Hi!

Just a quick note!

I had a review submitted from lsr188 which was as follows:

still in love with you by the jonas brothers. you need to listen to it. it is
this story in the form of a song NO JOKE. when you do can you let me know. it
is absolutely scary. i was listening to the song while reading this chapter
and it just clicked how they are so similar.

It is completely true this song totally reflects my story so have a listen and even if you don't agree that they are similar it's still a fab song! (Still In Love With You - Jonas Brothers)

Love

Hannah

xoxoxox

Last Time

I sat up and kissed Troy gently. "Do you think we should talk about what happened last night?" I asked.

"It depends what you mean."

"I mean did it mean anything or was it just because I was easy?"

"Gabriella I love you." I looked up at him with tears in my eyes. I had only ever heard him say that to me once before.

"I love you too." We kissed and just held each other. The life that I always wanted was finally happening. But I felt like something bad was going to come out of it very soon.

On Friday afternoon Troy went around to Taylor's. Gabriella was sat on the computer with Taylor. They had both decided to keep their rendezvous a secret until the time was right.

"Hey guys…what are you doing?" Troy asked.

"We're looking at places for Gabi and Daniel to rent until they find somewhere else to live." Taylor said. Troy stood thinking for a moment. He wanted Gabriella to come and live with him but he thought saying it might push her away from him and it was the last thing that he wanted to do.

"Hey Troy…fancy coming to see this apartment with me tonight?" Gabriella asked. "Me and Taylor are going now and Daniel's out back." Troy nodded and they shared a small smile that spoke a thousand words.

When Taylor and Gabriella were gone, Troy went outside to see his son. Once there he saw Chad getting his butt kicked by two five year olds who could dribble a basketball so close to the ground that Chad kept falling over when he tried to steal it.

"Hey guys!" Troy shouted.

"Daddy! Will you come and play?" Daniel asked. Troy ran over to his son and the four instantly began playing another game.

This lasted for around two hours. By this time all four were sweaty and tired. They all went inside and threw their shirts on the floor. Chad grabbed a pitcher of orange juice out of the fridge and began to pour it into three glasses. As they stood drinking, Gabriella and Taylor walked back in. Daniel put his glass down and ran to Gabriella and she picked him up but held him at arms length.

"Chad! I leave my child with you for less than a day and you give him back all stinky!" Gabriella giggled.

"Mummy I'm not stinky it's because I'm a man like daddy." Daniel protested.

"Yeah well daddy's stinky too." Gabriella turned when she heard Troy gasp in mock hurt. "Get your things Dan we have to go now. You'll be back later because mummy needs to go out."

Daniel collecting all his things and said bye to everyone before following his mother out to his car. Taylor and Chad were still unaware about Troy and Gabriella. So was Daniel. They still weren't planning on telling anyone just yet because they wanted to make sure they were doing the right thing for them.

"Ohh Troy the house viewing is for 7.30pm so I'll meet you here at 7 if you still want to go."

"Ok I'll see you both their. Bye Dan!" Troy waved at his son.

"Bye Daddy!" he shouted back before the car pulled out of the driveway.

Once Gabriella got home she made Daniel have a bath while she cooked his tea. He was done after 20 minutes and came down stairs in his pyjamas. He was spending the night at Nathaniel's and Gabriella promised that he could have Nathaniel stay with them once they had a new house. It was Friday night and Troy would be back at work on Monday, he was given time off to help Gabriella. And Daniel was also going back. Gabriella was going to sort out the house before she went back to work. While Daniel ate his tea Gabriella had a shower and washed her hair. She brushed her teeth and made sure she was wearing her favorite underwear. She pulled on cream jumper that had t-shirt style sleeves. The dress fell just above her knees. She pulled on some black tights and her dark brown ugg boots. The dress had a brown and red pattern around the neck and the bottom. She put a long gold chain around her neck that had a turtle attached to the end.

Her make up was simple. It was a small amount of moisturizer, blusher, and some pink tinted lib balm. Her long curls had dried by themselves and they now hung around her face. She threw her head back and sprayed a small amount of hairspray. This kept her hair off her face for now. She applied a small amount of perfume before sorting out her bag. She had already decided to take her oversized brown bag, and she knew she wasn't coming home tonight. She put a pair of sweatpants in the bottom of the bag and then put in a t-shirt. She put her plimsoles into bag and went out to leave it in the car with another carrier bag, which had things she might want tonight. She went downstairs to find Daniel had even packed his own bag.

"Come on them soldier. Let's get going!" Daniel ran out to the car in his pyjamas and slippers.

Troy was already at Taylor's when she got there. She took her one bag and took Daniel inside. He had got to a stage now where he saw Chad and Taylor as family and often referred to them as his auntie and uncle.

"Bye Daddy" he said hugging Troy as we left.

"Do you want to leave your car here and go in mine?" Troy asked.

"Ok…I need to get some stuff put of it first though." Taylor thought I was going out with an old friend later and staying at her house. Well it was partly true. We went outside and I grabbed my bags from the back of the car and put them into the back of Troy's car before climbing into the passenger seat and then we set off.

They didn't drive far before they arrived at the house. It was in an unknown part of town and two of the houses in the street were boarded up. Troy reluctantly climbed out of his SUV he instantly didn't like the place. They walked to the door hand in hand, just like old times. An old woman answered. She as large lady with greasy grey hair and was wearing a dirty apron. Her clothes were dirty and tatty and clashed with the nice, clean, smart clothes that Troyella had upon their backs. She recognized Gabriella from earlier and instantly led them in and began to show them around the house, only speaking to introduce each room.

