It was now Saturday, and Troy and Gabriella were getting ready for the baby shower that was taking place in about an hour, but Troy promised he'd show up a little earlier to help them set up a bit.

"Isabella, you still want to go to the party?," Gabriella asked her niece who was in her room watching her do her hair. It's not like she had a choice now. Her sister and Mark and baby James went out to lunch and to get some stuff out of storage so she had to go, but she liked asking her anyway.

Isabella thought for a minute, "Is Twoy going? Because he's my best friend"

Gabriella smiled at the little girl on her bed, who had taken such a liking to Troy, and even though Isabella wanted to be around Troy 24/7, Troy either faked it really well or didn't seem to mind. Because he showed just as much interest in her that she did in him. And it was so sweet to watch.

"Yep," Gabriella told her, "He said if you want to go, you have to go put on a pretty dress right now"

Isabella jumped off the bed upon hearing that and ran to her room in search of the prettiest dress she had, and came back with a red dress with flower print on it.

"How about dis one?"

Gabriella turned around and saw her holding up a red dress, which she thought was so adorable. She wanted a little girl so bad so she could dress her up in pretty dresses and shoes, but for now, she would have to live vicariously through her sister and her kids.

"That one's perfect!"

"Yay!," Isabella screamed as she ran out the door to put it on just as Troy walked through the door, "Hey, you ready? I told Sharpay I'd be there around 2:30."

Gabriella looked over at the clock which read 2.

"Yeah, 5 minutes, just finishing my hair. And Izzy's putting her dress on," she told him, "Do you mind checking up on her?"

Troy nodded, but before he made his way out of the room, he walked over to her and gave her a kiss.

"You look beautiful," he complimented her. Gabriella's hair was in the process of being wavy. She had just taken out some braids and was running some product in it, and curling it loosely. She had on a white colored dress with a brown belt that cinched her waist, and paired it with some brown boots. She, of course, accessorized with her watch, a beaded necklace, some diamond earrings and a few rings. She didn't want to be too casual or too dressed up.

"And you look handsome. Now please, go check on Izzy. She swears she could do it herself, but more times than not, she has her clothes on inside out"

Troy laughed and walked out the door, turned the corner and headed into Isabella's room who was looking in the mirror. Troy stopped at her doorway and watched her before saying anything to her. She was looking at herself in the mirror, while she was brushing her long light brown hair out of her face. She surprisingly got her dress on right, and he was relieved he wouldn't have to change her.

"Hey Iz," Troy told her, making her turn around.

"Twoy! I dressed up. And now I'm brushing my hair"

Troy broke out in a laugh. Isabella was by far the cutest girl he knew, and he couldn't wait to spend the day with her. He saw so much Gabriella in her that she could easily pass as her daughter so maybe that's why he thought she was so cute.

"Good job, how about your put on some shoes? Which ones do you want?," he asked her as she walked over to her and opened her sliding closet doors, "You have so many to pick from"

"Umm," Isabella thought about it for a moment, putting her finger up to her mouth, "I want... those!" She pointed to a pair of little black Ralph Lauren boots which of course Troy found to be funny because Gabriella had on the same boots, only in brown and much bigger. They were, like twins.

"I like those. Come on, we have to get going, so put them on," he instructed her to do so, which she very well listened to.

5 minutes later, they were out the door and on their way to to Zeke and Sharpay's house. Along the way, Isabella asked Troy if they were best friends and if she could sing One Direction with her, which of course he said yes to both of them.

Gabriella loved watching them interact, and even though she was getting ahead of herself, she could see Troy being the best dad ever.

Troy had put off telling Gabriella that Hannah might be there because she didn't want her to get all weird about it, until the day of, if she were to get weird about it.

He turned down the music just a bit so she could hear what he was saying, "So I think Hannah might be there"

Gabriella stopped checking her e-mails and turned to face him, kind of abruptly, "What?"

Troy flicked on his turning signal, and turned left at the stop sign, "She's, you know, their friend too. They couldn't not invite her. But if I have to, I'll just say hi, and that's it. It'll be fine"

Gabriella wasn't upset, weirded out, or annoyed. Surprisingly she was calm. She wasn't worried about anything, she just felt that it would be a little awkward seeing her and all. but she couldn't do anything about it. And she wasn't going to let that bother her.

"Troy, I don't care, it's fine," she assured him as they turned onto their street, "I'm totally fine."

He looked over at her to see if she was lying or not. But now he knew if she was telling the truth or not about being fine, and she actually was. And he was so glad because situations like this could get awkward, but he wasn't planning on talking to her, except for the obligated hello.

They pulled up to their house and it didn't seem like anybody was really there yet, so he was glad, because he had offered to help set up. They got out of the car, and got Izzy and the present and made their way up to the door.

