Chapter 10
Soon it was mid-March and Gabriella and her Mom were packing up to go on their yearly spring-break trip to Maui Hawaii. "I'm going to miss Troy so much!" Gabriella said as she was putting some clothes into her suitcase. Gabriella's mom smiled. "Yeah, but you'll see him soon when we come back and besides you still have tonight with him." Gabriella smiled wistfully. "I know." She said quietly. About an hour later, as Gabriella was waiting for Troy to call her, letting her know of the time that he would be coming over, the doorbell rang. Sighing Gabriella walked down the stairs to go answer the door. "Troy!" Gabriella said surprised as she opened the door to let him in. "Hey babe, I wanted to surprise you, did I?" Troy asked as he hugged her. "Yes you did, I'm so happy to see you!" Gabriella said happily. "I was just getting packed up." Troy looked at her with sad puppy eyes. "I'm really going to miss you; do you really have to leave?" He asked her whimpering like a dog. Gabriella giggled. "I'll miss you too, and I'm only going to be gone for a week, and we can talk every night on the phone, so it will be as if I never left!" Gabriella said. Troy whined. "Yeah, but it's not the same, and besides you'll probably meet some hot, tan, buff, Hawaiian guy that you like better then me!" Gabriella smiled. "I know it's not the same, and even if I do, I will still be coming home to you, you have nothing to worry about!" Gabriella assured him. Troy hugged her again. "So what do you want to do on your last night at home?" Troy asked as he sat with her on the couch. Gabriella leaned back into him. "I'd like it if we just stayed here and cuddled and watched a movie or something. I'm going to be traveling tomorrow I don't really want to go anywhere tonight." Gabriella said. Troy shrugged. "Okay, sounds good, so what movie do you want to watch?" He asked her. "Please not a romantic one, please not a romantic one." Troy was whispering to himself. "I want to watch… Laws of Attraction." Gabriella chose. Troy groaned, "A romance!" Gabriella grinned. Gabriella leapt from the couch and ran to put the movie into the DVD player.
The next day Gabriella and her Mom were boarding the plane to Honolulu and from there they were going to board another flight to Maui. "The start of the ten hour plane ride…" Gabriella muttered as she settled into her seat. As Gabriella started to dose off, especially since it was like four in the morning, Gabriella's Mom reached for a magazine to flip through.
Eight hours later they landed in Maui. Gabriella was wakened by the bright sun rays shining into the windows of the plane. Gabriella blinked against the glare. "We're here honey." Gabriella's mom said as she unbuckled her seatbelt to stand up to get into the overhead bins.