A/N: Hey! yes...we know...this is SO damn LATE! and our next story is not out yet! WHAT HAPPENED?

WE ARE SOOO SORRY! it's just...laziness...yeaaa, the truth...we got too carried away with summer on the beach so we didnt feel like writing. Then we found out we have SUMMER HOMEWORK from school which we need to do even though school starts in 2 weeks and we havent done ANYTHING! soooo sorry!

No more talking...this is the epilogue and right after this...we are going and writing the next story...SO SORRY AGAIN!

Enjoy HOUSE RULES for the last time... :( SAD!

Disclaimer: We are SO gonna miss saying this but we do not own anything!

Epilogue

"Can you please stop that crying baby? It's you son!" Chad yelled out while placing a DVD back onto the shelf.

"So now he is only my son? He is a part of you too you know!" Taylor yelled back at him while trying to soothe the small bundle in her arms. Sighing, she looked around her and couldn't help but smile. The DVD shop they set up was quite a good business, their two months old son was the best thing that ever happened to them and even though it didn't seem like so at the moment, they were a happy family.

"Yes, when he is like this, he is only your son!" Chad smirked and walked towards them.

"Shut up Danforth or else you are gonna get it." Taylor threatened him playfully and mentally thanked the gods for making the baby quiet again.

"Oh really? And what is it that I would get?" Chad whispered close to her face, making Taylor blush and gasp slightly.

"Uhm…the…you know…" she mumbled out, her mind completely hazy from the close proximity the lips of her love were to hers.

"No I don't." Chad smirked at the effect he still had on his wife even though they have been together since he could remember. "Why don't you remind me?" he mumbled leaning in, careful not to squish the bundle of love in her arms.

"Stop right there Chad Danforth! I don't want my favourite nephew to be scarred for life!" A voice behind them yelled out making the two jump apart like teenagers caught by their parents.

"Gabriella! What a surprise!" Taylor called out and quickly handed her son to Chad.

"Yea, what an unpleasant surprise." Chad mumbled to the baby, but loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Oh, shut up." Taylor smacked him slightly over the head and went over to hug her best friend.

"I heard that Chaddie and don't you think I will let it slide." Gabriella said and returned her best friend's hug.

"Where is you hubby?" Taylor asked her looking around.

"Actually…" Gabriella began but the door opened again, revealing a breathless and slightly sweaty Troy Bolton.

"What the…" Taylor looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"Don't ask…" Troy breathed out while trying to catch his breath.

"Well…mr. Hot shot here is popular once again and we cant even go out most of the time without fan girls chasing him so…yea…" Gabriella explained the situation to her friends who burst out laughing.

"Way to go bro!" Chad laughed out raising his free had to high five Troy who rejected him with a scowl.

"That is not funny Chad." Troy growled out and took deep breaths. "Who needs to pay for gym, if all I have to do is walk out of my house?"

"So, not that I am complaining or anything, but why are you guys here?" Taylor asked.

"Well, we thought we would stop by on our way to a press conference that is really near here, to see the cutest baby in the whole wide world and you two." Gabriella said and immediately took the baby out of Chad's hands and started gushing over him, causing Troy to roll his eyes but smile at the sight.

"Press conference huh?" Chad turned to Troy.

"Yea, since we wrapped up the movie and the premiere is in few days, I have to step out and talked about whatever has happened in the past few months you know…" Troy nodded, referring to all the drama and such that was in his life until quite recently.

"Right right…" Chad agreed and looked around. Suddenly smirking, he went to the back of the store and took something out. "Tell me Troy, is this accurate enough?" he asked, revealing a life sized card board cut out of Troy in his character from his new movie.

"What the hell?" Troy called out and Gabriella and Taylor burst out laughing.

"Well, considering the movie coming out and all, we have to do some promotion on our own too so people know they can buy and borrow the DVDs soon!" Chad explained in between his laughing fit.

"I think it looks great!" Gabriella chipped in, still laughing, causing Troy to glare at her.

"I think it is time for us to go, I still have to change and all…" Troy said, taking the baby out of Gabriella's arms and giving him back to Taylor. Nodding at Chad, he took Gabriella's hand and dragged her out of the shop.

"Wait, my bag!" Gabriella yelled out still laughing.

"You are unbelievable." Troy shook his head with out pout.

"And you are childish!" Gabriella replied and poked her tongue out at him.

"Mr. Bolton! Over here!"

"Mr. Bolton, look this way for me please!"

"Can we get one of you and your wife?"

There was yelling from every part of the huge conference room in the hotel. Troy felt overwhelmed, he knew he was popular again, but he really didn't expect this much people, it has been far too long since he had done something like this. Feeling a small hand slip into his, Troy closed his eyes and smiled slightly. A slight squeeze from Gabriella and he knew she was telling him that she will be by his side the whole time, to give him support and to just simply be there for him.

"Mr. Bolton will now be answering some of your questions." Norah, Troy's assistant said into the microphone and the whole room, immediately quieted down, except for the sounds of camera's flashing. Troy took a sip from the glass of water in front of him, looked at Gabriella and after he got a reassurance from her, he nodded at Norah, to proceed.

