A/N: Here's the next chapter! Enjoy! I hope you guys enjoy it. I'm sorry chapters have been so short. I promise I'll start making them longer!
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 7:30 pm
"Gabi you're going to drive me crazy, if you don't calm down." Troy yelled at me from his spot on the couch in the living room.
"Are you telling me you don't care about our wedding?" I yelled back as tears threatened to fall down my face.
"I do care about our wedding but I don't know why you're getting so worked about this. Our wedding is going to be perfect." Troy reassured me.
"But what if-" I started before Troy came over and captured me in a kiss.
"Nothing is going to happen. And if something does happen, you have 6 bridesmaids to take care of everything." Troy said kissing my cheek.
"I know but I'm worried that something is going to ruin our special day." I tried again.
"I know you are but I want a calm bride not a bridezilla." Troy teased as I hit his arm.
"Ok I promise I will try to calm down." I told him smiling.
"Good. Now I've got to go pick something up. I'll be back in a little bit." Troy told me kissing my lips.
"Where are you going?" I asked him with a grin.
"It's a surprise for you. I'm taking Abby with me. Come on Abs." Troy said calling Abby by her nickname.
I watched Abby follow Troy happily out the front door and out to his truck. She got in the passenger's side and immediately sat with her head hanging out the window. Troy waved before backing out into the street.
I picked up my school bag and headed into the room Troy had remodeled into an office for me. I sat in my chair and took out the quizzes that need to be graded. Sitting on top of the pile was a white envelope with my name written in red.
I smiled before sliding open the envelope and taking out the green paper. I gently unfolded the note before reading.
My beautiful soon-to-be bride,
Hello again. I can just picture you in your office working on those Anatomy quizzes. You're probably got a smile on your face, if I'm picturing this correctly.
Anyways, we have 3 days until we're married. I cannot wait to call you my wife and Mrs. Bolton. Ahh I think I might be more excited than you but we'll see. I love you.
Moving on, I had a hard time picking today's song. It's an older one. It came out before we even started dating but it sums up how I feel whenever you're away. Remember you took that one trip the summer before our freshman year at UCLA? You went to New York with your mom to visit your grandparents, I think. Well Sharpay, Kelsi, and Taylor all came by and kept me from missing you too much while you were away. On the third day you were gone, they handed me a CD filled with love songs to help me get through the two weeks. One of those songs stayed with me; and to this day, I still listen to it.
Without further ado, today's song is "Crazy" by KC and Jojo. Enjoy my beautiful girl!
Love,
Troy
I folded up the note and stuck in the drawer where the others were. I loved it how I could have the most draining day and Troy would suddenly do something to make me feel a thousand times better. That was one of the many reasons I loved him.
"What's that smile for?" A familiar voice asked as he leaned against the door.
"I didn't even hear you come back." I said smiling as he padded across the floor.
"I'm sneaky like that. So what was the smile for?" Troy asked again sitting across from me in the chair.
"I just got done reading your letter. And I love the fact that you can do something and make me feel a thousand times better than before. I love you." I told him.
"Well if you come downstairs, I might make you love me more." Troy said offering his hand for me to take.
Together we walked down the stairs hand in hand. As soon as my foot stepped off the last step, Troy's hands immediately covered mine.
"It's a surprise so you can't peak." Troy said as I giggled.
"Is this really necessary?" I asked him as he laughed.
"Well of course it is dear. The surprise element would be ruined if you knew what it was." Troy said as he pushed opened the swinging kitchen door.
"Ok you can open your eyes now." Troy said taking his hands off of my eyes.
I opened them and saw three brightly wrapped boxes sitting in the middle of the kitchen table. I smiled at Troy as he laughed.
"And you thought it would be something big." Troy said noticing my face.
"Well kind of. What are these boxes for?" I asked him as he smiled.
"Well these are your surprises. You have to follow the clue on the boxes to open them." Troy told me.
I took the envelope that had a big red #1 on it. I slid it open and took out the index card. Written in bright pink permanent marker was the clue.
The first song we ever sang together. Do you remember rehearsals for this song? We messed up every time and everyone was always mad at us.
"Well which song did we first sing together? There were so many." I said looking at Troy.
