Gabriella was downstairs with the boys fixing breakfast. Andy looks up at his mommy, "Mommy, can we see aunt shar? I wanna play with Kamaryn." Gabriella smiled, "We'll see alright baby." Andy nods, Gabriella looks at her other son, "You hungry Rider?"

Rider shakes his head, looking down at his lap. Gabriella sighed going to the counter. Gabriella was mixing the pancake mix then dropped it when she heard, "Hey Brie." she screams, Troy looks at her, "Brie?"

Gabriella sighs, "I.. I am so so so so sorry Troy, I was just getting your breakfast ready, I am so so sorry.." she gets down on her knees, cleaning up the spilled pancake mix.

Troy kneels down, helping her clean up the pancake. "Here...let me.." she looks up into his eyes, "uh..." he smiles softly, "I got this...go tend to the boys." Gabriella nods, "ye-yeah.." she stands up, wiping syrup from Andy's jaw and taking Rider's unfinished pancake to the microwave.

"Sweetie, I'm putting this in here...so you can eat it later." Rider only nods, getting down from the table and going to the living room where he can colour without interruption.

Troy watches him, looks at Andy who is making another mess of his face and then Gabriella who is eating herself. Troy walks to Rider, sitting down next to him. "Hey...what'cha colouring?"

Rider looks up at him, biting his lip just like his mother does, "Scooby." Troy takes a seat on the couch, and watches him color, "So you like Scooby?" Rider nods without looking at him and continues coloring Scooby's black dots.

"Can I colour with you?" Rider just nods, Troy sits on the floor with him, grabbing a crayon and colouring with him.

Rider looks at his daddy, "Daddy?" He looks at him, "Yeah bud?" Rider begans to form tears in his eyes, and puts down his crayon, and digs into his side, "I missed you.."

Troy hugs him tighter, "Hey...I'm here.." Rider buries himself further into Troy's side. "Why are you crying?"

Rider sniffles, looking up at his daddy, his little eyes are red and his cheeks are wet. "Bec-because...I thought..you h-h-h-hated me.."

Troy looks at him, grabbing his son by his shoulders, "Hey, look at me." Rider looks at him with teary eyes, "Your my son, I love you no matter what, don't ever forget that. I will support you in whatever you do..don't ever think for one second that I hate you, because I am very very proud to have you as my son."

Rider sniffles, wiping his nose, "Really?" Troy wipes his cheeks, "Really." "I love you too Daddy." Gabriella smiles from the doorframe, "Hey you two, Sharpay says we can go on over there, Chad and the others are waiting,their really really excited to see us."

When they got to Sharpay's mansion, Gabriella and Troy and the boys were greeted by hugs and squeals. Chad and Taylor we're there with their two kids. Olivia and Braxton. And Sharpay was there with her boyfriend Keegan and their daughter Kamaryn who was the same age as Andy.

The kids went to play outside in the big backyard while Gabriella, Taylor and Sharpay all were in the living room gossiping, leaving Keegan, Chad and Troy in the kitchen to watch the kids in the backyard. Chad was taking a sip of his pop, "So how is the whole new life for you Troy?"

Troy sighed, "I am completely confused, and don't know what I'm doing, and don't know why I treated Gabriella the way I did." Keegan sighed, "I'm your friend and all Troy, always have been, but I honestly thought Gabriella would of left you after what you did to her about a few months ago."

Troy raises a brow, "What did I do?" Chad glares at Keegan, "Dude really." "What did I do?" Chad looks at Keegan, then back at Troy, "You slept with one of the laker girls."

Troy's eyes went wide, "W-W-What..I would never do that!" Chad nods, "You did, And Gabriella found out,she was a totally broken.. Don't know how you convienced her to forgive you."

Troy looks at both of them, "how? Wait...should I even ask?" Keegan shakes his head, "Dude...it's your call and all that jazz, but if you want to know-" Chad rolls his eyes, "She remembered her parents, but she thought of the boys. Those two son's of yours are the only reason why she stuck around with you, had you not had any kids...she would be gone out of your life."

You know that sick feeling in your gut when you know you're going to throw up but in reality you know it's just your mind playing tricks on you- wait no, Troy really does feel sick. "Chad, watch the boys...I need to use the bathroom...real quick."

Troy made his way to the bathroom walking by the girls who were on the couch talking. Gabriella watched as she saw him going upstairs to the bathroom. she thought he looked sick, so she was going to make sure he was alright.

"I'll be right back." she exscuses herself from the girls following behind him. She stands infront of the bathroom door, she heard him throwing up, Gabriella flinches, biting her bottom lip, and knocking gently on the door, "Troy..are..are you okay?" she hears a toliet flush, and the door opens.

Gabriella looks at him, "I..I you looked like you were sick, so I wanted to make sure you were alright, are you okay?" she cupped his cheek, feeling around his forehead.

"Yeah..." he closes his eyes, "I'm...fin.." he turns his head to the toilet again, but it was a false alarm. Gabriella sighs, "Maybe you should lie down..till you're feeling better?"

