After about six flights home back and forth to Houston and New Mexico, it was finally time to stay in one spot for a while. With the season starting in less then a week, Troy had some time to spend with some family and friends before he flys back to Houston for opening night.
All the passengers got let off the plan in a orderly fashion. Troy still flew coach, he didnt see the huge deal with flying first class. He didnt need all of those accompaniments for less then a two hour plan ride. He rather just sit back and listen to music, or crack open a book. He didnt need that glass of wine or a hot towel which he wouldn't have needed in the first place.
Walking to baggage claim seemed to be natural now. Hes been doing it almost every weekend. He would fly out on a red eye Saturday night and get to New Mexico around 1 in the morning then come home to a sleeping Gabriella. He would sleep and then when she woke up he was there. He only had until 11 that night to spend with her before flying back out to Houston. It became exhausting after a while. But he would do anything to see Gabriella.
The problem this time was that it was Thanksgiving weekend. All of the college kids were flying home to their parents, family and friends were flying in to see no other then their family and friends. Flights were getting delayed and bags were getting lost and people were getting angry.
Troy watched as the conveyor belt looped around in a oval. He kept his eye on the back wall to see if his bag would pop out. His was just a small black bag that he has carried on numerous times through out the course of five weeks. But around the holidays, airports get weird and make you pay the extra 15 dollars to check your bag. If you asked Troy how he felt about that, he would just tell you it was a money making scam.
As people picked their luggage up and walked away, Troy was still standing there watching luggage go around, waiting for his chance to pick his up. He has been watching this large bright pink suitcase go around for a few minutes now and no one was claiming it. A bubbly blonde who was yapping on a cell phone walked over to where Troy was standing. She looked 19 maybe 20. She must have been traveling home from college. Sure enough thats whose pink bag it was. She scooped it up and walked away. Great.
Troy gave it a few more minutes and then decided to give up. He walked over to customer service and stood in the long line of anxious people. Troy sighed as he stood in line. There was this little baby in front of him screaming her head off. Her parents looked exhausted and a little overwhelmed. The mother kept bouncing her up and down as she screaming and continued to rub her back to try and sooth her.
"Do you want me to take her?" The husband asked. The wife snarled at him.
"No." She snapped. Ouch, Troy thought.
Then he realized that might be him and Gabriella soon. That scared him even more. This kid wasnt even his and it was driving him nuts. The line slowly moved as Troys phone rang.
Gabriella read across his phone. A smile came across Troys face as he pressed send.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Hey." Gabriella chirped on the other end. "Where are you?"
"Im standing in line at customer service." Troy explained to her. "They lost my luggage."
"Oh no." Gabriella said. "Wait, you checked your stuff. They rip you off doing that." Troy rolled his eyes. Him and Gabriella had similar thoughts on things.
"Yes I know. They made me check it in Houston, now god only knows where it is." Troy explained some more.
"Aw, well honey Im sorry. How much longer do you think you will be?" Gabriella asked him.
"Couldnt tell you." Troy said. "The line is really long."
Gabriella sighed on the other end. "Ok." She said. "Call me when you get out."
"I will." Troy said. "Bye." He hung up the phone and slowly shuffled his feet closer to the desk.
Gabriella set up the rest of the table to keep herself busy until Troy gets home. They were having everyone over tomorrow night for Thanksgiving and Troys 27th Birthday. Gabriella broke out her wedding china that they havent used since the wedding. She didnt want anything to happen to them, but this was a special occasion and she trusted everyone with them. Well, maybe not Chad. After The silver wear was put on on top of the napkins, Gabriella sat in the living room and flipped on the TV as she made cards with peoples names on them. In her beautiful cursive handwriting she wrote out everyones names.
Sharpay, Zeke, Taylor, Chad, Maria, Bill, Matthew, Michelle, Lucille, Troy and Gabriella.
Gabriella didnt think that Matt and Michelle were going to make it, they were going to spend Thanksgiving with her family, but as life goes on plans change. So they are staying with them.
After that Gabriella walked back over to the table and set out the placement cards on the plates. After that there was nothing really left to do. The turkey was defrosting and didnt need to be cooked until early tomorrow morning. Zeke told her not to worry about dinner. He was going to come over and cook for everyone. Gabriella told him she was fine doing it but he insisted. Hey if the man wants to cook them dinner, let him cook them dinner.
