Chapter 19 – Love

"Gabi, are you ready for the big game today?" I glanced over to see Josh standing in front of me. "Uh, yea." I glanced back towards the design of my diabetes walk tshirt with ADA.

American Diabetes Association.

"Is Troy going to be there?" the guy sounded nervous. I turned my head to right, away from Josh as I took a deep breath. The one class I have without Troy is the one where the person with the biggest crush on me is. "Yes, Troy will be there like every other game we have played this year." I looked back at the tshirt.

It was going to be a black tshirt with pink writing on the front. It was going to have a heart on the front with Gabi's Lovers inside, totally Troy's idea. Then on the back, which this was my mom's idea, it said one tough girl fighting against Type 1 diabetes. "That's a cool shirt." I rolled my eyes as the bell rang overhead. I collected all of my things before exiting the classroom.

Tonight was going to be our first, but not our last, game against west. Parker, Clayton and Holly were going to be there at the game tonight. Troy had been my big supporter. I even convinced him to play his senior year of basketball. I told him I should help him on his studies and everything.

So far he has aced every test. "Hey there pretty lady," Troy came up behide me and kissed my cheek. Troy grabbed my free hand and guided me through the school towards the gym. "So how was last hour without me?" I rolled my eyes and sighed, "I guess its time to fess up." I said to him. Troy stopped outside of the girl's locker room to look at me. "What?" he asked, "Josh Clutz keeps flirting with me in that hour."

I paused to look around to see who was standing around us. "He always asks me what I am doing and if you'll be there." Troy's face steamed. Everybody in the school knew not to mess with me or for the boys, to never flirt with me. "He touched me once on my knee and rubbed it." I blurted out. Troy snapped after that. "He did what?" Troy exploded while I quickly gripped my arms around him.

"Troy," I whispered into his ear. He pulled me off as the bell rang. I didn't know what he was so pissed about. The fact that I didn't tell him or the fact that Josh touched me. I watched as Troy stormed off into the locker room. I sighed before I made my way into the locker room. I changed and made my way past Jack who called me backwards.

"Gabi," I turned my head to look at him. "Do you know where my son is?" my face paled slightly, "I thought he went into the locker room." I swallowed hard before I nervously glanced around. "He never made it." Jack raised an eyebrow at me. "Do you know where Josh Clutz is?" I mumbled quietly, Jack's face perked, "No," he said shockingly. "What did Josh do?" Jack asked as more girls began to spill out from the locker room. "Josh keeps flirting with me and he touched me," Jack's eyes bugged out the same way Troy's do.

"Gabi, go find him…now!" I jumped, "Who! Troy or Josh?" I called to him, Jack looked pissed. "Either of them!" I ran towards the door, no I sprinted out the door. Josh was in sixth hour Trig. My feet bounced as I ran through the hallways. I glanced up and down every hallway as I began to feel frustrated. Where in the world would Troy have gone? I walked close to the Trig room as I peered in.

Josh was missing. "Shit," I mumbled, I knew of maybe one place Troy would have taken him. I ran up a set of stairs and then threw open a door. I climbed another set of stairs. I looked around the rooftop. "What makes you think you can talk and touch my girlfriend?" I jumped as I heard it come from below.

I slipped on the stairs and fell onto my butt. I groaned and then I stood up. I moved out of the doorway. "I didn't do anything!" Josh said innocently. "You seem to be making her uncomfortable." I cringed as I turned the corner to see him standing there. Troy had Josh pinned against the locker. "Troy," I snapped, I crossed my arms over my chest. "Thank God," Josh mumbled.

Josh didn't exactly look scared but he didn't seem happy to be there. "Troy can we please talk," I said, "And will you let Josh get to Trig? It's kind of hard," Troy sighed and let Josh go. That was easier than I thought. Josh picked up his things and went running down the hallway. Troy slumped against the locker while he rubbed his face. "Gabs," I chewed on my lip. "Troy, I didn't want you to go fight him."

"I wasn't going to fight him. I just needed to protect you," he said with a little sigh. He walked closer towards me, when he reached me he pulled both arms around my waist and then buried his lips into my hair. "I know you want to protect me Troy. Ever since I was diagnosed that's all you have wanted to do."

