A/N: And here is Day 4! This would've been out a half hour ago, but my three kittens thought it was a cool idea to knock a bowl of milk over themselves, so I had to give them all a bath, which wasn't fun. As promised, a shirtless Troy features in this chapter ;) hope you all enjoy!

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

Gabriella woke up to the sound of heavy raining falling on the roof, the sound was relaxing, but annoying and she realised she wasn't going to get back to sleep anytime soon so she reached over to pull herself closer to Troy.

But her fingers were met not with the bare warmth of Troy's skin, instead they came into contact with the cold sheet which made Gabriella open her eyes to see the whereabouts of her boyfriend.

It was very unusual for Troy to be awake before Gabriella, let alone out of the bed, this was something that usually only happened when he was sick, even the mornings that he started work early, Gabriella usually woke with the alarm clock.

Deciding that Troy must be sick, Gabriella quickly got out of bed and pulled on her robe, tightening the belt before turning towards the bathroom. As she turned, a purple package on her bedside table caught her eye and she grabbed at it before heading to the bathroom.

Seeing that there was no Troy inside, Gabriella stopped to look at the package and she noticed that in Troy's handwriting "day four" was written across the top. Realising that this was her gift for the day, Gabriella excitedly tore open the package, revealing to her four DVD cases.

She quickly sank to the floor to look at the titles and she saw a piece of paper sticking out between two of the cases and she eagerly pulled it free.

Take a shower and put on the clothes in the package in the closet.

I'll be home by 9am so we can enjoy Day Four's gift together.

Troy xxx

Wondering where Troy could've gone so early on a Sunday morning, Gabriella returned the DVDs to the bedside table and debated whether she should open the clothing package before or after her house.

Deciding she was way too impatient to wait til after the shower she crossed to the closet, quickly locating a gift box sitting there waiting for her and she pulled the lid off, her heart melting at the t-shirt sitting on top.

It was an exact replica of the first t-shirt Gabriella had stolen from Troy, but she had lost it somewhere when her and Troy moved in together. This one was brand new – the one Gabriella had stolen was faded and had a small hole on the shoulder – but it was the same and as she lifted it from the box she caught a whiff of Troy's cologne.

She wondered if he had worn it already, or simply sprayed his cologne on the clothing item, but she didn't really care either way. Noticing there was more in the box, Gabriella lifted out first a pair of grey sweatpants followed by a pair of black, fluffy slippers. Eager to slip into such comfortable, warm looking clothes Gabriella carried the box into the bathroom and placed it on the counter next to the sink before she started up the shower and climbed under the hot stream.

Meanwhile, Troy was walking the aisles of the local supermarket, picking out both his and Gabriella's favourite junk food items, chocolate, candy, chips, cookies and popcorn filled his cart and he soon added several bottles of soda to the mix before he went in search of something quick to have for lunch. Spotting the pizza bases he decided that he would make Gabriella her favourite pizza for lunch, knowing she much preferred homemade to premade, even if Troy couldn't tell the difference.

Going in search of the pineapple and tomato paste for the pizza, Troy looked at his watch, seeing it was already half past eight and he had said in the note that he would be home by 9. Grabbing the ingredients for the Hawaiian pizza, Troy sped off to the checkouts, paying for the foods before jumping in his car, eager to get home and see if Gabriella liked day 4's gifts.

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Troy was stretched across the length of the couch, thanks to the roaring fire in the corner he was able to relax in just a pair of basketball shorts, and although Gabriella couldn't believe that he was warm enough to go shirtless, she hadn't complained about settling against his bare torso to watch the movies. As Troy watched his girlfriend tear up for the fifth time in as many minutes he rolled his eyes at how morbid chick flicks seemed to be. He couldn't understand how Gabriella wouldn't watch an action movie because people died, but she was willing to watch movies that made her burst into tears. Deciding to voice his opinion, Troy wiped away a stray tear on Gabriella's cheek before speaking.

"Why do you like watching movies that make you cry?" He enquired softly, receiving a swift elbow to the stomach from Gabriella as she glared at him and went back to watching the tv screen. "What?"

"Shhh, Troy!" Gabriella hissed. "Can't you see, Jack is dying?"

"Uh, Brie? He's not Jack, he's Leo and he's, ouch!" Another elbow to the ribs shut Troy up and he scowled at the tv for confusing him and getting him into trouble.

Troy and Gabriella were up to movie number 3, having already watched first Grease – which Gabriella sung along to, – and Love Actually – where Gabriella had to keep reminding Troy who everyone was, – they were now watching Titanic – where Gabriella had to keep hushing her boyfriend who seemed to only be quiet during the parts Kate Winslet didn't have a top on – and Troy couldn't see how Gabriella could cry at movies she'd seen hundreds of times before.

Finally the end credits started to roll and a teary eyed Gabriella turned to Troy.

"Titanic makes me cry because Rose finally finds true love and she loses him!" She exclaimed. "If you were drowning wouldn't you want me to be upset that you were going to die?"

"Probably… but it's just a movie, Brie," Troy reasoned. "That would be like you being scared of clowns because of that movie, IT."

"Troy, I am scared of clowns!" Gabriella pointed out. "They have creepy smiles and they live in the sewers and they grab you off the streets. You just can't trust them!"

"Okay, okay, point taken. Ready to watch the last movie?"

"A Walk to Remember!" Gabriella cried happily. "This is one of my favourite movies!"

"I can't understand why. That guy is a total jerk to the hot chick who is shy and trying to be not hot and then they fall in love, that never happens in real life." Troy complained.

"Troy," Gabriella whined. "It's romantic!"

"What's romantic about death? Or guys being jerks? The guy is a jerk in Grease too."

"You obviously don't pay attention to the movies."

"I pay enough attention to know that they put hot girls in lead roles so boyfriend's have something to watch," Troy argued, but upon seeing Gabriella's glare he quickly spoke again. "I mean, they look okay I guess, nowhere near as good as you."

With a roll of her eyes, Gabriella shoved him off the couch so he could put the last movie in, her heart swelling with pride that Troy would sit through movies he couldn't understand and couldn't bear to pay attention to, just to make her happy.

Four girly movies.