"We're All In This Together © 2011"

Disclaimer - I Own Nothing (: Except for the plot, of course.

A/N – I'm a crappy updater, I know. And I guess I do only deserve two reviews. But I have a very busy life and I can't just come home and plop myself onto the computer. I hope you all understand that. Please just give me a chance. Thank you and enjoy.

I would give anything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
I would give everything I own
Just to have you back again

You taught me how to love
What it's of, what it's of
You never said too much
But still you showed the way
And I knew from watching you
Nobody else could ever know
The part of me that can't let go

Everything I Own - Vanessa Hudgens/Bread

Chapter Three: A Whole Lot of Love

Troy pulled up their Honda Civic in front of an unfamiliar house. A banner was strung across the front of the house reading: Welcome Home! Balloons and streamers were sprawled across the front lawn and music faintly popped from the backyard. Gabriella and Troy both exited the car and grabbed a child. As soon they entered the big suburban house they were greeted by many people chatting and laughing. It was a bunch of family and old friends. Gabriella and Troy emerged further into the house until they stepped into the kitchen where Taylor, Chad, and Sharpay. "Auntie Shar!" Aubree squealed. Gabriella set Aubree down and she stumbled to Sharpay, throwing her small arms around her torso. Sharpay grinned and picked up Aubree up. "Hey, pretty girl." Aubree grinned softly and put her head on Sharpay's shoulder.

"Oh my God," Taylor squealed and hugged Gabriella and then Troy. Gabriella smiled. "I can't believe you're pregnant! I'm so happy for you guys."

"Thanks," Taylor said. "Chad hopes it's a girl, but I kind of want a boy, you know? "

"Yo, Hoops," Chad said, calling Troy by his old nickname. "Want to start a game out on the court? Zeke and Jason are here." Zeke and Jason were friends of Troy and Chad. They had all went to East High and they had all been friends and on the basketball team. Troy nodded. He handed Gabriella Marcus and kissed her and Taylor's cheeks before dashing off. Gabriella blushed faintly and looked at Taylor. "He's still the same basketball-frenzied Golden Boy," she giggled.

"Same with Chad. So, whose this little cutie?" Taylor gestured to Marcus who currently had his head nestled between Gabriella's neck. "This is Marcus," Gabriella said. She lifted Marcus away from her and handed him over to Taylor. Immediately Marcus began to wail and kick. "Mommy!" Sharpay and Gabriella laughed and Taylor hastily handed Marcus back. "Don't worry, Tay," Sharpay said, still laughing. "He rejected me at first, too."

"Marc doesn't like people," Aubree stated.

Taylor smiled. "My goodness, Aubree. The last time I saw you, you were just sputtering gibberish. How old are you now?"

Aubree held up four fingers. "I'm gonna turn five soon."

"Wow, five?" Aubree nodded. Sharpay put her down. "Bree, you wanna go meet the other kids? I here Taylor's little niece has a cool pony toy."

"Cool!" Aubree turned to Gabriella. "Can I go, mommy?"

"Of course." Aubree grinned and dashed off with Sharpay. Gabriella sighed and her and Taylor walked to the kitchen. "So, how are Aubree and Marcus?"

"Aubree had to get stitches yesterday," Gabriella said, sighing. "She cut herself with a knife. Marcus is almost potty trained. Everything's good, really."

"I can't wait to have this baby. If it's a boy, I'll name him Kelyn. If it's a girl, I'll name her Courtney."

"Troy and I might have another baby," Gabriella quipped. "It has its pros and cons. Swelling feet, back aches, mood swings, weird cravings, throwing up in the first month or so. But, there's also that wonderful feeling you get when the baby first kicks, or when you see the ultra sounds."

Taylor smiled. "You cried like a baby when you saw Aubree."

"She was my first baby," Gabriella whispered, smiling as she went back to when she first found out she was pregnant.

Gabriella sighed softly and pushed into the bathroom. Her hands were shaking and she was sweaty, from nervousness. She picked up the stick, looked down at the screen and her hand shot to her mouth when she saw the two little lines stretching across the screen. Her eyes scanned the other four, too. Tears, of happiness, fell down her cheeks and she held the stick close to her chest. "Oh, my God."