Troy looks at her, his eyes blood shot and watery, "Brie..." he says in a barely less than audible voice. "I'm sorry..." "Troy-" "No, let me get this out..I'm sorry, I really am..I may not say it when or if - I hope it's if - I get my memory back...but I am so freaking sorry."

Gabriella looks at him, "Troy, it's okay.. your fine-" "No.. I am so freaking sorry.." he grabs her hand, leading her into the bathroom, and closing the door behind him. "Why didn't you tell me..about..about me sleeping with someone else."

Gabriella froze, "Who..Who told you that?" "Chad and Keegan, why were hiding that from me?" Gabriella sighed, "It's something that I wouldn't wanna talk about.. it's something in the past-" "But I hurt you, and you stayed with me."

Gabriella looked at him, "Troy, I forgave you.. I stayed with you because I loved you. and because we had two children together, I couldn't hurt them, I had to think of Andy and Rider first. I had no other choice."

Troy sighs, running a hand through his hair. "No other choice?" He looks down, "Brie...if it was me..I would've left. I would've taken the kids and left...If I were you. They don't- you don't- deserve me."

Gabriella looks at him, "Andy dotes on you, and all Rider wants to do is live up to whatever expectations you have- which is a lot on his little shoulders."

Troy shakes his head, banging his head against the door. "Brie...I kind of want to be alone right now...I'll be out in five minutes."

Gabriella nods, kissing his cheek, "We're probably about to leave pretty soon, so I'll come and get you, alright?" Troy nods, "alright."

Gabriella dissapears down the stairs, he drags himself down on the floor, and runs his fingers though his hair, "I've screwed up the most important thing in my life." he whispers.

Hours after getting home, The boys were in bed, and Gabriella was about to go to the bathroom to take a shower. "Hey I'll be out in a few, okay?" Troy nods smiling sadly at her, "Alright." she walks into the bathroom locking the door.

Troy sighs, walking around the room, going to the shelf, he pulls out a small DVD titled, 'Andy's 5th birthday'. "What's this?" He takes the disc out, putting in the DVD player. and sits at the end of the bed watching it.

The video started with the kids running around, Chad was filming, It was on Andy, "Hey buddy, how old are you?" Andy smiled, "I'm 5 uncle chad! I'm 5 years old!" he says jumping up and down.

Troy smiles, and then the next clip is of Andy blowing his candles out, and people clapping and Gabriella helping him open his presents. he watched 5 more minutes of the video, but what he saw next, suprised him.

Chad must of left his video camera on, leaving it in the kitchen. It showed Gabriella putting together a toy that Andy got. then It showed Troy walking in, "I have to take off." Gabriella looks at him, "Troy, you just had a game yesterday-"

"Gabriella, this is important-" "So is your son's birthday, I think he'd be very upset if you left-" "Really Gabriella? Would he be upset, or you?! This is my fucking job Gabriella, it's way more important then some stupid birthday party!" he yelled at her.

Gabriella had tears forming in her eyes, Troy rolled his eyes, "Will you stop fucking crying all the time? god, it's fucking annoying, I don't know why I'm fucking with you!" Gabriella sniffled, "Just leave okay, I'll tell Andy you said happy birthday."

"Then go fucking ahead, I got to go! Your just a fucking distraction, thanks to you, I'm already 5 minutes late." With that, It showed Troy leaving out the door.

Then it showed Gabriella standing against the counter, and sliding down and beginning to sob. then the video ended.

The DVD player popped the disc out, but Troy just sat there...feeling...like the worlds largest asshole. He...no, the man in that video...it couldn't have been him. It had to be some other guy who looked an awful lot like him. Who sounded like him.

It just...couldn't be him. It couldn't. It is impossible that that could be him.."i'm a dick.." he whispers, flopping back on the bed and closing his eyes.

He cannot unsee what he'd just seen. It's too horrible to remember yet...it's a memory. One he screwed up royally. "I'm the world's largest asshole." "What's that?" He lifts his head, seeing Rider standing there with a scooby blanket in his elbow and his thumb in his mouth.

Troy shakes his head, going to pick him his youngest son. "It's a...word that you should not repeat." Rider looks at him "Is it a bad word?" "Yes..." Troy says, nodding, "it is a very bad word that you shouldn't ever say- unless you enter politics." "What are politics?" Oi vey. Troy sighs, smiling, "never mind, what are you doing up?"

"There's a monster in my closet, I want to sleep in here..." A sense of pride fills Troy's chest, maybe before he can work things out with Gabriella..he can work things out with his kids. "Can I daddy?" "Sure-" "Sure what?" He turns to see Gabriella stepping out in a fluffy blue bathrobe.

He sputters before turning around so he doesn't look- a trait he always he did in high school. "Rider just wants to sleep in here...there's a monster in his closet." "Oh," Gabriella says, "It's totally fine." "Mommy." Rider says, "yes baby boy?"

Gabriella shoots back at him, grabbing an overlarge tee shirt and slipping it on. The next words out of Riders mouth made her stand bone straight, and her mouth opened in surprise, "what's does 'asshole' mean?"

Gabriella looked at her youngest son, she came over grabbing him from Troy's lap and placing him on hers, "Sweetie that is a very bad word, where did you learn that from?" Rider quickly thinks of an exscuse to get his father out of trouble, "kids at school."

