On the way home, Gabriella passed a familiar house she sometimes goes to for some help. She wandered at the house, remembering that Taylor is always there when she needed her. She just smiled as she remembered it. They got so close – together with Sharpay - after their summer job at Lava Springs.

She started to walk again and saw a familiar guy with a girl beside him linking her arms around his left arm. She looks at the guy and quickly looks back at the direction to her house. Her smile turned to a frown when she started to remember things.

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Gabriella started to walk faster that she could do. She looks back at the two persons behind her. The guy look over his shoulder and Gabriella quickly turned her face around.

Gabriella POV

No! No, it can't be him. It can't be Troy Bolton, the guy that made a promise to me 5 years ago. It really can't be him. How come he didn't even stop and talk to me when he saw me looking at him? No, Gabriella, it can't be him. Just stop thinking about him right here, right now. Your mind is playing with you.

End of POV

Gabriella made her way to her house. She quickly run to the kitchen and put the plastic bags on the kitchen counter. Her mom is looking at her with a confused look.

"Hunny, is there something wrong?" Mrs. Montez ask her daughter with a confused look

"I saw him, mom" Gabriella replied taking a seat

"What do you mean you saw him?"

"I saw Troy. I saw him with my own two eyes and his girlfriend" her breathing started to get shallow every minute

"Are you sure? He's in L.A., and there's no way he will be back here" her mom said taking a seat beside her

"I'm sure, mom. It's totally him! The eyes, hair color, height and smile. It's still the same. Mom, it's Troy! The guy who promised to come back for me after 5 years" Gabriella exclaimed starting to cry

"Gabby… I know it's hard to forget his promise but you really need to move on. If he came back here not for you, maybe it's a sign you need to move on" Mrs. Montez replied hugging her daughter who is crying on her arms

"I just can't forget it, mom. It's hard and I can't do it if I'm going to see him around the block everyday" she said letting all of her emotions out

"I think you need to get away from this town. Go somewhere else where you can't see him" her mom suggested

"Where am I going?" she replied looking into her mom's eyes

"New York, Italy, Paris, Egypt, Spain. Anywhere that you can forget him. All I know that you have days left if you still wanted to forget him"

Gabriella didn't say any word. She gets up from her seat and takes out the ice cream she bought and takes it with her to her room. She started to think of a place where she will go. Taking each spoonful of ice cream to her mouth, she decided to open up her laptop and booked a plane to Paris.

She has 6 days to leave for Paris. 6 days before Troy's wedding that she did not want to see or hear about. It will only kill her and crush her heart more if she's there on his wedding.

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It was past 4 in the afternoon when Gabriella decided to go to the nearest park. She grabbed the ice cream pint she was eating for the past two hours. When she looked at the ice cream pint, it's almost half-empty. She might be that deep in thinking that she did not noticed that she almost ate the whole ice cream.

She put the ice cream back on the freezer and walks out of the house. As to what happened earlier, she didn't pay attention to it that much. She knew that she only have 6 days to leave to Paris, so why bother thinking of what happened earlier?

After 4 minutes of walking, she reached the park. She sat down on one of the bench and watches the little kids running around. She wished that she's a little kid again, naïve and clueless around the world.

Gabriella's POV

I'm sitting on a bench at the park. Taking a picture on my mind of the happy things that I can see right now. I only have 6 days to leave; I have no one to say good-bye to except my mom. I wish she can come with me but she can't. It's my trip to forget the things that's bothering me for the past 5 years. My friends are successful now, that's why I barely talk to them, but we kept in touch through e-mails and text. Oh, how I wish I can see them now and tell them good-bye.

End of POV

Gabriella stayed at the park until 5:30 pm. She then goes home for dinner. Luckily, she didn't saw Troy when she's heading back home. She doesn't want to see him after what happened earlier. Seeing him just breaks her heart more and crushing his promise to her more and more.

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It's the 2nd day when Troy came back in town. He saw Gabriella yesterday, but he did not know if it's still her. She'd change but her smile is still the same.

Troy's POV

I saw Gabriella yesterday but I did not know if it's still her. Her appearance changed but not her smile. I noticed the shirt she's wearing, 'My heart is breaking. Can you fix it?' if her heart is breaking, why is she smiling? Is she happy that she got over a certain boy that broke her heart? I hope it's not someone took advantage of her. And I hope she still remembers me. I'm going to visit her today; I wish she will talk to me today.

End of POV

Troy decided to visit Gabriella. He knows that they didn't move to another place. He still knows where they live and where to go to their house.

