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Hidden Desire – Epilogue

June 23, 2039 – 32 Years Later

'It feels like just yesterday when we first came here. This is where it all started, where we started. One of our many beginnings.'

'It was, that was the best vacation I've ever been on in my entire life. Well, besides our honeymoon, I don't think anything could ever beat that. I've never felt so sex-crazy before; the amount of times we did it, I honestly didn't think that that was humanly possible.'

'But it was, and even though it was very painful and we couldn't walk for a week after we got home, it was all worth it.'

June 20, 2014 – 7 Years After First Hawaii Vacation & 25 years ago – Their Honeymoon

'God Gabi, the things you do to me.'

'Mmmmm'

Troy currently had Gabriella's body slammed up against the wall of their honeymoon suite. They had finally gotten married last night and after their fairytale wedding had taken place, they boarded an airplane to take them to Turks and Caicos. They would be staying there for seven days before they boarded another airplane to take them to Santorini Island, Greece where they would stay for another seven days. After that they would get on yet another airplane and travel to Fiji where they would stay an incredible eight days before flying back home and settling into married life.

At this moment Gabriella had a death hold on Troy's neck and her legs were wrapped around his waist. Troy's mouth was currently attacking her neck and leaving his mark. He worked his way around her spot that drove her crazy to tease her with his lips. 'Ugh... god Troy... don't...don't do...do...no...'

She threw her head back after giving up on trying to form a sentence. 'God you're beautiful,' whispered Troy.

His compliment made her blush, just like it did every other time he ever said something really sweet to her.

She dropped her head back down 'Thank you' she whispered back into his ear before taking his ear lobe in between her teeth and pulling gently.

'Mhmmm...Gabi...I love you so much.'

'Bed.'

Laughter escaped from Troy's mouth and bounced onto Gabriella warm skin causing her to giggle in return.

Troy stumbled all the way to their huge bed. He couldn't see anything in front of him except for Gabriella's large chest, and when he saw that his whole world started to spin.

'Concentrate Bolton,' muttered Gabriella before placing her lips back on his neck and moving them down south to his collar bone. She could feel that Troy was going crazy by her actions, which made her happy that she could make him feel that way.

'It's hard when I have such a beautiful distraction Bolton,'

Bolton. One word with so much meaning and emotion behind it. She was officially a Bolton now, Gabriella Anne Bolton. Mrs. Troy Bolton. It was music to her ears.

'Perfect,' she whispered in his ear once more.

'I couldn't agree more.' Gabriella brought her face back up to his and just as their lips connected she felt her body finally hit their luxurious bed and Troy's body covered her own. Soon every item of clothing was tantalizingly removed from each others body. Over the next few hours they showed each other just how perfect what they had was, and just how much they meant to each other.

June 23, 2039

'I think we saw more of all the bedrooms than we did the actual country that we were staying in.'

'Well, technically we saw more of the bedrooms, balcony's, showers, swimming pools, showers, showers, and... I think showers right?'

They both burst out in laughter feeling like teenagers again.

June 23, 2014

'You smell like sex,' whispered Gabriella in Troy's ear. Both of them were wrapped up in each others bodies with the white sheets somehow covering a select few parts of them. It was one in the afternoon and they hadn't gotten out of bed yet that day. They had moved around though, it wasn't like they just spent the day sleeping. No, sleeping was the last thing on their minds.

'Sex huh? You don't like that smell?'

'Oh no, I find it very attractive actually. But you do smell like sex. I should probably do something about that for you, you know, being your wife and all. It's in my job description.'

Troy removed his head from his pillow and roughly flipped both of their bodies over so that he was lying on top of her small frame. He dug his face in her neck before replying, 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?'

'Ohhhh yesss,' she barely moaned out as she felt Troy's hands on her body, stirring her hormones and causing them to rage through her body. Her body arched up into his pelvis as his fingers found their way into her. 'Ohhh god Troy,' she was biting her lips now to stop herself from screaming.

Hearing her moan her name was enough for Troy to want to have her right then and there, but he had to somehow get off of her to move them to the shower. How he was going to break contact with her he had no idea. But he had to at least try.