Now she was bored. Her family wasnt arriving until tomorrow, She wasnt sure how much longer it was going to take Troy. She waddled upstairs to the babys room. When Troy was away and she had nothing to do, she went shopping for a few things. She bought some baby clothes that were already hung up in the closet. There was a little sun dress that was yellow with pink flowers on it that Gabriella loved. She wanted to bring her home from the hospital wearing that. Gabriella also found the theme for her room. There was a lady bug theme at the baby store that Gabriella knew would be absolutely perfect for her new baby girl. It had the bed spread, pillows, rocking chair, rugs, wall decorations, changing table, little mobile. That was her next project after the New Year was to start to get the room set up.
She also went out and got paint swatches and hung them on the walls. There was about four. She wasnt sure what shade of pink to do. There was a watermelon shade, bubble gum shade, regular pink and a darker pink. She was going to leave it up to Troy to decide. He was going to paint the room anyway.
Gabriella crawled back into bed. She turned the lights off and pulled the covers over her body. Even living in the New Mexico heat, she was always very cold. She closed her eyes for a few minutes. A few minutes turned into about two hours. She started to stir when she heard the doorbell ring. She groaned and pushed herself out of bed. She looked like she had been sleeping for days. She had her sweatpants on and one of Troys baggy t-shirts. Her hair was a mess and her makeup ran under her eyes. She walked down stairs as she threw her hair behind her head.
"Im coming." She mumbled and unlocked the door. She pulled it open to her husband standing in front of her. Gabriella automatically threw her arms around him and kissed him hard.
"I thought you were going to call me." Gabriella told him unhooking her arms from around his neck.
"And miss your expression, not a chance." He whispered to her kissing her once more.
"Did they find your bag?" She asked him closing the door. Troy put his hands out showing no bag.
"Nope. They said they would call if they did find it." He told her. Gabriella couldnt get the smile off her face. He was here. And he was staying for more then 24 hours. He was staying for a week. For the first time in months she got to see him for a entire week. She walked over and just hugged him.
Troy laughed to himself. "Whats all of this for?" Gabriella looked up at him.
"I just missed you so much." She told him. Troy put his forehead against hers.
"Back atcha kid." He kissed her once more. When he looked up his eyes landed in the dining room.
"Wow." He said walking into the dining room. " You know its not tonight right?" He asked. Gabriella giggled.
"I got bored." She said. "How does it look?" Troy smiled at his wifes artistic ability to set a table. He looked at the China which he hadent seen since his wedding day.
"You're going to give Chad a piece of our China?" Troy asked. Gabriella laughed.
"He will be alright. I trust him." Gabriella told him.
"Well you're crazy." Troy said walking into the kitchen. He walked to the cabinet where they keep all of the paper plates and cups and forks and spoons that they use for parties. He pulled out one plate, one knife, and one fork and brought them back out to the table. He gently picked up the china and silver wear and replaced them with the paper products. Gabriella laughed at what her husband was doing.
"Chads going to think that we dont trust him." Gabriella told Troy. Troy laughed.
"He should already think that." Troy said to her. Gabriella giggled. She took his hand and pulled him upstairs.
"Wow, already, I just got home." Troy joked with her.
"Thats not where we are going." Gabriella told him taking a right instead of a left at the top of the stairs. She opened the room to the babys room. Troy looked around not knowing what was different.
"Ok..." He said not knowing what he was supposed to notice.
"Pick one." Gabriella said pointing to the wall of many colors. Troy looked at the colors on the wall. He wasnt sure what she wanted him to pick, they all looked the same.
"Hun, they are all the same." Troy told her. She shook her head.
"No they are not." She said. "Look I cant pick one so can you?" She asked. Troy sighed standing in front of the wall.
"Dont we have four more months to think about this?" Troy asked. Gabriella nodded.
"Yes but I want to pick one now." Gabriella explained to him. Troy sighed and took a long look at the colors before him. They all looked exactly the same to him, but to make Gabriella happy, he was just going to pick one and not complain about it anymore.
