Hey everyone…Long time no update hey? Well Im here now and this is the long awaited chapter…Finally you'll get to see some Troyella interaction.
Before I start this chapter I would like to apologise, the reason for no update is that I haven't had the inspiration to write…I've only been getting a couple reviews for each chapter but thanks to Whydoesithavetorainonmyparade (Jen), ActingPrincess (Char) and lastly and most importantly Hollygirl1823 (Holly) I got the inspiration to write more…
I also have a few birthday wishes…Firstly to my man (…:P) Zac Efron… Who turned 22 on the 18th of October
Next is to Holly, who I coincidently share the same birthday with… 23rd of October. What an awesome day! Lol (Yes I recently turned 17...)
And last but defiantly not least for the 11th of November…Emily…Happy sweet 16th babe, hope it's the best birthday and you have a great day :P
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Chapter 9- Arriving in Albuquerque
"Ok, you girls got everything?"
"Yes, mum" Gabriella groaned
"Ok, ok…Well you girls better get on the plane" Maria said, handing Jayden over to Gabriella
"Wait…Here Chels" Gabriella said turning around to face her best friend who still had silent tears running down her face, after looking at Chelsea, Gabriella started to feel herself tear up again and she hugged Chelsea "Im gunna miss you soooo much"
Chelsea tried as best she could to hug Gabriella back, having Gabriella holding Jayden made it a bit more difficult "Me too…I cant wait till I can see you guys at Christmas"
"I know.." Gabriella said, pulling back and handing Chelsea a small box "I want you to open this, but when you get home not now"
Chelsea nodded before hugging Gabriella again and kissing Jayden's forehead "I cant believe he's two weeks old already it feels like yesterday you were in the hospital, two weeks doesn't seem like long but it just flew by"
"Last boarding call for flight JK654 from New York to Albuquerque" Came booming out of the speakers
"Ok Mami, see you in 3 weeks and Chels see you at Christmas…Come on Shar, love you guys" Gabriella said as she grabbed Sharpay's hand and dragged her towards the gate the plane was boarding from. She didn't want to look back cause she knew she'd run right back to her mum and say she changed her mind that she wanted to say in New York with all her friends, but she couldn't she had to do what was best for her and for Jayden and that meant moving and having a fresh start
"Bye Aunt Maria, Chels" Sharpay yelled behind her.
Once they got to the line and gave the lady their tickets Gabriella looked back and saw her Mum and best friend standing there, she wasn't so much worried about leaving her mum it wouldn't be too long before she would see her again, it was more the fact that she was leaving her best friend who had been there for her from the very beginning, ever since they met in elementary school they were nearly inseparable. They done everything together and now she was leaving her. Gabriella handed Jayden over to Sharpay and told her to meet her on the plane before running back over and hugging Chelsea, Chelsea hugged her back and by now both girls were crying "…Im gunna miss you Chels" Gabriella sobbed
"Im gunna miss you more…" Chelsea said, also sobbing "..We're gunna see each other real soon"
"Not soon enough.." Gabriella said, pulling back
(A/N: Any 'Sonny with a chance' fans will get this) Chelsea pulled back and pushed some hair out of Gabriella's face "You…Are awesome" She said in a funny voice
Gabriella cracked a watery smile "..You are awesomer" She said, matching Chelsea's tone
"You are awesomest" Chelsea said, hugging her friend "..But you better get going" She said, pulling back
Gabriella nodded and kissed Chelsea's cheek "See you soon…And you too Mami" She said, kissing her mothers cheek
"Thanks for remembering me" Maria joked "..Now go"
Gabriella nodded and ran off back towards and through the boarding gate "Albuquerque, here I come" She muttered, going to find her cousin
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"Good afternoon passengers we are about to land in New Mexico, please fasten your seatbelts" The pilot announced
"Ok, so remember what we agreed on?" Gabriella asked
"Yes, Jayden is your little brother but your mum needed you to look after him while she finished up work in New York" Sharpay said, repeating what Gabriella had told her earlier
"Yeah, im having second thoughts though, cause no one is gunna believe that my mum's just had a baby and gone straight back to work"
"Well…Just say that she's starting back next week and they wanted her to work a couple more hours on light duty before she transferred" Sharpay suggested
"That could work" Gabriella smiled before looking over at Jayden who was sleeping in his baby capsule, Gabriella thought she was the luckiest mother in the world. Jayden was the best sleeper ever since he was born, it may of only been a couple of weeks but still, he would sleep all night and he hardly ever whined or carried on, he only really cried when he was hungry, tired or had a dirty nappy
Before the girls knew it the plane had landed and they were getting their stuff together. Sharpay turned her phone on and saw she had a text
Hey Shar, Ryan text me and said ur mum couldn't pick you up, so I said I would…See u when u land…Troy =]
"Ok, my mum's not picking us up" Sharpay said as her and Gabriella started walking towards the exit
"Who is?" Gabriella asked as the girls walked down the stairs of the plane
"My friend Troy, but don't worry he's cool" Sharpay explained, not wanting to freak Gabriella out. Gabriella had explained to Sharpay, after she had just had Jayden that she started to feel weird around males, but she wasn't 100 percent sure why, cause it hadn't happened before that.
