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Username: Chanel (requested via NBY)
Couple: Troy & Taylor
Rating: M
Quote: "I have something to tell you baby....You're going to be a daddy, Troy"
Random Stuff:
- Baby ultrasound picture
- Baby back ribs
- The color Baby Blue

So since there are only 8 days until Christmas and I really wanted to post something for you all to read :-D So this is part two of the Cattle Creek Gang series and I hope you guys like it :-D I'm working on two more shorts for Christmas (one is finished and waiting to be edited by Cate) and the other I'm going to try and write tonight. I'm also working on an ATO short... I have it started... but I'm almost working on the next chapter of Torn and I started posting a 12 part drabble series the other day...so check it all out and lemme know what you think!!

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A Cattle Creek Gang Christmas

They were the unlikeliest group of friends-everyone thought so. Early on in their public school careers they were labeled by their peers: 2 jocks, 2 nerds and 2 drama freaks. But for the six kids who were born and raised on a Albuquerque, New Mexico cul-de-sac called Cattle Creek Loop (which led to them being referred to as the Cattle Creek Gang), there were no cliques that separated them, they were just best friends.

Between 1988 and 1989, Cattle Creek Loop welcomed five families into its homes all of them in different places in their lives, some were newly weds others and others had been married for several years. There must have been something in the water, or so the saying goes, because all five families became pregnant about the same time and all had their babies during the summer of 1990.

Charlie and Yolanda Danforth were the first couple to welcome their baby on June 5. It was a little boy with a head full of hair and they named him Chad Daniel, after his mom's grandfather. Six years later, Chad would be followed by younger brother Christopher Scott.

Jose and Miranda Montez were the next couple to welcome a baby a couple weeks later on June 21st. It was a little girl and they christened her Gabriella Marie.

With July came Vance and Darby Evans' double blessing on the 15th. They named their baby boy, the oldest of the two twins, Ryan Benjamin and their baby girl Sharpay Danielle.

On August 1st, Griffen and Sheryl McKessie welcome their second daughter Taylor Renee to the family. She joined older siblings Logan (4) and Madelyn Rose (2).

The last of the six 1990 babies was born to Jack and Lucy Bolton on August 12. Having decided to wait until the baby was born to find out the sex, they didn't know until the baby was born that he was a boy and they named him Troy Walker.

From the very beginning of their existence the Cattle Creek Gang did everything together. When they were little it was play dates, birthday parties, potty training, preschool, field trips, sports, learning to ride bikes and learning to swim. And as they got older it started to include school dances, learning to drive, going to prom, graduating, everything that normal kids do with their friends.

With so many people and personalities in the group, they had roles. Chad came up with the ideas, Sharpay perfected them, Taylor converted them into actuality, Ryan tested them out, Troy stood look out and Gabriella sweet-talked them all out of trouble.

Elementary school teachers expressed concern over the six not including others in their play. Upon suggestion the six were split up for classes. Ryan and Gabriella were both shy and timid around other kids, but with each other to lean on for support they were able to break through their social anxieties. Sharpay and Chad were paired up because it was felt that paired up with any of their other friends their dominating personalities would stunt the other student's growth. Taylor and Troy worked well together, but also had an easy time working with others so they were already paired up, a pairing that would prove to be a lasting one.

Ever since they had been kids, Troy and Taylor had a natural, easy going connection. They got each other in ways that the other four-not even the twins-understood. They were like Kevin and Winnie from the Wonder Years or Cory and Topanga from Boy Meets World. They were each others' first kiss at the tender age of 11 and neither had kissed anyone else or ever planned to.

There had been many that had come into their lives over the years that questioned them, especially once they got to college. It was alarming, especially to Taylor, how many people thought she and Troy were stupid for not giving themselves a chance to meet other people before settling down with each other.

Thankfully, however, those that mattered most to the high school sweethearts were supportive of their relationship. Both set of their parents had been high school sweethearts that had married and were as happy as ever.

Troy and Taylor officially began dating on her 15th birthday, but it was only an official statement of what they had been since 6th grade, a couple. They strove hard to keep their physical activities to hugging, hand holding and kissing. Both were avid supporters of remaining abstinent, their reason being that they had so much on their plates already with sports and clubs that they didn't need the complication or risks that came along with sex.

