Chapter 18
Gabriella and Troy are walking home from the bus stop. They were quiet because tomorrow morning, Gabriella's gonna be on her way home.
"Troy I'm gonna miss you!" Gabriella suddenly burst into tears and hugged Troy tightly.
"I'm gonna miss you too." Troy said trying to comfort her.
"When am I gonna see you again? Tomorrow, you and the gang are gonna be at school and you wouldn't even see me leave." Gabriella said through sobs.
"Hey, I'm not gonna go to school tomorrow. I'm gonna come with you to the airport and so is the whole gang." Troy said and smiled weakly.
"Really?" Gabriella asked surprise.
"Sure, I wouldn't let me girlfriend just walk in the plane without my final kiss." Troy said and Gabriella giggled.
"Don't cry. What do you say, we swing by my place." Troy said with a mysterious smile.
"Ok." Gabriella nodded and when they arrived, the mansion looks empty.
"Why are your lights turned off?" Gabriella asked confused.
"I don't know." Troy acted as if he doesn't know anything. They opened the gate and Troy took out his keys and opened the door. As soon as Gabriella stepped in, the lights turned on and petals started flowing around the place.
"SURPRISE!!" The gang yelled including Mrs Bolton. They prepared a goodbye party for her without her knowing.
"OH MY GOSH! Troy did you know about this?" Gabriella turned to her boyfriend with a total shocked and amazed expression.
"Yeah." Troy smiled and gave Gabriella passionate kiss.
"Troy's actually the one who planned everything." Chad said and everyone nodded.
"Thank you so much guys!" Gabriella said and started tearing up. They did a group hug and all head to the kitchen.
"Gabi don't cry. We want you to be happy before you leave." Troy said rubbing the tears off her face.
"I'm just happy." Gabriella said holding back the tears.
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It's the morning that Gabriella's been dreading. She really didn't want to leave but she had to.
"Gabi you better get up if you don't want to miss the plane." Taylor said quickly.
"But I want to stay here." Gabriella whined as she walked towards the kitchen where Taylor was.
"You know that I want to stay here too. Heck, Chad is here and I don't' want to leave him but I made a promise with your parents and I'll keep that promise. I'm sorry Gabs." Taylor said hugging her best friend.
"Its ok." Gabriella said and suddenly, her phone rang.
"Hello?" Gabriella said on the phone.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Troy's voice could be heard from the other end of the line. Gabriella couldn't help but smile just hearing his voice.
"I'm ok, I guess. Where are you?" Gabriella asked as she took a sip from her orange juice that Taylor gave her.
"We're on our way to Taylor's house. Actually we're right in front of the door." Troy chuckled and Gabriella's face quickly lit up. She ran to the door and shut her phone.
"Troy!" Gabriella jumped right on her arms happily.
"Morning Gabs." Troy said with a weak smile. He doesn't want Gabriella to leave but he has no choice.
"Hey guys! Come in." Gabriella said to the rest of the gang. Everyone talked for awhile avoiding the conversation about Gabriella and Taylor leaving.
When they arrived at the airport, Gabriella couldn't hold it in so she quickly grabbed Troy and cried her eyes out.
"Gabs please don't cry. I will call you everyday. I swear it." Troy said sincerely as he wrapped his arms around his girlfriend.
"I don't want to leave." Gabriella whined.
"Trust me. You leaving is the last thing I want to happen right now but we can't do anything about it." Troy said and planted a soft, gentle kiss on her lips.
"I'll remember that." Gabriella said with a sad smile.
"Guys. I had so much fun with you and I will never forget everything that we did together." Gabriella said and gave everyone a hug.
"Taylor don't forget to call me when you get there ok?" Chad said to Taylor and gave her a hug.
"I won't." Taylor said and hugged her boyfriend back.
"So what are you planning to do this weekend?" Taylor asked trying to change the subject.
"Nothing. I actually wanted to come with you but my dad wouldn't let me anymore." Chad said sadly.
"Oh ok." Taylor said and suddenly, their flight was called.
Gabriella looked down sadly and didn't want to make eye contact with anyone.
