My Best Friend's Wedding

An-It's been awhile my friends! There's something I have to tell you all. I think it'll be best if I tell you at the end author's note, just to build the suspense. lol It's good, don't worry. Let's skip to the trivia! The winner is HSMobsessed23! The answer is 5. Jason has one book on his desk, and Darbus slams down four more. Congrats to you!! She was the only one to answer correctly. The number 5 was mentioned in reviews, but if you wrote 'my final guess is...' I have to take what you say is your final guess. In other news, has anyone heard of a new movie coming out called 'Maid Of Honor'? Tell me it does not sound like my story in reverse?! lol A bit of surprise in this chapter. Sorry it's taken so long!

This is Dedicated to HSMandChelseaFCfan! Happy belated Birthday!

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Chapter Twenty-One

"Gabi, wake up." Not now! I'm too tired! "C'mon Gabi! We've got a lot to do today." I opened my eyes, and there was Troy. What's going on?

"Troy?" He raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Yeah, who else?" He laughed. Is anyone else confused besides me?

"What are you doing here?" I asked. He scrunched up his nose and thought.

"Gabi, we fell asleep here last night." What?! How could I not remember it? No, everything was so real! It couldn't have been a dream! I felt it all.

"Huh?" There's no way I could've imagined that.

"We fell asleep after the party last night."

"You mean the rehearsal dinner?"

"No, the Bachelor party. You were wasted. You made a few passes at me, but ended up over the toilet with me holding your hair." Seriously?

"So, you're not married?"

"No, that's tomorrow." He shrugged. I sighed in relief. He shot me a small smile.

"Are you dreading me getting married?" What do I say? I can't tell him I'm in love with him. At least not now! But, I don't want things to end up like they did in my dream.

"A little bit. I mean the day you get married is the day I fly to the other side of the country." I laughed sheepishly. Hey, it wasn't a complete lie.

"I know." We were both silent. To tell the truth, I didn't know what to say. "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Being a jerk. I'm just stressed. This is all a big change for me. I'm not the mighty male I used to be." Wow, he just apologized. It's like a dream come true.

"Don't worry about it. I was being a bit snappy too."

"Yeah, but you didn't deliberately stomp on my foot. I did, and my foot is bigger than yours!" Aw! My buddy feels bad! I could get used to this...

"Seriously Troy, don't worry about it." I laughed. He nodded his head.

"So, do you wanna hang out today? Cassie is kinda staying with some friends since it's bad luck." I'm confused. Isn't the bad luck thing only on the wedding day? Whatever! I'm not complaining.

"Sure, I mean we really only have 48 hours left together." I joked. Troy gave me half of that million dollar smile. I nudged him and got up to go get dressed. Wait. There is one thing still buzzing around in my head. "Hey Troy..."

"Mhm?"

"We didn't sleep together...right?" He looked at me as if I had two heads. It only took a moment before he burst out into laughter. I'm glad he finds this so amusing.

"Us? No, I wouldn't do that to you. Besides, that'd be like...incest." I smirked and stuck my tongue out before leaving the room. At least he still feels the same! Right?

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I have spent the entire day with troy. It was like out old college days. We would just hang out on the weekend, especially after there was some party. Troy and I would talk about our crazy dates and pretty much anything else. Today, we pretty much walked around the mall, saw a movie or two and played Scrabble. Okay, so I'm lying about the Scrabble thing, but we did everything else!

"So, rehearsal dinner is in two hours. What do you want to do until then?" Troy said, after looking at his watch.

"Let's just talk." I answered. "It's something we haven't done in a while." He nodded and sat down on the bench. We were in the park at the moment. It was a nice place to be.

"So, how's Seth?" Was he purposely asking this question?

"Fine, I guess. I haven't heard from him since...yesterday?" It seems like so much longer when you add in my dream.

"That's good. Any talk of marriage?" I smirked as his bumped my arm with his.

