Epilogue
Warning – implied sex, nothing graphic.
Disclaimer – I own nothing.
20/05/2009
Troy's hand moved lower, past Gabriella's belly button and on to her pants. As he began to undo the zip, Gabriella froze.
"Oh my god, I can't believe I just did that. Ella, I'm so sorry, I was carried away in the heat of the moment." Troy sat up and looked at Gabriella, shock and fear in his eyes.
Gabriella had come so far in the past few months, the girls had been there throughout it all, Gabriella and Troy had been inseparable. Both having found themselves in numerous detentions for 'Public Displays of Affection', they could just not keep their hands of each other. However they had never gone anywhere near sex, until now.
"It's okay, Troy" Sighed Gabriella, pulling Troy close again. "I want you too, just go slowly and be gentle." Gabriella whispered in Troy's ear, turning him on greatly.
"I love you, El" Troy said, loosing control of any control he had left.
12/12/2010
"Hey, is Gabriella home?" Troy answered the door to a woman in her mid fifties.
"Yes, one moment" Troy walked into the apartment. People said they were crazy to move in together at the tender age of 19, but they knew it was the right thing to do. They were at the same college, Troy studying Journalism, a knee injury in his senior game having ruined the chances of becoming a basketball star and Gabriella studying medicine, she wanted to make a difference in the world.
"Hello?" Gabriella came to the door, a textbook in one hand and glasses perching on the end of her nose.
"Hello, errm, you probably don't remember me but I am…" The woman was interrupted by Gabriella dropping her textbook and throwing her arms around her.
"Grace??" Gabriella squealed so loudly that Troy came running.
When Gabriella had released Grace Willows, she beamed.
"So you remember me then?" Grace chuckled.
"Remember you? You were the best nurse I ever had, and I've had quite a few." Gabriella found herself with tears in her eyes. She'd last seen Grace two years ago, when she spent 5 weeks in hospital. She'd gone back to the hospital to find her but had found that she'd moved on, to another hospital. "Where'd you go?"
"I'm really sorry Gabriella but my son died, I had to move away to be with my family." Grace looked away, tears threatening to spill from her big blue eyes.
"I'm so sorry, how did it happen?" Gabriella asked, not meaning to be nosy but genuinely interested.
"Car accident, a lorry pulled out of nowhere, there was no chance he could have survived. His wife came out alive, as well as their unborn baby. Abigail, Danny's wife, named her Daniela, after Daniel." The tears were falling thick and fast now.
Gabriella felt a lump rise in her own throat, even though she was away in California for college; she still went back to Albuquerque on June 27th to visit her brother. Her mother had been reluctant to let Gabriella move away but she was slowly getting used to the idea. Sharpay and Ryan were in NY with Taylor, so she didn't see them very often but Chad was in California with Troy and Gabriella, so he came around for tea at least once a week. Gabriella had come to think of Chad as an older brother, he protected her and looked after her. He even took her side when she and Troy fought, which wasn't very often.
"Would you like to come in?" Troy asked, offering Grace a tissue.
"Oh, yeah, come in" Gabriella opened the door wide and led Grace into the modern living room. "I don't know what loosing a child is like, but I know what loosing a brother is like. So if you want to talk, you know where I am."
"Thank you, that means a lot" Grace smiled through her tears.
From that day on, Gabriella and Grace became great friends.
12/01/2018
"Troy Bolton, we are NEVER having sex again" Gabriella screamed.
"It's okay dear," The elderly midwife whose nametag read Dorothy said, "It's a normal reaction, and it's not normally true. Now Gabriella, try not to push honey"
"I AM TRYING, YOU TRY HAVING TWO BRATS IN YOUR WOMB WHO WANT TO COME OUT NOW" Gabriella, who was usually very quiet, yelled.
"I have dear, I've had six children." The midwife said conversationally.
"AGHHH" Gabriella let out a squeal of pain and indignation.
"Why don't you step outside for a moment dear, get some fresh air." The midwife pushed Troy in the small of the back towards the door, he was slowly turning green.
"No, I have to stay-" But he was cut off.
"Stand outside the door, I'll call you if anything happens."
Troy walked out of the room, wiping a shaking hand across his forehead. When Gabriella had found out she was pregnant she hadn't been too happy. She loved kids, heck she worked in a children's hospital, but she didn't know whether she was ready to be a mom yet. However by the time she'd got from the doctors surgery to their apartment with the first scan clutched tightly in one hand both her and Troy had been convinced they were ready for children. They were not only having one baby, they were having two. They didn't find out the sexes, they wanted that to be a surprise.
Breaking the news to the parents had been one of the most uncomfortable experiences of Troy's life; he'd nearly been knocked out from the squeals of Maria and Lucille. He's also feared for the baby, Gabriella had been squeezed by the two women so much that he thought they might have done some damage to the baby.
