A/N: You guys are amazing! I love all the ideas coming in. Once again, feedback is part of the package if you're a reader!

You might have to go back and read chapters 1 & 2 of "My Wish". Some of the information in those chapter comes up in this was being a pain so that's why it's been so long since I've updated. I hope you guys really enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: Same as always!


January 6th, 2017 5:30 am

"Gabi, Gabi." Troy whispered in the quiet room as I rolled over and faced my back to him.

"Gabi I know you can hear me. Come on birthday girl. We've got some celebrating to do." Troy continued to whisper.

"Come on honey. It's our last full day here. We have a list a mile long to accomplish." Troy continued as I rolled over and looked at him.

"Does our day have to start at 5:33 in the morning?" I groggily asked looking at the clock.

"Yes it does. Come on. You don't even have to change from your PJs." Troy told me throwing the covers off and reaching over to grab his PJ pants.

"Ugg Troy I want to sleep." I said whining while throwing the covers back over me.

"You'll love this, I promise." Troy said throwing open the shades where it was still dark outside.

I heard his feet pad gently on the carpet right before he picked me up blankets and all. He threw me over his shoulder as I heard the slider door open.

"What did you do that for?" I asked after he threw me into a plastic lounge chair.

"You weren't moving fast enough so I decided to move you myself." Troy told me while looking over at me.

"Oh. Did you happen to make any coffee?" I asked him looking around.

"Yeah I got up especially for you and went down to the local java shop and got you your favorite." Troy said going into the room and got me my coffee.

"Hm. . . I'm proud of you buddy." I told him taking a sip of my White Chocolate Frappuccino.

"I was hoping I got the one you wanted." Troy said looking over at me.

"So what are we doing out here in the cold?" I asked him as the sky started to turn lighter.

"We, my love, are going to watch the sunrise and then go out for breakfast. And then tonight I have a special surprise for us to enjoy." Troy said holding out his hand for me to take.

"How fancy is it tonight?" I asked him as color started to appear in the sky.

"The dress the parents gave you for Christmas will work amazingly." Troy said as I gave him a look.

"How about you don't use big words at 5:45 in the morning?" I asked him giggling.

"Sure hon. It's your day and our reservations are at 6:45 tonight. So between breakfast and our reservations, we get to do anything you want." Troy told me as I looked over at him.

"You mean we can just walk around the town if we want?" I asked him as the sun started to rise.

"Yes that's what I mean. Now can you sit twenty minutes without talking? You're going to miss the whole sunrise." Troy told me as I stuck my tongue out at him.

We sat there and finished watching the sun come up. I just sat there and was so at rest and peaceful. I must have been a million miles away because Troy was standing over me and shaking me.

"Gabi where are you?" Troy asked as I looked at him with a weird face.

"I'm right here." I told him with a slight smile playing on my face. Troy crouched down and took my hands in his.

"Are you sure? You looked to be a million miles away." Troy said quietly.

"I'm sure. I was just thinking about how lucky the two of us are. We have three great kids at home; our parents are amazing, and our friends who will be there until the very end. I'm just reflecting on some things." I told him.

"Oh ok. Do you want to get dressed and then go out for breakfast?" Troy asked me as I gave him a look.

"Why don't you go take a shower and by the time you're done primping yourself, I'll be ready to go?" I said looking at the sunrise.

"Sure and Gabi?" Troy asked as he headed into the hotel room.

"Yeah Troy?" I asked turning around and looking at him.

"I don't primp. You do enough of that for the both of us." Troy said as I got up and chased him into the bathroom.

"You're going to pay for that little comment, buster." I said walking back out to the balcony.

"Um . . . Gabi?" Troy asked about ten minutes later after I heard the shower click off.

"What Troy?" I asked running a brush through my thick black hair. I had a pair of jeans on with my boots and a blue and green sweater on.

"I kind of need some clothes." Troy told me cracking open the door.

"Did you forget to get some?" I asked him walking over to his suitcase and grabbed boxers, a long sleeve shirt, and a pair of his jeans out.

"Well someone was chasing me towards the bathroom so I didn't have time to grab the necessary clothing." Troy said stretching his hand out between the door frame and the door.

I decided to have a little fun with him and every time his hand came close to the clothes, I would pull my hand back a little. Finally, after having him cuss a couple of times, I gave in and handed the clothes to him.

"I hate you." Troy mumbled as he passed me when I went into the bathroom.

"Aww no you don't." I told him as I leaned over and kissed his pouted lips.

"Nope I can't say I do." Troy said leaning over and deepening the kiss to an earth shattering one.

"So what's on the agenda?" I asked Troy as we came up from that kiss.

"Well I was thinking we could do breakfast and then we'll do a little shopping for the little ones. How does that sound?" Troy asked me as I gave him a look.

