about to knock so he snapped the towel back on.
"HOLY CRAP!" Troy shouted again and turned around his back to Gabriella.
"Hey Troy!"
"Hey Gabriella!" Troy greeted back without turning around. "Um… there any chance that you might like to watch some TV downstairs while I go change?"
"Yeah! Sure! Sorry if I startled you. And don't worry, I didn't see anything." Yet. Gabriella thought. But she immediately pushed the nasty things she thought about to the back of her head and focused on what they'd do on their date.
"Thank you!" Troy shouted. "And could you close the door while you're at it, please? Thank you!" Gabriella closed the door and headed downstairs. Since Troy couldn't find anything to wear, he just wore his plain red boxers and a white wife beater. He'll find something later. Besides their date doesn't start for another hour. So he came down in his boxers.
"Holy crap." He said one more time as he came down the steps and saw Gabriella. But this time, he said it softer.
"Are those your two new words today?" Gabriella asked playfully.
"Ha, ha. Very funny. It's just you look amazing in your outfit and I look…" He looks at himself in his boxers and wife beater. "Well, you see what I mean."
"No, I don't see what you mean because you look amazing too."
"But I'm wearing boxers and a wife beater."
"Exactly. You look amazing. Especially with wet hair."
"So you like me dressing like this every time? Should I go on our date like this?"
"What? No! Are you out of your mind? I mean, I like you wearing that in private but not in public! There might be paparazzi!"
"Wow. And a year ago, you didn't even care if you went outside in your PJs."
"I know. Weird isn't it? So, why aren't you dressed yet?"
"Well, our date doesn't start until another hour. Why'd you come so early?"
"Because we need to talk."
"You're not breaking up with me are you?"
"No! I am not breaking up with you! That's what my mom said! Why would you think that anyway?"
"Because you said, 'we need to talk'."
"So? Those are only four words that could mean a lot of things."
"You're right. So what did you want to talk about?"
"About the movie."
"What about the movie?"
"That it just got nominated for an Oscar."
"NO… WAY!"
"That's what I said!"
"You serious?"
"Yup! V called me and said that it got nominated for best film, best leading actor/actress, best supporting actor/actress, and best soundtrack."
"That is so cool! So what are you going to do if you win?"
"I don't know! Maybe this." Then Gabriella leaned in and kissed Troy. They kissed for about a minute. They pulled away and stared at each other.
"Well, if you're going to do that, then I might just go in there and purposely put the name of our movie in that envelope."
"Ha. Ha. Now go get dressed. You only have thirty minutes before our date. But before you do, can you pose for me?"
"Sure." Then Gabriella pulled out her camera phone and took a picture of Troy pointing at the camera. (A/N: Imagine the part in HSM when Troy was hurrying to rehearse with Kelsie and Gabriella and he pointed at the mirror).
"Wait, what are you going to do with that picture?"
"I don't know, put it in my room, in my diary, in my blog, in the internet?"
"WHAT?"
"Chill, I was just kidding! Now go change." Then, Troy did as he was told and marched upstairs to change.
Gabriella sent the picture to Sharpay, Taylor, and Kelsie. A few minutes later, they all replied, here's what they said:
Sharpay: He looks H-O-T. How'd you get the picture?
Taylor: He looks F-I-N-E. Why doesn't he have a shirt and pants on?
Kelsie: He looks C-U-T-E. You are so lucky!
Gabriella continued with her text messages with a smile. Then Troy came down with a half-closed, white button down shirt, khaki corduroy pants, and white sneakers.
"What are you smiling about?"
"Oh nothing. But Shar, Tay, and Kels just told me something about your picture that I sent them."
"You sent them my picture?"
"Yeah. Shar said that you look H-O-T, Tay said you look F-I-N-E, and Kels said that you look C-U-T-E."
"Well, you know how I do with the ladies."
"No, how?"
"I don't know. Nobody said I looked hot, fine, or cute to my face before. Maybe they say it behind my back but I'm not sure. So you ready?"
"Yeah, let's go." Then Troy and Gabriella went to the movies for their date.
In the next two weeks, all everybody did was pack, pack, and pack. They had to have something formal, something casual, something for parties, something at home, a bathing suit, PJs, and whatever else they wanted.
Then they all flew to Los Angeles for the Oscars. When they got there, they all stayed in daddy Evans' mansion. There are enough rooms for everybody to have one.