After removing his fingers from her he ran his hands up and down both of her bare thighs before roughly grabbing them and wrapping them around his waist. 'Hold on Mrs. Bolton, you're going for a ride,' said Troy huskily in Gabriella's ear causing a huge grin to appear on both of their faces.

'Is it going to be wild?'

'Mhmmm, you know those are the only ones we go on.'

Gabriella couldn't help but giggle at what Troys words. She slammed her body up even closer to Troy's, causing a groan to escape his lips. After wrapping her arms tightly around his neck and attaching her lips to his neck, Troy lifted both of their bodies up off of their messy bed and carefully but quickly walked them over to their five star steam shower. Thank god the shower was loud or else the front desk would have received tons of complaints from their neighbors.

Neither one of them could contain their voices: scream after scream escaped both of their lips, needy gasps, moan after moan after moan, happy sighs, and harsh grunts. It lasted for almost an hour until their bodies simply couldn't do it any longer. Troy had entered her body and exited her body numerous times, and each time it felt better and better.

June 23, 2039

The sun was in the process of setting over the beautiful Hawaiian ocean as Troy held Gabriella in his arms as they laid together on a lounge chair. They had returned back to what they loved to call "their island" to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary; a milestone in their lives.

It was going to be two weeks of reminiscing old memories and creating new ones on the beautiful island.

'Can we go parasailing tomorrow baby?' asked Gabriella with her trademark pout.

'Have I ever said no to you in the past 25 years of our marriage?'

A smile broke out on her face, 'never.'

'You know, you never cease to amaze me. We're both bordering 50 years old, yet you still have the same personality, same needs, same outlook on life, same excitement as you did when you were 17. Thats one of my favorite things about you Brie. But then again I love everything about you, so it's just an added bonus.'

'Everything huh? You even love my messy hair when we wake up in the morning and my bad breath?'

'Every time that I wake up in the morning with you by my side I have a hard time finding my breath. Your dark chocolate curls were one of the first things that attracted me to you, and I'll always find them to be irresistible. Your messy hair is usually a reminder of the incredible sex that we had that night, and your bad breath? Please, that doesn't bother me one bit. When your lips are on mine, your breath is the last thing on my mind. I'm more focused on how incredible your lips are; how soft they are; how dizzy I feel; how fast my heart is beating.'

'You've always had a way with words Troy. I love you.' She reached her head up to Troys an attached their lips in a sweet yet passionate kiss. That was something else that hadn't changed in the past thirty or so years that they had been together. The kisses hadn't once become boring or dull. They had actually become more passionate; more exciting; more dreamy. Troy certainly had a way with lips too. Gosh, he was just so irresistible.

'So what are our plans for the rest of the night hubby?'

Troy tore his face away from the setting sun and buried his face in her neck and dark curls. After placing tantalizing kisses up her neck and face, Troy responded. 'Well, first we're going to go back up to our suite where we will change and then I'll be whisking you off to my surprise that I have planned for you this evening. After that, I'm sure we can find something to do. How does that sound?'

'Perfect,' whispered Gabriella in his ear when he moved his mouth back down to her collar bone.

Reluctantly the two of them got up off of their lounge chair and made their way up to their suite. The resort that they were staying at this time around in Hawaii was different then the first: one that they stayed at. They wanted to experience something new in a new place.

It took a little longer for Troy and Gabriella to get changed and actually leave their hotel room; they were so close too. Troy was all dressed and Gabi had her hair and makeup done; she just had to put on her dress. She couldn't reach the zipper in the back though so she asked for Troy's help. Well, he didn't exactly help considering he never zipped up her dress. One thing led to another, and well, they were a little late for Troy's surprise. Actually, scratch that. They were very late.

'Man, I hope they didn't leave,' muttered Troy under his breath as he pulled Gabriella's body along with his.

'Did you say something?' asked Gabriella.

'Nope, just follow me babe.'

She just tightened her grip on his hand as she kept up the fast pace that he had on their way to their surprise destination. Soon enough though she felt her body slam into his back as he came to an abrupt halt. 'This is for you my darling,' said Troy after he turned around to face her with a blindfold in his hands.