"I know, I just, and I don't like guys talking to you unless I know them. I know I can trust Chad around you but some of these guys, I know they want you." I hugged him tighter as we stood there in the hallway. "I will tell you when someone is bugging me Troy. You don't have to fight them either. You can just confront them; you hold a lot of power here."

"I know." Troy kissed me once more, "Do you know how much PE we miss?" I asked with a laugh, Troy laughed too, "We miss a lot."

"Remember we are going out to dinner tonight with Parker, his girlfriend, Clayton and Holly." Troy slipped his hand into mine, "Come on, we better get to gym."

"Your dad is going to kill you."

I pulled the red and white jersey over my head as I tugged on the sleeves. I pulled on my pump wire while I pulled on my spandex to let them show less of my butt.

"Gabi, Troy said something of Parker's here," I squealed as I felt my feet moving before I was. I went running out the door without my warm-up jacket. I ran into the gym to see Troy laughing with Parker. I ran across the gym as I jumped onto Parker. "Ah! There is my…diabetes girlfriend." He hugged me tight around the waist while I buried my head into his neck.

I dropped from his body and I gave him a broad smile. "Hey," he laughed, "Hi, you seem energetic. "I laughed as I grabbed Troy's hand. I turned my head to see Clayton walk in with Holly close behide. They had become a thing make us all off the market. Clayton was in his West High shirt.

I went over to shove him lightly, "What makes you think you can wear that shirt here?" he smirked, "That whole other side." His finger pointed towards the large group of West high students who were here. He then held up one finger, "But I did make this shirt special," he turned around and my name was on the back. I laughed.

"I love it! Thanks," he nodded and Holly hugged me. "Hey girl," I hugged her tighter. It had been a while since I had last seen her. "It's been crazy and I have missed you."

"I have missed you too," I whispered, "Montez!" I turned to see my coach calling me. Lexi was holding my warm-up jacket and shoes while I stood with my group of friends. I held up one finger while the gym began to roar with noise.

Reaching on to my tiptoes I pressed my lips against Troy's. "I love you," he wrapped an arm around my waist, "I love you too." He kissed me a little rougher this time while I pushed off gently. "I'll see you after the game." Troy nodded and then I walked off. Troy held my jacket from earlier.

I slipped my warm-up jacket on as Lexi and I began to warm-up our arms. We joked around as we did so and then we began to pepper. Whistles blew as they called for our captains. It was gaining closer to six thirty. We lost the serve as the guided us off the court to watch the other team warm up.

We went wrapped our arms around each others backs as we watched the other team warm-up. I smiled as Troy, Parker, Chad, Clayton, Holly, Taylor, and Sharpay all took there areas in the bleachers, in the student section where they all stood. They acted as if this was as big as a football game.

The bleachers were filled as we took the court to warm up. I was the setter and a right side hitter. We jumped and cheered each other on as we warmed up. This was going to be fun.

Troy's POV

I tucked Gabi's jacket under my arm as I clapped my hands. Looking over towards the bench the girls were all in huddle, talking ready to kick some ass. The two different teams were separated. The blue shined on the other side as red stood out over here.

My dad and mom stood near the locker room. My mom had her purse slipped over her shoulder as Mrs. Montez and Mr. Montez joined them.

W-I-L-D-C-A-T-S

The chant roared through the gym, this is how everybody was during rival games. "Good God, I have never seen this in volleyball." Parker said leaning over to talk to me. "I know it's pretty insane. At any other volleyball game it was normal and not many people were here."

"This is insane; I can not wait for the one at West." Clayton said smiling; I turned to look at him and shook my head. "We are going to destroy you guys in basketball." Chad and I high-fived while Clayton shook his head. "No, our basketball team is solid."

"That's what they say every year." Chad piped up, I laughed and nodded, "It's true. That is what they say every year." I added to him, Clayton shook his head. "Whatever, just be prepared Bolton."

"North and South have never been like this." Holly said to Parker, "I know. It's kind of crazy."