They dated all through high school and the night of graduation, with her father's permission, Troy proposed to Taylor. Tears had streamed down her face as she had said yes. A New Years Eve wedding was planned and the couple and their mothers spent the summer planning the wedding and preparing them for the move to California for school.

In September, Troy, Taylor and their respective parents drove to the campus of Stanford University in Northern California. They moved her into a dorm room and him into an apartment near by. The term passed quickly and Troy and Taylor moved all of her things into his-their-apartment before returning to Albuquerque for break.

There were several last minute emergencies that made them question their sanity in getting married on New Years Eve, but when Troy saw Taylor dressed in white and headed his direction, he knew it had been the right decision.

Her father had walked her down the aisle, her train dragging behind her. They exchanged their vows then welcomed the new year and their new life as husband and wife with their guests.

That had been three, almost four, years ago. They had returned to California for school and had only recently returned to Albuquerque for good after she had graduated the past July. Now he was the basketball coach at West High and she going to the University of New Mexico getting her doctorate in Psychology.

During their return to Albuquerque, they purchased a small two bedroom house and though Troy told her that she could use the second bedroom as a place to study, she knew he was hoping, just like he had since they had gotten married, that they would have a baby. She wanted a baby, too, she just didn't know if she wanted to have one as young as they were, especially with her in school. But at the same time, she knew that when ever they had a baby there would be people ready to help them out whenever they needed it.

One thing that Taylor was happy to be home for was the Cattle Creek Pie Baking Day that the mothers from all five families did together and eventually the daughters were invited as well. She and Gabriella had missed the last four pie baking days since they were in school out of state and unable to come home to participate. But this year they would all be together again, including Taylor's older sister and sister-in-law and her nieces.

"You almost ready?" Troy asked, coming into the bathroom where Taylor was putting on her makeup.

"Yeah, just give me a couple minutes," Taylor nodded.

"You know you're just going to make pies, right?" Troy reminded her as he grabbed his tooth brush. "You don't have to be all made up."

"I know, but Sharpay and Gabriella will have their faces plastered with makeup and I'd feel weird with no makeup on," Taylor shrugged. "Besides, I'm almost done."

"So what have you heard about this guy Chad's mom is dating?" Troy asked as they walked out to the car a few minutes later.

"He works with Sharpay's dad and Chad and Chris seem to like him alright," Taylor replied. "Why?"

"It's just weird picturing Chad's mom with a guy that isn't his dad," Troy shrugged.

"Are you saying you wouldn't want me to remarry if something happened to you?" Taylor asked.

"No, I'm just saying it would be weird, but I'd want you to be happy," Troy explained. He was quiet for a second. "Would you remarry?"

"Honestly, I don't know, but you better not do anything stupid because I don't want to have to think about that until I'm in my seventies," Taylor stated.

"Sounds good to me," Troy smiled as he pulled up in front of Chad's mom's house where the ladies would be cooking this year. He put the car in park then he and Taylor got out. "The newly weds aren't here yet."

"Did you expect them to be?" Taylor asked as she lifted a bag of supplies out of the trunk. "We were never on time when we were newly weds."

"That's because you didn't take an hour to get ready," Troy teased as he leaned in and gave her a kiss. "I love you, Tay."

"I love you, too, Troy," Taylor smiled. "Don't fill yourself up on chips and junkfood."

"Yes ma'am," Troy saluted as he headed next door where the guys were watching TV at the Evans.

Smiling, Taylor headed up the path to the Danforth's door and let herself in. "Hi," she called and got a chorus of hellos back. She made her way to the kitchen, put her stuff down then went around giving everyone a hug.

"Where's Shar?" She asked Gabriella when she got to her.

"No idea," Gabriella shrugged. "My guess is-" She stopped when Sharpay breezed into the house, her hair wet and limp and no makeup on her face. "-and I was wrong…they were having shower sex."

Taylor rolled her eyes as Sharpay greeted the others.

"Sorry I'm late," she said. "We woke up late then had to take the dogs for a-"

"Mom?" They heard Chad call then saw him come into the kitchen with his hair wet as well. "Do you have any plastic garbage bags that I can use when I take the dogs for a walk?"

