A few weeks later, Raven and Gabriella were at Gabriella's house. Gabriella changed Avery's Diaper and Raven stood beside her, "So how is it to be a mom?" Gabriella smiles, "It's great. except for the diapers, and waking up in the middle of the night, but besides that..great."

Raven smiles, "When is Troy coming?" Gabriella looks at her phone, "Should be here soon." Gabriella placed Avery in her arms, and walks downstairs. As Gabriella comes downstairs, There is Troy standing in the middle of the kitchen talking to Veronica.

Troy looks at Gabriella and smiles, "Hey." she smiles, "Hi." Troy looks down at his son, he smiles, "Is he ready?"

Gabriella nods, but places him in Raven's arms, "Can I talk to Troy..privately for a minute..please." Veronica and Raven both nod as they walk away.

Troy looks at her, "What's up?" Gabriella smiles, "Nothing..I just.." Troy looks at her, "Brie what is it?" Gabriella smiled, "I wanted to know..what you think about me and Avery..moving in with you.. at Chad's.." "What?"

She smiles, "I talked to Chad.. he is fine with me moving in with you.. me and Avery...and Raven has offered to babysit."

Troy smiles, "What about School?" Gabriella smiles, "Raven is going to come get me in the mornings and drive me to West High.. What do you think?"

Troy smirks, "bending down to kiss her lips. I can't wait then..." she smiles into his lips, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I love you wildcat," "hmm..." Troy says, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I love you too-" "Eugh," they turn to see Connor on the stairs, "Gabriella...not in front of me, got it?"

Gabriella giggles, and rolls her eyes, Gabriella wraps her hand around his neck, pecking his lips, and leaning her forehead against his, "I love you."

Troy nodded, "I love you too." Gabriella pecks his lips, "I'll see you tonight."

After spending the whole day with Avery. Troy jumped out of his truck, grabbing Avery's carseat and walking into Chad's house. As he walked in, Chad was watching the game with Raven. Troy smiles, "Hey, Where's Brie?" Chad smiles, "She's upstairs in the room."

Troy nods, taking Avery out of the carseat and walking upstairs. He made his way into the bedroom, Where Gabriella was unpacking boxes. Troy smirks, "Beautiful." Gabriella looks at him, and giggles, "Hey you."

She comes over and peck his lips, and she looks at him, "How was Father and Son Time?" Troy smiles, putting Avery in the small baby crib. "It was great." he wraps his arms around her, pecking her lips, "But I missed you."

She giggled, "I missed you too.." she giggles picking up his basketball jersey on the bed, "You excited about the championship game in a few weeks?"

Troy sighs, "I'm under pressure, but it's nothing I can't handle." He looks at Avery in his arms, bouncing him slightly.

Gabriella see's the hesitant glare in his eyes, "Troy.." she says, making him look at her. "Me and Avery will be there-" "I don't want you choosing who to cheer for, Brie." '

"Troy-" "Connor's your brother." "He hates you." "And I am pretty sure that I should hate him, but I don't. Truth is Brie...I admire him. Respect him." "Troy-" "Cheer for your brother, that'll mean a lot to me."

Gabriella looks at him, cupping his cheeks, "But I do love you.. you know that right?" Troy nods, kissing Avery's forehead, and laying him in the crib, "I love you too..but this is your brother Brie.. family is important." Gabriella looks at him, "What are we going to do about Graduation? Prom?"

Troy sighs, nervous about telling her about the school he applied for. The school he got accepted to. The school that has been eyeing him for months. All behind his father's back. NYU, for photography.

"I..I don't know Brie, can we focus on the here and the now?" "Troy," Gabriella says, taking Avery from him. "What's wrong? Your eyes..are like really dark." "I'm fine-" "Troy, your eyes give you away." Damn it, that is true..

Troy sighs, "Let's talk about it..some other time, okay?" Gabriella sighs, "Okay. Fine." Troy kisses her forehead, "Are you hungry?" she shook her head, "Me and Raven grabbed a bite to eat before we got here."

Troy smirks, "What was this little thing you promised me?" Gabriella laughed, "I didn't promise you anything, but I have a few ideas.." she giggled and began kissing his neck.

He kisses her, "well, share with me these ideas." Gabriella giggles, "not while Avery's here." Troy chuckles, "Well then, while you and this little guy finish unpacking, I'm going to cook- want anything?"