"That one." Troy pointed to the watermelon color. Gabriella smiled big. He picked the one she wanted.
"Good." Gabriella pulled the others off the wall and left the watermelon color standing alone.
"I like it." Troy told her. Gabriella patted him on the back.
"Good, because this is your project before going back to Houston." Gabriella explained to him. "You get to paint the room."
Troy groaned. He hated painting and she knew it.
"I havent seen you in weeks, so the week I get to spend with my beautiful wife, you're going to have me paint a wall?" Troy asked her. Gabriella found enjoyment out of making him pissed. She smiled wide and nodded.
"Not just one wall." She said. "all four walls, and the trim." She had to restrain from jumping up and down.
Good thing its a small room, Troy thought.
"Im going to have to suck it up then." Troy said pulling her close. Gabriella kissed his cheek.
"Thank you." She said resting her head on his chest. She took a deep breath, it was his smell. The smell that she hasnt smelt in a long time. Thats what she missed the most about him. She closed her eyes.
"Its good to have you home." She told him. Troy gently kissed her head.
"Hum, its good to be home."
The drapes were still shut not letting any sunshine in. The room was dark and quiet. Still half asleep he rolled his body over and sighed. He went to pull Gabriella close but she wasnt there. His arm searched around in her spot, but nothing.
"Gabriella." He mumbled. Troy sighed and sat up in bed. He rubbed his eyes and saw that it was 815. This was late for him. He usually woke up around 530 during preseason training. It was nice just to get those extra few hours.
His feet hit the floor and he walked into the bathroom. A few minutes later he walked back out and pulled some sweat pants over his boxers. He walked down stairs and immediately smelled eggs, or was it bacon? Was it both?
"Gabriella?" He asked. He walked into the kitchen and found his wife sitting at the island drinking coffee and reading a news paper. There was a plate with sure enough eggs and bacon. Those were Troys favorites. He wasnt a huge breakfast food person but he did love bacon and eggs.
Gabriella had her reading glasses that made her look like the sexy liberian, Troy just loved that. Gabriella looked up at her half asleep husband.
"Theres the birthday boy." She greeted him. Troy smiled.
"You made me breakfast?" He asked her. Gabriella giggled.
"OF course." She told him. "Its your birthday after all." Troy walked over and gave her a soft kiss on the lips.
"Thank you." He whispered.
"Anytime." She said. "Im even going to eat with you because I can at least eat the food that I cook." She joked.
"Come on. Im not that bad of a cook." Troy told her. Gabriella smiled.
"Its alright honey," She said stroking his cheek. "You can think what you want." Gabriella walked over to the coffee pot as Troy started to dig into his birthday breakfast. He couldnt remember the last time someone made him breakfast. Sure he orders room service, but this was different.
Gabriella poured coffee as the phone rang. Troy got up to answer it.
"Hello?" He said into the phone.
"Happy Birthday!" Sharpay screeched into the phone. Troy laughed. That happy birthday definitely woke him up.
"Thank you Shar." Troy said.
"So do you feel 27?" She asked him. Troy shook his head.
"Not really." He said.
"You probably never will." She joked. "Hey is Gabriella standing right there I have to ask her something." Sharpay said.
"Sure, hold on." Troy extended his arm and handed the phone to his wife.
"Hello." She said.
"How mad would you get if I told you that I need to squeeze to more people in for dinner?" Sharpay asked her. Gabriella pondered that question for a minute.
"Pretty mad because Theres no more room at the table." Gabriella asked her. "Why?"
Sharpay sighed. "Ryan and whatsherface need a place for dinner." She explained. "They were going to go to some resort or something, anyway plans got mixed around and they have no where to go."
"What about your parents?" Gabriella asked. "Where are they?"
"Europe." Sharpay explained. "They went on there 100th second honeymoon." Sharpay explained. There was silence on the other end. "Please Gabriella." Sharpay pleaded.
"Im going to have to bring out the folding chairs." Gabriella told her. Sharpay sighed on the other end.
"Thank you so much!" Sharpay told her. "And I promise, I will do thanksgiving at my house next year." Gabriella sighed.
"Its fine Shar." Gabriella told her. "Ill see you at 12." And she hung up the phone.
