Yes, I am doing once again what I should not be doing.... Writin another chapter when i should be doing homework instead! =O Why must this be so addicting? Curse you fanfiction! -waves fists in anger- Ok anyway, you have just experienced "Nothing Like a Friend" followed by my going crazy, which was followed by more of me going crazy. So while you're in the area please enjoy a chapter with Robin Hood's "Love". And stay tuned for little reminders at the bottom. Everyone, enjoy! ^_^
Disclaimer: I own nothing.

It seemed like only yesterday that the halls of East High were flooded with students and teachers rushing to get to class or run out of the building on a Friday afternoon. Things were so much simpler back then. But that was some ten years ago. Things change over so much time. It was obvious from all of the adults roaming around the gym. Banners were hung all over talking about some ten year reunion going on. There were tables for food and drinks, a small stage with a DJ, and a nice play area for children. Just look at how some of the people had changed.

Troy Bolton was the main man, captain of the basketball team, and secret weapon of the golf team. Not to mention star of the winter musical in his junior year. He'd gone off to Berkeley to pursue drama and basketball. Even though he looked like the same relaxed guy with messy hair, he was by no means a basketball player, teacher, or anything of the sorts. He was a walking talking psychologist. Let's be honest, Troy had more than a few problems when it came to choosing colleges and living up to the standards set for him. It was obvious his calling wasn't to train people in music or sports but rather help them with their problems.

Beside him with a little girl was Gabriella Montez, now Bolton. Everyone thought she was going to have something music related in her life, or maybe some kind of teacher. But much to everyone's surprise in high school, Gabriella had chosen the road of pre-law. No one thought she would last in it, but look at her now - she was a big time lawyer! Alright, she was more of a lawyer that helped out the little people, but she was pretty dang good at it.

Then there was Ryan Evans. Who knew what he was going to do besides act, dance, and the works? Well what do you know, he did choose the world of dance. He had on some snazzy attire promoting his newly opened dance studio just a town over from Albuquerque. But then there was his hat that had the signature Evans logo on it. Everyone knew Ryan loved hats, but they never thought he'd make a career out of it. No, he wasn't the one designing hats - he was selling them in his own hat emporium...type place. Yeah, no one had gotten many details on it yet.

Drinking a nice cold glass of iced tea next to him was his sister Sharpay Evans. Her clothes had just as much a signature Evans logo as Ryan's hat. Sharpay was the one most likely to be a Broadway star, and one of the many candidates for best voice. And nicest hair. And best smile. Alright, she was nominated for a lot of things in senior year. But even then, she was quite fashionable. So she wasn't a Broadway sensation, oh no...she was a fashion designer. And she didn't hesitate to flaunt any of her style. The girl had it going on.

Now entering the gym was two little kids...who didn't attend the high school but were rather followed by their parents. First was Taylor McKessie, now Danforth. Voted most likely to succeed and nominated to change the world in senior year. Everyone expected her to become the next president of the United States - when she came of age, of course. Let's be realistic, there is an age limit to run for president. But even though she showed some signs of being a businesswoman such as a clip-on tie, the last thing she was, was a president. In fact she was an investor and an assistant principal. It was no secret that Taylor loved school, but not even her own husband thought that she would be back in one until retirement.

Speaking of which, that's exactly who was trying to keep up with the kids. Everyone knew Chad by his bushy hair and he was co-captain of the basketball team as well as captain of the baseball team. Basketball had been Chad's dream since forever and he let everyone know it. There wasn't a year where he didn't go around not carrying a basketball in his arm. But he wasn't a professional player, a coach, not even a physical education teacher. He was just a plain old teacher. A kindergarten one, to be exact. But even that shouldn't come as a shock. Chad was a kid at heart always goofing off. He had a natural charm when it came to kids. So maybe his odd career actually fit him after all.

People always knew that Troy and Gabriella would end up together, but even though Chad and Taylor hit it off the first time they went out, no one expected them to last. It's a funny story with them, actually. They were total opposites and yet they fit together perfectly. They loved each other for what they were. Loving someone meant accepting them even with all their flaws. It used to be that some girls were turned off by Chad's egotistical side. But Taylor had come to love that side of him - when he wasn't overdoing it - and somehow managed to tone it down with him. And Taylor was the most stubborn person anyone had ever met. It was a miracle how Chad handled her and how quickly he could get her to change her mind sometimes. But since that first date of theirs they practically grew together. And another thing that love meant was standing by someone no matter what. So to almost everyone there it was a shock that for ten years Chad and Taylor had been able to stay together and be so strong, let alone seem to have such a healthy relationship.

