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We were going to New York this weekend. By We I meant Me, Troy, My mom, Cameron, CJ, and Christopher. I don't know how the hell this happened but it is happening. We are getting a suite. Troy and I are staying in one room, Mom and Cameron are astaying in the other room and I guess the boys are sleeping on the pull out couch.

We were getting on the plane now. I had a fight and it was spring break. Troy's mom was still in the hospital but she was feeling a little better and she made Troy come with us. CJ and Christopher were staying with Cameron this weekend. Mom invited them to New York. I had a match but we were staying until Tuesday because it was Spring Break. We would get time to do stuff, not just come for the boxing match and leave after.

I sat next in between Troy and Mom on the plane. Cameron and the boys were coming on a later flight. It was the earliest they could get last minute. We were staying in Manhattan. We lived in Brooklyn and upstate but we have never lived in Manhattan. I was always infatuated with big cities like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles. I loved everything about them.

I was starting to feel more like myself since Monday. Troy's been staying with us since he didn't want to be at his house alone. Jack was always at the hospital right beside his wife or at work. Troy was having some trouble leaving his parents but he relaxed when we got on the plane.

"I haven't traveled this much since I've met you." He said, smiling at me.

"We'll you know. A girl like me can't stay in one place for long." I joked.

"Are you guys going to be nice to CJ and Christopher?" Mom asked, joining our conversation.

I laughed. "No mom. Troy is going to beat them up." I said sarcastically.

She rolled her eyes. "You don't have to be a smart ass."

"You love my smart ass." I kissed her cheek.

"Yes I do." She said. She rubbed my short hair. "You know I was mildly horrified when you cut your hair. But I think once it grows into a… what's it called? The one Anne Hathaway has?"

"Pixie?" I offered.

"Sure, once it grows into a pixie cut it will look really cute. I might be awkward for a while but it will look cute again once it starts getting longer." She said.

I licked my lips. "My impulsiveness gets the best of me sometimes."

"It's all good baby, I can keep up with you." Troy said, holding my hand.

"Thank god for Troy. I thought I might never have Grandchildren." Mom said.

I scoffed. "That was so mean. You had no hope in me?" She shrugged. "Mom!"

Mom started laughing. "I was kidding Gabi. You know I have all the faith in the world." She kissed the top of my head.

"You and your mom are like twins." Troy said.

I made a face at him. "That's weird."

"I'm serious. You have similar personalities." He said. "Like your sense of humor."

"If I'm my mom then you can be my Cameron." I said, nudging my mom. She rolled her eyes at me again.

"Cameron's a bad ass. Did you hear that story about his motorcycle?" Troy said.

"I probably wasn't paying attention." I said honestly.

Troy laughed. "He says he had the coolest motorcycle in high school. He said he got all the bitches."

I burst out laughing. "Total badass." I shook my head.


We landed in New York and took a cab to the hotel we were staying in. We got settled in and waited for Cameron and the boys to arrive. Troy was talking to his parents in the room that we were sharing. Mom set up the couch bed for the boys. I was painting my nails on the desk. I usually got a manicure but I hadn't had time yet so I'm painting over the previous nail polish.

Troy came back out, walking over to me. "Mom says hi."

"How's she feeling?" I asked.

"She said better but I'm not sure." He said.

I stared at my fingers. "Why are fingers so weird looking?"

He laughed. "Are you high?"

"Totally." I said dryly. "I'm so high I can't touch the sky."

"Seriously?" He asked amused.

"I just don't know why." I added, just to amuse him.

"Do you want some pie?" He asked, laughing.

"I can't feel my thigh."

"Don't lie"

I giggled. "I'm actually a guy."

"I'm gonna die."

"Bye-bye."

"You guys are so weird." Mom said as she walked past us.

Troy and I burst out laughing. "Don't be a hater mom."

"I am not a hater, Gabriella." She said, walking into the room her and Cameron were going to share.

There was a knock at the door. "Mom, door."

"Why don't you get it?" She said, coming out of the room.

"My nails are wet." I argued, blowing on them. "Can I paint your nails?"

"No." Troy said. He picked it up. "Blazing Red is not my color."

I held my hand up to his face. "It'll make your eyes pop."

"Goodie." He said sarcastically.

"Hey Gabi." Cameron said when he came in. "Hey Troy."

