A/N: Someone had requested that Troy become Gabi's superhero and in this chapter he will. I only own the characters not in the movie!


May 8, 2009 9:15 am

I woke up listening to the birds singing outside of my window. I opened my balcony doors and looked out in the yard. I heard kids playing a few houses down and smiled.

I quickly got dressed and walked downstairs. I sat down at the piano and started to play whatever came to my mind. I saw my mom come into the room and sat down on the couch. I looked at her and saw tears coming from her eyes.

"Mom what's wrong?" I asked her as I went and sat down beside her and wrapped my arms around her.

"I have to tell you something, Gabi. I've known for a while but I decided you needed to hear this face to face." Mom told me as I took her hand in mine.

"What is it, momma?" I asked her as she smiled, hearing what I used to call her when I was little.

"I'm afraid I have some bad news." Mom told me as tears came to my eyes.

"What is it mom? You're scaring me." I told her as I laid my head on her shoulder.

"I've got cancer. I've known for about 3 months now but I wanted to tell you face to face." Mom told me as tears started to fall down my face.

"What kind mom?" I asked her as she started to wipe away my tears.

"It's the most common kind of Leukemia." Mom told me as I looked at her.

"What are the doctors going to do?" I asked her as she started to play with my hair.

"Right now I'm going through chemo. But the doctors say it doesn't look good." Mom told me as I gave her a look.

"Have they given you a certain amount of time?" I asked her fearing the worst.

"The doctors haven't given me a time but I'm living life to my fullest." Mom told me as I smiled.

"I want to stay closer to home next fall." I told her as she gave me a look.

"No! You will go back to Brown and study there. They gave you a full ride and no one else is going to give you one like that." Mom told me as I gave her a hug.

"I'm scared for you mom. I want to spend every second with you as I can." I told her giving her another hug.

"And you will my girl. But I want you to study at the best place possible and that's Brown for you." Mom told me as I smiled.

"I will because you want me to. Do Amanda and Jack know?" I asked her as she smiled.

"They were with me when I found out. I begged them not to tell you or Troy because I knew that you both would want to come home." Mom told me as I smiled.

"You know me too well. Promise me, that when you get worse, promise you will call me and I will come right home. No questions asked." I told her as she took my hand.

"I promise when it gets worse, I will call you." Mom told me as I gave her a hug.

"Now go to Troy and tell him what is going on." Mom told me as I gave her a kiss on her cheek.

"Call me if you need anything. My cell phone is on." I told her as I got up and walked out the door.

On the way over to Troy's house, my head swarmed with thoughts. I couldn't believe my mother, my mentor, had cancer. Cancer. It's such an awful word and I could not believe it was on my tongue.

I don't remember the walk over to Troy's or ringing his door bell. All I remember is him coming over to me and giving me a hug. He repeatedly asked me if anything was wrong but I was so in shock that I couldn't reply. We sat down in the living room and he just hugged me as I regained my voice.

"What's wrong, Gabi? You're starting to scare me." Troy told me as Amanda came into the room.

"Gabi you're here. What's wrong?" Amanda asked as she sat across from me and Troy.

"She's not talking to me mom and I'm worried." Troy told his mom as Amanda looked at me.

"Gabi look at me. Did your mom tell you the news?" Amanda asked me as Jack came into the room.

I looked up and Amanda and Jack and slowly nodded my head. Amanda came over to me and gave me a hug. Jack came into the room and patted my shoulder.

"Mom, dad what's wrong?" Troy asked his parents as they looked at me.

"Do you want me to tell him, Gabi?" Jack asked me as I slowly shook my head.

"No I will. Troy, my mom's got cancer." I told him as I buried my head in his shoulder and started to cry.

"I'm so sorry Gabi. How's your mom doing?" Troy asked me as he rubbed my back.

"I think she's doing all right. She's known for 3 months and refused to tell me until she saw me face to face." I told him as he hugged me.

"Do you need me to do anything?" Troy asked me as I looked at him and as he wiped my tears away.

"I don't think so. Just hold me and tell me everything is going to be ok." I told him as he kissed me head.

We sat in silence for most of the morning before Troy broke the silence. He looked at me before kissing my cheek.

"I just thought of something but care to disagree if you want." Troy told me as I smiled.

