Chapter 20

Recap

Troy lied on his bed feeling so out of place.

"Dad's angry with me and Gabriella doesn't love me. I'm grounded and can't see my friends. What am I gonna do now?" Troy thought.

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The next day, Isabella told Gabriella that she could hang around with Taylor. Gabriella wanted to be alone so she didn't call Taylor. Suddenly, her phone rang.

"Hello?" Gabriella said.

"Hey Gabi its me. Your mom told me that you're not grounded anymore. There's a party in my house tonight. Why don't you come?" Taylor asked hopefully.

"Tay I don't know. I'm miserable right now and --" Gabriella started but was cut off by Taylor.

"Come on Gabi. This will take your mind off Troy. Please come." Taylor pleaded and Gabriella finally gave in.

"Ok. I'll be there." Gabriella said and hung up.

Gabriella arrived at Taylor's place. She put on a fake smile and rang the doorbell.

"Gabi! I'm so glad you came!" Taylor exclaimed and quickly pulled her in. They sat together with some friends but all Gabriella did was stayed quiet. Suddenly, Taylor's phone rang.

"Excuse me guys." Taylor said and head to the bathroom.

"Hello?" Taylor asked over the phone.

"Hey Tay! Troy's so miserable without Gabi. He doesn't do anything. He's just at home feeling so depressed. He really thinks Gabi doesn't love him. What are we gonna do?" Chad said worriedly.

"I don't know. Gabriella's messed up as well. She's just quiet the whole night." Taylor said.

"I got to go. Bye!" Chad said.

"Bye!" They quickly hung and Taylor head back.

"Hey guys I'm back!" Taylor said and sat next to Gabriella.

"Its karaoke time Gabi. Why don't you sing?" Taylor asked hopefully.

"You know what, yeah. I'm gonna dedicate this song to Troy." Gabriella stood up and head to the mini stage. Taylor was totally surprised of her action. She didn't expect Gabriella to actually agree with her.

"Did she say she's going to dedicate the song to Troy? Ohh I got to record this in my video cam." Taylor thought and quickly ran to her room to get her video camera.

Gabriella grabbed the microphone. Everyone was quiet and just watched her with interest.

"I dedicate this song to a friend of mine. He was so close to me and I regret everything that I said to him. I regret saying goodbye to him. I just want to say sorry to him because I hurt him so much. Troy did is for you!" Gabriella said sadly. The music came one and Gabriella took a deep breath.

I can't believe that you're gone
You're the only thing I need in my life
Now I'm finding it hard just to sleep at night
Since you told me, you won't stay by my side

Gabriella looked down sadly. Little did she know, her best friend was recording her.

Why did I let you turn and walk out that door
I know why you're saying goodbye

Baby I should have said I love you
I should have said that I do love you too
Boy you know I was scared
To say that I cared
But I know I do
I should have said I love you

Gabriella tried hard to hold back the tears. The crowd were now staring at her in disbelief and amazement.


I still feel your kiss on my lips
I remember the sweet look in your eyes (your eyes)
When you whispered the words "Baby, I love you"
You know you froze me
I was hit by surprise

Gabriella remembered everything that her and Troy did together. She couldn't believe that she just let him go so easily.

Why did I let you turn and walk out that door
I know I'm not afraid anymore

Baby I should have said I love you
I should have said that I do love you too
Boy you know I was scared
To say that I cared
But I know I do
I should have said I love you

I should have said I love you (I love you)
I should have said that I do love you too (boy you know it's true)
Boy you know I was scared (boy you know I was scared)
To say that I cared
But I know I do
I should have said I love you

I should have said I love you

As soon as the music ended, the crowd clapped loudly and Gabriella ran out of the stage. She was now crying. She couldn't hold it any longer. She really missed Troy.

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A few day have past and Troy was still the same. His dad forbid him to see Gabriella and its kills him to think that the girl he loves and his father doesn't get along. Suddenly, there was a knock on his door.