Then, it was Oscar time. Everybody was frantically dressing, putting one make-up, doing their hair, and other necessary stuff. Sharpay was helping Gabriella curl her hair. Then Sharpay burned herself with the curler because Gabriella kept squirming.
"OW!" Sharpay put her thumb in her mouth.
"I'm sorry Shar. It's just that, I'm so, so, so, nervous!" Gabriella said, with her leg twitching. Sharpay got fed up with it and held it still.
"Trust me Gabby, you'll do fine. I'm sure you're going to win that Oscar."
"You sure?"
"I promise you. And if you don't I will sue them myself personally for every penny they're worth. Which won't be worth anything really if they don't pick you!"
Then they continued with hair curling.
A few hours later, they were in a limo on their way to Hollywood for the Oscar Awards. A few minutes in the limo and they arrived.
They walked down the red carpet with photographers and paparazzi taking pictures of everyone every chance they get. Then they finally got inside.
A few minutes later, it started and the next thing they knew they were announcing the best musical movie (A/N: Or however you call it).
"And the winner is…" The emcee opened the envelope and read the contents, "To Kiss Or Not To Kiss! (A/N: I decided to name the movie after my fic) Congratulations!"
Then as Gabriella promised, she kissed Troy before they went on stage with Sharpay and Ryan. Then they said their speeches.
Troy said, "We just wanna say thanks to everyone who's worked with us in our film, on and off screen, our amazing choreographers, and of course thanks to our fans for watching."
Gabriella said, "Yeah, we never would've won this without our fans, so thank you guys for supporting us!"
Sharpay said, "We would also like to thank one more special person, who is probably in Albuquerque right now, in our school theater."
Ryan said, "We'd like to thank Ms. Darbus, for teaching us everything we know, and for giving us a chance to be in her musicals. Thanks for being so wonderfully strict. Again, thank you."
Meanwhile, back in Albuquerque, Ms. Darbus was having a facial and a manicure and when she heard her name being called, she shot straight up and started crying. She ran up to her TV and kisses it.
Okay, back to the awards, Troy had one more thing to say, "I'd also like to thank the emcee back at the freestyle club that Gabriella and I met in. If it wasn't for him, we never would've met in the first place and I never would've noticed Gabriella back in school if I hadn't seen her before. Without him, we could never make this incredible movie."
Then everybody applauded and took their seats. They went on with the best film for comedy, sci-fi, and drama. They also won the Award for best drama.
Then they went on to best leading actors and actresses.
"And the best leading actor for a drama film is…" The emcee opened the envelope for the umpteenth time. "Troy Bolton! Congratulations Troy!" Then Troy took the stage.
"Wow, I really don't know what to say. But I prepared a speech incase I did win. Here it is right now." Troy takes a note card from his pocket and read it. "Thanks." Then he paused and looked at the back of the note card. "I guess that's all I'm saying! No, I'm kidding, I really would like to thank everybody that was in the film and help made it happen, and I would like to thank my fans for supporting me, also I would like to thank my family and friends who had confidence in me. And finally, I would like to thank miss Gabriella Montez for singing with me in the freestyle club when we first met, because without you, we would never had the inspiration for this movie. Thank you." Then he bowed and took his seat.
Then they did, best leading actress in a drama. And of course Gabriella won. She said her acceptance speech. She said the basics; she thanked her fans, the cast and crew, Troy, and her family and friends.
Then came the supporting roles and of course Ryan and Sharpay won that. Ryan was playing footsie with Desiree and wasn't paying attention when his name was called. Then the spotlight was on him and he finally got it and went up the stage and said his speech.
Sharpay on the other hand, had a speech prepared. She knew she'd win. She kept rambling on about how she first auditioned and how she never stopped acting, and how acting's her life. They had to cut her short because she took too long. Then she went back to her seat.
"They are so rude!" Sharpay said.
"Well, it was a pretty long speech." Gabriella said.
"Yeah, I mean, look at Chad." Taylor said. They looked at Chad and realized the he was asleep.
The night went on with the rest of the awards and the after party. After that, they all just went back to the mansion and went into their rooms and slept.
The next day, Vince has news again.
"Hello?"
"Hey, G! Sorry, did I wake you?"
"Kinda."