"Hey Cameron." Troy and I said at the same time.

"These are my sons, Cameron Jr. and Christopher." He said, putting his hands on their shoulders. Both boys looked exactly like their father. "Boys, This is Marie's daughter Gabriella and her boyfriend Troy."

"Sup dudes." Troy said.

"Sup." CJ said. "You play for East right?"

"Yeah." Troy said.

"I play baseball but you guys killed us at our homecoming game." CJ said. "You scored like 40 points that game."

"It was pretty even." Troy said modestly. "How is baseball going?"

"Christopher is the more shy one." Cameron explained. Troy and CJ went on talking about sports. He was 12 so I guess he was going through his awkward stage.

"Hi Christopher." I said. "How was the plane ride?"

"Long." He said quietly.

"Are you excited to see New York?" I asked, looking at him.

Christopher shrugged. "I heard Wicked is playing."

"Do you want to go see it?" I asked him. He shrugged. "I'll go see it with you. Musicals are the shit."

He sort of smiled at me. "Okay."

Cameron looked kind of surprised. "You didn't tell me you wanted to see Wicked."

"You were talking to CJ about baseball the whole plane ride here." Christopher said, monotone.

I looked over at my mom. She looked happy to see we were all getting along. I was happy to see her happy again. I checked my nails and they were dry. I walked over to my mom and hugged her. She hugged me back. "What's this for?"

"For being you." I said. "Can we get some food? I'd kill for a salad right now."

She laughed. "Sure. We can go to the restaurant downstairs."

I walked into the room and put some shoes on. We got in the elevator and we went down to the restaurant in the hotel. We ate dinner before we went back up stairs. I crawled into bed while everybody was still away. I had to get up early for my fight tomorrow. I cuddled up in the bed, letting my eyes close.

Troy crawled in bed and I opened my eyes to look at him. "Sorry." He whispered. He wrapped his arms around me.

"It's okay, I wasn't really sleeping." I said quietly.

"You'll never guess what CJ asked me." Troy said, starting to chuckle.

"What did he ask you?"

"He asked me what sex felt like." Troy said chuckling.

My eyes popped open. "You're lying."

He shook his head. "Nope."

"What did you say?" I asked, smirking.

"I didn't know what to tell him so I told him he should ask his dad about stuff like that." He said quietly.

I shook my head. "Oh my god." I closed my eyes leaning against him. "Goodnight Troy."

"Goodnight baby." He said, kissing the back of my neck.


I got up early the next morning due to my alarm. I got changed into work out clothes. I went down stairs and ate some breakfast. I had to meet Shane in the gym after breakfast. Everybody was still sleeping. I walked in the gym and Shane was waiting for me. "Hey Gabi."

"Hey." I said letting out a breath.

"What's new? We hadn't had a heart to heart in a while." Shane said, sitting on an exercise ball. I sat on the other one, picking up dumbbells.

"Well You know I went to see my dad again." I started.

"How was that?" He asked.

"It was surprisingly okay. I only had one little melt down and it was at my aunt, my dad's sister, Carmen. She's a bitch. I told her off and she didn't really talk to me for the rest of the day. Dad wasn't being overbearing. He apologized to me, give me money. We all went out to lunch before we left. It was kind of nice." I said, shrugging. I kept working my arm muscles.

Shane smiled. "That's good that you're patching things up with your dad, I don't know how it's going to affect your boxing career."

I smiled. "You know I'm retiring after my last match right? Which is in, what? Two weeks?"

He nodded sadly. "I'm going to miss you."

"You should open up your own gym in California." I said, grinning. "Seriously, I'll work for you. I'll help train kids. Shit, I'll even help you run it."

"I've been thinking about that, honestly." He said.

I stopped working out. "Really! It can be like an all purpose gym. You can build a basketball court and Troy can help out too. It could be really fun. We can get a lot of sponsors to help us. Sharpay's dad has a lot of money. If we pitch the idea he would probably help us. Hell, my dad probably would help us."

He smirked at me. "You aren't going to let this go, are you?"

I shook my head. "Not until it happens." I licked my lips and started working out again. "I was thinking about studying sports medicine. I want to get my PHD, become a doctor."

He grinned. "You? A doctor?"

"I could do it. I can do anything." I said, smiling at him.