Love

It seems like only yesterday

You were just a child at play

"Whoa, Chad-man!" Troy called as soon as he saw his old friend. "Been pretty busy huh?" he joked.

Chad chuckled and nudged him, knowing Troy was referring to the kids in front of them. "Shut up man. They're twins."

Gabriella squealed with delight. "Aw, they're adorable!"

The twins smiled politely, not looking any older than six. The little Bolton girl standing by them put on a nice sweet face just like her mother's, being just a year or so older than the twins.

"But I'm adorabler." she smiled, so used to being center of attention as an only child.

"Of course you are." Gabriella told her.

"wow, and they're not running around and breaking anything yet." Troy chuckled. "Definitely didn't take after Chad." He glanced at the young boy who had bushy hair just like Chad's. "Ok, maybe he did."

Chad chuckled in agreement, but the boy didn't think it so funny. He ran right to his mother and clutched her skirt.

"Or...maybe he's a mama's boy." Troy observed.

"Don't mind Nathan. He's just shy." Taylor told him as she scooped up the curly-haired boy.

Chad knelt down to the girl beside him. "Hazel how about you go play with Mystic in the kiddie corner they have set up here?"

"Ok Daddy." she nodded eagerly. She tugged Mystic by the arm. "C'mon Misty, let's go play."

"I race you there." Mystic replied before the two giggly girls ran off.

"Nate, do you want to go play with them?" Taylor asked.

Nathan shook his head rapidly and just clung onto her. "I stay here."

"I don't know, we're gonna be talking a lot of grown-up talk." Troy told him.

Chad glanced at his son, "You can stay if you'll be a good boy. Ok?"

"Uh-huh." Nathan nodded right away.

Chad smiled and rubbed Nathan's head. "Good boy." He turned back to Troy. "See? He's behaving already."

"Oh yeah, cause little Hazel's the trouble maker." Troy joked.

"She is." Chad and Taylor replied in unison.

Troy stopped laughing in an instant. "Oh...."

"Well Nathan may have Chad's looks but he sure didn't get many other of his genes." Taylor stated.

"When they start school, we've already got parent-teacher nights figured out." Chad added. "I'm going to be the one explaining why Hazel's gonna be acting up or getting detentions or hitting people with basketballs..."

"She hit another child with a ball?" Gabriella gasped.

"No actually, she threw one at me and it landed on my head." Chad replied as he ran his hand through his hair. "Don't worry, my hair stopped the concussion."

Troy laughed, "I don't think I'll ever understand you two. I'm surprised sometimes you can live with each other. How do you live with two mini yous?"

"Piece of cake." Chad shook his head as he put his arm around Taylor, acting as if family life was no big deal. "I've got the perfect woman keeping them in control."

"Well that may be so, but I've got someone better tiring them out before bedtime." Taylor added.

"What, you do?" Chad gasped, snapping his head towards his wife. "Who is he?"

Troy and Gabriella tried their best to suppress their laughter while Taylor shot Chad a look that said, 'oh you know who I'm talking about so stop playing dumb'.

"Oh wait, that's me." Chad realized after a few more seconds.

"Wow Danforth," Sharpay said as she walked on by the group, "That may be the stupidest thing I've heard you say in years."

"Hey!" Chad gasped at the blond.

Taylor smiled and rolled her eyes. "He may be stupid sometimes, but I love him for it anyway."

Now you're all grown up inside of me

Oh, how fast these moments flee

While Troy and Chad went off their own way talking sports and whatnot, Taylor and Gabriella headed over to pick up a drink.

"We haven't even talked in almost a year have we?" Gabriella realized.

"This school year's been hectic." Taylor said as she took a sip of some water. "I didn't even have a moment of free time. Had to stick around during summer school to help teachers with the real trouble makers that were failing."