"A walk? But Sharpay said you guys just did that," Gabriella said, causing her friends' faces to turn red. "And you know, woke up late and stuff."

"Oh leave them alone, Gabriella," her mother shook her head. "They're newlyweds, it's part of the fun."

"What's part of the fun?" One of Taylor's nieces asked as Chad's mom gave him a couple bags.

"Making babies," Taylor's sister-in-law replied. "Beautiful little babies like you."

"But I'm not a baby!" The little girl exclaimed. "I'm a big girl."

"Yes you are," Taylor's mom smiled. "You wanna help Nana make your daddy's favorite pie?"

"What job do we get this year, mom?" Taylor asked, motioning to herself, Gabriella and Sharpay.

"You three get the job you always get," Troy's mom smiled. "You three are the best pie crust makers in all of Albuquerque."

"We have to make the crusts again?" Sharpay groaned. "But we always make the pie crust. Can't we do something fun, like cut the fruit?"

"Maybe next year," Sharpay's mom stated, like she did every year.

"I should be able to do something else," Sharpay muttered only loud enough for Gabriella and Taylor to hear. "I made all the pie crusts while you two were away for the last four years."

"Didn't Natalie and Mady help you while we were gone?" Gabriella replied.

Sharpay glared at her before they started setting up their pie crust making supplies.

"Oh no!" Chad's mom suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" Came the chorus of the room's other occupants. "We're completely out of Nutmeg."

"We'll go to the store!" Sharpay exclaimed.

"I'm sure I have some-" Sharpay cut her mom off. "No really mom, we don't mind going to the store. Does anybody else need anything?"

A few minutes later, Sharpay, Gabriella and Taylor were in the car with a list of things to pick up at the store.

"Why did we have to come with you again?" Gabriella asked from the backseat.

"I thought it would be fun," Sharpay shrugged. "You can get out now if you want to."

"No, I'm good," Gabriella replied. "So what's on our list?"

"Baking soda, chocolate chips, whip cream, half'n'half," Taylor reading a few things off the list. "It seems more like a grocery list than a quick trip to the store."

When they got to the store, the three girls split up and headed off to find their part of the list. Taylor got her stuff quickly then headed to the pharmacy area. She stopped in front of the pregnancy section and picked a couple home pregnancy tests off the shelf. She was so caught up in studying the boxes she didn't hear or see Gabriella and Sharpay approach.

"Something you want to tell us?" Sharpay's voice startled her.

"Hey," Taylor greeted, clutching the boxes to her thumping chest. "Did you guys get everything we needed?"

"Yeah," Gabriella nodded. "Is there something you wanna share with the class, Tay?"

Taylor looked at the boxes then at her friends. She sighed and said, "I've been feeling nauseous in the mornings."

"You think you're pregnant!" Sharpay exclaimed.

"Shhh," Taylor hissed.

"Does Troy know?" Gabriella asked.

Taylor shook her head. "I didn't want to get his hopes up," she stated. "You know how badly he wants to have a baby."

"Well then let's go check out and stop by my apartment so you can take some tests," Gabriella suggested.

"Why with us?" Sharpay asked. "If anybody should be with her, it should be her husband."

"Did you not hear her say she doesn't want to get his hopes up?" Gabriella shook her head. "Let's just go check out, Shar."

Ten minutes later, the girls sat on the edge of Gabriella's bed waiting for the alarm on Gabriella's phone to go off.

"You did them right, right?" Sharpay asked.

"Of course she did them right," Gabriella rolled her eyes. "How hard is it to pee on a stick?"

"You two aren't helping!" Taylor exclaimed as she jumped up. "I don't need you two fighting about stupid stuff."

"Sorry," they chorused.

A couple minutes later, the alarm went off and they went into the bathroom.

"On this one two pink lines means yes and one means no," Gabriella read from the first box.

"Then it's a no," Taylor said. "And the other one says yes."

"So you're either pregnant or not," Sharpay frowned. "We should have gotten a third test."

"I'll just make an appointment with a doctor," Taylor sighed. "We should get back anyway, our mothers are probably wondering what happened to us."

The other two nodded and they headed back to Chad's mom's house. Even though she was sick of making pie crusts, Taylor was happy to have the job because she knew she could do it in her sleep and it didn't take much work.