"Ok that's cool…" Gabriella said as they walked through the airport arrival gate. After a couple minutes of looking Sharpay spoke up "…There he is"
Gabriella followed closely behind as they walked up to a sandy haired guy who smiled when he saw Sharpay. Gabriella couldn't help but notice how hot he looked in his jeans and East High jersey. He tied off the look with a pair of cream converse sneakers, Gabriella was wearing sort of the same thing except she was wearing a white singlet, with three quarter jeans and light pink converses. She didn't have the slight fear around Troy that she did with other guys, he seemed…Different, in a good way.
Gabriella was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Sharpay talking "..Troy this is my cousin Gabriella"
Troy stretched his hand out and smiled a smile that could of made Gabriella melt "Hey, Gabriella…Its nice to meet you"
Gabriella smiled and shook Troy's hand "..Its nice to meet you too"
Gabriella kept looking at Troy whilst Troy looked straight back at her, after a moment she realized they were still holding hands and she quickly pulled hers back. She couldn't help but think she knew Troy from somewhere
"Should we get going?" Troy asked, rubbing his hands together
"..Yeah" Sharpay smiled and they headed over to the luggage carousel. When Gabriella's luggage came around she tried to grab it whilst holding Jayden's capsule, which had a still sleeping Jayden in it, and his nappy bag
"Here, let me help you with that" Troy said, getting Gabriella's bags off the conveyor belt
"Thanks.." Gabriella smiled gratefully
"Hey no problem…Is that your little brother?" Troy asked, gesturing to Jayden
"Mmm.." Gabriella nodded
"He's cute…Just like his big sister" Troy smiled, causing Gabriella to blush heavily
"Are you pair done?" Sharpay's voice said, coming out of nowhere
"Ah yeah.." Gabriella said before turning to Sharpay "..Actually Shar could you hold Jay I need to go to the ladies room"
"Sure.." Sharpay said taking Jayden's capsule and nappy bag, after Gabriella was out of earshot Sharpay turned to Troy and smiled "..Hey Troy, wipe the drool off your face"
Troy quickly, but gently, sat Gabriella's bags on the ground, as soon as they were on the floor his hands went straight up to his chin and started wiping it, he stopped and looked over to Sharpay when he heard her giggling "There's no drool on my face, is there?"
