A/N: Thank you so much for all the feedback. After careful consideration, I decided to continue with the story. Enjoy!
College was hard, to say the least. Before both of them knew it Christmas was just around the corner. Gabriella finished her last exams before packing and going back to Albuquerque to spend Christmas with her mom. She glanced at the time making sure she had plenty of time to get to the airport. Her eyes drifted to a photo of her and Troy at their graduation. Troy had picked Gabriella up and spun her around. His mom told them to smile and captured the moment with her camera.
Gabriella gently picked up the picture and smiled faintly. She hadn't kept in touch with Troy like they both had promised. She couldn't even listen to the CD he had given to her because it always brought tears to her eyes. She was hoping they would get the chance to see each other during their winter break but didn't know what to say to him.
Unlike Gabriella, Troy was just to busy to even think about Gabriella. He had been so busy with basketball that he hadn't had time to even check his emails in the last 4 months. He tried to call her but always chickened out. He was preparing to head to the airport to go back to Albuquerque. He was looking at the same picture that Gabriella had looked at so many times. He tried to stay positive and hope that Gabriella would understand but he didn't know what to say to her when he did see her.
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Troy couldn't handle another minute with his dad questioning everything that had happened at USC. He had to get away.
"Dad I'm going for a walk. I'll be back later." He yelled as he walked out the door.
He didn't know where he was going. He just let his feet walk him in the right direction. Before he knew it, he was standing in front of Gabriella's house. He just looked at the house. It was a simple house with a wrap around front porch that had a swing attached to it. A swing that him and Gabriella would spend hours upon hours on. Whenever they came back from a date, they would just sit on the swing and talk about whatever came to their minds.
"I can't do this. Not yet at least." He whisper and turned to leave.
"Troy Bolton, how dare you stand in front of this house without even coming to say hello." A very clear, familiar voice questioned him.
"I'm sorry. I was just reliving a memory from long ago." Troy answered as Gabriella came flying into his arms.
He quick picked her up as not to drop her. He spun her around just as he had done on graduation day. Her laugh. That always brought a smile to his face.
"Troy, you ok?" Gabriella asked as she pulled him out of his thoughts.
"I'm better now that you're here. Would you like to go for a walk with me?" Troy asked as she smiled.
"Sure. We need to get caught up and we need to talk about us." Gabriella told him.
