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August 1st, 2010 6:00 pm

"Well I see Albuquerque's prodigal son has finally returned." Chad said as Gabi and I walked over to where our friends had gathered.

"Yeah I'm back for the remainder of the summer. Did you miss me?" I asked him as I engulfed him in a man hug.

"Oh yeah; tons. Gabi happy to finally have you home?" Chad asked me as I looked over at her talking with Taylor and Kelsi.

"She's been out in Florida with me since the 27th. We flew home for Megan's recital yesterday." I explained as Taylor's eyes flew to mine.

"Then it was you I saw yesterday. I pointed you out to Kelsi but she said it couldn't be you since you were in Florida. You little sneak." Taylor told me as I held my hands up in innocence.

"It wasn't me. Gabi set it up. We weren't supposed to come home until today." I explained as our friends looked us over.

"Both of you are hiding something." Sharpay said while pointing a finger at Gabi and me.

"We aren't hiding anything from you guys. I promise." Gabi said while holding her hands up and grinning at our friends.

"You are lying through your teeth Gabriella." Kelsi teased as she looked over at me.

"I'm not lying to you guys. Troy are we hiding anything?" Gabi asked turning our friends' attention to me.

"Um . . . not that I know of." I told our friends with a grin that Chad, Zeke, and Jason all picked up on immediately.

"He's lying just like his girlfriend. They're hiding something." Jason pointed out.

"Name one thing we would hide from you guys." I asked with a sly grin.

"Marriage, engagement, or pregnancy." Taylor, Kelsi, and Sharpay all threw out as I laughed.

"No to marriage or pregnancy." Gabi said quickly as our friends eyed us evilly.

"Notice she said nothing about engagement." Zeke said as Gabi and I eyed each other.

"Troy you've been my best friend since we've been in diapers. Almost 22 years now. Now I want you to be honest with me. Did you ask Gabi to marry you?" Chad asked me as I looked over at my grinning fiancée. She nodded her head as I took a deep breathe.

"Yes." I said simply as I watched our friends' eyes go wide.

"Yes what?" Ryan asked as I looked over at Gabi and we both shared a laugh.

"Yes I asked Gabi to marry me and she said yes." I said as our friends flocked around us.

The next few minutes were spent by Gabi and I surrounded by our friends who were shouting out their congratulations. The smiles never left mine or Gabi's faces.

"So how did he do it?" Taylor pumped Gabi for information as my eyes went wide.

"Why do you need to know that?" Chad asked her as her grin became more evident.

"To see if it was romantic or not. And maybe you'll get an idea for when you propose to me." Taylor said as the girls laughed.

"July 28th he had practice at 6 am and then came back to the dorm where I was still sleeping. He lay on the bed and we started to talk. He asked me what I was thinking and I said I was thinking about the future. Troy, being the person he is, asked what I saw for the future. I told him that I saw us married, having a houseful of kids, and me working at the hospital while he owned his own restaurant. And then he pulled out the ring and asked me. I looked at him with confusion on my face and then he explained that I was the only girl he could see himself being with the rest of his life. So I said yes." Gabi finished as the girls had grins on their faces.

"That's a cute way to ask a girl to marry you. Well done Troy." Kelsi pointed out as the rest of the girls quickly agreed while the guys rolled their eyes.

"I don't see any of you guys asking your girlfriends the question. When you do, we'll talk. And besides, it was a spur of the moment type of deal." I explained as Gabi leaned over and kissed me.

"He did a great job. Leave him alone." Gabi said looking at the four unengaged guys.

"We always knew you two would be the first to be engaged from our little group." Sharpay said as the rest of the group quickly agreed.

"Really? How did you guys know?" I asked with shock written on my face.

"You two have the type of love everybody wishes for. When everyone looks at you two, they don't even have to hear your names; they just know you two are in love. There's just something about how you two act, that let's people know you two are in love." Taylor told us as we both grinned.

"I never realized that. I can't imagine my life without him. I've gotten so use to living with him in the apartment, that when he left, a piece of me was missing. I missed him so much while he was in Florida." Gabi explained.

"I was the same way the entire time in Florida. The only thing that got me through was her daily phone calls, no matter what time she called." I told our friends.

"She was a mess man but I'm glad you two are engaged. There are not two people in the entire world that go together like you two." Chad said with seriousness laced in his voice.

"Alert the press! Chad Danforth had a serious moment." Gabi announced which earned her a slap on the wrist by Chad.

"I can be serious every now and then. I'm not always the big goof ball." Chad defended himself.

"I know you can but I wanted to point it out to all of our friends." Gabi said with a grin.

"You and Troy are going to have a wonderful life together with lots of laughter, memories, and children." Chad told her.

"I don't know about Troy but I'm not going to be constantly popping kids out right and left. The most I'll have is 5." Gabi told them.

"Aww come on hon. I was thinking more like 13." I said as Gabi's eyes went wide.

"That is children and animals correct, love?" Gabi asked me as I shook my head.

"no hon that's children. I want to have enough Bolton children to have our own basketball team." I told her as her eyes went wide.

"I don't think so babe. If you want that many kids, you better start looking for a new fiancée. I'm not going to be pregnant that many times." Gabi told me as our friends laughed.

"I wouldn't do that to you babe. If you want 5, then we'll have 5." I told her.

"We'll see how I do after the first on." She told me as I grinned.

The rest of the night was spent talking about what the future held for everyone. We also got caught up on what was happening in our individual lives.


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