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I want to apologise for the severe lack of an update. I was at a complete loss as to where this story was going but hopefully I have it all worked out. So pretty please, review and let me know what you think.

Ps Sorry, its quite short….

"Hello, Gabriella…Troy…its lovely to see the two of you again…" a middle aged woman with a friendly face smiled as she opened her front door.

"Hello Grace." Troy smiled. "Its really nice to see you again too!"

The pair followed her into her house. "I would just like to say thank you again for doing this…."

"Don't worry my dear, I said from the start that it you ever changed your mind it would be fine…it was a big decision for you back then."

Gabriella smiled gratefully as she cautiously followed Grace and Troy further into the house.

"Sophie?" Grace called as they entered the sitting room. Troy watched as a smiled spread across Gabriella's face as a small girl with dark brown curls and big brown eyes toddled into the room. "Sophie, say hello to Gabriella."

"Lo…" she smiled shyly.

"Hello…" Gabriella smiled somewhat cautiously. "How are you?"

"Goood!" the little girl replied before turning and looking up at Grace. "Gwace…..where misser Cudels?"

"Mister Cuddles is in the crib!" she replied watching as the young girl skipped off back into the room she'd came from, obviously intent on finding 'Mister Cuddles'.

"She calls you Grace?" Troy questioned.

"Yes…well I'm not her mommy am I?" she smiled. "Did you find him?" she questioned as Sophie reappeared.

"Yupp!" the little girl smiled triumphantly as she held out a teddy bear for them all to see.

"That's…" Gabriella began.

"The teddy bear you gave her? Yes!" Grace replied. "Sophie…why don't you take Gabriella into your playroom and show her your toys.

"okay!" the little girl replied, reaching up and taking Gabriella's hand, pulling her along.

Once they were out of sight Troy turned to Grace. "So how exactly is all of this going to work?"

"To be honest it is a bit of an odd situation. But she knows I'm not her mommy. I was planning on letting her get to know Gabriella a little today and then tell her that Gabriella's her mommy and she's going to live with her and then obviously you can get to know her too. If it is alright with you two I was thinking of letting her go with you next weekend, saves prolonging the whole situation."

A week later Gabriella was sitting in the passenger seat of the car, practically hyperventilating. "Are you sure we have everything. Is her bedroom ready?"

"Brie…Calm down!" Troy laughed. "Yes we have everything, don't worry!"

"I know, I'm just nervous! What if she hates living with us?"

"She won't!"

"She might, you cannot possibly know that!"

"She'll find it strange at the start, we all will, but she'll come round, she loves you, you saw that yourself when you are playing with her!"

"You really think so?"

"I know so….now come on lets get going and bring your baby girl home!"

As Troy busied himself loading all of Sophie's belongings into the car Gabriella knocked softly on the playroom door before entering.

"Hello Sophie!" she smiled at the little girl sitting on the floor packing her teddies into a bag.

Sophie looked up, her big brown eyes wide as she looked carefully at Gabriella. "Mommy?" she smiled.

Gabriella couldn't help the smile that formed on her face as tears welled up in her eyes. "Yes…I'm your mommy! Are you going to come and live with me and Troy?"

"Daddy?" she enquired.

Gabriella hesitated for a moment. "Yes Daddy!"

"Okay!" Sophie smiled as if this had just sealed the deal. "I have pink room?"

"Yes, you're room is pink, with a Princess bed!"

The little girls eyes widened in excitement. "GO!" she exclaimed standing up and taking Gabriella's hand. The pair then made their way through the house to join Grace and Troy at the car.

"Hey Sophie, are you all ready to go?" Troy asked.

"Yes Daddy!" she smiled as she handed him her backpack.

Troy looked at Gabriella and Grace, confusion, shock and emotion all evident in his eyes. Both women shrugged their shoulders Gabriella mouthing 'her idea' so as not to draw any attention to it.