"Gabi its gonna be ok. Call me when you get there ok?" Troy said sadly. He hated seeing Gabriella cry.
"Ok." Gabriella nodded and headed to her plane with Taylor.
"By the way, thanks for the cookies Zeke!" Taylor and Gabriella said exactly the same time.
"Your welcome ladies." Zeke called out with a smile.
"We'll pay you a visit when we have time!!" Sharpay and Kelsi said.
"Bye guys! Have a safe trip!" Jason said.
Gabriella and Taylor were now out of sight. Troy sighed and just looked at the place where Gabriella left. Suddenly, the heard someone running.
"TROY!" Mrs Bolton called out waving a ticket.
"Are they gone?" Mrs Bolton said breathlessly.
"You mean Taylor and Gabriella?" Troy asked curiously.
"Yeah." Mrs Bolton said a little disappointed.
"They just left. What are you doing here mom?" Troy asked.
"I bought you a ticket so you can spend the weekend with Gabriella and Taylor. I was planning to buy you all tickets but your parents wouldn't allow you to go." Mrs Bolton said glancing at the gang.
"Are you serious?!" Troy said a happy voice.
"Yeah go now before you miss your plane." Mrs Bolton said and Troy sprinted out of sight.
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Troy was now looking for his seat. Gabriella was wearing big sunglasses and Troy did too but he has a hat too. No body recognised him which was a relief. When he finally found his seat, he noticed that he was sitting right next to Gabriella while Taylor sat on the other side. He was about to run and kiss her but then an idea struck her.
"Hey." He said in a different voice so Gabriella wouldn't recognise him.
"Hey." Gabriella replied politely. She looked at Troy suspiciously for a few seconds and just shrugged it off. She then saw Taylor sleeping right beside her.
After a few minutes, Gabriella got bored.
"So umm… what's your name?" Gabriella asked the guy next to him, randomly. Troy laughed mentally because he knows that Gabriella had no idea that its him.
"Crap! What's my name? I can't tell her I'm Troy. I want to surprise her." Troy thought quickly.
"Alexander. You?" Troy asked but he knows the answer.
"Gabriella. Nice meeting you." Gabriella said shaking his hand.
"You know, you remind me of someone." She said with a sad voice.
"Really? How so?" Troy smiled.
"Well, my boyfriend's middle name is Alexander." She giggled.
"He's a pretty lucky guy to have you as his girlfriend." Troy grinned.
"I'm the one who's lucky. I mean, he is so sweet, caring, a gentleman, a great singer.. And did I mention he's freakin' hot?" Gabriella said and Troy chuckled.
"Sorry." Gabriella said sheepishly.
"Its ok. I got a girlfriend too and she's AMAZING!" Troy said.
"Really?" Gabriella said with interest.
"Yeah. She's a beautiful brunette with gorgeous chocolate eyes, she's nice, funny, smart, a great singer and did I mention that she's really GORGEOUS?!" Troy grinned and Gabriella had a suspicious look.
"She sounds like a fun girl" Gabriella said still not realising he's talking about her.
"Trust me, she is." He chuckled.
A few minutes later, Gabriella grabbed her camera and flipped through her photos with Troy.
"Seems like you really miss him?" Troy asked.
"You have no idea. I can't wait to see him but I doubt that I'll see him in a month or so." Gabriella said sadly.
"You never know. Anything can happen." Troy smirked.
After a few hours, the plane finally landed. As soon as Gabriella stepped in the airport, she quickly grabbed her phone and dialled Troy's number. Troy who was obviously near her in that current moment, quickly walked away.
"Hello?" Troy said knowing perfectly that its Gabriella.
"Hey Troy! I'm in the airport right now. I miss you!" Gabriella said over the phone and tried to get her luggage while Taylor tried to get hers as well.
"I miss you too Gabs." Troy said with a smile. He was watching her the whole time.
"I'll call you later. Bye!" They then hung up and Troy just hid behind a plant.
Troy watched as his girlfriend tried desperately to get her suitcase.