Sharpay was trying to control her giggling so she could talk, after being unsuccessful she just settled for shaking her head instead
"Your so funny Sharpay" Troy said sarcastically, just then Jayden started to cry, Sharpay put the capsule down and picked Jayden up
"Hey, little man…Shh…" Sharpay said, trying to soothe the crying baby. After a couple of minutes Jayden still hadn't calmed down and was getting quiet red in the face "..This is weird, he never cries this much"
"Here…Give him to me" Troy said, taking the crying baby off Sharpay. Troy was gently rocking Jayden and walked around a little trying to stop him from crying "Shh…Hey, hey its ok…Your sister will be back soon"
After about 30 seconds Jayden had settled down and stopped crying
"Wow, Troy… How did you do that?" Sharpay asked as Troy was still gently rocking Jayden
Troy smiled down at the sleeping baby before whispering "Well, I guess I got some practice in with Em"
"How is she?…Your mum said she was a bit sick when I talked to her before I left"
"Yeah she's good…She just had a cold. Mum and Luke made me stay home that Friday to look after her and I ended up getting it" Troy explained, as Gabriella walked out of the bathroom
"Aww…She's lucky she has her big brother around" Sharpay smiled as Gabriella walked up to them
"Hey sorry it took so long the toilet was really packed" Gabriella apologized
"That's ok.." Troy said
"Is everything alright?" Gabriella asked, pointing to Jayden
Troy looked to where Gabriella was pointing "..Oh yeah…No its all cool now"
"Troy was just settling him down, he wouldn't stop crying for me but he settled basically straight away for Troy"
"Oh well thank you…" Gabriella smiled "…Did you want me to take him?"
"No its cool, but you can take that suitcase…" Troy said, pointing to Gabriella's smaller suitcase "…And the capsule and I'll take the other suitcase and carry the little fella"
"Oh, thank you…" Gabriella smiled picking her suitcase up along with the capsule and put the nappy bag on her shoulder
Troy followed by Gabriella and Sharpay, who only had one suitcase, walked out of the airport and towards Troy's truck
"Ah, Troy shouldn't you of brought your mums car?" Sharpay asked "We wont fit in your truck"
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious Shar, but if Gabriella doesn't mind holding Jayden we should fit" Troy said sitting Gabriella's suitcase in the back of his truck
Gabriella nodded while she put her other suitcase and the nappy bag in the back of the truck "..Of course I don't mind, you'll just have to put him back in his capsule"
"Sure…" Troy said gently sitting Jayden in his capsule, after Sharpay put her suitcase in the back, the three teenagers got into Troy's truck, Troy in the drivers seat, Gabriella with Jayden's capsule on her lap in the middle and Sharpay in the passenger seat "..Where to?"
"Umm…Just mine" Sharpay said
"Ok.." Troy said, before turning the car on "..Are you gunna introduce Gabi to the gang?"
"Yeah…" Sharpay said "…But I think we're gunna go home first…So Gabriella can settle in"
"Fair enough…Are you still in school Gabi?" Troy asked
"Yeah, I'm in the same year as Shar" Gabriella replied
"Oh cool, that would mean your in the same grade as me too"
"Cool…" Gabriella smiled
"Where are you going?" Troy asked, earning a confused look off Gabriella "To school I mean"
"Oh, ah…Where am I going Shar?" Gabriella asked and Troy chuckled
"She's going to East High with us Troy.." Sharpay said
"Oh cool…" Troy smiled
Troy, Gabriella and Sharpay kept talking until they arrived at Sharpay's mansion. Sharpay jumped out of the passenger seat with Gabriella close behind. Gabriella went to get a suitcase out of the back but before she could Troy beat her to it
"Troy its ok, I can take one" Gabriella said
"No you take Jayden and his nappy bag and I can handle these" Troy said before walking up to the front door
"Sweetie, if he offers let him help" Sharpay said as she and Gabriella started walking up to the house
"Why?…Doesn't he usually offer?" Gabriella asked
"Its not that, its just he sometimes, I don't know how to explain it… I don't wanna say he feels obliged but…Ok, he likes to feel helpful, I guess is the best way I can put it" Sharpay explained
"Ok…" Gabriella said slowly "..I bet he's just being nice to me cause I'm your cousin"
"Trust me he isn't like that…" Sharpay said as the two girls walked through the front door
"Who isn't like what?" The girls heard before they saw Troy walk out of the lounge room
"Ah…" Sharpay said, trying to think of something, something came to mind when she saw Troy holding a can of soda "…That Troy Bolton isn't one to walk into someone's house and help himself"
"Are you kidding?…You know I always help myself" He smiled "..And you were talking about me, huh?" He asked smirking
"Well…" Gabriella said before Jayden started to cry "Ah, Shar…Which room are we staying in?"