Gabriella smiles, giggling, "uhm...how about..burgers?" Troy laughs, scratching the back of his head. "Okay let me...specify, pasta or pasta for us..and milk for him." Gabriella giggles, "Pasta sounds good."

Troy kissed her lips, "Good." she smiles, "I didn't know you could cook." He chuckles, "You sound so suprised." Gabriella giggles, "Where do I and Avery sleep tonight?" Troy smiles, "Well, Avery can sleep in the crib of course, and you," he pulls her close, "Will be sleeping with me beautiful."

Gabriella giggles, "Okay, but just one thing Troy." "What's that?" "Don't snore." "I don't snore." "Do too." he chuckles, "I do not snore." she giggles, "You so do Snore.. but don't worry.. it's cute.. Your adorable when you snore."

Troy rolls his eyes, "fine, say I snore...but until I have proof- what is that?" Gabriella giggles, she has her phone in her hand, "I recorded you just in case for moments like this-" she pushes play and on the recorder of the phone is...well it sounds like a cross between a sleeping or aggitated bear, and gravel in a blender on puree.

Troy narrows his eyes "Why'd you have to record it?" She shrugs, holding back a giggle, "cause I knew you wouldn't believe me otherwise." "Brie-" "I have a baby in my arms."

Troy smirks kissing her lips, "Your lucky." Gabriella giggles, and she lays Avery back in the crib as she follows him out into the kitchen. he wraps his arm around her, and she wraps her arm around his waist as they walked into the kitchen.

Gabriella jumps on the counter as Troy goes and gets the pasta sauce and noodles out of the cabniets. "Where did Chad and Rae Go?"

Troy shrugs, going over to the window, "Chad's car is gone." Gabriella giggles, then smirks, jumping off the counter, "So we're alone.." she smirked wrapping her arms around his neck.

He looks at her and smirks, "So we are..." he pecks his lips on her nose. "Dinner first? Then dessert?" Gabriella smiles, "Dinner sounds lovely...dessert sounds.."

She bends to whisper in his ear. "Will be perfectly FINE." to finish her sentence, she grabs at his ass. He smirks, "You...have your head in the gutter, don't you?" "Oh...big time. Bolton."

Troy pecks her lips, as he turned on the stove and let the noodles boil. "You wanna take care of dinner while I go check on Avery?" Gabriella nods, "I'd love too." he kisses her lips again, walking upstairs. Gabriella smiles to herself, and stirs the sauce.

What she didn't know was someone was watching her every move from the kitchen slidedoor, hiding in the bushes. She saw the bushes move, she looked at the bushes, narrowing her eyes in confusion.

She walked towards the slide door then her eyes went wide as someone in a ski mask throws a rock through the glass. she screams with horror.

But that caused the guy to jump over the fence and run off. Gabriella gets on the floor and looks at the note on the floor, 'Montez Better Watch Out.'

Troy hears Gabriella's screams, "Brie!" he runs quickly down the stairs, falling on the floor in the hallway but getting straight up and running into the kitchen and getting to Gabriella, "Brie! what's wrong? are you okay? what happened?"

He looked at the broken slide door, and the glass on the floor. Gabriella held the note in her hand, she gulped, "S..Someone..is..is out to get me Troy..someone tried to break in..to get to me.." she whispered. "From East High."

Troy looks at the note, he clenches it in his fist and and looks at through the broken glass of the sliding door. "Brie..." he says, "stay here. Go to Avery." "Troy-"

He looks at her, "Go to Avery. I'll be right back." He knows who did this. Who in East High has the absolute hatred for West High Knights.

Gabriella looks at him, "Please be careful.." Troy nods, kissing her forehead, "You be careful too, alright." Gabriella nods, and gets on the floor to pick up the glass, Troy stops her, "You go upstairs. I'll take care of that later."

Gabriella looks at him, "Are..Are you sure?" Troy nods again, "Positve." Gabriella sighs, and wraps her arms around him, "Please don't go-" "Brie-" "Please..I don't feel safe here alone with Avery..just please..not tonight..don't go..It's just us tonight..please?"

Troy sighs, "I'll be quick." He kisses her lips, "go into a room without any windows. Keep you guys safe." Gabriella looks at him he kisses her lips again as he turns to walk out through the broken glass door.