"What did you just think of?" I asked him as he kissed my head and I looked at him.

"What about moving the wedding up, just in case something goes wrong? You want your mom at our wedding, right? And both of us want to get married. It's works for both of us." Troy told me as I sat up.

"You mean move the wedding up? Like to when?" I asked Troy as he grinned.

"Yeah I mean move the wedding up to like this year. We get married so your mom can see you walk down the aisle." Troy told me as I got tears in my eyes.

"When are you thinking about?" I asked him as he gave me a look of disbelief.

"Wait, are you actually considering this?" Troy asked me as I grinned at him.

"I am but when do you want this wedding to occur?" I asked him as he grinned.

"I was thinking June 27th, which gives you 7 weeks to plan our wedding. Do you think you can do that?" Troy asked me as I grinned.

"It's going to be a challenged but I think I can attempt to do it. Are you going to want to deal with me being a royal bitch?" I asked him as he grinned.

"I think I can handle it. Why don't you call your mom and tell her to come over here and we'll tell your mom and my parents the news." Troy told me as I gave him a kiss.

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My mom came over about 30 minutes later and we all assembled in the living room. Both sets of parents looked at Troy and I in anticipation.

"What have you two decided?" Jack asked Troy and I as I grabbed Troy's hand.

"We have decided when we want the wedding. Now we know you guys might disagree but with certain circumstances that have come up, we decided this is the best route." I told them as Jack gave me a look to continue.

"Gabi and I have come to a decision that the wedding is going to be June 27th." Troy told his parents.

"Are you guys still thinking 2011?" Amanda asked Troy and I as we both grinned.

"No we are thinking 2009. We both want my mom at this wedding and we both afraid that she won't be around until 2011. We both want this wedding to occur this summer." I told them as Amanda and my mom looked at me grinning.

"You know that's just over 7 weeks to plan and put on a wedding." Mom told me as I grinned.

"Troy and I were talking about that and we have a favor to ask of Amanda and Jack." I told them as Troy grinned at me.

"You name it and we'll do anything for the two of you." Amanda told me as I grinned.

"Can we use your backyard as the place for our wedding?" Troy asked his mom as she grinned.

"I thought you two wanted the beach or a church?" Jack asked us as we both shook our heads.

"It was the first place we kissed and we want to have our wedding here if that's ok." I told them as Amanda and Jack both grinned.

"I think we can do that for the two of you." Amanda told me as I grinned at her.

"Now what about bridesmaids and grooms men?" Jack asked Troy and I as we both grinned.

"That's easy. Taylor, Kelsi, Sharpay, and Liz for me." I told her as Troy grinned.

"And for me Chad, Jake, Jason, and Zeke." Troy told them as I grinned.

"What else do we have to decide?" I asked both moms as they all grinned.

"What about bridesmaid dresses and your dress?" Mom asked me as my grinned fell.

"I don't know what color is going to look good on all the girls." I told the moms as Troy hugged me close.

"You will figure it out. We might as well start calling all our friends and letting them know about what we're planning." Troy told me as I grinned.

The rest of the night we sat around and planned out what we wanted to do for our wedding. Troy and I were grinning the entire time.

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May 11, 2009 2:00 pm

By the 9th of May, most of our wedding was planned. Troy and I had booked a local friend of ours to carter our wedding. All of our friends had been called and they were all excited about our wedding and promised that they wouldn't miss it for the world.

I was sitting at my computer trying to figure out what dress I would look better in. I was going tomorrow to find my dress. I was just trying to narrow them down so I wouldn't have to spend so much time in the store.

Mom came and sat down beside me and grabbed my hand. I looked at her with the biggest smile on my face.

"You seem happier, in the last few days, my girl." Mom told me as I squeezed my hand.

"I am happier. I'm marrying my sweetheart in like 6 weeks. And the best part is, I'm not nervous." I told her as she grinned.

"God I remember when I married your father. I was a nervous wreck. He would be proud of you for following your heart and not listening to what anyone says." Mom told me as I looked at her.

"If you make me cry, I will hurt you." I told her as she grinned at me.

"I'm not trying to make you cry. I'm just letting you know that your dad would be proud of you." Mom told me as I grinned.

"I know he would. He is because he's looking down on you and me." I told her as she looked at the screen.

"Are you looking for wedding dresses?" Mom asked me as I looked at her.