The successful pie cooking party ended at four thirty and the women and daughters made their way next door where Troy's dad was making his famous baby back ribs. It was when he brought her a plate of ribs that Troy noticed that Taylor seemed distracted.

"Everything ok?" He asked, setting the plate in front of the table she sat at with Gabriella and Sharpay.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Taylor assured him.

"Well eat up, I know how much you like dad's fiery hot sauce," Troy smiled before walking away.

Taylor looked at the ribs and felt like she was going to throw up. She shot out of her chair and hurried to the bathroom. Her sudden departure caught everyone by surprise and Troy set down the plate he was carrying and went inside to check on her. He found her slumped against the wall, beads of sweat on her forehead.

"I'm taking you home," he said after a second. "I'll get our stuff."

A few minutes later, they were on their way back to their small house and upon arriving, she quietly climbed out of the car and went inside.

"You lay down and I'll bring you something to drink," he instructed.

In no mood to argue, Taylor nodded and headed to their bedroom. She stripped down to her underwear and climbed under the blankets.

Troy brought in a can of lemon lime soda a few minutes later and climbed onto the bed next to her. Even after she'd fallen asleep he watched her. Something was going on with his wife; he just wasn't sure what it was.

The weeks leading up to Christmas were busy for Troy. He and Chad, his assistant coach, worked with the basketball team at West High trying to get them ready for their upcoming season then came home to play doctor to Taylor who was still slightly under the weather.

A couple nights before Christmas, he came home from practice and found the house empty. He called her cell phone and she told him she was out shopping with Sharpay. Not wanting to be alone, he walked over to Chad's house and found his friend playing in the front yard with Amos and Boi.

"Hey," Chad greeted. "What's up?"

"Nothing, Taylor's out with Sharpay so I figured I'd see what you were up to," Troy shrugged as he caught the ball Chad threw to him.

"Yeah, Sharpay told me they were going shopping, I can't imagine what she'll be like when we have kids," Chad shook his head. "I mean she's already going crazy over yours."

Troy paused mid-throw and looked at his friend. "Mine?"

"Yeah, I over heard Sharpay and Gabriella talking about the pregnancy tests Taylor took on pie day," Chad stated. "And don't worry, I understand that you guys haven't told-"

"Wait, back up, Taylor took pregnancy tests?"

"Yeah, didn't you know?" Troy gave him a look that clearly said he didn't know. "Oh, man. I thought you knew…"

"I can't believe this!" Troy exclaimed. "That was two weeks ago! Why hasn't she said something to me?"

"Maybe she didn't want to get your hopes up?" Chad suggested. "Just calm down, Troy. You-"

"Calm down?!" Troy exclaimed. "Imagine how I'm feeling right now, Chad. Imagine me telling you that your wife might be pregnant and you have no clue! Imagine that your wife bought and took a pregnancy test without even bothering to mention to you that she might be pregnant!"

"Well here's your chance to talk to her," Chad stated, gesturing with his head to Taylor's car headed in their direction. "But be cool, dude. Take a deep breath-"

"Are you pregnant?!" Troy demanded the second Taylor was out of the car.

"Or not," Chad groaned.

"YOU TOLD?!" Taylor shrieked looking at Sharpay.

"No! I swear I didn't!" Sharpay said.

"I want you to take a pregnancy test," Chad told his wife loudly.

"Chad, we can discuss this inside," Sharpay said firmly.

"Answer me, Taylor, are you pregnant?" Troy asked again.

"Yes."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!" Troy yelled.

"Troy, can we not do this right here?" Taylor asked as tears formed in her eyes.

"We're doing this right here right now, Taylor McKessie," he snapped. He had never minded that she had chosen to keep her maiden name, but now he wondered what their children's last names would be. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Did it ever occur to you that I may be keeping it a surprise?" Taylor asked him. "That maybe I was waiting to tell you on Christmas?"

"I don't care, Taylor, I should have known the second you thought you were pregnant!" Troy stated. "I should have been with you when you were waiting for the pregnancy test results. I shouldn't have had to hear from Chad that I was going to be a father."

"What do you want me to say, Troy? I'm sorry? I should have told you?"

