Chapter ten
Our new life
6 months I have officially been moved to Laurel. Troy and I live in his apartment with all the dogs. It's December and cold as hell! I forgot how cold Maryland gets! Troy laughs at me because my teeth start chattering.
I'm working at Lettie's Boutique with her while also keeping up with my lines. It's all going well too. Troy and I are perfect as ever! I just hope nothing screws it up!
Today is Christmas! When I look back on my past Christmases it usually consisted of being with the Chicas and there families all at Angie's mom's. But now I'm waking up next to troy who is grinning. I love waking up to him.
I kissed his lips and he grinned more.
"Finally you're awake! Do you know how long I've been waiting to open those presents!" he said. I laughed.
"You're a kid" I said and kissed him again. I sat up now.
"Your enough of a Christmas present" he said. Awww he can be such a corn ball!
"You're such a corn ball!" I laughed and got up. I put some sweats over my sleep shorts and put Troy's hoody
"I love seeing you in my clothes" he said. I laughed again.
"Race ya to the living room" I challenged. He gave me a look. Then I ran.
I heard him get up and he caught up to me.
"TROYY!!!" I squealed when he grabbed my waist. He carried me bridal style to the living room.
"I win" he said.
"No! It's a tie!" I said.
"Is not! I walked here you were carried!"
"Because you cheated!" I said. I sat on the couch and pouted.
"Brielle…" he smiled holding a gift. Oh how could I be mad at that!!!
I smiled and took the gift. It was a small box not a ring box…
I opened and saw a necklace. It was silver and had hearts all around it.
"Troy" I said softly. I leaned over and kissed him.
"Not done" he said. We limited ourselves to 3 things!
He handed me another box. I looked at him again. I opened it and saw a bracelet it had a T charm and a G charm.
"t and g?" I said.
"Well when we start a family every kid we have there first initial can go on it" he said. Awww!!!
We had a mini make out session.
"There's one more" he said. This time he held out a wrapped rectangle…it didn't look like jewelry.
It was one of those moving pictures.
"I know how you always say you miss the beach but you still want to be here…so I brought the beach to you!" he said. I laughed.
"Troy I love you!" I said.
"Ok it's your turn" I said. I handed him the first gift. It was a pair of jeans and a plaid shirt with a new pair of converse.
"You know me so well" he joked. I laughed and handed him the next one.
This gift was one of those silver chains…troy always said he wanted one so I got him one.
"Brielle!" he said. I smiled he leaned in and kissed me.
"You like it?"
"Yea" he said. He looked at me and smiled I rubbed my fingers down the side of his neck.
"There's one more" I said. It was a picture of a new ram 2500.
"Why do I have a picture of Chad's new truck?" he asked.
"Well…see the truck isn't Chad's…it's yours…"
"Wait so that whole story about Taylor not letting him keep the truck but he didn't want to give it up so he could keep it at the shop was all bogus?" he asked. I nodded.
"You're a little sneak!" he said. I laughed and he kissed me.
"Troy we can't. We still have to go to your parents to open gifts" I said.
He groaned. "Fine Brielle you win" he said. I laughed. We cleaned everything up. Then we both got in a shower…together. Then I got to the room and got dressed in jeans and a red top that goes off the shoulder. Then I put on my black flats.
"Brielle c'mon!" troy hurried me.
"I'm coming!" I said. I put on my coat. Troy grabbed the bags of gifts and we headed out the door.
We drove to his parent's house which took only a few minutes.
"Hey guys!" his mom called out. She was in the living room with the others. "Gabi!" trinity called out. She's 2 years old and so adorable. The Bolton's adopted her when Mrs. Bolton went to El Salvador for a few months and fell in love with her.
"Mickey mouse!" I said. She laughed. I call her Mickey mouse because she LOVES Mickey! I walked over and picked her up and she giggled. I sat on the couch with her on my lap and troy came and sat next to me.
"Ok now that the love birds who took forever to get her are finally here can we open them up now?" Trevor said. I rolled my eyes.
"Ok well here all of you can open these" Lucy said. She handed all of us over the age of 16 an envelope.
