Hey! Gonna make this quick!
Sorry it took so long for me to update!!
Thanks to everyone who voted on the photo and offered ideas on presents.
This continues on straight from other chapter. This is simply a Troyella moment next chapter should have a bit of humour in it.
Well enjoy…
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Part of the Family
Recap
"Thank you so much!" Troy gushed to his parents although never taking his eyes off his new video camera he had been waiting months for.
"It's ok. Although don't get angry with us but we did already take a picture to test it." Julie told her son smiling even though he couldn't see her doing it.
Troy turned on the camera to look at what exactly they had taken a photo of. Troy's face lit up into a huge smile after he saw the picture that his parents had taken.
The smile that was on Troy's face widened even more if it was humanly possible. Staring back at him was a picture of him and Gabby sleeping on the swinging seat (not sure of the name) on the verandah. Gabriella was lying on top of him, legs tangled together, with her head dug into his chest; her arms wrapped securely his torso. Troy's arms were comfortably wrapped around Gabriella keeping her close with one hand frozen in her hair even though you could tell he must have been stroking her curls. Both of them had smiles on their faces that showed pure bliss.
"You like the picture I take it?" Julie asked seating herself next to her son. Troy nodded still looking at the picture although his focus was more on the sleeping Gabriella then the whole picture.
"I knew you would. And I love my gift by the way." She continued "Although I'm not sure if you got them so me and your father could get a chance to be alone for a weekend or so you and Gabby could be alone. Uninterrupted."
Troy shot his head up to look at his laughing mum.
"You defiantly need a break." Troy chuckled.
"Yes I really do." Julie sighed making Troy laugh. They then sat in silence watching everyone going crazy for the gifts that they had received. After a few minutes of comfortable silence between the mother and son, Julie spoke up again.
"How's Gabbi doing with everything?" Troy looked back at his mom who had concern in her eyes.
"She's doing ok. I think she's just trying not to think about it. When she's ready to actually talk to me about it, I'll be ready to listen." Troy ensured his worried mother.
"What do you mean 'actually talk to you'?"
"She kind of had a little melt down early this morning where it caught up to her but she's fine as you can tell." Troy indicated to the laughing Gabriella who was playing with Justin and his new toys.
"Well if you say so. I'm going to go start preparing morning tea." After giving Troy a kiss on his forehead, Julie got up and walked to the kitchen.
Troy looked back over to his girlfriend who was still playing happily with Justin. Smiling he snapped a picture.
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About an hour later, once everyone had calmed down and were sitting and talking or in the younger ones cases playing with Socks (Lizzie's puppy), Troy and Gabriella slipped outside to exchange their gifts privately. Getting comfortable on the very uncomfortable bandito chair, they both held the gifts for each other tight, fighting themselves mentally on whether they should have gotten something different.
After about 5 minutes of eerie silence they finally made eye contact and smiled. Nervously they exchanged gifts.
"Okay so who's going to open their gifts first?" Troy asked breaking the slightly uncomfortable silence.
"Well we both have 2 gifts each so we can take turns I guess." Gabbi replied unsurely.
"That works for me. Just can you open this one last?" Troy gestured towards the smaller gift out of the two that were sitting in her lap.
"Okay." Gabriella gave him a sly but confused look which he replied to with a smile.
Picking up the slightly larger wrapped gift in her lap Gabriella curiously opened it. Pulling off the lid of the box, Gabriela found two tickets to the one night only, sold out Josh Radin concert staring back at her.
"Oh my gosh! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!" Gabriella jumped on top of Troy and started kissing everywhere on his face. Grabbing her shoulders, Troy gently pushed Gabriella back so that she was hovering above him.
"Thank you." She whispered slightly embarrassed. Troy slowly brought them back up to sitting position before picking up his gift, which felt as though it was some sort of clothing. Unwrapping his gift a bit faster then Gabriella, Troy was met by a red, black and white, with Bulls written across the front, jersey or a quicker way to describe it a Chicago Bull's jersey.
"Holy sh- cow." Troy fully pulled out the jersey to find it had an autograph written across it.
"Is that..." Troy gasped looking closer at the autograph.