Her heart thumping against her rib cage, she runs up the stairs and goes to her Avery- who is blissfully sleeping.

"Shh.." she cooes, picking him up and cradling him against her chest as she carries him to the only room in the house with no windows. The coat closet.

He didn't that far from the twerp. The guy from the basketball team that always sent up red flags in Troy's head. "I'm gonna kill him.." Jason lived three houses down from his parents house, Jason was the son that his dad always wanted. Always being compared to him.

Troy wasn't the apple of Jack's eye. Jason was. Always him. What was the bastard doing now? Terrorizing his girlfriend. Biting his lip to keep the sneer off his face, he goes to the front door from around the back of the house and knocks on the door.

His mother answers, " , how can I help you?" He smiles, "Hi...Ms. ...uh-" what is Jason's last name again?

"Is Jason home?" "Oh er, he just got here. He's in his room." Troy nods, "Thanks uh...I need to talk to him about...the game." She smiles, "Go on up dear."

Troy nods, coming through the door and waiting till Jason's mother went back to...whatever the hell she was doing before he came by.

When she is gone, he walks up the stairs; following the sound of blaring music that Troy cannot understand the words of. He slowly and quietly pushes the door open.

Jason was playing on his cell phone, and listening to the rock music. his head slowly looked up, and his eyes went wide as he saw Troy, and he sat up, turning off the music, "Yo troy, what's up?" Troy glared at him, "You know what's up?"

Jason looked at him, "I don't know what your talking about-" "I'm talking about Gabriella-" "Man, your still with that chick? I thought you dumped her ass?" Troy threw the note at him, "I'm just returning your note."

Jason looked at the note, "I don't know-" "Bullshit don't fucking lie to me!" Jason looked at him, "Man, she's a knight. she's going to screw you over. screw us over. she's using you man. she don't love you."

Troy rushes at him, grabbing him the front of his shirt and banging him against the wall, pinning him with eyes so dark that Jason can't face him. "Stay away from her, got it?" He may have been pressings his fist against Jason's throat; making it hard for the man to breathe.

"Troy-" Jason gagged, Troy pulls away from the wall only to shove his head back against it. Hard. "I mean it! Stay away from Gabriella! Or I will kill you!" "Why I never!" The two boys looked toward Jason's mom, who wore an expression of shock.

She was headed toward her office to work on something but then she heard the fight in Jason's room. "Troy... I think you better leave-" "This has nothing to do with you." Jason says, "Stay out of it mom." Troy glares at him, "Shut up Jason!"

"Troy!" Jason's mom yells, "I mean it, I will call the police!" Troy looks at her, then at Jason. "Stay away from Gabriella, I mean it." He lets go of the pathetic excuse for a man and turns to walk out, but then Jason let's it slip:

"She's just a West High whore, Troy,-" and that's all it took for Troy to be on him and not give until Jason's mom did call the cops. And Troy now sits in a cell at the station.

The officer walked around the table, "Your aloud one phone call." Troy looks at him as he places the phone on the table. Troy sighs, picking up the phone, and turning the dial, and the person he calls is, "Hello." "Chad..it's me Troy, I'm..I got arrested-" "Arrested!"

"Sh! be quiet.. don't tell Gabriella.. just..just come and get me." Chad sighs, "Dude, what did you do?" "I'll explain later. just get me out. and remember don't tell Gabriella." Chad sighs, "You know she isn't going to be happy with you. you know that right?"

"She'll be perfectly happy...if you don't tell her." Troy repeats, clutching the phone in his fist. Chad sighs on the other end of the line, "Fine, I'm coming...I'll tell Raven to stay here with-" Chad's voice trails off and Troy shakes his head. "Chad...you guys had sex didn't you?"

"What?!" Chad yells, "No! I would never! NEVER! I ..I...maybe.." "Chad-" "Yes! Alright, We did. And it may take awhile to...come get you." "Why?" "Cause...me and Raven are in the middle-" Chad was interrupted when Raven pulls the phone from him and speaks.

"Troy? Hey...it's Raven. Guess what? Try not calling with in the next...thirty minutes to an hour. Chad should be there soon. Hang tight. Bye!" She hangs up, and Troy leans his head against the phone, only for a guard to lead back to his designated cell.

