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Authors Note: I wanted to get in another chapter tonight, but I ended up goingout and I'm tired so tomorrow morning for sure. There's kind of a suprise. Anyways, ZanessaFan I actually want to go into the culinary arts. If theres one thing I love more than writing it's cooking. :) Anyways. Enjoy!
Gabriella's days were getting crappier and crappier. With each day she missed Troy. Even talking to him online was heart breaking. They kept their conversations short. They knew the other was crying on the other end. You could hear it in their trembling voices every night before Gabriella went to sleep. On Wednesday and Thursday calls were lessening. Calls from Troy stopped, calls from Taylor stopped. Calls from everyone from East High came to a hault. Her mom was having loads of phone calls, but whenever Gabi would walk in Mrs. Montez would rush into a 'Gotta go, bye'.
Gabi sat up in her room during the nights and wonder what was going on. She came up with myths of her mom starting dating. It lead her to believe that that was the only reason she was in Florida, in this crappy room. She locked herself up and isolated herself. Gabi made her mom agree to not send her to school until after Spring Break. The week came to a close. Everyone had plans to go to Cabo and such, but Gabi? She had plans for herself to sit in her room, blaring music and avoiding all signs of civilization. Every couple seen was heartbreaking to her... She flipped all of the frames of her and Troy over and cried herself to sleep at night.
Gabi walked down the narrow hallway that next morning. Still half asleep she rubbed her eyes. "Happy Birthday sweetie. What do you want to do today?" Mrs. Montez said, rushing up to Gabi. Gabi shrugged, "Nothing." Her voice was faint. "Are you sure?" She stopped walking. "Because I KNOW I didn't just fly out from New Mexico for you to lock yourself up in your room all day." Her heart stopped.
She turned around quickly, almost loosing her balance. That was it. There Troy, yes, thee Troy Bolton. Her beloved boyfriend, her best friend. She ran up to him, nearly knocking him off of his feet. She clung herself to him, afraid to let go. "Oh my god!" She screamed as she squeezed him tight. Troy just laughed and wrapped is arms around her. "I have missed you so much." Troy whispered into her ear. "But... HOW?" She asked, looking around. Troy pointed to Mrs. Montez. "Thank you SOOO much Mami." She said, not unwrapping herself from Troy. That week and a half seemed like... years. "Why don't you grab his stuff and show him to your room." She happily grabbed his duffel and skipped to the bedroom.
Troy walked into the bedroom. It was plain. White walls, with the only thing decorating it was a bulliten board full of pictures. All of the pictures on her desk were knocked over. He studied everything carefully, from the dead dozen (minus one) roses to the pink stitching in her comfortor. Gabriella walked over to the bed next to him, "It's only temporary. Until I come back to East High." Troy smiled and held her hand and leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek. "Uhm. You missed." She said as she leaned over and gave him a gentle kiss on the lips. "I still can't believe you came! This is by far the best birthday ever." "That's why I couldn't talk to you. I would have told you, and it would have ruined the suprise." He paused and laughed, "You should have seen the look on your face." Gabi hit his arm lightly. She layed down, leaving her legs dangling on the side of the bed. Troy got up and turned back over all of the picture frames.
Gabi turned red, "I missed you too much to look at them." Troy just laughed under his breath. He sat back on the bed and fell back next to her, grabbing her hand and playing with the dangling charms. He grasped on to the little car. "Told ya that I'd travel around the country just to see you." "I knew to never doubt Troy Bolton." She said, giggling a bit as she scooted closer to him. They sat there for a minute. A silence overtook them. Moments later Gabi interupted it. "Troy?" Troy looked at Gabriella who was staring at him. "Mhm?" "Thank you." She put her head on his chest and just layed there. It was the best feeling in the world to her. He slowly rubbed her back.
"Are you guys ready to go to dinner?" Gabi and Troy rushed to the sound of food. They were starving. Troy grabbed something out of his duffel and ran outside and dashed to the car. When they got to Olive Garden they immediatly gave Gabi her presents. Troy gave her a card. The envelope was somewhat big. Gabi tore it open and a ticket fell out of the card. She picked it up and stared at it. "It's a ticket to New Mexico. You can come right after school ends. I mean, if it's okay with you Mrs. Montez." "Of Course!" Everyone had wide smiles on their face. Gabi hugged Troy. "Well.. That one was from Me chad and Taylor. THIS one is from me." He said as he pulled out a small box. Inside layed a silver heart neclace. She once again hugged Troy and gave him a kiss.
"I know that it's your sixteenth birthday, but we are going to wait to give you a car until we get back to New Mexico. That way we won't have to worry about driving it home." Gabi smiled at the thought of going home, and the thought of driving. "Well, Troy was your first present. We were going to get a big cake and have him pop out of it, but that would take too much work. Anyways." Gabi's mom pulled out a box. "Here." She smiled as she handed it to her daughter. It was a ring. It was the Return To: Tiffany & Co ring that she had been wanting. She jumped up and ran over to her mom to hug her. "Thank you! Oh gosh." She said as she slipped it on her finger.
They got home. Gabi yawned and headed to her room. She grabbed a pair of red velour pants and a wildcat shirt and headed to the bathroom. She washed her face, brushed her teeth and got changed. As she was walking out her mother called her. She walked over to her mother who was sitting in the kitchen drinking tea. "Goodnight Mija. I hope you had a great birthday." She said kissing her forehead. "You have no idea. Thank you so much." She hugged her mom. "I'm exhausted. I'm gonna go to bed. I'll see you in the morning." Mrs. Montez said as she headed to her room. Gabi walked to her room to find Troy walking out with a toothbrush in hand. Gabi pointed to the bathroom as he got ready for bed. She crawled under the covers and stared at the ceiling for a minute.
"We're soaring, flying. There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach." Gabi rolled over to find Troy walking, well dancing rather, through the doorway, pretending to have a mic at hand. He crawled in and sang the rest of the song to her. She curled close to him and fell asleep. "In a way that's different than who we are." Troy finnished the song and stared at the sleeping beauty. It would be hell to leave... again.
I'll update tomorrow!