"She's so cute!" Troy exclaimed and slowly walked over to them.
"Need help?" Troy said in a disguise voice.
"Oh Alexander, hey! Actually yeah.." Gabriella said a little embarrassed.
"Gabs I just need to go to the bathroom ok?" Taylor excused and Gabriella nodded.
"So who are you waiting for?" Gabriella asked Troy curiously.
"My girlfriend to realise I'm here." Troy chuckled.
"I hope my boyfriend is waiting for me too." Gabriella looked down sadly.
"What are you gonna do if he's actually here?" Troy asked curiously.
"I would run to him and kiss him passionately." Gabriella said with a dreamy eyes.
"That's good then because he's right here." Troy slowly took off his hat and sunglasses.
"What are you talking abo---" Gabriella was cut off when she saw her boyfriend standing right beside her.
"Hey Gabi!" Troy said with a huge smile. Gabriella was frozen and when she snapped back to reality she quickly wrapped her arms around Troy's neck and passionately kiss him.
"How did you get here?" Gabriella asked completely shocked.
"I was with you all along." Troy smiled and kissed her again. Taylor suddenly came and her eyes widened.
"Troy?" Taylor asked in shock and all Troy did was nod his head.
"I can't believe it!" Gabriella exclaimed.
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Troy, Gabriella and Taylor head home because they had to. Troy went to Chad's place of course since he doesn't know where else to go.
They all had a rest and when Troy woke up from his nap, the first thing he did was call Gabriella.
"Hey Gabs!" Troy said happily.
"Hey Troy, what's up?" Gabriella asked excitedly.
"Let's go to the movies. I'll see you at the back of the garden at 6pm." Troy said.
"Ok." She answered eagerly.
"Don't get caught." Troy chuckled and Gabriella rolled her eyes.
Its now exactly 6pm and Gabriella was sneaking out.
"Troy where are you?" Gabriella whispered while looking around the garden and at the same time watching the guards.
"Boo!" Troy whispered loudly and almost gave Gabriella a heart attack.
"You scared the hell out of me!" She laughed and Troy couldn't help but melt inside.
"Ready for the movies?" He asked and she nodded enthusiastically.
The two of them head to Troy's car and Troy started driving.
"You know, there's no good movies to watch." Gabriella informed.
"Ok. Let's just go to the park then." Troy said and Gabriella nodded. As long as she's with Troy, anywhere's perfect.
Troy and Gabriella went to the park and sat under a tree. They were just sitting quietly and watching the beautiful sunset.
"Gabs I don't think I can last long without you." Troy said sincerely.
"Same here. I'll probably cry my eyes out everyday." Gabriella said seriously.
"Please don't do that 'cause its gonna make me feel worse if that happens." Troy said and put his arm around Gabriella's shoulder.
"I'll try." Gabriella said and Troy smiled.
"Gabriella, I love you." Troy said softly, looking straight at her. Gabriella froze because he'd never actually said those three words to her. Actually, no other guy had ever said that to her as sincerely as Troy.
"I love you too Troy." Gabriella said truthfully. They smiled at each other and slowly leaned in. Their lips met and different feeling over power their bodies. Its was full of love and passion.
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After about an hour they decided to head back to Gabriella's mansion.
"Are your parents home?" Troy asked and Gabriella shook her head.
"No. They're away again." Gabriella said miserably.
"Hey cheer up! You got me." Troy smiled and Gabriella wrapped her arms around Troy.
"Yeah I do. Do you want to come in?" Gabriella asked hopefully.
"Sure. I would spend every spare minute with you!" Troy said happily. They sneaked in and nobody saw them. They were pretty good at it now.
"We're safe!" Troy said as they reached Gabriella's room.
"Yeah." Gabriella giggled.
"Ohh look. You still got my teddy bear!" Troy said walking over to the teddy bear that he won for Gabriella in the carnival.
"Yeah. I love that teddy bear!" Gabriella giggled.
"Let's go eat something in the kitchen!" Gabriella said and grabbed Troy's hand. They started raiding the fridge when suddenly, someone appeared from the kitchen door. They both looked up and saw Gabriella's dad!
