Count the Stars
Chapter One
Gabriella was asleep at her kitchen table with papers scattered everywhere. Then there was a calculator with an unfinished problem. For Gabi life was numbers. She had 5 pairs of jeans, 32 summer shirts and 24 winter shirts, 8 pairs of socks, 9 pairs of shoes, ECT. Numbers weren't enough. She had one family, one boyfriend, one mother, two brothers, and a sister. That wasn't enough, she needed more.
Her phone started to ring, it was Chad.
"Where are you? Troy just got the news."
"How is he? What is it? Damn. I'll be right there," Gabi hung up the phone.
She hopped into her Range Rover and sped to the hospital. When she got there, she saw Troy, Ryan, Zeke, Sharpay, Kelsi, Chad, Taylor. Troy ran over and kissed Gabi, as tears where rolling down his face.
"It's…Gabi…I…I," Troy wiped away his tears. "I might have leukemia. It's a good chance I do, but they aren't sure yet. I just want to go home and get my mind off things." He now wiped tears out of Gabriella's eyes.
They said they're good-byes for the night. As they were leaving the doctor ran out and told Troy he wanted to see him in two weeks. Troy and Gabi hugged and got in their cars to go home. On the way home Troy was thinking about a little box that had been rattling around in his sock drawer for about a month. It was the engagement ring for Gabriella. He had been waiting for the right time, and it seemed like now. Troy took the long way home to think about things, so when he got home Gabriella was preparing dinner.
Troy was acting like a total girl. "Where are Ben and Jerry?" Troy said in a girly voice
"What are you talking about? We don't know a Ben and Jerry. And stop acting like a total girl." Gabriella sounded agitated
"I need ice cream." Troy demanded
'I'm making dinner go do something…productive until it is prepared." Gabriella said jokingly acting like a mother.
Troy ran off, and he got the ring out of his drawer and shoved it into his pocket. A half an hour later he yelled to Gabriella that he had in fact done something productive. Gabi walked into the living room to find the TV flipped, the furniture rearranged, and paper chains hanging everywhere.
"I'm finished mommy!!!" Troy said in a childish voice.
"Good job now clean it up or no dinner." Gabriella said jokingly
Troy decided to clean it up, but he wanted to keep the chains. When he was all finished cleaning he made more and wrapped them around Gabriella and said, "We're keeping these."
Ten minutes later they started their dinner. It was very quiet for the most part. Gabi was thinking about all the work she had to do, and Troy was worrying about the results.
"How was work?" Troy asked.
A few seconds later Gabriella answered. "Good how was your day?"
"Good…Good, besides the fact that I might have cancer. Oh, I got a raise." Troy replied.
After dinner Troy started looking for candles, lighter and fake flowers when he noticed there was an absence. "Where are all the paper chains?"
"Oh, Troy I threw those away they were…" Gabriella stuttered, "They were unique but really ugly."
"Oh, that hurts!" Troy said
"Will this make it up?" Gabriella said handing him a Popsicle.
"NO!!!" Troy shouted while jumping up and down.
Gabriella finished cleaning, and Troy finished setting the table for a romantic dessert. He got the leftover brownie and ice cream. As Gabi sat down Troy got down on one knee.