Thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed or added this story to their favourites :) Please keep reviewing, I love reading them! Here is chapter 7.

Four year old Lily Bolton stuck out her tongue in concentration as her father lifted her up to put the star on top of the family Christmas tree. It was Christmas Eve, and all of the preparations were now complete. So Gabriella was now busying herself making Christmas cookies. Of course, she wasn't allowed to eat them because of her Diabetes, but she loved making them for Troy and little Lily anyway.

"Mommy's making cookies!" the little girl exclaimed, eyes sparkling as Troy set her down and examined the tree. Gabriella giggled at her daughter's excitement. "Yes I am. Now you can have one tonight, but the rest are for tomorrow, okay?" she said firmly. Before Lily had a chance to protest, Troy cut in playfully, "aww, no fair!" This made both Gabriella and their daughter giggle.

Once the cookies were ready, the family began to settle down for the night. The couple read their daughter a story; and then Troy told Lily, "time to leave out the mince pie for Santa!" He winked at his wife, who smiled at the childhood tradition. "Don't forget the carrot for Rudolph, Daddy!" the young girl reminded him matter of factly. Gabriella responded, "Silly Daddy, how could anyone forget poor Rudolph?" then she returned her husband's wink, a mischievous grin on her face. "Hey, what's with all the ganging up on Daddy, huh ladies?" Troy protested.

He went to help Lily prepare the snacks, leaving Gabriella smiling fondly. She had always loved Christmas, and this year would be no exception. In fact, it would be even better. She had a very special Christmas present to deliver tomorrow.

As expected, Troy and Gabriella were woken up at the crack of dawn by a very over-excited little girl. They had prepared a stocking full of little presents just from themselves in Lily's room, so these were opened first, and in record timing. The rest of the presents were to be saved until just before lunch, when Troy's parents and Gabriella's mother were due to arrive.

Gabriella began preparing the Christmas lunch, while Troy distracted their daughter from the sight of the rest of her presents by setting up one of her new toys – a karaoke machine. He even agreed to sing one song himself to keep her happy. Just as he finished belting out his own version of Grease's 'You're the One that I Want', Gabriella came into the lounge, having left everything under control in the kitchen for the time being. "Lily's got you wrapped around her little finger," she told Troy jokingly. "You do realise it's your turn to sing next, right?" he replied without a hint of humour in his voice.

"Oh no, I can't, I'm the cook, remember?" she shot back, trying not to smile. He chuckled, then left Lily to play with her other new toys while he led his wife over to the couch. "Okay, I'm going to give you one of your presents now," Troy said, handing Gabriella a small gift-wrapped box. "Open it." Inside she found a gold ring with a single diamond in the middle. It was engraved with the words 'Just like Kindergarten' which were spread out around the inside of the ring.

Gabriella spotted the familiar words and welled up. "Oh, Troy..." she whispered. She recalled how, in her first week at school (and shortly after meeting Troy) she had told Troy how singing with him had made her feel like being in kindergarten, because they had met and made an instant connection. Troy had later used those words to reassure Gabriella, when they were about to sing together in front of the whole school. When stage fright had almost got the better of her. "Look at me, right at me. Like the first time we sang together, remember? Like kindergarten".

Troy slipped the ring on his wife's finger, and told her, "it's an eternity ring. Come New Year, it'll be fifteen years since our first meeting. This ring is to remind us that no matter how old we grow together, we will always be sixteen at heart." Gabriella replied, "it's gorgeous. Thank you, Wildcat, I love it. And it's been the best fifteen years of my life." She gave him a kiss on the cheek, and then decided it was time to reveal her own surprise.

"I have something special for you too. Only, you can't have it just yet." Troy looked confused, "why not?" he asked. Gabriella smiled coyly. "Well, it won't be ready for another eight and a half months." Troy's face went from confused, to stunned, to ecstatic in about thirty seconds flat. Then he attempted to talk. "Whaaaa?...You mean we, you mean I'm..."

Gabriella let out a bemused giggle. "That's right, you're going to be a daddy again!" Finally, Troy managed to form a coherent sentence. "This is amazing, Gabi! This is the best present I could have asked for. I love you." The couple shared a long, lingering kiss before Gabriella replied. "I love you too. Merry Christmas, Troy."