"Twoy can you carry me pwease?," Isabella asked troy using the excuse that she was 'tired'

Troy picked her up and rang the doorbell, while Gabriella carried the presents. A few knocks later, the door opened, showing a very pregnant Sharpay Baylor.

"Gabriella!," Sharpay exclaimed before even acknowledging her best friend of over 10 years, "It's so good to meet you! Come in, come in"

Gabriella did as she was told and made her way into the house, Troy following right behind her with Isabella.

"It's so good to meet you too, congrats!," she said as she handed her the two gifts they bought, "I love the smell of your home. Is is vanilla with coconut?"

Sharpay squealed! No one could ever guess what her house smelled like. This was the first time and she got a little bit too excited and hugged her, "Yes! You're the first person ever to guess that. I love you!"

Sharpay then back away from her, realizing she might be acting too weird, and focused her attention to Troy who was carrying a little girl she had never seen before.

"Did you two have a baby or something?"

Troy laughed, Gabriella laughed, and Isabella was the one to reply to her, "I'm Isabella and I'm 3 years old!"

Sharpay broke out in the biggest smile, hoping her baby would one day be as cute as she was, "Hi Isabella, I'm Sharpay."

"She's Gabriella's niece. We thought she'd have a good time, plus we're helping her sister out"

Shapray nodded, and even though she was a little confused, she was really happy for Troy at the same thing. Troy had always been good with kids, but he had never gone out of his way to play with them or get to know them, but it seemed like he was maybe making the effort for Gabriella because he really cared about her, because Isabella looked like she was in love with Troy. And Isabella confirmed it when she said, "Twoys my best friend. He bought me two dolls. And guess what? He surprised me and I smiled"

Everyone around laughed at her, she was so talkative and so adorable.

"Troy is my best friend, too. Isn't he just the coolest?"

Isabella nodded at Sharpay's questioned and then wrapped her hands around Troy's neck and held on tight to him.

"Well come on, Zeke's out back with Chad, Taylor and McKayala," Sharpay told them as they made their way into the kitchen, where Sharpay got right back to cutting finger sandwiches.

Troy nodded, "I'm going to go see if they want any help. Do you want to come with, Iz?" And of course, Isabella nodded. She wouldn't get off of Troy, but he didn't mind at all. "Gab?"

Gabriella shook her head, though, "I think I'll help Sharpay in here. If that's fine?"

Sharpay nodded, "Yeah, yeah, of course. I could use the help," she said as she took out an extra cutting board for Gabriella to use and then handed her a knife, "My sister put all of this together, but unfortunately she's sick, so I told her to just show up later."

"Well, I can help," Gabriella smiled, "Triangles or squares?"

"I'm mixing it up," Sharpay told her, "So any way you want is fine. I don't think the kids would mind that much," she added with a laugh. "So you and Troy work together?"

Gabriella chuckled, "Yeah, we're partners. How unprofessional right?"

Some couples are actually business partners and do real estate together, but it's very uncommon for them to become a couple afterward.

"Hey, if it works for you and you guys are happy, then it shouldn't matter," Sharpay finished cutting her last sandwich and dumped the cutting board into the sink and then came back and cleaned up the crumbs, "And it looks like you guys are"

Gabriella looked outside the window directly above the kitchen sink and she saw Isabella playing with a little girl, McKayla, Chad and Taylor's 3 year old daughter, and then she saw Troy watching her from the grill where he was having a beer with his friends. And for a split second, thought about how if Isabella was her kid, this would be the perfect picture.

"Yeah, yeah, we are. So far, things are good," Gabriella told her, still smiling inside from the view she just saw, "I know it's only been 4 months, but it feels like so much longer."

Sharpay completely understood, more so than anyone else, because by the 3rd month, she was desperately in love with Zeke. And everyone told her it was so soon, but she could just feel it, so she knew it couldn't be.

"It's easy to fall in love with someone when you spend so much time together. Zeke and I had all the same classes senior year and same friends so we would hang out all the time. 3 months feels like a year almost, so when we said I love you to each other, people were a little shocked, but we felt it. You can't put a time limit on love, you know?"

Oh, Gabriella definitely knew. She was so in love with Troy, that if he broke up with her tomorrow, she would have to quit her job and move because she'd be THAT heartbroken.

"Yeah, I know. It's been good so far. Hopefully it continues to stay this way"

Sharpay walked over to her cupboards and took out a pretty large party platter and brought it back to the islands and started stacking up the sandwiches on it.

"Let me tell you a little secret about Troy. If you don't wrong him, he won't fall out of love, he'll only fall deeper. If you do wrong him, he won't fall out of love, but it'll take a long time for him to get back to the place where he used to be. Happened with his last relationship, but you know that right?"

Gabriella didn't know if she knew that. Was she talking about the whole marriage thing or something completely different?

"I'm not sure. The whole marriage thing?"

