The week after that troy and I spent between school and going anywhere to spend time together. Then it was our prom, I didn't want to go anyway, and troy didn't ask me so I supposed he was going with anybody else. Then one day when I was sitting in the cafeteria troy texted me to go straight to his house after school, I thought something was wrong so I ran to his house after school and I found him in the backyard. I said 'troy what is wrong? Are you okay?' he said 'yes.. I am okay.. I just need to tell you something..' I said 'okay..' he seemed confused and nervous, which made me worry! Then he made me sit on the chair and then he brought me a bouquet of lilies, my favourites, I smiled at him and said 'thanks troy.. they are beautiful!' then I found a sign attached to troy's room's window, I said 'what is that?' then I read the words written on it, it said 'gabby.. I love you.. would you come with me to the prom?' I smiled at him and then said 'ofcourse I would!' he hugged me laughing.
The prom was 2 days away, I was freaking out! I had no dress, no shoes, nothing! I called monica and told her what happened so she said she would come with me shopping, and ofcourse I didn't like anything at all! So we were back to begin from scratch again! The 2 days passed so fast and I didn't see troy much, he said he would pick me up but when he came I wasn't ready, so I told him to go ahead and I would follow him!
I wore everything I had but nothing seemed right! Until I found an old dress, my mum bought it for me before, I never wore it though, so I put it on and fixed my hair and wore new shoes and it wasn't so bad, so I went to show it to my mum and dad and said 'so what do you think?' my mum was speechless for a while so I said 'it is that bad huh?' she said 'God no! it is so beautiful gabby! You look angelic!' I smiled and said 'thank you mum' and I hugged her then I looked at my dad and said 'so..' he just hugged me and said 'I can't believe this is my baby girl! You grew up so perfect gabriella!' I said 'I love you daddy..' then I went and brought my bag and kissed them both and left. I took a cap to the school and the whole way I was dreaming about how troy would react, and freaking out that I wasn't looking good enough! When I finally got there, I walked slowly into the ball room, and somehow it seemed like a romantic movie, when the girl walks into the room and all eyes are on her because she is almost glowing like a star, I felt like that, but suddenly among that crowd I spotted troy, I looked at him with a smile, and he walked towards me in a way that seemed to me like it was in slow motion, he came closer to me and then said 'WOW.. I don't know what to say.. you look...' I said 'yeah I know I found this old dress in my closet, I wasn't sure about...' then he interrupted me and said 'beautiful!' I smiled and said 'thank you..' he then gave me a tender kiss on the cheek. Then he took my hand and we danced for a while, he laughed at me because I wasn't a very good dancer, then I laughed at him because he couldn't slow dance, we had the best night ever! Then it was time for prom king and queen, I was standing putting my head on troy's shoulder, I didn't care much about those sort of things, and I didn't think I had a chance either, troy sure, but not me!
Then they said 'and the winner of the prom king is... troy Bolton!' I smiled at him and gave him a quick kiss then he ran to the stage, he took the crown and said 'thank you guys! I love you all.. but I need to say something to a special girl out there.. she is the girl who makes my heart beat faster.. she is the only girl who I will do anything for.. whose smile gives me hope.. and when I see that sparkle in her eyes everything is fine.. gabriella Montez, I love you!' I gave him and air kiss and put my hand on my heart as a sign of my love. Then he stood on the stage until they say the name of the prom queen, who was as expected, sharpay evans!
I didn't care at all, she took the crown and said 'I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me I love you all, and those who didn't vote for me, it's your loss! And I'd like to thank that hot guy whom I'd like to call my boyfriend mr. prom king troy Bolton!' troy looked shocked and so did I, but I just continued listening, she said 'yeah yeah I know he said all those words about princess Montez, but it was because of pity! I mean the girl has been through a lot, and she is a bit coco too, so we all feel sorry for her! But at the end I am the queen and he is MY king!' tears were escaping from my eyes now but I knew I must be strong, so I went to the stage, grabbed the microphone, and said 'ok, yes I have been through a lot this year, but I DON'T need your pity! Because I am 10 times better than you, and I don't know maybe you are right about troy mrs. Prom queen, but if he loved you that much he wouldn't have said those words who must have broken your little heart if you had one at the first place! So sharpay enjoy your crown, but your king, if he was yours, he would have been with you! But he can if he want to, but it's pretty obvious who is coco here sharpay! Congrats!' then I left the ball room and ran out crying, I heard troy calling my name but I didn't stop! I was crying so hard and I was coughing badly too! He grabbed my arm and said 'gabriella you know this isn't true!' I pulled my arm and kept walking until I fell to the ground fighting to take my breath and opened my bag to find the inhaler! Troy fell next to me and said 'let me help you!' I took my inhaler and used it a couple of times, then I stood up again and walked away, but troy yelled 'gabby don't go! Please gabriella!' I turned around and said 'is it true? Do you want her?' he ran towards him and said 'NO! no gabriella! I want you.. I love you.. those words were for you.. please gabby..' I said 'you didn't stand up for me, you didn't defend me, you didn't say that you love me, you just stood there!' he pulled me from my arms and took me inside again, then he said 'stay there!' then he went on stage again, took the microphone and stopped the music and said 'sorry guys I forgot to say something!' sharpay ran and stood next to him on the stage, then he said 'what sharpay said... it is far from the truth! That girl she was talking about has been through so much, yes, but she is standing on her feet, she spent about 10 days dying every single minute to save my mother, she saved my life when I was supposed to save hers! She showed me who I can be.. and that sharpay never would have done for me! Gabriella is the only girl I have truly loved.. she is the only girl who owns my heart.. and I feel sorry for everyone who doesn't get to know such a beautiful person!' then he left the stage and walked towards me and then he kissed me.