"Well, bye bye then Sophie!" Grace smiled down at the toddler.

"Bye Gwace!" Sophie smiled wrapping her tiny arms around Grace's legs.

"Now don't you three be strangers, I want you to come and visit me!" Grace smiled as she hugged both Troy and Gabriella.

"And you can come and visit us!" Gabriella smiled as she hugged the older woman. "Plus, they'll be four of us very soon!"

"What?" Grace asked. "You mean?…." Gabriella smiled and nodded. "Congratulations! You both must be so happy!"

"Oh we are!" Troy laughed. "We are!"

A month later Sophie had settled into the Bolton household without any real problems. The three of them had fallen into a kind of routine. Gabriella went to work during the week and on the days when Troy had basketball practice Lucille looked after Sophie. The little girl had taken an immediate liking to Luke claiming him to be her 'bwest fwend'.

As Gabriella busied herself making the dinner, Sophie sat at the table drawing a picture for her daddy. It was a Monday night, and every Monday night Gabriella cooked for both Luke and Troy as basketball practice ran late and it meant Lucille didn't need to wait until late to make dinner for herself and Jack.

The radio was playing in the background and as the last song ended the news began.

"AND NOW FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

THE LATEST JHONNY DEPP MOVIE HAS BROKE BOX OFFICE RECORDS IN ITS OPENING WEEKEND

AND THE DETECTIVES ARE OUT FOR THE LATEST MYSTERY INVOLVING TROY BOLTON. THE BASKETBALL SUPER STAR WAS SPOTTED OUT AND ABOUT AT THE WEEKED WITH A BROWN EYES CUTIE. BUT DON'T WORRY, THERES NO TROUBLE IN PARADISE WITH HIS WIFE OF ONE MONTH, NO, THIS CUTIE WAS NO MORE THAN TWO YEARS OLD. BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS, WHO IS SHE? AND WHY HAVE WE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF HER BEFORE?"

Gabriella rolled her eyes. She couldn't deny that she'd been expecting it. It was only a matter of time before the press found out about Sophie. Her eyes widened in shock as the radio coverage continued.

"LUCKY FOR YOU WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. IN AN INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVELY FOR US EARLIER TODAY TROY BOLTON SHONE A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE SITUATION. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THIS LITTLE GIRL HE RESPONDED. "

Troy's voice cut in, "THAT LITTLE GIRL IS THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN TO ME. "

"YES BUT WHO IS SHE?" the radio presenter pressed.

You could hear Troy sigh, and Gabriella could just imagine how uncomfortable he was. "A FEW YEARS BACK SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENED TO GABRIELLA, SOMETHING I WOULD APPRECIEATE IF IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP TO EITHER ME OR HER. BUT SHE'S GABRIELLA'S DAUGHTER, TECHINICALLY, BUT AS FAR AS IT REALLY MATTERS, SHE'S OUR DAUGHTER AND WE LOVE HER"

"SO THERE YOU HAVE IT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BOLTONS HAVE A LITTLE GIRL…..BUT THEY'RE PLAYING COY AS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES….."

Gabriella sighed. She could feel tears in her eyes but she fought them away. She was proud of Troy, answering as he did but she could just tell that it was unlikely that the press were going to let this go.

Gabriella heard the front door open. She smiled to herself as she saw Sophie's head pop up. "Uncle LUKE!" she exclaimed as she clambered down off the chair and ran down the hall.

"Soph….be careful,. don't run!" Gabriella called after her.

Troy and Luke appeared in the doorway, Sophie in Luke's arms as she babbled away in his ear.

"Hey babe!" Troy smiled as he kissed Gabriella's cheek. "There's something wrong here, she shouldn't love Luke that much. I mean….he's LUKE!"

"No…nothing wrong here, I'm just that charismatic and loveable, she can't resist my charm"

"Luke….she's two!" Gabriella laughed, "she loves you because you play with her and watch DVDs with her!"

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