(A.N. I'm so so so sorry I have taken so long but I have a lot more free time for the next few weeks so I'll be posting more often and finish up this story :) )

A few weeks later, Gabriella and Charlotte walked into Troy's room while he was still asleep. Gabriella placed the tray down that she had been holding and bent down to the little girl's height. "Do you want to go wake Daddy?"

She nodded excitedly and ran to the bed, jumping on the teen, making him gasp. "Wake up Daddy!"

He chuckled, "I'm up, I'm up, good morning Angel. What are you doing up so early?"

"It's your birthday, Mommy and me made breakfast."

He turned his attention to Gabriella, who came over and placed the tray on his lap, kissing his cheek. "Morning Wildcat, Happy Birthday."

He pulled his girlfriend down next to him and kissed her cheek. "Well thank you my beautiful girls." He faced Charlotte. "You want to help Daddy eat his breakfast?" The little girl nodded and they all started eating, he hugged Gabriella. "You didn't have to do this Baby."

"I wanted to and you deserve it."

After they finished eating, Charlotte dragged them both downstairs so they could give him his birthday presents. The little girl ran to grab hers first, handing it to him. Troy opened the gift bag to reveal a drawing of him, Gabriella and Charlotte, – with the words family at the top, making him smile – a photo of him and Charlotte – the frame covered in hearts with 'I love Daddy' – and birthday card with basketballs with the message 'Happy Birthday Daddy! I love you Love Charlotte.' He pulled his daughter into a hug. "Thank you for my present Angel, I love you very much."

"I love you Daddy." She said, cuddling into his chest.

Gabriella gave him the gift from her next. He opened the bag to reveal some clothes, – jerseys and band shirts that he'd been wanting – gift cards from two of his favourite stores and a stack of cards tied together with '52 reasons why I love you.' The message in her card reading: 'Happy Birthday Wildcat! I am so unbelievably proud of you, you are the strongest and kindest person I know and I'm so lucky to be able to call you mine. I love seeing how you are with Charlie and I love all our time together. I love you so much Baby Love you always, your Brie xxx'

He pulled her into his side and placed a chaste kiss on her lips. "Thank you Baby, I love it, I love you."

She smiled, "I love you too," before turning to Charlotte. "Do you want to get Daddy's last present from us?"

"You got me more?" Gabriella nodded as Charlotte ran out of the room before running back with a build-a-bear teddy bear in a red and white jersey to symbolise the Wildcats, making him laugh. "Thank you Bubba." He looked over at Gabriella. "A build-a-bear?"

The senior laughed with him. "I know it seems stupid, but press the stomach."

As soon as he did, the recorded message played: Gabriella and Charlotte saying 'We love you.' He smiled and played it again before he brought both of his girls into his arms. "Thank you, I love all my presents." He looked down at them in awe. "My two beautiful girls, how did I get so lucky?"

Gabriella leant her head against his shoulder, "because you deserve it Baby."

After a few minutes, Charlotte went to play and Troy turned his attention to Gabriella. "You know you really didn't have to do all that. I would have been quite happy with just having breakfast and spending the day together."

She sighed and ran her fingers through his hair. "I wanted to make it special, I know you haven't had the best few years and I know that you haven't celebrated your birthday during that time. But it deserves to be celebrated and especially this one, you're 18 Wildcat! I just wanted to make it the best I could for you."

"You have Baby, you certainly have." He said, before kissing her.

After tucking Charlotte into bed that night, they went down into the living room and were greeted by Gabriella's parents. "Have you enjoyed your birthday?"

The boy smiled. "It's been a lot of fun, thanks Maria." After a few moments silence, he spoke up. "I'm gonna start looking at places so I can get out of your hair."

"Troy that really isn't necessary."

"No you agreed to take me and Charlie in until I was 18, I'd hate to force you into anything after that time."

Greg finally spoke up. "No Troy, you and Charlotte aren't going anywhere. You don't work enough hours to find a safe and decent place to live and you shouldn't be working that much as to be able to afford to especially with finals coming up. You will stay with us until after you graduate, I want you to have the best chance in life and that comes with being focused on your last year. Don't think of anything else except your senior year and your little girl."

Troy smiled. "Thank you, both of you, I have no idea how I can repay you."

"There's no need for that." Greg looked at the time. "I'm going to play the old man card now and say that it's late and you two need to go to bed so you'll wake up for school."

The seniors laughed, the boy responding. "Yes sir, good night Greg, Maria." He walked off but noticed Gabriella hovering. "You coming?"

"I'll be up in a second." After Troy went up stairs, she hugged both her parents. "Thank you for this, I know you weren't thrilled at the idea initially but I really appreciate everything you've done and I know Troy does too."

Maria smiled at her daughter. "It was what you wanted Mija and he's a good guy and Charlotte's a sweet little girl. I know we had our reservations at first but after getting to know them, we wouldn't have it any other way."

"Well I still wanted to say thank you... Well I'm gonna go to bed but I love you guys, good night."

"Good night Mija, we love you too."

When she walked upstairs, she found Troy waiting for her. Smiling, she grabbed his hand and pulled him to her room, laying them both on her bed. She manoeuvred them so that he was resting against her chest and she was threading her fingers through his hair. "Did you have a good birthday?"

"It was amazing Baby, thank you." He leaned up to kiss her which turned into a heavy makeout session. When they pulled away, their breathing was heavy and they leant their foreheads together. "As much as I'd love to stay, I think your parents would kill us if they found us like this so I'm gonna go back to my room." Gabriella nodded. "I love you Brie, good night." He said pecking her lips.

"I love you too Wildcat, good night."