"OH NO!!" Gabriella and Troy said in their minds exactly the same time.
"Gabi I--" Richard Montez started and suddenly froze seeing his daughter with the boy he hated her to be with. The two of them paused, with fright written all over their faces.
"GABRIELLA WHAT THE HELL IS TROY BOLTON DOING IN HERE?!!" Richard roared and Gabriella and Troy jumped away in horror.
"I'm sorry Mr Montez." Troy quickly apologised.
"Dad when did you get here?" Gabriella asked feeling so scared. She had never seen her father this angry before and its scaring the hell out of her.
"Just now and I guess I interrupted you and Mr Basketball boy over here!!" Richard yelled.
"Dad, I'm--" Before Gabriella could finish her sentence, Richard cut him off.
"Your grounded for a month Gabriella!" Richard shouted and tears started streaming down Gabriella's face.
"I had always felt like I'm grounded dad. Until I met Troy…" Gabriella yelled back and ran to her room.
"Gabi!" Troy tried to ran after her but he was stopped by Richard.
"You, stay away from my daughter!" Richard said angrily.
"Sir, I don't mean any disrespect but Gabriella didn't deserve that! Its all my fault so please don't yell at her!" Troy said trying to calm his self down.
"How dare you come to my house and tell me what I shouldn't do! Get out!" Richard said and pushed Troy out of the mansion.
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Gabriella locked herself in her room and cried her eyes out. She couldn't believe they got caught. Suddenly, her phone started ringing.
"Hello?" Gabriella asked through sobs.
"Hey Gabs! Oh come on. Please don't cry! I don't want you to cry." Troy said begging Gabriella to stop crying. It really hurt him to hear her like this.
"But Troy I've never seen my dad so angry before. And how does he know you, if he hates basketball?" Gabriella asked and tried her hardest to stop crying but tears just kept on rolling down her cheeks.
"I don't know Gabs. I'm gonna try asking my mom if she knows anything. Please don't cry and--" Before Troy could finish his sentence, Gabriella suddenly cut him off.
"I think my dad's coming. I gotta talk to you later. Bye!" Gabriella quickly hung up and threw her phone underneath the pillows.
Gabriella looked over at her door and found that she didn't lock it properly. She knows her dad's gonna burst in that door any minute now.
"Gabriella!" Richard yelled and as she predicted, he came bursting through her door holding a magazine.
"What is it dad?" Gabriella asked, scared.
"Look at this!" Richard roared and threw the magazine on her bed. Gabriella slowly crawled and reached out for the magazine. Her eyes widened when she saw what's in it.
"Oh no." Gabriella mumbled.
"What the hell is that Gabi?! 'Troy Bolton going out with a mystery girl?'. Why do I have a feeling that its you in the cover Gabi? Luckily they didn't recognise you!" Richard said shaking his head.
"I'm sorry dad." Gabriella whispered holding back new tears that were begging to fall. She was really freaked out with her dad.
"When I saw that boy in this mansion, I thought you guys were just hanging out. But I guess I was wrong. Is he your boyfriend Gabi?!!" Richard asked angrily.
"Yes dad." Gabriella nodded weakly.
"You will break up with him tomorrow!!!! Gabi how could lie to me and your mother? We thought you wanted to hang out with Taylor in Albuquerque but we were wrong. You went there because of that boy! Out of all the boys in this entire world, why did it have to the Troy Bolton??!!" Richard roared.
"I'm sorry dad." Gabriella said.
"GABRIELLA ANNE MONTEZ YOU WILL BREAK UP WITH TROY BOLTON TOMORROW!!!" Richard yelled, his voice echoing in the whole mansion!
"ARE WE CLEAR??!!!" Richard shouted.
"Yes dad." Gabriella cried and soon enough, Richard was out of the room.
Gabriella cuddled her teddy bear and cried her eyes out. She was so scared of her dad and it felt like he will murder Troy if she didn't break up with him. She knows that her dad will never do that but his anger was really strong!
