"Gabriella," Troy breathed. 'I guess I don't need my phone after all,' Troy thought to himself. She nodded and looked back down. He went and sat down next to her, suddenly he wasn't so hungry. "I missed you," he whispered.

"I missed you too," she whispered. They sat in an awkward silence for a while until she spoke up again. "Why did you break up with me," she asked out of the blue. He was startled by her bluntness.

"Well, I kind of talked to my dad and he started talking about colleges and schorlweships and then he started on about you and me," he said. "He told me that he loved you like a daughter but your mom told him about when you got your acceptance latter to Harvard."

"I remember that day. My father went to Harvard. Just being accepted made me so happy, knowing that he would be so proud of me and he was. I called him later that day and told him. He was so excited but all of us knew where I was going to go, if I got in." She smiled at him for a brief second and looked back down.

"Where were you going to go," he asked. He knew the answer but wanted to make sure that he was wrong and make sure that it's right to call himself a complete bastard.

"After I told my father and he congratulated me, he told me that he knew that I was going to go to U of A and he was okay with that. He just wanted me to be happy. And then a two weeks later, you broke up with me and I decided to go to Harvard," she said.

"I'm really sorry, I let my dad's words go to my head instead of asking you about it," He said. His hunger was slowly coming back.

"you can have the pizza you know," she said giggling. Four years and she could still read him like a book. He took the box and grabbed a slice, biting into the cheese.

"Why were you going down the elevator with a full box of pizza," he asked.

"I was going down to meet one of my friends but then we got stuck so why waste it? Someone should eat it," she said. He continued to snack on the pizza. "How was your college experience," she asked. He stopped eating.

"It was good, majored in business, played on the team. Had a lot of fun, but I always wondered what you were doing. I always wondered if I had made the right choice by breaking up with you, I guess I didn't. What about you?" He asked.

"It was great, I made so many new friends, still talk to most of them. Graduated a year early because I studied during summer. I couldn't come back here for some reason, until now. Majored in teaching, and now I'm teaching with your dad at the high school." She said.

"What were you doing about the storm," he asked.

"I was hiding in my bed until the pizza came and then I ran to the elevator where I couldn't hear the storm anymore," she said. They laughed. "I miss this."

"Me too, just talking and hanging out." Troy paused. "Do you have a boyfriend," he asked.

"I did, his name was Patrick, we lased for about seven months. But then he got mad that I was graduation early and moving back so we broke up. So no boyfriend here, what about you? Anyone new there," she asked nudging him in the side.

"No, I never had any time for girls. Haven't dated since, well," he paused again. "You," he said. She blushed. They fell into another silence. "Where were you bringing the pizza?" He asked. She looked up.

"You already asked that," She said and laughed. "How is everyone, I talked to Tay but she didn't say much about you guys." Troy told her about everyone and everything about them. "that's great," Gabriella said when he was done.

"Yeah, I'm sure they'll be thrilled to hear that you're well. I know I was." He continued, "We haven't really talked to your mom in a while."

"She always used to email me telling me how she saw you guys walk past the house. But I would never come home, because of what she said, I couldn't stay there without all of the memories coming back," she said. He looked at her and their eyes met and locked.

"I really did love you," he whispered breaking the connection.

"I loved you too," she whispered back.

"I still love you," he said. Her head snapped up so fast she almost hit her head on the carpeted wall behind her.

"What?"

"I love you," he said looking at her.

"I think I love you too," she said and looked back down. "I can't believe that I wouldn't com home," she added.

"It's okay though because this is a way better story. Our kids are going to be very amused with this," he said. She looked at him with rasied eyebrows.

"Kids," she asked smiling. H

He nodded. "I think I can live with that," she said. They both leaned in and kissed for the first time in four years five months and 16 days, Troy had been keeping count.

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