A/N: Here's the next update for ya'll!

Troy woke up, and looked for Gabriella – she was nowhere to be seen. He smiled and sat up, rubbing his eyes and looking at the clock. It was nearly 12pm. He then stood up, walked over to his wardrobe and changed into some tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt.

Gabriella heard footsteps coming down the stairs, and looked out to the hallway. She smiled when she saw Troy walk into the kitchen, and over to the oven where she was cooking breakfast.

Troy slipped his arms around Gabriella's neck, and she grinned as she turned around and kissed him. When they broke apart, she looked at what he was wearing.

"A bit late for running, isn't it?" She laughed.

"Well someone didn't wake me up." Troy grinned.

"Well, you look so cute when you're asleep – I couldn't wake you up and have that face ruined."

Troy gasped. "Gabriella Bolton!"

Gabriella laughed. "Yes?"

"You are so mean!"

"Troy, you're not 16. You're 23. Can't you think of something better than 'you're so mean?'"

Troy stuck his tongue out at Gabriella, and she shooed him out of the house, so he could go for his daily jog. She then went back into the kitchen, finished making her breakfast, and sat down at the table to eat it.

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Troy was casually jogging round the block, and he got to the park. He then heard someone call his name. Troy turned around, confused, and then smiled as he slowed down so Chad could catch up easier.

"Hey man." Troy said.

Chad smiled and nodded.

"You looking forward to seeing.." Troy then stopped himself. He nearly blew it.

"What?" Chad asked

"Erm..you looking forward to coming out tomorrow, then?"

"Yeah. It will be a laugh."

Troy nodded, not wanting to say anything else about it, incase he blew it even more.

"So erm..you wanna come and chill for a bit?" Chad asked.

"I can't." Troy replied. "Gabs wants to go shopping for some new furniture, and then we're having dinner round her mum's."

Chad nodded. "Alright man. Well have fun!" He laughed, as Troy turned onto his and Gabriella's street.

Troy shut the door behind him and called Gabriella's name. There was no answer.

"Gabriella?" He shouted louder.

"Up here." Gabriella's voice came from upstairs.

Troy walked up the stairs, and noticed that the bathroom door was locked. He then walked into the bedroom and looked through his wardrobe for clothes to wear.

In the end, he just chose some jeans and a plain white t-shirt. It was quite warm outside, so he didn't bother about a jacket.

Gabriella then walked in, make-up and hair fully done. She was also dressed in a longish grey top, some black jeans, and black boots.

"Ready to go shopping?" She asked, as she noticed Troy.

Troy nodded, and took her hand as they walked out of the house.

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Once they drove all the way to IKEA – Gabriella's favourite furniture shop, Troy found a parking space and they walked into the building.

Looking all around, they had no idea where to start.

"Gabs hon, where are we gonna start?" Troy asked.

"Erm.. what about with the living room? That's what I really want to buy the most stuff for."

Troy agreed, and they walked upstairs to the huge section with sofas, shelving units and everything else you could need in a living room. Straight away, Gabriella saw something that she liked. She dragged Troy over to the cream coloured sofa.

"Troy I love this." Gabriella said.

"It's..alright, but I don't really like the colour."

Gabriella frowned, but smiled again. "Okay."

"What about this?" Troy asked, as they walked over to a three-seater black leather sofa.

"It's nice.." Gabriella said. "Lets come back to the sofas soon."

"Yeah..we need a table." Gabriella said when they walked over to the coffee table section.

"I like that one." Troy pointed to a white coffee table, with the top made of glass.

Gabriella nodded. "That's nice. Yeah, I like that."

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After a few hours, the couple had managed to get basically a whole new living room, some things for the kitchen, and a bigger wardrobe each.

With the help of a home delivery lorry, the couple drove back to their house and had the furniture put in. But they didn't have time to set it all up, as it was now time that they had to go to Gabriella's mum's house.

They paid the delivery man, and got back into the car, and drove to the other side of Alberquerque.

As soon as the couple walked in, Troy's arm around Gabriella's, it was completely welcoming. Troy breathed in. It still smelled the same. As he looked around, it still looked the same.

They were told that dinner would be atleast another hour or two, so they could do whatever they wanted. Gabriella smiled and walked up the stairs. Troy followed, unsure of where she was going, but then got it when she turned to the left at the top of the stairs.

They walked into the familiar bedroom, and couldn't believe it. Everything was the same as it was in high school. It seemed as if Ms. Montez didn't move anything. Gabriella opened the French doors to her old balcony, and smiled when Troy wrapped his arms around her.

"It's been replaced." Troy said, looking at the railing.

"Yeah, and you know why." Gabriella replied, laughing.

Flashback

Troy opened the gate to Gabriella's garden, and looked at the house. There was a light on in the living room, so he sneaked past, over to where Gabriella's bedroom was.

Like a pro, he climbed up to the balcony, and knocked on the French doors. Gabriella smiled when she saw him. She opened the door and walked out onto the balcony.

"You're lucky my mum didn't see you. She's still downstairs."

Troy smiled. "Yeah, well I'm a pro at doing this..it's easy to sneak up here."

"Yeah..I suppose." Gabriella's eyes then darted to the wooden railing. "Troy..look."

Troy looked, and saw that there was a crack in it. "Erm..I guess I'm a little too much of a pro at this?"

Gabriella laughed, but then her face turned serious. "My mum's going to kill me."

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"My mum did kill me." Gabriella said with a laugh. "I had to tell her everything, and lets just say that she wasn't too impressed that I had my boyfriend sneaking up to my balcony late at night, every night."

Troy laughed. "Those were the days."

Gabriella then turned to face him properly, and leaned in to kiss him.

"I love you."

A/N: So that's the chapter for ya.