'Troooy! Are you serious?' Troy couldn't help but burst out in laughter after seeing her stomp her foot, her inner child coming out.

'Oh Gabi, you sound and look just like Coop. But, I'm not gonna lie, you look a lot sexier.'

Gabriella playfully smacked Troy's chest at his attempt to distract her from having to wear the blindfold. 'Troy, he's your child, you shouldn't make fun of him.' Her mother instincts immediately kicked in.

'He's a grown man now baby, we're allowed to make fun of them. They have their heads on their shoulders, a path in front of them. Us making fun of them wont hurt their little egos.'

She couldn't help but scoff at his last few words. 'Little egos? Hunnie, did you forget for a few seconds that you passed on the famous "big ego" trait?'

Seeing that this conversation could go on for days, Troy lifted his hand back up that was holding the blindfold and with his eyes asked her turn around. 'Only because it's you. I only trust you,' said Gabriella after another stomp of her foot.

'You know, this reminds me of our first time that we came here, except we were at the other resort,' said Gabriella, the events of what happened 32 years ago still fresh in her memory.

November 21, 2007

'I'm afraid that you have to put this on,' said Troy as he held out a blind fold.

'What? Why!' There was a hint of annoyance and wine in Gabriella's voice as she was always afraid of blind folds because she didn't want to fall.

'Don't worry, nothing will happen to you and I promise not to kidnap you, but trust me, it'll be so worth it.'

After a few huffs and puffs, Gabriella reluctantly agreed to the blind fold and Troy put it on her. Standing slightly behind her, Troy wrapped his left arm around her waist protectively and his right hand held her hand. He guided them both safely to where their date was being held. With a nod to his new friend, Kale, romantic Hawaiian music soon filled their ears.

'We're here baby, I'm going to take your blind fold off now, but keep your eyes shut,' whispered Troy into Gabriella's ear.

The blind fold was now off and Troy quietly told her to open her eyes. When she opened them she couldn't help but gasp at the beautiful sight in front of her. Troy had taken her to one of the most romantic spots on the resort that she had ever seen.

They were on a white beach next to their resort and they were standing on a stone walkway that led to a gazebo. The gazebo was on a deck that was floating over the crystal blue water. Lit candles lined the stone walkway that led to it. The sun was setting so the sky was a beautiful shade of yellow and orange and orange, cream, and yellow rose petals were spread all over the walkway.

There was a gorgeous chandelier hanging down in the center of the gazebo and directly below it was an adorable rot iron table with two chairs. A white linen sat on the table along with candle and fine china.

Orange, yellow, cream, and pink flowers were inside and out of the gazebo. There were sunflowers, roses, lily's, daisy's, orchids, and so many others that were simply stunning. It was beyond breathtaking, beyond astonishing. There weren't words to describe what was in front of her.

'Oh. My. God.'

'Do you like it?'

Gabriella's eyes were still huge and bugging out of her face and her mouth was still opened. No one had ever done something like this for her, nor did she think anyone ever would. She felt a few tears fall down her cheeks and then Troy's hands on her face brushing them away.

'Don't cry,' whispered Troy in her ear.

'It's just so beautiful Troy. I don't know what to say.'

'You're beautiful, and you deserve this, every single bit of it.'

'You're amazing, have I ever told you that?'

'Maybe a few times.'

Showing how grateful and happy she was, Gabriella gave Troy the best kiss that she could muster up. After pulling away the two of them walked hand in hand towards the gazebo where there was a photographer waiting for them to take some pictures before they ate. They took what felt like hundreds of pictures in many different poses and in many different places. It was a sure thing that they would never forget this night for the rest of their life.

June 23, 2039

'Open them,' whispered Troy into Gabriella's ear.

The blindfold was dropped once again from her eyes and immediately tears started to form. How he had done it she may never know, but either way she was floored.

'Are you kidding me? Troy!'

Her breath was caught in her throat and words just weren't forming. It had been 32 years, yet he still remembered ever single detail. She couldn't have asked for a better man to stand by her all of these years. Everything in front of her was almost identical to how it was when they first came to Hawaii. It had been the day when she and Troy had gone horse back ridding and her horse rode off, and eventually they got back to their resort and Troy had left her so she could get ready for their big date.