Troy was scraping off his plate to get everything off. That was amazing.
"We have two more people for dinner." Gabriella told him. "Ryan and his girlfriend." Troy smiled.
"Great." He said putting his plate in the sink. "Just look at it this way, its not like you're going out of the way. You're not even cooking." Troy explained to her. That was true. Why did she volunteer to have dinner here this year? Why?
12 o'clock on the nose. The tune of the door bell rang through the house as Gabriella was slipping into her shoes. She was leaned over as she sat on the edge of the bed putting them on her feet. Her and Troy were leaving in a few minutes to get everyone from the airport.
Troy was finishing up in the bathroom when he yelled at Gabriella to get the door.
"Are you kidding me? Im not running down to get the door. Its only Zeke and Sharpay, they have a key." Gabriella told him grabbing her bag off the chair in the bedroom. She pushed her hair behind her ears as the bathroom door opened.
"You ready to go?" Troy asked her heading toward the bedroom door.
"Yeah." Gabriella said following him down the stairs while the door bell was still ringing.
"Cant they take a hint?" Troy asked. Gabriella laughed as she came down the stairs behind him.
"They will get it eventually." Gabriella said. They turned down the stairs and went to the kitchen to get their cell phones and the car keys. They heard the lock to the front door become unlocked and people walking in. Well not walking, maybe stomping from a blonde turned brunette. She stomped her way into the room where Gabriella and Troy were.
"HELLO?" Sharpay asked a little pissed off having to wait outside. Gabriella looked up from her purse.
"Oh, hi." She said a little distracted.
"Oh hi?" Sharpay snapped. "Did you not hear us ring the doorbell 5 million times but you refuse to answer it?" Sharpay asked.
"That was you?" Troy asked playing dumb. He loved making her mad like this.
"Why didnt you answer it?" She asked. Gabriella slung her bag over her shoulder.
"You have a key." She said. "Ok we have to go pick up my parents, turkey is defrosted and ready to be prepped and I already have everything laying out ready for Zeke so when he gets in here thats what he needs to do, ok?" Gabriella asked a little out of breath. "Be back in about an hour." Gabriella called as she shut the door to the garage.
The airport was more crazy then yesterday when Troy was here. There were more delayed flights because they are calling for very heavy storms. There were more frustrated families and more impatient kids. Troy took Gabriellas hand as they walked through the airport. Gabriella had written down the details on her familys flight last night when she talked to her mom. They were going to Gate B. It was there lucky day because Gate B was all the way on the other side of the airport.
"Unbelievable." Troy mumbled as he tried to squeeze him and Gabriella through the crowds of people. They arrived at the gate after a fifteen minute hike through people. Gabriella sighed as she started to stretch her head around to see if her family was here yet. She was on her tip tops looking over the sea of people.
"Do you see them?" Gabriella asked Troy. Troy craned his neck out to see. Nothing.
"GABRIELLA!" Someone called. Gabriella turned around to see Matt. Gabriella ran over and hugged her brother that she hasnt seen since her wedding.
"Oh god Mattt, Im so happy you could make it." Gabriella said to him as Matt placed a kiss on her cheek. After she hugged Matt she greeted Michelle.
"Michelle, hi." Gabriella said with a warm smile. She loved her sister in-law, she barely saw her, but when she did Michelle was good company.
"Wheres Troy?" Matt asked. Gabriella turned to where Troy was standing and turned out that her parents found him.
"Theres my daughter!" Maria exclaimed when she saw her daughter.
"Mama!" Gabriella explained and ran up to hug her mother. Maria took a long look at her daughter. She put a hand on Gabriellas growing stomach.
"Well look at my baby." Maria said. "Shes having a baby, a big one if that." Gabriella laughed at her mother.
"How are you doing Mi hija?" Maria asked. Gabriella smiled over at Troy and Bill who were talking.
"Im doing great Mom." Gabriella said with a huge smile. Maria rubbed her back.
"Im so happy to hear that." She said.
After everyone gave each other their greetings, they decided to head out and go back to the house. They all piled into the car and Troy drove everyone back to the house.
