A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update! Hope this was worth the wait!This chapter starts at the same time as the previous chapter but from Troy's POV just in case anyone finds it confusing.

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(Troy's POV)

"Er..Guys I hate to break up this love fest but I've gotta go." Gabriella giggled slightly as I shot her a look.

I took a deep breath and moved away before she could hug me again.

I saw Gabi biting her lip in an attempt to stop laughing but I didn't care I was free! I looked up at the ceiling and silently thanked god for freeing me from the grip of the devil woman before turning back to Jen and acting out hitting Jen on the head.

I smirked to myself.

Ha! Finally I get my own back on the evil witch!

I was quite happy with myself until I saw Jen turn around and glare at me.

"I can see you in the mirror you know." She stated as she stared me down.

I could feel all the colour drain from my face and my mouth open and shut repeatedly as I tried to come up with an explanation.

In the background I could hear Gabi giggling before running out of the house, leaving me to fend for myself.

Once she left me and Jen just stood there in silence. She was staring me down, much like Miss Darbus would do back in high school when I had done something wrong, waiting for an explanation. I on the other hand wasn't saying anything because I knew whatever I said would land me in hot water. It always did.

"So?" She said impatiently. "Are you going to explain why you faked hitting me on the head while I wasn't looking?"

I was about to open my mouth and offer some feeble excuse when Addy and Sophia suddenly came rushing through the hallway screaming their heads off before running into the front room and bouncing off the sofa. I looked at them confused.

What the hell was going on here?

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jen smirking. I turned around and stared at her.

"Jen?" I asked stretching out her name as I glared at her. " What did you do to my daughter?"

She looked at me with an evil glint in her eyes as she threw her long flowing scarf over her shoulder dramatically.

"Oh it's nothing. Addy and Sophia might have got into the sweets cupboard just before we left..."

Oh she was smart! She had this planned all along! She knew I couldn't deal with Addy when she was hyper and how better than to get a kid hyper than to pump her full of sugar!

Oh if only that brain had been used for good.

"You set me up!" I hissed and she faked a look of surprise.

"What me? No darling of course not. Now have fun and don't let Sophia stay up past 11."

"Wait? What?" I asked. "No one said anything about Sophia staying too!"

Suddenly there was a loud crash.

"I'll be right back. Don't go ANYWHERE!"

She rolled her eyes at me but I dismissed it. To be honest I didn't care. If Gabi wasn't friends with his woman and she wasn't Miss Darbus' niece I would have had thrown her out ages ago.

I turned to look where the noise had come from and by the time I found the smashed vase from the front room and cleaned it up Jen was gone. I looked all around the hallway but she had disappeared.

"I always knew that woman was a witch." I muttered under my breath as I ran a hand through me hair and groaned.

How the hell was I going to deal with this. One almost 12 year old hyped up on sugar was bad enough but TWO?!

Before I could even come up with a game plan I heard another loud crash and Addy started shouting for me from the front room. I sighed. This was going to be a long night.

An hour later both girls had finally come down from their sugar rushes. Sophia had crashed on the sofa on the other side of the room and was muttering in her sleep ever so slightly while me and Addy were curled up on Gabi's favourite sofa watching Enchanted , Addy's favourite movie.

I could tell she was tired because every once in a while her head was drop and her eyes would close slightly before she forced them open again.

"Addy if you're tired you should go to sleep." I said quietly but she shook her head.

"I'm not tired. I want to sit here and watch Enchanted with you. Just me and you."

I smiled and kissed the top of her head.

"We can do this again Addy, I promise but for now you need to go to sleep."

She grinned and snuggled into me.

"Okay. As long as you promise." She yawned. "I love you daddy."

I never felt happier than I did right at that moment. I hugged her back and smiled.

"I love you too Addy."

A couple of minutes later I heard her breathing slow down and become more even. I knew she was asleep. Silently, I turned off the DVD player and lifted her slightly so I could move off the sofa; being careful not to wake her up.

She started squirming and I held my breath, praying that she wouldn't wake up. She soon settled down and I finally let out the breath I hadn't realised I had been holding.

I watched her for a minute amazed at how peaceful she looked when she was alseep. Like their wasn't a problem in the world.

God how I wished that was true.

I was thinking about all the stuff she, Arabella, Gabi and the twins must have gone through when...

KNOCK! KNOCK!

I rushed out of the front room into the hallway skidding on the polished wooden floor in my socks and yanked the door open before they could knock again.

"Oh.My.God" I stared at the people standing in front of me with my mouth open before a 6 pack of beer was thrown at me.

"Dude you sound like a girl." Chad shook his head before stepping into the hallway followed by Jason, Ryan and Zeke.

"Troy? You gonna stand there all day staring at the door or are you gonna play some ball?" Jason yelled and I finally snapped out of it, following them into the back yard.

