CHAPTER 25

((It's the 25th CHAPTER! YaY! I wanna thank everyone who has been with this since chapter one who knew it could go so far in so little time…im gonna make this chapter special cuz it is number 25! Hopefully theres more to come after this…I probably wont end it right away…but no story can go on forever…I might write a sequel…I am not sure…tell me realistically how much longer you think it should be…Here it comes…chapter 25! R&R…I hope you enjoy this chapter and all the other ones…XOXO, Christine))

Encore

Troy and Gabriella only remembered small pieces of the party. Everyone else was the same way. All they could do was hope that nothing bad happened while they were drunk. Hint. Hint.

New Years was quickly approaching. Troy and Gabriella ere going to go back to the ski lodge, like a two year anniversary. Their parents would be there too, as well as Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Jason, Sharpay, Zeke, and Ryan. Troy couldn't wait. He had been waiting two years for this.

The gang was getting organized in their hotel room. They would all share one room. The parents all had separate rooms, but that's beside the point. On New Years Eve, they went sight seeing around town eating at famous restaurants and looking through cute little shops. Troy bought Gabriella a red rose just before going back to the hotel. Oh, how he hoped his plan would work. Back in the room, they all prepared for the "young adults" party in the club. When they went down to the party, they found that nothing had changed since the last time they went there. The annoying guy was there embarrassing innocent people pushing them up onto the karaoke stage. The place was even decorated the same.

"Wow," said Gabriella. "It's just like before."

"So this is where all those sparks started," giggled Sharpay. "It explains a lot."

"I didn't picture it like this," said Chad. "I pictured it in an actual club. Like with the dancers and waitresses in small tops and the acts where they…"

"Chad, stop," snapped Taylor. "You don't need to elaborate. We get the point." Taylor had this thing against all clubs, and nobody could blame her. The ones in Albuquerque weren't the best. Troy and Gabriella had gone once and left within five minutes. It was just not the place they wanted to be, if you know what I mean.

"Okay, who's next?" asked the annoying guy. The light shone on Chad and Taylor. "It looks like we have our next couple."

"Oh no, no, no," said Taylor. "I don't sing. I can't sing. I won't sing."

The gang pushed the two of them reluctantly on stage. The song Broken by Seether and Amy Lee started. Chad looked up at the screen, took a deep breath, and tried to sing:

I wanted you to know I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph; I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

He didn't sound too good. Nobody cheered like they did when Troy and Gabriella sang two years ago. Taylor joined in at the chorus nervously.

cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away

(Chad): You've gone away
You don't feel me here...anymore

Taylor was obviously nervous when it was time for her solo. She looked at Gabriella for help, who just mouthed, go on you can do it. Taylor didn't. She just stood there. Troy and Gabriella got up to help them. Gabriella started Taylor's line:

The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away

Taylor smiled and joined in with Gabriella:

There's so much left to learn, and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain

When the chorus came, the four of them sang:

cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough

Taylor and Chad quietly stepped off of the stage. Troy and Gabriella didn't notice. They were too deeply immersed in the singing. Both of them continued:

cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away

Instruments

Troy and Gabriella
(Chorus 2)
cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away

Troy and Gabriella
(Chorus 1)
cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone Troy...away

Troy and Gabriella
(Bridge)You're gone away
You don't feel me here...anymore

The crowd went wild as the song ended. "Encore!" they started shouting. "Encore! Encore! Encore!"

Troy and Gabriella smiled. Start of Something New began to play.

Troy:)
Living in my own world
Didn't understand
That anything can happen
When you take a chance

(Gabriella:)
I never believed in
What I couldn't see
I never opened my heart
(Troy:oohh)
To all the possibilities

(Both:)
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
We're right here tonight
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
Ohhh
And now looking in your eyes
(Gabriella: I feel in my heart)
(Troy: Feel in my heart)
The start of something new

(Troy:)
Now who'd of ever thought that

(Both:)
We'd both be here tonight

(Gabriella:)
And the world looks so much brighter
(Troy: Brighter, brighter)

(Gabriella:)
With you by my side
(Troy:By my side)

(Both:)
I know that something has changed
Never felt this way
I know it's for real
This could be the start
Of something new
It feels so right
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart
The start of something new

(Troy:)
I never knew that it could happen
Till it happened to me
Ohhh Yeah

(Both:)
I didn't know it before

(Gariella:)
But now it's easy to
Both: See Ohhh

(Both:)
It's a start
Of something new
It feels so right (ohhh)
To be here with you
And now looking in your eyes
I feel in my heart

(Both:)
That it's the start
Of something new
It feels so right
(Troy: So right)
To be here with you (ohhhh)
And now looking in your eyes
(Troy: In your eyes)
I feel in my heart
(Troy: Feel in my heart)

(Gabriella:)
The start of something new

(Troy:)
Start of something new

(Both:)
The start of something new!

The crowd once again went wild. Troy kissed Gabriella on the lips. "Gabriella Montez," he said. "We have been together for two years. We have a daughter. I love you very much." He kneeled on one knee. Gabriella started to cry. She knew what was about to happen. "Will you marry me?"

Gabriella cried hard. She couldn't speak. All she could do was nod. He nodded yes, and Troy got up as fast as the speed of sound. He slipped the diamond ring he had been saving up for on her finger. "I love you," he said.

"I love you, too," replied Gabriella.

Now they had to break it too their parents. They had no idea how they would react. They didn't care. Nothing could bring them down now.

((They're engaged! Everybody saw awww…so cute…I hope ya liked it…see? Something special for chapter 25…I also put in two songs…I don't own Broken but I wish I did…same thing with HSM…Time for the reviews…XOXO, Christine))