"Gabriella?"

Gabriella turned when she heard the front door open. She swiped the empty box of pregnancy tests into the trash and stuffed the tests into her pockets. Troy whisked into the bathroom, smiling. He bent down and kissed her softly. "Hey, baby."

"I'm pregnant," Gabriella whispered. Troy froze, his eyes widening. "You're pregnant?"

Gabriella nodded. "I'm pregnant."

Troy's face relaxed and his lips gently tugged into a smile. "You're…pregnant?"

"Yes!" Gabriella laughed and threw her arms around his neck. "I'm pregnant!" Troy wrapped his arms around her middle and crushed her body to his. He laughed, the sound of it rolling into her ears like a beautiful melody. "You're pregnant!" He set her down and placed his hands on her flat stomach. "We're going to be parents."

Gabriella's bright eyes bounced to his. "I know."

Troy laughed again and he crushed his lips to hers. "I love you."

Gabriella grinned and laid a hand on her stomach. "I love you, too."

"Well, I can't wait to have this baby," Taylor said. "It'll be like going to Hell and back getting his or her out."

"It's horrible the first time. But after that, you kind of know what it's going to feel like and you'll be more prepared."

Taylor smiled. "I think I'll just settle for one now." Taylor turned and picked up a a plate. She scooped up handfuls of everything. Gabriella crinkled her nose when she smeared peanut-butter on some pear slices. "I'll see you later. You are my best friend, but right now food is my God." Gabriella laughed as Taylor pranced out of the kitchen, her hands full with food. When she was gone, Gabriella sighed and looked down at Marcus. "You want to go see your dad attempt to play basketball, Marc?"

Marcus shrugged his shoulders. "No." Gabriella giggled and ruffled his curly locks. "Come on. Daddy might let you climb on his shoulders so you can shoot." Gabriella walked out to the backyard. Aubree was sat on the grass, playing with another little girl and Sharpay. The boys were hyped up, but they weren't playing basketball. They were playing football. Gabriella walked over to Sharpay and sat down. "I thought they were playing basketball."

"Chad's cousin wanted them to see if they can beat him at his game. Because he can never beat them at basketball." Sharpay laughed as the ball tumbled out of Ryan's hands. "He needs to stay in theater. He's always sucked at sports."

"Mommy, Kayla let me play with her pony!" Aubree explained, pointing to Taylor'a niece. "She's six."

Kayla smiled at Gabriella. "How old is he?" she pointed to Marcus.

Gabriella smiled. "He's two and a half."

"My brother is two and a half. My mommy still breath feeds him." Gabriella and Sharpay looked at each other, hidng their laughter.

"It's breast feeding," Aubree corrected her. "Marcus stopped that when he was like five months. Right mommy?"

"Yeah."

"Come on, Aubree," Kayla said, standing. "Aunty Taylor got some cool new beds we can jump on."

Aubree grinned. "Alright!" They started running off. Gabriella sighed and shook her head. "See, that's why I love kids."

"Mommy, can I play catsh?" Marcus pointed to the football. "I wanna play catsh."

"That ball is a little too big for you, Marc. Let's just watch."

Troy grunted as he caught the ball. He turned and made a beeline for the goal line. Will, Chad's cousin, raced after him and soon Troy was being bolted to the ground. He groaned and Will grinned. "Try and beat that, Bolton, huh? This ain't no little ass basketball. This is the real deal." Will laughed and stood up. He held a hand out to Troy, who took it and sighed. "Yeah. Football is not my sport."

"Dude, come on!" Chad exclaimed. "They're only in the lead by four points. Be my running back, we're winning this thing." Troy sighed and jumped into position. Chad threw back the ball and they were in action again, bumping, jumping, and crashing into each other. Troy caught the ball again and started running for a touchdown. "Come on, Bolton!" Chad yelled. Troy grinned as he pelted the ball into the ground when he reached the goal line. Will rolled his eyes and Chad grinned. "Dude, see, that is my brother there."

