Chapter 2

A week before Sharpay and Gabriella were suppose to call about the intern, they were over at Taylor and Chad's place talking about their wedding, "so are you going to go?" Sharpay asked Gabriella as Taylor came back into the room.

"Going where?" Taylor asked looking at them.

"Gabs is one of the interns," Sharpay said.

Taylor looked over to her best friend, "and you didn't tell me?"

"That's because I haven't decided if I want to go or not," Gabriella said, "plus your and Chad's wedding is next year and I don't want to miss that."

"Sweetie, we can always put the wedding off for another year."

"I don't want you to do that."

"I agree with Gabs. I'm looking forward to it too," Sharpay said.

"This is what you two wanted and now that y'all have it, y'all are just going to let it slip away?"

"Taylor we're your friends and we love you, but we can't let you two put the wedding off another year," Gabriella said.

"But you two will be gone all year next year and I really want you two to be in the wedding," Taylor said, "what did Troy say about it?"

"He doesn't really want me to go, but he says he's not going to stop me, because he knows this is what I wanted and he loves me."

"So go."

"Tay we're talking about being halfway around the world for a year!" Gabriella said, "I don't think I could survive that long without Troy."

"You survived five years without him before, I think you'll be okay," Sharpay said.

"That was different. He broke up with me and two years of those five years were crap."

"I know, but my point is you survived those years, so you can survive one more without him."

"What about Zeke?" Taylor asked trying to change the subject.

"What about him?"

"What does he think about you going?"

"He's excited for me."

"And you think you can survive a year without him?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, I can. We've never really been apart since we've been together, except for that time his mom made him go to Arkansas one summer to see his grandparents and I survived that summer."

"Shar that was just a summer, that wasn't for a year or more."

"She's right Shar, I don't think you can survive a year without him," Taylor said.

"If I can survive a summer then I'm sure I can survive a year, plus I know he'll come see me."

"If you say so Shar," Gabriella said then looked at the clock and stood up, "I got to go, Troy has been trying for the past eight weeks to get me to go, so he has something planned that has something to do with Paris."

When Gabriella got home she noticed the lights were off in the whole apartment. She laid her purse down on the table next to the door as some dim lights came on, "Troy, what are you doing?" she asked more to herself than to him.

Troy came out of the kitchen dressed in a suit, "bonjour," he said, "your table is this way," then he held out his arm for her.

She hooked her arm with his as he led her to the dinning room, "I didn't know you spoke French," she said as she sat down.

"I don't, that's the only thing I know, well that and 'vous sentez gentil'," he said going back into the kitchen.

"So lets say you decide to go to Paris and you needed to know where the restroom was or something, and the only two words you know are 'hello' and 'you smell nice', how are you going to ask where the restroom was or something?"

"Simple, I'll just ask in plain English," he said coming back out and setting a plate in front of her.

"What if the person didn't know English or understood it, then what?"

Troy thought about it for a moment then spoke up, "good point, but I wouldn't have to ask someone I didn't know or take a French class."

"And why is that?" she asked as he sat down with his plate.

"Because I know this amazing, beautiful girl, whom I am in love with and can speak French," he said taking a bite of his food.

"And just what makes you so sure that'd I be there with you?" then she took bite of her own food.

"Because I plan on visiting you while your there. That's why you're going."

Gabriella stopped eating and stared at him, "are you serious?"

"You didn't think I could go a year without seeing you or anything did you?"

"Honestly? Yeah, I did," she said taking one more bite of her food, "Sharpay says that I can survive one year without you."

"No offence, but I think she has lost her mind. I mean she knows that we survived five years without each other, but that was when we weren't together," he said as she got up and took her plate into the kitchen. He followed her into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around her, "I don't know about you, but I rather not go another year like that again," then he kissed her neck.

A/N: i used a translater for the french, cause i don't know french... well except for bonjor, but that's it.... if you don't know french and you don't want to look up the word then let me know in your review and i'll put what the word (or phrase) in parentheses what it means in english, which is what i started to do, but changed my mind, so if y'all want me to do that then let me know... anyway, review please and do you think gabi should go to paris or not?