The front door opened into the kitchen. It was cramped and dirty and the oven seemed to be older than the occupants. The door opposite took them through to the living room area. An old man with a beer belly the size of a boulder was lounging around in an armchair in a dirty old wife beater and jogging bottoms. He didn't acknowledge the young couple. The room had an arm chair and a sofa and a TV. Then there was clutter everywhere. Beer bottles, old pizza boxes, paper, magazines were all strewn about the floor. They carefully stepped over everything to get to the stairs. The main bedroom was the worst thing that Troy had ever seen. It had a double bed and a wardrobe and was just as cluttered as downstairs. He looked at the bed sheets and almost gagged. There were stains all over it. It couldn't have ever been washed. The bed was unmade and the room was cold and damp. The bathroom was utterly unbearable. The bath had grime so thick even a chisel wouldn't remove it. The toilet obviously hadn't been flushed in a while and there was an empty space where the sink should have sat. The last bedroom almost made Troy scream. It was about the size of his car. There was no bed but there was a dim light that flickered. The room was damp, cold and had mould growing out of the corners. The broken window was boarded up and the walls had graffiti all over them.

The woman led them back downstairs and Gabriella thanked her for letting her see the house. The woman grunted at her before shutting the door in her face. She climbed into the car beside Troy who had said nothing throughout the tour and was still speechless now.

"So what did you think?" She asked him.

"Gabriella please tell me this is a joke. There is no way I'm letting you and Daniel live in that house. Or this neighborhood for that matter it's too dangerous!" Troy said in a concerned tone. Gabriella began to cry. "Ohh Ella I didn't mean to upset you. But I'm sure we can find you something better. Just not this ok?" Troy asked gently. He wanted to get moving as he had noticed the man in the house had gotten off his chair and was now watching them out of the window.

"Troy it's my only choice. I don't want to leave my mums house but I have to. We can't afford it. The memories are my reason to stay but if I don't go I'll end up on the streets. This is all I can afford for us right now." Gabriella sobbed.

Troy began to drive he was at his apartment within five minutes. He took all of Gabriella's bags inside and she followed him silently. Once inside Gabriella sat on the sofa. While Troy looked around his large apartment. It had been meant for six people to live in. And yet he was only one person. It had three bedrooms and two bathrooms and he only used one of each.

"Troy what can I do now? If I don't make an offer on that house it means me and Daniel are going to end up with family away from here and I have no idea what we'll do." Gabriella cried. Troy sat next to her and put his strong arms around her.

"Now Ella don't freak out but I have an idea." Troy said bravely. "Come and live here…with me."

Gabriella sat up and looked at him and suddenly realized that he was being deadly serious. "Troy we can't there's no room for us."

"Ella I have three bedrooms, two bathrooms a huge kitchen and all this." He gestured to the living room they were in. "This is twice the size of the place you've just seen." He was desperate for her to say yes.

"What about rent though? I don't want you to be paying for me."

"Well how about we split the cost of the bills each month? When it comes in we put the cash together and the same for groceries. After a month of groceries put all the receipts together, add it up and we pay half each?" Troy suggested. He was babble slightly but knew that he was making perfect sense.

"If I say yes you have to promise me one thing." Gabriella said.

"Anything." Troy was on his knees in front of her.

"You're not allowed to steal all the duvet." She smiled at Troy who picked her up off the sofa and spun her round and round until he started to feel dizzy.

"I love you Troy."

"I love you too Ella."

The Next Day

Gabriella went to pick Daniel up at 2.30pm. When she got there he was packed up and ready to go.

"So what did Troy think of the house?" Taylor asked.

"He hated it and refused to let me live there with Daniel but he did have an idea." Gabriella said.

"And what was this sudden brainwave?" Taylor asked intrigued.

"He asked us to move in with him." Gabriella said while avoiding eye contact.

Taylor almost choked on her orange juice. "He thought you would move in with him?"

"Well…"

"Oh my god Gabriella! You said yes! You know what will happen!" Taylor almost shouted.

"Taylor it's fine he has two spare bedrooms. He was already painting one for Daniel and I'm having the other one. We've decided to half the rent and everything and it also means that Daniel gets to spend more time with him. And he said it could be as long as I want so I can stay a month or I can stay permantly. So it's either that or I live on the streets." Gabriella took a breath and looked at her friend. "And he's already tidying up and we're moving in this weekend."

"As long as you know what you're doing and Gabriella. If you're ever stuck for places to stay you're both welcome here anytime." Taylor squeezed her shoulder affectionately.

"Thanks Tay…I just hope Dan takes to it. I promised Troy that he could tell him. Come on Dan we're going to Dad's!" Gabriella called her son. They thanked and said goodbye to Taylor, Chad and Nathaniel. Gabriella buckled him into the car and headed over to the apartment, which she was soon to be calling her own.

Troy's POV

Gabriella brought Daniel over later that afternoon. I was telling him about moving in. I wasn't sure how he was going to take it but he had enjoyed staying the night so hopefully living here with me and Gabriella shouldn't be too much of a problem.

"Daddy!" Daniel ran through the door and straight in to my arms.

"Hey bud! There's something I want to talk to you about." There was no use beating around the bush.

"You're not going to leave me are you daddy?" Daniel asked. He looked like he was about to cry.

"No! I promised didn't I? I wanted to tell you that instead of you and mummy going to live in another house, me and mummy decided that you should both come and live here with daddy…how does that sound?" Daniel screamed loudly and started to run around the living room with Gabriella chasing him and telling him to be careful. He was running in all the bedrooms trying to find his own. I was just as excited. I looked at Gabriella out of the corner of my eye. She's smiling that smile that I love, almost as much as her. This was going to be one heck of a life.

Hi everyone!

Thanks for all the reviews and the supporting words for my exams they meant a lot coming from you guys! I will have chapter 11 up by Thursday. If anyone as any suggestions or problems with this story then please let me know because I will put a lot of it in.

Love

Hannah

xoxoxox