"Good job, Wildcat!" Troy turned his head to see Gabriella sitting there with Marcus in her lap. He smiled and winked, and then brought his hand up to his heart, a little gesture that said: I love you. It reminded him of the last game during his senior year in college. They were losing by only one point and there were only twenty seconds left in the game. Gabriella brought her hand to her heart, smiled and winked and Troy faked right, turned left, ran down court and made the winning point.

"The game isn't over yet," Will said. "Come on, tough guy. Let's see what you got."

Troy smiled. "I'd love to. But I have a wife to get to. She seems lonely."

"Dude, you're the same love-absorbed guy you were when we were in high school," Chad accused, rolling his eyes.

"Well, you can't really blame me." Troy jogged off over to Gabriella and fell down next to her. He pulled Marcus into his lap and smiled. "Where's Aubree?"

"She ran off with her new friend, Kayla. She's Taylor's niece." Gabriela smiled and leaned over to press her lips to his. "Good game. But I like it better when you play basketball. Especially with your shirt off."

"The horniess level is really high here," Sharpay declared. "So, I'm going to take Marc, and we'll go somewhere else." Gabriella giggled and Sharpay reached down to take Marcus. She trotted off and Gabriella moved closer to Troy and enlaced their hands. "I never really took you for a football kind of guy."

"I'm not. I'm just very competetive. I'll even play soccer if I have to."

"What's wrong with soccer? I've been playing since I was six."

Troy nodded. Gabriella was on the soccer team at East High. She was captain, too. "I know. My feet just aren't coordinated when I have to kick something. But not like you. You have two left feet."

"Shut up," Gabiella giggled, but didn't attempt to say otherwise. She was pretty clumsy. "You know, I can ask Taylor if she'd watch the kids. For practice when her and Chad's baby pops out. Then we can have the house all to ourselves." Gabriella smirked, dirty thoughts collecting in her head.

"I'm starting to think you're taking advantage of our friends," Troy said lowly. "But I'm totally in with the plan."

"Six," Marcus said, placing another fork into the neat line. He had scooped a handful of plastic forks and was lining


them up and counting them. It was almost five and so Taylor and Chad called everyone in for food and cake. "Sefen." Marcus added another fork and smiled. "I got sefen, daddy. Look, I got sefen." He pointed to the straight line of forks and smiled, proud of himself.

Troy smiled at his son. "I see, Marc. Good job, buddy."

"Kayla has a snake!" Aubree exclaimed. "Her name is Lusie. She said it is a boa constick...tor."

"Boa constrictor," Kayla corrected. "She's really long and big. My daddy is a zookeeper, so we have lots of animals. But I'm only allowed to touch some of 'em. Like, we have a honey badger named Regina, a lot of snakes, a komodo dragon named Rex, some birds, and an alligator named Gynger! "

"That's really interesting," Sharpay said. "When I was little, I had a lot of animals, too. I had a pony, also."

Kayla and Aubree gasped. "A pony?" Kayla exclaimed. "Seriously?"

"Yeah."

"Aunty Shar is really rich," Aubree informed her new friend. "She's also an actress and is a model for Aréopostale. I get a lot of stuff from there."

"Me too! And I get stuff from Hollister. Do you like Hollister, Miss Sharpay?"

"Do I like Hollister? Of course I do. I have a closet just for my Hollister clothing." Kayla gasped and her mouth opened in shock. Aubree giggled and Sharpay smiled. "Aubree, you want some cake?" Gabriella asked, walking into the living room. She had just finished talking to Taylor and asking if she'd watch the kids. She took the offer graciously. "What kind is it?" Aubree asked.

"Vanilla." Aubree nodded and Gabriella handed her a slice. Aubree hated any kind of ice cream or cake that wasn't vanilla. She got that from Gabriella, because Gabriella despised chocolate ice cream or cake. Though she did like brownies. But that's only because her mom made the best brownies known to man. Aubree even likes them.

"Mommy, did you know that Aunty Shar had a pony when she was younger?"

"Yeah. And when she and I went to school together, her pony turned into a beautiful horse. She let me ride her once."