"That sounds great. Let's go." I told him grabbing our room key and putting it in my back pocket.

We linked hands and started to walk downstairs. We stopped at the counter and asked the lady where a good place for breakfast would be. She pointed us in the right direction and we headed that way. The restaurant was just down the street so it didn't take very long.

"This looks quaint." I told Troy as we walked into the dinner and took a seat.

"What can I get you two kids?" The waitress asked us as I took a glance at Troy.

"I'm fine with coffee. Gabi?" Troy asked looking over at me.

"I'll just have orange juice." I said opening up the menu and looking at all the choices.

"What are you thinking about?" Troy asked me as I pursued the menu.

"I don't know. It all looks really good." I told him as the waitress came back.

"So you two are my only customers right now. Do you mind if I stand here and chit-chat with you two? By the way my name is Maggie and my husband, Albert, and I own this little joint." Maggie told me as I looked at Troy.

"We don't mind at all. I'm Troy and this is my wife Gabi. We're here on vacation." Troy said looking at Maggie.

"Oh are you? Why did you come to Providence?" Maggie asked me as I grinned.

"About three and a half years ago, Troy and I both graduated from Brown. So for Christmas, our parents gave us a trip back to our college town. We now live in Albuquerque." I said grinning at Troy.

"Oh that's cool. So you guys are about 28 years old?" Maggie asked guessing our ages.

"She's 28 today." Troy said pointing at me.

"Oh dear! Happy Birthday Gabi." Maggie told me grinning.

"Thank you. So how long have you and Albert own this place?" I asked looking around her and seeing Albert behind the grill.

"21 years and counting." Maggie told me as Albert waved his hand to Maggie.

"Any children?" Troy asked looking at Maggie again.

"Nine children. The youngest just graduated college. We've got 22 grandchildren. Do you two have any children?" Maggie asked as we heard a bell.

"Hold that thought. I'll be back. Your food is up." Maggie said walking over to the counter.

"Yo Albert come see our customers." Maggie yelled as Troy and I shared a chuckle.

"I'll be out in a minute Mag. Hold your horses." Albert said as I giggled at the sight of the two of them.

"Troy, Gabi, this is my husband Albert. Al this is Troy and Gabi, they're from Albuquerque." Maggie said in way of introducing us to each other.

"Nice to meet you both. Now did you answer my wife's last question about children?" Al asked us as we both looked at each other.

"We have three children. Mack is our oldest and she's 2 1/2; Aidan is 13 months; and Belle is 5 months old." I said pulling a picture out of my wallet of the three of them.

"Oh My. They're adorable." Maggie told me picking up the picture and looking at them.

"Mack looks like you, Aidan like his father, and Belle a mixture of the two of you." Maggie said looking at Troy and I.

"Thank you for the compliment. Belle is our adoptive child." Troy said looking at Maggie.

"Congratulations. A couple of our children are adoptive. We went to a house and I fell in love with a couple of them. So I couldn't say no when they asked." Maggie said as I took a glance at Albert.

We stayed at the diner until 9 before getting up and deciding where to go. We thanked Maggie and Albert before leaving. We walked around the town and did a little shopping.

6:45 pm

"Come on Gabriella! We're going to be late!" Troy said knocking on the bathroom door, where I currently was.

"Will you hold your horses? Who was the one who hogged the bathroom for the past 20 minutes?" I asked opening the door and walking out.

"Wow girl. You look damn good." Troy said coming over and kissing my cheek.

"Thanks. And I don't like you for pulling out the entire name." I said grabbing my purse and his hand before walking towards the door.

"Well it got you moving didn't it?" Troy asked as we walked out into the hallway and started towards the elevator.

"Yeah it did. Now break a little and tell me where we're going?" I told him stepping into the elevator.

"I can't break that information yet. You will have to be patient." Troy told me looking me over.

I grinned over at him and nodded at his appearance. He was in a black suit with a white shirt and a black tie. He was very good looking!

"I hate being patient." I mumbled under my breath as Troy turned his head in my direction.

"What was that Mrs. Bolton?" Troy asked me as I gave him a look.

"Oh nothing. I was just admiring the nice elevator panels." I told him rolling my eyes.

"You said something and I want to know what." Troy said as the elevator reached the first floor.

"I'm not going to tell you." I told him grabbing his hand as we walked off.

"Ok we'll see about that." Troy said as he led me over to a small room off to the side of the lobby.

"You two must be the Boltons?" The man at the door asked as we both smiled at him.

"Yes sir we are. Can we go in?" Troy asked as the man nodded his head and slowly opened the door.

"Come on in, Gabi." Troy told me taking my hand and leading me into the small room.