But more importantly it was the day when they had told each other for the first time 'I love you.'

'Come on, you can't just stand there all night hot stuff, our food is getting cold.' Her eyes were still wide open and her jaw hadn't returned to its proper place, but either way she unknowingly let Troy guide them to a gazebo that had a chandelier hanging from the center and an adorable rot iron table in the middle of it set up with candles and flowers galore.

'I just... this is so unexpected... I mean... wow,' words could be spit out but sentences couldn't be formed.

'Are you saying you underestimated me dear one?'

'What? No, of course not. Its just... its been 32 years Troy, you're bound to forget some things.'

'But never the things that matter most.'

'You're too cute, I love you.'

Troy found her lips with his own and after a passionate kiss he pulled out her chair and they both sat down.

'One more surprise, turn around,' said Troy.

Confused, Gabriella turned her body around in her chair and what her eyes caught surprised her once again. It was a picture of the two of them 32 years ago in Hawaii on Troy's first surprise date. The day when they first said I love you, when they poured out their hearts and souls to one another, when Troy confessed to Gabriella that he could see himself spending the rest of his life with her. It was one of the days that started it all.

'I was so shocked when you told me we were having our pictures taken, I had never done something like that before. You surprised me once again Mr. Bolton; the ideas that you come up with always amaze me.'

'Well I was wondering if you would like to recreate that little surprise I had for you: how about some 32 years later photos?'

'Seriously?'

'Seriously.'

With that said a man started to walk towards them with a camera in his hands. After the initial meet and greet, Troy and Gabriella posed once again together; but this time as a married couple. It was just another milestone in their exciting lives together and 32 years from this day they knew that they were going to do it all over again. It had been 7 years of getting to know one another and another 25 years of creating the most incredible lives together that they could have ever imagined.

When they had both ate their dinner and danced the night away, Troy suggested that they go back up to their suite to finish off the night in the most proper way. 'You're so bad,' whispered Gabriella in Troy's ear as he scooped her body up in his arms bridal style and carried his wife up to their room.

All the way up Gabriella's lips never left his body. Sure Troy loved it, but it was hard for him to keep his mouth shut when she did it. Thank god it was late at night so not many people were around or else they would have gotten a lot of weird stares.

Once in the elevator Troy dropped Gabriella to her feet and slammed her backwards into one of the walls. Finally getting revenge he attacked her neck with his mouth and devoured her. Moan after moan left her mouth and when she arched her back into Troy's chest he seriously thought that he was going to take her right then and there in the elevator. But the bell rang signaling that they had arrived at their floor and Troy bent down to scoop up his girl once again.

'Ohhh Gabi, the things you do to me, oh man,' he had to bite his lip really, really hard to hold in all of his emotions as they passed by other suites. He was way beyond desperate to make it to their room. When they finally did, it took Troy seconds to open the door and slam it shut again.

'What are those?' asked Gabriella when she noticed something out of the corner of her eyes.

Both of them stopped what they were doing and turned around to look at the foyer table. On top of it was a massive brightly colored floral arrangement. Every flower imaginable was present and in every color. You looked at it and couldn't help but smile.

'Are these from you?' asked Gabriella with a smile on her face.

'Unfortunately, no. But there's a letter,' said Troy reaching for the envelope.

There weren't any names on the front so Troy just continued opening it.

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yes, your kids actually do have some smart ideas in their brains. We know how much this vacation means to you and we just wanted to help and make it even more meaningful. The bright flowers represent your crazy and exciting lives together; your constant thrills that you go through; and all of the adventures that you've been on together. You never cease to amaze us when it comes to your relationship; we seriously believe that you're still 17 years old. You both deserve this trip more than any other two people in this world. You have gone to the edge of this earth and back just for us four and we will always be grateful for that. You raised us up to be the best person that we could ever be, and we hope that we can make you proud. You both deserve only the best. The past 25 years as husband and wife went by in the blink of an eye, and we're so glad that we could be a part of it and we can't wait to see the next 25. Lets make them last forever.

With unconditional love,

Cooper, Ethan, Lily & Madeline

xoxo

A few tears fell down Troy's cheek while a whole stream of them fell down Gabriella's. They seriously had the best children in this world; they couldn't ask for anything better.