"My dad never shouted my whole name before out of anger. Why does he hate basketball? Why does he hate our relationship? And why does he hate Troy so much? What did he do? They never met before." Gabriella thought deeply. Suddenly, her phone rang. It was Troy.
"I'm not ready to talk to him yet. I don't want to break up with him." Gabriella whispered and just stared at her phone with Troy's picture flashing on the screen, not intending to answer it at all.
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Troy was in his room in Chad's place. He was worried about Gabriella. To be honest, Troy was really scared of Richard that every time he imagines him, his whole body shivers. Troy didn't know what to do so he picked up his phone and dialled Gabriella's number just to check on her. He waited for so long but no body answers.
"Gabriella please pick up the phone… Please.. Pick it up" Troy pleaded marching around his room with the phone in his hand.
"Why isn't she picking up??!!" Troy asked himself.
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Gabriella wanted so badly for Troy to come right now and comfort her but she knows that it was impossible. She continued ignoring her phone that was crazily ringing. She turned off her phone and went straight to bed with tears flowing down her cheeks.
"I'm sorry Troy!" She whispered and fell asleep.
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Troy clenched his phone tightly when the operator said unavailable. He knew that Gabriella turned off her phone but he doesn't know why she wouldn't exactly talk to him.
"What do I do now?" Troy whispered to his self feeling so depressed. He lied on his bed and eventually fell asleep.
The next morning, Troy woke up really late. He went downstairs and saw that nobody was there. It really cloudy outside but he decided that he needed to talk to Gabriella. He grabbed his phone and was about to dial Gabriella's number when suddenly, a message pop up.
"Who could this be?" Troy thought. When he opened it, he almost jumped in joy when he saw that it was from Gabriella.
From: Gabriella
Troy I need to talk to you. Meet me in the park.
Troy read the message. He was confused but he decided to go. He grabbed his jacket and drove off. When he arrived at the park, it was pretty empty since it was windy and it looked like it was going to rain.
"Where's Gabriella?" Troy looked around and finally spotted her. He smiled and ran to her giving her a peck on the lips and a really warm hug.
"Gabs I was so worried about you." Troy whispered and finally pulled away.
"Troy…. I need to tell you something." Gabriella suddenly burst out crying. She tried her hardest not to cry but she couldn't
"What is it?" Troy stared at her worriedly. Whatever she was gonna say, its not going to be good.
"Troy we… we.. need to break up… I-I can't-- see you again.." Gabriella cried and Troy bit his lip trying not to cry even though his heart was practically shattered in pieces.
"Why Gabi?" Troy asked even though he knows the answer.
"Troy we're not meant to be. I'm sorry. My dad and you will never get along and I don't want that. My dad would never let me see you again so there's not point." Gabriella cried.
"Gabi--" Troy was now crying.
"Troy we can't see each other anymore. Goodbye." Gabriella said and before she could walk away, Troy pulled her close and hugged her warmly.
"Gabi I don't know what I'll do without you." Troy whispered but Gabriella didn't respond.
"I'll only leave if you look me in the eyes and tell me you don't love me." Troy pulled away and stared at Gabriella.
"Troy please don't make it too hard for me." Gabriella said shaking her head and looking down.
"If you don't love me. Then I'll leave." Troy said and Gabriella finally looked at him in the eyes.
"This is gonna be the hardest thing I'll ever do." Gabriella thought.
"I--I don't---" Gabriella paused and took a deep breath.
"I don't love you." She quickly said through tears and ran away before Troy could say anything else.
"Why does this have to happen? I can't believe I said that I don't love him." Gabriella thought and continued running.
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Troy stood frozen crying his eyes out at the moment. His knees went weak and he dropped to the ground.
"I love you Gabi." He whispered to no one and continued crying.
The next day, Troy went to the airport without saying a word to anyone at all. He decided to just go back to Albuquerque since he doesn't have any reason to stay. He was heartbroken and no one else could make him happy except for Gabriella. This weekend was the worst weekend of his life!
"Everything is so messed up." Troy thought deeply as he took a deep breath stopping the tears that were pleading to fall.
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