"Troy you have visitors." Mrs Bolton said. Troy got up and opened the door. He saw the whole gang standing there looking at him.

"Hey guys. What are you doing here?" Troy asked softly.

"We got a video from Taylor and she wanted us to see it. She told me that you should watch it first without any of us watching it with you." Chad explained and handed Troy the tape.

"What's in it?" Troy asked curiously.

"We don't know. She just told us to give it to you." Sharpay said and Troy nodded.

"We'll be downstairs ok?" Zeke said and Troy nodded.

Troy closed the door and put on the tape. He sat on his bed patiently waiting for the movie to start.

"I wonder what this is about." Troy thought and suddenly, Gabriella came into the picture. She was on a stage in front of people.

I dedicate this song to a friend of mine. He was so close to me and I regret everything that I said to him. I regret saying goodbye to him. I just want to say sorry to him because I hurt him so much. Troy did is for you!

Troy heard Gabriella say. He was frozen and couldn't believe that Gabriella sang for him. He listened to the song and for the first time in days, a small smile formed on his lips.

"Gabriella does love me." Troy thought happily. He repeated the song over and over again. He realised that Gabriella was crying after she finished the song.

"I wish I was there to comfort her." Troy thought sadly. He really missed her!

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The next day, Gabriella woke up. She walked downstairs and saw her dad sitting in the kitchen. She quickly turned away.

"Gabi please sit down. I'm sorry." Richard quickly said. Gabriella stopped and sat with him.

"I know you're probably angry with me right now. I was stupid. I'm sorry." Richard said sincerely but Gabriella didn't say anything.

"Look, if you really want to be with Troy, I wouldn't be in the way." Richard said and Gabriella's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Are you serious dad?" Gabriella asked. She couldn't believe what she just heard.

"Yes. But he better take good care of you." Richard said.

"Thanks dad!" Gabriella exclaimed happily.

"Its Sunday today but you can miss out on your classes for the whole week. What do you say you pay him a visit?" Isabella said as she appears from the lounge room.

"No way!" Gabriella exclaimed.

"Yes way." Richard chuckled.

"Thank you so much dad!" Gabriella said and hugged her father tightly.

"But.." Her father said.

"But what??" Gabriella asked worriedly.

"Me and your mother are going with you. We want to meet Troy." Richard said and Gabriella pouted.

"Do you have to?" Gabriella joked.

"We don't want you carrying ten babies when you come back, Gabi." Isabella joked and all of them burst out laughing.

"That won't happen in the near future. Trust me." Gabriella laughed.

The Montez family were now in the airport waiting for their flight.

"Gabi stop fidgeting. You'll see your lover boy you know." Isabella laughed.

"But what if he hates me now? I mean I told him I don't love him." Gabriella thought frantically.

"He won't hate you. Trust me." Isabella said.

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Troy was in Mrs Darbus drama class and it was his last subject for the day. There were about 10 minutes before the bell goes. He wasn't really paying attention since his mind was flying away with Gabriella. He got a lot of visitors lately, interrupting his class. All of them were girls. He was actually getting sick of it. Ever since girls found out he was single, they just started running to him.

"Troy you have another visitor." Mrs Darbus said and Troy rolled his eyes.

"Is it a girl?" Troy asked.

"As a matter of fact, yes." Mrs Darbus said with a smile.

"I don't want to talk to any girls right now." Troy said annoyed. Suddenly, a certain brunette appeared from outside. Troy froze as he saw the girl that he'd been missing and the girl that was driving him nuts.

"Troy I know I hurt you and you probably hate me now. I just wanted to say I'm sorry." Gabriella said looking down sadly trying to hold back tears. She'd been crying a lot lately and it was all because of her break up.

"I guess you didn't want to see me so I'll just lea--" Before Gabriella could finish her sentence, a pair of strong arms were wrapped around her.

"I missed you so much Gabi!" Troy said happily. Gabriella was taken aback by his reaction but she slowly relaxed and hugged him back.

"I missed you too Troy!" Gabriella said happily. Too bad, their other friends weren't there because they had a different class from Troy.

