This chapter is slightly longer, and i like the way it turned out, this was the chapter i wrote on Miley's birthday, the one with the happiness that i used to loathe so much but now don't seem to, happiness can be good to write, not always, but sometimes.


Gabriella's POV

"Show off," I giggled, grinning at my boyfriend who was trying to juggle unsuccessfully for my sister's amusement.

Carly uncontrollably laughing at his attempts, she was stomping her feet on the grass in anticipation, it was good to see her like this.

"Will Troy be here on Christmas?" She asked from beside me.

"He'll be with his family on Christmas," I told her, smiling.

"But you are his family," Carly decided, "And it's on Tuesday."

"Yeah it's on Tuesday," I agreed, pondering her comment about me being Troy's family.

Alyssa had listened to everything I'd said, she hadn't been near in a month, of course I'd eventually had to explain to dad why she wasn't coming to see Evan and Carly, surprisingly his only problem was that I'd gone alone, I had been right about the reaction Troy would give, he gave me some long lecture about thinking before I act, I counted how many words he mis-pronounced throughout it, there was about 26, I started laughing, he tickled me for being disrespectful, and that was the end of the speech, mainly because neither of us could stop laughing long enough for it to be continued.

The main problem right now was Suzanne, as soon as we moved back home about 2 weeks ago, she's been round quite a lot, apparently Kevin was good to me and I had no right to get him arrested, the best news is that Kevin's been refused bail, we were told that yesterday, just in time for Christmas, which means it should be a normal family Christmas, just the six of us in the morning, yes, the six of us, turns out Katelyn and Evan were right about Mom and Dad, took them a while to admit it though, personally I think they're going a bit too fast, he's only been back in our lives a few months and already he's living with us, but I guess mom did that with Kevin too, and dad is better than Kevin. Isobel loves sharing a room with Carly too, only problem is getting them to actually sleep, too busy talking to sleep, but dad's refusing to let me make it my problem, he won't let me do anything that he considers is something a parent should do, it's kind of annoying really.

"Gabi, what daddy get me for Christmas?" Carly asked out of the blue, Troy was making such a fool of himself I'd almost forgotten she was there.

"It's a surprise," I smiled in reply; it was the same answer I'd given her the previous day.

"Daddy always buys presents, mommy didn't, she didn't like Christmas," She told me, I noticed that she was talking about her mother in the past tense, almost as Alyssa were dead.

"Is daddy good at buying presents?" I asked her, stifling a laugh at the fact that I said daddy.

"Daddy always knows what I want," Carly informed me, "He got me honey the bee, and honey the bee buzzes and it funny."

I smiled in reply, turning my attention back to Troy, as I did he dropped two of the three tennis balls he was juggling, I couldn't help but laugh as he scrambled to pick them up as they bounced in all directions.

"Something funny?" He grinned at me.

I shook my head, unable to speak through laughter.

"I don't believe you," He told me as he came closer, "So not only are you laughing at me, you're lying to me, any other guy would be mad about that, but not me, I'm too incredibly sweet to be mad."

"And incredibly egotistic," I replied.

"Insulting me now, huh?" He asked, "What are we gonna do with your sister Carly?"

"Tell her off," My sister decided, nodding to emphasise her decision.

"I think," Troy started, "We should take her to your grandparents house, and throw her in the pool."

Carly started giggling as I gasped, "You wouldn't?"

"Not if you make it up to me," He smiled.

"And how am I meant to do that?" I questioned.

"Kiss me," He told me.

"Yeah, cos dad really wants Carly to see me making out with my boyfriend," I replied.

"Isobel has," He pointed out.

"Mom's softer than dad," I reminded him, "Mom doesn't mind as much as dad will."

"Anyone would think you didn't want to kiss me," He grinned, "What am I gonna do about you, I ask you to kiss the hottest guy you know, and you won't."

"But I don't wanna kiss Chad," I teased.

"Haha, very funny," He answered, coming even closer then he already was, "Chad's got nothing on me."

"Have you told Taylor that?" I quizzed.

"I tried, actually," he admitted, "She looked at me like I was insane and walked away."

"She's right, you are insane, partly because you think you're the hottest guy in the world…" I was cut off as he started tickling me.

"STOP," I demanded through laughs.

"What're the magic words?" He asked me as he continued tickling me.

"I'll never say it," I giggled.

"Then I'll never stop," He decided.

I continued protesting, but the only answer he would give was, "Say it then,"

After about five minutes I couldn't take it anymore and blurted out, " Troy Bolton is the hottest guy I have ever met, no other guy comes close,"

"And?" He encouraged.

"And I love him with all my heart," I added.

He stopped tickling me, grinning in victory, "that wasn't so hard now was it?"

I shook my head, still trying to regain control of my breathing.

"Where did Carly go?" I asked when I could finally speak.

"GABI!" I heard dad call from the back door, "You ok?"

"Yeah," I answered, "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Carly said you were being attacked," He told me, looking around.

"I was, Troy was tickling me," I explained, "I was teasing him."

He sighed and walked back inside, shaking his head slightly; I could swear I heard him mutter, "Young love," under his breath.

"Trust Carly," I giggled when I was sure he was out of earshot, "Dad's trying to beat you in the worry race, you're near neck and neck, he's gonna beat you, he's gonna worry about me more."

"Did you learn nothing from the tickling?" He questioned, "lets go through this, nobody worries about you more than I do, no one ever will, it's impossible."

I laughed at the tone of his voice, he sounded so dramatically serious it was funny.

Isobel's POV

"Bel, sweetie, can you go and call Gabi and Troy for dinner?" Mom asked me.

"Do I have to?" I complained, "They'll be acting all lovey dovey."

"Isobel," Mom warned, "Go and call your sister and Troy for dinner."

"Fine," I snapped and stomped to the back door, "QUIT MAKING OUT AND GET IN HERE FOR DINNER NOW."

"We were not making out, we stopped that when Carly came out," Gabriella told me as she walked inside, closely followed by Troy.

I rolled my eyes and sighed, it wasn't that I didn't like seeing them happy, it was just that they were behaving over the top now, it wasn't sweet anymore, it was sickly, what happened to the old times when they used to fight? At least that was a remotely normal, somewhat healthy relationship, but now they barely ever fight, they tease eachother yeah, but that's not really fighting, and it's getting kind of annoying, but I have to admit, things have been better all round since everyone found out that they weren't letting Kevin out of prison, and I guess everyone will be happier once Suzanne stops coming around, she found it strange that I was referring to my biological father as Kevin, but that's all it is right? Biology.


Review! I also want to know what everyone's favourite chapters are, it will give me an idea of what to stick to.