CHAPTER 16

((Hey Everybody! I know it has been absolutely FOREVER! Sorry I stopped…ill admit I kinda lost interest for a while but now I got all the interest back…WOOO! My chapters might be kinda short…I just don't have the time to write for an hour and a half daily…geez its summer…wow…last time I updated it was like the beginning of spring…the 4th of july is in a few days YAY!... here it comes…I hope you like it…R&R…XOXO,Christine))

Gabby woke up in Troy's arms the next morning, fantasizing about the night before. It had been perfect. Troy had proposed! She was getting married!

She rolled onto her side, and gave Troy a small kiss, peacefully waking him up.

"Hmm," he moaned happily. "Good morning, my love." He returned her kiss, except deeper. "How is my darling fiancée this morning?"

"The happiest she's ever been."

"Good."

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Chad rolled over on top of Taylor in his sleep, waking her up. Taylor moaned. "Chad." He didn't stir. He kept on sleeping like a drugged rock. "Chad!" He let out a long deep breath right on her face. "Chad!" She attempted to smack him, rudely waking him up.

"What!" he snapped, in his typical morning bad-mood voice. "What are you doing down there?"

"I can't breathe," Taylor managed. "Get off me!"

"Oh, sorry."

"Thank you," she replied. "That saved my life. Now I won't die of suffocation."

"I can't believe Troy and Gabriella are engaged," Chad said, ignoring Taylor's sarcasticness. "It's just…wow."

"I wish we were engaged," Taylor remarked.

"Me too," Chad agreed. They both laid there for a few silent moments. "I have the bestest upon bestest idea, Tay. You're gonna love it so much. It's just pure genius!"

"Calm down, Chad, and explain. What are you talking about?"

"If we wanna be engaged," proposed Chad. "Then let's be engaged! Let's get married! I love you, and I am positive I wanna spend the rest of my life with you!"

"Are you serious?" asked Taylor, uncertain.

"Would I joke about something like this?" questioned Chad.

"Um…"

"No I would not joke about something like this! I'm serious! I want you to marry me! Will you!"

Taylor thought and thought and thought, making Chad extremely nervous. "Yes," she finally answered turning his nervousness into excitement.

"Yes! Oh, Tay, I love you so much!" He deeply, romantically, passionately, fierily kissed her, rolling back on top of her, causing her to gasp for breath, but this time, she didn't care.

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"Hi mom!" Gabriella greeted enthusiastically on the phone.

"Gabi, darling!" her mother exclaimed, thrilled. "It's so good to here from you! How are you! How's Troy!"

"I'm great! He's great! Everything's wonderful!"

"So the stuff on the media was a lie?" Ms. Montez asked in confirmation.

"Of course," Gabi replied. "Troy and I are completely in love. We're so in love that I have something wonderful to tell you!"

"What is it Gabi?" asked Ms. Montez, even though she had a pretty good idea of what it was.

"Troy asked me to marry him!" Gabi yelled excitedly into the phone. "And he said yes!"

"Oh, Gabi, that's so wonderful!" exclaimed Ms. Montez. "Congratulations, future Mrs. Bolton. Do you have any idea when you want to have the wedding?"

"Not yet," Gabi replied. "We just got engaged last night. We haven't talked about plans yet, but you'll be the first to know when we do. I've gotta call Katie. Love ya. Mom, bye."

"Bye, darling."

Gabi speed dialed Katie, to tell her the happy news. "Katie!" she screamed into the phone. "I'm so excited!"

"Gabi?" asked Katie. "What's up? What are you so happy about?"

"Troy and I are getting married!" Gabi gushed, unable to hold it any longer.

Katie's heart dropped. She had wanted Troy Bolton. She had hoped desperately that the media crap would break them up so she could have Troy. She was upset to hear that quite the contrary happened. Gabriella and Troy were closer than ever, which confused her.

"That…That's great!" Katie exclaimed putting on a fake cheerful voice, fooling Gabriella. "I'm so happy for you!"

"Thanks! Me too!"

"I'm sorry, Gabs, but I gotta go to class, now. Bye."

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Katie hung up the phone, hoping that Gabi didn't realize she was lying. She didn't have a class, now. She grabbed her room key and headed off down the hall, stopping at room 824, David's room.

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"Good morning, Taylor," greeted Gabriella in a sing-songy voice. "How are you this fine fine morning?"

"Happier than I've ever been thank you," Taylor answered happily as if she was in heaven. "Guess what."

"What?" Gabriella asked interested.

"Chad asked me to marry him!" Taylor screamed excitedly.

"Yes!" Gabriella squealed. "Oh my God. This is great!" She was jumping up and down with excitement. "Now we're both engaged to the men of our dreams."

"I know!" Taylor screeched. "Isn't it great?"

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"I've got bad news and worse news, David," Katie told him gravely.

"Bad news first," David commanded lazily.

"Gabriella's engaged," Katie informed him.

David closed his eyes in pain and clenched his teeth. "What's the worse news?"

"She's engaged to Troy Bolton."

"I figured that, damnit!" he yelled. "How could this have happened! With everything in the media and all the rumors…"

"It brought them closer together," Katie answered. "We've gotta do something before it's too late. I want Troy Bolton to myself, and I know you want Gabriella to be engaged to you, not Troy. So I was thinking… maybe we could cook up a little plan to make this work our way, how we want it too."

"Alright, tell me more," David commanded. "What's your plan?"

"I'm not sure yet," replied Katie, "but we have to be careful. We have to be stealthy. We have to be resourceful, and we can't be remorseful. We have to devise a plan that we can operate without them having any idea whatsoever.

((There ya go…chapter 16…don't know when ill right chapter 17…it kinda will depend on reviews…and ideas…I have no clue what there plan is yet…so im gonna start a little contest…devise a plan…send it to me…and ill choose the one I like the most…the winner will be mentioned as helping me with ideas…so think think think…review time…I look forward to reading all you creative people's plans…review please…xoxo, Christine))