"What are you doing here?" Troy asked finally managed to pull away from Gabriella even though he wanted to hold her forever.

"I wanted to say sorry. I thought you hated me." Gabriella said.

"How could I hate the most loveable person in the entire universe." Troy smiled.

The bell finally went. Troy and Gabriella completely forgot about telling the gang what happened. They walked out of East High with smiles on their faces.

"Where are we going?" Troy asked Gabriella.

"Its for me to know, and you to find out." Gabriella giggled.

After a few minutes, they arrived at a two storey house. It wasn't that big but it was very nice.

"Who's house is this?" Troy thought confusedly.

"My parents bought it." Gabriella simply said.

"How about your dad?" Troy asked a little confused.

"My dad? My dad is inside." Gabriella smirked and opened the door.

"What?!" Troy stopped and looked at Gabriella as if she was crazy.

"You coming or not?" Gabriella asked.

"Gabi the last time I check, your dad nearly bit my head off." Troy said scared.

"Come on. You got to face your fears." Gabriella giggled and pulled him inside.

They walked to the kitchen slowly. Troy was sweating a little. He was scared to face Richard again. His thought were interrupted by a very pleasant smell.

"Wow. That smells delicious." Troy said as they entered the kitchen.

"Why, thank you." Isabella said happily. Troy was frozen. He wanted to meet Isabella Montez for so long.

"Wow! Mrs Montez. Pleasure to finally meet you." Troy said shaking Isabella's hand.

"Pleasure's mine!" Isabella said. Troy then looked over and saw Richard getting something in the fridge. He figured that Richard probably didn't notice him.

"I wish Mr Montez wouldn't see me. Ohh get on with yourself Troy! Of course he'll see you!!" Troy thought distractedly.

"Honey did you--" Richard finally spotted Troy and he suddenly frowned.

"WHY IS TROY BOLTON IN MY HOUSE?!" Richard yelled pretending to be angry. Gabriella and Isabella planned for Richard to be angry and scare Troy.

"Umm… Gabriella invited me?" Troy answered, his knees and hands, trembling. He was so scared.

"Get out!" Richard exclaimed while Troy stood there waiting for someone to rescue him.

"Just kidding son! Come and sit down!" Richard said with a smile. The whole Montez family burst into laughers. Tears were almost visible in their eyes.

"We're sorry Troy. We just had to see your reaction." Gabriella laughed giving Troy a hug while Troy just stood there like he was about to cry.

"That really scared the living life out of me. I was gonna pee my pants." Troy said relieved.

"Let's just hope that doesn't happen. Nice meeting you Troy and I'm sorry about last time." Richard said shaking his hand.

"That's ok. Nice meeting you too Mr Montez." Troy said politely.

"Let's sit down and eat." Isabella said breaking the silence that was slowly forming.

The four of them started eating not really knowing what to say.

"So Troy, I heard you have a nice voice." Isabella started.

"Ummm I don't know about that." Troy said shyly.

"Yeah you do Troy." Gabriella said nudging Troy. Another silence was formed.

"Troy I'm sorry about the yelling. Did I scare you?" Richard said.

"Umm.. To be honest, yeah. I was REALLY scared." Troy confessed, blushing slightly.

"Better take care of my little girl ok?" Richard said seriously.

"You don't have to worry about that Mr Montez, I won't even let a fly go near her." Troy said smiling at Gabriella.

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Troy arrived in his mansion with a huge grin. As soon as he opened the door, he came face to face with his dad.

"Troy where the hell have you been?" Jack asked angrily.

"Why do you care?" Troy said annoyed.

"You're supposed to be grounded!!" Jack yelled and Troy closed his eyes.

"Crap! I totally forgot that I'm grounded." Troy thought.

"I'm sorry dad." Troy said quickly.

"Get in your room!" Jack said and Troy quickly ran to his room.