"I know you can, Gabi. That's what makes you an amazing person." He said. "Now pick up your arms, have you been working on your left side?"

"Yes." I said, I flexed my muscles. "Can we spar?"

"Yeah, I brought the gloves." Shane said.

We finished our workout. I was sent back to my room to relax until the fight. I was thinking about taking a bath but I was in a hotel room with five other people. Four of which were male. I just crawled back into bed with Troy who was still sleeping. I cuddled up to him and closed my eyes.


I was in my dressing room, getting ready for the fight. I had my iPod in my ears, listening to music while I wrapped up my hands. I saw somebody walk in the door. Shane came in with Troy. I smiled at them before finishing my hands. I took the ear buds out of my ears. "Hey." I said, looking up at them.

"Your mom, Cameron and the boys want to come in." Troy said.

"Send them in." I said, sitting up.

Troy opened the door and they piled in. "Hey Gabi." Mom said. "Are you ready for your fight?"

I nodded. "Yeah, Shane and I had a good workout this morning. I'm pretty pumped."

"We just wanted to say good luck. We saw the chick you were fighting, she's pretty big." CJ said.

"Thanks guys." I said smiling at him.

"We'll see you after the fight Gabi." Cameron said.

"Please don't get hurt. I found tickets to Wicked for tonight." Christopher said.

I grinned at him. "I promise I won't get hurt."

Shane walked them out and Troy sat down with me. "How are you feeling?"

"I feel really good. I'm ready to go." I said, looking at him.

"Are you going to miss boxing when you retire?"

I nodded. "Yeah. But I don't know how much longer I could do this."

"You're going to do great baby." He leaned down and kissed my lips firmly. "Kick some ass."

I laughed. "Always do."

He walked out and I started focusing again. Shane walked into the room. "Do you have to get the fire smacked into you or are you going to light it yourself?" He asked.

"Its already lit Shane." I said, holding my hands out.

"Good." He shoved the gloves on my hands. "You need to win. Now let's do this."

He put my mouth piece in and we got up to walk out. I stretched my arm muscles and did some quick cardio to get my blood pumping. We made our way to the ring and we prepared our corner. I was announced first. I put my game face on, waiting for the fight to start.

The fight was pretty even. The girl caught on to my left hook quick so I couldn't really use the element of surprise. She was a really good fighter but I held my own against her. I beat her by three fifths of a point. I went back to the hotel after the fight to get changed for tonight. Chris, Troy and I were going to see Wicked.

Mom Cameron and CJ were going to go do something else. After a quick dinner together we split up. We headed down the theatre and got our tickets. We found our seats and waited for the show to start. "I always wanted to see a show on Broadway." Christopher said. "My mom and I always talked about going to see one but we never planned a trip."

"This is my first one too. I'm excited." I said, smiling at him. "My friend Sharpay would shit herself if she knew I was here. She loves theatre."

Troy chuckled. "You didn't tell her?" I shook my head. "She would have used her helicopter and flown out here to see one with you."

"I'm sure her and Zeke are busy." I said. Troy looked disgusted. I giggled quietly as the lights went down.


Christopher raved about the musical excitedly as we walked out of the theatre. "I want to see it before we leave again, can we? Can we see it again?" He asked, looking up at me.

"I don't know. You'll have to ask your dad. Come on Christopher we have to get a cab." He grabbed my hand and blushed. I grinned at him as I hailed a cab. Troy got in first and I followed. Chris shut the door and I let go of his hand. "Did you like it babe?"

Troy grinned. "Yeah, it was pretty cool. I like the part with the monkeys." He said, looking at Christopher. They went into conversation while I watched the cab driver drive. He pulled up in front of the hotel. I paid the cabbie and we got out.

I held on to each of their hands as we walked into the building. We stood in the elevator. "Thank you for coming with me Gabriella… And Troy."

"No problem. It was a great show." I smiled at him, ruffling his hair. I looked over at Troy who was watching me. I smiled up at him giving me a quick kiss. Troy started chuckling. "What?" I asked confused.

"Nothing." He said, continuing to laugh as we walked out of the elevator. We walked over to our suite and I swiped the key. Christopher walked inside first.

"Seriously, what?" I asked, as I closed the door behind me.