"Oh! Can I get a horse?"

Gabriella smiled. "Sure. When you're able to lift one." Aubree frowned and Gabriella giggled. "Don't worry, Bree. Plus, cleaning up after them is horrible."

Kyala nodded. "Their poop is bigger than or heads!"

"That's disgusting!" Aubree said, her face scrunching up."

"Yeah!" Marcus quipped. "That distuting!"

"You want some cake, Marc?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, I want cake." Marcus nodded his head eagerly and pushed the forks away. Troy cut him a slice and handed it to him. "Oh, that cake looks good." Kelsi and Ryan entered the room. Kelsi had a hand resting on her baby bump that was very noticable now. "Took you guys long enough," Gabriella said, hopping up and squeezing them in a hug. Troy and Sharpay did, too. Kelsi smiled and grasped Ryan's hand. "We had another ultra-sound scheduled. And, well, the doctor noticed a second baby head. It was hiding."

Sharpay gasped. "You're having twins?"

"Yeah," Ryan answered. "Two girls."

"Do you have names yet?"

"We're thinking about Angelina and Samantha," Kelsi said. "Ryan liked Angelina and I liked Samantha."

"Oh, I love those names!" Aubree exclaimed. "My friend in school has the same name. Samantha, but everyone calls her Sam."

"So, where are Tay and Chad?" Ryan asked, sitting down and bringing Kelsi down to sit on his lap. And, just as he said that, Chad and Taylor walked out of the kitchen, hand-in-hand. "We're right here," Taylor said. "And, guys, I'm so happy for you!"

"Finally on the road to being a parent," Kelsi muttered, leaning her head against Ryan's shoulder.

"Well, I'm not," Sharpay said. "I feel so left out right now. I don't even have a boyfriend."

"Shar, you're too hard to keep up with to have a boyfriend," Gabriella said. "One day you're in Los Angeles and the next you're in England."

"Can I come to England with you, Auntie Shar?" Aubree asked.

"Maybe when you're older, sweetie."

"How old?"

"When you're old enough to date."

Aubree sighed. "Daddy said I have to be forty to date. He said I had thirty-six more years."

Sharpay laughed. "Yeah, well your dad is stupid and so is your mom for marrying him. You don't have to listen to either of them," Sharpay teased, causing Aubree to giggle. Troy rolled his eyes. "You know, you can at least do the decent thing and talk about us when we leave in a few minutes."

"Your leaving soon?" Kelsi asked.

"Yeah. We have a date."

"We're watching the kids," Taylor added. "Marcus doesn't like me, but he likes Chad's hair, so we'll be alright."

"Marcus doesn't like anyone," Aubree corrected. "But he loves mommy and daddy."

"Well, of course. They conceived him," Sharpay said.

"What does conceived mean?"

"It means...they came together and made him," Sharpay said, as best as she could. Aubree looked at Marcus, then at Taylor's stomach, and then at Kelsi's. She turned to Gabriella. "Mommy, how are babies made?"

"Oh, thanks Shar," Gabriella muttered. Aubree looked at her expectantly. "Oh, well, um, when two people love each other—"

"Love each other very, very, very much," Troy added.

Gabriella glared at him. "They come together in a magical way...and make a baby."

"But how?" Aubree asked.

"Don't you know?" Kayla asked, looking at Aubree. Aubree shook her head. "They come from birds! They come from the sky carrying a baby."

"Really? But what about when they're in their mommies tummies?"

"The birds put the babies in the mommies. The babies are little seeds and the birds give the mommies the seeds. That's how a baby starts in a mommy."

"Oh," Aubree said. "Wow. That is cool."

Sharpay chuckled. "I love kids minds."

"You ready to go?" Troy asked, leaning close to Gabriella. Gabriella looked at him and smiled. "Yeah. Alright."

"You guys leaving?" Taylor asked.

Gabriella nodded. "Yeah. We'll be back later tonight. Their bed time is it about two hours or so. Make sure you change Marcus into a pull-up before he goes to bed, and don't give him anything to drink. Thanks so much, guys."

