The next morning Troy awoke to the bright light of the morning sun. He got up and showered and got dressed. He went down to the main floor café and got some breakfast. Then he set off for the day. I think I'll stop by her hotel first. He decided, so he grabbed a taxi and drove to the Bonnelbell Hotel.
"I'm sorry sir, she is not in right now. But I could tell you the place she went." Said the desk clerk. Troy had just arrived and had no idea where her room would be, so he had asked for help.
"That would be great." Troy said.
"She is at the BID Building downtown."
"Thank you so much." Troy walked out and got back into the taxi. As he drove there he looked out the window. London was so magnificent. The sun was shining and gleaming on the water and windows. There were little shops here and there, just opening up. Everything just looked amazing. All of the sudden, Troy was knocked out of his daydream when the car stopped in front of the BID building. He got out and looked up.
" (Whistle)…..wow." he said to himself.
He walked in and walked up to the front desk.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for a Miss Gabriella Montez. Could you tell me where I could find her?" Troy asked.
"Oh yes, she was with that big conference meeting. I'm sorry, but they had to cancel because the president couldn't make it." She said in an apologetic voice.
"Oh…ok, thank you." He walked out and started to just walk down the busy street, lost in his thoughts of what to do next. He stopped and looked around him, just taking a deep breath, when out of the corner of his eye he saw something. Dark curly hair. It was Gabriella across the street coming toward a taxi. Troy was about to yell her name, when she started running toward someone who was getting out of the taxi. A man. She ran into his arms and gave him a big hug. Then the two of them walk into a shop. Troy could not believe what he had just seen. This can't be happening. He started to get a sick feeling inside. He called a taxi and drove back to his hotel incase he was sick. For the rest of the day he stayed in his room.
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The next morning Troy decided he was just going to go find Gabriella and talk to her. So he got dressed and drove to her hotel. But when he got there he got quite a surprise.
"I'm sorry once again, but Ms. Montez checked out early this morning. She got on the early flight to the United States."
"What! Oh geez….thank you." He ran back out, and got back to the hotel. He had to hurry and pack if he was going to make the next flight.
An hour later he was at the airport boarding the plane. As he sat down he opened a book to read to keep his mind off Gabriella. After trying for about 5 min. unsuccessfully, he put it away and just sat there. Soon he dosed off into a dreamless sleep.
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"All passengers get ready to land."
Troy jumped at the sound of the speaker. He rubbed his eyes and sat up. The plane landed and came to a stop. Everyone started to file off. Once Troy did he quickly found his luggage and went and got into his car. 10 minutes later he was driving past familiar place. Ahhh….its good to be back. As he was coming up to the park, he decided to stop and just walk around to stretch his legs. He got out and started walking down the little path.
"Troy?" he turned around. Gabriella walked out from behind some trees.
"Where had you been? I've been trying to find you." She said walking up to him.
"Oh…..I've been gone the past couple days." He said carelessly, without looking at her.
"Oh, where did you go?" she asked trying to catch his eyes.
"Oh, you know, I just went to London, no big deal." He said quickly.
"You did! Why didn't you try to find me?" she asked in a hurt voice.
"Oh well…..I tried the whole time. But you kept getting a step ahead of me, until yesterday." He said looking down at his feet.
"oh, I'm so sorry. But I don't remember seeing you yesterday?"
Troy sighed. "Cause you didn't, I only saw you." He said turning away from her. She stared at his back, wondering why he was acting this way.
"Then why didn't you say hi?" she asked softly.
He breathed deeply. "Cause you were busy…….with another guy." Then he heard something he wasn't expecting…..laughing, Gabriella was laughing.
"Its not that funny, Gabriella." He said seriously.
"No,no,no…..(giggle)…you must have seen me….(giggle)….with my….(giggle, laugh)….my cousin Jason." She continued to laugh.
Troy stood there in total shock. he lives in London and so I stopped by to see him. So there's no need to be jealous." She said with a smile.
"I was not jealous." He said defensively. She laughed.
"Oh sure, you weren't." she said.
"Ok, so I was al little, but I was mostly just kind of upset that we had to cancel the date we had. I had something really special planned." he said sadly, turning away once more.
"Oh Troy, I'm sorry. But I'm sure its something we could do over and over again." She said giving his arm a squeeze.
"No, you don't understand. It was going to be different. I was going to……to….." he could say it. He eyes started to fill with silent tears. No, don't cry now you idiot. Get a hold of yourself. Then Gabriella pulled him into a hug. He held tight, wanting to heel her nearness. Then Gabriella whispered in his ear.
"What were you going to do?" she said, ever so softly.
"I was going to ask you to marry me." He whispered back. This made Gabriella pull away quickly.
"You were?" she said. Troy nodded.
"But, it was a wild idea, I know." He turned and started walking down the road. He had walked about 30 feet when he heard running footsteps coming toward him. He turned around. Gabriella stopped in front of him.
"Troy, what made you decide you wanted to ask me?"
Troy looked her in the eye, and said softly. "Because I'm in love with you."
This made Gabriella's eyes to also fill with tears. The stood there for a moment completely silent.
"If you had asked me,………I know what my answer would have been." She said through her tears, taking a step closer to him.
"What would if have been?" Troy said staring at his feet.
"Yes." She said softly. Troy immediately lifted his head up.
"You mean you would have said yes?"
Gabriella nodded. Then, in one swift move, Troy grabbed her in his arms and kissed her. It was no gentle, soft kiss, but a powerful and meaningful kiss. He kissed her with a love like no other. Gabriella pulled back and whispered.
"SO, can I take that as a proposal?" Troy smiled.
"You better." He kissed her again. He lifted her slightly off the ground and her arms were wrapped tightly around his neck, ruffling his sandy hair. He pulled away slightly.
"I love you Gabriella." He said tenderly.
"I love you Troy." She said back to him.
(a/n: ok…..lol…sorry that took forever. But there's that chapter. There's only a couple more chapters left. But I'll make them good. I'm trying to decide if I'll do a sequel or start another story. Who know….lol….please read and review.)