"I can't say my job's been a breeze either." Gabriella admitted. "Case after case...there's been so many problems down in Florida lately and apparently now I'm the best lawyer in town."

"And the cheapest?" Taylor joked.

"Well look at you with your sense of humor." Gabriella giggled.

"I guess Chad rubbed off on me more than I thought after all this time." Taylor laughed.

"How have things really been going with you guys anyway?" she inquired.

"Really good." Taylor answered as she let a pleading Nathan have some of her drink. "Three biggest problems we've had to settle were what color to repaint our room, what the best dishwasher is to get, and who's doing which chores. He always pulls his act with me to do the laundry and I always trick him into doing the lawn."

"Perfect life much?" Gabriella teased playfully.

"I could ask the same of you and Troy." she replied.

"We haven't had as much time together as we wanted because of all our work." Gabriella answered. "But as soon as things calm down, we're going to try for child number two."

"Think Mystic can handle that?" Taylor asked.

"It's Troy's fault. He spoils her too much." Gabriella laughed right away.

"Hello ladies." a smooth talking Chad said as he picked up some chips from the bowl.

"Must be my cue to leave you two alone." Gabriella giggled as she headed back towards Troy.

Chad smiled and turned to Taylor. "So we're at this party and I decided to make sure that you're here with me."

"I don't know," Taylor replied innocently, "my husband would be awfully mad if he saw me with some other man."

"But that is Daddy." Nathan told Taylor.

"When the kid's right, he's right." Chad chuckled. "So what can I do to win over a dance?"

Taylor thought for a minute, still sort of playing an innocent game. "How about you hold onto Nathan while I visit the little girl's room?"

"Consider it done." Chad replied. "But remember, I'll be waiting to make sure you don't hook up with another guy."

"You are such a player." she told him before handing over Nathan. She smiled at him, then headed out of them.

Nathan looked at Chad confused. "What was goin on?"

Chad chuckled. "Just mommy and daddy stuff."

Once we watched a lazy world go by

Now the days seem to fly

Taylor walked back into the gym about five minutes later only to run into a guy who seemed to be stalking her.

"Excuse me, I need to get through." she told him.

"But I know you, girl." he replied even though something about him made Taylor think he was drunk.

"I'm sure you do..." she replied somewhat uneasily, still trying to get through.

"We went to the same school. We went here. I asked you out five times." he replied.

Of course how could Taylor forget? She only knew him as Tim, and had absolutely no interest in going out with him. It looked like even now he wasn't willing to give up.

"And the answer is still no. I've got somewhere to be now." Taylor replied.

"C'mon, just one date." he insisted grabbing her by the arm. "I know this really schmoozy place. It's called Make Out Point and all the couples...dude they all get to sit in their cars and watch the view and you know, make out."

Taylor shuddered at the thought. "I'm seriously going to have to pass on that."

Luckily Nathan ran over to them before the guy could try to change her mind. "Mommy, mommy," Nathan said as he tugged on her skirt again. "Daddy wants to ask you something."

"Wait...Daddy?" the guy asked.

Taylor paid no attention to him and turned to her son. "What is it, honey?"

"Daddy wanted me to ask you if you wanted to dance with him." Nathan replied.

Some people may have thought that was weak, sending in a little kid to ask someone something like that. But Taylor smiled, thinking it was just cute. If there was one part of Chad Nathan got aside from his looks, it was his charm.

"I'd be delighted." she answered as she and Nathan headed over to Chad in the crowd, leaving the guy in the dust. But before Chad and Taylor even got to share a dance, a sporty looking man in his fifty's approached them. Way to interrupt the moment.

"Hey partner, ain't you Chad Danforth?" he asked.

Chad raised an eyebrow and looked at the man. "Yes I am." he nodded. "What can I do for you?"

"I'm in town scouting new talent for the New York Knicks. Been travelin a few different places and haven't found anyone yet. I know your old principal here. He told me some dog-gone good things about you and Troy Bolton. I wanna see what you boys are made of."

"So what exactly do you want us to do?" Chad asked.

"There's a pretty darn good basketball court out by the track. I wanna see a nice clean game between you and Bolton. Maybe one of you's got what I'm lookin for in a player. How's a nice ten point game sound right about now?"

Chad's eyes widened. "Really? Now?" he asked.

