Thanks for reviewing! I just really like all of your guys' feedback and ideas. I always like hearing what I should do. Although, I'm always so confused because when I took that poll, it was almost an even score between keeping the babies and not keeping them. Hopefully you all like my choice, although I don't think it's shared in this chapter. Here's chapter 17! Please read and review!

The next morning, Gabriella made sure that she woke up an hour and a half before work. Troy was still sleeping. He seemed more tired then usual, lately. She got up and took a warm shower, feeling the hot water coax her. She still needed to tell Mr. Marshall about taking two days off this week for house buying and the doctor's appointment. Hopefully he wouldn't be too mad. When she stepped out, she wrapped the raggy towel around her and walked in the room to pick out clothes. Troy was still sleeping. She smiled at how happy she was. Her life was perfect. She was newly married to the perfect man, had a well-maintained job, and was expecting children. Could life get any better?

"What are you doing?" Troy said, groggily, sitting up.

"Picking out clothes. I woke up early today. I can't be late again or I'll get fired," she said as a wet drop from her hair fell onto the floor.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you," he said, rubbing his eyes, "we're babysitting Ariella tonight. Zeke and Sharpay have to go somewhere. I don't really know where, though."

"Okay. What time are they dropping her off?"

"They're dropping her off at three-thirty, after I get home from work," he was now fully awake.

"So you guys will be home when I get home?"

"Yeah, unless we go out for ice cream or something."

"All right. Well, I've got to get going," she kissed him on the cheek, "I love you. Bye."

"Love you, too," he sighed as she left the room. He couldn't believe his life at this point right now. He was a married man, not a bachelor anymore. He was happy, though. There was nobody he would rather spend his life with. I bet if he predicted his life ten years ago, he would picture himself playing in the NBA, with a girlfriend who was one of the cheerleaders. He was so glad that wasn't how his life turned out. He was much more of a family guy then he thought. After resting in bed for twenty minutes, he finally got up and went into the living room. Gabriella was already gone. 'She must really love this job,' he thought. He made some scrambled eggs and sat at the counter, thinking. He really wondered how they were to raise five kids. That almost seemed impossible. His parents thought he was crazy to take on such a huge responsibility. When he was done with his breakfast, he put the dishes in the dishwasher and headed off to work.

Luckily, when Gabriella got to her classroom, there were only a few students in the room.

"Good morning, Ms. Montez," one of her students said.

"Hi. Morning."

"Are you not going to be late anymore?" Another one asked.

"No, I won't. I'll be here," she replied. After her class arrived, she passed out worksheets, and taught the lesson. Suddenly, the classroom phone rang.

"Room 206, Ms. Montez speaking," she answered.

"Hi, Gabriella, Mr. Marshall needs to speak with you. We're sending up an assistant teacher up now," the secretary said.

"Okay. I'll be right down," she said and hung up. "Everyone, I'll be right back."

She waited until Ms. Mehan, the assistant teacher, came up and then she went down to Mr. Marshall's office. She knocked on the door.

"Come in," he said, firmly.

She shyly opened the door. "Hi. You wanted to see me?"

"Yes. Please sit."

She quickly sat down and looked at him, hoping she wasn't in trouble. I mean, she came in on time today.

"Okay, next week on Monday, we're having a teacher open house. School won't be held as normal. We really need you to come and meet parents of students. Talk about their grade and such."

Gabriella wanted to smack herself. That's when she had the doctors' appointment. She couldn't cancel it. They needed to check on the quints as soon as possible.

"Can you come?" He asked again.

"Uh... you see, I have a doctors' appointment that day, so I needed to take that day off, actually."

"Gabriella..."

"I'm sorry, but I'm pregnant and we really need to go," she said. Was she supposed to tell him about maternity leave now?

"We really need you here that day. You're part of the staff," he had an irritated look on his face.

"Please just think about it. This is very important. It tells the parents if they want their student to come back."

"I know. Is there any other one of these open houses?"

"No, Gabriella. I'm sorry you can't make it," he said, obviously disappointed. "Now go and get back to your class. You keep them waiting enough."

Gabriella, feeling hurt as his comments, turned her heal and left the office. She could feel tears in her eyes, but quickly shoved them back in, before entering the room.

"Thank you," she said to Ms. Mehan as she left the room.

After class, she was dismissing everyone. Chelsea was still sitting in her desk, waiting for Jerry. He had become much better around Gabriella. He hadn't said one word to her when he comes and picks up Chelsea. She's been quiet this whole week. Gabriella had noticed. She sat next to her.

"How are you feeling?" She asked her.

She shrugged her shoulders.

"You don't know?"

She shrugged her shoulders again.

"Well if you ever need to talk to me, I'm here, okay?" She told her.

Chelsea nodded.

Just then, Jerry came through the door.

