A/N: Because tonight, I'm on a roll and heavily distressing from work. I apologize about the lateness, I've had some writer's block tonight , and yeah so its not good.

" You kissed her!" Taylor's loud excited voice filled the house.

" Yes I did, and she left and now she won't return my calls, no matter how many times I call her house" Troy sighed defeated.

" That's because she's moved into her own house" Chad smiled, jotting down a number on a piece of paper.

" What's this?" Troy read over the numbers a few times to understand what they were.

" This is Gabriella's new phone number, Kelsi gave it to me yesterday, she said no one's spoken to Gabriella and she seemed incredible down when they hung out and thought if I called her, it'd cheer her up" Taylor smiled mischievous.

" No, I don't think I could call her, without her permission" Troy than got up and posted the number up on the fridge.

Taylor and Chad exchanged looks but didn't push, they had light conversation while Taylor made some dinner, which didn't contain vodka or crackers.

Gabriella had woken up that morning in a headache emotional draining mood, she was tired and grouchy. For the rest of the day, she avoided eating and set up the house the way she wanted. The day before, all her designer furniture arrived from New York, than her paintings and art arrived safely with no accidents. The walls had paintings and posters from Gabriella's Broadway shows. The house was beautifully decorated by the time Gabriella was done.

Gabriella walked into the sitting room, and placed the last finishing touch. A picture of herself, and Chris at their wedding. The wedding was a beautiful quiet affair which took place on a beach. The picture featured Gabriella and Chris, looking at the camera, both holding the wedding bouquet, with the wind blowing through their hair and the waves behind them. It was such a beautiful day, and a great memory. She flopped down on the sitting room couch and rested for a bit. Gabriella yawned and made her way up to her bed. She closed her eyes and fell into a sleep.

Troy yawned and poured himself a cup of coffee. It was 2:00am in the morning but he couldn't sleep at all. He had settled his laptop computer onto the kitchen table and was just pointless surfing. He glanced over at the phone number and than at the clock. In a moment of boldness, he grabbed the phone and dialed Gabriella's number.

Gabriella jumped from her bed and went flying into the hallway, looking for the portable phone which was conveniently located on the kitchen table.

" Hello?" Gabriella greeted rushed.

" Gabriella, it's Troy, don't hang up, I was wondering if you'd like to go get some coffee now, and talk. I know this really great place near my house and yeah" Troy couldn't help but mentally slap himself and close his eyes, waiting for rejection.

Gabriella paused for a moment, this was odd. Yet, she smiled a little to herself.

" Sure, what place, I'll be there " Gabriella couldn't but smile to herself.

Gabriella parked her silver BMW convertible in the empty parking lot and crossed the street. It was 3:00 am, and the city was humid, it was beautiful. Gabriella entered the shop and could see Troy right away. He'd chosen a booth in the back, which Gabriella liked.

" Hi Troy" Gabriella smiled and sat down, picking up the menu.

" Hi, thanks for meeting me, I didn't think you'd come" Troy said, honest and truthful.

" Yeah, well it's not every night someone calls at 2:00am, wanting to meet for coffee" Gabriella giggled.

The two sat in silence for a little while, smiling and clearing throats uncomfortably. Troy drummed his spoon against the table while Gabriella flipped her cellphone open and than shut it. The waitress was giving them the evil eye so they laughed and ordered. Troy had some coffee and a piece of pie while Gabriella had coffee and chocolate cheesecake.

" I'm sorry about Sharpay, I heard what happened with Zeke, so you doing okay?"Gabriella took patted Troy's hand.

" Please, I should be the one apologizing to you" Troy offered but Gabriella shook her head.

" It's in the past, people move on, because of life you know" Gabriella smiled and took a sip of her coffee.

Troy looked down, and on her wedding finger, was two rings, a beautiful white gold ring with a nice cut diamond, the other ring was a simple wedding band that had tiny woven patterns in it. Gabriella hadn't had the heart to take off her rings yet. It would have been cruel, and the fact the papers would have gone crazy and called her more hurtful things, than just heartless bitch.

" So when did you get married?" Troy asked taking Gabriella's hand and looking at the rings.

" I was, but it ended a few months ago" Gabriella smiled sadly and took a long drink of her water.

" What happened, if you don't mind me asking" Troy asked gently, trying not to upset Gabriella.

" Things happened that were way out of my reach and it just ended, and I've spent the two months since it happened trying to pick up the pieces. A week after, I went back to work and my co-stars were so mad that they banned me from the stage, course, it's funny now, the after thought" Gabriella laughed along with Troy who was laughing uncomfortably.

Gabriella took a deep breath, looked Troy in the eyes and said " He killed himself".

Troy started to choke on the coffee that was attempting to pass through his throat, Gabriella jumped up and gave him a few gentle but firm pats on the back.

" Kill himself, so why would he do that?" Troy questioned.

" Chris had undetected manic depression, or he knew and didn't tell me until it was way to late. There was a note but I haven't told anyone but I'm embarrassed because he said that I was the only medication he needed, so in truth I didn't know anything about my own husband" Gabriella started to cry as she laid her head down on the table and started to sob. Troy got out from his side of the booth and slide himself gently next to her, putting his arms around her.

" Gabriella, Gabby, it's not your fault" Troy soothed, patting her back calmly.

" It feels like it, because I had no idea what was going on and I was his wife, and we dated for two years and I just never knew" Gabriella sobbed.

At that point the waitress came back, with a sympathetic look on her face, Troy attempted a smile and ordered a triple chocolate cheesecake with extra whip cream and chocolate sauce. By the time the food arrived, Gabriella had calmed down some and was forced by Troy to eat it. The two sat there in silence eating, Troy was horrified at the fact that was Gabriella's big secret, and a little mad at her late husband for being so selfish and leaving Gabriella so broken.

The two were now sitting in Gabriella's silver BMW, they both just sat in silence but Troy could see in Gabriella's eyes that the silence was comforting to her. It was obvious that they both were different people from High School, and something may not happened. Troy decided not to attempt anything until Gabriella gave some sort of sign.

Gabriella turned into Troy's driveway and smiled at him," Thanks for the evening, it was fun" she smiled.

" Yeah, it was really fun, especially to see the sun rise like it is" Troy smiled more.

" Yeah, night, and Troy, I'm sorry about running away like that, it was just different, thats all" Gabriella looked embarrassed.

" It's okay, night" Troy out of the car and went into his own house. He watched as she drove away and than watched the sun rise into the sky. It was almost like a new start was in the air, but he was unable to comprehend what he was going to see when Troy walked into his kitchen and came face to face with Sharpay.