Gabriella sat up in bed and looked around the room. She took her hand a whipped the sweat off of her forehead. She took a couple of deep breathes and then sat up. This was the fifth time this week that she had woken up in the middle of the night.

Troy sat up and started to take the sleep out of his eye. "Another nightmare?" He asked sitting up and putting his arm around his fiance.

Gabriella nodded her head. "I don't know why, but it feels like this is all a dream. I mean I just can't make myself believe that she is dead." Gabriella said shaking her head.

Troy looked at Gabriella. She looked very distraught, and the worse part was he couldn't do anything to help her. "I know what you mean." He said taking her hand. "I feel the same way." He said trying to connect with her on some level.

"I just can't believe this is all happening to me. I mean I'm pregnant, my mom is nowhere to be found, and my best friend is dead." She said thinking about how her life had turned around all of a sudden.

"Well, you know I'm here for you." He said taking his hand and rubbing her back up and down softly.

Gabriella began to get all emotional. "That's what I'm afraid of." She said trying to calm herself down.

"What are you talking about?" Troy asked confused. "I mean I know that I haven't always been faithful in the past, but I've changed." He promised her. "I will never cheat on you again."

"It's not that." She said trying to hide the tears from falling.

"Then what is it?"

Gabriella looked at Troy with her watery eyes. "For the past week almost I have had this nightmare." She began. "I thought that maybe it would go away, but it just keeps coming back up." She said looking down at her fingers.

"What is the nightmare?" Troy asked truly concerned with the dream. He needed to know what was causing Gabriella so much stress.

"I would be in a grave sight." Gabriella started. "Holding a little baby girl in my arms." She said with a frown. "As I walked around the grave I would see Taylors stone and my mothers stone." She said recalling her dream. "Then when I get all the way to the end of the grave I start crying in front of this head stone. I would still be holding the baby in my arms. Then when I looked at the name on the stone it would read: Troy Bolton Beloved Son and Father." She ended crying.

Troy looked at Gabriella as she was telling her story. Even though she was crying all he could think about was how strong she was. I mean she had lost her father, mother, and best friend all in one life time.He grabbed his fiance and gave her a big hug. "I'm not going anywhere." He reassured her.

"How do you know?" Gabriella asked emotionally. "I didn't think that Taylor was going to go anywhere, but she did." She said with a whole new batch of tears running down her face.

"Gabriella, what do you want me to do to show you that I'm not going anywhere?" He asked still hugging her.

"Just don't let go." She said loving every moment of time she spent with him.

"I promise that I will stay with you all night if I have to."

The Next Day:

Troy opened his eyes with the sun beaming in his face. He shielded his eyes and then looked down. He looked at hos fiance and the way that the light gleamed on her face. It made her black hair look brown, and her face looked so peach. He liked the thought if waking up to her every morning.

He slowly got out of bed to make sure that he didn't wake his sweet Gabriella. When he finally got out of bed he thought about everything that happened last night, and what he could do to make Gabriella believe him. He needed to show her that he wasn't going anywhere.

He went to the kitchen and looked on the refrigerator out of habit. On it was a calendar that had this date marked on it. "I wonder what today is?" He asked looking at the calendar closely. "Oh my god." He said wanting to punch himself. He quickly went over to the refrigerator and looked to see what he could cook for breakfast.

Gabriella woke up to the smell of bacon. She got off of the bed and went into the kitchen. To her surprise Troy was there in an apron putting food on two plates.

"Good morning." Troy said with a smile. She put the two plates on the dinning room table.

Gabriella put a confused smile on her face. "Good morning, what is all of this?" She asked going over to the decorated table.

"Well, I know that we can't afford to go out for dinner tonight. So I thought that we could have a special breakfast." He said taking off his apron and going over to her.

"What is so special about today?" She asked hoping he wouldn't get mad at her for forgetting.

"You really don't know what today is?" He asked laughing his mind. He couldn't believe she forgot what today was.

"No, what is it?" She asked a little irritated. She just wanted him to tell her so they could get on with their lives.

"Gabriella Montez today you turn eighteen years old." He said smiling.

Gabriella went over to the calender and looked at the date, and it read March 1st. "Wow!" She said a little embarrassed. "I can't believe I forgot my own birthday."

Troy went over to Gabriella and gave her a soft kiss on the lips. "It's alright you were going through so many things these past couple of months." He said holding her hand.

Gabriella started to blush. "I feel so dumb." She said with a smile. "I mean who forget's their eighteenth birthday?" She said putting her hands over her face.

Troy took her hands and lead her to the table. "Well, after breakfast I have your birthday present." He said with a smile. "And I think that your going to like it."

Gabriella smiled for the first time in what felt like ages. She was escorted to the fabulously set table. After they finished praying they picked up their forks and started to eat...

After breakfast Troy got up and started to clear the table.

"So where is my present?" Gabriella asked holding out her hand and closing her eyes.

"Well.." Troy said with a smile. He went over to her and gave her a passionate, romantic kiss on the lips.

After the kiss Gabriella sat there with no expression on her face. "I love kissing you, but I hope that's not all?" Gabriella said with a smile.