Sharpay flipped through the News channels to get the highlights from this morning Thanksgiving day parade. Her husband was in the kitchen cooking up dinner. After the turkey was pushed into the oven and the potatoes were boiling in the water for mashed potatoes later, Zeke opened the wine closet. Yes, Gabriella and Troy had a closet devoted to wine. He pulled out two glasses and a bottle of wine and brought it out to Sharpay. He placed the glasses in front of her and popped open the bottle.
"What are you doing?" Sharpay asked shutting off the TV. Zeke poured her a glass.
"We are having a nice romantic time before everyone comes in here and its loud." Zeke told her. "Its a nice quiet time to ourselves." Sharpay and Zeke clinked glasses as Zeke sat next to his wife. Sharpay sighed.
"This is nice." She said. Zeke nodded in agreement.
"I told you." He stroked her shoulder with his middle and index finger and closed his eyes for a minute. The two of them sat in silence. Something they havent had in a long time.
Then the doorbell rang.
Both their eyes shot open and looked at the clock.
"They have only been gone 45 minutes." Sharpay said standing up walking towards the door. She opened and found Chad and Taylor standing on the front porch, with a dog.
"What the hell is that?" Sharpay asked looking down at the little brown and black spotted puppy.
"Happy Thanksgiving to you too." Taylor stepping inside. "And this is Romper." Chad held him on the leash and brought him inside.
"I know what it is, you have had him for a few weeks." Sharpay said. "What I meant was what is he doing here?" Chad closed the door.
"We couldnt leave him at home because he chews on everything. The brand new dining room set we bought last month, the one chair has teeth marks all over it. We cant leave him home to destroy more of the house so we had to bring him." Chad explained.
The dog sat perfectly at Sharpays feet looking up at her. The dog was pretty damn cute she had to admit. It had those big brown eyes and it wagged its tail. Sharpay knelt down to pet Romper.
"Aw, you are cute." Sharpay awed at the dog.
"Do you think Troy and Gabriella will be mad we brought him?" Taylor asked Sharpay.
"Im not sure." Sharpay said still gushing over the dog. Just then they heard the garage door open. "Oh no."
"What do we do?" Taylor asked. "I dont want them to be mad." Sharpay looked around and saw that the hallway closet was pretty big, almost walk in.
"Here." Sharpay got the leash from Chad and walked Romper over to the closet. She opened it and he ran inside and found one of Troys shoes and started to chew. "See hes happy." Sharpay said with a smile. "Just leave him here and they will never know."
When the front door was opened a huge waft of Thanksgiving dinner was filled in the air. Zeke was doing a great job so far because it smell amazing. They came in with luggage and placed it in the hallway. Sharpay, Taylor, Chad and Zeke greeted Gabriellas parents and her brother and his wife. Then right behind all of them was Lucille. They took them all out to the living room and they all sat down. Chad and Troy went out to get some wood for the fire. Gabriella pushed the back of her dress down and took a seat on the couch. Her hands were placed gently on her stomach and she took it all in. This was the first time in a long time that Gabriellas family was here, in her house, sitting around joking and talking with one another. It was a special moment.
"So hows pregnancy treating you?" Michelle asked her sister in-law. Gabriella smiled as she stroked her stomach.
"Its pretty good so far." Gabriella said. "Nothing like some of the horror stories that I have read about." Michelle laughed.
"I cant wait till we start our family." Michelle said. Gabriella watched her brother lean over and shake his head. Gabriella and Matt have talked about how Michelle cant wait, while he wants to wait. Sounds just like another couple she knows.
"So whens the due date?" Michelle asked.
"March 23rd." Gabriella beamed.
"We will be on a plane to New Mexico ASAP!" Matt told her. "I cant miss my niece being born." He explained.
"Have you guys thought about a name yet?" Michelle asked. Whats with all the questions? Gabriella wondered. Not that she mined, it was just overwhelming to her.
"Ummm," Gabriella pondered for a moment. "Nope, not yet we still have a few more months to think about that." Gabriella told her.
Troy and Chad came in with the fire wood and Gabriella pushed herself off the couch and grabbed Chad to the side for a minute. Without even saying anything Gabriella pulled him out into the hallway.