"The very first song we sang together and the song that was always stuck in our minds." Troy said giving me a hint.
"Breaking Free?" I asked unsure of my answer.
"You, my love, are correct. You may open the first box." Troy said as I tore the paper gently.
Troy gave me a bored look as I continued to open the box. Finally after some help from Troy, I peered inside and saw a photo album sitting in the bottom.
I took it out and gently flipped through it. Troy had found pictures from all the years we've been together. There were pictures from Twinkle Towne, basketball games, high school graduation, UCLA football games we had attended, UCLA basketball games, UCLA's graduation, current photos, and various other times Troy or I had a camera handy. Troy had gone through the album and wrote captions for all the pictures.
"This is perfect. I love it." I told him looking at him with a smile.
"I had some help with the pictures and the captions. Our families gave me a lot of the pictures. Some of those pictures I didn't even know existed." Troy told me.
"I didn't either. My mom or your mom must have had a camera handy when we were around them." I told him.
"Probably. I just wanted to sum up our 9 year romance before we start a new chapter in our lives." Troy told me.
"I'm glad you did. I forgot about a lot of this. Thank you, Troy." I said leaning up and kissing him.
"Not a problem. You can continue with the second clue." Troy told me as I smiled.
I tore open the envelope with a red #2 on it and took out the index card with sky blue writing.
During the summer between our sophomore and junior years, where did I have to go for basketball camp?
"You're absolutely crazy but you went to Florida State University." I told him sticking my tongue out.
"You my love are absolutely correct. You can open your second present." Troy told me as I smiled.
I opened this present faster than the other one. Sitting among the wrapping was a picture frame. I picked it up before looking at Troy.
"When was this taken?" I asked him as he smiled at me.
"I'm thinking it was the day you and I went to the beach to watch the sunrise. Lucas gave it to me a few days ago and I went to have it framed." Troy said as I looked at the photo.
Troy and I were sitting with our backs to the camera looking out into the sunset. Our hair was blowing in the breeze and Troy had his arms wrapped around me.
"Remind me to thank Lucas." I said looking at Troy.
"I will. We have the perfect place for this, you know." Troy said taking the picture from my hands.
"Where at?" I asked him as he walked over by the coffee pot and placed it beside it.
"Here. We'll both be able to see it when we get coffee in the morning." Troy told me.
"It's perfect. Can I open the third envelope now?" I asked him as he smiled.
"I suppose you can." Troy told me as I smiled.
I picked up the envelope with #3 written on the front. I slid it open and took out the index card with lime green writing.
When we get married on Saturday, how many people are coming and where are we getting married?
"We're getting married St. Peter's Holy Catholic Church and there are going to be 150 are invited to the ceremony and the reception." I told him.
"You are correct my dear. You can open the last present now." Troy said with a smile.
I tore open the paper and looked at the box lying in amongst the wrapping. I opened the box and saw a scrapbook lying there. I picked it up and looked at it. On the front, Troy had gotten inscribed "Troy and Gabriella Bolton May 16th, 2015."
"I love it. I really do." I told him as he came over and kissed my cheek.
"I wanted to see your face the first time you saw our names together like that." Troy told me.
"I love it. Now what am I going to do with it?" I asked him as he smiled at me.
"This is going to be our guest book. Remember when I asked you to find pictures of everyone who was invited?" Troy asked me as I slowly nodded.
"Yeah and you told me to hold onto them and don't loose them. Well what does that have to do with this?" I asked him.
"We're going to put the photos in the book and have spaces for people to sign underneath their pictures. They can write messages and wishes for the two of us." Troy told me.
"Aww I love it! This is the best idea ever. Are we going to be able to get it done before Saturday?" I asked him.
"I think if the two of us work on it, then yes." Troy said as I threw my arms around him.
"I love it; you're way too good to me." I told him.
"Ahh it's easy. I love you too." Troy told me as he picked me up and spun me around.
We both sat down at the table and started working on our guest book. It was funny because some of those pictures I had to explain to Troy who they were. We just sat there and swapped stories about the photos.
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There you guys go. I hope you enjoy it. It's getting down to the wire with the wedding. The wedding is going to be broken into two chapters, just so you guys know!
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