"No problem," Chad said. "But if Marc pulls all of my hair out, we're gonna have some major problems."

After saying goodbyes and giving hugs, Gabriella and Troy left. Deciding that they wanted to be laid back, they headed out to Friendly's. "It's going to be pakced," Gabriella murmured. "It's a Saturday night."

"Yeah, well, we'll blend in perfectly," Troy said. He pulled them up into the parking lot and grinned. "Just act like horny teenagers."

Gabriella leaned towards him, mirth mixing in with her brown orbs. She bit her lip, and said seductively, "I thought we already acted like horny teenagers." Troy smirked and pushed his lips to hers, hard. Gabriella brought her hands up, framing his face with them and pulling him closer. "Mm, let's go," Troy murmured agaisnt her lips. Gabriella nodded and they slipped out of the car.

Gabriella was right. It was packed. There were mostly kids there, hanging out, making out, laughing. Gabriella and Troy slid into a booth and a waitress walked over to them. "Welcome to Fridays, what would you like this evening?" she asked. "Oh, and we have a couples meal, too. You can enter your name in the raffel that's only a dollar each and if your name gets picked, you eat free tonight, all you want."

"That's nice," Gabriella said, and Troy nodded. "Let's do it." After sending in an order and sending in a raffel. Gabriella smiled over at Troy. "Do you remember our first date?"

Troy smirked. "Do I remember our first date? Of course. You fell almost every second, spilled coke on your white dress, and yelled at a little boy for spilling his coke on your dress, as well. It looked like you peed on yourself." Troy laughed as Gabriella reached over and slapped him across the head. "What?"

"I said not to bring that up again," Gabriella whined. "I meant our second first date."

"Wouldn't that just be our second date?" Troy asked, quirking and eyebrow and smirking teasingly. Gabriella kicked his shin form under the table and huffed. "Troy Alexander Bolton—"

"Gabriella Maria Bolton," Troy interupted. Gabriella narrowed her eyes at him and looked away. Troy chuckled. He loved teasing her. "Okay, I'm sorry. Continue."

Gabriella glared at him, but did continue. "Do you remember it?"

"Well, of course I do. It was when I asked you to be my girlfriend and you said yes. You wore that pretty blue spaghetti strap dress and you looked amazing. Like you always do. That was when we first kissed, too. When we attempted to kiss on our first, first date, we ended up clinking teeth and drawing blood." Gabriella couldn't help herself, she started laughing. "That was also when your mom threatened to kill me if I ever hurt you and when Saddie continued to bark and at me and try to nibble off my shoes. And we made out on your porch. So, yeah, I remember it. It was the best damn thing that I've ever experienced." Gabriella grinned. She wrapped her fingers around his neck and pulled his face close to hers. "Well, you're the best damn thing I ever had." And then they were kissing, awkwardly leaning over the two foot table.

"Mrs. B?" Gabriella gasped and jumped apart from Troy. They both looked up. Sheldon and a few of his friends stood there, their eyes wide. Gabriella scratched her head and her cheeks flared was embaressment. "Oh. Um, hey, Sheldon."

Sheldon smirked. "Wow, Mrs. B. I never took you for a PDA type of person." Sheldon shifted his eyes over to Troy and his mouth almost dropped to the floor. "Wait, what? Y...You're Troy Bolton."

Troy smirked. "Yeah, that's me."

"Dude! You play for the Celtics!" Troy nodded and Sheldon looked back at his friends, who were equally excited. "Can I get an autograph?"

Troy switched his eyes to his wife for a moment before he looked back at Sheldon. "Sure, kid. But first, I want you to get an A or at least a B+ on a science test."

Sheldon's mouth hung open before he collected himself and snorted. "A or B+? Dude, that's like telling a dog to shit in the toliet. They never will. Trust me, I've tried."

Gabriella and Troy shared another amused glance and then Troy looked back at Sheldon. "Try, at least. If you do, I'll get you an autograph."

"That'll take all semester."