"It's the one next to mine…You'll know which one is mine" Sharpay smiled
"Ok…" Gabriella said before heading up the stairs with Jayden, who was still crying, and his nappy bag
Troy watched as Gabriella walked up the stairs, then he heard Sharpay start talking "Troy…Be careful with her"
"Huh?" Troy asked, confused
"I know what your thinking…" Sharpay said, turning to face Troy
"And what would I be thinking, oh so smart one?" Troy asked, turning to face Sharpay
"You like her, I can tell, but she's my cousin and she's been through a lot"
"I understand…" Troy nodded "…But Sharpay, you of all people should know I wouldn't do anything to hurt a girl, not after what my dad done"
"Oh Troy I didn't mean it li--" Sharpay started before Troy cut in
"No its ok Shar…" Troy said
Before Sharpay could say anything else they heard a scream from upstairs, Troy followed by Sharpay quickly ran up the stairs to the spare room, where Gabriella was staying in, assuming it was her considering she was the only person, apart from Jayden, upstairs
"What's wrong?" Troy asked after he flung the door open, Gabriella slowly turned around with her arms slightly up and Troy and Sharpay could see a wet trail going down her white singlet, along with a shocked expression on her face
"I got peed on" Gabriella whined
Troy and Sharpay stood there shocked before they both started laughing at Gabriella
"This isn't funny" Gabriella huffed, crossing her arms
"No your right, its not…" Troy said, still slightly laughing "…Its hilarious"
"Ha, ha funny" Gabriella said sarcastically
"Sorry Gabs, but you should've seen your face" Sharpay said her laughing subsiding. Gabriella smiled before walking towards Sharpay and Troy "…What are you doing?" Sharpay asked as Gabriella started walking towards her, as she got closer she opened her arms to hug Sharpay, Sharpay started backing out of the room "..Oh no"
After Sharpay left, Gabriella turned to Troy, and the smile that was on his fell, she wrapped her arms tight around his waist and moved to try and wipe the pee on him, much to Gabriella's surprise Troy didn't push her away. She looked up to see Troy smiling at her
"Why are you smiling?… I just wiped my s- brothers pee on you" Gabriella said
Troy chuckled wrapping his arms around Gabriella and lightly squeezed her shoulders with his forearms before answering "If you haven't realized I don't really care, for one you didn't get anything on my shirt I'd say it already dried and two its called a shower and washing machine I have both of those and a little sister…So its happened to me a couple of times"
"You have a little sister?" Gabriella asked, and Troy nodded in response "..How old is she?"
"Ah…One on the 19th of September" Troy said
"Oh, that's soon"
"Yeah, what about your brother?…How old is he?" Troy asked
Gabriella stared dreamily at Troy "What brother?" She asked, getting a confused look off Troy before realizing what she said "..Oh, my brother…Jayden…Shit Jayden" She said, turning around and walking back over to Jayden's change table and going back to changing his nappy and now dirty clothes
Troy smiled at Gabriella and followed her, standing beside the change table. He watched quietly as she changed Jayden's nappy before he started talking "…You're a natural"
Gabriella smiled and started to button Jayden's clean suit up "…Thanks"
"Hey no prob…So, how old is he?" Troy asked
"Two weeks…" Gabriella answered turning to her left to look at Troy
"That's cool…Are you staying here for good?"
"Ah, before I answer that I'm just gunna change my shirt, can you watch Jayden?" Gabriella asked and Troy nodded "..Thanks"
"That's ok…" Troy smiled, before Gabriella walked over to her suitcase that was on the ground. Troy turned face on to Jayden, who's eyes were drooping, and smiled before picking him up and starting to gently rock him until he fell asleep
Gabriella went and got changed, before returning to see Troy slightly rocking from side to side, assuming he was holding Jayden she smiled and sat down on her bed, Troy turned around with Jayden still in his arms and smiled at Gabriella who patted the spot on the bed beside her, he walked over and gently laid Jayden in the middle of the bed and sat on the end of the bed on the opposite side to Gabriella
"So are you gunna answer my question?" Troy asked laying on his side beside Jayden, resting his hand on his palm
"Yeah, I'm staying here for good" Gabriella answered, pulling her knees up to her chest and resting her chin on her knee's
"Good…Are you staying with your Aunt and Uncle or what?"
