After shattering his ankle in a skiing accident, and is no longer able to play basketball, Troy becomes a film director. Little does he know, the once love of his life, Gabriella Montez, is one of the actresses on his set. He also gets a big surprise from an old high school classmate. Troyella

A/N: Thanks again for all of the reviews!! Alaska-LoveU, I liked your ideas the best. I'm not going to use it for Ryan's date, but, it gave me an idea for Troy's "redemption". This chapter is mostly Ryan and Gabriella's date. I think it's a really cute idea. Feel free to comment, and review!!

Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical, just my original characters, and the plot.

Everyone got to the set on time at 6:00 AM, (A/N is CH 3 is says 8:30, I bumped it back a little) just as Troy had hoped. He decided to rearrange the filming schedule, so he wouldn't have to start his day off seeing Gabriella and Ryan kiss each other. I need to be on Gabriella's good side before she starts kissing Ryan…gross. (A/N this isn't Chad's plan.)

Ryan walked over to Gabriella to talk.

"Hey Ryan! I'm so excited for our date tonight." Gabriella said.

"Yeah, It's going to be extremely fun. And I must say, it's very creative."

"Can you spare me one detail, though?"

"It depends on what that detail is." Ryan said slyly.

"What should I wear? Jeans, a dress…"

"Um, wear something nice, but it doesn't have to be a ball gown, or anything like that."

"Ok!" Gabriella said with a smile.

"So, I'll pick you up at your hotel room. It'll probably be around 4:30."

"Sounds great!"

Troy was eves dropping on their entire conversation. They have ANOTHER date? This guy is trying way too hard to get with Gabriella. Man, this sucks. I really want to take Gabi out. I hope Chad's plan works.

The whole day of shooting went smoothly. There were no fights, or arguments, although, things were still awkward between Gabriella and Troy. They were done filming at around 3:00. This gave Gabriella just enough time to get back to her hotel, and get ready for her date.

Gabriella has standing at the mirror, doing her make-up, when she remembered she had to call Taylor. "Hey Taylor! I called just like I promised."

"You were always good about keeping you promises. Did Ryan ever tell you what you guys were doing?"

"No. The only thing he told me was what kind of clothes to wear."

"What did he say?"

"Ryan said to wear nice clothes, but ball gowns are unnecessary."

"What are you going to wear?" Then Taylor heard a crash, and a faint voice.

"CRAP!"

"What was that? Hello?" Taylor was confused at what just happened.

"Hello, Taylor, are you still there?"

"Yeah, what just happened?"

"Well, I doing my make-up right now, so I'm trying to balance the phone on my shoulder and talk to you at the same time. I turned around to try and see what time it was, and then I stubbed my toe on the wall, and dropped the phone in the trashcan. Oh crap, Ryan is going to be here any minute!"

"I wish I could be there helping you!"

"For the sake of time, I wish you were here, too."

"What else do you have to do to get ready?"

"My hair is done, I just need to finish my make-up, and put on my dress, and my shoes."

"I'm so excited for you Gabriella!!"

"I'm excited too, but I'm really nervous at the same time."

"You're nervous? Awe, that's so cute!"

"Gee, thanks…I guess."

Knock, knock, knock. " Oh man! Ryan is here! I'm not even close to being done!" She walked over to the door, and spoke through it. "Ryan?"

"Uh…yeah?" Ryan was confused.

"Can you give me a few minutes? I'm almost done, I promise." Gabriella walked away, and continued to get ready, while talking to Taylor. "He's here! Now I'm really nervous."

"What kind of dress are you wearing?" Taylor asked.

"It's a very pretty strapless dress."

"Bring a shawl or a sweater incase it's cold."

"Hey Tay? I'm gonna get dressed now. Poor Ryan, he's been sitting out there for 10 minutes now!"

"Ok Gabriella, I'll let you go."

"Bye Taylor! Thanks!"

Gabriella put her dress and her shoes on, and grabbed a purse and a shawl on her way out of the room.

Gabriella opened the door, and saw Ryan sitting on the floor, with his knees brought to his chest, and his head down on his knees. He couldn't see Gabriella from the way he was sitting.

Ryan started to speak with his head down. "Finally! I was starting to…" He looked up, and was taken away with Gabriella's beauty. "You look absolutely beautiful."

Gabriella was wearing a strapless aqua blue dress and a black satin shawl draped around her shoulders. (A/N see pic in profile. Same shoes, except closed toed, and a couple inches shorter.) Her long brown hair was in loose curls, which graced the features of her face.

"Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself." Gabriella said with a smile. Ryan was wearing black slacks, and a blue button down shirt.

"Shall we?" Lucas said, holding out his hand.

"Of course." Gabriella said as she took his hand.

Ryan walked Gabriella to his car, and opened the door for her. He then got in on the other side.

"You're such a gentleman."

"Thank you." They started to drive to their destination.

"Now are you going to tell me where we are going?"

