Chapter Thirteen

Troy went running through the hallways toward the class that Gabriella was in. He didn't know what he was going to say or do but he wasn't going to leave until they were together again. When he got to the rehearsal room that Kelsi used to practice the piano he found the two of them sitting at the piano.

"Kelsi," Troy accidently shouted threw pure adrenaline, "can me and Gabbi be alone."

Kelsi quickly got up and left the room. Troy shut the door behind her and went over to Gabbi. She tried to get up to leave but Troy pulled her to him and kissed her passionately.

When they pulled apart Troy looked down at Gabbi and said, "I love you Gabbi and I'm so sorry for everything I did to you."

"You love me?" Gabbi said completely forgetting her anger by those three words that she had always hoped Troy would one day say to her.

"From the moment I first saw you. I'm sorry. I know I let jealousy blind my judgement, and to top it I didn't let you explain or trust you when you did explain." Troy said then pleaded to her, "Please forgive me."

"Troy," Gabriella said but stopped herself when she realized she was about to give in to him way to easily, "You can't just come in here and tell me that you love me and expect me to turn to jelly and tell you I love you too and fall into your arms and act as if none of this happened."

Troy face turned to the complete opposite, he really thought this would be easy, pull Gabbi into a passionate kiss, proclaim his love, apologize and she would forgive him.

"So what does this mean." Troy asked.

"IT means," Gabbi said smiling, "that I love you and if you dare pull another stunt like this I will kick your butt so hard that you'll never be able to sit down again."

The biggest smile broke out on Troy's face and he grabbed Gabriella and gave her another passionate kiss.

"So does this mean you'll be my girlfriend again?" Troy asked.

"Oh course it does, as long as you promise to take me to the movies tonight." Gabbi said smiling.

"And dinner, all your choice." Troy said kissing the tip of her noise. "I love you Gabriella."

"I love you too."

The two of them hand and hand headed out of the rehearsal room and came face to face with Eric and his busted up nose and black eye.

"Not smirking now are we Eric?" Troy said smiling.

"I'm going to be smirking because you are now officially off the team which leaves me as the soon to be voted in captain. And due to your actions I dare say you will no longer be able to participate in the spring musical, so that leave me and Gabriella to do the main roles, but all that time we'll be together practicing for the decathlon." Eric said trying hard to smirk.

Before Troy could say anything Chad and Taylor came up behind them.

"You won't be captain because none of us will vote you." Chad said smirking.

"And after everything you've done, none of us are willing to be on the same team as you." Taylor said.

"And there is no way that I will be in that play unless my leading me," Gabriella said looking up at Troy, "is next to me."

"The one thing Eric you have not realized about his school that it doesn't matter how good you are at something you have to be a team player. And from your actions we all know that you are not one." Chad said. "And if Troy gets kicked off the team because of you there will be no team left because I will quit along with ninety percent of the team."

"So I'll ask you again Eric," Troy said, "why are you smirking. Seems to me as if you have just lost everything."

With that Eric turned and walked away.

Troy smiled and looked around at his friends, the ones he thought had forgotten about him. Now he realized he was the luckiest guy in the world.