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Ok, let's get started. This is basically part two of the last chapter, "Mystery Date."

Gabriella heard the heels of his shoes clicking on the ground behind her.

"You look good." He said. It was too dim for Gabriella to see his face, but she instantly recognized his voice.

"And I'm guessing it's all because of you." Gabriella said.

"That's right."

"You have great taste." Gabriella said in reference to her dress.

"Yeah, I had Angie go out and get you the dress."

"And the diamonds?"

"Yeah, those are borrowed…I'm sorry, but you can't keep those."

"That's ok..." Gabriella walked to him, and gave him a tight hug. "I'm sorry, Troy." Gabriella said into his ear.

"I'm sorry too, Gabriella. I overreacted today, and I shouldn't have."

"It's ok. I know you're under so much stress. And, I'm really not helping you any with that." They stared into each other's eyes for a few moments, just enjoying the moment.

"Well," Troy said after he snapped back into reality. "Should we get this date started?"

"Sure." Gabriella said eagerly.

"Let's go." Troy took Gabriella's hand, and lead her to the stairs.

"Awe…not more stairs!" Gabriella complained.

"Don't worry, there's an elevator over here." Troy said bluntly.

"Wait…there's a freaking elevator?"

"Yeeeah."

"Why did you make me walk up all of those stairs?"

"Because I wanted to build up the suspense." Gabriella shot Troy a mild glair.

"Weirdo." They walked over to the elevator, and got in. Troy pushed the '12' button.

"See? Aren't you glad I didn't make you walk all the way up to the twelfth floor?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…what ever you need to tell yourself to clear you conscience." Gabriella said sarcastically. Then, the doors to the elevator opened.

"Shall we?" Troy asked, putting out his arm for her to take.

"Sure." Gabriella said with a smile. She took a step forward, and entwined her arm with Troy's. Troy lead her to the roof of the building.

"Oh wow!" Gabriella said. "You can see the whole city from up here!" Gabriella stood against the guard railing to see as much of Los Angeles as she could.

"But wait, it gets better." Troy said with the tone of an auto salesman. He led her around the corner, revealing the real surprise.

Gabriella gasped when she saw what Troy had set up.

"Troy, I'm speechless. Everything is so beautiful." She stood up on her toes, and gave Troy a kiss on the lips. After the kiss, Gabriella walked around the roof, just trying to take in what Troy had done for her. She didn't want to forget anything about this evening.

The rooftop was decorated with hundreds of red roses, and glowing with white candles. In the middle of it all was a red velvet blanket, and a basket. It had been set up like a picnic.

"It's just like our secret hideout back at East High! This is so cool!"

"Believe it or not, Chad actually gave my the idea for this one."

"Really?" Gabriella said in disbelief.

"Yeah, I was going to do all of this to try and get you talking to me again, but that part already happened a while ago."

"And I'm glad it did." Gabriella said. She went over to Troy, and gave him another sweet kiss.

"Are you hungry?" Troy asked after a few moments.

"Yes…please feed me."

"Your wish is my command." They walked together towards the blanket, and sat down. They enjoyed a nice dinner, and laughed, and joked about life on the movie set while eating.

After they finished eating, Gabriella got up, and walked to the ledge of the building to look at the city lights. Meanwhile, Troy cleared the food and plates off of the blanket.

"Miss Montez, would you come here?" Troy called to get Gabriella's attention. He was lying down on the blanket with his arms folded behind his head.

"What's in it for me?" Gabriella said slyly as she walked slowly toward Troy.

"You get the opportunity to lay down with the "One and Only" Troy Bolton." Troy said while shaking his head up and down.

"Oh…it's my lucky day!" Gabriella walked over to Troy, and laid down with him. She snuggled against him, and placed her head on his chest.

They laid there looking at the twinkling night sky, just enjoying each other's presence.

"This is nice." Gabriella said in a calm tone.

"I like it, too." Troy said.

"Hey, you know what I'm wondering?" Gabriella said while sitting up.

"How many donuts Chad could fit in his mouth? Because that's what I'm thinking about." Troy sat up facing Gabriella.

"Uh, no…" Gabriella paused for a second. "Huh…I bet you he could probably fit three in his mouth."

"Three? Psh…I'd say more like six."

"Really?"

"Oh, yeah. Chad's got a REALLY big mouth." Gabriella started giggling.

"But seriously…"

"Yeah?" Troy asked.

"When did you decide to become film director? I thought you were going to be Troy Bolton: The Basketball Superstar."

"You didn't hear about what happened?"

Gabriella shook her head 'no'.

"I guess being across the country from each other for seven years can restrict communication." Gabriella said.

