1 – How did we get here again?:
Troy Bolton limped into the kitchen, where his wife was placing small toys into party bags. He coughed loudly and she turned around giving him an evil glare before she noticed the huge bruise forming on his cheek.
"Oh my god, what happened?" she asked, as she made her way over to him with a wet flannel in her hand.
Troy backed off and pointed down the hall, "Kids, Fight, Mother needed," he panted, taking the flannel of her and dabbing his cheek. An ear-piercing scream came from down the hall as Gabriella rushed to her children.
Upon appearing in the living room, Gabi rolled her eyes at the familiar sight. "Ella-Grace let go of your sister's hair this moment!"
Maebh whimpered as Troy picked her up in an attempt to soothe her. She buried her face into his neck, as he slowly rubbed her back she whispered "Daddy, it hurts."
"I know baby girl." Troy whispered back as he tightened his embrace. He turned over to Gabi, who shot him a look of sympathy as he walked out of the room, his daughter still clutched tightly at his chest.
Gabriella turned to souled her youngest, when she quickly caught her sneaking out of the room. "Ella-Grace get back here now," Gabi called, as her daughter broke out into a run once leaving the room. Gabi sighed and went to follow her but was suddenly thrown on the floor, when her eldest daughter slid down the banister.
"Sorry Mom," Logan mumbled, as she helped Gabi up onto her feet.
Gabi gave Logan a questioning look, before she pushed her aside and darted up the stairs.
*Half an Hour Later*
Gabi and Ella-Grace emerged back into the living room half an hour later; where Troy had the kids sat quietly watching a movie. Gabi worked her way through the kids, before settling Ella-Grace down next to her big brother Cameron. After deciding she finally was settled, Gabi stood up and made her way into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
She was chopping carrots when Troy snuck in and wrapped his arms around her waist, before he dropped a gentle kiss to the top of her head. Gabi moved from his embrace to drop the carrots into the pan on the stove.
Troy jumped up onto the counter top, and motioned for Gabriella to stand between his legs, once she had placed the chopping board down. Gabi tried to pull away but he had secured her into him by grapping her butt so all that she could do was let out a sigh of content. "Hmm, this nice but seriously babe, I have hungry kids to cater for!"
Troy moaned but lifted his eyebrow when an idea sprung into his mind – "Later?" he questioned.
"We'll see" she responded with, then turning her attention back to the meal on the stove.
For a moment Troy just gazed at the woman he married 9 nine years ago and wondered how he got so lucky. Within minutes he was back to Gabriella's side with a small spoon clutched in his hand. Before she could stop him, Troy had a filled spoon of spaghetti and raised it to his lips.
"Don't you dare Wildcat?" She threatened, as the spoon moved closer.
"Too late…" he replied as his lips closed around the spoon. He then immediately removed it and pulled a face of disgust. "What the hell is in this, are you trying to poison the kids?" He squinted as he took a big gulp of water.
Gabriella looked insulted as she quickly swiped the spoon of her husband and took a small mouthful. "What do you mean, what the hell is wrong with it?" she questioned. "It's fine!" She dumped the spoon into the sink and moved between his legs again. "Is Mr I'm So Good At Basketball being fussy again," she teased as she pecked a kiss to the corner of his lips, teasing him even further.
Troy looked at his wife, before he glanced at the spaghetti bubbling away on the stove. "Did you put mushrooms in this?" he asked.
Gabi nodded against his chest and Troy pushed her back, but was still holding onto her upper arms at arm's length away. "How dare you?" he said. Gabi looked at him puzzled. "You know I don't like mushrooms, but yet you still put them in," He released Gabi from his grasp and jumped down from the counter. "Don't think I'm going to eat it." He told her as he took a bottle of water from the fridge.
Gabriella rolled her eyes. "You're just as bad as the kids" she moaned. Troy laughed and pulled Gabi into his embrace once again.
"You know I love you right?" He kissed the top of her head, and just held her there.
"Mm," Gabi moaned. "You know I could never leave this spot."
Just then a loud shout was heard from the living room, and Gabi reluctantly pulled away from Troy. "Tell me again why we have this many kids?" she asked.
Troy just shrugged. "I actually don't know."