Epilogue

Troy Bolton, now eighty-three years old, sat on the edge of his bed holding an old picture of him and Gabriella. A small smile formed on his lips, as he stared at Gabriella in the picture, laughing. She was standing on a tire swing, and Troy was pushing her from behind.

Today is the day that Gabriella died so many years ago, and Troy still remembers everything about her. He remembered her laugh, her smile, and anything that she has ever told him.

After graduating high school, Troy went to USC for basketball, not a surprise to anyone. He was pro at the young age of twenty-three. Troy did get married to one of his coaches nieces, Kelsy Drew. Kelsy wasn't anything like Gabriella, which Troy needed. He didn't want to look at Kelsy everyday and think of the girl he's still in love with. But it didn't help that much that Kelsy didn't represent Gabriella; Troy still thought of her every single day.

Troy and Kelsy had only one child, a boy, who they named James; Jimmy for short. Unfortunately, Jimmy and Kelsy passed away. Jimmy due to a heart attack, eight months ago. And Kelsy died of natural causes due to old age two years ago.

Now living alone, Troy stared at an empty bedroom wall, thinking of all the times he had shared with Gabriella when they were young. Bike rides, swimming, jokes and days in the summer they were inseparable. They had always had that little crush on each other, a never ending crush.

Troy sighed, setting the picture of him and Gabriella on the dresser. He walked back over to his bed, pulling the blankets back. Slipping his slippers off, and hanging his robe on the bed post, he got into bed, sleep overcoming him almost instantly.

In between that place of sleep and consciousness, Troy heard light giggling, and smelled vanilla perfume, what Gabriella always wore.

The giggling stopped and a soft voice replaced it, "Troy, c'mon."

Now his eyes opened and he met brown ones. The brown eyes he hasn't seen for a long time. The brown eyes he'd looked into too many times to count. Gabriella's brown eyes.

"Jeez, I thought you'd never wake up." Gabriella looked exactly like she did when she was seventeen, when she was alive.

"Gabby, what, I-" Troy stuttered. He was completely confused. Sure, he's had dreams about Gabriella but this one just seemed too realistic. Her voice sounded too close instead of far away and faded like all of Troy's dreams about her had been like.

"It's time, Troy. Now get up!" Gabriella had a big grin on her face, and her eyes were filled with happiness.

"What are you-" Troy began asking, bit Gabriella pulled the covers off him, grabbing his hands. His hands! Troy stared at them, shocked. They weren't wrinkly, and the veins weren't visible. They were smooth and tan. He looked at Gabriella, confused more than ever.

"We can be together now," she explained.

Troy opened his mouth to say something. Anything. But nothing came out. Then it finally clicked. He was now with Gabriella. He would be with her now, wherever she has been for over sixty years now.

"I've been-" Troy stopped mid-sentence, catching his reflexion in a mirror. He didn't see a pale face with wrinkles and sad dark blue eyes. He saw a healthy looking face with shining bright blue eyes. He saw himself as a seventeen year old again.

"I've waited for you," Troy finally managed to get out.

"Me too," Gabriella agreed, smiling. "Let's go, everyone is waiting."

And with that said, the two of them walked onto the white light, that guarantees eternal happiness. Most important though, they were finally together. And they would be, forever.

A/N: I know, it's short, but it seemed like that's all that needed to be said, haha. This is the end of the story, so please review. I don't think I'll be doing my next story on here, instead I'll be going to Fictionpress. I have some chapters already written, but I haven't posted them yet. I'll put the link on my page, and if you wanna be my hero, you'll read and review it. Hah. But first, tell me what you thought of this story. And thanks for all your reviews. I'm glad I decided to rewrite this. Everyone that reviewed, you guys are awesome.

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