The girls took the court as Gabi wiped the bottom of her shoes off, through her hand. It was Friday night and everybody was pumped for the game. "I may have to join the other side," Clayton joked; Parker shoved Clayton as the two laughed. "Come on, you are here to support our never eat soggy waffles,"

Laughter rang through the group as service was called. Gabi was the first server as she tossed the ball up and it sailed over the net. The girls played the ball with ease before hitting it across the net again. East played it back, Gabi set up Lexi on the front row middle as she smashed it down. Screamed erupted from East as the ball dropped on the floor inches away from one of there players.

This is how the game went for the first whole set. They switched sides with East winning the first set by two points. East went into there school song as I clapped my hands. Gabi downed whole water between the sets. I watched her carefully as she leaned against one of the chairs while the coach talked.

When they took the court she shook her legs and then stretched her arms out. West served the ball and the ball went straight to the back row and then up to Gabi. She set it but it spun through her fingers. I frowned as her sets were flawless; she shook it off as the team encouraged her.

When the next ball came to her she set it but it was a little off target. She pulled her jersey away from her body as she began to sweat harder. I handed her jacket to Parker. "I will be right back," I said as I weaved down the bleachers. Parker looked at me as I sprinted towards the locker room.

I threw open the door as I searched for her backpack. I went to her locker as I pulled it out. I grabbed her meter, a juice box, and then some glucose tablets. Running back out from the locker room I went over to Coach Thompson. I went behide the bench as Gabi gave me a funny look. "Coach," she turned around from an intense rally. "Bolton, what the hell do you want?"

"Gabi's blood sugar is low." Gabi missed yet another set and she bent over putting her hands on her knees. "How the hell do you know?" she snapped at me.

"I just do! You need to take a timeout." I pressed; she blew out a sigh as she called a time out of frustration. The team came running over, "Montez, go see your boyfriend." Coach snapped at her, Gabi came over and frowned. "What the hell,"

I shoved the juice box into her hands, "Give me your hand," I said as she began to suck on it. She obeyed as I poked it and got the blood to cover the strip. It melted over the strip as fifty five flashed.

I shook my head as Gabi finished the juice box. "Fifteen seconds Bolton!" I rolled my eyes as I gave Gabi glucose tabs, "I am keeping these over here. Check your blood sugar whenever you need to please, eat more of these." She nodded and I leaned forward to press my lips against her forehead.

"How did you know?" whistles blew, "I just know." I then backed off running towards my seat. They retook the court as Mr. and Mrs. Montez were looking at me. I stopped and then ran over there, "Was she low?" Dave asked me, I nodded, "She was fifty-five."

"Did she like give you a signal?" Maria asked I shook my head, "She had no idea she was low. I knew something wasn't right looking at her." My dad looked at my mom as Maria looked at Dave. "If you guys don't mind I am going to go sit back with my friends."

They nodded as I went back up to the student section. "How did you know? I am diabetic I could not even tell," Parker said, "I just…I just didn't think she looked right."

"Impressive."

Gabi's POV

After slipping on my wildcat jacket I turned and looked in the crowd for Troy or Parker. We had won in three after letting the Knights in the 2nd game. The crowd was loud tonight. I pushed through the massive crowd as I finally saw Parker. He smiled as he kissed the top of his girlfriends head and then slipped his hand into hers. Addison was nice and seemed perfect for Parker.

"Congrats," I gasped as Troy whispered into my ear. His arms wrapped around my waist and he spun me in a circle. I giggled as he picked me up. He pressed his lips against mine. "Love Birds, I am starving. Can we please go grab some food?" I turned my head to see Clayton and Holly. "Sure, we can go get food but where is Parker?" Troy buried his lips into my hair, I held his hand and he kissed me. "He and Addy were talking to somebody," Holly finally spoke.

I licked my lips, "I should probably find my parents really fast." I mumbled quietly to Troy, "They are meeting us at the restaurant. They said the tshirt orders came in earlier." I grinned, "You're amazing."

"Clayton, why can't you be as amazing as Troy?" Holly said Clayton showed fake hurt. "Am I not good enough for you?" he asked. Holly laughed and she nodded, "I think you will do…for now." Clayton rolled his eyes while he hugged her. Troy lead us all out to the dark parking lot. Troy had picked me up today for school. "Meet at the bar and grill down the street," Troy began to give directions to Clayton and Holly.