"Yep, Michael Jordan's autograph. My cousin had to go to Chicago for business and I asked him to pick you up a jersey for Christmas and just after he brought it he somehow 'ran into' Michael and asked for his autograph on the jersey." Answered a very happy Gabriella. Now it was Troy's turn to jump onto Gabriella however he did this carefully as he didn't want to crush her.
"I love you so much." Troy leaned down and kissed Gabriella passionately on the lips.
"Not to break the mood or anything Troy but I am currently been pushed down onto the other present you gave me and it has corners which are digging into to my back so if you don't mind." Troy sheepishly smiled and pulled Gabriella up while mumbling a sorry.
"It's okay and I love you too." Gabriella smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek for reassurance that it was okay. "Can I open my next Gift now?"
"You bet." Troy answered even though it was semi-rhetorical. Gabriella unwrapped the square box just as slowly as she did the last present which made Troy even more nervous about the present inside.
Opening the blue felt box Gabriella gasped at the site in front of her. A silver heart locket with a diamond in the middle shone in the midday sun. Pulling out the necklace very gently as if it were going to break if she pulled it out to fast, Gabriella noticed a very small engraftment on the back- Aquí siempre.
"Always here?" Gabriella repeated in a confused manner.
"Open it." Troy replied simply.
Opening the locket her eyes instantly glassed over. On the left side of the locket was a picture of her dad kissing her mum's cheek in what seemed to be a hug although due to the size of the locket you couldn't really tell. On the right was a picture of Troy and her in nearly the exact same position as her parents except Troy's head was leaning on Gabriella's shoulder.
Letting a few stray tears drip from her eyes, Gabriella looked up to meet a worried and nervous Troy. Handing back the necklace, Troy's face fell as he took the necklace out of her hands and looked at it thinking she didn't like it.
"You don't like it? That's ok, I totally understand I'll take it back and you can find something else you'll like. It doesn't worry me I just thought that it would be a nice idea to get something that reminded you that your parents and me are always there for you but its okay. Really." Troy finally looked up to see Gabriella giggling. "Why are you laughing?"
"Troy, it's the sweetest gift anyone has ever given me. I love it. I was handing it back to you so you can put it on me." Gabriella smiled at her boyfriends now very red face.
"Oh. Umm well turn around." Troy brought the necklace around the front of Gabriella and clipped it at the back slowly pulling her hair out of the chain. (Think of how he did it in HSM 2).
"Thank you. Now it's time to open your next gift." Gabriella turned back around and eagerly waited for Troy to open his next gift. Opening this gift as quick as he had opened the last one, Troy also found a felt box although his was red and bigger. Opening the box Troy's eyes fell upon a silver Rolex watch.
"Okay see now this is wayyy to much. You should take it back." Even though Troy was trying to validate his point of the watch being to much he couldn't bring himself to look away from it. This made Gabriella laugh.
"It's ok Troy. I knew how badly you needed a watch so I figured I may as well get you one that will last more then a month." Troy chuckled and took the watch out of its case. Just before he clipped it up he noticed and engraving on the back of it. Slipping it off his wrist he red the short message. All of the Words- Love Brie. Troy smiled at Gabriella who looked just as nervous as him when she was looking at the locket.
"It's really cheesy I know. And it may not make that much sense it's just I thought since it was our song I would put it in." Gabriella offered a weak smile wishing she had have thought of something better to write.
"I love cheesy." Troy pulled Gabriella onto his lap so that she was straddling his waist. Resting his forehead against her forehead, both with their eyes closed, Troy whispered. "I have one more gift for you."
"Troy, you have already given me way too much. You didn't need to." Gabriella playfully nudged Troy's nose with her own.
"I know. I was going to save this gift to our anniversary but I can't wait. And it's kind of a gift for both of us." Troy leant back so that his face was no longer touching Gabriella's and went to his jacket pocket and pulled out a small blue felt ring box. This hitched Gabriella's breathing and sent her mind into overdrive.
