A/N - I don't own HSM at all, just the story! Enjoy your reading! ;0)

Chapter 3;

Daisy

; A few weeks later

"Kids, come here" Jack yelled from the kitchen. Troy and Gabriella ran downstairs and met their parents at the living room now.

"We have a surprise for you"

Marina pointed to a box on Jack's arms.

"What is that?" Gabriella asked, jumping around Jack. Jack bent down in front of the kids and placed the box gently on the floor,

"You will have to take good care of her and be good parents, alright?"

Troy nodded, without understanding what his father was saying.

Marina sat on the floor too and asked the kids to join her. They did what their mother told them and waited to Jack open the box. When he finally did, a small figure's head popped out of the box, staring at the room with funny eyes, moving his small ears and nose frenetically.

"Oh, it's a golden puppy, just like Buddy, Troy!" Gabriella yelled and the puppy got scared, disappearing in the box again.

Jack placed the dog on Troy's lap and he looked down with amazed eyes, "Wow dad, she is beautiful"

Gabriella came closer and patted the dog, "She's really beautiful"

Troy looked to his father, "Is she our dog? To keep?"

Marina nodded, "To keep, sweetie"

They started playing with the dog that was obviously more interested in knowing the house better since she was running crazily everywhere.

"What's her name?" they asked Jack and he shrugged his shoulder, "You guys can choose"

"I want Barbie" Gabriella said but Troy didn't like it. "That's a bad name for her, Ella"

"No, it's not"

"Yes it is"

"Kids, please," Marina looked at them and they stopped arguing, "What about Daisy?"

"I like it" Troy said. "Me too," Gabby agreed.

That night Gabriella and Troy took Daisy to their room; they lay down, covered up with the blankets and went to sleep. Daisy quickly knew she didn't like the floor, so since she was a big puppy, she made her way to the bed too. If 'her parents' could lie down there, so could she.

The puppy moved to the foot of the bed, curling his body up against Troy's leg buried underneath the covers. Daisy rested her chin down upon the soft blanked and slowly closed her eyes, joining both kids into deep sleep.

Everyday when Gabriella and Troy went to school, Daisy would lay down on the porch waiting till they came back. At lunch time, Marina put her inside the house, feed the puppy and play with it for a bit. Daisy lay down on her little bed next to the living room couch and waited what for her was like ages. She took a nap and when the doorbell rang, Daisy leapt off the bed and ran towards the entrance, jumping up and down excitedly. The puppy clawed at the door and gazed pleadingly up at Marina.

"I don't think it's them, Daisy" she said gently to the dog.

Marina opened the door and greeted the mail man. Daisy dropped her head sadly, as she faced the tall man that didn't look like any of her owners. The dog sat down, her tail still wagging gently and watched Marina get the mails and close the door again.

The dog barked loud and jumped up and down around Marina, she played with the dog a little, but she was no longer the center of attention when Daisy heard the footsteps she already knew so well by now and ran faster to the kitchen. The dog started whimpering when she heard their voices, her tail wagging frenetically as the sound became more clear and loud. Troy opened the door greeting Daisy, and Gabriella followed him too, they bent down and rolled on the floor playing with the dog, while she licked their faces with a huge amount of happiness.

Daisy barked her approval, her little puppy tongue slobbering all over the kids hands. Troy gave her a cookie from school and the dog ate without complaining. After it, she ate Gabriella's cookie too. She sniffled Gabriella's hand and Troy's lunchbox looking for more cookies, but apparently it was over.

"Sorry Daisy, no more cookies for you today"

It wasn't a problem at all if they hadn't had cookies anymore, just being with the kids was fine, that for Daisy were good days.

Hey... hope u guys like the new member of the family :)

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sorry its a short one, but i just got home from a weekend off and my house is a mess and i really need to finish some projects to school ! hope u like anyways, dont forget to tell me your opinion about the chapter :P

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