Gabriella and her sisters got settled in a booth at IHOP. She looked at her phone and it was a little past 9:30. They ordered drinks and thumbed through the menu. Gabi watched as Mari and Cami cuddled together in the bench seat across from her in the booth. She loved her sisters even if they did drive her insane all the time. She was going to be devastated, leaving them at home when she goes off to college. At least Rose would be there for them.
"Gabi, can I just get hash browns?" Mari asked, looking over at her sister.
Gabi laughed. "No. How about some pancakes too?"
"Like one pancake?"
"But you have to eat all of it." Gabi warned.
She sighed. "Okay."
"I want a crepe." Cami said. "You think they can put some Nutella in it?"
"I'm sure they can." Gabi said, glancing over her menu again.
"What are you going to get, Gabi?" Mari asked.
"She's getting French toast with a side of bacon." A deep voice came from next to her. "Isn't that what you always get, bunny?"
"Daddy!" Mari popped out of the seat and wrapped her arms around their father.
Cami and Gabi were less enthusiastic to see him, but Gabriella was surprised he actually came. "My precious girl." He muttered, wrapping his arms around his youngest. "You are so beautiful, mija."
"I missed you daddy."
"I missed you too baby." He kissed the top of her head.
Cami scooted out of the booth to go sit next to Gabi but their dad wrapped her in a hug as well. "Hi, father." She said more annoyed than anything.
"How's my Camipillar?" Richard asked, reluctantly letting her go.
"Don't call me that." Cami said, scooting in the booth next to Gabriella.
"Somebody inherited their mothers attitude." Richard joked. Mari scooted into the booth before him.
"We didn't order yet." Gabi informed.
Richard got a good look at his oldest daughter. "How are you, bunny?"
"I'm fine dad. Happy Anniversary." Gabi said with a small smirk. "Mom is having a party, you should show up. I'm sure she'd love that."
"Never in a million years." Her father joked. "God, look at you three. You're so big."
"Look at my loose tooth, Daddy." Mari said, opening her mouth, showing him a wiggly tooth. "Rose said when it falls out, most of my baby teeth will be gone."
"Wow, baby, that's great news." Her father said, squeezing the girl next to him. "I'm so glad we're doing this. I'm starving."
"Maybe you should be around more. We eat at least three times a day." Cami said sarcastically.
Their father frowned. "I'm trying to be. I'll make more of an effort."
"Sure." Cami mumbled under her breath.
"How is school going, bunny? Finished your college applications?"
Gabriella nodded. "I got through half of them, I still need to send out more. School is alright."
"Gabi got detention." Mari said.
"Detention?" Richard asked, raising an eyebrow.
"For a whole week." Cami added with a smirk.
Gabi laughed. "Yeah, glad I'm done with it though."
"What in the world did you do to get detention for a whole week?"
Gabi giggled. "Hold on." The waitress gave them their drinks and took their orders. Gabi sipped her drink, hoping to avoid the question she put off. "Cami, how's school for you?"
"Great. I thought we were talking about detention." Cami said with a wide grin.
"Sell out." Gabi teased, nudging her sister. "I called Ms. Darbus a tyrant… I was late… my cellphone went off. But she still likes me. She put me in the musical."
"Musical? That better not interfere with your studies."
"It's not. It's going to be fun. I play an old lady." She told her dad.
"Send me the dates, I might be able to come see it." Her dad smiled.
She tried her best not to sigh. "Sure."
The waitress came out with their food. They ate and talked some more before their dad got a call and had to leave. He gave Gabriella money for food before kissing his three girls goodbye. After they finished eating, Gabriella drove Cami over to her friends for the night.
Mari sat in the back seat, looking out the window as Gabi pulled her phone out to call Troy to see if he was awake. He answered with a sleepy "Hello."
"Hey, are you up?" She asked. "I just dropped Cami off."
"You just woke me up." He admitted with a small laugh. "Let me get in the shower and I'll be ready in ten minutes."
"That's cool. We're about ten minutes away anyway." Gabi informed him. "I'll see you soon."
"Alright, bye cupcake."
Gabi hung up the phone and looked back at her sister. "We're going to pick up Troy, okay?"
"Okay." Mari said, looking over at her. "Can we go to the movies?"
"Sure, what do you want to see?" Gabi asked, putting the car into gear.
"I don't know. Something fun." Mari said. "The new one with the little people."
Gabi laughed at her description. "I think I know which one you're talking about." She glanced at her sister in the rear view mirror. "I love you, Mari."
