Chapter 15

Four years had passed by since Troy and Gabriella had broken up. They were out of college and by now, Troy was the captain of the Lakers and Gabriella was the hot new female artist. The two had not spoken to each other since graduation day. Gabriella had forgiven Troy long ago for hurting her. Troy, on the other hand, had never forgiven himself for hurting Gabriella so badly. Neither one of the two had dated anyone in the past four years. The gang had all kept in touch and now, they were all moving back to Albuquerque, except Troy and Gabriella, who were staying in New York, because of their careers, but they too were going back to Albuquerque for the reunion.

The reunion party

Troy walked into the East High gym after a really long time. The place was crowded and he looked for the gang.

"Troy!" a high pitched voice squealed.

Troy turned around and saw the previous cheerleader captain running towards him. He was trying hard to remember her name and then it came to him.

"Cassie!" Troy exclaimed as the girl flung her arms around him. He pushed her away. "Get off me!"

"What's wrong, Troy?" Cassie asked.

"Don't think that I'll ever like you because it's been four years since we met," Troy told her. "I didn't like you four years back, and I certainly don't like you now."

"Yo! Hoops!" a voice called and Troy spun around just as Cassie was about to respond.

"Chad," Troy grinned as he slapped high five with his best friend. "Long time no see brother!"

"Yeah," Chad grinned. "Come on. The gangs all here."

"Even her?" Troy asked, softly.

"Even who?" Chad asked pretending to be clueless.

"Her!" Troy exclaimed.

"Who?" Chad asked again.

"Gabriella!" Troy yelled.

"Yeah," a brunette to Troy's right asked turning around.

"Yeah, dude," Chad smiled. "She's here."

"Troy," Gabriella whispered.

"Hi, Gabi," Troy said, softly.

After hanging around the gym and catching up with all friends, Troy turned to Gabriella.

"Do you want to go home?" he asked. "I mean, I can give you a ride. You know, we can catch up."

"I'd like that," Gabriella smiled.

Troy led Gabriella to his car. He opened the door like a gentleman for her. Then, he started driving. The roads were empty as it was quite late.

"So, how've you been, Gabriella?" Troy asked.

"I've been great," she replied. "My career's going well and my albums are selling pretty well."

"No, Gabs," Troy said. "I didn't mean the Gabriella Montez, the singer. I meant, Gabriella Montez, the freaky Math girl."

"She-she's not doing too well," Gabriella said at last.

"Why? What's wrong with her?" he asked.

"She's still a bit hurt," Gabriella admitted and looked away. "I don't want to talk about it, alright?"

"Okay," Troy said, softly.

Troy pulled up at the hotel that Gabriella was staying. Ironically, the two were staying at the same hotel. Troy walked her to her room. She was about to go in, when Troy stopped her.

"Gabriella, if you don't mind me asking," he said. "Are you dating anyone these days?"

"No," Gabriella said. "Why?"

"Because, if you were, you would feel guilty if I did this," Troy said and he leant down and kissed her.

Almost immediately, Gabriella responded. She wrapped her arms around his neck and played with the end of his hair. Troy started to pull away, but, Gabriella grabbed his shirt and began unbuttoning it. Then, Troy pulled away.

"Gabs, we can't do this here," he whispered.

"Why not?" Gabriella asked.

"People might see us," Troy said. "We're not inside your room or mine, you know."

"Right," Gabriella said, blushing.

Then, she grabbed Troy by his shirt and pulled him into her room.

Needless to say, they made love to each other.

A/N Am I forgiven yet? :P Like the chapters? Hate it? Tell me in a review!