"You got the clubs?" Gabriella asked. For Troys birthday, she got him a new set of Callaway (dont own) golf clubs. She told Chad which ones to get but she couldnt bring them in the house because she couldnt lift them. She had Chad go and pick them up last week and hoped that they were sitting in the car. Troy, Chad, and Zeke were going to spend Wednesday afternoon at the country club for Troys birthday. Troy didnt get to hang out with them a whole lot, so this was his chance.
"I did and Taylor felt the need to put some big ass red bow on it." Chad told her. Gabriella smiled.
"Thank you." Gabriella said.
"Im jealous," Chad said. "Taylor would never buy me Callaway golf clubs."
"Ill drop a hint to her, OK?" Gabriella said walking away from Chad. Chad turned on his heels with a smile on his face. She better hold up to the deal.
There was only a hour and a half till dinner when Ryan and whatsherface showed up. Sharpay answered the door and pulled them in.
"Where have you been?" Sharpay snapped. "I told you three. Its 4:15." She growled.
"Chill, we got caught in some traffic." Ryan said taking his coat off. "Shar, you remember Lindsay?" Ryan asked.
"Of course, Lindsay hi." Sharpay hugged her as her greeting. Lindsay was some redhead that Ryan met in the city. She seemed like the kind that snuck around and cheated on Ryan with any guy she could get her hands on. Sharpay was nice to her face, but ripped her up behind her back. She really didnt think this relationship was going to last long, but its been over a year. A year of the whore.
"Thanks for having us Sharpay," Lindsay said taking off her coat. Sharpay smiled a fake smile.
"Oh, the pleasure is all mine." Sharpay took their coats and quickly threw them in the closet with Romper. Maybe he would pee on Lindsays black leather coat.
Dinner is served.
The guest made their way towards the dinner table and found their cards that Gabriella hand written. They had to pull out the folding chairs for Ryan and Lindsay who didnt seem to mind at all. The only thing was that they were a little squished at the end of the table. Once everyone took their seats Troy stood up with his wine glass and proposed a toast.
"Gabriella and I appreciated half of you flying out here to be with us on Thanksgiving." Troy started but then got inturputed when Chad cleared his throat. "Yes Chad." Troy said slightly annoyed.
"Its really nothing, but how come I didnt get a China plate?" Chad asked. Gabriella spoke up.
"Honey its not that we dont trust you," Gabriella said. "Well, yeah we dont trust you." Chads jaw dropped.
"The incident at Sharpay and Chads wedding was a complete mistake." Chad said defending himself. He didnt mean to drop his China plate, from China, all over the floor causing the cleanup crew to find every piece of it to make sure no one stepped on it.
"Well we dont want to take any chances." Troy joked with him. "As I was saying, some of you didnt have to travel far, but we still love that you are all here. We dont get to see each other often, some of you I wont see again for quite some time. So I just wanted to say thanks." Troy took his seat and Gabriella stood up.
"And I just wanted to propose a toast to Tory on his 27th Birthday!" Gabriella announced. Troy smiled and everyone clinked glasses.
Zeke got up from the table and brought out a 25 pound turkey which was already cut out to the table. A few of them stood up and helped bring out the cranberry sauce, gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, stuffing, anything else that you could imagine Zeke made. There was just so much food. Sharpay looked across the table at Ryan and Lindsay. She notice that Lindsay was poking around her plate.
"Something wrong?" Sharpay asked. Lindsay shrugged and Ryan spoke up for her.
"Lindsay doesnt eat...this...stuff." Ryan tried to explain.
"You should have told me and I would have made sure that she had something to eat then." Sharpay snapped.
"Shar, chill." Gabriella scolded her.
"Its really fine, I think I will survive." Lindsay said in a harsh tone. Zeke squeezed her hand under the table so Sharpay wouldnt go crazy.
Dinner was amazing. Everyone, for the most part, got along and laughed and joked throughout the entire dinner. Even after they were done dinner they just sat and talked and tried to digest everything before they brought out Troys birthday cake. Gabriella stood up and walked to the kitchen to refill glasses for everyone as Troy followed behind her. Gabriella could hear the laughs from the dining room as she took out the wine and refilled the glasses. Troy walked behind her and put his arms around her growing belly.