Sharpay shook her head. She thought Troy would have told her, but she understood because she doubted Troy would want to talk about Hannah when he was trying to move forward with a new relationship.

"I mean, I shouldn't be the one telling you this, but I just want you to know a little about how Troy works. Someone told Troy Hannah was cheating on him, and even though she had been acting a little shady, there was no proof and of course she denied the whole thing. None of us know if she was or wasn't, but Troy stayed with her because there was no evidence, but the year that followed wasn't all perfect. He was trying to get past it because he loved her, but it was hard for him. We could all tell he didn't love her the way he was supposed to, but he was so set on having that one love like his parents and making it work. So they moved in, but I guess the whole marriage thing was the straw that broke the camel's back,"

Sharpay finished stacking the sandwiches and went over to the pantry to get some saran wrap to cover them.

"I'm just telling you so you'll have a better understanding of who he is. I mean, I'm sure you know him pretty well, but just a little thing to know about how he works regarding love and relationships."

Gabriella was really appreciative of Troy. She had no idea that had happened with Hannah as well. and he felt bad. First there were cheating rumors and then she didn't want to marry him? She felt bad for him, but at the same time not, because it led her to that.

"Well, I'm the same way, so I think we'll be ok. Thanks for telling me though," Gabriella really was thankful. She didn't think she'd mentioned it to Troy, because she didn't have to and he didn't have to tell her anything about his past relationship. Nothing would change the way she felt about him.

Sharpay nodded, "I don't know if you know, but Hannah might be coming. She was our friend, too. Of course because of Troy, but the breakup was really hard for her, so I was there for her. I try to keep my distant at times because I feel like it's appropriate, but I felt obligated to invite her. I think she has a new boyfriend though, so that's good"

Gabriella understood. And she really, truly didn't mind. She didn't have to talk to Hannah, and she knew Troy wouldn't either. And she wouldn't care if he did, to be honest. She trusts him completely.

"Shall we head out with these sandwiches?" Sharpay asked, to which Gabriella nodded her head to, and followed her out the sliding doors into the backyard.

A few hours later, there were about 50+ party guests in the backyard, having fun, enjoying the food and the music playing. Hannah hadn't showed up and Sharpay figured it was for the best. She didn't want her to get upset over seeing Gabriella and Troy, especially because they brought her niece and they looked like the perfect little family.

Sharpay spoke too soon though, because 5 minutes after realizing Hannah wasn't there, she showed up. With a guy. Gabriella and Troy were busy looking after Isabella who was in the jumper with some of the other kids. She looked at Gabriella and Troy who were embracing each other and giving each other innocent kisses. She smiled so big. But then it disappeared when she looked back at Hannah who was standing at the front of her backyard with a guy, scanning the room, presumably in search for her.

She made her way over to them and greeted them, "Thanks for coming, girl!"

Hannah gave her a hug, "Of course. Where do I put your present?"

Sharpay pointed to a table behind them and led them there. She couldn't carry the present, it seemed too heavy so she instructed them where to put it.

"Sharpay, this is Ryan. He's the guy I was telling you about," Hannah introduced him to her and vice versa.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you," Sharpay told him, "There's food over there on the tables, the bar is stocked up, or there are sodas and waters in the cooler. Help yourself to anything."

Ryan nodded, "Thank you"

Sharpay didn't know why she was comparing Hannah's significant other to Troy's, but she was, and so far, Gabriella was in the lead by a landslide. Ryan didn't seem as friendly, and he didn't even congratulate her. But she was brushing it off. She just hoped for no drama. She didn't want Hannah to start anything.

Sharpay excused herself and went over to Troy and Gabriella to let them know she was here.

"Hey, guys. Guess who just showed up?"

Troy turned around, his arms still wrapped around Gabriella, "Who?"

"Hannah"

Troy didn't tense up upon hearing her name at all which proved to him just how much he loved Gabriella and how over Hannah he was. And Gabriella didn't even break a sweat. It didn't bother her at all.

"It's fine. We're fine."

Sharpay nodded, "Ok. Good. She came with her boyfriend, Ryan. So I guess everyone's good then"

Gabriella nodded, but then looked over at the bar where Hannah was now standing at with her boyfriend. And it just so happened to be her ex. Hannah was dating her ex boyfriend, Ryan. What in the world. Gabriella didn't think this was real life. She thought she was seeing things. Or she was dreaming. She had to have been dreaming. How in the world was Ryan at the same baby shower she was? What were the chances?

"Um, Troy, your ex girlfriend is dating my ex boyfriend"

Sharpay, who was turning around to walk away, turned back around, "What? You know him?"

"That's Ryan?"

Gabriella nodded to both of their questions. She didn't feel anything. She felt nothing as soon as she saw him. She was just so shocked at how small of a world they're living in.

"That's so weird. But hey, if they're happy," she said while squeezing Troy's hand just a little bit tighter than usual.