I opened one of Troy's car doors while a group of girls came over to congratulate me. I thanked them as I stepped inside as I felt lightheaded, dizzy, and I felt really tired. I buckled my seat belt as I tossed my head to look at Troy's door open and then he walked away for a moment before coming back.

"They are telling Parker through cell phone where to go since he seemed to already taken off but wants to come to dinner," Troy told me as he got into the car. I yawned and nodded, "Hey, you doing okay?" I rubbed my eyes for a moment and then nodded. "Yea," I whispered, "I think the adrenaline has completey worn off." Troy said as he picked up my hand.

"I may be low too but I can wait until we get there to eat something. I am not that low,"

"How about you check for me, please," Troy begged, I looked at him and then nodded. "Only for you." He rubbed my knuckles before letting go of my hand.

I checked it quickly to only see I was at 89, not to low but I should eat something pretty quick. Once getting out of the car, my body felt weak. I yawned again and Troy walked over to me. "Can I have a hug?" I asked looking up at him, Troy smiled as he wrapped both arms around me in a tight squeeze. "You can have a hug anytime." I buried my head into his chest.

He kissed the top of my head and then my temple. "Mm, I love you baby girl."

"I love you too," I whispered back to him, I pulled back, "You ready to go inside?" he asked, his blue eyes shining on mine. I nodded, "Yea, I am." I said, "Thanks for the hug."

"Hey, I have no problems hugging you." He said as he wrapped one arm around my waist. Our fingers tangled together as we made our way inside. Troy past the hostess stand and towards the back of the room. There was a big group waiting. My parents, Troy's parents, Parker, Addy, Holly, Clayton, Chad, Sharpay, Taylor and then I saw Anthony. I screeched and then I went running to grab him into a hug.

"Oh my! What are you doing home?" I asked as he hugged me back. "I came down for the walk tomorrow silly, Troy called me and then he explained the volleyball game and the dinner he was planning afterwards." I felt hot tears in my eyes. I could not believe he would do that.

"Really?"

"I have to give props to him, he must really love you." Anthony squeezed my shoulder before I turned around to look at Troy. "You planned all of this?" I asked as I wiped away one of the tears. Troy held out a bouquet of flowers, "Yea, just a little bit." I sniffled as a few more tears dropped from my cheeks.

"Hey, don't cry." Troy said laughing; he kissed my temple while hugging me. "You finally have Anthony okay with us dating and then you do all of this." I became a mess while Troy excused us for a moment. We walked back towards the bathrooms while I pulled myself together.

"Please tell me those are really happy tears." Troy said, turning his head to the side and giving me a small grin. I nodded as Troy still had those flowers in his hand. It was red and white with a volleyball stuck in the middle. "How did you know we were going to win?"

"This was going to happen either way." I let my hand travel to his neck while I played with the little hairs on the back of his neck. He kissed my lips and I kissed him back a little rougher. "We better get back to your party."

Troy and I went back to the party. Parker came over to give me a big hug while I saw Addy giving me death glare while I pulled back slightly.

I sat in-between Troy and Parker while my parents sat down by Troy's parents and Anthony. I ordered a salad while Troy got a cheeseburger with fries. "I am going to eat your fries."

Troy rolled his eyes, "I know I don't have any doubt." Troy said his hand rubbed my knee softly. I leaned against him as people began to chatter loudly.

"So are you ready for tomorrow Gabi?" I nodded my head excited, "Yes! It should be a lot of fun; we raised a lot of money." I said, "That's fantastic," Lucille said, they were all joining us early tomorrow for everything.

"Good morning sunshine." I felt my body deflate as Troy bounced on top of me. He pulled my blankets back away from my face as I covered my eyes. "Hey," he whispered, I opened one eye to see a goofy smile on his face. "What the fuck time is it?" I said blinking my eyes a few times.

"Pretty early but that would be why I stopped to grab both of us some hot Starbucks drinks since its a bit chilly outside." I turned my head to see Troy and Grande cups sitting on the table. I smiled as I looked back at him, "I love you." Troy straddled me while he leaned over to kiss my lips. His weight was kept up from his elbows.