"Darn tootin." the man replied.

Chad seemed almost speechless at first. "Well I'd love to, but see..."

He didn't even get to finish because Taylor turned to him. "You head on out there. Nathan and I will get Hazel and we'll meet you at the court."

Chad glanced at Taylor. "You sure?"

"Yes I'm sure." she nodded. "When was the last time you even had a chance to play with Troy? Go out there and have some fun. We'll be cheering you on."

Chad nodded, knowing better than to say no to her. He smiled and pecked her on the lips. "As long as I've got you guys out there with me there's no way I can lose."

Life is brief, but when it's gone

Love goes on and on

Needless to say, the game lasted quite a while. It wasn't long before everyone left the gym just to watch Troy and Chad play. Being that Troy's dad was the coach, Troy got much more practice in than Chad when they were in school so it was only natural that Troy got an easy lead. But Chad was a player of spunk and determination. Every time Troy made a shot, Chad made one of his own in an instant. It was obvious that the talent scout saw a lot of potential in both the men. He didn't seem to divert his attention anywhere else throughout the entire game. Mystic and Hazel weren't exactly basketball players - at least not yet - but that didn't stop them from cheering their dad's on and having the occasional argument over who would win. And for a game to only go to ten points each, it went on for well over an hour. Even though these two didn't really have basketball as a career, it was obvious they had still spent time practicing. By the time the game finally did end, everyone was chanting Troy's name.

"Lost by one point, as usual." Chad shrugged as he walked over to his family.

"You still played a great game." Taylor told him loyally. "And you looked like you were having the time of your life out there."

"I was." Chad nodded with a smile. "Troy and I haven't played a game like that in years."

Hazel tugged at Chad's sleeve. "Daddy teach me how to ball play."

"As soon as we get home, kiddo." he told her.

"Well now that was some darn tootin good playin."

They turned to see the talent scout already approaching them.

"You put on quite a show there, Danforth." he said.

"Thank you." Chad replied. "It would've been nice to win, but I had a blast."

"Sure as heck looked like it. You're one heck of a player." he replied. "Ever consider playing pro ball?"

Chad was about to answer, but Taylor couldn't help but giggle as she interfered.

"Are you kidding?" she replied. "It's been his dream since he could talk."

Chad shot her a look.

"Well that's what your dad always said." she replied.

"Well it looks like all that dreamin's payin off." the talent scout said. "How'd you like to play for the Knicks? I can make a few calls, get the coach and manager to watch you themselves, and bada-bing, bada-boom."

Chad's eyes widened. "What?" he gasped.

"Darn tootin. You'll be travelin all round the globe, goin to the NBA, playing against players like Kobe Bryant and LeBrone James. Well if they ain't on your team, anyway." the talent scout laughed. "I see a bright future ahead for you, Danforth."

"Wow..." Chad breathed, obviously speechless. "That's...that's really great."

"Are you offering Troy the same thing?" Taylor inquired.

"Heck yeah. I ain't lettin two good ball players go to waste in one day. The boss'll have my head for that, missy." he answered.

"Wow...this is just..." again with Chad beign speechless.

"Tell ya what, how bout I go talk with Bolton over there and see what he says. I can get you two together and see if I can offer y'all somethin good." he suggested.

Chad nodded, unable to do too much else. "Yeah. Yeah, that'd be great."

The talent scout tipped his hat and then made his way to Troy and Gabriella.

Taylor smiled widely and turned to her husband. "Chad that's amazing. You've got someone recruiting you for the NBA. It's what you've always wanted."

Chad ran a hand through his hair. "I know...I know.... I can't believe it."

"I'm really proud of you." Taylor told him.

"Thanks Tay." he replied. "I wasn't even expecting any offers. I just thought it'd be some guy watching Troy and me play."

"Well it really worked out." she said.

"Hey." a voice called, which turned out to be Ryan walking over with Mystic. "Misty wanted to go to the park but Troy's got a meeting with that basketball fanatic over there." he explained, pointing to Troy and Gabriella talking with the talent scout. "I offered to take Misty for them. Do Hazel and Nathan wanna come, too?"

"And get ice cream?" Mystic added excitedly.

Hazel's eyes lit up in an instant. "Can I go? Can I? Can I? Can I?" she asked eagerly.