"Mr Bolton?"
Troy's head whipped up to see the elderly midwife beckoning him back into the labour suite. Following her through the door he ran to his wife, she looked so vulnerable lying there in a hospital gown, soaked in sweat. But she still managed to look breathtakingly beautiful.
"Troy?" Gabriella mumbled.
"Yes, darling?" Troy bent over and kissed Gabriella on the forehead.
"Make it stop, I just want my babies" Gabriella cried.
"I know, Hon, not long now though" Troy said, although he truly had no idea how long it would be.
"Have I missed it?" Grace bustled into the room, pulling on a gown and gloves.
"No, you're just in time, Grace" Said the elderly midwife, "She's about to deliver any minute, I'm going to page Doctor Byzare" she proceeded to pick up a phone and dial a number.
"AGGGGH" Gabriella cried, screwing her face in pain.
"Alright, sweetie, push for me" Grace, having said no one else would deliver the first Montez-Bolton baby but her, yelled over Gabriella's screams.
With one final push a cry filled the air, followed a minute later by another one.
"Congratulations, you have a baby boy and a baby girl, I'm just going to check them over and clear them up a bit then you can have a proper cuddle" Grace cut the cords and then whisked the babies off to be cleaned.
"You did it, baby" Troy sobbed into Gabriella's hair, pulling her into a gentle hug.
"I love you so much" Gabriella cried with relief and joy. She had two healthy babies and the man she loved.
A few minutes later Gabriella was presented with her two children and emotion over whelmed her. This was the best moment of her life.
Two hours later Troy and Gabriella sat staring at the two perfect bundles of joy in their arms.
"I like the name Jasmine" Troy said, tentatively. They had purposefully not discussed names, preferring to wait until the babies were born.
"I love it, how about Grace for the middle name?" Gabriella asked.
"Perfect" Troy smiled and leaned down to kiss his daughter.
"And I like Zachary, as well, Zac for short" Gabriella said, drawing her son even closer to her.
"Me too, how about Carlos for a middle name? After your brother?" Troy said.
Gabriella's eyes filled with tears once more, Troy was so sensitive. It was one of the many things she loved about him.
"I love it" Gabriella whispered, again.
Tears ran down his cheeks, smiling down at his family. Gabriella Bolton, (as of 20/05/2015), Jasmine Grace Bolton and Zachary Carlos Bolton. Perfect.
09/08/2034
"No" Troy put his foot down.
"But Zac got to go to that gig the other day" A sixteen year old Jasmine whined.
"He was not going on a 'date', and anyway he's a boy" Troy said, as thought that settled the mater.
"What the –"
"Language" Gabriella interjected from the kitchen where she was feeding three year old, Madeline.
"Oh my god, I swear everyone hates me" Jasmine slammed her bag down on the table and stormed up to her room.
Troy sighed, he tried his best to be a good father but when it came to boys he didn't want anyone touching his baby.
"Was I too harsh on her?" He asked, brushing his hands through his hair as her came into the kitchen.
"Maybe a little bit" Gabriella said, "Dylan Smith is a nice boy, you know his parents and he's a junior at NH."
"I do?" Asked Troy, confused.
"Trisha and Fred Smith, they run the local store" Gabriella supplied.
"Oh yeah, nice people" Troy said, relaxing a bit, "I didn't know it was that Dylan, isn't he on the basketball team?"
"Yes, and I suppose that changes things" Gabriella sighed, boys and their basketball, Zac was just the same.
"Well…" Troy tailed off.
"Call her down, she may still talk to you." Gabriella said, giving her husband a kiss on the cheek.
Troy walked through the living room to the bottom of the stairs.
"Jassie? Can you come down here a minute please?" He yelled.
"What?" Yelled Jasmine back, slamming her door on the way downstairs.
When father and daughter were sat on the sofa Troy turned to Jasmine, "Now Snickerdoodle, I've-"
He was cut off, "Don't call me that, I'm not three" Jasmine glared at her father. She had inherited her mother's skin colouring, her father's big blue eyes and her mothers curls. However she's also inherited her father's long legs but her mother's curves; this made her very popular with the male population of NH, North High, situated in California.
"Sorry, Jasmine, anyway, I am prepared for you to go out on Saturday night with this Dylan kind. But I want you home by ten and I want him to come and pick you up so your mother and I can meet him." Troy said, sternly.
"Ten?" Jasmine looked worried, "The movie doesn't start til eight, we might not be out by then."
"Okay then, half past at the latest." Troy said, giving in easily.
"Yay, thank you daddy, I love you so much" Jasmine hugged her father and ran off towards the phone, no doubt going to phone this Dylan kid, Troy thought.
Sitting back on the sofa Troy smiled, he had a healthy family, a brilliant job and most of all, he was happy.
A/N: Well that's truly the end. Please hit that button one last time, Izzy xx