A/N: Sorry for not updating. But I was working on ITWM. Okay...so here how my updating is going to work for now on. One day I'll update This, another Holding on, and then another ITWM. So since I updated this today, tomorrow I'll update holding on. Is that okay for you guys? So you'll get a chapter every three days?

Disclaimer: I still own nothing...sadly.

"Welll" Gabriella paused. "It all started when...

Flashback

Young Gabriella was walking down the street of Los Angeles when she accidently bumped into someone. Gabriella was about to get up when she saw someone's hand extended in front of her face. She looked up into electric green eyes, and took the stranger's hand. She smiled gratefully, and wiped off the dust off of her clothes. She looked up to the stranger, only to find him smiling at her.

"I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going." Gabriella said nervously.

"It's okay, I wasn't watching where I was going either." He said chuckling lightly, making Gabriella giggle.

"I'm Gabriella" She said extending her hand.

"Robbie" The guy replied while shaking her hand. "Now what's a beautiful girl like you doing out at this hour?" He asked, while she blushed.

"Oh I was just running to the seven eleven down the block." She said.

"Mind if I join you? I was going to head that way" He said with a smile.

"Nope...I don't mind...don't mind at all"

End Of Flashback.

"...and our realtionship progressed from there. We became friends, really good friends. A couple weeks later he asked me out..." She trailed off.

Flashback.

Gabriella was walking to her best friends Robbie's house. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. A couple of minutes later Robbie answered the door, looking really hot. He was dressed in a green polo, and dark wash jeans. and a pair of white K-swisses. The green shirt and dark jeans really made his eyes pop.

"H-h-Hey Robbie" Gabriella stuttered.

"Hey Gabs..." He trailed off. "Come in" He replied while opening the door wider allowing her to come in.

"So what do you want to do?" Gabriella asked.

"Brie...I need to ask you something" Robbie said. He only called her Brie, Gabs or Gabriella. She wouldn't let him call her Gabi, because only her best friends from high school could call her that. Ella was off limit's because Troy and Troy only called her that.

"Okay.." She said timidly. For some odd reason. Being around Robbie made her scared, he was pretty much capable of doing anything...including breaking her heart.

"wouldyouliketogooutwithme?" He asked in one breath.

"What?" She asked

"Would you like to go out with me?" He asked. She was shocked.

"Yes" She said with a smile.

End Of Flashback.

Troy was looking at her intently. A jealous expression was on his face. He had a strage feeling that this Robbie guy was no good. Gabriella was staring back at him, she knew that he was jealous. But she also knew that he wanted to hear the rest, and would stick around no matter how jealous he was. Troy gave her a look, as if to tell her to go on. Gabriella took a deep breath. (The rest is only going to be dialog. There might be another flashback.)

"After that are realtionship was smooth for the next six months. That was until he started to go out drinking, because he lost his job. He would constantly go out, and wouldn't come back till like 4:00 A.M. I usually stayed at his house, because he had pets, and he was never home to care for them so I did." She took a deep breath. Tears were brimming her eyes.

"Gabriella it'll be okay. Go on" He told her gently, while wipping away her tears. She smiled a little, with her and his skin touching it felt like heavan.

"One Night he came to my place drunk and I smelt perfume on him. He also had a hickey on his neck. So I knew that he was cheating on me, but I didn't have the strength to leave him" Troy saw a look in her eye, he knew that she had regretted staying with him. He saw more tears, and quickly wiped them away.

"Ella, come on tell me more" He told her softly.

"After that I started to feel sick, and I went to the doctors. I found out that I was pregnant with Leigh and I headed over to Robbie's to tell him. When I did it didn't go over to well. He called me a slut, and everything. Eversince then I've belived all of the hurtful things that he had said to me. Eight month later I gave birth to Leigh...and here I am." She replied, and he held her closer to him, if that was possible.

"Ella don't believe anything that jerk said to you." Troy said.

"Really?" She asked.

"Really, you are not a slut, your one of the most beautiful girls I know" He said smiling at her.

"Thanks." She said blushing.

"I promise you Gabriella no one will ever hurt you again" Troy said sternly.

"You promise?" She asked quietly.

"I promise"

"You're a great guy Troy." She said with a smile, the same smile that made his heart melt. "Thank you so much" She said.

"It was no problem Gabriella" He began "No problem at all." He said with a small smile.

So the couple sat there, Troy holding Gabriella. Gabriella was finally content with her life, she was ready to let someone in. She was ready to give her heart another chance at love, and that person that she was ready to let in was Troy. But he didn't know that there were so many more layers to Gabriella than he expected. Troy sat there staring at the girl in his arms, it took him all the power that he could muster to keep from kissing her.

Was is okay? Please Tell me!

Steph.