Last Chapter! I must say that I enjoyed writing this story so much. I'm probably going to start a sequel. I just have to write a few chapters first so you don't have to wait as long for chapters if I have a writer's block. I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did.

Troy was miserable. For 6 days all Troy could think about was Gabriella and when his thoughts were centered around the girl who broke his heart, he obviously couldn't be in such a good mood. He sulked around the house instead of doing as many things as he could do before he couldn't do them anymore. His mom was coming to pick him up in 4 hours. 4 hours was all he had; All that was left of what seemed to be the perfect summer. Well, it was perfect until now.

He picked himself up out of bed and went to get changed. There was no use getting a shower seeing as he had a plane ride soon. He looked at the clock, dreading what time it could read. 10:30.

"Great." He said to no one but himself, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Now I only have 3 and a half hours."

His thoughts were interrupted, thankfully, when a knock on the door sounded through his room. When he said so, a tall figure entered his room and sat on the bed.

"Listen Troy, I can't stand to see you upset. Just go and talk to her." Steven said after several minutes of silence.

"There's nothing to say."

"There's plenty to say."

"She doesn't want to talk!" Troy snapped.

"Make her talk. I made the same mistake you're making right now with your mom. I didn't think that she wanted to talk so I waited, and now here I am; without her."

"But it's different."

"It's not different."

"Yeah it is. I didn't cheat on Gabriella. I just have to move back."

"It's the same scenario, just with different events leading up to it."

Troy thought about it. Maybe he could go and see Gabriella. But what if she rejected him? He couldn't handle that, not again.

"This was a stupid idea." Troy finally said after he was fully finished thinking about his predicament.

"What was?"

"Me coming here."

"You seemed to enjoy yourself."

"Well, I was. But now I have to leave. So... yeah. Pretty stupid idea if I do say so myself." Troy replied and walked out of the room to get something to eat. His decision was final. Gabriella can come to him. He didn't need her to be happy.

With Gabriella

"I don't want to go to the movies Sharpay." After the beach incident, Gabriella got a Taxi to return home. Instead of going into her own house, where she'd have to deal with her parent's problems instead of her own, she went to the house she wanted to be at the most: Sharpay's.

"Listen, Gabby. You need to get over him. He obviously doesn't care enough to apologize."

"He didn't do anything wrong though. He's just moving."

"Well, when he moves are you going to see him everyday like you're used to?"

"No, of course not."

"Then what's the point? You guys survived because you were in such close proximity. But now? Now you won't be able to see each other as often. It'll tear you apart eventually. You might as well get over the heart break now."

"I guess you're right. I just wish I would've said goodbye a little nicer." Sharpay sighed from next to Gabriella. She looked at her watch and then back at her heart broken friend.

"If you get the chance to say goodbye, would you please come with me to the movie?"

Gabriella nodded and smiled at her friend. She hadn't expected Sharpay to be so nice after their fight over Troy. She quickly got to her feet and followed her best friend out of the door.

With Troy

"Hello Steven." Troy's mom's voice filled the living room when she entered. "Hi Lauren."

"Hello Lucille. I'm so glad I could finally meet you." Lauren replied holding her hand out for Lucille to shake.

"Same to you. And you must be Lizzie." Lucille smiled bending down to the blonde haired girl hiding behind her mother's leg.

"Yes, Yes I am." Lizzie said smiling triumphantly.

"Well, the plane leaves in 2 hours. We should probably be heading out." Lucille said looking at Troy, who was sitting next to Ben on the couch.

"I'm going to miss you." Ben said as he hugged Troy.

"I'll see you again." Troy replied as he hugged Ben back.

"But when?" Troy looked around the room not sure of how to respond.

"He'll come back real soon. I promise." Steve said coming to his rescue. "We can arrange that later."

"Bye Troy." Lizzie was the next to hug Troy. "How am I supposed to learn how to cook if you're not here?" Troy smiled remembering his injury.

"I don't think I was much help anyway. I was worse than you." He said and bent down to talk to the two little kids in front of him. "Ben, remember what I said about being a big kid. And Lizzie, don't let Ben boss you around." Both kids smiled and kissed Troy's cheeks. Troy stood up and turned to Lauren.

"Thanks for letting me stay here for the summer." Troy said as he hugged his dad's wife.

"I'm just glad you enjoyed yourself."

The last person in the room was Steven. Troy approached the man he began the summer hating. He spent the beginning of the summer trying to make Steven's life a living hell, only to realize that Steve had never deserved such cruelty. Now, with all the negative emotions pushed aside, Troy realized that he never really hated Steve. He was just scared that Steve would leave again.

"Thanks for making me come." Troy said and Steven laughed.

"Remember, no more fights. And remember now that we've gotten here please don't be a stranger. Come by anytime. You're always welcome." Steve pulled Troy into a hug. "I love you Troy."

"I love you too dad." And with those words said it seemed as if Steve had completed what he set out to do. He had the faith that he would see Troy again; not because his parents made him, but because Troy sincerely wanted to see him again.

"Alright, Let's go Troy. I'll see you later Steve. We'll talk about next summer." Lucille said as she opened the front door. Troy looked outside and to his surprise he saw two girls about to knock on the door. One brunette, the other blonde.

"Gabby?"

"Hi Troy."

"Oh Yeah sure, say hi to me." The blonde spoke up from the background and made her way to Lucille. "Hi. You must be Troy's mom. Let's go inside."

"But, we really have to go. The plane leaves in a little less than two hours and I really don't want to be stuck here."

"If you want your son to be happy, You'll follow me inside."

"So..." Troy spoke, knowing that even though they were alone on the door step, they had no privacy.

"Listen, I lied."

"About what?"

"I don't want you to date anyone else. I want to be your girlfriend."

"But you said-"

"I want to be able for this to work because truthfully I can't stop thinking about you. I don't want it to end the way it did; I don't want it to end at all..." Gabriella continued as if Troy had never spoken.

"I love you too."

"And I really think this can work. We have Christmas... and wait what?" Gabriella finally took into realization the words coming out of Troy's mouth.

"I love you too." He said once again but this time softer. She smiled and stepped closer to her, kissing him one last time before the door would open revealing Lucille who would, in a matter of seconds, drag Troy to the car to be driven to the airport.

At that moment, neither teens cared that they wouldn't see each other for a while. They didn't care that there was a slim chance that a long distance relationship at their age would actually last. All they cared about was each other. All they had to do was hold on. Hold on to the kisses they shared and the words they exchanged. Holding on was what they had to do, and they were prepared to do just that.