"Nothing baby." Troy said as he walked into our room. "Hey Marie, Cameron. How was your night?"

"Really great, how was yours?" Mom asked.

"It was awesome!" Christopher raved. He started going on about the show.

"I'm exhausted, so I'm going to go to bed." I said, interrupting. "Goodnight all."

"Goodnight." They said back to me.

I walked into the room, looking for clothes to change into. Troy followed me in, closing the doors behind us. "You can sleep naked if you want." Troy said.

"You're not seeing me naked until you tell me why you were laughing." I said, walking into the bathroom that connected to our little room and the living area outside of it. I locked both doors and changed. I unlocked the doors and walked back into the room.

Troy was already stripped down into his boxers. "I was laughing because when we first got together I never thought I'd see you smile as much as you do now." He said. "It's kind of funny."

"Well I wasn't happy as I am now." I said, looking at him. "I can stop smiling if you'd like."

"I was just saying. It's not like it's a bad thing or anything." Troy walked over to me. He picked me up by the butt and I wrapped my legs around him. "I love seeing you smile." He said, kissing my lips slowly.

I kissed him back gently. "Good." I said, leaning down to kiss him again. He laid us down in the bed, pulling our blankets over us. "I think we should sneak some you and me time in tomorrow."

"Well we were going to go off and do stuff right?" He asked, his lips drifting down my neck. "We can sleep in late and wait until they leave." He suggested.

"Mmm, sounds good." I said, closing my eyes. He nipped at my neck gently. I pushed his head away from my neck. "That's enough for now." I said. "Let's watch some TV before we go to bed."

He reached over for the remote and turned on the TV. I cuddled up to him. "Look our show." He said. FRIENDS was on. "If you just had my baby and Chad proposed to you, would you say yes?"

I burst out laughing. "Of course not. The thing is Rachel is a dumbass and so is Ross. He should have proposed to her a long time ago. They were clearly on a break but it was kind of fucked up that he just slept with the other woman."

Troy chuckled. "He was just horny."

"The actual question is how does Ross get all these women anyway? Chandler is the cuter one and the poor guy couldn't keep a relationship until he and Monica got together." I said, watching the show.

"The same for Monica. She's a little crazy but she's hot. That Richard guy she dated should have knocked her up and gotten it over with." Troy said, rubbing his head.

"And why did they make Chandler and Monica not have kids? I mean, What are the chances?" I said sighing. "But I love Paul Rudd so I love Mike and Phoebe together. I just love Phoebe so much."

Troy laughed at me. "We are like Mike and Phoebe. You are delightfully weird."

"I guess that's true." I rest my head against his chest. "You are the only person I could ever do things like this with."

"Me too baby." He said, kissing the top of my head. "We're good together."

"Very good. When we go to college we are going to spend countless nights like this. Just laying in bed watching Friends. I don't know how well I'm going to do at the dorm thing with my attitude issues." Troy burst out laughing. "What?"

He shook his head. "You are so aware of every little fault you think you have. It's funny."

"When you spend most of your life by yourself, you get to know yourself really quick." I said, smiling at him. "I'm glad I amuse you."

"Well you are very amusing baby." He said, rubbing my arms slowly. "You know what?"

"What?" I asked him.

"I think I'm going to start that nickname thing again." He said randomly.

"But you already found a nickname." I said, looking up at him.

"I know but it was fun. I had to reach into the deep pits of my creativity." He smiled at me.

I rolled my eyes. "You can do whatever you want."

"Sweet" Troy said, smiling at me. "I love you, Cookie."

"I love you too Penis face." Troy just stared at me. I grinned. "You're right, this is fun." I kissed his lips gently, cuddling up to him.

"… Penis face?" He asked himself quietly.

"Penis face, can you get the lights?" I asked.

He raised his eyebrows at me. "I think you need a new one, sunshine." Troy got out of bed and turned out the lights. He lowered the volume on the TV before climbing back into bed.

"Alright monkey butt." I said, smirking at him.

"Nicknames aren't your thing." He said, wrapping his arms around me.

"You're right. I'll just stick to Troy." I said, kissing his bare chest.

"Good, I don't want you to call me Penis Face in public." He said chuckling.

"Goodnight Troy." I said, cuddling against him.

"Goodnight baby." He kissed my forehead, laying next to me.


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