After two weeks full of love and happiness, Troy and Gabriella were on their way back home. Both were seated in their seats on the plane ride home. Actually, both were sound asleep. Gabriella was sleeping leaning against Troy with her head on his shoulder. Troy had his resting on top of her head. Both of their hands were entwined together resting on Gabriella's stomach.

"We are about to make our final descent into the Albuquerque area, please make sure your seat belts are securely fastened and your seats have been brought back up to their full upright position and thank you for flying Delta Airlines." a flight attendant announced.

Troy woke up to the announcement and looked out the window to the scenery he saw as he left eighteen months ago. He carefully and lovingly began to wake Gabriella up. Gabriella's eyes fluttered opened as she looked out the window.

"Wow, fast flight." she stated sitting up.

"We slept through most of it, it's six o'clock." Troy said looking at his watch.

"Are you excited?" Gabriella asked.

"I'm excited about seeing the looks on everybody's faces when we tell them we're married."

"But what about when they see you for the first time?"

"That might be entertaining to see." Troy agreed as Gabriella laughed.

The plane landed and then began to taxi to their gate. Troy got up and got their carry-on bags out of the overhead compartment. He then took Gabriella's hand and helped her get to her feet as she was talking on the phone to someone letting them know she was at the airport. The two walked off the plane joined at the hip.

"Where are they meeting us?" Troy asked.

"At the baggage claim." Gabriella answered.

The newlyweds began to walk to towards the baggage claim together. Once they got closer, Gabriella separated from Troy and walked ahead of him slightly. Their family and friends met her and quickly began to welcome her back. Troy smiled as Gabriella was greeted by everyone.

"So how was Hawaii?" Mrs. Bolton asked.

"Fantastic." Gabriella said happily thinking back to all that happened.

"It was so sweet of Troy to surprise you like that." Sharpay said.

"You are so lucky to have a fiancé like that." Taylor added.

"So, did you talk to Troy at all while you were down there?" Coach Bolton asked Gabriella.

"Yeah, I did."

"Well, how's he doing?" Mrs. Bolton asked.

"Why don't you ask me for yourself?" Troy asked as he appeared from behind everyone.

Every screamed or yelled with excitement at seeing him back home. His mother hugged him tightly as she burst into tears at seeing her son back home safely. Troy told him mom that it everything was alright that he was alright. His dad hugged him and welcomed him back home. Troy smiled as he was welcomed back by everyone. He then pulled Gabriella over and wrapped his arm around her waist.

"So what happened in Hawaii?" Ms. Montez asked her daughter.

"Well, I got into Hawaii the day before Gabby did and surprised her at the airport." Troy explained as they walked out to the cars. "She had no clue that I was there and was even more surprised than you were. Gabby and I did something on New Year's Eve. And now don't get mad."

"Why would we get mad?" Mrs. Bolton asked.

"We got married while we were there." Troy said. "That was why I wanted Gabriella to come to Hawaii. We got married on New Year's Eve. We figured we had waited long enough with me being overseas this past eighteen months."

"Are you mad?" Gabriella asked their parents.

"If you're happy, then we're happy." Ms. Montez told them. "Welcome to our family, Troy."

"Thanks, Maria." Troy said hugging his mother in law then kissing her on the cheek gently.

"And welcome to our family, Gabby." Coach Bolton stated as he and his wife hugged their new daughter.

Everyone began to head to the Bolton's house for an impromptu welcome home party for Troy and a wedding celebration for him and Gabriella. The newlyweds never left each others side throughout the night. After getting over the shock of having her son back, Mrs. Bolton slapped his arm and demanded to know why Troy had called and let them know he was coming back home. Troy explained that if he called, then his surprise for Gabriella would have been ruined because they all knew Mrs. Bolton would not have been able to keep his homecoming a secret for long.

After everyone headed home, Troy and Gabriella were invited to stay at the Bolton's house for the night. They headed up to Troy's old bedroom. Troy shut the door and turned the lights off. Gabriella turned around just in time for Troy to throw her over his shoulder and then drop her on the bed.

"It's a little bit strange." Gabriella said as Troy began to kiss her neck.

"What is?" Troy asked pulling back slightly.

"That we didn't have to sneak in here." Gabriella answered as she giggled. "I mean, we were never allowed up here alone during high school and whenever we had a weekend here to ourselves, we spent most of it up here and your parents never found out about those weekends either."

"Well, we're married and I highly doubt they think we've been abstinent since we moved in together."

"That's true." Gabriella agreed as Troy began to undress her. "What are you doing?"

"Undressing you."

"Why?"

"Generally that's what people tend to do when they have sex."

"We aren't having sex."

"Why not?"

"Because your parents are down the hall and you and I both know we aren't that quiet." Gabriella said. "So no, not tonight. Tomorrow when we get back home, we'll have as much sex as you want."

"Promise?" Troy asked.

"Promise." Gabriella said kissing him gently on the lips.

The two then settled down for the night. Gabriella wrapped her arm around Troy's torso and drifted off into a peaceful slumber. Troy rested in bed and just watched his wife sleep. He considered himself to be the luckiest man on earth for having Gabriella Bolton in his life. Nothing could change how much he loved her.