Gabriella waited outside the locker room waiting for Troy to come out. She was so excited. She hadn't been this happy since high school. Players came and went. Then Chad

came out.

"Hey Gabriella! You did a good job at the singing! Troy told me to tell you that he'd be out in a minute."

"Thanks, Chad! How have you been? Are you still with Taylor?" Gabriella asked, asking desperately looking for conversation.

"Good. Yeah, me and Taylor are still together. We're going out with you guys tonight. I'm meeting her there, though. She couldn't stand watching this." Chad said, giving a

little laugh.

"Hey, Chad! Trying to steal my girl?" he said joking around. Troy was dressed in his team uniform. "I've to go back to the dorm to get changed. Wanna come with me?"

"Sure," Gabriella said. "Hold on, I have to tell my roommate where I'm going. She'll kill me if I leave her out."

The three of them gave out a hoot of laughter.

"I'll wait right here for you," Troy said.

"Gabriella rushed back to where she was sitting,"I'm going back to Troy's dorm with him. Then we are goin out. I'll call you and tell you where we are going. Okay?"

"Alright. I'm going back to our hotel to hang out with the team. I have my cell phone if you want to call me," Melanie said. "I think Dan needs some talking to before I got

out with you and Troy."

They both giggled softly.

Gabriella walked back to Troy and Chad. "Ready?" she asked.

"Uh, yeah. Chad, I'll see you at the Oceanside Restaurant, okay?" Troy called out over his shoulder.

"Yeah, sure, dude. See ya!" Chad called back.

"So how have you been?" Troy asked.

"Good. You?" Gabriella replied.

"Good," he said. "Sorry I didn't write. I... uh sorta forgot."

He blushed. But Gabriella kept her head pointed at the ground.

"I was worried something happened. Like you went for another girl or something," Gabriella said.

"Sorry, I was just so busy with school and basketball. I forgot. And... uh...," he said pausing at this point.

"And what?" Gabriella pushed on.

"And I fell for another girl," he said flatly. "I broke up with her a while ago, but by the time I had a chance to write I didn't know if you remembered me."

"Oh," Gabriella said. She looked up at Troy and she could tell that he really regretted it.

They reached his dorm. "Don't worry I don't share this with anybody," Troy said reassuring.

His dorm was dark with blue walls. Other than the school books, the room was clean. On the wall was a collage of pictures from East High. In the middle was a picture of

Troy and Gabriella singing "Breaking Free".

"Remember those days?" Troy asked smiling.

"How could I forget? Those were the best days of my life, when I could see you everyday!" Gabriella said smiling back.

"I'll be right back. I'm gonna get changed for dinner," Troy said. "You can hang out here."

"Okay," Gabriella said, sitting down on his bed.

While she was waiting for Troy she called Melanie and told her where to meet up. Fifteen minutes later Troy came out. He was dressed in a black suit and a white shirt

and dress shoes. Gabriella and Troy smiled at each other as brightly as the sun.

"Ready to go?" Troy asked. And they were off.