"Oh man. My dad's still angry with me. At least Mr Montez and me are ok." Troy smiled as he lied on his bed. Suddenly, his phone rang causing him to jump a little. He looked at the screen and saw Gabriella's picture flashing.

"Hey Gabi!" Troy said happily.

"Hey Troy! I was wondering if you and the gang are doing anything tomorrow night. My parents actually want to meet my friends and have dinner with them." Gabriella said happily and Troy was about to answer when suddenly, he remembered that he was grounded.

"Ohh damn. I can't." Troy answered sadly.

"Why not?" Gabriella asked confused and disappointed.

"Because I'm grounded. My dad actually yelled at me when I got home because I'm not suppose to go anywhere else after school." Troy exclaimed.

"Oh." Gabriella whispered.

"Maybe I could just sneak out. All I do here is sit in my room anyway." Troy said.

"So all you do it sit in your room? Nothing else?" Gabriella giggled.

"Well, I think about you the entire time!!" Troy grinned.

"Oh." Gabriella didn't expect him to say that. She blushed furiously and was happy that Troy couldn't see her that very moment.

"So what time?" Troy asked.

"Around 7pm. But are you sure you're gonna be ok sneaking out. What if your dad catch you?" Gabriella asked worriedly.

"Don't worry. I'm use to it." Troy answered.

"Ok, be careful. Bye! I love you!" Gabriella said without thinking.

"Crap! Did I just say I love him? This is gonna be so awkward. I don't think he still feels the same way about me." Gabriella panicked while on the other end of the line, Troy was grinning like an idiot.

"I love you too Gabriella! Bye!" Troy said and quickly hung up.

"She does love me!" Troy thought.

"YES!!" He jumped happily on his bed and went to sleep dreaming nothing else but Gabriella.

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"Oh my gosh! Troy still loves me!!" Gabriella did a happy dance in her room and started jumping on her bed. She then went downstairs to check on her parents.

"Hey dad! Hey mom!" Gabriella greeted happily and sat between her parents in the lounge room.

"Hey sweetie. You look happy." Isabella said eyeing her daughter.

"Oh I just talked to Troy on the phone. My friends are all going tomorrow, I'm pretty sure." Gabriella said with dreamy eyes.

"So Richard. What do you think of Troy?" Isabella asked and Gabriella quickly snapped out of her day dream and waited for her father's answer.

"He's alright I guess." Richard simply said and Gabriella squeal.

"I told you!" Gabriella said hugging her parents.

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The next morning, Troy went to school and was greeted by his gloomy friends. They still don't know about Gabriella coming there.

"Hey guys! Why the long face?" Troy asked confusedly.

"Huh? The real question is why are you so happy?" Sharpay snapped at him.

"Hey chill there. Am I not allowed to be happy?" Troy snapped back, smirking.

"Yes since you and Gabriella still didn't make up." Kelsi said and Troy shook his head and chuckled.

"Who said we didn't make up? In fact, her parents want to have dinner with you guys tonight!" Troy informed and everyone's mouth dropped.

"When did you plan this?" Chad asked.

"Oh yesterday. Gabriella went in Mrs Darbus class and pick me up. Her parents are freakin awesome!" Troy said happily.

"But I thought her dad doesn't approve of you." Zeke said completely lost.

"I don't know what happened but I'm telling you. Gabriella has great parents and Mrs Montez cooking are the best!" Troy said dreamily.

"Isabella Montez? Oh my gosh! I can't wait to meet her!" Sharpay said excitedly.

"So what time do we have to be there?" Ryan asked.

"7pm." Troy answered and everyone nodded.

"Wait-- I thought you're grounded." Jason asked.

"I am." Troy said mischievously.

"You're gonna sneak aren't you." Sharpay said and Troy nodded with a smile.

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I hope you like this chapter! I told you I'm gonna reunite them! Lol. Sadly, this story is coming to an end but I was thinking of making a sequel. I don't know. You guys tell me. Lol. By the way, the song is called 'I should have said I love you' by Huckapoo. Credit to the story "I should have said I love you". Gave me the idea! Please review.