Family Vacation

This is a sequel to Dessert. You don't really need to read it to understand what's going on in this. I'm not sure how long this one will be. Please read and review. Also, I don't own the HSM characters just the original ones.

Three year old Elizabeth Bolton could hardly keep her eyes opened. She was currently sitting between her grandparents Jack and Lisa Bolton. The three of them, as well as Elizabeth's parents and little sister were going to Walt Disney World for their first family vacation in a year. Troy Bolton's schedule with basketball games during the season and his wife, Gabriella's pregnancy made it difficult for them to get away. So finally, after a year, the family was ready for a vacation. Coach and Mrs. Bolton were trying to get their oldest granddaughter to sleep since it was eleven o'clock at night.

"You need to go to sleep, Lizzie." Mrs. Bolton whispered. "You're going to need sleep if we're getting up early tomorrow."

"I want to be awake when we get to Disney World." Elizabeth said.

"I'll wake you up right before we get there." Coach Bolton declared.

"Promise?"

"I promise."

Right after Elizabeth fell asleep, Lanai Bolton peeked her head over the seat in front of her sleeping sister. At nine months old, Lanai was a bundle of energy. Her older sister looked like their father with the same light brown hair and same baby blue eyes. Lanai took after her their mother. Both shared the same exotic look of dark hair and eyes as well as the natural darker skin. While only Lanai looked like her mother, both she and Elizabeth acted just like her. All three had the same playful pout when they didn't get their way. Troy called it the Montez Pout and generally it always made him melt.

"Somebody's awake." Coach Bolton said leaning up to kiss Lanai gently.

Ten minutes later, both girls were sound asleep. Mrs. Bolton was looking at the latest issue of 'People Weekly'. Her son and his family were the cover story celebrating the San Antonio Spurs' NBA Championship win and Troy winning the MVP. Mrs. Bolton smiled remembering how thrilled they all were watching Troy hoisting his trophy up. Mrs. Bolton turned the page and smiled. There were several pictures of Troy and Gabriella and the girls in their backyard. One was of Troy lifting Elizabeth up so she could make a basket on their backyard basketball court with Gabriella looking on with Lanai in her arms.

After an hour, the plane began to make its way into the Orlando area. Lanai woke up and began to cry when her ears began to pop. Troy and Gabriella began to comfort her. Gabriella pulled a bottle of milk out of the diaper bag. She then began to feed Lanai to help her ears. Troy then held onto Lanai's pacifier to give to her after she finished.

The plane landed and everyone began to gather their belongings up. Troy helped Gabriella get to her feet before taking Lanai's diaper bag. Gabriella smiled tiredly.

"Almost there." Troy told her softly.

"Good." Gabriella sighed. "I'm sleepy."

"Mama?" Elizabeth asked from Coach Bolton's arms. "Are we there yet?"

"Almost, Baby."

The family began to walk to the baggage claim. Gabriella and Mrs. Bolton sat down with the girls while Troy and Coach Bolton went to get their suitcases. Somehow, word had gotten out that Troy was going to be in Orlando and Gabriella could see the flashes of cameras reflecting from outside. Ever since Troy had been the Rookie of the Year, everyone wanted to know about him and his young family. Both Troy and Gabriella didn't mind that the paparazzi took pictures of them and the girls when they were at public events but did care when they were chased in order to get a picture of them. One time, when Lanai had been only a couple of weeks hold, some of the paparazzi had tapped the back of Gabriella's car as she was packing. To an adult, or even a toddler, it wouldn't have caused much damage, but to a newborn, it could be deadly. Several bystanders saw what happened, and helped Gabriella get her girls into a nearby store so she could call her husband. Gabriella had been in tears when she told him as she was trying to calm a crying Lanai and a shaken Elizabeth. Afterwards, Troy had issued a statement saying that he would press charges to anyone who dared to try a move like that again. Gabriella was now playing with Lanai as her youngest daughter giggled with happiness at all of the attention.

"Ready to go, Babe?" Troy asked his wife.

"Yeah." Gabriella agreed.

"The bus is waiting on us."

Troy and Gabriella wanted to give their children as much as a normal childhood as possible. If Disney offered a bus to all of the resort guests, then they were going on the bus. Elizabeth held Mrs. Bolton's hand as they got on Disney's Magical Express. A few other families were already on. It was not very crowded since it was almost midnight. Gabriella came aboard with her fully awake nine month old. She sat down in the row across from her mother-in-law and daughter. Troy and Coach Bolton got on and sat down next to their wives. Gabriella was helping Lanai keep her balance as she stood up on her legs. Lanai braced her hands against the window as she looked out.

"Bah-bah-bah!" she giggled.

"Good evening and thank you for choosing Disney's Magical Express. My name is Jacob and I'll be your driver this evening. Our first stop will be Disney's Old Key West Resort. We should be there in about forty to forty-five minutes."

Throughout the trip, a video about the Walt Disney World Resort was shown. Elizabeth and Lanai were both quiet as they were enthralled with the video, Elizabeth with the Disney characters, Lanai with the colorful images. Gabriella caressed the top of Lanai's head laughing at how calm she was.

"I hope she'll go to sleep tonight." Troy said.

"She will, once she is in her crib, she'll be sound asleep in no time." Gabriella said. "We'll all be asleep in no time."

Lanai was then giggling and playing with a one year old in the seat in front of her. Gabriella held onto her baby's legs as she stood back up. The second baby's father smiled as he watched them.

"How old?" Troy asked.

"Fourteen months. Yours?"

"Nine months."

"She's a cutie."

"Thank you, as is yours."

For the next few minutes, the two babies played with one another. Gabriella looked over to see if Elizabeth was sleep. She smiled when she saw her wide eyed watching the TV. Troy looked forward and saw that they were approaching the main entrance to the Walt Disney World Resort.

"Dad, put Lizzie on your lap so she can see." Troy said.

"Come here, Liz." Coach Bolton said moving the three year old onto his lap.

"What is it?" Elizabeth asked.

"Look."

"Look, Baby-Girl." Troy said pulling Lanai into his lap. "We're here."

"Mama, we're here!" Elizabeth announced.

"I know we are, Baby." Gabriella said.

The bus pulled into the Old Key West Resort. Coach Bolton helped Elizabeth get off the buss. Troy held Gabriella's hand as they got off. The driver unloaded their suitcases and Troy gave them a huge tip. He and Gabriella walked into the Hospitality House to check in. Troy's parents stayed outside with the girls.

Ten minutes later, they were walking into their apartment. Gabriella went straight to the master bedroom to put Lanai in the crib. She then went to find Elizabeth's pajamas so she could go to sleep. By the time, Gabriella found the pajamas, Elizabeth was sound asleep. She was sharing a room with her grandparents. Gabriella began to change her clothes before Troy came in.

"She asleep?" he asked.

"Before I even changed her." Gabriella answered tucking the sleeping girl in.

Troy then took his wife's hand and led her out of the room. They bid Troy's parents goodnight before going into their room. Gabriella quickly changed into a long silky nightgown and got into bed. Troy got into bed next to her as she looked at the packet they got when they checked in.

"Anything interesting?" Troy asked.

"Elizabeth might like this Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique." Gabriella stated.

"What's that?"

"It's where girls can be dressed up as a Disney Princess."

"Elizabeth also said she wanted to have a character meal."

"I'll look at them tomorrow. Right now, I want you to wrap your arms around me and go to sleep."

"I think I can handle that."

Gabriella placed the packet on the nearby nightstand and turned the light off. Troy pulled her close to him. They listened to their youngest daughter coo in her sleep from her crib for a few minutes. Soon they joined their daughter in a peaceful sleep.