I walked in and my mouth literally fell to the ground. I looked around in amazement. Every space around the room was covered with flower bouquets. There were roses, gerbera daisies, carnations, sunflowers, daisies, and every other flower you can imagine. There were pink and peach rose petals on the floor in a trail to our table.

"I think you can pick your mouth up now." Troy said teasingly.

"Shut up. Did you come up with this idea?" I asked him looking around.

"I didn't have a hand in this. I'm just as surprised as you. The mothers' set this up for the two of us to celebrate your birthday. You have to thank them." Troy told me as he pulled out the chair for me.

"Thank you. I'm in amazement." I said looking around the room at all the tables.

"What I don't understand is why are all these tables here?" Troy asked me looking around the room.

"I have no idea." I said as I saw the waiter walk over and in his hand was an envelope.

"This just came for you, miss and sir." The waiter told us as Troy took the envelope from him and slid his finger under the flap.

I watched Troy take out the lightly tinted pink paper out and unfolded it.

"It's from our parents." Troy said simply as his eyes skimmed the paper.

I looked over at his facial expression as he read the words. I took the paper from him after he was done. I skimmed the words and laughed at them.

"So we're not supposed to question anything tonight?" I asked Troy as he gave me an amused look.

"That's what the paper says." Troy said as the doors flew open and more waiters came in.

"Dinner is served." The head waiter said which immediately threw me back to the exactly words said in "Beauty and the Beast".

I giggled as the waiters came around and served Troy and I our food. Everything on our plates was finger food. Troy laughed as I looked at him.

"Are you trying to tell me something?" Troy asked picking his head up and looked at me.

"Don't look at me. I'm not pregnant yet." I said holding my hands up in innocence.

"I kind of figured that. I wonder what the parents are up to?" Troy asked shaking his head.

"I have no idea but let's just let things go as planned as we'll see." I told him as I started to eat the food.

Just as we finished up eating, the waiter came over and handed us a pink and blue square box. I looked at Troy in question as he looked at the box.

"This came for you two." The waiter told us setting the box down before picking up our plates and walking away.

There was a hot pink envelope taped to the top of the box. I slid open the envelope and took out the pink piece of paper that matched the envelope.

It read:

Troy and Gabriella!

We hope you're having a wonderful time on your little vacation. We found this in your old bedroom right before you moved out and decided to keep it for something special. Enjoy!

Oh, happy birthday dearest Gabriella! You're another year older and still looking wonderful!

Love,

The parents

I smiled after reading the short note. I handed it to Troy as I lifted the lid off the box. Inside were some tissue paper and a little square wrapped in pink and black wrapping paper.

"Do you want me to wait to open this or what?" I asked Troy as he finished reading the note.

"You can go ahead and unwrap it." Troy said as he watched me with anticipation. I quickly tore open the present and looked at the CD case that sat under the wrapping. Tears rushed to my eyes when I realized what it was. I showed the CD case to Troy and he looked at me.

"Do you realize what this is?" I asked him as I tried to control my crying.

"No am I supposed to?" Troy asked me as I shook my head at him.

"Of course you are. You gave this to me." I told him as the light bulb clicked over his head.

"I made that for you when I told you I thought we should break up. That was the stupidest moment of my life." Troy said as I shook my head at him.

"Sure it was stupid at the time but look at us now. We're together and we have a family together." I told him grinning.

"I know. So what are we suppose to do with this?" Troy asked me as I looked over in the corner.

"Well I'm guessing the parents want us to put in the CD player and then dance to it?" I suggested as Troy grinned at me.

"I knew there was a reason I married you." Troy told me standing up and going over to the CD player.

"Because of my smartness?" I asked him as he came back over and offered me his hand.

"No because I love the person I am when you're around. I love that you can make me forget everything that's ever happened. I love the laugh that you share when you're with our children. I'm hopeless and completely in love with you, Gabriella Maria Montez-Bolton." Troy said as the first song started to play.

"It's Bolton buster. None of the Montez-Bolton. When I became your wife, I changed my name to Bolton. Plain and simple." I told him as we started to dance.

"Do you realize the song?" Troy asked me as "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts started to play.

"This is the song that I used to play over and over because it had all your hopes and dreams for me in it. I think my mom got sick of listening to this song." I told him giggling.

I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow
And each road leads you where you want to go
And if you're faced with the choice and you have to choose
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you
And if one door opens to another door closed I hope you keep on walkin' 'til you find the window
If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile
But more than anything, more than anything

My wish for you
Is that this life becomes all that you want it to
Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small
You never need to carry more than you can hold
And while you're out there gettin' where you're gettin' to
I hope you know somebody loves you
And wants the same things too
Yeah, this is my wish

Troy and I spent the rest of the night in the ballroom. We finished the CD, listening to each and every song while dancing the night away. We quietly talked about how our lives had changed since he gave me that CD over 8 years ago.