I wrapped my arms around his neck as the kiss deepened. I heard somebody cleared there throat while Troy quickly popped off of me. He tumbled to the floor while I looked up to see Anthony still in the doorway. "Not on the bed." He said shooting a look at Troy. Troy's blue eyes were wide but he nodded.

"Yup."

I looked at him, "You left the door open." I mouthed, he cringed and then Anthony left. "No sex in this house." Anthony yelled, "Why are we talking about sex in this house?" my dad said quickly, I groaned as I fell flat against the bed. Troy rolled over and then shook his head.

My dad's head poked into the room. "Well, I am glad that Troy is on the floor."

"Go away dad," I said rolling over burying my face into the pillows. I heard him retreat from the bedroom. "Come on, time to get up." Troy said as he stood. I groaned as I buried my head into the pillow. Troy's hands flew to my side as I gasped; he tickled me as I flipped over. I laughed and he tickled my stomach.

He straddled me as he tickled me harder. I laughed loudly as I kept trying to squirm away from him. Troy was laughing and I could barely breathe Troy's face light up and then he quickly leaned down for a kiss. I almost stopped breathing as he came back up. I took a deep breath as he kept tickling me.

"This is what you get for not waking up." I tried to talk but I was laughing so hard. Then I snorted.

Troy busted out into laughter; he fell backwards as he began to laugh harder. I was free from his hands but he was making me laugh and then I was in tears. I rolled on the bed as Troy gripped his arms around my waist. I laughed harder as Troy kept laughing. I then proceeded to snort again.

I sat up laughing, tears rolling off my cheek as I got on top of Troy. I took deep breaths as I tried to stop laughing, "Do you see what you do to me?" He smiled as he laughed some more. "I think you are awake now though." He laughed. I smirked as I leaned down to touch his lips.

"This is how we started."

"Do I need to stay in this room?"

"David!" I shook my head as I laid my head on Troy's chest. He wrapped both arms around my waist, while he turned to look at my parents. "We did nothing more," I mumbled, "It's her fault," Troy started, "She wouldn't get out of bed and then she snorted!" Troy said, I shook my head and laughed.

"You're a dork." I said shoving his shoulder; I rolled from on top of him. "I will be in my bathroom if you need me." I said looking at Troy, "Don't look at him!" My dad said I shot a glare towards my dad. I shoved Troy down into the pillows.

I grabbed my shorts and then the tshirt that I had grabbed out of the box. I looked towards the clock to see it was a little after six. I picked up my coffee while I brushed it against my lips.

"Yum,"

We were in our fifth and final mile of our long journey. Parker had shown up without Addison which I had yet to ask him why. Everybody was wearing my tshirt that was part of my team.

Troy kept his hand nearby at all times and he kept me close.

"You should have seen them Lucille," I overheard my mom, "It was really cute even though I thought Dave and Anthony were going to blow."

"What were they doing?"

"He was just tickling her to get her to wake up and she was screaming and laughing." I turned my head slightly to see my mom smiling, "I mean they were just so cute together. Then she snorted and all hell broke loose after that." Lucille laughed, "After what I saw last night, I wish I had that love in high school."

"I know. I found it but they have something different," I smirked as I leaned against Troy's shoulder. "You doing alright?" he asked me, I nodded, "Perfect."

"Want a piggy back ride for a little while," I grinned as I nodded my head, Troy stopped as I jumped onto his back. I swung my legs around his waist and I let my head drop onto his shoulder. He gripped his hands underneath my knees as he held onto me tightly. I wrapped my arms around his neck.

Troy was in a pair of white Nike basketball shorts with the tshirt. His blue Nike cross trainers were tied neatly on his feet. I played with some of the hair on the back of his neck. He laughed, "What are you doing?" he asked me, I smiled as I let my head fall against his shoulder to try to look into his eyes.

"Nothing."

"That kind of tickles." He said smiling, I tickled the back of his neck more and he laughed. "I am going to drop you." He said trying to jerk me away from his neck. I laughed as I blew on the back of his ear. "Is there any open house tonight?" I whispered into his ear.

"Uhh…" he almost stopped in his tracks before moving forward. "I dunno." He whispered back to me, I kissed his neck lightly and he suddenly rose in Goosebumps.

