Well this version of Troy and Gabriella (and Taylor and Chad)'s story is over... hard to believe I've finished the story. Anyway, I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all a very happy 2009. (pst... check out the sneak peak at the end of this chapter for my new story)

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P.S. You guys might recognize the very last part ;)

Epilogue

Letting his eyes wander from the road in front of him, Troy Bolton looked at Gabriella, his beautiful wife of twenty-years. She caught his look and took his hand as he drove with the other. He winked at her before turning his eyes back to the road in front of him. They were headed to the place they had met 25 years ago as summer camp counselors.

The last time he and Gabriella had been at the camp had been the summer after graduating high school. They and their best friends Chad and Taylor (McKessie) Danforth had spent their summer together working at the came before going off to opposite sides of the country for college.

Troy and Gabriella had moved to California to attend University of California-Davis. Gabriella studied Veterinary Medicine and he went through the College of Education earning a double degree in History and PE.

Troy and Gabriella had married four years after high school with Chad and Taylor flying out to serve as bestman and matron-of-honor. Two years later, they welcomed their daughter Isabella. She was the light of their lives and her mother’s twin except for her blue eyes.

Looking in the rearview mirror, Troy saw his 18-year-old baby girl bobbing her head to whatever song she was listening to. He wanted to tell her how important this place was to their family, but he knew she already knew it. He and Gabriella had told their daughter of the place they had met at least a thousand times and now they were taking her there to work for the summer.

Across the country, Chad and Taylor had settled in New Haven, Connecticut to attend Yale. She majored in Political Science then went to Law School while he majored in Literature. Being so far from their families, they had barely made it through their freshman year of college before deciding to get married before they went back for sophomore year. A surprise pregnancy came in the months between Taylor finishing her bachelor degree and starting law school.

Thinking of his best friend brought a smile to Troy’s face and an ache to his heart. It had been nearly four years since he had last seen his best friend. They exchanged emails occasionally, but between him coaching the girls’ varsity basketball team at the high school he worked at and Chad busy writing books and taking care of his and Taylor’s brood of children, there wasn’t a lot of time.

The last time he had seen Chad and Taylor had been when he and Gabriella had flown out to New York City to meet their friends for dinner and to sign paperwork granting Chad to use the story of how they met and the events that followed for a novel he was working on. The novel had become one of Chad’s most popular books and Troy couldn’t be happier for his best friend.

“It’s the next left.”

Gabriella’s voice broke into Troy’s thoughts.

“I know.”

She smiled and leaned back in her seat.

It surprised him how calm she was about this whole adventure. The camp was only a stop on their journey. They would drop Isa off at the camp, make sure she got settled then they would head to Albuquerque, New Mexico. They had sold her veterinary practice and he had left his job at the high school to move home to take care of his ailing parents.

“Troy, turn left.”

He shook his head and flicked on his blinker. He waited for the oncoming traffic to pass before he pulled onto the paved driveway that led to the camp.

“It looks just like I remember.” Gabriella watched in awe as he drove past groves of trees.

“Are you sure there is something out here?” His daughter’s question made Troy laugh.

“I promise there is.”

No sooner had he said that, a rustic cabin came into view. A few minutes later, Troy stopped the car and turned it off.

Climbing out of the car, Troy met Gabriella at the front and together they surveyed the area they could see.

A familiar head of hair caught Troy’s eye and without thinking he called out to the person. “Chad!”

The person underneath the hair stopped and turned around. Spotting Troy, Gabriella and Isa, he headed in their direction. As he got closer it was clear that he wasn’t Chad.

“Oh, sorry, I thought you were somebody else.” Troy shifted uncomfortably.

“Don’t worry, it happens all the time.” The man smiled. “My mom says it’s because my hair looks just like my dad’s. I’m Chaz by the way.”

“Troy Bolton. My wife Gabriella and my daughter Isa.”

“Troy Bolton? I should have known.” Chaz shook his head. “My dad has been talking non-stop about you possibly stopping by.”

“Your dad?”

“Chad Danforth.” Chaz rubbed his curly afro. “I thought for sure the hair would give it away.”

“You’re Chad and Taylor’s boy?” Gabriella smiled at him. “The last time we saw you, you were 8 or 9.”

“What are your parents doing these days?”

Before Chaz had a chance to answer, the front door of the cabin opened and there was a yell. “GABRIELLA?!”

Gabriella grinned widely as she spotted Taylor hurrying down the steps towards them.

Troy spotted Chad hurrying out of the house a minute later with kids following. The two friends embraced.

Chaz shook his head at his parents’ antics and walked over to Isa. “You want a tour of the camp?”

“Sure.”

Chaz smiled and took her hand, leading her away from their parents and his younger siblings.

“What are you guys doing here?” Gabriella gave Chad a hug while Taylor and Troy hugged.

“We were ready to get away from New England and we saw that this place was for sale. So we bought it.”

“Wait, you guys own the camp?” Troy looked from Chad to Taylor.

“Yup.” Chad felt someone tug on his jacket and smiled when he saw his youngest son. He knelt down and his son whispered in his ear. “Excuse me, Caleb.” He smiled. “Troy and Gabriella, this is our youngest son Caleb.”