"Gabriella Montez, I love you more then life itself. I love how you light up a room the minute you walk in. I love that you can go from being a shy studious student to an energetic slightly loud friend and then to a caring and cute girlfriend. I love that you never let anything get to you and always listen to me and actually take in what I'm saying even if it's pointless rambling. I love that you stand up for my family and goof around with them. I love how you're never afraid to get dirty in more ways then one. I love when you write songs you have full concentration and you always get a little smile when you like what you've made. I love your smile, your laugh, your innocent giggle, your pout, your eyes that seem to show everything, your curly hair that bounces whenever you walk, every curve on your body. I love that you love me and no matter how many times I make a mistake or stuff up you are there to tell me it's alright. Gabriella you're everything I could ever want in a person and more. I can't imagine, no I don't want to imagine a day without you, so that's why I want to give you this." Troy opened the ring box to show her 2 rings- a silver ring with a blue sapphire stone and bigger silver ring. By now tears were streaming down Gabriella's cheeks although Troy wasn't worried because she did have a smile on her face.
"This is not an engagement ring this is a promise ring. A ring that represents that one day in the future I will ask you to marry me. So now I will ask…" Troy took a deep breath in before continuing. "…Will you one day accept my engagement to you?"
Gabriella simply nodded with a huge smile on her face. This in turn made Troy's face show smile lines that no one knew existed. Pulling her ring out of the box he slipped it on her right ring finger.
"Wrong hand Romeo." Gabriella giggled.
"Well see here's what I was thinking. If I put on your left hand people may think we are either engaged or married since I would also wear mine on my left hand."
"I have no problem with that. I want people to know that your mine for forever." Gabriella gently pulled up Troy's left hand and slipped his ring on his ring finger.
"Well in that case neither do I." Troy smiled and slipped her ring onto the right finger. "You know if my family sees that they are all going to think I did ask you to marry me."
"Well we can explain to them that it is a promise ring. Besides in a way you did ask to marry me." Troy laughed and nodded his head.
"Can I kiss you now?" Troy asked leaning close to her. She answered by crashing her lips against his. Soon they started making out like they do every morning.
About 5 minutes in to the session they started getting lost in each other so hands started roaming. Gabriella's were weaved into Troy's hair and Troy's had found themselves in a bit more of an intimate position- his left hand rubbing up and down her upper thigh and his other hand was now lost up her shirt. It defiantly wasn't PG 13 rated.
Since the 2 were in a very heated make out session they failed to here the door open although they did hear what came after it.
"Holy Jesus!!"
2 minutes earlier…
"Lunch is ready!" Laura yelled. Everyone raced in to the kitchen to take their seats at the table.
"Where's Gabs and Troy?" Lizzie asked noticing the pair missing.
"I think they are giving each other their gifts on the back bandito." Jack answered.
"Is someone going to get them?" Alice asked.
"No way am I going to go see those 2 rabbits. My mind is already disturbed enough from what they get up to." Lizzie answered shaking her upper body to emphasize
"They're not that bad are they? Gabriella seems so innocent." Alex asked going to the door.
"Keep believing that Grandpa. We might be wrong." Lizzie laughed. Alex opened the door…
"Holy Jesus!!"
Alex eyes instantly shot open at the intimate moment the two were having. Directing his eyes to where his grandson's hands had placed them selves, he felt a need to throw up. (While this may seem like an over-reaction he never actually witnessed two people being so openly intimate with each other.)
Noticing that the two had stopped in their actions and were now staring at him wide eyed, he decided to break the extremely uncomfortable silence.
"Lunch is ready when you two are."
"Thanks grandpa." Troy answered not making eye contact. Alex nodded and quickly walked back inside closing the door behind him.
"Told you." Lizzie laughed with everyone else.
Back outside…
Gabriella and Troy were also laughing in spite of themselves.
"We better go inside now." Troy said removing his hands from Gabriella's body. Gabriella nodded and hopped off Troy's lap and started to retrieve all the wrapping paper.
At the same time Troy picked up his jersey and Gabriella's tickets so they wouldn't get picked up and thrown away. Once everything was picked up they headed inside to face the endless teasing.
Everyone looked up to see the couple walk in, smiling. They continued on eating while Troy put down the presents and Gabriella put the wrapping paper in the bin. Taking their seats at the table next to each other, (Cassie next to Gabriella and Jake next to Troy, for future reference Brendan is sitting directly across from Gabriella), they both started eating ignoring the glances that they were receiving.
"So rabbits, what did you get each other?" Dylan asked, breaking the silence and sending everyone into laughter.
"Seriously what did you get each other you know a part from saliva." Kelly asked once everyone had calmed down.
"Troy got me 2 tickets to Josh Radin's concert and this locket." Gabriella answered.
