Hey everyone! This is the last chapter! I got a lot of strongly worded reviews for the previous chapter and I'm hoping you guys aren't too upset about it. :) This chapter will probably make you a lot happier! Enjoy!

I'll Email You

Chapter twenty two

Last Day of Summer

Zeke and Charlie stood by the grill in Sharpay's backyard as the cheese on the burgers bubbled in perfection. The sky was a bright blue, the clearest the group had seen it in a while and Sharpay smiled as she took a sip of her smoothie, walking over to her lounge chair. Taylor was in the pool with Chad and Troy, learning how to swim, of course, and Troy was making sure she didn't drown Chad in the effort to keep herself afloat. There was barely any wind, the smell of summer consuming the air. The many windows of the Evan's house sparkled as the sun hit them and Sharpay smirked: everything was perfect.

"Shar, do you like the smoothie?" Zeke asked from his spot by the grill, grinning as she lay perfectly in her pink bathing suit.

"It's amazing!" She told him, closing her eyes as the sun poked through the bottom of her sunglasses. "Whenever you get a chance to bring me over one of my cookies, will you?"

"Yeah, I'll be there in a second." He smiled.

Going over to the plate of cookies on the table next to the grill, Zeke skimmed the many different flavors, seeing the Taylor and Gabriella cookie, smiling as he saw the Zeke, Troy, and Chad cookie and then finally he found the one he was looking for. Walking over to Sharpay, he kissed her on the cheek, setting the cookie on her toned stomach.

"Thanks." She smiled.

"No problem." He replied, going back to the grill.

"Tay, I'm telling you, you will not drown!" Chad reassured Taylor for the ninth time in the last five minutes.

"I know, but I don't want to let go of you." She said, winking at him.

"On any regular day, that comment would have worked, but you need to let go of me to learn how to swim." He smiled.

"Fine." She huffed, letting go of him as she screeched, doing the doggy paddle quickly to get the experience over with.

"See! You're doing great!" Chad exclaimed, clapping as she rolled her eyes.

Troy laughed as he treaded water in the deep end, looking at all of his friends enjoying their selves on the last day of the summer. He smiled softly as his sunglasses shaded the sunlight, wondering how Gabriella was doing. He had gotten an email from her that morning, but hadn't seen her since a few weeks ago when he came home from California.

Charlie had forgiven Troy for breaking his sister's heart when he realized that she broke his heart by leaving, although he thought it was an eye for and eye situation. They had gotten closer since Gabriella had left, hanging out as if they were brothers. Chad and Taylor had exchanged 'I love yous' a week earlier and since then they've been inseparable.

The group was all so into what they were currently doing that they didn't notice the skinny brunette tiptoeing through the Evan's back doors in such a perfect black bikini that she was surprised that no one noticed her. She giggled softly, picking up her pace as she began to sprint towards the pool, causing Sharpay to sit up when she felt a breeze brush past her. She screeched when she saw Gabriella soaring over the water, right into the deep end where Troy was at.

Knowing what was going on, the group outside of the pool gathered around Sharpay's lounge chair, watching the couple in the pool with huge smiles on their faces. Troy squinted as someone; he assumed it was Chad, did a cannon ball into the deep end, covering his sunglasses with water.

Gabriella took a breath of air as she surfaced and she smiled, swimming over to Troy, pulling his foggy sunglasses off of him, wrapping her arms around his neck as she put the sunglasses over her eyes. Troy's grip on her tightened as he realized that she was the one causing all of the commotion, and he smiled, looking at his beautiful best friend.

She looked older as she smiled, her teeth somewhat whiter, her skin tanner, her hair curlier, her overall look older, but maybe that was because he hadn't seen her in so long. She smiled, noticing how he was just staring at her now, saying nothing as he smiled giddily.

"Yes, Troy, thanks for asking, science camp was great." She smiled.

Troy laughed, loving the look of his sunglasses on her and he moved closer to her.

"My questions are going to have to wait." He said to her, bringing his lips to hers as they kissed each other for the first time, savoring the moment as they experienced it.

Gabriella smiled through the kiss, trying to tread water as she continued to kiss him. They pulled away from each other, their eyes sparkling as they smiled.

"I'm in the deep end." She observed, laughing as Troy kissed her again.

"I've been here." He smiled, hearing his friends whistling and hooting from their spots on the side of the pool.

Troy and Gabriella laughed together, choosing to stay in the deep end as their friends jumped in after them, couple after couple, and Charlie to give the biggest splash as he jumped in last. Troy winked at her, happy that after all of this time, no matter where they were or what time it was, they stayed emailing buddies. It was thanks to those emails that they could be in their current relationship. They both knew that no matter what "They'd email each other."

Remember when Charlie mentioned science camp in the begining?!? Yeah! You forgot! :) No wonder you were so mad when she "left". Thanks for reading! Review one more time! I have a few OneShots to post, so look out for those!

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unknownbyhim22