Every Friday, the gang would practice for at least half an hour for their show. Gabriella emailed Adam who sent her a track of the song that only had the background music. Each performer then got a copy of the CD so they could practice at home. At last, April 14, 2006 rolled around. This was the big day, the day of the performance. Gabriella had called Adam to see if he would be able to come down to see them, but he told her that he couldn't. The ten friends stood in one long line across the stage.
"There is no future, there is no past," Ryan sang out.
"Thank God this moment's not the last!" Troy added looking at Gabriella.
"There's only us, there's only this, forget regret, or life is yours to miss," Troy and Gabriella sang together in their famous harmony.
"No other road, no other way, no day but today!" everyone sang together. The men broke out into one part, while the girls sang another.
"Will I lose my dignity? Will someone care? Will I wake tomorrow, from this nightmare? There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love, or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today!" the guys sang.
Meanwhile, the girls sang, "I can't control my destiny. I trust my soul; my only goal is just to be. Without you, the hand gropes, the ear hears, the pulse beats. Life goes on, but I'm gone. 'Cause I die, without you. I die without you." The two groups repeated those last lines (No day but today and I die without you) six times.
They ended in a powerful unison by singing, "NO DAY BUT TODAY!" together. The audience burst into applause, and stood up. Ryan, Troy, and Gabriella took separate bows, because they had had solos. The friends filed off stage smiling. They had left their legacy.
When the entire show was done, everyone went to go find their parents. Troy and Gabriella walked around the auditorium hand in hand, figuring that their parents would be together. Sure enough, Jack and Anne were talking to Rosa in the back of the room.
"Who's that talking to your Mom and my parents?" Troy asked Gabriella. Gabriella looked at the figure. It only took her a split second to figure out who it was. She ran up to the man, and threw her arms around him. Adam Pascal (A/N: Insert cheers by HUGE crowd of girls here) spun Gabriella around.
"You came, you came!" she cried out. Adam laughed.
"Of course I came. I missed the New Mexico, and decided to squeeze you in between all my sight-seeing.," he replied. Gabriella slapped his shoulder playfully.
"You know you came because you love me so much," she retorted. Adam shrugged.
"That's your version of the story."
"Gabi! Gabi!" Lennon, Adam's oldest son cried out as he ran towards Gabriella. Gabriella scooped him up in her arms, and gave him a huge hug. "You sang one of my Daddy's songs on stage!" Lennon exclaimed. Gabriella laughed.
"Did I do a good job?"
Lennon got a serious look on his face, and whispered in Gabriella's ear, "Don't tell Daddy, but you did a better job than him." Gabriella burst out laughing.
"Give me a kiss," she demanded from Lennon. Lennon shook his head. "Come on, please?" Lennon shook his head again.
"I'll take you up on that," Troy said from behind her, as he gave her a quick kiss on the lips. Gabriella covered Lennon's eyes with her free hand, and kissed Troy back.
"Hey! Hey! Not in front of the kid!" Adam announced. Gabriella and Troy immediately broke apart. Gabriella blushed, and buried her face in Troy's chest. Lennon broke free of her grip, and went over to Rosa. "So I take it that this is the famous Troy I've heard so much about?"
"Oh, yeah, I guess so. Troy, this Adam; Adam this is my boyfriend, Troy." The two men shook hands.
"Nice to finally meet you. I've heard so much about you, and after you got Gabi back, it's nice to put a face to your name."
"It's nice to meet you too."
Sharpay called, "Gabi! Troy! Are you coming to the party at our house?" Gabriella and Troy looked at each other.
"I think we're going to pass, Shar," Gabriella said. "But we'll be at Taylor's tomorrow at 7. No more rehearsing!"
"Finally! Ok, I'll see you both tomorrow." Sharpay waved over her shoulder as she went to go join the rest of the gang. Taylor pulled her off to the side, and whispered something in her ear. Sharpay spun around wide-eyed. She was about to say something, but Zeke pulled her away.
"Mija, let's get going. I think Sharpay just recognized Adam, and I'm sure the last thing he wants is screaming teenage girls all around him," Rosa said. Adam laughed.
"It would be nice to have a break," he said. Gabriella and Troy entwined fingers, and they walked out to Troy's car.
The Boltons, Gabriella, Rosa, Lennon, and Adam all went to the Montez's house for a small barbeque. The men were talking about sports or something while the women were making sure all the food was out. The phone rang, so Gabriella went to answer it.
"Hello?" she said.
"Gabi? It's Cybelle. I was wondering if Adam was there. I tried to call him on his cell phone, but it's off," Cybelle Pascal, Adam's wife (A/N: Yes, Adam Pascal is sadly married insert sobs from a HUGE mass of teenage girls here) said. Gabriella walked out onto the deck with the cordless phone in hand.
"He's right here." She handed Adam the phone and said, "You're in trouble mister. Your cell phone's not on." Adam pulled his cell phone off the clip on his belt loop.
"Yes it, oh, never mind." He took the phone, and began to talk to his wife. Gabriella sat down promptly on Troy's lap. She rested her head on his shoulder, and closed her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Troy whispered in her ear.
"Nothing, I'm just really tired. I also have one of those feelings. You know, where you know that something's wrong, but you can't figure out what it is." Troy kissed the top of her head.
"Yeah, I know what you're talking about. It's probably just you worrying about a test or something coming up." As soon as Adam hung up the phone, it began to ring again. By the time Gabriella got a hold of the phone, it had stopped ringing, so she had figured that her Mother had answered it. Sure enough, Rosa came outside about five minutes later looking very pale and shook up. Gabriella immediately stood up.
"MamÃ, what's wrong?" she asked.
"That was the police. Ian somehow escaped from jail."
A/N: Sorry about the semi-long hiatus of about 2 weeks or so. I had exams and junk, but now I'm out of school. Anyway, I said before that the gang was in the junior year, but I've changed it to senior year. Also, its weird writing about Adam Pascal and seeing him on Rent at the same time (just thought you might like to know that). You know the drill, reviews are very much loved! Oh, and I found out that there will be a sequel to the High School Musical movie, so all those High School Musical 2 stories could be fairly accurate! Much love!
Tina101
