AN: Any one in England doing GCSE Mocks at the moment?? Having fun? I'm not.

Disclaimer-I only own the plot of this story.


Chapter 16-The Holiday (Part 1)

The few weeks left of school quickly past and before everyone knew it, they were on the plane to Hawaii. Chad was jumping up and down in his seat like a 5 year old and Taylor was trying to calm him down while the gang laughed at the two of them. Troy smiled and looked out the window lost in thought. Gabriella, who was sitting next to him, leaned close into him and whispered into his ear, 'What's wrong?'

'Nothing, nothing at all. I guess the last bit of school stressed me out a bit,' Troy lied.

'Well we have 5 weeks of complete bliss and relaxation!' Gabi enthused, not bothering to contain her own excitement.

Troy grinned at her and kissed her.


'Gabi! How much further?' Sharpay whined.

'I don't know! Remember I have never been here before!' Gabi fired back. Troy put his arm around her shoulders which instantly calmed her down.

'We are just around the corner from the house, miss,' the taxi driver told Gabriella. The taxi turned around the corner, and slowed down outside some big gates. 'This is it, enjoy your stay!'

The driver helped everyone take their bags out of the trunk and drove away. 'OK…now how do we get in?' Chad asked. Gabi didn't say a word and opened her bag and pulled out a piece of paper. She walked over to the intercom and punched in a four digit code. The gates suddenly started to open and the gang watched in awe as they saw the house slowly appear.

'Wow.' Taylor said.

'That's not all of it!' Gabi said and she walked to the front door and unlocked it with a key. They all trudged in and Gabriella leading them through the house, all of them gushing at the interior until they reached the back glass sliding doors. They saw a huge swimming pool and steps down to the beach.

'Brie, this is amazing!' Troy said and hugged her tightly.

'There's a hot tub in a room down her somewhere, and there are 6 bedrooms, but mom said it is fine if some are shared, if you know what I mean.' Gabi cringed slightly.

'Your mom is really cool!' Zeke said and Sharpay grabbed his hand and dragged him up the stairs.

'We get the 2nd biggest room!' Sharpay yelled.

'Only the second?' Troy asked, confused.

'Well, Gabi should have the biggest room, shouldn't she? It's her house!' Sharpay yelled while slamming doors, finding a suitable room.

'Wow, Montez, you've changed her!' Chad said, 'She never used to be like that!'

'Well, Brie has her ways,' Troy laughed.

'C'mon, Troy, let's explore this place,' Gabi said, taking his hand.


A couple of hours later, everyone had settled in and chose their rooms. Chad and Taylor were sharing a room and Troy was staying in the same room as Gabi. All three rooms were large with en-suite bathrooms. Troy's and Gabi's bath tub was big enough for the two of them to fit in with ease. Downstairs, as Gabriella had said, there was a room with a large hot tub in it and candles strewn around the place. The kitchen was modern and Zeke couldn't wait to get his hands on it. The living room was huge and there was a huge TV ('For watching all the basketball games, man!' was Chad's comment to Troy) and 3 comfy couches with some seats as well. The best part of the room was the log fire in the centre, which no one understood why it was there as it was a tropical island and they saw no use for it.

Troy and Gabriella walked downstairs hand in hand and went outside. Gabi walked to the end of the pool area and looked out at the sea. It was breathtaking. The sand was white which made the sea look even bluer. The sea is just like Troy's eyes Gabi thought and she smiled when she felt his arms snake around her waist. 'Did I mention how grateful I am for you letting me come to this house?' Troy said into Gabriella's hair.

Gabi laughed and turned around into Troy's arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed passionately. They pulled apart and before Gabi could settle into Troy's chest he picked her up and jumped into the pool, with her still in his arms. Gabi let out a scream as the fell in. Troy came up to the surface laughing followed by an annoyed Gabriella. 'I'm sorry,' Troy spluttered, 'but I have been wanting to do that ever since we arrived!'

'You're gonna pay for that, wildcat!' Gabi threatened and she flung at him and they fought in the water, going under and coming up again.

Troy pulled her under and grabbed her and captured her lips. They rose to the surface still kissing, their lips cold from the water. They gently pulled apart and leaned their foreheads together. 'And that,' Troy talked quietly, 'I've been wanting to do that since I first heard about the pool here weeks ago.'

'Hey! Are you two actually going to do get out so we can go to the beach?' Chad shouted as Troy and Gabriella were leaning in for another wet kiss.

'Dude, you see that blue thing over there?' Troy pointed towards the sea, 'Walk towards it, using the stairs over there. That's the beach.' Gabi laughed at Troy's bluntness.

'I thought we were going to go together…' Taylor said quietly.

Gabi pulled herself out of the pool and pulled off her shorts and top to reveal a black bikini under her clothes. Troy watched in awe as she stripped off. Gabi pulled him out of his trance by waving at him saying, 'Troy? Get out and grab a towel. We should get down to the beach.'