"I don't see why not." Taylor replied. She glanced at Nathan. "Do you want to go too, Nate? They're going to get ice cream."

"I no know..." he said uneasily.

"C'mon, it be fun!" Mystic exclaimed. "We play on swings, and in sandybox, and on the slide, and chase squirrels..."

"And...and maybe..." Hazel added, "we can find chalk and color on the streets!"

"What do you say, Nate? You like that." Taylor said.

"Ok." Nathan nodded, getting a little more into the idea.

"Great." Ryan grinned. "I'll have them back in an hour with minimal to no injuries." he joked. He took the three kids and they were off.

Love will love

Love will last

Taylor giggled before turning back to Chad. "Now honey why do you still look so stunned? They're just going to the park."

"No, no, it's not that." Chad shook his head.

"Then what is it?" she asked.

Chad ran his fingers through his hair again. "I might be getting an offer to play professional basketball. It's like a once in a lifetime opportunity."

"It's your big break. You've been waiting for this your whole life." she said.

"I know. I know." he nodded. "It's just..."

"Just that what?" she asked.

Chad took a deep breath before answering, knowing Taylor wouldn't like his answer. "I don't think I should go for it."

"What?" Taylor gasped. "Without even hearing him out?"

"Yeah." he nodded.

Taylor put her hands on her hips. "Chad, that's ridiculous. I mean of course, hear what he has to offer first, but why say no even before hearing him out?"

"I already have a job. I've got a family to look after." Chad replied.

"Don't you dare let any of that hold you back." she scolded. "People change careers all the time. And don't even think about letting any of us hold you back. This is your dream we're talking about."

"A dream that's going to involve a lot of traveling. Which means I'll hardly ever be home." he replied.

Now that was something Taylor hadn't thought of. She stayed silent for a minute. "Do you want my honest opinion?"

"Honest opinions are good." Chad nodded.

She took a deep breath, "I think you should go for it."

"What?" he asked, obviously shocked at her response.

"Forget the fact that it probably pays way more than a teacher's salary. Forget about all the traveling. What you should remember is that it's your dream. You've always talked about playing for the NBA aside some of the best players. And now you have the chance." Taylor explained. "Don't worry about me or the kids. We'll be fine. I'm sure with games that are in town or in one of the surrounding states we can come and see you play. All I'll ask is that you always call when you get to a new place or when you're boarding a plane or when you possibly have free time. And we'll always watch you on ESPN. But this is opportunity knocking. No, forget knocking, it's banging the door down. For you. And if you're happy, then we're happy. So I say go for it."

Chad was silent as he thought everything over.

"Hey partner!" the talent scout called, turning Chad's attention over to him. "Me and Bolton are gonna talk some basketball over coffee at Starbucks. I'm buyin and don't try to stop me. I got offers for the both of you and I ain't leavin this place empty-handed. You comin or what?"

Chad turned back to Taylor.

"Go." she told him. "I'll catch up with some of the others here. Let me know how it goes."

"Ok." he nodded. He gave her a passionate kiss before heading out with Troy and the talent scout, knowing that if he would take any deals or offers then this would have been one of the last chances he got for alone time with Taylor.

Love goes on

And on and on

A good few more hours had passed and the sun had already set in Albuquerque. Troy and Chad must have been talking some hot talk with that talent scout. Either that, or trying to get a good offer out of him or see what would be up with the deals. Taylor had already put the twins to bed and was now sitting in her room flipping channels on TV, as though she were trying to distract herself. When she saw nothing of interest, she shut the TV off and tossed the remote to the side. She then pulled out her wallet and flipped through some pictures of Chad and their family she kept in there. There were so many pictures with so many memories in there, time seemed to just fly by.

There was a picture of them on their first date. Taylor had just been trying to make a nice post for it while Chad was making a funny face. Mission accomplished on that part, because it got Taylor giggling just staring at it.

There were plenty of pictures of them the summer before their senior year when they were working at the country club and when they were out on dates. And then there was a couple of pictures of them at prom. The memories of dancing the night away came flooding back to her. All that time they spent together, and now if Chad decided to go along with this new gig there wouldn't be much time anymore. Time would be a luxury that they'd barely have any of. Sure, it was just as complicated when they went to college, but it was so much easier to work out than this would be.