"Ok, you in the third row, red shirt." Norah picked out a random reporter.

"Mr. Bolton, I am Steve, Seventeen magazine. How do you feel about the fact that your wife has written the screenplay for this upcoming movie?" he asked and sat down, pen and paper ready and the recorder already put in place on the table before Troy's along with other ones from the very beginning.

"I believe Gabriella has a huge talent and that is why I took this role. I couldn't be more proud of her and besides, she would kill me if I didn't take it." He joked and winked at Gabriella who slightly punched him and blushed.

"Mr. Bolton! Amanda, People magazine. You have been through a lot in the past few months, how did you manage to get through it and cope with all the drama?"

"There were those who helped me. One bird in particular really helped me a lot." Troy answered and looked at Gabriella who felt like the red color on her cheeks was going stay there permanently.

"Suzanne, Ok Magazine. So is this it? Are you ready to settle down and not live the old life of Troy Bolton?"

"Uhm…" Troy rubbed the back of his neck and laughed slightly. "I would say that my old lifestyle was just my own way of looking for the right thing and now that I have found it, yes, I believe I am ready to settle down and focus on what is important to me."

"Does that mean no acting?"

"No" Troy shook his head. "Acting is a part of who I am and I love it, I will definitely carry on acting until I can…or until they kick me out of Hollywood anyway." He smiled.

"What are your plans for the near future?"

"As you probably know already, my movie is coming out so I will be busy promoting that and such. I am also already looking at few more scripts but nothing in particular. I also have to focus on repairing something I have done which is very important to me." Troy replied and squeezed Gabriella's hand again.

"Mark, TMZ. Are you going to be starring in the next installment of Spider-man."

"Uh, I don't know Mark, you tell me. But that would be definitely a great honor for me." Troy laughed and looked around for more questions.

"Can you bring this out onto the table please?" Gabriella handed Sharpay a bowl of vegetables.

"Yup, anything else I can carry?" Sharpay, dressed from head to toe in pink asked and looked around.

"Nope, I don't think so, can you just tell Troy to put down the beer and open the wine bottle?" Gabriella laughed slightly and bent down to get the chicken from the oven. Taking it out, Gabriella untied the apron around her waist and carefully brought out the main dish into the dining room. Not that Gabriella was much of a proper house wife, but Troy and she talked over few things and they decided that it would be best if they invited Ryan and Sharpay over for dinner so they could get on good terms and be friends.

"I was just telling Ryan about your surfing skills last weekend." Troy informed her while handing her a glass of wine.

"Oh please, don't even mention that thing to me." Gabriella called out and Sharpay giggled.

"I hear ya Gabi, I gave up on surfing the moment I found out putting sparkles on it would actually hurt me." She pouted, causing the whole table to laugh.

"Well, I think it is time for us to all go to the beach and teach you girls to surf properly." Ryan exclaimed. A wave of protests coming from the two women at the table was enough for him to shut up and eat the food in front of him.

"Ah, looks like we are out of wine." Troy said and picked up the empty bottle to show everyone.

"Let me go and get it then…" Gabriella went to stand up but Troy stopped her.

"No, let me go and get it. You already cooked." He winked and stood up.

"Awww, a true gentleman! Isn't that so cute!" Sharpay called out earning the retreating Troy to raise his hand and express what he thought of that.

"Now that's not very nice." Sharpay pouted.

"You know where you and your niceness can go Sharpay!" Troy called out from the kitchen which caused Gabriella to try her hardest to stifle her laughter and Ryan to choke on his chicken.

"Uh…honey?" Troy called out again.

"Yes? Is there a problem?" Gabriella called back, looking at the other two with slight worry in her eyes.

"I can't seem to find any wine!" Troy yelled out to which Gabriella just rolled her eyes.

"Looks like I have to get up after all." She mumbled and Sharpay smirked.

"Don't be there too long!" she teased and Ryan chuckled. The two looked at each other but quickly looked away. The table was silent and instead, the sound was coming out of the kitchen.

"That was not there before!"

"It was! We always put wine bottles on the same place honey."

"Well, sweetheart it wasn't there when I was looking for it!"

"You are mistaken sugar-plum it was! You should look more carefully."

"I did pumpkin! I looked! It's not my fault I couldn't see it!"

"Maybe it's time for you to visit the doctor and do something about your eyes sweetie-pie!"

"My eyes are perfectly fine cupcake! I don't know who ran into a glass door yesterday!"

"Don't you dare bring that up! You know I couldn't see cause the sun was blinding me duckie!

"Uhm…should we tell them that…" Ryan looked at Sharpay uncomfortably.

"Nah…just leave them to it! I am sure they will be don't soon." Sharpay smirked and continued listening to their bickering.

"If you say so…" Ryan said unsure. Feeling a pair of eyes on him, he looked at Sharpay.

"Are you jealous?" she asked straightforwardly.

"Uhm…" Ryan looked away and towards the kitchen door.

"You see, if you had come to me, you wouldn't feel that way." She said and smiled brightly as if nothing has happened when a slightly flushed Gabriella came in with a smiling Troy behind and a bottle of wine in his hand.

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