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Chapter 16

"Troy, I'm going to step out of the room for awhile, is there anything that you need me to get?" Jack suddenly asked his son. He gazed at him questionably. He then glanced towards Gabriella, who was still in the room with them. She had been sitting next to Troy's hospital bed for awhile now, "What about you Gabriella?" he asked her softly.

"No dad, I think we've got everything that we need here," Troy smiled up at him. He suddenly winced in pain; his body was aching a little. This caused Jack to look up at him with worried eyes. Gabriella also eyed Troy worriedly. He had been so worried about his son, he hated seeing him hurt.

"Are you sure?" Jack asked with concern in his voice. He continued to eye Troy rather worriedly.

Troy eyed Gabriella, and then looked back at his father, "Dad, really, I'm okay. I don't need anything else right now. I have everything I need right here, "he smiled at Gabriella, "As long as I have Gabriella by my side and I know she is finally safe, I'll be fine."

Gabriella blushed, yet she suddenly took his hand. She gazed up at Jack reassuringly, "I'll look after him while you're out of the room Jack. We'll be okay."

Jack smiled at the two. He couldn't help but smile; he loved how much it showed that his son loved Gabriella. He could tell Troy loved Gabriella just by looking into his eyes. When he looked into Gabriella's eyes he saw the exact same thing. He loved that his son had found that kind of love and happiness with someone already. He was so happy knowing that the two had survived everything and he hoped they would both be happy together throughout the future, "I know as long as you have Gabriella in here you'll be okay," he leaned over and suddenly kissed his son on the forehead, "I love you, son." He pulled away from him.

Troy smiled back at him, "I love you to, dad."

Jack smiled at his son and Gabriella one more time before he headed out of the room.

Gabriella just gazed at him, she was still holding his hand, "Are you sure there wasn't anything else you needed?"

"I meant what I said earlier. I have everything I need right here in this room, and that is you," Troy smiled adoringly at her. Gabriella smiled back at him. She leaned over and softly kissed his forehead and cheek a few times. She gently brushed his hair back a little and then she kissed it lovingly a couple of times. She pulled away and continued to look at him.

He suddenly looked seriously at her, "How are you feeling right now, Gabriella?"

Gabriella looked at the floor for a second, then she looked back up at him, she gazed honestly at him. She took a breath, "I admit that I'm still a little shaky over everything that happened. It's hard to get over what he did to me. I'm having a hard time with that."

Troy gazed at her for a few moments, "It will probably take sometime to get over that. Oh God Gabriella, I just wish more than anything that I could have been there to protect you, and stop it all from happening. I really wish that I could have been there to protect you from him. I'm so sorry that I wasn't."

She looked at him, and squeezed his hand tightly, she suddenly kissed it, "You are here now at least, and thank god for that! I'm so thankful that you are here," she continued to look at him, "And I think as long as we stick together, things will be okay."

"Yes, as long as we are together things will be okay," Troy looked into her eyes as he spoke. He took a deep breath before he spoke to her, "I swear to God I will do my best to protect you in the future, and do my very best to make sure nothing terrible happens to you ever again," he continued to gaze very deeply at her, "I will make sure to protect you with my life as long as we are together. I will do my absolute best to always keep you safe."

"And I will do my very best to make sure nothing else bad happens to you," She gazed at him, a tear was falling from her eye suddenly, she was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion, "I love you, Troy Bolton! You are just so absolutely amazing! I just love you so unbelievably much!"

"I love you to Gabriella," Troy breathed, as he gazed at her lovingly. He reached over to her; he wiped the tear that was currently falling from her eye. He gazed deeply into her eyes; his eyes were filled with love as he looked at her, "I love you more than anything! You're just the absolute best ever!"

She happily smiled at him. Suddenly she found herself gently kissing his nose, her lips suddenly found there way to his lips. She pressed her lips softly against his and the two shared a sweet, loving kiss. She slowly pulled away after what felt like quite awhile.

"God, I'm so happy that we made it out together," Troy smiled at her, "I'm so happy we are both alive after all of that. I am so happy that I am here with you, right now."

"I am to," Gabriella grinned happily at him, "I'm so happy we did make it out together. And I hope we'll continue to make it through everything else together."

"I really hope we will to-," Troy started to say, he was suddenly interrupted by her kissing him again. He smiled happily into the kiss. He was so happy that he was kissing her. He could just kiss her like this forever.

Somehow he had a good feeling that they would do their best to make it through everything together and things would be just fine.

The End

I am sad to see this come to an end! I hope it ended okay for you all. No sequel this time, though I hope to have new stories out soon.

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