"Yeah, I guess it could." Troy said. There was a pause between them.

"So, what happened?"

"Well, it's a long story." Troy's voice was a little hesitant.

"That's ok." Gabriella said with a smile. Troy took a breath in, and began his story.

"During my freshman year of college, the basketball team decided to go up to Tahoe for New Years'. On New Year's Day, my buddy, Travis and I decided to go skiing. Travis was a great skier. It was crazy how much talent this kid had. Now, you know I'm not a champion skier, but I'm still pretty good. I thought I'd be able to keep up with him. We were going down the slopes just fine, but then, I guess he decided to off of the trail. I was trying to follow him the best that I could, but he just zoomed ahead of me. Once I finally caught sight of him, he was going over a jump."

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, Troy. But, what does skiing in Tahoe have to do with you going into film?"

"I'm getting there. I told you this was a long story."

"Oh, sorry. Please continue."

Troy cleared his throat.

"So, when I saw Travis go over the jump, I had to take the jump too so I could keep up with him. But, things didn't go as planned."

"Oh, no."

"When I went over the jump, my left ski hit against a tree, or bush, or some rock, and my skis weren't working right. When my ski got caught, what it should've done was unclip from the boot. Instead, they stayed firmly clipped together, which made the situation a lot worse that it should've been. I ended up breaking a couple of ribs from the fall, and since my leg got wrapped up in the tree/bush/rock thing, I hurt it pretty bad. I ended up breaking both of the bones in my ankle." Gabriella's mouth made an 'O' as she was looking at Troy.

"The left bone broke in three places, and the right one only had one break in it. I was in the hospital for weeks and weeks. It took five surgeries to get my ankle back together. I have four plates, and 21 screws in my leg. Once I started healing up, I had to do physical therapy. Let me tell you, that was a nightmare. I had to relearn how to use my ankle properly, and it hurt more than you could imagine. When I got to go back to school, I was so far behind in all of my classes. But that wasn't the worst part. It was the hardest when the doctor told me that I couldn't play basketball anymore. Basketball was the one thing that I was good at. When I was on the court, no one could touch me, I was invincible."

"So what actually made you decide to go into film?" Gabriella asked.

"Well, since I couldn't play basketball anymore, I figured that I should find something else I'm good at. I always like putting on productions, and stuff like that; I just never actually liked performing in them…if that made any sense."

"Sure."

"So, I figured that film would be a good thing for me to do. It's something I'll never get tired of doing. And plus, I'm behind the camera, not infront of it."

"Troy, I'm so sorry about all of this. All of your friends and family must've helped out a lot while you were in the hospital, though."

"My parents came out the first week, but it was getting too hard on them, being away from work and everything. As for my friends, they were great. But as the days went on, they sort of forgot about me, and moved on with their lives. For my last couple of weeks, I got excited when the nurse would come in, and change my IV. She was the only other person that I saw all day...man I sound pathetic."

"You're not pathetic." Gabriella said in a soft tone. "Why didn't you call me?"

"I thought about calling you a more than few times. But, I didn't want to go back and stir up all of those emotions again. Plus, I figured that since you were all the way in New York, you wouldn't want to come and visit."

"I would've come." Her voice was a little softer. "Does it still hurt?"

"My ankle? Not really anymore. It only hurts when it's really cold outside. But, for a couple of years afterwards, it hurt whenever I walked any long distance. So, getting from class to class was always hard for me."

"Can I see your ankle?"

"Sure." Troy rolled up his left pant leg, revealing his scar-coated lower leg. Gabriella gasped a little when she saw it. She slowly outstretched her hand, and gently placed it on his leg. Gabriella traced the lines of some of the scars.

"I can't even imagine how hard this must've been for you."

"It was definitely an experience I will never forget." Gabriella crawled over to Troy and gave him a hug.

"Troy, I'm so sorry."

"It's over and done with. There's nothing to be sorry about anymore. Plus, I think of it as a good thing."

"A good thing?"

"It's because of me breaking my ankle, I became a film director. And because I am the film director, we were able to get back together."

"That is true. Though I don't think I am worth all of that time, money, and pain." Gabriella said.

"Gabriella, if it meant getting you back, I would have done it all over again."

"No you wouldn't…that would be stupid."

"Gabi, you mean the world to me. I regret ever walking away from you in the first place. I'm just glad you gave me another chance." Gabriella couldn't say anything. She was speechless at how open and honest Troy was being.

"Wow."

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PS. the idea for this chapter was Chad's Plan…all the way back from chapter 4…if you can remember back that far. So, thanks to Alaska LoveU for giving me this idea!