"Each of them is different. Tabitha yours is to help out with your apartment and all. Troy and Gabi your is to buy whatever you want, and Travis yours goes to your car fund" jack said. Troy opened our envelope and revealed $1500!
"Holy sh-!" I cut troy off by putting my hand over his mouth. I was shocked too but there were little kids.
"Lucy…jack…we really…" I started.
"Gabi it's a Christmas gift." Lucy said. Troy did that confused stutter he does.
"Thank you" I said.
Troy finally recovered and they passed out the rest of the gifts.
They gave troy some more clothes and seat and steering wheel covers for his new truck.
I got an American express gift card and a cook book…to teach me how to cook.
"Mom dad you guys can hire a personal chef to teach Brielle how to cook but she will still find a way to burn it!" troy said sarcastically.
"Hey!" I said. They all laughed.
"Gabi that book taught me how to cook ok I'm pretty sure it will help some" Lucy said.
After all the kids opened the presents from there parents it was our turn.
"ok so we got everyone three gifts, one troy picked out, one I picked out and one we both picked out!" I said.
"Trevor your first" troy said handing him his bag full of gifts, Trevor was the youngest boy and sometimes had to compete more with the others. Troy got him a new soccer ball, I got him a new pair of cleats then the gift from both me and troy was a day of soccer for him and Jayden with lessons from bobby Boswell who's a defender for the dc united soccer team.
"NO WAY!!!!!!!" he yelled.
"Don't tell Jayden ok! I will tell him to call you when we give it to him!" I said.
"Gabi and troy you guys rock!" Trevor said hugging me and high fiving troy.
"No problem bro" troy said.
"Here Tabitha" I said handing her bag. She's on her last ear of college so we helped her out a little bit too.
Troy got her a camera and I got her a pair of jeans that were so cute! Then we both gave her a $500 Ikea gift card.
"You guys thank you!" she said and hugged us both.
"I saw the jeans and was like oh my god these are so tabby!" I said.
"She literally said that!" troy said. I rolled my eyes.
"Well thanks. And this gift card is going to come in handy!" she said. I laughed.
"Here Travis" I said. Travis was 18 now and started his senior year.
So troy got him some football jersey, I got him an ipod, and then we both gave him two tickets to his favorite band All time low.
"Wow…thanks guys" Travis said. Travis wasn't really one to say oh my god no way! He was always thanks. I knew he appreciated it because he had this look.
"Your welcome" I said hugging him.
"Terry I want you to know you can't wear Gabi's gift out of this house!" troy said handing her bag.
"Don't listen to him! I showed your mom and she approved" I said. Terry is 15 and is really beautiful! She has the long brunette hair with crystal blues.
I got her a jean mini skirt that was shredded in a spot and had splatters on it and a pair of leggings. Troy got her a turtle neck…I couldn't persuade him not to! We both got her a ring that had a blue diamond in the middle.
"You guys it's so pretty thank you! And troy thank you for my shirt! And Gabi I love the skirt! I think I'll wear them together!" she said. Troy and Travis groaned. I laughed.
"Your welcome sweetie." I said.
"Ok Mickey mouse! Your turn!" troy said. Trinity squealed.
We gave her the first present which was from me. She tore it open and saw the Mickey Mouse outfit. It was a red jumper that had Mickey mouse on it.
"Mommy look!" she squealed and showed Lucy. "Pretty!" Lucy said. Then troy gave her his present.
She tore that one open and saw it was a Mickey Mouse movie!
"Toy this is the one I wanted!!" she squealed.
"Well I did something right!" troy said. Then he handed her over to me.
"I'll be right back with your last gift" troy said. Her last gift was in the car still because well…we couldn't wrap it was so big!
When troy walked back in trinity's eyes got so big!
"THAT IS THE BIGGEST MICKEY I EVER SAW!" she yelled.
"Thank you toy" she said hugging him. Then she ran to me.
"Thank you Gabi!" she said and hugged me.
We walked over to Lucy and Jack and handed them there presents.
I got Lucy a new perfume set, troy got her a mom necklace. Then I got Jack a shirt and troy got him a tool set.
"The gift from both of us is kind of a whole family thing" troy said.
"Oh kids you didn't have to!" Lucy said hugging us.