"Hello." He whispered into her ear.
"Hey you." Gabriella whispered back. Troy kissed her cheek and walked over to the fridge and looked for another bottle of wine since they polished off the other bottle.
"Dinner was good." Troy told her as his face was in the fridge. Gabriella opened her mouth to say something but she was caught off guard by a pain in her stomach. It wasnt like a huge pain, but it was the first time she felt it and she wasnt sure what to make of it. She put her hand on her stomach and breathed a minute. It wasnt gas, she knew what that felt like. This was something new that was never felt before. She moved her hand around her belly as a smile came across her face.
Troy lifted his head up from the fridge and turned around to face his wife. Her expression was hard to figure out. It was a mixed of a smile and a look of terror.
"Gab?" He asked. Gabriella looked up and laughed.
"I think the babys kicking." Gabriella said to him. Troy walked over and placed his hand on her stomach and one on her back. He felt it. Gabriella laughed as the baby kicked her hard that made her hunch over a bit.
"Wow, that was a big one." Gabriella said with a laugh. This was amazing to both of them. She never felt the baby do this before. Troy moved his hand around and felt it kick in other places.
"This is, amazing." Troy said looking up at his wife. Gabriella had some tears in her eyes and Troy placed a soft kiss on her lips. "Thats our girl." Troy told her kissing her once more.
There was the last little kick and Gabriella and Troy knew that that was all for a little bit. Troy kissed her once more as his hand was still on her stomach.
"I love you." He whispered to her.
"I love you too." Gabriella picked up the wine glasses and brought them out to everyone.
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Troy, Happy Birthday to you." Everyone sang to Troy. Troy closed his eyes and made a wish like he was five and blew out the candles. There was a big 2 and a big 7 for candles. Everyone cheered.
"We thought these candles were easier because you know, we dont want to set the fire alarms off." Chad joked. Troy pushed him as Troy cut his cake. As everyone was served a piece, a faint howl was heard through the house.
"Damn it." Chad whispered to himself. The dog didnt make a single noise all night and now this.
"What is that?" Gabriella asked as she listened to the sound. Taylor stood up and tried to clear it up.
"Its nothing probably a neighbors dog." She said with a little laugh. Gabriella stood up and followed the sound and Troy was behind her. The dinner guest turned their seats to follow them.
"Our neighbors dont have dogs." Troy told them. Then the scratching started. Then a howl, then a scratch. Troy ran ahead of Gabriella and opened the closet door and Romper darted out.
"What the hell is Romper doing in our closet?!?" Troy asked pissed off. Taylor and Chad turned to Sharpay.
"For the record, I didnt par take in any of this." Sharpay said as she sat down. Taylor sighed and explained to Gabriella and Troy why the dog was in the closet.
"Romper was ruining our place, so we didnt want to leave him all day in the house not knowing was he was going to do. So we brought him here, we were going to tell you but we heard the garage door open and then we threw him in a closet." Taylor explained. "We didnt want you to be mad."
"You guys are great owners, you know sticking your 2 month old puppy in a closet for four hours." Troy said. "We wouldnt have cared. The dog is fine. But its been there for hours so get it outside before it pees all over the carpet." Troy demanded.
"ROMPER!" Chad yelled and Romper came running out. Chad put him on the leash. "Ill just take him outside." He said opening the front door.
"Good idea." Troy said.
"Im sorry." Taylor said ashamed.
"Tay, dont worry about it." Gabriella said giving her a hug. "But if any of my shoes are ruined, guess who you are taking shopping."
After dinner they all went out to the living room and relaxed some more and enjoyed each others company. Gabriella gave Troy his birthday present and he couldnt believe that she actually got the clubs. He was even more thrilled that he got to go out with his boys for his birthday gift. The two couples got together and got Troy a 100 dollar gift card to his and Gabriellas favorite restaurant. They figured they could go a few times.
It didnt take long for the football game to get turned on and the guys were pretty much hypnotized by it. The women stayed out in the dining room chit chatting about everything. Lucille excused herself and she went to get Troy. She took him out of the back patio.
"Hows my baby doing?" Lucille asked as they took a seat on the patio chairs.
