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They all looked to the doorway to see Shelly and Connie.

"How long have you been standing there," Steve asked.

"Long enough to know that I was wrong."

Gabriella whimpered. Steve hugged her tighter.

"I was wrong to believe that there was a better family out there for Gabriella than you. I have never seen a more beautiful moment between father and daughter than I just witnessed. Gabriella has come such a long way since my first visit. Any doubts I may have had are gone now. I asked Connie not to tell you I was here because I wanted to see how you, Steve, handled the situation. I've seen many fathers lash out and scream, shout, throw things, and get so angry at their child's friends that they end up taking it out on their daughter and hurting them. I've seen fathers call their daughter's baby for crying or asking to sleep in their room from nightmares. I've seen fathers physically push their child away from them and refuse to let them sit on their lap as teenagers. But never in all the years that I've done this, have I seen a father allow his 17-year-old daughter to sit on his lap and hide in him while she cries. Nor have I ever heard a father say that he was honored by the fact that their daughter sleeps in their room after a nightmare."

Steve chuckled and actually blushed. "Thank you."

"Even you, Mitchie," Shelly said. "Asking for her permission before you told your father what happen just shows how much you care about Gabriella and respect her."

Mitchie blushed and nodded. "Thanks."

"Connie, the fact that you were willing to take this girl into your home even after only knowing her a few days just shows how loving and nurturing you are as a mother and a woman."

Connie just smiled softly.

"Well…I guess that's it then." Shelly said. She walked into the living room and set a stack of papers down on the coffee table.

"What do you mean?" Gabriella asked nervously.

"You passed. Connie and Steve can officially adopt you now."

Connie and Steve quickly finished signing the rest of the papers.

"Well, congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Torress Gabriella is now officially your daughter!"

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Gabriella squealed.

She, Connie, and Steve cheered loudly hugging Gabriella tightly.

Out of nowhere, Mitchie tackled her with a hug knocking her into her back.

She laughed happily. She loved her new she had two families. She had her Wildcat family, and now she had this family. She couldn't have been happier.

"Oh and one more thing. Gabriella, I need you to sign right here on this line, then you will officially be Gabriella Torress."

Gabriella smiled and signed her name.

"All right, you're all set. Congratulations." Shelly gathered the papers and left the house. The whole family cheered and hugged each other tightly.


Monday morning Gabriella was so excited to go back to school. She couldn't wait to tell Troy the news face to face.

She went right to his locker. He smiled when he saw her. "Hey, Gabriella." He greeted giving her a hug and kiss.

"That's not my name." She giggled.

Troy looked confused. "What do you mean."

"I'm Gabriella, but not Montez."

Troy sighed. "Look Gabriella, Zeke…"

"Just let me finish." Gabriella giggled again. "I'm not Gabriella Montez. As of Saturday, I am officially Gabriella Torress!"

"Gabriella that's great!" Troy picked her up and spun her around. She giggled happily. He set her down, and she continued. "It will take time before the paperwork is finished but Connie and Steve are legally my parents now, and they are allowing me to change my last name."

"That's awesome! I'm so happy for you, Gabriella." He hugged her tightly. She hugged him back. She noticed someone walking toward them. She pulled away from Troy. Her mile wide smile vanished, and she looked scared. "Troy." She said softly.

"What's up, Baby?" He asked.

"Look." She pointed behind him. He turned and saw Zeke coming toward them.

"It's ok. We should be getting to class anyway." Troy said taking her hand and turning away from Zeke.

"Wait! Gabriella, Troy, please." Zeke said.

Troy turned to face him but kept Gabriella close. She was finally happy and didn't want him to ruin it. "What do you want, Zeke?"

"I just want to talk."

"I think you've said everything you need to."

"I need to explain. Please, just let me explain." Zeke said. "Those things I said, it was wrong of me to say them. I know that."

"It was more than wrong. It was bullying. It was rude, it was mean, and the fact that you said it to someone who is supposed to be a friend is even worse." Troy said.

"I know, and I'm really sorry."

"Are you? Or are you just saying this because Coach threatened to take you off the team if you didn't?"

"No. I really am sorry." Zeke said. "I only said those things because it's..." Zeke exhaled a deep breath. "It's what I had experienced in Foster care."

Both Gabriella and Troy looked shocked.

"I never told anyone. I was too embarrassed. I've been in Foster Care since I was 5 years old. I had a new family every month for almost 3 years. Then I finally found a family that I thought loved me. I really thought I had found my home. But on the last day, my foster father at the time asked how much more money he'd be getting once I was adopted. They told him none so he told my case worker to forget it. They didn't want me if they weren't getting paid for me."

"I'm so sorry, Zeke. I had no idea." Gabriella said.

"When I said all those hurtful things I was projecting my own fears on to you because I didn't want you to go through what I did. It was wrong of me to say all those things to you. I really am truly sorry. As for telling Charlotte about your...about Maria, that really was an accident. I was trying to defend you. I was trying to get her to stop judging people based off who their parents were."

"Zeke...I don't even know what to say." Troy said.

"Just answer me this...can we still be friends?"

"It's going to take time before I can trust you again. But I do forgive you for what you said, and I will be your friend again." Gabriella said.

"Thank you. I know I don't deserve it." Zeke said then looked to Troy. "Well?"

"We can be friends again under one condition."

"What's that?"

"Promise that you'll be honest with us and no more secrets?"

"I promise. I've already told the other Wildcats before I saw you two. Thank you."

Troy and Zeke did a first bump and Gabriella and Zeke shared a hug.

She had her friends, her family, and a wonderful boyfriend, life was pretty close to perfect for Gabriella Torress.


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