When trinity settled down and started playing with her new life size Mickey we got the others attention.
"So there's one more present" I said.
"This one is for everyone!" troy said.
"How would you guys like a whole week at the Pennsylvania ski and snowboarding resort!" I said.
"awesome!!!" terry yelled.
"All of you are going as along with Gabi's family. We leave next week!" troy said. Everyone cheered.
"Gabi and troy thank you" Lucy said when her and jack came over and hugged us.
About an hour later we had to leave.
"We'll stop by later on for desert!" I said.
"Ok you guys. Give Maria our love and bring Jayden back with you!" Lucy said.
"Ok" troy said.
Now we drove to my house. Everyone has changed this past 6 months.
Carlos and Jamie and the girls live in New Mexico for his new job so they aren't here.
Lettie is pregnant and she and Chris got a new house!
Eva and Sam moved out too and they are now planning a summer wedding!
Sean is going to a college in New York now getting his masters in art! He's only here for Christmas day then he ahs to drive back!
John is still living at home; he works with troy at the shop.
Jerry moved out and is partying every night with a new girl.
Kyle and his wife Reni had a little boy James who is so cute! Reni is starting to work as a computer designers and Kyle is a police officer…
Zack isn't here her either. He's getting married and his fiancé is pregnant.
Then there's Daniela…no won has talked to her for 3 months. We don't know how Seth is doing; we don't know how she is doing! All we know is that her husband is not a good guy…
Bryan for now is ok…I hope.
We walked in and heard everyone in the living room.
"Auntie Gabi!!" Seth ran up to me. I was really confused.
"Sethy!" I said. I picked him up.
"My mommy dropped me off!" he said.
"Awesome!" I said. We all walked to the living room.
"Oh hi mija" mami said seeing how confused I was. Why is Seth here and not Daniela.
"Hi mami" I said.
"Here lets go to the kitchen and talk mija" she said. I put Seth and my purse down.
"Troy comes see what I got!" I heard Seth say. I turned around and looked at troy who smiled.
"Ok mami explain to me why Seth is here and not Daniela" I said.
"David doesn't want him"
"SO SHE DROPS HIM OFF TO YOU INSTEAD OF DROP KICKING THAT" she cut me off before I could call him a really bad and un-holy thing!
"Gabriella Nicole Montez! Do not talk like that in my house!" she scolded me.
"Mami I'm sorry but how could she do that"
"I don't know mija but we have to be strong for Seth."
I sighed. I can't believe Daniela.
"c'mon lets go open your gifts" she said. We walked back to the living room and I put on a happy face for my nephew. By looking at the others I could tell they were doing the same.
We passed out all the gifts and let Jayden's be last.
"Jayden…this is a present to both you and Trevor. He already got his this morning…" I said and handed him the envelope. Troy also got him a soccer ball and I got him a Honduran jersey.
"NO WAY!!!!" he had the same reaction as Trevor and he went to call him.
"What about me auntie?" Seth asked.
We didn't get him gifts because we thought we wouldn't see him…I looked up at troy then he smiled.
"Seth you get a whole weekend to do whatever you want with my and your aunt gabi!"
"Really!" he said.
"Yea" I said. Troy was my savoir!
"Sweet!" he said and went to brag to his cousins.
"We all just gave him money…" Kyle said. I rolled my eyes and hit him upside his head.
"Ok now the biggest gift from us is to all of you. Troy and I reserved next week for both families to go to the Pennsylvania Ski and snowboarding resort! Don't worry girls they have a spa and a town full of shopping!" I said.
"Awww Gabi!" lettie squealed and hugged me.
The night went fine but I had a bad feeling about Daniela. I couldn't help thinking she was in real trouble. I had to find her…
So this is kind of a set up to some drama coming up! I think you can guess with whom…this chapter took soooo long because well I got in mega trouble this week! Let's just say I got suspended from school and can finally go back Wednesday!!! Yay! Lol. I go back the week spring break starts and I'm grounded all of spring break and then some and right when Maryland gets good weather! Ugh! Kids this is why they pass out drug free stickers in elementary school! Lol. Well next chapter is the week at the resort. There is a resort in Pennsylvania but the one in the story is made up! Well review and I hope you liked it!!