"Daddy!" Two kids screamed as they ran out the front door.

"Troy, this is Elizabeth and Benjamin." Steven said as he bent down and gave the girl and boy a hug and kiss.

"Daddy, Whose this?" Elizabeth asked looking up at Troy.

"Well Elizabeth, this is Troy, your older brother." Troy stood there silent, not really knowing what to say.

"How come I've never met him?"

"Well, he didn't live with us."

"Why not?"

"He lives with his mom but he's staying with us for a little while."

"Why?"

"Elizabeth, why don't you and Benjamin go play in the back yard?"

"Fine." Elizabeth and Ben said and made their way through the gate into the back yard.

Troy could hear them laughing from where he stood in the front yard. Elizabeth had curly blonde hair and from what he could tell, a very talkative little girl. Ben, on the other hand, had short light brown hair and didn't say much.

"Alright, Let's get you settled into your room." Steve said picking up one of Troy's suitcases and carrying it into the big house that was ahead of them.

Troy took a deep breath and looked once again at the house. It was a lot bigger than his and a lot bigger than he expected it to be. It had a red door and trees all around the front yard. The house was yellow and had a huge front porch.

"Troy!" Steven yelled and Troy ran into the house.

"What?"

"Let's go." They walked up the stairs and down the hall until the came across a door. "Alright, now, I let my wife pick everything in this room out for you. I haven't seen it finished yet, but I'm sure it looks great. I'll leave you to it." Steve put down Troy's suitcase and walked downstairs.

Walking into the room, Troy was in awe. The walls were blue as well as the carpets. A dark brown desk was positioned in front of one of the windows. His bed was a king sized bed and had blue blankets on it.

Troy walked over to his new bed and fell on top of it. It felt brand new. He lifted his head and noticed a door across from him. He stood up and opened the door to reveal his very own bathroom. Unlike his room the main color was white. He walked out of the bathroom and sat on his bed again taking everything in.


Gabriella flopped onto her bed and opened her laptop. She had so much to tell Nathan.

She opened up Itunes and started dancing around her room cleaning whatever she could. Without noticing it, she had been dancing and cleaning for hours. She looked at the clock and saw that it was 5:45.

"Shit!" Gabriella put on a pair of comfortable sweat pants and a tank top before grabbing her purse and making her way to the Bolton's house.


"Troy!" Steven called from downstairs, making Troy jump up. He must've fallen asleep while unpacking. He ran his hand through his hair and stretched.

"Yeah?" Troy said from the top of the stairs.

"I'm leaving. I'm going to meet Lauren at the Donderson's Party down the street. Gabriella is here and is playing with the kids in the back yard. They have to go to bed at 8:00, which Gabriella knows. I told Gabriella to just stay until we get home because you're new here and you don't really know what to do if one of them wakes up."

"Ok." Troy responded.

"Can you please say more than one word at a time to me?"

"Why? It's not like you ever called to talk to me!"

"Troy…"

"That was eleven words." Troy said and walked back into his room. He hadn't wanted to come here.


From downstairs Gabriella had heard the entire conversation. She had reentered the house to get Ben a coat because it was getting cold. She wasn't exactly sure who the boy Mr. Bolton was talking to was but she prayed that he wasn't the same one she had run into in the store. The boy in the store seemed mean and ignorant, while the boy at the top of the stairs just seemed betrayed and heartbroken.

"Gabriella!" Ben screamed as he ran into the house and up to her. "What's taking you so long?"

Gabriella turned around startled. "Uh… sorry. I was just going to get a drink." She said and smiled, making her way into the kitchen.

"Can I have some apple juice?" He asked looking up at her.

"Sure. Where is your sister?"

"On the swing set."

"Can you please go get her? She shouldn't be out there by herself." Smiling, the boy ran outside and called his sister.

Gabriella sighed in relief. She wasn't normally nosy but she couldn't help but over hear what was going on with Mr. Bolton.

"Gabriella, I'm leaving now." Mr. Bolton walked into the kitchen and grabbed one of the cookies his wife baked for the arrival of Troy.

"Ok."

"If Troy comes downstairs, which I doubt he will, can you just show him around? He won't let me do it." Mr. Bolton's face was pleading. He seemed really hurt that he wasn't the one showing Troy around, but maybe it was what he deserved.


Sorry that it's so short. It's not even 1,000 words. So sorry. Next one will be out soon.

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