Heey everybody, I'm so sorry that it took me so long, but I really didn't have the time to write. It really isn't going well with my grandmother so we're spending a lot of time over there. I hope you like this chapter though.

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It was now a few weeks later and not much has changed. Gabriella still slept on the couch and Troy has had no change to talk to Sharpay and Zeke. Today Gabriella had just left to Taylor's and Troy took Rose to Sharpay's. He was now sitting in their kitchen with a drink.

'So has anything changed, Troy? Anything at all?' Sharpay asked.

Troy looked at her with a sad look on his face, 'No, nothing changed, she still sleeps on the couch! Honestly Sharpay, I don't know what to do anymore, I'm getting desperate to have her sleep in the same bed.'

Sharpay looked at him sympathetically and sad down next to Zeke at the kitchen table, 'Well Zeke and I thought about it and we think that you should wait a bit longer.'

Troy looked at her unbelieving, 'I don't know if I can wait any longer Shar,'

Zeke answered this time, before Sharpay could say anything, 'I know it's long mate, but think about it, I waited years for Sharpay and look at me now, I'm with the girl I've always wanted.'

'You're right' Troy answered.

'I think it's good that Chad and Taylor now also now about you,' Sharpay said, revering to the conversation they had with them.

At that moment the phone rang and Sharpay quickly got up to answer, 'Hello?'

'Sharpay?'

'Yes, may I ask who's speaking?' Sharpay answered when she heard an unknown voice on the other side.

'It's Miss Darbus, I'm sorry for bothering you, but there is a storm coming and we have to evacuate immediately!'

'A storm? Evacuate? Is that really necessary?' She asked shocked.

'Yes, so you have a car in you garage and you have to bring you child of course, we're still continuing the project, it's just gonna be in a hotel.'

'Okay'

'There is just one problem, I can't reach Gabriella and Troy, do you happen to know where they are?'

'Yes, Troy is here with their child and I think Gabriella is with Taylor, I will tell them what they have to do, Miss Darbus.'

'If you can do that, I will highly appreciate it!' Miss Darbus answered, sounding a bit relieved.

They both hung up and Sharpay immediately went to the kitchen to tell the news.

'We have to evacuate because of a storm?' Troy asked astonished.

'Yeah, I think you should leave with Rose and go pack,' Sharpay answered.

Troy was already standing and had called Rose, ' But what about Gabby?' he asked.

'I'll call her and tell her to come home, now go!' Sharpay said as she stood up to call Gabby.

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One hour later Gabby and Troy were standing in the living room with Rose and their bags with clothes.

'So did Darbus say what to do?' Gabby asked, she had Rose on her arm because she was sleeping.

'Yeah, we have to go to the hotel with the car,' Troy answered, picking up the bags and walking to the garage.

Gabby followed him with Rose still on her arm, 'But how do we know where to go?'

'She mailed us the address and how to get there,' Troy said, closing the door of the car after putting the bags in the trunk.

Gabby put Rose in the backseat and got in the car herself too, 'Troy, are you sure you know the way?'

Troy got in the car and looked at her, 'Yes, of course.'

They were driving for a while when suddenly Gabby asked, 'Nothing is going to happen to us, right Troy?' she looked at him with a scared look on her face.

He stopped the car so he could talk to her and be able to look at her. He turned his head so he was facing her, 'Of course not! Gabby look at me,' he turned her face so she was looking at him again, 'Listen to me, I won't let anything happen to you and Rose!'

She looked at him with a look he couldn't quite place, 'Okay,' she answered.

He started riding again and they continued to ride for a few hours. Troy looked behind him and saw that Rose was sleeping, when he looked beside him he saw that Gabby was also sleeping. He parked the car at the hotel and got out of the car. He walked around the car and opened the door on Gabby's side to wake her up, 'Gabriella?' he said, being careful not to say Gabby, 'Gabriella?,' he said again, while shaking her a little.

Gabby stirred a little, but she didn't wake up. She mumbled, 'what?'

Troy couldn't help but smile at her, 'We're there,' he answered softly.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked at him and nodded. She slowly got up and got out of the car.

Troy looked at her and smiled, 'Can you get Rose please? That way we'll be faster.'

'Yeah sure,' Gabby answered and she took Rose out of the car.

Troy took out the bags and walked to the hotel with Gabby and Rose. As soon as they were inside they saw Miss Darbus.

'Ah, welcome, I already booked a room for you. You have room 224 and here is you key,' was all she said.

'Alright, thanks.' Troy answered, while taking the key and.

They walked up to the elevator and they stepped inside, 'Eh… we're on the second floor,' Gabby said while she pushed the button.