"I'm staying here until the final papers go through on our house, then Mums sending the removalists down and I'm gunna move the stuff in then mum should be here like a week later" Gabriella explained
"So your mum's making you move all the stuff in by yourself?"
"Yeah, I don't mind thought…I have Shar and Ry to help me out" Gabriella shrugged
"Are you kidding?…No offence but those two aren't known for their handyman skills" Troy chuckled
"What are you talking about?" Gabriella asked, confused
"Well one time…" Troy started but was cut off
"Don't you dare continue with that story Troy Bolton…" Came Sharpay's voice from the bedroom door and Troy froze while Gabriella looked over near the door
"How long have you been standing there?" Gabriella asked
"Long enough…Anyway, I came up here to tell you guys that I called everyone and they said they're free tomorrow so we're gunna hang out, if that's ok with you Gabs"
"Yeah, that's fine" Gabriella nodded
"Ok, I'll leave you guys to it" Sharpay said before disappearing
"How about if I'm free I'll help you move your stuff in?" Troy suggested
"Troy, no you don't have to" Gabriella said, shaking her head
"No…But I want to" Troy smiled and Gabriella smiled back "…And I don't want you to have unpack a whole house by yourself, especially not when you have to look after Jayden as well"
"Really Troy…You don't ha--"
"Gabriella, just say yes" Troy laughed
Gabriella smiled "Thanks Troy…I really appreciate it"
"Don't worry about it…" Troy smiled back
"So…Where do you live?" Gabriella asked
"Ah, a couple streets down…On Oak Tree road" Troy answered
"Cool…So what's your sisters name?"
"Emma, that's my little sister" Troy explained
"You have more than one?" Gabriella stated, but more as a question
"Yeah, an older sister… Ashley, she's at college though"
"Oh ok, where does she go to college?"
"Just at U of A" Troy stated simply
"What's that?" Gabriella asked, confused
"University of Albuquerque…" Troy chuckled
"Oh, true"
"What about you?…Got any other brothers or a sister maybe?"
"Ah, yeah sort of" Gabriella whispered
"Sort of?" Troy asked, now being the one who was confused
"Well I do, she just doesn't live with me and my mum" Gabriella explained
"Oh ok…How old is…"
"Olivia or Liv and she's 21" Gabriella said before they heard Sharpay yelling
"Troy…"
"What Sharpay?" Troy asked, speaking normally, not wanting to wake the still sleeping baby
"Troy…" Sharpay yelled again walking into Gabriella's room and over to her bed
"Shh…" Troy said sitting up
"Sorry…" Sharpay whispered "…Troy your mum just called, she wants you home to watch Em while she goes out"
"Why didn't she call me?"
"She tried, your phone is either on silent or off" Sharpay said
"Oh…" Troy said, getting his phone out of his pocket "…Yeah its flat…Anyway I better get going"
"Yeah, your mum sounded pretty stressed, Luke isn't being any help at the moment" Sharpay said as Troy stood up
"At the moment…When is he ever any help?" Troy said, walking over to Sharpay as Gabriella stood up
"Yeah, true" Sharpay laughed
"Well I'll talk to you girls later" Troy said as he hugged Sharpay
"Yeah, thank you for picking us up" Sharpay said pulling back, Troy walked over to Gabriella and gave her a hug as well
"Yeah, thank you Troy" Gabriella whispered, considering she was right next to Troy's ear
"Anytime…" Troy whispered, before pulling back "…See ya" He smiled
He smiled over at Sharpay as he walked past her and out the bedroom door.
"Nice boy…" Gabriella nodded and sat back down "..I like him"
"I can tell…" Sharpay smiled, going and sitting next to her cousin
"Is is that obvious?"
"Don't worry…I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual" Sharpay smiled
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Finally, some Troyella…I hope everyone enjoyed that and it was worth the wait…Some may say that they're a bit too close, but that's the way I want the story to go…It'll make more sense later on in the story…Hopefully :P…Maybe if I get some more reviews, I'll update sooner next time, well sooner then three months…Cortnie xx