"What the hell are you doing to me?" he asked laughing trying to shake off the little bumps on his arm. "I want to kiss you so bad." I said to him, "Oh you have no idea," Troy said back, "What are you two doing!" I jumped as Troy tripped and we flying to the ground.

"Fuck," Troy swore as he tried to keep me on top but I ended up bouncing off his back and hitting the ground. My face sliced against something as I closed my eyes tightly. A shear pain ripped through my forehead. Troy groaned as he rolled over onto his side. His eyes caught onto mine and then he snapped up. "Oh God, are you okay?" he asked, his fingers came to my face as he pulled it back. Blood dripped from his finger and I let my hand go up to my face. I felt the hot sticky blood on my face.

"Oh my goodness," I mumbled, Anthony was quickly by my side. "Bolton, what did you do?" Troy didn't even look at him as Troy quickly helped me up. "Come on, we need to get you over to the camp so they can clean your face up."

He carried me almost like a baby as I was in a different state. "Wait, I am fine." I said trying to resist. Troy stopped and my parents were right behide him. "Gabi that cut is deep," my mom said, "Troy is right." Troy looked at me as his eyes carried a look at the cut. He then pulled off the bandana from his head that he was wearing.

"God, its just oozing blood." He said as he pressed it against my forehead. The walk had almost disappeared in front of us with just a few hundred feet left. "Can we please finish the walk?" Troy pulled the bandana away from my face and dabbed it some more. "No," he whispered as he wrapped me quickly into the hug.

"I'm sorry,"

I felt tears burn my eyes as I tried to hide it. "You should all finish it. Troy can take me,"

"I am going to come with you," my mom said, Anthony and my dad nodded as they kept walking. I felt a tear wash down my cheek as I didn't want anybody to see me cry. We walked back silently to the area where they had first aid.

A sob crept up my throat as I tried to relax myself and take my deep breath. "Hey, what's wrong?" Troy asked stopping, I tried to take a deeper breath as I didn't want to cry.

A raging headache began to form. I cried as Troy wrapped his fingers around my hand as I leaned forward. My head collapsed against his chest and the bandana fell from my hands as Troy then wrapped an arm around me. "I really want to finish," I sobbed into his chest.

"Hey, you will finish." He promised, "But you first need to go get checked out. I don't want this to get infected or anything Brie. I love you," he let his hand rub my back gently. Once I pulled back I wiped away a tear but it only mixed with blood. "Shit," Troy said quietly, he picked the bandana back up as he pressed it against my forehead again.

"I got it all over your shirt!" I cried his shirt had a ton of blood on it. "Gabi, please," Troy said, he gripped my hand as we walked into the first aid tent.

They quickly sat me down on the table and determined I needed stiches. By this point my head hurt so badly and I was just in tears. Troy held my hand as we were packed into the car to go to the hospital. "I'm sorry." Troy whispered leaning into my ear. My mom sat in the front.

"Troy, it's not your fault."

"I fell with you on my back." He pushed back a lock of hair that had been misplaced on my perfect ponytail. "Clayton scared me who made me tense and then you tripped. It was only natural." I said to him as we made it to the hospital. They quickly led us back as they began to get supplies.

"Gabi, we are going to go ahead and numb your forehead." A guy said coming into the room. Troy sat behide me as I cringed looking at the needle. "You must not be too afraid."

"That is going in my forehead, not my stomach." I whispered, the doctor nodded, "Well how would you like to do this?"

"I want Troy to be able to talk to me." I said quickly, he looked at us and then over to my mom. She was signing some papers while the nurse talked to her. "Well I think just like that will be perfect." Troy squeezed my hand lightly while he rested his chin my shoulder.

"When we count to three I will do it okay?" I nodded my head as I squeezed Troy's hand. "It's going to be fine," he said rubbing my fingers. He kissed me gently while the doctor began to count.

"1…2…3" A small pinch came in my forehead and then a large pain. I squeezed Troy's hand while I tried to stay relaxed. A large sting came and then the doctor said he was done. I took a deep breath while I looked at my mom.

She gave a thumb up while Troy kissed my temple. "This may make you a little sleepy and loopy. It shouldn't last too long but long enough for you to get your stitches." He said snapping his gloves off. I thanked him as I leaned back into Troy.

