Gina woke up to her daughter screaming. Well that was a nice she looked at her watch 30 seconds.. She sat up and sighed.

Skylar was six months old and was getting her first tooth. Which was amazing and exciting and.. Exhausting. She and EJ both had been awake all night trying to calm her down, when the baby did fall asleep it was only for about 5 minutes at a time then she would wake up crying.

Gina went into the nursery her husband was there holding the baby in her arms singing softly to her. Despite her exhaustion, Gina smiled he was so good with her. Feeling someone watching him EJ looked up. "Hey. I've been singing to her but it's not really working tonight."

"She usually loves it when you sing to her.." Gina picked up the screaming infant and held her on her chest. "I hate this."

"I know I hate seeing her so miserable." EJ agreed. Gina sat down in the rocking chair with her and pulled a part of her shirt down. "Are you hungry?" Skylar kept wailing. "She won't nurse."

"She probably doesn't want to eat because her mouth hurts," EJ said "poor baby."

Gina rocked her in her arms. "It's ok baby. Shh. I know it hurts I know. Mommy and Daddy are right here it's ok." to both there surprise and shock Skylar fell asleep. Gina carefully moved her the to bassinet. Gina turned to walk out of the room, "where are you going?" EJ asked

"To get pillows and blankets, she wakes up every five minutes we probably should just sleep here tonight."

"You're a genius you know that right?" EJ smiled

Gina grinned "I try."

"Wherever you go I want to be there," EJ said

Gina smiled "wherever you go I want to be there too."

She thought about the first time they had ever said that to each other.\

00000000

Gina and EJ had been friends for a long time, they had finally rekindled after Gina kissed Ricky. They were walking home together. Home. Gina smiled as she thought of it. Her very own home in Salt Lake Utah. No more cramped apartments or half-unpacked house that she would have to leave four months in, no more being the new kid in school. No more Gina 1.0

Now she went to a school she loved and had friends and she lived a few houses down from her best friend in the whole world.

Change still sacred the shit out of her though.

EJ was taking a gap year and Gina still needed to finish high school. In a year where would, they be?

Gina tried to take his hand but EJ pulled away. Gina flinched, he was still hurt by the kiss then. Ricky's kiss. She had explained it meant nothing to her and that was the truth. They had rebounded. Nothing more.

Losing two girls in the same year to the same guy had hurt him. Even more so because he had thought Ricky was his friend.

Maybe he was, but not now.. Not now EJ thought to himself. I love her but.. It's complicated. He wanted to kiss her so badly, he really did. He wanted to take her in his arms and declare his love for her. But they had JUST gotten back to being ok. The future was uncertain, he still had no Idea what would happen.

Gina stopped suddenly and turned to face him, as if reading his mind she said. "I don't care what happens in the future. I know ths is stupid coming from a girl who's life has always been so uncertain- when things get too serious I run. That night I prom I shouldn't have- the day I kissed Ricky I should have-

"But you didn't. G, I know. Change is hard and if you don't want to be with me, if you dont want to do this.. Just say it ok."

EJ looked at the ground waiting for her to say the words that would break him. The words never come. He looks up, he's crying. Shocked that she is too.

"You were never a maybe for me G. You're my yes. No matter how hard it gets no matter what life throws at us."

Gina smiled " I don't care where we end up! Salt Lake, or St. Louis or wherever we both decide to go. I don't know whats going to happen, I don't know if we'll stay together or what but I would rather try really hard now then not try at all."

"This is coming from the girl who hates change?" EJ asked "what happened to you?"

"It's been a long summer."

They both look at each other, unsure and aware. "Are we really doing this?" EJ asked "i'm not going to run away again. I'm running towards you now, not away." Gina replied

"Let's not think about the future let's think about now." EJ said

"I love you. I know you tell me all the time and i know I don't say it enough but i love you EJ. I AM IN LOVE WITH EJ CASWELL!" Gina yelled EJ laughed "I love you too crazy."

"So what happens now?" EJ asked

Gina comes closer to him inches away from his face. "This" She pulls him in and kisses him. EJ is shocked but kisses her back, he smiles he had been waiting so long to do that. Finally, everything is right with the world. They pull back and pressed there foreheads together. "Wherever you are I want to go there." EJ whispered

"Wherever you are I want to go there too," Gina whispered back.

They kiss aguin. They are on the edge of everything changing, they know. But in this moment as long as they are together they can get through anything.

0000000

Gina came back with the pillows and the blankets and set thrm up on the floor near the bassinet. Soojn Gina and EJ were laying down the the little blanket nest. "This was a really good idea." EJ smiled "very romantic."

"It is." Gina smiled "keep it PG Caswell our baby's in the room."

EJ laughed "What did you think I was going to do? Is thai your way of telling me you get turned on just by the sound of my sexy voice?"

Gina giggled "yes"

Gina kissed him softly EJ kissed her back. They hold hands fingers interlocking perfectly. Who know that all of this could come out of a high school musical? It was funny once you think about it.

It was almost too good to be real.

But it was.