"Something along the lines of I have something to tell you baby or your're going to be a daddy, Troy would've worked just fine."

"But I didn't know if I was pregnant for sure!" Taylor exclaimed. "And I didn't want to dash your hopes like last time."

"Last time?" Sharpay and Chad asked.

"We thought we got pregnant on our honeymoon," Taylor told them. "And when we found out we weren't, it broke our hearts, especially, Troy's. It threw off his game for nearly an entire season. I didn't want that to happen again, Troy."

"Why don't you two head home?" Chad suggested. "Spend sometime by yourself then talk before you go to bed."

"I think I'll walk," Taylor stated. She gave Sharpay and Chad a hug then started to walk.

Troy sighed and gave his friends hugs before he got in the car. He drove at a slow pace so he could make sure she got home safely then pulled into the driveway of their house. Then he found the little bag nestled between the two front seats. He picked it up and pushed away the tissue paper, revealing a pastel yellow frame with baby blue polka dots on it. Placed in the center of the frame was an ultrasound picture.

Clutching the frame to his chest, he hurried into the house and found Taylor sitting on the couch staring at the blank TV. He came to her and sat down on the table in front of her.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. "I was a jerk and I shouldn't have freaked out about it all when you were just trying to protect me."

"I should have told you," Taylor replied. "Sharpay tried to tell me that I should have you with me when I did the tests, but I -"

"Shh, I'm not mad anymore, Tay," he said. He turned the frame around and placed it on her knees. "We're going to be parents, Tay. You and me. We created another life."

"We really did," Taylor nodded as new tears, happy tears, pooled in the corner of her eyes. "I hate fighting with you, Troy."

"And I hate fighting with you," Troy said, moving to her side. "I love you, Taylor McKessie."

"I love you, too, Troy," she smiled. "You know, Sharpay says she and Chad have their best sex following fights."

"Wait, you guys talk about sex?" Troy asked.

"Not specifics, of course, just general stuff," Taylor stated. "So you wanna?"

"I'd rather have celebration sex," he said. "But there is one thing I wanna hear before we doing anything…"

"And this is?"

"I wanna hear you tell me you're pregnant…the way you were planning to tell me."

"Alright, go get in bed and I'll be in there in a second."

Troy nodded and went back to their room. He pulled off his clothes and turned down the bedding. She came in a few seconds later with a Christmasy gift bag in her hands.

"I have something to tell you, baby," she said. She handed him the bag and with a smile he pulled out the tissue paper and set it aside. She watched his face go into shock when he pulled out the yellow and blue frame and then a second frame. "You're going to be a daddy, Troy. Times two."

Troy felt his heart thumping in his chest as he looked at the picture frames. Twins? They were having twins? He looked at his beaming wife and motioned for her to join him on the bed. He set the frames on his bedside table before he turned to her. His mouth found hers easily and eased his body over hers as they kissed.

He pulled away after awhile and helped her pull her shirt over her head then unclasped her bra. He took a full breast in each hand and slowly massaged them. He wanted to show her, to make her feel, how much he loved her. He kissed down her torso and placed his hands on her toned stomach. In a few months he would be able to see the proof of their babies growing inside, but for now he only knew they were there by pictures.

He whispered against her skin, so quietly that she couldn't hear what he said, but could feel the vibrations of his voice. Her eyes closed as he removed her jeans and slid her panties down her legs. His long fingers slid between her legs and into her hot core. She held onto his upper arm as he slid his fingers in and out of her, bringing her closer and closer to a release. She came with a whimper and he returned his lips to hers as he positioned himself above her. With his manhood hard and throbbing, he pushed into her core and moved himself in and out while their lips remained locked. Then as they grew near, he pulled away and stared into her eyes as he came inside of her as she covered him in her juices.

On Christmas Eve, Troy and Taylor joined their families and friends for the Evans family's annual Christmas Eve dinner party. Halfway through dinner, Troy clanked his glass and stood up with Taylor by his side.

"Taylor and I found out some very special news this week and since we consider you all family we decided there was no time better than tonight to share the news with you guys," Troy said. "We're having a baby, well two babies, actually."

Amidst the hugging and congratulations, Gabriella and Ryan found themselves cornered by Gabriella's eighty-year-old grandmother. "You two are next," she smiled.