Troy smiled at her, 'Are you okay? You seemed very tired in the car,' he said.

She looked at him and softly smiled, 'I'm fine, I'm just really tired.'

The doors opened and they stepped out of the elevator, they walked up to their door and Troy opened it with his key. They entered their room and looked around. They had a living room, a kitchen, two bedrooms, one with a king-size bed, one with small bed and one bathroom.

'Well, it's a pretty good room I guess,' Troy said, 'better than I expected.'

'Yeah, it's fine, apart from the fact that I can only sleep on the couch,' she answered.

'You can always sleep in bed with me,' Troy said hopefully.

'No thank you, I'll pass,' Gabby said.

At that moment Gabby's phone rang and she quickly answered.

'Hey Gabs, it's Shar,'

'Hey Shar, did you and Zeke arrived yet or not?'

'Yeah, we just put our bags in the room, we thought that maybe we could come over to your room and we can just hang out a bit.'

'Yeah sure, we're in room 205.'

'Okay, we'll be there in a bit.'

'Okay, bye, 'Gabby finished and she hung up, 'Shar and Zeke are coming over.'

Troy just nodded and said, 'I'm gonna sleep a bit if you don't mind, it was a long trip,'

Gabby nodded, 'I'll wake you when they're here.'

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Sharpay hung up after calling Taylor, 'Well I think it's best if we wait until Taylor and Chad come and pick us up to go to Gabby's,' she said.

Zeke nodded, 'Do you think there is a chance for Troy and Gabby?' he suddenly asked.

Shar looked at him, 'Why do you ask?' she answered.

'Well.. I have no doubt that Troy loves Gabby, I mean he has never been like this, usually when he liked a girl and she didn't like him, he would just go and find someone else, but he really wants to be with Gabby, but we're not even sure if Gabby loves him back.'

'Well I can't tell you for sure, but I think Gabby's in love with him, but she just doesn't want to admit it.'

'I hope so,' Zeke answered, 'I'm glad Chad and Taylor know.'

'Yeah, me too,' Shar said, 'and I really think they would make a great couple.'

At that moment there was a knock on the door, signaling that Taylor and Chad had arrived.

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Gabby had just put all the bags in the right places and she had made coffee when there was a knock on the door. She opened it and she saw Taylor, Chad, Sharpay, Zeke and their kids, 'Hey everyone, come in,' she said.

They all went inside and when Gabby had served everyone some coffee and the children we're playing in Rose's room Sharpay asked, 'Where's Troy?'

'Oh, he's sleeping, he's really tired from driving here,' Gabby answered, 'I'll wake him'

'I can do it for you Gabs,' Chad said while standing up.

Gabby shook her head, 'No, that's alright, he seemed a bit ill, so I'm gonna check if he even wants to get up,' she answered while walking away.

'Aw, isn't it adorable,' Taylor said.

Sharpay nodded, 'Yeah, she really seemed concerned about him.'

They all looked at each other and they stood up at the same time, walked towards the door and peeked inside. Inside, they saw something adorable. Gabby was sitting on the bed stroking Troy's head softly. 'Troy?' Gabby said softly, trying to wake him up.

Troy opened his eyes, 'What is it?' he asked tired.

'Their here, do you want to get up or do you want to sleep some more,' she asked with a soft comforting smile.

'No, it's okay, I'll get up,' he answered.

The others quickly walked back to the table, when they saw them coming over.

'Hey Troy,' everybody said.

'Hey everyone,' he answered.

After a while when they saw that the kids were sleeping they all went back to their rooms.

Troy looked at Gabby, 'Well, I'm gonna go to sleep,'

'Yeah, go ahead, I'll put Rose in bed,' she answered.

He thanked her and went to bed.

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The storm had begun but in the area of the hotel you could only hear it. Taylor and Chad we're sleeping in bed, Chad had his arm around Taylor and Taylor her hand above is. Suddenly she woke up with a shock and slapped Chad's arm away with such force that he woke up.

'What is it?' he asked.

Taylor looked at him and said, 'You can hear the storm pretty loudly!'

'Yeah, so?' he asked confused.

'She's so scared of storms,' Taylor answered, 'she used to come over to us, asking to sleep in the same bed and everything, when we would be around.'

'Who?'

'Gabby!'

Chad just looked at her, 'So?' he asked.

'So?' Taylor asked astonished, 'I have to go over to them,' she answered, already getting out of bed.

Chad stopped her, 'NO!'

Taylor looked at him, shocked that he had stopped her, 'No? I have to go over there, she's my friend!'

'She'll be fine,' Chad answered, 'Troy's with her. Think about it, this is the perfect chance for him to show her that he cares about her.'