Taylor reached the more recent pictures. There were plenty of snapshots of the twins and, in most of them, Chad had found a way to sneak into the picture. They each had pictures tracking every important part of the twins' lives. Their first Christmas, when they learned to ride trikes, family vacations, time with their grandparents.... Where was Chad going to be through all their other exciting firsts? Where would he be when the kids would start elementary school? When they'd go from trikes to bikes? Their first movie? Birthdays? Holidays?

Of course Chad would find a way to make all those things, there was no doubt. But there was only one good reason why Taylor would let him go through with this, even try to convince him to take the deal: it was because she loved him.

Once we watched a lazy world go by

Now the days seem to fly

Taylor turned her head when she heard the door open. In almost an instant, she saw Chad poke his head into the room.

"I'm home." he said.

"Hey, welcome back." she greeted as she got off the bed. "You missed the rest of the reunion. Sharpay practically got all us girls to put on a fashion show in the auditorium and 'strut our stuff'."

"Aw, and you had a perfectly hot new dress for that, too." Chad chuckled. "I missed the chance of a lifetime."

"The meeting must have gone well if you're a bubble of laughter already." she observed.

"Actually, it did." Chad nodded. He glanced around, "Kids in bed already?"

"Yeah. They were really tired out from the park." Taylor nodded. "Ryan said they had a blast. They really want to see Mystic again before they all go back to Florida."

"I'll make sure to call Troy tomorrow and tell him we all wanna do something while they're still in town." he replied.

"So how did the meeting go, anyway?" Taylor asked, easily changing the subject.

"But I just got back. No hello kiss or anything?" Chad whined playfully.

Taylor rolled her eyes and smiled. "Oh alright." she giggled before pecking him on the lips. "So now tell me how it went."

"You must really want me to get lost." Chad joked as he sat down on the bed.

"Not in a million years." she folded her arms. "You must have had a really good meeting for it to go past the three hour mark."

"I guess I didn't realize the time." Chad admitted. "No wonder he wanted to buy me and Troy dinner while we were all talking."

"What did he have to tell you about those offers?" Taylor inquired.

Chad placed his hands in his lap. "He just started out with the basics. You know, usual training schedules, traveling schedules, an idea of how the coach works us, benefits, payments..."

"So what's first on the list?" she asked.

"Well as far as traveling goes, it's gonna be hectic. As soon as we finish one game we're practically on the road or on the plane to the next town. We're told in advanced how many days we get off in between games, of course." he started.

"So in an average, you could go to seven different states in one week. More if you include the states you fly over." Taylor estimated.

"I guess so. I didn't really work those numbers out." Chad admitted. "The talent scout suggested living some place nearby, you know preferably New York or one of the surrounding states. But preferably New York."

"Way on the East Coast." Taylor nodded.

"I didn't think that would be fair though. I mean with the kids starting school soon and with your job..." he started.

"I'm sure we could work something out. I could always look into retail and see if we could get any good places for a decent price." Taylor replied right away.

"And the coach is a hard worker, but he treats the team right. Real supportive, good player..." Chad continued.

"I'm listening." Taylor nodded.

"And of course, the paychecks..." he stated.

"How much?" she quirked an eyebrow.

"How about I write it down for you." Chad suggested, picking up a pen and a piece of paper. "I mean, it's just an estimate, but it's still a lot of cash." He then handed the paper to Taylor.

As soon as Taylor looked at the paper, her eyes widened. "Whoa, that's a lot of zeroes."

"I know." Chad nodded.

Taylor stared at it a little longer before looking back at Chad. "And you said...?"

Chad smiled lightly and stood up. He faced Taylor and took her hands in his. "You know I don't do anything without consulting you first."

"And we already consulted before you went to the meeting." she answered. "Any idea if Troy is taking the offer?"

"He's on the fence about it. But I think he's leaning towards a yes." Chad replied. "No surprise there, I guess."

Now came the big question. "And you said...?" she asked again.

Chad took a deep breath before giving her his response. "I said no thanks."

Life is brief, but when it's gone

Taylor blinked with surprise. "You turned them down?"

"I turned them flat down." he answered.