"Sorry. But I have news, 'A Teenager's Life' just got renewed for a third season." (Gabriella started in the second season)
"That's great! You could've told me that later."
"Yeah, but the problem is, you have to be here the whole year. You can't go back to NJ anymore."
"What? But that's where my mom is!"
"I'm sorry, but either you stay here for the whole year or you leave the cast."
Then Gabriella thought for a while, "I have a plan."
The next thing Gabriella knew, she was back in NJ packing all of her stuff in to boxes and moving it into the van.
"You ready for tomorrow sweetie?"
"Yeah, but I can't believe we're moving back to Albuquerque! I get to see my friends again!"
"Yeah, well the company needed me anyway. And I got paid way more in Albuquerque than I did here."
"V said, that I was all right if I stay in Albuquerque, because they would come and film it there because they were switching locations for the plot of the story."
Then Gabriella went outside and walked to the local park. There, she sat on one of the benches and waited for Troy. Then finally, he came.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey, yourself." Gabriella said. An awkward silence fell upon them and then finally, Troy spoke.
"I can't believe you're moving back to Albuquerque. You must be so happy."
"I am. But I just can't help to think what I'd do without you."
"Hey, it'll be okay. I promise." Then Troy hugged Gabriella, while she cried.
The next day came and Gabriella was moving back to New Mexico. They went to the airport and flew back. She was crying because she was happy and sad at the same time.
When she arrived back at their old house, she ran straight to her room.
"My room!" Then she jumped on the bed.
"Home sweet home!"
A week later, summer was over, and it was school time. Senior year, here I come. Gabriella thought. (A/N: In my story, they were sophomores when they did Twinkle Towne)
She was happily roaming the halls of East High. She decided to surprise her teachers by just acting like a regular student and while they're taking roll, they'll notice.
As soon as she got to Ms. Darbus' drama class, she just sat at her usual seat in the back. When Ms. Darbus was taking roll, she noticed Gabriella's name and mouthed, "Welcome back" to Gabriella.
Gabriella finally got to eat lunch with her old friends again, but can't help think what Troy was doing at the moment.
"Hey. Come on, Gabby. Cheer up. I'm sure he misses you too." Jason said.
"Yeah, I mean, it's not like he's just gonna forget about you just like that, I mean, you guys were really tight." Zeke said.
"Thanks guys." Then they continued talking about other random stuff.
That night, Gabriella kept crying about Troy. But sooner or later, she had to face the fact that Troy wasn't gonna be by her side anymore. She decided to take a walk to the swimming pool she and Troy used to go to. Then suddenly, someone grabbed her and placed their hand on her mouth.
"You scream, you die." The voice said. Then Gabriella flipped the guy over and all he could do was moan in pain.
"You… are… strong!" The guy said.
"TROY!" Gabriella screamed and went over to help him up. "I'm sorry. I thought you were a mugger or something."
"It's okay. I shouldn't have scared you."
"What in the world are you doing here?"
"Oh, my dad got his job back as coach for the Wildcats. They were begging him to come back because since he left, they were a mess. And the school promised a raise. So we moved back here."
"That is so wonderful!"
"I know! Completely!"
"You get to be back at your childhood home, be with your friends, and the Wildcats."
"And I get to be with you." And then they leaned in for a kiss. A very long, passionate one.
Then they finally pull away.
"Tag! You're it!" Gabriella shouted.
"Oh no, you don't!" Troy shouted back and starts chasing her around the pool. When he caught up to her, he carried her into his arms and kisses her. Then he says, "Tag! You're it." Then Gabriella got down.
"Oh, really?" Just then, Gabriella pushed Troy into the pool. But Gabriella didn't know that he was gonna pull her arm. So they both fell in the pool and splashed each other. Just like little kindergarteners would.
Sorry if that was too long for you guys! Or if it was too rushed! I'm so sad that I had to end it! I really liked writing this story and I love your reviews. I'm gonna put a chapter after this special for thank yous to everyone who reviewed, put me in your favorite/alert author list, and put my story in your favorite/alert story list.
I don't think I'm going to write a sequel for this because I don't know where to go from here. But if I think of something good, then I might write a sequel. And in the mean time, watch out for my new fics! I'm thinking whether I should write a Ryella, Lunessa, or Lucley (Or however you put Lucas and Ashley together). I'm still thinking of a plot. Well, until next time! See you guys!
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