Troy laughed at Gabriella's joke. "Actually no." He said with a smile.

"Then what is it?" She asked impatiently.

"Well, I want to show you that I will be there for you for the rest of our lives, and that I'm not going anywhere." He said taking her hand. "I know that you wanted a big fancy wedding, and I really wanted to take it slow, but I think we love each other enough to get married right now." He said with his heart throbbing. "I have everything ready. My parents are ready and my mom bought you a dress. We have a priest, and if you don't mind we can get married at city hall?"

Gabriella kept the smile on her face. "Troy are you serious?" She asked looking at him. "I mean are you sure that you don't want to back out of this."

"I'm sure that I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you." He said with a smile. "All you have to do is say yes and we can meet my parents at city hall. I mean your eighteen now so we don't need your parents permit ion."

"Lets do it!" She said with a smile. "Let's get married!" She stood up from off of the chair. "I want to do this."

Troy put a huge smile on his face. He gave Gabriella a big hug and nuzzled her neck.

City Hall:

Gabriella looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. She couldn't believe that she was wearing white with her being so big. While she was string into the mirror she couldn't help but feel horrible. She had no mother there to help her with the nerves, and Taylor wasn't there to tell her everything was going to be okay.

It was weird how she kept thinking that Taylor would be there when she walked down the aisle. Every time she dreamed her wedding day it never was like this.

She started to mess with her black hair. Which was in a high bun, with curls, and it had a tiara on it. There was a knock on the door. She turned around and rolled her eyes. "Troy, if that's you go away. It's bad luck to see your bride in her wedding gown." She screamed.

"It's Mrs. Bolton!" She screamed back.

"Oh, then you can come in." She said laughing.

Mrs. Bolton walked in and gave her son-to-be daughter in-law a hug. "You look so beautiful." She said while hugging her.

"You think so? Even with this baby inside of me?" She said sarcastically.

"Yes, even with that baby inside of you." She said with a smile. After a minute of awkward silence Mrs. Bolton went over to Gabriella and rubbed her back. "I know that it's been hard for you. I mean I couldn't imagine losing both of my parents so young."

"Yeah, well I don't know if my mother is dead, but it doesn't matter. She might as well be dead as far as I'm concerned." She said looking into the mirror.

"Well, sweetheart you know if you ever need anything you can always come to me." She said fixing a piece of Gabriella's hair. "I mean I know that even when you get married to my son, your not biologically going to be mine. But as far as I'm concerned you are my daughter." She said with a smile.

Gabriella turned away from the mirror and gave Mrs. Bolton a hug. "Thank you so much." She said while still hugging her. "You don't know how much I need you right now." She said crying a little.

"You know that Troy will also be there for you to." She said still embracing the hug.

"I know, but sometimes it was good having a friend that's a girl to talk to, and now that Taylor's d..d...dead." She Stoddard. She had never really said those words before. She believed that if she never said it than it wouldn't be true. However the truth of the matter is it was true. Taylor was dead, and there was nothing she could do to make her best friend come back.

"I know, I was at the funeral. Chad has been a mess since the death. I can't imagine how her little brother and parents are dealing with it."

"Wow, I never really thought about it that way. I mean I guess I've been so busy worrying about myself that I forgot that other people are hurting as well." She said thinking about it.

"Yes, but this is your wedding day." Mrs. Bolton said finally releasing Gabriella from the hug. "It's not supposed to be a sad day. Are you ready to go out there and become Gabriella Montez?" She asked with a smile.

"Can I come in?" Somebody hollered from the outside.

"Who is it?" Mrs. Bolton screamed from inside.

"It's your husband." He screamed back.

"Jack this is the girls bathroom. So I think you should stay out there."

"But I have to ask Gabriella something." He stated.

"Alright, but it better be quick." She said giving Gabriella a kiss on the cheek. "I'll be out there rooting for you." She said and then left.

Mr. Bolton came in with his eyes closed. "Is anybody doing womanly things?" He asked.

"No, its alright the cost is clear." Gabriella said laughing at the man who would soon be her father-in-law, and the grandfather to her unborn baby.

He opened his eyes and looked at Gabriella. "You look so beautiful. If I was like twenty years younger I'd be all over you." He joked.

Gabriella laughed. "Thank you." She said posing like a model.

"My son sure picked a great girl." He said looking her up and down. "And that's why I'm here."

"What do you want to ask me?"

"I wanted to ask you if you would mind if I walked you down the aisle?" He said nervously. "I mean I know that I'm not your father, but Mrs. Bolton and I think of you as part of our family."

"I would be honored." She said putting her hand over her heart. She put her arm around his and then they walked out of the bathroom door...

End Of Chapter...

Sorry to those of you that actually wanted to read the wedding part, but I think that this chapter dragged on long enough, and I hate writing weddings. Because they are so long and boring.

Next Chapter will start of with the newly wed couple. And Vanessa Ann Hudgens real birthday is not March 1st!!! I really don't know when her birthday is. I just made up an imaginary birthday for Gabriella because she is an imaginary character.