"I love you too, Gabi." She said, looking out the window again.
"How's school going?" She asked her sister.
"It's fun. Ms. Hall is really nice. She gives easy homework." Mari explained. "I wish I had her next year too."
"Maybe you'll have her next year too or someone cooler." Gabriella shrugged her shoulders.
"What's Troy like?"
"Kind of dorky." Mariella giggled from the backseat. "You'll see in a minute." Gabriella explained as they pulled up to Troy's house.
"Are we going in there?" Mari asked, looking at the house.
"Nah, I'll just have him come out." Gabi said pulling out her cell. She dialed Troy's number and he answered after a couple seconds. "Hey, we're outside."
"Alright, be there in a minute." Troy murmured. "See you soon."
Gabriella hung up and turned back to her little sister. "Anything else special you want to do today?"
"Can we get ice cream?" Mari asked.
"You just ate breakfast Mari." Gabi said with a laugh. "Maybe, we can later."
"Hey." Troy said walking up to the car. Gabriella unlocked the car. "Hey cupcake." He greeted before looking back to her little sister. "Hey, I'm Troy."
"I'm Mari." She said with a shy smile. "Gabi, he isn't dorky."
Troy laughed. "I'm dorky?"
"I said a little dorky!" Gabi defended with a laugh. "Anyway, Mari wanted to go to a movie so we're going to watch one."
"Sweet." Troy grinned. "Let's go."
Gabriella drove as Troy talked to her little sister. She parked her car and they all got out walking in together. She bought tickets for the three of them and they were right on time. They rushed to the theatre and sat down. Gabriella sat in between Troy and her sister. Seconds after they sat down the movie started.
After watching the movie for about ten minutes, Gabi looked over at her sister. She was fully immersed in the movie. She felt a nudge to her side. She looked over at Troy. He grinned at her. He leaned over and whispered against her ear. "How was breakfast?"
Gabriella pulled back so he could see her roll her eyes. "He actually showed up, which was surprising." She whispered over to him. "She had a good time. Cami was annoyed and I was kind of annoyed too."
"Why?" He whispered back.
"Because he doesn't show up to anything…. Ever." Gabriella explained in a whisper.
"Sh." Her sister nudged her.
"Sorry." She whispered. She turned back to Troy. "We'll talk later." She whispered against his ear. She pressed a soft kiss to his earlobe. She sat back and looked at the screen. Troy's hand wandered over to her thigh. She stroked his hand gently before locking their fingers together.
Troy played with her fingers as they watched the movie. "I can't believe you said I was dorky." He whispered after a couple minutes.
She giggled, turning towards him to shush him. "I'm watching the movie." She glanced at her sister who was fully focused on the movie. She bit her lip and turned Troy's face to hers. She kissed his lips slowly. He grinned against her lips before she pulled away. She put her finger against his lips. "Later."
"Tease." He murmured, kissing her finger.
She smirked, pressing her hand against his thigh. She slowly moving her hand up his thigh and he made a soft sound, grabbing her hand. "Such a prude, TB."
"Shhh!" Mariella scolded them.
Gabi bit back her giggles and watched the rest of the movie in silence. They filed out of the theatre with Mari talking enthusiastically about the movie. She stopped suddenly. "Gabi! Let's go to the Park! I haven't been to the park since... like... in forever!"
Gabriella and Troy laughed. "If you say so, Mari." Gabi said, unlocking her car. "You up for the park, TB?"
"I suppose so." He grinned, climbing in the passengers seat.
"Let's go then." Gabi reasoned, driving up towards The Ridge. She parked at the local park where they all climbed out.
Mariella took off toward the park as Troy watched her and Gabi got a blanket out of the trunk. "What do you need a blanket for?" Troy asked.
"We went to the park two weeks ago." Gabi said with a shrug. "I don't like sitting on goose shit."
Troy chuckled. "Good point."
They walked toward the play ground and set the blanket down. Troy took a seat before she did. She took a deep breath before finding her sister with her eyes. "She's crazy."
"She's great." Troy said with a grin.
"She has a crush on you." Gabi said with a giggle.
"She's known me for three hours." Troy defended with a laugh.
"So. She's eight years old. She falls in love with everything." Gabriella smiled. "You can keep her if you want."
Troy laughed. "I'd rather keep you."
"Don't let her hear you! She'll kill me."
"You're the dorky one, cupcake." Troy grinned leaning in to kiss her.
