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Chapter 18:
Babysitting
"Chad, will you go get Lizzie please, I need to feed her," Taylor asked looking at the clock.
Getting up, Chad nodded and walked into the one month old girls' room.
"How's my little girl doing? Are you hungry?" he cooed his daughter.
He picked her up out of her crib, kissed her lightly on the forehead and brought her to the living room to her mom.
"Hey Troy, Gabs, I didn't hear you guys come in," he greeted his closest friends, handing Lizzie to Taylor.
"Troy over here didn't knock, he just walked in," Gabriella pointed to her husband sitting on the arm of the chair.
"Well, I wouldn't expect anything less," Chad laughed.
"So, what's up?" Taylor asked.
"Well, Brie and I thought that we'll watch Lizzie while you and Chad go out. We'll keep her for the night so you two can have some time alone," Troy answered while taking Lizzie from Taylor and winking at Chad.
"We couldn't ask you guys to do that," Taylor replied.
"You didn't ask, we offered. Besides, we're right across the hall. We'll, well Troy will carry her crib to our place while you two do whatever you want. We want to do this," Gabi told her friends.
Chad and Taylor exchanged glances and finally gave into their friends request.
"Alright, thank you so much," Chad said.
"No problem man. We love this little cutie," Troy replied while tickling the young girl.
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Troy was sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room in their apartment with Lizzie surrounded by her toys while Gabriella was in the kitchen making grilled cheese.
As Gabi looked on to her husband and best friends' baby she couldn't help but smile. She couldn't wait until they had their own babies.
"Troy, I think you're having more fun with those toys than Lizzie is."
"Well, excuse me Mrs. Bolton, I'm sorry that I'm having fun," he laughed.
She walked over and sat down next to the two and joined in the fun.
It's true that time does fly when you're having fun, because before they knew it, it was 7:30 and Lizzie needed to be fed again.
As Gabi was feeding her, Troy was picking up the toys.
When Troy looked at Gabi holding and feeding Lizzie, a smile spread to his face. She was so gentle and good with babies, he knew that she'll make a perfect mom in the near future.
As the duo was putting the little girl to bed, she was a little fussy so Troy started to sing.
(Troy, Gabriella, Both)
Christopher Robin and I walked along
Under branches lit up by the moon
Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
As our days disappeared all too soon
But I've wandered much further today than I should
And I can't seem to find my way back to the Wood
So help me if you can
I've got to get back
To the House at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised
There's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh
Winnie the Pooh doesn't know what to do
Got a honey jar stuck on his nose
He came to me asking help and advice
And from here no one knows where he goes
So I sent him to ask of the Owl if he's there
How to loosen a jar from the nose of a bear
Help me if you can
I've got to get back to the House at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised
There's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh
It's hard to explain how a few precious things
Seem to follow throughout all our lives
After all's said and done I was watching my son
Sleeping there with my bear by his side
So I tucked him in, I kissed him and as I was going
I swear that old bear whispered
"Boy welcome home"
Believe me if you can
I've finally come back
To the House at Pooh Corner by one
What do you know
There' s so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds in the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin
Back to the days of Pooh
Ooohh
Ooohh
As they finished singing, they kissed then looked down to see the little girl was sound asleep.
"Good song choice Wildcat," she said to him.
"It's the one my parents used to sing to me when I was a baby, plus, I love Winnie the Pooh," he answered.
They walked into the living room and sat together on the couch, Troy with his arm around her, while her head was on his chest.
"Really makes you want your own doesn't she?" Gabi, asked not looking up.
"I know Brie, I know. And I was thinking," he said.
"Whoa, that's a…" but she was silenced by a pair of lips meeting hers.
"Not funny baby, but anyways I was thinking and it's totally up to you, but we could start trying the last few months of school, if you want to," he said with a hint of hope in his voice.
She didn't' even think twice, all she did was jump up from her position, kiss him and then hug him.
"Troy, I love you and I want to. It would be a perfect time. I mean, I if I do get pregnant, I won't show for graduation and we already have the house, it's perfect Troy. You're perfect. I love you so much."
"I love you too Brie. I thought you'd agree. I thought I wanted to wait until we had jobs, but being with Lizzie has really made me see that I also want to be a young dad too. Obviously not as young as my dad was, but I still want to be able to play basketball or any other sport that they decide to play with them when they go to East High. I love you Brie," he replied kissing her temple.
The next thing they heard was a loud crash coming from the dorm next to theirs. They weren't sure what it was, but it scared Gabriella, and they hoped it didn't wake up Lizzie. Thankfully it didn't.
A few minutes later, they heard yelling, and then the door slam, which unfortunately did wake up Lizzie.
Troy told Gabi not to go, that he would.
He brought the crying baby to the living room and sat down trying to stop her from crying.
"Shh, it's okay baby girl, don't cry," he cooed her.
Seeing the way Troy interacted with her, just made Gabriella fall more in love with him if that was even possible.
He finally got her to settle down, and he put her back into her crib, where she fell back into a deep sleep.
Troy walked back to find that his wife wasn't there, so he went to their room. She wasn't there either, but then he noticed the bathroom door was closed.
She walked out in a pair of flannel bottoms with one of Troy's old East High basketball t-shirts on.
She went to get into bed, but Troy stopped her by kissing her passionately.
They continued to kiss, putting all they had into it.
"You know," Troy said between kisses.
"It wouldn't hurt to start practicing," he finished smirking.
She smiled then pulled him back down her kiss her, and that was all the reaction he needed.