Mintues turned into hours, Troy had finally just gave up on Chad coming to get him after he wouldn't answer the rest of his phone calls. Troy sighed, "One more phone call." The officer nodded, coming over and letting him out and leading him to the small payphone.

Troy sighed, putting the phone to his ear and dialing a number. "Hello?" "Connor..it's me Troy-" "What the hell do you want." "I..I got arrested..I need someone to come get me..please..I..I need to get to Gabriella-" "Where is she? Where's Avery?" "There back at Chad's..just please, come give me a ride, She's going to be worried."

Connor scoffs, "You want me...to bust you out-" "Not bust. Bail. Bail me out. Please Connor?" Silence. For at least...fifteen minutes, silence. "Connor?" "I'm still here."

Troy sighs, "Look," he says "i'll come pick you up. But...when I do so...you got to do one thing-" "I'm not staying away from-" "Will you shut up?" Troy shuts up. Connor continues, "I want...to see Avery."

Troy sighes, "Fine, you can see Avery.. Just get me out of here." Connor sighed, slipping on his shoes, "How did you get arrested anyways?" Troy sighed, "It's a really long story."

Connor rolled his eyes, grabbing his key off the counter, and jogging downstairs and outside to his car, "Are you telling Gabriella?" Troy shook his head, even though Connor couldn't see it, "I'm not. and you aren't either. then we'll be fighting again.. and..I just don't want to lose her and Avery.."

Connor nods, getting into the driver's side and opening the passenger side for Troy. Just as Troy got in Something In Your Mouth by Nickleback started blaring from the stereo. He looks at it, "Nickleback?" Connor shakes his head, turning off the music.

"Sorry...I listen to them a lot." Troy smirks, "fan?" "Yeah, why?" Troy reaches, turning on the stereo, "so am I." the both of them, on their way to his house were singing a long to the song, "...dirty little lady in a pretty pink thong every sugar daddy hitting on her all night long..."

Finally, they found a common ground. Pulling up to Troy's driveway, Connor clears his throat, "so...what's the excuse to tell my sister?" Troy looks at him, "uh...we were hanging out. Trying to find something we have in common."

Connor nods, slamming the door and walking to the front steps. Troy opens the door and he finds Gabriella standing up from the couch with Avery in her arms as the door opened. "I was so worried something happened to you." she wrapped an arm around his neck, and pulling him close.

Troy wrapped his arms around her waist, "Baby, I'm sorry.. I ran into your brother, and we decided just to hang out for a bit and see if we could get along... have anything in common." she smiled, "Did you?"

Troy looked at Connor nodding, "Yeah.. uh.. we both like Nickelback." Gabriella giggled, Connor smiles, "Can I hold Avery Gabs?" Gabriella nodded placing Avery in Connor's arms.

Troy wraps his arms around her, "You okay?" Gabriella nodded, but sighed, "Tomorrow is just going to be the worst day at school."

Connor looks up from the infant in his arms, "Gabs...you don't have to go-" "I can't skip out on school. It's senior year." Troy holds her close, kissing her temple, Connor sighs, "whose going to watch Avery?"

Gabriella bit her lip, looking down, "I-I don't know..." "Mom?" Connor asks, she looks at him. "No...I can't ask her to do-" "Why not? Gabs...she's worried about you, okay? And dad? He's adjusting..."

Gabriella sighs, "I guess..I guess we can try..I'm just worried about tomorrow is all.. how people will react." Troy holds her close, Connor smiles, "Gabriella you will be fine.. I promise." Gabriella sighs, and looks down.

Connor smiles, "I'll come and pick Avery up in the morning.. I'll drop him off on our way to school." He places Avery back into Gabriella's arms.

Gabriella sighs, "Thank you Connor. I love you." "I love you too sis...Goodnight." he kisses her cheek and turns out the door to go to his car.

Gabriella lays Avery in his crib, and Troy looking over her shoulder, "Gabriella, Everything is going to be alright tomorrow." Gabriella takes a deep breath, turning to him, "What If I'm not strong enough-" "Hey! don't ever say that." he tilted her chin, "Your the strongest person I know." he whispers.

Gabriella wraps her arms around him, "I love you." She whispers as she kisses him passionately and heatedly leading him into the bedroom, shutting the door, forgetting all of their worries at the door about tomorrow.