Taylor thought about it for a moment and then got back into bed, 'You're right.'

Chad smiled at her.

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At the same time in the room of Sharpay and Zeke, Sharpay had also woken up and explained to Zeke that Gabriella was scared of storms. She was already at the door when Zeke stopped her.

'You can't go over there,' Zeke said.

'Why not?' Sharpay asked.

'Because this is the perfect opportunity for Troy and Gabriella to get together.'

Sharpay looked at him, 'What are you talking about Zeke? Gabby is my friend and right now she's probably scared to death, I'm not just gonna let that happen.'

'Think about it, when there is nobody else, she's gonna go to Troy and then he can show her that he cares about her.'

Sharpay suddenly smiled, 'You're right! And she'll finally sleep in the same bed and then Troy will be happy.'

'Exactly!' Zeke answered, 'now will you go back to bed with me?'

Sharpay smiled at him, 'Of course.'

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In Troy and Gabriella's room Gabby was sitting on the couch. She couldn't sleep, she never could when there was a storm. Ever since her dad died she was scared to death when there would be a storm. She knew exactly why and every time there was a storm she would have the same flashback.

There was a big storm outside and a six year old Gabriella was sitting in her bed. She had woken up because of the storm and was thinking if she should go and wake up her daddy. She knew he wouldn't be mad at her if she woke him up and because she was really scared she decided to go to him. She got out of bed and walked to her parents' room. She opened the door and walked over to the bed.

'Daddy?' she asked softly.

There was no response.

'Daddy, I'm really scared and I can't sleep,' she said a little louder. Suddenly she heard someone move in the bed.

'Gabby?' she suddenly heard her mother say, 'hunny, what's wrong?'

'I woke up because of the storm and I can't fall asleep,' Gabby answered, 'I was really scared so I came here to wake up daddy. Why isn't daddy here?'

Her mother pulled her up and sat her down next to her on the bed, 'Daddy isn't home yet.'

'Why? Is he still at work?'

'I don't know hunny, I really don't know,'

'Can you protect me then mommy?' Gabby asked.

'Of course hunny, mommy will always protect you, just like daddy!'

They were still lying on the bed a few hours later, the storm was still going strong and both Gabby and her mother didn't get much sleep. The doorbell suddenly rang and her mother sat up alarmed.

'What is it mommy?' Gabby asked her mom.

'Nothing, just stay in bed, mommy is just gonna open up the door.'

Her mother left the room, but she didn't know that little Gabby was following her. At the door there were two policemen. She heard her mother talking to them and suddenly she heard a flash of the conversation she would never forget:

'We're very sorry to say that your husband past away this evening.'

'What?' her mother asked astonished, 'I'm sorry, but you must be mistaking, it must be somebody else.'

'Your husband is Carlos Montez, am I right?'

Her mother nodded and burst out in tears, 'How did it happen?'

'He had an accident while he was driving during the storm.'

'Is there anything we can do for you?' the other policemen asked.

Her mother shook her head, 'no… no thank you.'

At that moment one of the policemen saw Gabby, 'Eh… your daughter is there.'

Her mother spun around and when she saw Gabby she only cried louder.

'Mommy, what's wrong? Why isn't daddy home yet?'

'Daddy isn't coming back hunny..' her mother answered crying.

Gabby started crying and at that moment she knew that her daddy wouldn't always protect her.

Gabriella hadn't realized that she had started crying. She quickly wiped her tears away and at that moment she took a decision. She walked over to the bedroom and walked inside. She didn't realize she was still crying, but right now she didn't care in what kind of state she was. She stood next to Troy and softly woke him up, 'Troy?'

Troy woke up at the sound of crying voice calling his name. When he opened his eyes he saw that it was Gabby, 'Gabby?' he asked, immediately sitting up, 'What's wrong? What happened?'

'Can I please get in bed with you?' Gabriella asked crying.

Troy immediately moved over, 'Of course.'

As soon as she was in bed he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her, just letting her cry. When she was finished he asked her, 'What happened?'

Softly Gabby explained to him what happened the night her father died, '… ever since that night I haven't been able to sleep when there is a storm,' Gabby finished her story.

'Gabby, I'm so sorry!' Troy said, after letting her finish her story.

'It's okay, but can you just let me stay in bed with you for tonight.'

'Of course, it's your bed too you know and even if it wasn't I would still let you.'

Gabby lied down and Troy lied down next to her, putting his arms around her. To his surprise she snuggled up to him and eventually they both fell asleep with a smile on their face.

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So here it is, the boys knew what they were talking about this time. I hope you liked this chapter. I want to thank everybody again for the reviews!

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