Troy and Gabriella get married young, while still in college. They are even closer than you can imagine. What will happen when they start to have a family, and can't spend every minute together? Troyella…and a bit of Chaylor.

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Just to set up the scene, this chapter takes place right after chapter one, and it's April, on a Friday, at around 1:30 in the afternoon.

Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical…or Kay Jewelers.


"I need your help again." Troy said.

"Man, you always need my help." Chad said with a sigh. Although he seemed annoyed, Chad really was always willing to help Troy out.

"That's what best friends are for…right?"

"I guess…" Chad said reluctantly. "What do you need help with this time?" He said in a more cheery voice.

"Since I'm going to propose to Gabriella, I need you to help me pick out an engagement ring."

"Now?"

"Yeah…is there anything wrong with that?"

"When you said 'I want to propose to Gabriella', I didn't know you meant 'I'm, going to propose to her right after I finish my coffee'."

"Look, if you don't want to help me-" Troy was trying to give Chad a guilt trip.

"No, it's ok, man. I guess I was just giving you a hard time." Chad said.

"Good…then let's go."


At the mall

"Ugh…I hate coming here," Chad complained, "especially on a Friday afternoon."

"I know, Chad, and I'm sorry. I just need a second opinion with this sort of thing."

"Ok, but you owe me a really big cookie…or a pretzel."

"I promise, I will get you a pretzel when we're done."

"Why not now?"

"Because knowing you, you'll probably smudge up all of the display cases with your greasy fingers." Troy said.

"I guess you're right..."


In the jewelry store

"Hello, and welcome to Kay Jewelers! My name is Kate! Are you looking for anything specific today?" Said the young, overly excited woman who worked at the store.

"Hello, Kate. I'm Chad." Chad said as he shook her hand.

"Yes, I'm looking for an engagement ring for my soon-to-be fiancée." Troy said.

Kate gave him sort of a funny look, and led them to the men's wedding bands. She started to open up the case, "Well, here we have some-"

Troy interrupted her, "Oh no! Chad here isn't my fiancée…heh…" Troy started to blush. "I need a ring for my fiancée…who's a girl. Her name is Gabriella Montez. She has dark brown eyes. Her favorite color is blue." Troy was starting to ramble. Kate just kept giving him strange looks.

"Dude, Troy. Shut up."

"Ok then." She led them over to the women's engagement rings. "What is your price range?"

"Uh…I don't know…a couple hundred dollars." Kate pulled out a few choices. "Boy, these bright lights sure are intimidating." Troy said nervously.

"Ok, here's a gold banded solitaire ring. This diamond is 1/5 of a carat. This one will run you about 150 dollars."

"Um, it looks ok, I guess." Troy said. "What do you think, Chad?"

"I think it looks a little plain."

"Alright…moving on. This one is a 14k yellow gold ring. It's a ¼ carat princess cut diamond."

"How much does it cost?" Troy said as he took the ring, and inspected it up close.

"It's around 225 dollars."

"Anything else? I want it to be perfect. It should have Gabi's name written all over it." They went through a dozen of different rings. Both Chad and Kate were getting annoyed with Troy.

"Come on, Troy. You're taking forever!"

"Once you're in my situation, and looking for a ring for you're future wife, then we'll talk. For now, quit bugging me!"

"Fine…what about that one?" Chad pointed. His face was only an inch away from the glass.

"Hey, that you does look nice." Troy said.

"This one?" Kate asked as she got out the ring they requested. She handed it to Troy so he could examine it further.

"Hey, that looks pretty good." Chad said, trying to sway Troy's opinion.

"It'll run you around 400 dollars." Kate said.

"That may be a bit too much." Then, Chad's cell phone started to ring. This caller ID read Gabriella's number.

"Here, it's for you." Chad handed Troy the phone, without even answering it first.

"Hello?"

"Hey Troy."

"Hey Gabi, what's up?"

"Nothing, Taylor and I were just wonder where you guys are."

"Um… we're at…the store." Troy was always really bad at lying.

"The store? Why are you at the store?" Gabriella asked.

"Because we needed some… stuff."

"Stuff? Troy Bolton, could you be anymore vague?" Gabriella teased him.

"You know, I really could." He said sarcastically.

"Well, when are you going to be done buying stuff? I really want to see you." She said, but not in a needy kind of way.

"We're almost done."

"You promise? Ok, I'll let you off the hook." She said with a smile.

"I love you, Gabriella Montez."

"I know…" She said sarcastically. "I love you too, Troy Bolton. Seeya."

Troy hung up Chad's phone, and handed it to him. He stared at the ring in his hand for a few more seconds.