They had had Cooper Alexander a year after they got married. He was quite the Moma's boy; otherwise known as Gabriella's weakness. Second to Troy that is. Cooper went to the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration. At the U of C Cooper of course played basketball and continued his fathers passion for the game. He was now working very successfully at Nike Athletics and working his way up the management ladder after deciding against playing for the NBA. Cooper was seen as a copy of Troy a lot of the time.

Two years later they welcomed another boy, Ethan Troy. He had just graduated Brown University where he played football and majored in Political Science. It had always been Ethan's dream to go into politics, something neither Gabi nor Troy ever saw coming.

Lily Clair was sometimes called Gabriella's protege. She was attending Columbia University at the moment to become a pediatrician. She was the only one in the family to follow in Gabriella's footsteps and go into medicine. It made Gabi so happy to see that she could influence her own child in such a way that she would want to follow in her footsteps.

And then there was Madeline Anne. She was the spark of the family; always keeping them on their toes. Every family has the wild child, and she was it. She was also Daddy's little girl and Troy's weakness; besides Gabriella of course. She had plans to attend Laboratory Institute of Merchandising College in NYC in the fall. Fashion Merchandising was her major and she definitely had a passion for fashion. They all loved her and her crazy ways though; she kept them all young.

Troy and Gabriella had both flown east after high school to attend Yale University together. Troy went there on a scholarship for basketball and came out of it with a degree in Business Management and a second round draft pick into the NBA. He was immediately scooped up by the Boston Celtics and was very lucky that he could stay with them for his entire 13 year basketball career. Gabriella went through the roof when Troy told her that he would have to move to Boston for his career, and as he was telling her this she had already started packing. Boston was her favorite city that she had ever lived in; where she really felt at home.

Gabriella graduated with Troy from Yale with a degree in Investigative Medicine and she was now a retired medical researcher. She had worked at Tufts New England Medical Center for over twenty years and was a major factor in the developments of numerous new medicines.

After college they settled down in Boston very comfortably and that was where they raised their four children. Both of their parents had moved out to New England willingly with them to be a part of their lives. But now that they had retired, and at a thankfully very young age, Troy and Gabriella had decided to leave the city behind and build their dream home back in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

But for the moment, going home was the last thing on their minds. After admiring the beautiful flowers and the even more beautiful note from their children, the passion between them heated up again and they both quickly moved over to the bedroom. Just because they were older now didn't meant that they had lost some of their spark or some energy. Nope, they had plenty of energy. Enough energy to spend the entire night and early morning showing just how much they loved each other. Which as you can tell is a lot.

They met each other because the weather was crappy and Troy felt bad for the new girl. Their attempt to make a cake had a lot of road blocks and flirt fests, but they did it. Intense and interesting games of Truth or Truth helped them get to know the more personal sides of each other. Constant sleepovers made them realize that going a day without waking up beside each other was torture. Dancing with Troy was like being in a different body for Gabriella, and she loved it; having his hands run up and down her sides was enough to make her knees weak. She learned early on that Troy is a great cook: a huge plus when deciding on a husband. She fell in love with Troy's parents and her mother was definitely one of the coolest people she had ever met.

But most importantly, they met each other because they were able to see past all of their insecurities and just act on their feelings. What Troy and Gabriella have is something you don't see often, and they know that they are blessed for it. The past 25 years of marriage went by in a blink of an eye, and they could only hope that the next 25 didn't go by as fast.

AN: Well there you have it. That was the longest chapter I have ever written and I hope you don't hate me for it. I loved writing this chapter and I really hope that you all loved reading it as well. If you love my work, you should read my new story called I'd Lie. It's more about Gabriella but will eventually become Troyella. I love it and you should really go and review it! Also, my other story Enough Is Enough was a huge hit and I just finished it, so go check that out too! Thanks again to everyone for your support on this story. And one last time, please review! Is that too much to ask for?

FiFi xoxo

p.s. - Did you all have a hard time picturing Troy and Gabi at the age of 49 years old? Because I know I did. Just thought I'd say that, don't know why though, lol.