She put her finger on his lips. "Later. I promised her I wouldn't make out the whole time."
"Yeah, right." Troy chuckled.
"Don't get a big head, TB. It's true." She grinned. "Hopefully I'll get her some ice cream, drop her off at home so we can go somewhere and make out a little bit."
"Or a lot."
"Or we can do other things rather than making out." She grinned mischievously, licking her lips.
Troy shook his head. "Stop that."
She giggled at him, hugging her arms around him. "You're cute sometimes, TB."
"Glad you think so." He murmured drily. She nuzzled her face against his arm. She bit him gently. He jumped. "Did you just bite me?"
She kissed his arm. "I like to bite."
"You're a freak, cupcake." He grinned down at her.
"I know. You'll learn to embrace it." She winked at him before, leaning against his chest. Her eyes found her sister again. She found a friend, a friend that was a boy. Gabi shifted to get comfortable as she watched her sister play with the boy.
"So, tomorrow, I'm going to hang out with my dad." Troy said casually.
"Really? What are you going to do?" She asked, glancing up at him.
"We're going to the car show. It'll be pretty cool, hopefully he'll get some inspiration for fixing up the truck so it won't look like a massive hunk of junk."
She laughed. "Wishful thinking."
"What are you doing tomorrow?" He asked her.
"I have Vocals at ten then piano after that with Mari.. Homework then Guitar. I'll pick up Cami and spend the rest of the evening in my bed watching Netflix."
"That sounds like fun," He murmured.
"Mhm," She hummed. She felt a buzzing in her pocket. "Hold on." She pulled out her phone and answered. "Hello."
"Hey, honey." Rose said into the phone.
"Hey, what's up?" She asked.
"Is Mariella near you?"
"No, but I'll go get her. Is something wrong?" She asked.
"No, Mrs. Flannigan just called to ask if she wanted to have a play date with Kassie today."
"Oh, okay. Let me go get her. We're at the park." Gabriella got up and walked over to her sister. "Hey, Do you want to go over to Kassie's Today?"
"Yeah!" Mari said excitedly.
"Okay, I'll call you when we get ready to leave." Gabi said, walking back over to Troy who was looking at his phone. "She said yeah, do you want me to call Mrs. Flannigan and ask when?"
"Sure, I'll text you the number." Rose said. "Talk to you later, love you."
"Love you too, bye." Gabriella hung up, taking a seat.
"Who was that? Mom?"
Gabriella laughed. "Yeah right. That was Rose."
"Rose?"
"She is the house keeper, nanny, and the mom who isn't my birthmother." Gabi explained, leaning over to kiss his face.
"Oh, yeah. Rose." He wrapped his arms around her again. "What'd she say?"
"We're going to get rid of Mari for a couple hours for a play date." She looked down at the phone. "Hold on, TB." She called the phone number that Rose had texted to her.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Mrs. Flannigan, this is Gabriella Montez, Mariella's sister."
"oh! Hi Sweetie! I suppose Rose called you, she is such an angel."
"She is." Gabriella agreed. "She said something about a play date."
"Yeah, Kassie, really wanted to have a play date but now she's saying something about a sleepover." Mrs. Flannigan said. "If Mariella is up for a sleep over, we are more than happy to have her."
"Of course. She's walking over here, let me just ask her. Hold on."
"Sure, honey."
Gabriella pressed the phone to her chest. "Mari, sleep over at Kassie's?"
"Yes!" Mari said excitedly. She launched herself at Troy who was luckily paying attention and caught her.
"Hello, Mrs. Flannigan, Mariella would love to sleep over."
"Great!"
"We'll stop at home then head over there?"
"Sounds great! Thank you Gabriella."
"Thank you Mrs. Flannigan, see you soon." Gabriella hung up the phone. "Ready to go, kid?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Troy give me a piggy back ride." She said, walking around him, jumping on his back.
Troy chuckled. "Alright."
"Don't be bossy, Mariella." Gabi said, picking up the blanket after they stood up. She shook it off and folded it.
They walked to the car and Gabi put the blanket in the trunk. They got in. "Can I show Troy my room?" Mari asked, as Gabriella got into the car.
"You have to pack, Mari."
"So, Troy can help me." She reasoned.
"Well he can help you if he wants to." Gabi said, pulling out of the parking lot.
Mariella spoke excitedly the whole way back to the Montez house. Gabriella punched the code and drove around the corner to their house. She parked in the drive way. Mariella hopped out and ran towards the front door.