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Troy walks out of his house. He walks the same street through Gabriella's house. His emotion is mixed, nervous and excitement runs through his body. He does not know what will be her reaction if she sees him.

He reaches Gabriella's house, he knocks on the familiar door of the girl's house he love or use to love. Mrs. Montez opened the door.

"Hi Mrs. Montez" Troy greeted

"Troy? Is that you?" Mrs. Montez asked

"Yes, it is me, Mrs. Montez" he replied with a smile

"Wow! You look different from before. How's your parent's?" she asked giving him a hug

"They're fine. Umm… Mrs. Montez, is Gabriella hime?" he asked

"Yes, she is. Let me call her, wait here" Mrs. Montez replied leaving Troy at the door.

Mrs. Montez climbs the stairs leading to the second floor of their house and knocks on Gabriella's room door.

"Hunny, someone's looking for you downstairs" Mrs. Montez called knocking on the door.

"Who is it, mom?" Gabriella asked opening the door

"It's Troy. He wants to talk to you:

"Tell him that I'm sleeping"

"But hunny, he wants to talk to you. I can't get rid off him like that"

"Mom, he's gone for the five years and he has the nerve to talk to me? How pathetic! Just tell him I don't want to talk to him or see him" Gabriella said shutting the door closed

Mrs. Montez walks down the stairs and told Troy what Gabriella told her.

"Is that so? I'll come back tomorrow, maybe she will talk to me then" Troy said in a sad voice

"See you tomorrow, Troy" Mrs. Montez waved good-bye as Troy turn and walks away.

Troy walks back to his house when he remembered something. He remembered how he approached Gabriella to talk to him.

He walk to the back of Montez' house and climbs the tree that leads to Gabriella's balcony.

Gabriella's POV

My mom just talked to me about Troy being here in our house. What in the world he needed to me again that he will show up here after 5 years that I've waited for him? My blessing that he found another girl and let him gets married with her? Or he wants to break-up with me so that he can get married to his new girlfriend? Oh wait; I should be the one initiating a break-up. Never mind!

I hold on to the necklace on my neck. Thank God he didn't notice it when we saw each other yesterday. I'm clutching the pendant when I heard someone knocked on my balcony door. Another memory rushed through my head.

FLASHBACK

I was sitting on my bed when I heard someone knocked on my balcony door. I opened it to my surprise it was Troy. 'What is he doing here?' I opened the door and let him talk.

"Gabs, listen to me. I'm sorry. I'm not the one who started the fight. I was protecting you from those guys who are trying to say bad words against you" he said to me with concerned filling his eyes

"I know, Troy. But you shouldn't fight them back. I just don't want you to get detention again all because of me" I said to him looking into his blue eyes

"I'm really sorry, babe. It hurts me to hear words that aren't true to just describe you" he said to me taking a step closer to me

"Well, what do you want to hear that won't hurt you and describes me as the way you think I am?" I ask lacing our fingers together

"Let's see… Gabriella Montez is amazing, wonderful, thoughtful, caring, cute, beauty and brains and cute" he replied leaning his forehead against mine

"You, Troy Bolton is such a joker" I said as a smile draws up on my face

"That's what I do to make you laugh" he said to me enclosing me into a huge bear hug.

End of FLASHBACK

I walk to my balcony door opened it. It is Troy Bolton, the guy who always climbs up my balcony.

End of POV

Gabriella opened the door that leads to her balcony. As she opened the door, there stood Troy Bolton that she was having a flashback minutes ago.

"What are you doing here?" Gabriella asked

"Gabriella, can we talk?" Troy asked with hope

"Sorry but I'm busy. Maybe next we can talk… again…" Gabriella replied with a little anger in her voice that she controls

"Is there something wrong?" he asked concerned showing in his voice

"Yes there is. It's you, Troy. I'm trying to forget your stupid promise to me. The promise you did not kept. It's fine. We're over for the past five years, so don't bother talking to me anymore" she replied stopping the tears from falling and starting to close the balcony door

"What? What do you mean we're over?" Troy asked putting his hand on the door before it closes

Gabriella scoffs and looks at him again, "You don't know what I mean? You're the one who forgot about me. Just… stop talking to me, Troy. I don't want to ruin your perfect life right now and your girlfriend might get jealous about me"

Gabriella didn't let Troy speak for himself, hence she shuts the door on his face and she smile to herself that she confronted Troy and let him know what she feels for the past 5 years.

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A/N: Sorry if this chapter is not that good. I'm trying my best to get the whole point of the story in the next chapters. Please R&R..