“It’s nice to meet you, Caleb.” Gabriella smiled. “How old are you?”

“I’m six.” Caleb grinned. “That’s Riley, she’s 16.” He pointed at his older sister then at his brother. “And that’s Caden, he’s 12.” He looked around for Chaz. “Daddy, where’s Chaz?”

“I don’t know.”

That’s when Troy realized Isa was gone as well.

“He’s probably giving her a tour of the grounds.” Taylor smiled. “He loves it here.” She ruffled Caleb’s hair.

“Dad, did you tell them about the movie?” Riley suddenly appeared at Chad’s side.

“Movie, what movie?” Gabriella looked at Chad.

“Somebody bought the rights to my book about us all and they want to make a movie of it.”

“Who?” Troy knew the book was popular but didn’t think that anybody would want to make a movie of it.

“East High’s Hollywood Starlet, Sharpay Evans.”

“Seriously?” Troy couldn’t help but drop his jaw. “She does remember that she was the antagonist right?”

“No more of an antagonist then you were.” Chad grinned, but nodded. “I got her permission to write the novel as well and part of the contract was that I would let her read the novel before it went to print so she could have a final say about what was put in there about her. She sent it back unmarked and told me that she wanted to make of movie out of it.”

“That’s incredible.” Gabriella smiled.

“Aunt Sharpay said she would get me a dress for the premiere.” Riley beamed.

“Aunt Sharpay?” Troy looked at Chad.

“We bought the camp a year or so ago and she’s been using it as her getaway place. She and Riley have developed quite a bond.”

“Mom, when’s dinner?”

Taylor looked at her watch and sighed. “Guess I should get started on that. Would you guys like to stay for dinner? We’re not expecting any more counselors until tomorrow.”

“It’s fine with me.” Gabriella looked at Troy and he nodded. “I’ll help you with dinner, Taylor.”

An hour later, the two families sat down at the table and enjoyed the meal Taylor and Gabriella had made.

Sitting across from his daughter, Troy couldn’t help but notice how she kept stealing glances at Chaz or how Chaz kept glancing at her. He looked over at Chad and knew his friend had seen what was happening as well.

“So Chaz, what are you doing these days?” If the boy was interested in his daughter, Troy wanted to know everything there was to know.

“I’m attending Arizona State University on a full basketball scholarship, I’ll be a junior this year.”

“Get out! I’m going there on a full basketball scholarship.” Troy noticed how a smile crossed Isa’s face. “But I’ll only be a freshman.”

“I’m sure Chaz would be honored to show you around campus.” Taylor smiled, having picked up on the fact that her son was crushing on Isa.

“Mom.” Chaz felt his face heat up.

“Tay, let the boy ask her out himself.” Chad grinned.

After dinner, Chad and Taylor shooed Troy and Gabriella on the house.

“Go for a walk. Relive the memories.”

Taking her hand in his, Troy and Gabriella walked around the camp visiting their favorite spots: the boat house by the lake, the basketball court, the crafts building and the mess hall.

As they were leaving the mess hall it started to rain. Troy smiled and hurried off the porch and started to spin around in the rain.

“You’re crazy Wildcat.” Gabriella watched from her spot underneath the covered porch.

“Join me.” He stopped spinning and his blue eyes met hers with a look of sincerity.

“We’ll get soaked.”

“So? Unless you’re a waterbug that doesn’t like water…”

She cautiously took a step into the rain and pushed her hair back out of her face as the rain pounded down on her. He smiled and held out his hand to her. She took it and squealed with laughter when he spun her into his arms so they were standing eye to eye. He made the first move and their lips crashed against each other as they danced in the rain.

As promised here is a sneak peek at my newest story Revenge that I will begin posting January 1, 2009.

Summary: In high school, Ryan Evans was the West High Knight's mascot and was beaten up three times by the East High Basketball team, specifically Troy Bolton. Now they're in college at the University of Albuquerque and Troy is dating beautiful Gabriella Montez from San Diego, California. Wanting to get revenge on Troy, Ryan pretends to be gay and moves in with Gabriella and her roommate Taylor McKessie from Tempe, Arizona who's dating Chad Danforth. Will Ryan's revenge work or will his sister's secret relationship with Chad throw it off? Troyella, Chaylor, Chadpay

And here's the sneak peek

“Hey Ryan, come on in.” She stepped aside and let the tall, lanky guy dressed in white shorts, a pink polo shirt, white slip on loafers and a fedora hat into the apartment.

“Thanks again for letting me stay here,” Ryan smiled brightly. He nudged her playfully. “Who’re the hotties?”

“They’re taken,” Gabriella giggled. “That’s Troy, he’s my boyfriend and the one with the crazy hair is Chad, Taylor’s boyfriend.”

“Nice to meet you,” Ryan smiled at them. “Where can I put my stuff?”

“Oh! Come on I’ll show you to your room,” Gabriella smiled, slipping her arm through his. “Taylor why don’t you grab the lease information and meet us back here.”

“What did Ryan say his last name was?” Chad asked once the girls and Ryan were out of earshot.

“He didn’t say,” Troy stated. “Why?”

“He just looks familiar,” Chad shrugged. “I feel like I should know who he is, but I can’t put my finger on it.”

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