The next day, Gabriella woke up at one o'clock. She while body ached from the several rounds of love making she and Troy participated in. They had gone on until almost when the sun came up. Both agreed that they needed to get some sleep especially since tonight was going to be their wedding night. Gabriella woke to the feeling of feather soft kisses along her bare shoulders as Troy tried to lull her from her sweet dreaming. Gabriella woke up and giggled as Troy whispered nonsense into her ear.

"So, what are we going to be doing for the rest of the day?" Gabriella asked her soon to be husband.

"Stay holed up in here, counting down the minutes until you are legally mine." Troy answered pulling her into his arms.

"But I need to get a dress and something to wear for tonight."

"Why do you need anything to wear for tonight? It's only going to be on for less than a minute."

"Troy!" Gabriella exclaimed as she slapped his chest playfully causing Troy to chuckle quietly. "You're terrible."

"I only am speaking the truth."

"But still."

"Fine, go pick out the sexiest piece of lingerie you can find and I'll certainly enjoy seeing it as I pull it off you."

"That's all I ask." Gabriella replied as she kissed Troy gently on the lips. "Is there anything that you want?"

"I want you to be happy." Troy told her sincerely.

"I am. Anything else?"

"Well, I could use one of your famous 'Gabriella Montez' Bolton Massage Special'."

"I think I can do that. Roll over."

Troy rolled over onto his stomach and got comfortable once again. Gabriella wrapped the bed sheet around her for modesty and straddled his back. She began to massage Troy's back lovingly up thoroughly, the way he loved it. Troy moaned into his pillow when she reached a knot on his lower back.

"I'm sorry." Gabriella gasped as she winced for him.

"Don't be, it feels incredible." Troy said. "Don't stop."

Gabriella continued to massage his muscles. She got her first real look of his back since first seeing him yesterday evening. It was in fact well formed and she loved to feel it under her fingertips as she rubbed the skin. For the first time since he left, Gabriella realized how close she could have come to loosing him. Tears began to form in her eyes as the thought of never seeing him again donned on her. Troy felt her tears land on his back and turned over to look at her crying softly.

"Hey, what's the matter?" he asked softly.

"I was so scared that something would happen to you. It just donned on my about how close I came to never seeing you again." Gabriella cried as Troy held her in his arms trying to comfort her. "I never want to go through that ever again."

"You won't. Nothing is going to force me to leave you. Please believe me."

"I believe you." Gabriella stated in a tearful whisper. "What are we going to tell our parents when we get back?"

"They're going to have to understand. Why would I wait another minute to have such a beauty like you as my wife?"

"I guess you're right. We can have a big wedding party when we get back home."

"That we will, Montez." Troy agreed. "Do you want to know a secret?"

"What?"

"I fell in love with you the second I heard you sing."

"Yeah right."

"No, I'm serious. I was about to walk off that stage and leave the party. But once I heard your angel-like voice, I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around to see this angel among us singing."

"I fell in love with you when I saw you help Kelsi off the floor that day when she fell on the day of the musical auditions." Gabriella replied as she found herself nestled in Troy's arms. "Most of the athletes I knew would just make fun and walk all over people like her or me even. But not you. You rushed over to help her gather her music up and even helped her get to her feet."

"Well, I am not like most athletes."

"No, you're not. And I'm grateful for it, Troy Bolton. That's what makes you so different." Gabriella whispered. "What do you see in the future for us?"

"Nothing but happiness for the two of us. At least six little kids running around the house." Troy said as they both laughed quietly. "Our house will be filled with nothing but love and happiness."

"I see that too." Gabriella replied. "In our backyard, I see a swimming pool and a basketball court where our children's father can teach them the game that he and their grandfather love so much. Tell me a secret."

"When I was over there, I used to fantasize about you."

"Doing what?" Gabriella asked.

"The actions that we were participating in only hours ago." Troy said. "I used to fantasize about how our reunion would be. And let me tell you, it didn't even compare to the real thing."

"I couldn't even imagine how our reunion would be. The only thing I knew was that once I saw you, I wasn't going to be able to let you go."

"I wasn't going to let you go either, I still won't. What's your favorite thing about me?"

"I love how you always make me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world. That in your eyes it seems like I am in the only woman that exists."

"That's because in my eyes, you actually are the only woman who exists, with the exception of our moms, but that is strictly mother and son relations."

Gabriella giggled as she buried her face into Troy's neck. Troy wrapped his arms around her and tugged her closer to him. He sighed and kissed the top of her head.

"What about you? What's your favorite thing about me?" Gabriella asked quietly looking up at him.

"I love the way you just seem to effortlessly make me feel better. All you have to do is walk into a room and as soon as I set my eyes on you, my whole world just lights up." Troy explained. "Do you want to know another secret?"

"What?"

"I'm scared."

"Scared of what?"

"You are my whole world, nothing else in my life matters unless you're with me. And with that, you are also my biggest weakness. I am scared that something will happen to you. And if something happens to you, it will be the end of me. I can't live without you."

Gabriella pulled him down and kissed him passionately. For the next two hours, there was no more talking only movements of love. Afterwards, Gabriella was trying to explain to Troy why she needed to leave the room on her own to find a white dress as she was finishing getting ready to go to the small hotel stores.

"Please, you can't go with me because it's considered bad luck for the groom to see the dress before he sees it on the bride." Gabriella explained giggling.

"Why do you need one?" Troy asked pulling her back into bed.

"Because I can't get married in my bathing."

"Works for me."

"Troy!"

Troy laughed quietly as Gabriella stood back up. She leaned down and kissed him goodbye before getting her purse. Troy sighed as he watched her go. He smiled thinking that only in a few hours, they would be married.