"Gabs got me this watch..." Troy stopped when Jake pulled his arm to see the watch.
"A Rolex. You got him a frickin' Rolex?" Jake asked Gabriella who shrugged.
"As I was saying and a Chicago Bull's Jersey with an autograph." Troy finished.
"Who's autograph?" Brendan asked taking a sip from his drink.
"Michael Jordan's." Troy answered casually although everyone else (well mostly the guys and Laura) started either chocking on their food or in Brendan's case spitting out a mouthful of water onto Gabriella.
"Thanks Brendan." Gabriella said sarcastically while wiping her face.
"Sorry. But seriously, how did you get Michael Jordan's autograph?" Brendan asked for everyone at the table.
"My cousin brought the jersey and he said he just happen to 'run into' Michael and asked for his autograph. Whether that is actually true I don't know." Gabriella also spoke casually. Everyone then went quite again before starting up individual conversations.
"So how long have you wanted to be an immunologist?" Gabriella asked Cassie.
"Well at first I thought I wanted to be a pediatrician but then I really thought about and I decided I couldn't handle taking care of kids and having someone so young go to their death. I think I would end up crying more then their parents." Cassie laughed.
"So what does immunologist do exactly?"
"Well it's kind of like a specialty in the immune system of course, focusing on the viruses and illnesses that affect it. I'll still be doing my normal doctoring except I'll have that extra knowledge so I would get the more difficult patients. (Whether any of that is true I don't know!!) What about you? You going to become a pro musician or go down a different path like I don't know being the mother to Troy's children." Gabriella playfully pushed Cassie.
"Ha-ha. Very funny. Actually I'm not sure what I want to do. I don't want to become a professional musician because music is my escape from the world. At one point I wanted to be forensic scientist then I wanted to be a vet. I really don't know which is great since I have to start deciding soon. Anyway moving on, so what did Matt get you for Christmas?"
"Well he asked me to move in with him! And he has planned a trip for us to go to Hawaii in May!" Cassie squealed slightly and clapped her hands together- this reminded Gabriella of Sharpay. They both laughed and sat back in their chairs watching everybody else talk.
Forgetting that she had a new very noticeable ring on her left hand, Gabriella leant over to grab the bottle of soda which just happens to be right in front of Christine's face.
"Yer I know, it sucks I mean- oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!" Christine stopped mid sentence seeing the ring on Gabriella's hand. This caused everyone's attention to turn towards the now squealing Christine.
"Christine sweetie. Calm down." Laura cooed her niece.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Julie curiously asked. Gabriella had now returned to her sitting position also curious at Christine's sudden outburst. Her hands were now under the table, left hand holding Troy's right.
"Gabriella care to show the rest of the table your left hand." Christine playfully evilly smiled at Gabriella. Gabriella who now had all eyes on her, (something that was starting to feel very common), slowly pulled up her left hand.
The extended family didn't understand why Jack started choking on his food or why Julie looked like she was about to faint and how Lizzie seemed to be about to burst with happiness.
"It's a ring. How is that a big deal?" Jake asked while fanning his nearly unconscious aunt.
"That's probably because it was not on her hand when she went to go out onto the bandito with Troy, which means that Troy gave it to her, and because of which finger it just happens to be on my guess is that they think that it is an engagement ring." Matt carelessly answered.
"Well if it's not an engagement ring then what is it coz last time I checked guys don't get girls rings for no reason. So what's with the ring?" Christine directed her attention back to the couple.
"It's a promise ring you idiot. We're both wearing one." Troy lifted his left hand to prove his point.
"Oh. Well that ruins the happiness." Christine sat back in her chair and started to mumble inaudible things.
After about 5 minutes of silence Julie started picking up her plate and glass as well as Jake's. This led everyone to do the same. Noticing a change of mood in his mum, Troy volunteered to help wash up so he could have a one on one with her.
Once everyone's plates were picked up, they all went to watch TV while they waited for Troy and Julie to finish cleaning up. About 10 minute's later, Troy's phone started to go off.
I'm bringing Sexy back
Those other boys don't know how to act
I think you're special
What's behind your back
So turn around and I'll pick up-
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Who's on the phone? What happens between Troy and Julie? Will I ever finish writing about Christmas?
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PART OF THE FAMILY
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