"Are you ready meet mommy?" Gabriella said sarcastically.
"Your house is huge." Troy murmured, looking up at it while he unbuckled his seatbelt.
Gabriella rolled her eyes. "It's just a house. Come on, TB, before my mother kills my sister."
"Why would she do that?"
"She's in party preparation mode. Avoid at all costs." Gabi warned. Gabriella locked her card before dragging him inside. Troy looked around in awe, trying to keep up with Gabriella.
"Gabriella!" She stopped when she heard her mothers voice.
"What?" She asked, continuing to walk.
"Who is that?"
"IT's my boyfriend. We're going to go have sex so you can be a young grandma." Gabriella said sarcastically.
"No!" Troy defended. "No we're not! We're just friends I-"
"Shut up and keep walking." Gabriella said, pulling him along.
They got to Mariella's room. "This is your room?" Troy asked with a smirk.
"No!" Gabriella said, pulling out her sisters tiny suitcase from under her bed. "It's Mari's"
"Where is your room?"
"I'll show you after I get her packed up."
"Where'd she go?" Troy asked.
"The play room probably." Gabriella said, pulling out some pajamas.
"You have a playroom?"
"Two master bedrooms. My parents have one and Rose has the downstairs one. I have my own bathroom but these two share a bathroom. Two other guest rooms, A playroom, an office, Two living rooms, a dining room, kitchen, six and a half bathrooms all together."
"Jesus. What do you need six bathrooms for?"
Gabriella shrugged. "No idea."
"Man, if I knew you lived in a house like this, I would never have let you seen my house."
Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up, TB. You're house is great."
Gabriella stuffed socks into her suitcase as Mariella ran in with an armful of dolls. "Can you fit these in there?"
"Yes," Gabriella said with a laugh. Mariella stuffed them inside.
"I'm going to go get more!" She said excitedly, running off.
Gabi shook her head. "Are you ready to see my room?" Gabi asked, raising her eyebrows at Troy.
"Not when you look at me like that." He said wearily.
Gabriella giggled, reaching over for his hand. "Come on, TB. I won't attack you, promise."
She led him over to her room. She opened the door and twirled around. "Wow."
"What?" She asked, looking in her vanity mirror. She put some lipstick on and fixed her hair.
"It's so you."
She looked at him confused. "What do you mean?"
"It's very girly but it feels like… normal compared to the rest of the house. It just resembles you well." Troy said, taking a seat on her bed.
Gabriella walked over to her door, closing it and locking it. Gabriella pressed her finger to her lips. She climbed up on the bed with him, straddling his waist. She leaned down, kissing his lips firmly. He grinned against her lips, moving his hands up and down her bare thighs. She coaxed his mouth open with her tongue, getting a small taste of him before he pulled back from her. He rolled over, laying on top of her. She grabbed his butt pulling his hips down to hers.
Troy's hands roamed her mid section as his tongue searched her mouth. Her hands rose from his butt to the hot skin under his shirt. She thrust her hips up against his. Her fingers moved higher against his chest. She pinched his nipples between her two fingers on each hand. He released her mouth to let out a loud moan. She smirked, moving her lips along his neck. She sucked in a small patch of his skin on his neck. She ran her fingertips down his abs. She bit his neck gently, tugging at his shirt.
"Gabi! I'm ready to go!"
Gabriella pulled away from him and laid back on her bed to catch her breath. "Coming, Mari."
Troy rubbed his lips together. She looked over at him and giggled. "Oh, no."
"Oh, no what?" Troy asked, getting up suddenly.
She tried to contain her giggles. "You have lipstick all over your face." She leaned over, kissing his lips slowly. "Come on."
Troy climbed off the bed and looked in her mirror. "Oh my god, Gabs. All over my neck too."
She giggled, grabbing a makeup remover wipe. "Sorry, TB." She wiped his neck carefully before she wiped the lipstick off his face. She removed the smudges from her face too. "Ready?"
"Ready." He said, taking a deep breath. "Thank god we had a minute. I needed my boner to go away."
She giggled. "Damn. I wish we hadn't gotten interrupted."
"I'm glad we did, cupcake." He said with a small smile.
She shook her head, wrapping her arms around him. She leaned up, kissing his lips again. "Sooner we leave, sooner we can come back." She murmured.
Troy laughed, kissing her cheek. "Tell yourself that."
"I am." She said with a soft smile. "Let's go."
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