"Im doing great mom." Troy told her. Lucille handed him a gift bag.
"Happy Birthday." She said. Troy smiled and took the gift from his mother. He the tissue paper on the ground and pulled out a little jersey that said STORM on it. It looked like it could fit a five year old. Troy turned it around and saw BOLTON across the top and number three.
"This was your very first jersey." His mother explained to him. "I found it while going through some things and figured maybe your daughter might like it." Troy held the little jersey in his hands. He vaguely remembered this, but he knew that his daughter would like this some day. "Turn her into a little tomboy"
"Thanks mom." Troy told her. Lucille smiled at her son.
"He would be very proud of you." Lucille said. Troys heart skipped a beat. "The man you are coming to be, I know he would be so proud." Troy nodded his head. There was no need to say his name. He knew what she meant.
"I know he would."
It was around midnight when Sharpay and Zeke arrived back to their house. And in tow, Ryan and the skank. Sharpay closed the door and told Ryan where to go. He already knew but he didnt feel like fighting with her. Ryan and Lindsay walked upstairs leaving Sharpay and Zeke alone. She walked over to him slowly and slowly put her arms around his neck and gave him a very deep kiss.
"Wow." Zeke said after the kiss. Sharpay kissed him again then took his hand and lead them upstairs. She locked the door and took everything off except for her bra and underwear. She slipped into bed as Zeke finished up in the bathroom.
"So that was fun tonight." Sharpay said.
"Yeah it was." Zeke told her taking his shirt off.
"And dinner was amazing." Sharpay said sexually. Zeke stopped a minute.
"Its simple words like dinner that you can make dirty." Zeke told her.
"Its a gift." Sharpay said. Zeke lifted up the covers and climbed into bed with his wife. Sharpay automatically pulled him in for a kiss. Zeke rolled over on top of her and kissed her more. They started to get very heated and hot very fast. Zeke kissed Sharpays neck as she let out a little groan.
"How good was dinner?" Zeke asked breathless.
"Amazing." Sharpay said and Zeke kissed her hard. Sharpays back arched when Zeke stopped kissing her.
"Whats wrong?" Sharpay asked. Zeke shook his head.
"Two things." He started. "One, we are not having sex when your brother and his girlfriend are down the hall." Zeke explained.
"Its not that big of a deal, they are down the hall." Sharpay told him.
"The walls are paper thin." Zeke told her. "And two," He said. "I dont have a condom." Sharpay was already mad that he didnt want to have sex but now hes complaining about this.
"Dont worry about it." Sharpay told him. Zeke sat up.
"Dont worry about it?" He asked. Sharpay pulled the sheet over her.
"We dont need one." She told him. Zeke shook his head.
"I cant believe I fell of that again." Zeke told her. Sharpay pushed her hair out of her face.
"Fell for what?" She asked.
"The mind game you just played on me to trap me into sex so you can get pregnant." Zeke told her. Sharpay shook her head.
"You honestly think thats what I did?" Sharpay asked innocently. Zeke nodded. Sharpay played with the sheet. Zeke sighed and leaned in closer to her.
"Shar, we have been over this and over this and over it some more. I am not ready for a baby in my life right now." Zeke explained. "Im just," Zeke tried to find words. "I like how we are right now. We are only a month into our marriage. Im not ready to be a father." Zeke said.
"When do you think you will be ready?" Sharpay asked.
"You need to give me time." Zeke told her kissing her cheek. He turned around and turned off the light and went to bed.
Sharpay was tired of him needing time. She had been waiting to long now. She wanted it tonight.
Troy and Gabriella got everyone set up with their bedroom arrangements, then finally it was time for them to go to bed. Gabriella was to tired when she got to her room that she didnt take her dress off. She just fell right into bed. Troy walked over to her side of the bed and took off her shoes and dropped them on the floor. Troy took his shirt off and got into bed with her. He got up right next to her and kissed her neck.
"Did you have a good birthday?" Gabriella asked him.
"The best one yet." Troy whispered to her. Gabriella took his hand and lifted it over her body and placed it on her stomach. The baby was kicking again. Troy smiled as he kissed Gabriellas hair and the two fell asleep feeling their little baby girl kick.
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