'What? Yeah, yeah, hang on.' Troy got out of the pool and pulled of his t-shirt which Gabi in a trance of her own. Troy grinned as he realized that he got his own back on her. He scooped her up and started to walk to the steps holding her bridal style when Gabriella shouted at him to let her pick up the towels on the sun recliner. He refused and Sharpay just took the towels for her and they all made their way down to the gorgeous beach.

Troy, once again, didn't let Gabi go and he ran into the sea and threw her in, making her fall smack on her butt. 'TROY!' She screamed and he threw himself into the water next to her. Chad followed Troy's pursuit and grabbed Taylor and ran into the sea with her in his arms. Zeke and Sharpay just stayed on the sand, lying in each other's arms and talking together.


The group spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach until they decided to go back to get ready to explore the island for the evening. The couples disappeared into their rooms to get ready and they met just over an hour later to leave. They walked around the nearest town and decided on a restaurant to eat at. The town was beautiful. It was peaceful but with thriving night life and many restaurants. They all concluded that they were only going to go a restaurant once a week, maybe twice, and eat at the house every other time, but go out afterwards to check out the cafes and entertainment areas. When they got tired they headed back home, Chad, Taylor, Zeke and Sharpay immediately headed upstairs and Gabi was about to follow but Troy grabbed her hand and they walked down to the beach. Gabriella took off her shoes and they walked along hand in hand, each feeling the perfection washing over them. 'You know, I didn't know what to expect here,' Gabi stated, 'but being here, with you, I can't remember being as happy as this.' She stopped walking and turned to face Troy straight on. She stroked his cheek and he cracked out a massive grin.

'You know what would make me happier?' Troy said and Gabriella looked at him confused and he leant in and gave her a sweet kiss. 'That,' Troy stated once they pulled apart. 'Tomorrow night, I want us to spend it alone together. It will be our 6th month anniversary.'

'You remembered?'

'Of course I did! What made you think I wouldn't remember?' Gabi laughed and kissed him again. And they headed back up to the house together.


Gabi woke up the next day to an empty room. She looked around confused and suddenly Troy came in the room with a tray full of food. Gabi looked at him in shock and he did a classic trip over his shoe and almost dropped the whole tray. Gabi burst out laughing while Troy walked over with a goofy grin on his face and sat down on the bed next to Gabriella. 'Happy anniversary,' he whispered into her ear before kissing her cheek, 'as demonstrated just a second ago, I have gone through a lot to do this!'

'Don't blame me for you clumsiness! And you call yourself a basketball player,' Gabi laughed, 'Thank you, Troy. I love it!' She kissed him back, this time on the lips and they tucked into their breakfast together.

They day was spent at the beach with the whole gang but at dinner time, everyone went into town except Troy and Gabriella who stayed behind. They went into the hot tub together with the candles created a romantic atmosphere then Troy got out so he could start making dinner. Gabi got out and wrapped a towel round her. She was really curious as to why Troy was being to nervous. She shrugged it off and walked upstairs to change into a pretty summer dress which she chose to wear for this night before she came. She went back downstairs again to find Troy concentrating hard on cooking and the table in the dinning room was set for two with a beautiful vase of roses in the centre. Gabi walked over to Troy and kissed the back of his neck. 'Hey wildcat this looks incredible!' She looked on the counter to find a recipe hand written. She recognized the writing instantly. 'Ah, using Zeke's recipe!'

'Well I didn't want to give you food poisoning!' Troy laughed and he got back to preparing the meal.

The rest of the dinner was perfect. Troy and Gabriella sat close together and fed each other the delicious food. Troy served up dessert of chocolate cake and then insisted of taking her down to the beach again like the night before.

They walked along the beach in silence. Gabi broke it by asking, 'Troy, what wrong? You seem really tense.'

Troy put his finger over her lips to shush her. 'I have known you all of my life, Miss Montez, yet it took me more than 16 years to realize that you are the love of my life. I live for you and you only. You are my soul, spirit, and everything. Without you, I don't exist. Tonight, on our 6th month anniversary, I want to give you a promise: A ring that says 'One day, we will go to the church and we will leave as Mr and Mrs Troy Bolton.' A ring that promises you my life. I'm not proposing to you, yet, my darling, because both us are far too young to go that far, but one day, when we are ready, I will trade this ring for an engagement one. That is of course, if you agree.' Troy pulled out a velvet box and opened it to show a silver ring with a sapphire in the middle. He took it out and put it on Gabriella's right ring finger.

Gabi gave a watery smile and looked into Troy's eyes with tears in her own eyes. 'I love you Troy Alexander Bolton. You have, had and will always have my heart, for as long as we live.' She threw her arms round his neck and they kissed so passionately, they could feel Carlos Montez smiling down at them, and they both vaguely heard, 'I will be there in 7 years time. I promise.'


AN: That took me so long to write! But I am really proud of it…especially the end!

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