Decision and a Phone Call

Albuquerque

After getting up in the morning and doing his morning routine, he went to see Chad, bringing along the note he found last night. While driving to his house he couldn't help but think of the "what if's". What if his life had been different if Gabriella had not gone to LA? What if they still were together? Before he knew it he was pulling in front of Chad's and Taylor's house. He got out of his car, walked up to the front door, and knocked. He waited patiently for someone to open the door. The door opens and Taylor stands there with a smile on her face.

"Hey Troy! Chad is out back if you want to talk to him" she says.

"Actually, I wanna talk you both. Don't worry, it's nothing bad" Troy adds, seeing the concerned look on her face."Um...okay, sure. Let me go get Chad. Why don't you sit on the couch while I go pull your best friend away from the basketball court?"

Taylor leaves and Troy is left looking around the room. Chad's and Taylor's living room was filled with pictures. From both of them together to a few pictures of the whole gang together. Chad and Taylor walk back in the room and sits down. Troy takes a breath and starts.

"Okay guys. Last night when I got back from the pizza parlor, I was hanging up my jacket in the closet when I saw the jacket that Gabi gave me before she left. I put it on and memories filled my head of the days where the gang would hang out. Then I started to think about Gabriella. Her eyes, her hair, her perfume, her hugs...Anyways, I found this in one of the pockets." says Troy quickly.

He shows them the note and he waits until they are finished reading. After an awkward silence, Chad asks a question.

"So basically all she said in this poem is that she still loves you?"

He looks up to look at Troy while Taylor just stares at the piece of paper, not having anything to say.

"That's pretty much what I got out of the note." Troy replies.

Chad says," So what are you going to do? I mean, you really can't got to LA because first; you don't know where she lives and second; you don't even know if she has a boyfriend. If she does then do you really think she will dump her boyfriend to get back together with you?"

Troy just stares back at Chad and says nothing. He hadn't really thought about all the things that Chad had mentioned. He really DIDN'T know where she lived and even if he did find her, what if she had a boyfriend? Troy cursed himself for asking another "what if" question. He wondered if he had ever seen this boyfriend of hers. Troy thought for a few minutes. He did see in a magazine that she was dating some guy, but could he really trust that as a good source?

Taylor suddenly snaps out of her trance and says, "Troy, if you really love her like you say you do, then go for it. I mean, sure it might not go as you planned or hoped, but its worth a chance. Isn't it?"

Chad responds with a very unexpected angry remark. "Tay, how can you say that? Telling your friend to go and get a girl who BROKE his heart and left him in pieces! A girl who just got up and left without saying good bye to you and me or anyone else?? She said she was YOUR best friend but was she? She never said bye. She never replied to your emails! She never returned our phone calls!!"

After his little rant, he stormed away, not looking back, leaving Taylor and Troy alone.

Taylor says, "Don't worry about him. He just misses her and is hurt that she never returned his phone calls. But Troy, if you do decide to go and get her, can you tell her that we all miss her? Tell her that I miss her the most though, please. Will you ask when she's coming home?"

Taylor had a million other questions, but was afraid that Troy would forget what she said, so she stopped.Troy stared at Taylor and with a smile reassured her that he WILL find her and he WILL pass on the messages. After talking for a little more, Troy asks her to tell Chad that he is going to L.A. After Taylor tells him that she will, Troy leaves and books a ticket to L.A., hoping to get the love of his life back.

MEANWHILE

After Troy leaves the house, Taylor goes up to Chad's home office and knocks on the door. Without waiting for an answer, she walks in and finds her boyfriend looking at photo albums from high school.

She sighs and says, "Hey, Troy wanted me to tell you that he's going to go and find Gabi."

She waited for an answer, but when he didnt respond, she walked out. Chad sat there, looking a picture of him and a very happy Gabriella. He got out his cell phone and called a number, hoping that the other person answered. His eyes widened when he heared her voice for the first time in years.

"Hello?" Gabriella answers.

"Hey, ummmm it's me, Chad Danforth. You know, from high school….."

" Oh hey, Chad! WOW, this is weird. How are you? How is everyone??" she says to Chad enthusiastically.

"Look, I'm not really in the talking mood. I just called to say that Troy is going to L.A. to try and find you." He hung up without waiting for her to answer.

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