"None whatsoever. I don't think we're going to be together that long."

"What do you mean?" Curse my lips for talking!

"I don't feel like it's right for me to be with him when he's not the one I love."

"Who do you love?" This is it. It's perfect! We're alone, it's quiet...there's no Chad or Sharpay! "Sorry, I've got to take this." Just an annoying cell phone. Now I know why Darbus hates them so much..."Sorry. That was mom. She says we have to get over there to help make final preparations." I smiled softly. troy stood and stuck his hand for me to take. I smiled and took his hand. We walked out of the park without returning to the subject.

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"So, after they say their vows, we'll continue with the ring, and wrap things up with the kiss." Pastor Phil concluded. We all smiled at him. Just to let everyone know, I'm staying away from alcohol for the rest of my life! It's gives me cooky dreams. I wonder if he knows that I'm not all gung-ho for the wedding. Wait, what if it's obvious?

"Gabi-ella." I snapped out of my trance to see Cassandra standing infront of me. I'm glad she caught herself before stepping out of her boundary with my nickname. I'd have to get Troy to tell her that only my friends can call me Gabi...again! Ha ha! Wasn't that funny? No? Fine!

"Cassandra." I replied. She's lucky I'm not making up some stupid excuse. "What can I do for you?"

"Well, it appears as though Troy wants to sleep over your house tonight instead of Chad's." He is? How come no one told me? I feel so out of the loop! "Hello? Are you even listening?"

"Yes." I answered immediately. She gave me this really icky look before continuing.

"I just need for you to comfort him, and get any thoughts of cold feet out of his head. We love each other, so it's only right that we're married." Right, yeah sure carrot-top. There's no way I can let this marriage happen. She's trying to flaunt it in my face!

"I'll be a friend to him and give him my honest opinion." I smiled. Cassandra smiled back before skipping off to mingle. Somehow, I don't think she got my true meaning. I felt an arm around my shoulder. My eyes traveled until they met with crystal blue ones.

"Hey, what was that all about?" Troy asked. I shrugged.

"Something about having comfy sheets for you." Okay, so I lied. What? It's nothing new. I'll tell him when the time is right. He seemed to buy my excuse.

"Seth was looking for you." Of course! It was all just a dream! Seth never left. Thank-goodness...but I can't hold him down. I have to let him go. I nodded before heading off into the crowd. It was a while before I actually found him. He was talking sports with Chad and Jason.

"We need to talk." I breathed.

"Dude, FYI...nothing good ever comes from a girl's mouth after those four words." Chad snorted. I glared at him before pulling Seth away.

"What's up?" He asked, concern evident in his eyes. This is going to be harder than I thought.

"I think we need to put an end to this dating thing." I said. I didn't bother to look him in the eyes. I couldn't bare it.

"Really?" I nodded my head. "Wow...I guess it's not working as well as we thought."

"No, it's not that!" I exclaimed. My eyes finally met his. "It's just that I don't want you to get hurt. If there's any kind of feelings left between us, I want them to be platonic. Nothing more." Seth smirked.

"So...how jealous did we make him?" He asked with a wide grin.

"Very." I answered. We shared a laugh and a hug before he went back in to party. At least he's not heartbroken. I think this went pretty well.

"Ready to go?" Troy asked as he came up to me with a bottle of water.

"Yeah, we're probably going to be up all night with pre-wedding jitters and good-bye blues." I know that was very lame. Please don't tell me! Troy shot me a smile before heading out to get the car. This was turning out alright. All I have to do now is tell Troy that I'm madly in love with him.

Man, when I say it in my head it sounds so easy!

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An-Okay, so basically I decided to extend the story a chapter or two. I'm not ready for it to end, plus I felt as though it was in need of Troyella. The fact that I love Seth, and couldn't bare to have him suffer may have something to do with it. If you have any questions, PM me, or leave it in a review. I'll try to answer them all. I know this is short, but it's late and all I have time for at the moment.

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