"What did you do that for?" she sighed heavily. "It's what you've been wanting all your life."

"I know you want what's best for me, and I know you just want me to be happy. But here's the thing..." he explained, "...I've already got a dream job. I can spend the entire day goofing off with kids. I can teach them little things that they'll remember all their lives. Half the time it doesn't even feel like a job. Yeah, it's hard work, but then again basketball would be the same thing. I'm not as hip or active as I used to be." Then he added in an old man's voice in a joking tone, "I'm getting old you know."

Taylor looked at him doubtfully. "Chad, you're twenty-nine. That is nowhere near old. You've barely been teaching for two years. And when we had the twins, you insisted I finish school first so you stayed with them until I got a job and then you went back to school. You deserve to have your day in the sun."

"But I already do." he responded. "C'mon Tay, let's face it. There's no way in heck you'd even want to go a day just being a stay at home mom. Everything I've done is because I wanted to do it. Why should this time be any different?"

She looked him dead in the eyes, most likely looking for a better answer. The stubbornness strikes again...just like it did every other night.

"Give me one good reason for you not to take the offer, aside from you may not want to." she told him.

"It's not that I might want to. I know I don't want to." Chad answered. He squeezed her hands and easily met her gaze, "And I have a life here. I have you, Hazel, and Nathan. And there is no way I'm gonna give all that up for anything."

That was enough for Taylor. Her expression softened. "you know you're giving up the opportunity of a lifetime."

"Maybe," Chad shrugged his shoulders, "but I've got everything I'll ever need right here. To be aware from you for who knows how long, I don't think I could go through with that. I love you too much."

"And the twins?" she reminded him.

"Oh yeah, them too." Chad added quickly but in a joking manner.

Taylor playfully hit him on the shoulder. "You're such a lunkhead."

"I'm your lunkhead." he chuckled as they sat down on the bed. Chad pulled Taylor into his lap and rested his forehead against hers. "Remember our first year of college? We spent practically that whole year on opposite ends of the globe. We survived that. I know we could survive more than that now. But I just don't wanna try. The only way I'm packing up and moving out of here for another job or for any reason is if martians invaded New Mexico and plotted to blow it up and we had one day to leave."

"You know there's no such things as martians." she laughed.

"And how do you know I don't have any martians with me right now?" he asked slyly.

"I'm not having any more martians! I mean...kids." she said quickly.

Chad just burst out laughing. "Sorry Tay, but you're stuck with three of them."

Taylor laughed along and lay down on the bed. "First man I ever met who actually admits to being an extra child to a household."

Chad smiled and lay down beside her, pulling the blankets over them. "We should probably get to sleep. It's been a long day."

"Are you sure?" she asked. "This is your last chance to change your mind. Because once we wake up tomorrow it'll be like your almost big break never happened today."

"I'm positive." he nodded. "Good night Tay." He kissed her on the head. "Night Chad." she replied, turning out the lights. "Love you."

Chad smiled and watched her fall asleep. "Love you too, babe." he said pulling her close. "Love you, too." Then he rested his head on top of hers and just let himself doze off to sleep, knowing there'd be plenty more waiting for them tomorrow.

Love goes on and on

So the song was a request from Rockyshadow. I really need to look through again and see what I'm missing. Anyway I hope you guys liked it. The song was cute so I thought something cute to go along with it. Most of the action probably happened towards the end and that may be where it fit the song best, but I couldn't figure out how to get to it any quicker. XD Anyway the next thing I'll probably have up is the trailer for my new story (yes, I am aware that stories have prologues instead but I tried my hand at making a trailer for once). But I can't promise when the first official chapter of that story will be up. And if I don't have anything up besides that in two weeks, blame it on school. That's how much time I've got left and then it's finals. I most likely will not have time to write full-length chapters. But one thing that I will have time for (also because it doesn't take up as much time as chapter writing, lol) is the Disney crossover forum I'm doing. All you guys who read my Beauty and the Beast story know what I'm talking about. Here is the link: http :// forum. fanfiction. net/topic/52901/20545322/1/ . Feel free to share your ideas there, and I'll go into full detail with everything on there. We'll take it one story at a time! I will post the linky again on my profile and in one of the a/n's in my story trailer. Until then, happy...um...ok just have a happy day! xD