Hey everyone! I have finally posted another chapter. Sorry that it took so long and that it is a bit short...I had an extremely busy week at school. I am anxious to hear lots of feedback (hopefully!)

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Chapter 2

When Troy and Gabriella returned to the party, several dozen teenagers greeted them. There were the actors, the musicians, the extras and the backstage workers.

"Troy! Gabriella! Over here!" Kelsi shouted, summoning the couple over to see her.

Troy led Gabriella over to Kelsi, holding her hand delicately.

"Hey Kelsi!" Gabriella said

"Hey! You were amazing tonight."

"Well, I couldn't have done it without you or Troy." Gabriella leaned towards Troy, stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek. Troy blushed, the apples of his cheeks turning red.

"Wow!" Troy replied

"Whoa, you guys! PDA alert!" Kelsi joked.

The sound of Ms. Darbus' voice cut through the crowd of people.

"Attention, everyone! Gather around me!"

The cast of the play as well as the other people involved in the play turned their attention to Ms. Darbus, anxiously awaiting her announcement.

"I would like to propose a toast to all of the people who worked on this year's Winter musicale!" Ms. Darbus droned

The group of people clapped politely, whispering amongst themselves.

"I want to extend a special thanks to the stars of our musical. Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez, please come and join me."

Gabriella pulled Troy by the arm, trying to force him to go to the front of the room.

"C'mon Troy!"

"Why?"

"Ms. Darbus called us!"

"But I don't want to go to the front of the room."

"Please?"

"Fine, only for you." Troy replied, hesitantly walking towards the front of the room.

Ms. Darbus began to ramble again, "This year, East High broke a long-running tradition regarding our drama program. For the first time in several years, we replaced the presidents of the Drama Club, Sharpay and Ryan Evans, with newcomers in our Musicale. I want to thank Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez for the new outlook on music, drama and theatrical arts." Ms. Darbus clapped exuberantly, as the rest of the cast joined her. Sharpay Evans was the only person who did not clap for the couple. Instead, she rushed out of the room dramatically. Troy and Gabriella stood awkwardly at the front of the room as Ms. Darbus continued to talk. They were not paying attention to the onlookers; Troy and Gabriella were looking at each other and whispering happily.

"Psst. Ryan!" Kelsi whispered

"Yeah, what is it?"

"Aren't you going to go after Sharpay?"

"No, I am tired of following her around. I never wanted to be her little follower."

"Finally! I have been trying to convince you of this ever since we both joined the drama club in the 9th grade."

Ryan smiled at Kelsi shyly, blushing slightly. Kelsi smiled back happily. Kelsi and Jason had dated for a couple of weeks after the auditions, but soon decided that it was not working out. Jason asked out Mandi, the blonde-haired cheerleader, and they soon became a happy couple. However, this left Kelsi alone in the world. She wished that there was someone to love her, just like Troy and Gabriella were in love.

Kelsi noticed that when she was with Ryan, her heart fluttered. She couldn't help it; she was falling for him. Maybe she had found her chance at love.

"Whew!" Troy breathed a sigh of relief as the last person other than himself and Gabriella exited the cast party.

"I agree. Who would have known that a cast party could go until 2 a.m."

"I had no idea that drama club members were such partiers."

"Well, we should probably go home now." Gabriella stated regretfully. She did not want the musicale to be over.

"I will walk you home. I don't want you to be wandering around alone in the middle of the night." Troy placed his arm protectively around Gabriella's shoulders and they began to walk home. Gabriella lived less than a mile from the school, so the walk only took 20 minutes. The couple walked in silence until they reached Gabriella's driveway.

"Awhhhhh" Gabriella yawned, rubbing her eyes.

"Gabriella, you need to go inside and go to bed."

"So do you. I saw you dozing off in the corner during Ms. Darbus' speeches."

Troy chuckled to himself. He could not deny that Ms. Darbus' talking made him want to sleep.

"Goodnight Troy," Gabriella murmured

"Goodnight Gabriella."

Gabriella moved towards Troy and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. He hugged her back, and at that moment there was no place that she would rather be. After a minute in Troy's arms, Gabriella broke the embrace, turned and walked into her house gracefully.

Troy continued his walk home alone. He lived close to Gabriella, so the walk only took 5 minutes. On the way, he thought about how much he loved Gabriella. He had only known her for a few months, but it felt as if he had known her for a lifetime.

"I would not be surprised it I married her one day. I would love to spend the rest of my life with her," Troy said to himself as he approached his house.

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