"Then you better get studying," Troy said. "But, right now, my wife and I are on a date acting like horny teenagers." Gabriella gasped and threw a sharp look at her husband. Sheldon and his friends laughed. "Alright. See you at school on Monday, Mrs. B." They turned and walked away and Gabriella reached over to hit Troy again. "You jackass! Why would you say that?"

"Say what? That we're acting like horny teenagers or telling Sheldon to get a B+ or A in science."

Gabriella opened her mouth, scrolling through what to say, but found nothing. Her shoulders deflated and she looked at Troy. "Hm. Well, I guess I can't be mad. Thanks, too."

"Sure. Plus, it also helped me. Now you'll congragulate me in a more sexy, vixen way tonight."

Gabriella smirked. "Don't be so sure, Wildcat."

As the date advanced, they laughed and joked, and their names didn't get pulled up in the raffel. It turned out some elderly couple did and the man had to be rushed to the emergency room because he ate too much ice cream. But nevertheless, the date was fantastic.


Before the door was even fully closed, Gabriella and Troy were pushed against each other, rubbing, nipping, proping at each other. Gabriella pushed off Troy's shirt and started a trail of hot kisses down his torso. Before she could dip into his happy valley, Troy grabbed her arms gently and yanked her up. He turned them over so she was pushed against the wall and started his hot assault on her neck. Gabriella threaded her fingers through his silky locks and threw her head back. "Oh, Troy," she gasped. "Come on."

Troy stood up straight and slowly brought his hand down on her first button. Their eyes conected as he began to slowly unbutton her shirt, revealing her bra after a few ones. When he was done, Gabriella's chest was rising and falling with every pant she let out from her arousal. Troy pressed each of his hands on either side of her head, caging her in and pressing his body against hers. Gabriella closed her eyes, loving the heat rolling off his body and settling on hers. She gripped his naked, built torso and her fingers began to trebmble with want. "I love you," he husked in her ear. His breath breezed against her skin and Gabriella groaned. She rubbed at his skin. "I love you, too."

Troy slowly began to suck and nibble at her neck again. He traveled down to her collar bone, and then to the swell of her breast. Gabriella's fingers moved to his hair again, pulling and tugging at the softness. "Mmm," she moaned with appreciation. Troy left wet kisses along her sizzling hot stomach before rising so he was face-to-face with her again. "Ready?" he said. Gabriella nodded and wrapped her amrs around his broad shoulders. "Always." Troy gripped her butt and hoisted her up. Gabriella squealed and held onto him much tighter, also wrapping her legs around his waist and locking them together as he jogged up the stairs. He dropped her on the bed and Gabriella giggled. "Ready to be ravished, baby?" he asked again. Gabriella pulled him down to him and squealed as his fingers attacked her sides. "Hell yeah!"


After two hours of making love numerous times, Troy and Gabriella some how managed to pull themselves from bed. Troy's muscels were stiff and sore and Gabriella's legs felt like jell-o. Her lady part felt sore, also.

"So, did you two lovebirds have fun?" Taylor asked when they arrived at her doorstep at ten. The two looked at each other, their minds floating back to earlier. "Oh, yeah. We did enjoy ourselves."

"In other words, we were like jackrabbits in bed," Sharpay said, coming up to stand by Taylor. Gabriella glared at her. "Shut up, Shar."

"Oh, you know it's true."

Taylor laughed. "The kids are sound alseep. It turns out Marcus does like me. It just took him two hours to figure that out."

Gabriella and Troy laughed and walked further into the house. They collected their sleeping children and thanked their friends before leaving. "I'm tired," Gabriella said, yawning. "And I don't know how I'll be able to face Sheldon now, Troy. Thanks a lot."

"You're welcome, Brie," Troy said teasingly.

"Hey, you know, I just noticed we haven't been using condomns," Gabriella said softly. Troy nodded. "I know."

"You knew?"

"You want a baby, don't you?"

Gabriella bit her lip to contain from smiling. She nodded and reached over to place her hand on his knee, nodidng. "Yeah. Yeah, I do."


Okay, so I'm working on chapter 4! I know this chapter wasn't exciting and it has a lot of mistakes, but time is short and apparently a bitch. Please review! Thank you!