"Yeah I'm trying to narrow them down so we don't have to spend so much time in the shop tomorrow." I told her smiling.

"What kind of dress are you looking for?" Mom asked me as I grinned at her.

"A short dress since it's going to be in the summer and something I can move in. I want something I look elegant in." I told her as she laughed.

"You will look elegant with a brown paper bag on. Troy's not going to care what you wear." Mom told me as I blushed.

"I know. But I have to find a dress that I will fall in love with." I told her as she grinned.

"I like that dress. You have to try it on when we go tomorrow." Mom told me as I grinned.

"I'll print it off and I will try it on just for you." I told her as we both continued to look.

I fell asleep early that night since we had an early morning, going to try to find the perfect dress for me.

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May 12, 2006 9:00 am

"Have fun baby and at least try to find one dress that you don't like." Troy told me as I grinned at him.

"I'll try. But you know how I am with dresses and shoes." I told him as he grinned.

"Don't go spending all your money or your mom's." Troy told me as I grinned at him.

"I promise I won't. I love you and I will see you later." Troy told me as I grinned.

I went and got in the car that held my mom and Amanda. Jack and Troy grinned as us three girls set out on a mission to find the dress I would wear in a little over 6 weeks.

We went to David's Bridal and my mom immediately found the dress we had found on the website. She took my size, handed it to me, and pushed me into the dressing room. The moment I put it on, I knew this was the dress I had to have when I married Troy. I came out, stood on a platform, and modeled it for my mom and Amanda.

"OMG, Gabi. That dress is perfect for you." Amanda told me as I spun around.

"She's right Gabi. That dress looks wonderful on you." Mom told me as I grinned.

"This is the dress. Wow mom, you have great taste." I told her as she and Amanda hugged.

We put the dress on hold and promised the lady that we would be back. While we were there, I just happened to look at the bridesmaid dresses. I found one and immediately fell in love with it. That dress would have to wait until the girls came in on June 6th.

"That color would look great on the girls." Mom told me breaking me from my thoughts.

"I thought so too. But I don't know. What do you think, Amanda?" I asked her as she grinned.

"I think they all would look good in that shade of blue. I think you should get it." Amanda told me as I smiled.

"Then it's decided. That's the color that the girls are going to wear." I told her as the sales woman came over to help us.

I told the lady the sizes that we would need and she assured us that they would have them in by the 6th of June. We left the store feeling more successful than we had the entire time while planning.

We were home by 11 o'clock in the morning which surprised Troy. He met us on the front side walk as we pulled up.

"Back so soon. You weren't very successful were you?" Troy asked me as I grinned at him.

"Oh but you are wrong buddy." I told him as he grinned and kissed my lips.

"So you were successful?" Troy asked as he returned my kiss and said hello to his mom and my mom.

"I picked out a dress for me and decided the color for the bridesmaid dresses." I told him as he grinned at me.

"Wow my baby's had a busy day. Would you like a massage?" Troy whispered as our moms went into the house.

"That sounds good but that's got to wait until later. I've got to call the girls so I can email them pictures of the dress." I told him as he held on to my hand.

"Hold on princess. We're going to have to figure out who we all want to come to the wedding." Troy told me as he led me up to the front porch.

"I don't want a lot of people. I was thinking 100 at the most." I told him as he looked at me.

"Are you thinking just close family and some mutual friends or what?" Troy asked me as he kissed my hand.

"I'm thinking close family because most of our friends are in the wedding." I told him as he grinned.

"That sounds good. Dad and I picked a photographer." Troy told me changing the subject.

"Oh really? Which one?" I asked him as he led me inside the house and led me to the kitchen table.

"Jason Ryman. His photographs are incredible." Troy told me as he handed me the portfolio.

I quietly flipped through the pages and gasped at his work. It was incredible and he used black and white photographs that were amazing.

"Good choice. I like his work." I told Troy as Troy grinned at me.

We spent the afternoon together trying to figure out what else we needed to plan. Our parents made us dinner and we all ate together. I laughed imagining my current and new family all dining together. Troy walked me out to my mom's car, promising me that he would see me tomorrow. I kissed him and he watched mom drive away.

I walked up to my room, feeling like I was on cloud nine. I fell right asleep with a grin on my face.


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