"Nope, but we're almost there." Gabriella had no idea where they were. They'd only been driving for five minutes.

"Ok, we're here." Ryan said, as he parked the car. He got out of the car, and opened the door for Gabriella and helped her out of it.

"Where are we?"

"You are so full of questions today! Ok, since we're here, I guess I can tell you what's going on. Welcome to an evening of 'mini's'!" Ryan said excitedly.

"What? I am thoroughly confused, Ryan." Gabriella said.

"This is part one of our adventure. Right now, we are at 'Wally's Golf World' park, where we will play mini golf. Get it, mini golf? And don't worry, I rented out the whole park, so there will be no screaming fans, or paparazzi."

"Oh good! Sounds like fun!"

They walked into the park at around 5:00, and played mini golf until 6:00. Gabriella won the game by a long shot, even though she was playing in heels.

"Hey Ryan? I'm sorry to break up all of the fun, but are we going to eat anytime soon? I'm starving!"

"Yup. We may now enter part 2 of our date."

They walked towards an open field in the park. There was a table set up for two people.

"Awe, Ryan! This is so cute!" To go along with the mini theme, the table was small, the chairs were small, even the silverware was small.

They sat down at the table, and were immediately greeted by an blond haired 8-year-old boy dressed in a tux. He had a striking resemblance to Ryan.

"I will be your waiter this evening, your first course will be right out." The boy started to walk away to get their food.

"You even got 'mini people' to serve our food? This is so cute Ryan!"

"Yeah. He's my little cousin. The kid will do anything if you bribe him with 20 dollars. Ah the food is here."

To follow suit of their 'mini themed' evening, Ryan and Gabriella ate all mini foods.

"That was delicious. Even though we ate mini foods, I am stuffed!" Gabriella said.

"It's beginning to get to get dark, so we can move on to phase 3."

"Phase 3? How many more phases are there?" Gabriella said playfully.

"Don't worry, this is the last one, I promise." Ryan said with a laugh.

Ryan got up and walked Gabriella around the corner of the field, past some tall trees. When the reached their destination, there was a big red couch in the middle of the grass, that was facing a projector screen. They sat down on the couch, and Gabriella let out a sigh.

"As much as I loved the idea of eating on those little chair, I must say that they were awfully uncomfortable. This is much better." She said, as she stroked the couch. "What are we going to watch?" Gabriella pointed towards the screen.

"Ok, this one is a bit of a stretch, but it sort of fits the theme. We are going to watch the 2006 edition of 'Twinkle Towne', because the female lead's name is 'Minnie'." Ryan said.

"You mean this is the one that Troy and I acted in from high school? How did you get a copy of it?

"My parents video taped every performance Sharpay and I were in."

"Ryan, this is so sweet of you to do this!"

The movie started, with Troy out on the stage first. Gabriella had a huge smile on her face, as she was remembering the fun she had with Troy that year. I really miss those days. Life was a lot simpler back in high school.

About 45 minutes into the video, Gabriella took off her shoes, and situated herself, so she was leaning on Ryan, and he had his arm around her shoulder. Gabriella really enjoyed watching her old play. She sang the melody to all of the songs, and Ryan harmonized with her. When the play reached the point when Gabriella and Troy sang 'Breaking Free' she stopped singing, and only watched.

I haven't heard this song in years! This is when Troy and I really started to fall in love. On the inside, Gabriella was beginning to feel depressed. She really missed Troy, and she really missed feeling his warm embrace. But, on the outside, she was smiling. Gabriella didn't want her sad emotions to ruin the evening.

When the movie ended, they both clapped. "You did a wonderful job, Miss Montez." Ryan said.

"You did too, Mr. Evans" Gabriella said.

They went back to Ryan's car, and drove to Gabriella's hotel. Ryan walked Gabriella up to her room.

"Thank you so much for tonight! This was one of the most fun dates that I've ever been on!" Gabriella said with a smile.

"You're welcome! Was it creative enough?"

"Oh yes! Very creative." Gabriella shook her head up and down. "I can't believe you went through all of this trouble to take me out on a date."

"Don't even worry about that. It was well worth it!" Ryan smiled at Gabriella.

She hugged him, and he returned the hug. He kissed her forehead. "Good night, Gabriella Montez." He started to walk towards the elevator.

"Good night Ryan Evans." He turned his head around, and gave Gabriella a smile. She had a sad tone in her voice, but not because Ryan left.

Gabriella walked into her room and closed the door behind her. She was thinking about her night, and about Troy. She stood there, looking at her room, then started to cry. She let her back hit the door, and slid down the wall. She hugged her knees, and kept crying.

What's up my peeps? Sorry this chapter was so flippin' long. It's almost 2000 words! I didn't expect it to last this long!! Oh well. Did you enjoy it? Did you think Ryan's date was cute? Write a review and tell me your thoughts!

ps: I'll explain the whole "Gabriella crying" thing in the next chapter. Thanks!