Here's the first real chapter, and I hope you like it! Merry Christmas! I saw and heard the cutest little girl sing a Christmas song at my church, too…She was so cute!

Chapter One: The Plan For Their Lives

Troy leaned down to kiss Gabi before pulling away from her. "I love you, Gabi. I always will," he said before turning away to go back to his car.

"I love you, too, Troy. Bye," she said, pulling her jacket tighter around her. He turned to smile at her. She waved. "I had fun at church tonight," she called.

"I'm glad you did. Are you coming to camp over the summer?"

"Of course. See you at school tomorrow!"

"Bye!"

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Thursday morning, the next day, Troy was taking his free hour and Coach Bolton let him practice in the gym. Chad came in to practice too, and he and Troy played a game of one-on-one. While they practiced, they talked about their love lives.

"So guess what Gabi and I are doing over the summer?" Troy asked.

"Are you gonna sleep together?"

"Chad, you know how we feel about that. We aren't doing that until we get married."

"I can't believe you're going to wait."

"Didn't you?"

"Heck no! Sharpay and I have been sleeping together for almost a whole year!"

Troy looked skeptically at his best friend. "Why?"

"Because I love her."

"Don't you ever think about the consequences that might result from that kind of behavior?"

"We're very cautious. We always use protection. Nothing's gonna happen," Chad acknowledged.

Troy looked back down at the basketball. He felt defeated. "Gabi and I are going to church camp," he whispered.

"Church camp! Who even goes to church camp?"

"I do. Gabriella does. And so do people who know what's good for them."

"Gabi only goes to church because of you," Chad said sarcastically.

"She does not! She loves God as much as I do! Do you think she would have gotten saved if she only came to please me? And what about our Virginity pledge? Do you think she would have agreed to that, too? Gabi loves our church, Chad. And I hope that one day, you will too."

With that, Troy threw the ball into the hoop backwards from half court, which was almost impossible for non-Professionals. It sailed gracefully threw, and he kept walking, out of the gym to the locker room. Chad stood in amazement as he went, and the echo of the ball hitting the gym floor was the only thing that kept him company.

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Meanwhile, Gabriella was in the auditorium with Sharpay. They were practicing for their duet in the next school musical. "Sharpay?" Gabi asked shyly.

"Yes?"

"Do you and Chad sleep together?" she asked.

"Of course we do! Oh, Gabi, sex is so amazing. You and Troy should try it sometime."

"We'll try it when we get married."

"Why do you want to wait until then? If you don't like the way he does it, you can always find a new man, one who does it better."

"I don't care how good he is in bed, Sharpay. That's not what matters. What matters is if you love your husband."

"That's dumb, Gabi."

"You know what else is dumb, Sharpay? The fact that you and Chad have decided that sex is the most important thing in a relationship. It isn't. Loving your spouse is trust, faith, bonding…all of that together with some sex is what love is."

Gabriella stood, apologizing to Mrs. Darbus for having to leave, and ran backstage. As she was running out of the stage door, she ran into Troy coming out of the gym.

"Troy," she said, out of breath.

"Gabi," he countered.

"We need to get them to come to church," they chorused. And with that, they went to the benches outside and began to come up with a plan.

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