I groaned as I flopped down on the grass next to the basketball court. After playing for two hours straight me and the guys had finally had enough. Opting to sit around, drink beer, eat and talk rather than face playing another game.

"So let me get this straight." I began. " Tay, Kels and Sav are all here for Gabi and Shar's surprise baby shower and you just thought you'd just leave the kids with your parents and tag along?"

Chad and Jason nodded.

"And somehow between here and New York you decided that live in New York just wasn't the same without us so your giving up your high paying jobs and moving your families all the way back here. Just like that?" Ryan added as he collapsed next to me.

They nodded again.

"And now Chad's gonna be coaching the Wildcats and Jase is going to be working at the restaurant here in Albuquerque?" Zeke questioned and they groaned.

"What is this? 20 bloody questions?"Jason sighed. "Yes we're moving. Yes Chad's giving up pro basketball to be a gym teacher and yes I will be working with Zeke at the Albuquerque restaurant. Are you happy now?"

"No need to get snappy" Zeke said defensively. "We just wanted to get it straight."

"Okay. Now that's sorted out let's go in and watch the game." Chad yelled excitedly and rushed into the house at the speed of light.

"Whoa! No can do." I said running after him quickly, grabbing the back of Chad's shirt and yanking him back before he could even reach the front room door. He may be quick but he'll never be quicker than me.

"Addy and her friend are asleep in the front room and we cannot wake them up."

"Why not?" Ryan asked, confused.

"Darbus shoveled half a tonne of sugar down their throats before leaving them here." I said venomously.

I looked up and saw Jason and Chad nod knowingly with sympathy. No doubt they had gone through this too.

"Sugar rushes are a bitch." Chad muttered before shuddering slightly obviously reliving a previous memory of Lee.

"Don't I know it! I had to chase them all through the house before they finally crashed. Sophia's been asleep on the sofa for ages but Addy just fell asleep when you guys turned up so if any of you wake her up she's gonna be cranky and I'm gonna kick your ass."

Suddenly Ryan's phone went off. We all turned to look at him and he started to go red as he flipped his phone open.

"Hello?" He whispered. Zeke, Jason and Chad rolled their eyes at him but I just shook my head as I slowly opened the door to check on Addison and Sophia.

They were still curled up on their separate sofas fast asleep. I breathed a sigh of relief. I don't think I could put up with both of them and the guys at the same time.

"WHAT!" Ryan yelled and I suddenly slammed the door shut as Addy started stirring.

"Dude! What part of "Wake her up and I'll kick your ass" did you not understand?" I hissed but Ryan just put a finger up. Signaling for me to wait a minute.

I was about to attack him before I realised that screaming and shouting at him would wake them up and land me in trouble with both Darbus and Gabi so I stopped myself.

"What do you mean he's here?" He whispered into the phone, I could hear a high pitched shrieking from the other end of the phone which sounded suspiciously like Sharpay and someone else talking hurriedly before Ryan's eyes went wide and he ran out of the room.

"What was that about?" I asked but the guys just shrugged.

Something was going on. I could tell.. I just didn't know what it was yet.

(Ryan's POV)

When Gabi told me what happened I ran out of the hallway and into the coat closet under the stairs because what she had just told me the other guys did NOT want to know.

"You gave Will your house keys and told him he could stay with you, Troy and the kids? Are you Crazy!? Those two only put up with each other because of you, leave them alone in a room without you and Will's gonna try his best to wind Troy up. They'll rip each other apart!"

"I know Ryan. That's why I called you." Gabriella sighed, frustrated. "Will promised that he's stay out of Troy's way but I know what he's like. He wouldn't pass up the opportunity to piss Troy off so I need you to go outside and wait for him. When he gets there stop him and take him around the back and up the back staircase to my study. Make sure he stays out of Troy's way until tomorrow morning. I'll sort everything out when I get back."

"What!" Why me?" I yelled.

"You're the only one who won't try to kill him."

"I wouldn't bet on that." I muttered under my breath,

True out of all of us I was the one who was less likely to shoot him on sight but after what he did to Sharpay and the way he lied to us I still wasn't his biggest fan.

"Plus I still see you as family. You'll always be my big brother and as your little sister I'm asking you to do me one small insignificant favour."

I groaned. I hated it when she used the big brother card. She does it all the time and it always works. That's why she uses it so much.

"Gabi!" I pouted. "I don't wanna..."

"Plus I know your little secret." She said teasingly.

"Gabi you know all my secrets. You're my best friend I tell you EVERYTHING." I said seriously. "So don't try using that one because it won't work."

"Oh! So you don't mind me telling everyone just how old you and Shar really are?" She said slowly and my eyes went wide.

"Where did you hear that?" I hissed.

"But then again that would explain how your fake id's were so well done. I mean you can't beat the real thing right?"

Even though she couldn't see me I narrowed my eyes and her.

"You're an evil woman Mrs Montez Bolton."

She giggled,

"I know but you love me anyway. Now this is what you've got to do..."