Gabriella stood up, "Okay, Chels. I'll see you tomorrow."

Chelsea waved and left the room, followed by Jerry. Gabriella shrugged off her weird attitude and left to go back home.

When she opened the door, Troy was on the floor, playing with Ariella.

"Hey," she said, putting her purse down. "What are you guys doing?"

"Coloring," Ariella smiled. Troy smiled and got up to kiss Gabriella.

"How was your day?" He whispered.

"Tiring. I have to miss a very important open house on Monday," she put a hand on her forehead.

"We can always cancel the appointment-"

"No, Troy. I really want to check on them. Since we're having a little more than most people, we have to go to the doctors more often."

"And just as I thought the stress was subsiding-"

"Subsiding? Far from it," she picked up Ariella, "so, did you guys have a fun time?"

Troy nodded, "Yeah. We went out for ice cream earlier."

"Who dropped her off?"

"Zeke. Him and Sharpay went out somewhere. They'll be back at like eight or something."

"Okay," she said, tickling Ariella. She giggled. She sat down, with her on her lap. Troy sat down next to her.

"Can you believe we're going to have a child soon?" He said, looking at Ariella.

"I know. They're so cute," she said, hugging the little girl. "Are you guys hungry?"

"Yeah. Starved," Troy said.

"Well, I'll cook some dinner," she put Ariella on Troy's lap and went to the kitchen. She made pasta for her and Troy and mac n' cheese for Ariella. She boiled the water as she watched Troy and Ariella from afar. He tickled her and talked in cute little voices to make her laugh.

'He's going to be such a good dad,' she thought, smiling. When she put the macaroni noodles into a bowl, she poured the packet of powdered cheese over them and set in on the high chair.

"Troy, her food's ready," she said, putting their food on the table.

"Alrighty, let's go, sweetie," he said, putting her in the high chair and kissing her forehead.

Troy and Gabriella sat down at the table and started eating.

"Hey, parenting's not so hard," he said, grinning.

"Just wait until you have one. Wait, more than one!" She laughed.

"Maybe I should wait until I judge," he said, smiling.

"Maybe," she giggled.

"I just don't know if we're making a mistake."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, with everything being so busy, do you really think that we, us, the two of us, can take care of five?"

"I don't know, but I really hope so. We'll definitely try. I know that you're going to be a good dad," she smiled.

"Yeah?"

"I saw the way you acted with Ariella. You're so cute," she kissed him.

"Thank you," he grinned.

"I'm done, Troy!" She yelled.

"Okay, I'm coming," he said, clearing her bowl out of the way and putting it in the sink.

"Down!" She started to bang on the table.

"I'll get her," Gabriella said. She picked her up and set her down with a puzzle. "Here, honey. Do this."

She took the puzzle pieces and started putting them in random places. Gabriella smiled and put the dishes in the sink and put her arms around Troy's neck.

"And what about you? How was your day?"

"Ah, it was fine," he stretched. "Same. You know, Gabs, I'm not so sure about this job of mine."

She looked at him in the face, "What do you mean?"

"I don't know if it's what I want. I mean, it's boring and I have no passion for it. I want to do something that I love."

"What do you love, Troy? What do you want to do then?" She asked, taking her arms around his neck away.

"I don't know."

"Well, you better start thinking about it because we're about to start a family and we need all the money we can get."

"I know. I'm not saying that I'm going to quit tomorrow!"

"Stop!" Ariella said covering her ears.

"Now look, you made her cry," she said, rushing over to her.

"You started it."

"Did not!"

"Stop it!" Ariella screamed.

"Let's just all calm down," Troy said. Gabriella was holding Ariella.

"We're sorry for yelling, sweetie," she said, running her hand through her hair.

The little girl just rested her head on her chest and sucked her thumb.

"Why was she so sensitive?" Troy asked.

"I'm not sure. At least it stopped our arguing," she said. Just then, there was a faint knock at the door. Troy answered it. It was Sharpay.

"Hey Sharpay," he said.

"Hi. Come here, honey," she picked her up from Gabriella. "Thank you guys so much for watching her."

"No problem. Anytime," she said.

"Yeah. She's a great kid," he smiled. "So, where's Zeke?"

"Oh, he's down in the car. Um, I'll see you guys later. We'll talk," she said, picking up Ariella's bag and they left. "Bye."

Troy and Gabriella went into bed.

"Today has been a long day," he yawned.

"I know. I'm glad it's over. What do you think is up with Sharpay? She seemed... different."

"Who knows? Maybe she's pregnant again," he laughed.

"Maybe. Well, I'll talk to her later. Which reminds me, me and Kelsi need to get together," she said.

"Let's do everything one at a time."

A/N: Please review and thanks for reading! Love them, so please tell me your thoughts and what you like about it. Tell me what you think is going to happen. I just love your ideas and everything! Please review!