"Its barely noon and here we are," Troy joked; I shook my head as I tried to relax. "I love you Troy,"

I tossed in my sleep as I felt my head begin to pound. I opened my eyes groggily as I noticed I was back in my bedroom. I then looked at the clock to see it was a little past seven that night. I went to roll over but there was a block in my bed.

I smiled as Troy was sleeping next to me, his hair swept back out of his eyes. I brushed my fingers over his forehead while I pressed my lips against his temple.

He groaned slightly before stretching out his legs. One of his eyes opened followed by the other, "Hey pretty lady," he said as his fingers came to brush against my bandage. I smiled as he wrapped one arm around my waist. "I want to go do something, you wanna come?" he whispered into my ear.

"Where we going to go?" I asked him, "It's a surprise." He said leaning up to kiss my cheek, I nodded and he helped me up. He grabbed his hoodie and gave it to me. "You might need this." He said as he pressed it into my hand, I nodded as I gripped on to his hand.

Troy leads me down the stairs as I looked around for my parents. "Where are they?"

"They went out to dinner and a movie. I said I would stay back with you to watch you." I rolled my eyes, "It was just stitches." I said, "Yea, and you hit your head. They needed to make sure you woke up every now and then." I smiled as I leaned against my big teddy bear.

We drove a short distance back to where the walk was held early this morning. "What are we doing here?" Troy turned the car off as he looked at me. "We are here to finish."

"Finish what?"

"The walk!" I looked at him; I broke out into a grin. "Really?" he nodded as he smirked, "You were very upset about that this morning." I pushed his shoulder while he laughed, "Come on, we only have a few hundred feet left." He said we met with each other at the rock where I hit my head. He grabbed my hand and we began to walk down the trail.

Banners were still hanging, papers from today scattered around, water bottles laid around. Evidence that something happened today, I tugged on the tshirt I was wearing as I felt overwhelmed with emotions.

"Troy,"

"Hm?" he said quietly back, the late night birds chirps as bugs swirled around, "I think diabetes was a blessing in hiding." I whispered back to him. "Why do you say that?" Troy asked me, "Because. Don't you see what it did for me?" I asked, "First my parents were heading to a court room to sign away there marriage."

Troy nodded slowly as I looked ahead to where the finish banner stood. "Brie, I think your parents could have worked it out." I shook my head. "You never heard those fights. They were brutal and then they came together. To help me and they bonded again." I stopped to look at Troy.

"Then there was you and me," Troy looked baffled, "What do you mean about us?" Troy asked I took a deep breath as tears filled my eyes. "Troy, we were headed for the rocks. Our relationship was so close to ending, you were hurting me and I was so upset. I thought about breaking up with you for days."

This was news to Troy, "Then I got sick and you came, you told me you loved me, you havent stopped telling me since and you have showed me in so many different ways that you love me." Troy wiped away the one tear that escaped. "I never wanted you to feel like that." Troy said to me.

"I know you didn't. We just weren't clicking like we used to." I told him, he wrapped his arms around me, "I don't want to lose you." Troy whispered into my ear, "I don't want to lose you either."

I kissed Troy's collar bone and then I went up to his neck followed by his chin. "How much longer until my parents come back?" I whispered, "Late," Troy responded, "I think I have one request for you, to show me your true love."

Troy raised one eyebrow as I smoothed my fingers over his clothes, "Make love to me," I whispered gently into his ear. His eyes jumped in surprise and then he kissed my forehead, "Are you sure?" I kissed his lips before he could say much more. "I am positive."

"What about the finishing of the walk?"

"My journey isn't over, so what should I finish the walk? I am just beginning this journey," Troy squeezed my waist, "I love you Gabriella Montez," I looked at Troy, the stars shining down on top of us, his blue eyes twinkling in the background.

"I love you too Troy Bolton,"

Awh.:( This is one of the last chapters. The very last chapter will be an epilogue set a few years into motion so this was the last chapter as them as teenagers. I hope you all loved this chapter and I know I enjoyed it. I don't know exactly when the next chapter will be up but it will be a little while. Thank you all for reading this chapter!

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