"I'll take it." Troy said, and he handed it back to Kate for her to wrap up.


Troy walked out of the store with Chad; ring in hand, feeling confident. The further they walked, the more nervous Troy felt.

"Oh, I almost forgot. You still owe me a pretzel." Chad said. Troy stopped walking, and his face turned white. "Dude, Troy. Are you all right? We can skip the pretzel, if you want."

"What did I just do?" Troy said nervously.

"What? No, don't do this Troy. You can't get cold feet now."

"Why am I doing this? Why did I just spend 400 dollars on a ring?" Troy was really starting to freak out. "Holy crap! I just spent 400 dollars! I've never spent that much money on one thing before!"

"Don't do this to yourself, Troy. Don't try and talk yourself out of marrying the love of your life." Chad took out his phone, and found the picture he had of Gabriella, and showed it to Troy. "Do you see this? This is a picture of the girl you want to spend the rest of your life with. You told me yourself that you love her with all your heart. Why do you doubt yourself now? That's my job."

Troy stood there and looked at the picture of Gabriella, and smiled. "You're right. 'Freak out session' officially over."

"Good. Now you can buy me my pretzel."


Chad and Troy drove back to their place, to drop off the ring, and then they headed over to Taylor and Gabriella's apartment at around 4:30.

Knock, knock, knock

Troy and Chad were standing at the door. They heard a faint voice yelling.

"I got it! I got it!" Troy and Chad looked at each other, and shrugged, then the door flew open.

"Troy!" Before he could respond, or move for that matter, Troy was bombarded with kisses from Gabriella in the doorway.

"Hey babe…I……missed……you…too." Troy said in between kisses. Chad pushed his way past Troy and Gabriella, and sat down on the couch. They stopped kissing to go inside. "Jeez, Gabi. You really, really must have missed me."

"Well, maybe I did." She walked over to Troy and put her arms around his neck, and started kissing him, but a bit more passionately.

"Oh, here we go again." Chad complained. Troy and Gabriella just ignored him.

"What?" Taylor asked. "I think they're cute." She said. "Plus, you don't seem to have much trouble kissing me."

"But that's different. I don't have to watch us kiss."

"Oh, ok. I see how it is." Then Taylor gave Chad a playful smack on the arm.

Gabriella broke her kiss from Troy, but left her arms around his neck. "So, did you buy me anything?"

"Huh?" Troy said nervously.

"You know, while you were buying your stuff."

"Well…maybe I did, maybe I didn't." Troy said slyly.

"There you go, being all vague again." She said sarcastically. "What am I ever going to do with you?"

"How 'bout this?" Troy leaned, and kissed her again.

"That'll work, I guess." She said with a smile. "Ok, I'm hungry. Wanna help me cook dinner?"

"Gabi, you know I can't cook."

"Well, now seems like the perfect time to learn." Troy gave Gabriella a 'frowny face', but that only made her laugh. She dragged him into the kitchen, and started giving him orders.

"Ok, we're going to make fajitas. They're really easy… so don't worry about it. Can you get the chicken, the onions and peppers out from the refrigerator?"

"Whoa…Troy's going to cook? He's gonna poison us all!" Complained Chad.

"Don't worry, Chad. Troy is just helping me, that's all." Gabriella said with a laugh.


Troy and Gabriella made dinner without any incidents…no cuts, or burns. Chad held his nose closed for the first bite, but soon came to find that Gabriella and Troy made an excellent meal. Gabriella and Troy sat on the couch, while Chad and Taylor cleaned the kitchen. Well, Chad complained, and Taylor cleaned the kitchen

"Dinner was really good, Troy. Thank you for helping me."

"Yeah, I think I've become a real professional."

"Totally. You're going to have your own cooking show, one day." Gabriella said sarcastically. Gabriella snuggled up to Troy, and played with his hand while Chad and Taylor finished cleaning up.

"Alright dude, let's go. I think we need to call it a night." Chad said yawning.

"Ok." He said while getting up from the couch. Gabriella walked him over to the door, while Chad said his goodbyes in the kitchen.

"Goodnight, Troy." She said with a grin. Troy leaned in, and kissed her, and she gladly deepened the kiss. He pushed her towards the wall, where they continued to kiss, until the need for air was required. She stayed there, hugging Troy with her head rested on his chest for a few minutes, until Chad started to drag Troy out the door.

"Ok, guys. It's time to go." Chad said. Troy mouthed the words ' I don't want to' to Gabriella.

Troy leaned down and whispered into Gabriella's ear, "I love you, and don't ever forget that. I'll see you tomorrow." Troy left one last kiss on her cheek. He walked out the door, leaving Gabriella smiling.


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