A/N: Last chapter. I can't believe it's over. I really loved this story and I will write a sequel but unfortunately, that will be at the bottom of my list on my profile. Enjoy. The end is kinda like 'Stick to the status quo' because I couldn't be bothered to type it all out again lol.

Dedicated to all you wonderful reviewers.

I don't own:

HSM

I do own:

Zack

Millie

Colette

Kyle

Chapter 21

Gabriella handed a four-month-old Colette to Troy. "Troy, can you take care of Colette for a minute?"

Troy smiled. "Of course."

Gabriella stood up. "Chad can I talk to you outside?"

Chad nodded. "Sure, Gabs."

Gabriella led Chad out to the garden and looked at the field behind the fence. "Chad, I'm about to ask you something really important. I have no family left. And I mean parent wise. You've been like my brother since forever and it would mean a lot to me if you walked me down the aisle."

Chad looked intensely into her eyes. "Seriously?"

Gabriella nodded. "You've always been there for me, Chad, and I want you to do this. Troy doesn't know about this. He knows that I have no family left but, he doesn't know I asked you."

Chad felt a tear roll down his left cheek and he grinned at his best friend. He embraced her and rested his chin on her head. "I'm proud of you, Gabriella."

Gabriella looked up at Chad and smiled. "I'm proud of you too. No matter what mood I was in, you always listened."

Chad nodded. "I know. And you let me crash here when me and Tay fought."

Gabriella shrugged. "I can't let my brother down."

"Brie!" Troy's voice yelled.

Gabriella ran to the door. "What's wrong?"

Troy handed her Colette. "She won't stop crying."

Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Do you know anything about your daughter?" She stepped past Troy and went upstairs into the guest bedroom where a cot was. Taylor had put Kyle in there for his nap but he was still awake. Gabriella placed Colette beside him and relaxed. "Who'd have thought?" She whispered, kissing her daughter's forehead.

Troy knelt down in front of Zack and did his bow tie up. "there you go, buddy."

"Thanks dad." Zack said, looking in the mirror.

Troy sat on one of the seats in the room. "Zack, why do you keep calling me dad instead of daddy."

"Daddy isn't cool." Zack stated.

Troy smirked. "You want to be cool for a certain Millie Baylor?"

"No, I do not." Zack protested, folding his arms defensively.

Troy rolled his eyes. "Shall I tell you what girls do find cool? Respecting your parents."

Zack quickly turned his head. "Respect my parents?"

Troy nodded. "When I'm upset, nervous or just need a hug, I still call your grandma mummy."

"Seriously?"

Troy smiled and ruffled Zack's hair. "Sure. Girls like a guy who's sensitive."

"I've already told you. I do not like Millie. She's my best friend." Zack defended as Zeke walked in.

"Your Aunt Sharpay and I started out as best friend. And you would have a best friend now if we had stayed best friends." Zeke explained.

"Listen, bud, I can see you and Millie being together in a few years but don't start being all 'cool' like your Uncle Chad yet." Troy warned.

Zack nodded. "Okay, daddy." He hugged Troy tightly.

Troy smiled at Zeke and kissed Zack's head. "Now, in sixteen minutes I'm going to be married to your mum."

Gabriella stood in front of the floor length mirror in the room she was using to dress in. She had to admit, she looked beautiful. There was a knock at the door. "Come in." She called.

Chad walked through the door in his tux with Colette in his arms and smiled. "Troy's one lucky guy."

Gabriella nodded. "Maybe..." She turned around and looked at her six-month-old daughter who was giggling to herself. Colette was dressed in a white dress that had pale blue embroidery.

Chad raised his eyebrows. "He is."

Gabriella smiled. "I'm getting married, Chad!"

Chad grinned. "I've been waiting for this day."

"I was waiting to find Troy." Gabriella whispered, kissing Colette's forehead.

Chad took a deep breath. "Are you ready? Everyone else is in place."

Gabriella nodded. "Let's go." She took Chad's free arm that wasn't holding Colette and they walked to the back of the church.

Zack and Millie set off as the ring bearer and flower girl and Sharpay walked down the aisle as maid of honour towards Troy and Zeke who was best man.

Chad and Gabriella walked down the aisle together and stopped in front of Troy. Chad kissed Gabriella's forehead. "Take good care of her, Troy." He then took Colette and sat down next to Taylor who was nursing Kyle.

"We are gathered here today to join Troy Alexander Bolton and Gabriella Anne Montez in holy matrimony. Troyand Gabriella I now invite you to join hands and make your vows, in the presence of God and his people." The priest requested.

Troy took Gabriella's hand and looked her in the eye. "I, Troy Alexander Bolton, take you, Gabriella Anne Montez, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to God's holy law. In the presence of God I make this vow."

Gabriella's eyes watered and Troy squeezed her hand as she spoke. "I, Gabriella Anne Montez, take you, Troy Alexander Bolton, to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part; according to God's holy law. In the presence of God I make this vow."

Troy dropped her hand and they both faced the priest, Gabriella trying not to cry. The priest continued with the giving of the rings. "May I have the rings?"

Zack stepped forward, grinning up at his parents. "Here you go, mummy."

Gabriella nodded quietly. "Thanks sweetie."

He said a prayer and then Troy took a ring, slipping it onto Gabriella's finger. "Gabriella, I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage. With my body I honour you, all that I am I give to you, and all that I have I share with you, within the love of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit."

Gabriella smiled, slipping the ring on Troy's finger. "Troy, I give you this ring as a sign of our marriage. With my body I honour you, all that I am I give to you and all that I have I share with you, within the love of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit."

"I may now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." The priest announced.

Troy and Gabriella gazed lovingly at each other before Troy swooped down and softly kissed Gabriella's lips. He pulled back and smiled, caressing her cheek. "Hi Mrs Bolton."

Gabriella grinned. "Hey."

So, that's how it happened. Going from single mother who was raped by her own dad, being accused of murdering her own mother, having her police officer in her house, being her police officer's girlfriend, having a cancerous lump remove, to being pregnant, to being kidnapped by her dad, to thinking her boyfriend only felt sorry for her, getting back with him, giving birth and getting married.

In the whole, Gabriella got a lot from being accused of murdering her mother. And no matter how strange people thought it was, she still talked to Salina. Whether she heard a reply or not, it didn't matter. Salina Montez would always watch over her daughter's family.

And all this happened because she was accused of committing a crime.