Troy smiled. Gabriella kisses his forehead, "Are you ready for bed baby?" Rider nods, Gabriella lifts him up and places him in the bed under the blankets, "Mommy." "Yes sweetie?" "Can I have some warm milk before I go to bed."

Gabriella nods, "Sure sweetie." she kisses his forehead going downstairs to the kitchen. Troy watches her walk out, and he looks at his son, "Thanks for keeping me out of trouble, don't say those words again, alright?" Rider nods, "Promise." Troy kisses his forehead, "I'll be right back."

Troy walks out of the room and downstairs to see Gabriella putting the bottle of milk in the microwave. wearing just a T-shirt and underwear. No bra.

She looks at him, "Hey, is he asleep?" Troy shakes his head, "He's waiting for the milk." Gabriella nods, pushing the button. Troy walks behind her, wrapping his arms around her. and kissing her shoulders.

Gabriella fought the urge to moan, but she couldn't, she let it slip out. Soon, Their were crashing their lips against each other. Troy lifted her up, wrapping her legs around his waist, making out with each other.

His kisses, his hands on her, oh...it felt an eternity since she felt this...at peace with him. By the time they both came up for air, she had realized that she had subsciously during the kiss started to climb Troy like a tree and she was the snake.

And she don't remember being flexible. Troy leans his forehead on her's, "what...was that for?" Gabriella asks, preparing herself for the angry shove that is to follow as Troy walks away with a chip on his shoulder.

Instead he kisses her lips softly, "I forgot what it was like to kiss you properly..." he looks into her eyes. "now I remember."

Gabriella smiled, "I..Haven't..I haven't felt that kind of kiss in a long time." Troy looks at her, "You deserve to be kissed, everyday, every hour, every minute..you deserve so much more that what I've been giving you."

Gabriella cups his cheeks, "I'm..I'm not leaving you, If I wanted to leave you, I would of been already, Troy, I'm..I'm so inlove with you that..that I can never leave you no matter what you do to me, I love you that much."

Troy smiles, "I really am sorry Brie.." Gabriella sighs, "I better get this milk to Rider." he nods, standing back- untangling Gabriella's limbs from him -and sliding her off the counter.

She smiles small as she grabs the bottle; testing it on her hand; as she walks back up to their room.

Troy follows her moments later, She is already holding rider in her arms, and he is falling asleep quickly.

Troy smiles, getting into bed beside them two, and Gabriella turns around to face him. she smiles, and kisses his lips. her eyes flutter open, and she smiles, "Goodnight Troy."

"Goodnight.." he whispers, "Brie.." he slowly puts an arm over her waist, which, since Rider is between them, he's holding Rider too.

The next morning, it's...well, Troy wakes up to light snoring in his ear; when his eyes flutter and blink open, he see's Rider cuddling up to him. His tiny pink lips aligned with his ear, soft snores escaping him.

He smiles and gently moves Rider, but Rider holds on tight...he's ...sort of trapped. Hm, how to wake a child with out making them scream?

Troy gently, stands up from the bed, letting Rider fall genlty on the pillow. He smiles, walking downstairs. He goes into the kitchen to find Gabriella already making breakfast.

"Brie, you're up early? It's 5am." Gabriella sighed, "You're up early too mister." Troy chuckled, "Couldn't sleep." Gabriella smiled, "Really, well I slept like a baby." Troy smirked.

Gabriella smiled, walking closer to him, "I have an idea." He said. "What's that?" Gabriella asked, "Rider and Andy go and visit my parents today.. we have a free day, do you wanna have a...date?"

Gabriella looks at him, "A date?" "Uh huh," Troy says, leaning on the counter, "like...two adults. Me and you. hanging out, making fools of ourselfs..." Gabriella laughs, "Troy...you want to make a fool of yourself?"

"'As long as I'm with you, yeah." she laughs again, turning the stove on low and letting the potatoes simmer. "Well...okay."

Troy smiles, remembering that Gabriella said yes to him asking her out the first in high school that same way. 'well...okay'.

He wraps his arms around her, "Well okay then, it's settled." Gabriella nods, "I guess so." Troy pecks her lips, "It..It will be a makeup date for our..anniversary." Gabriella looks at him, "Troy we don't have to do that-"

"No. I want too. you deserve it. for the way I treated you, you deserve a lot more than me, and I know you won't leave me, and I thank god for that, but still, you deserve way more than me and I-" "Troy just shut up and kiss me." she giggled.

He smiles, wrapping his arms around her and pressing his lips to hers, pressing his body against hers. She wraps her arms around his neck, breathing in his scent- the scent that she'd practically forgotten since he hasn't been around.

But now he is, now...he's here with her. And before it can be ripped away from her, she's going to enjoy it; she's going to enjoy having her Troy back to her...before his not so nice 24 year old self comes back.

Oh, why can't he just stay like this? It sounds selfish, but ...at the same time, selfless wishful thinking.

Troy pressed her further against the wall, letting his kisses travel down around her neck. Gabriella gasped out a moan, "T-Troy..the boys, they will be up any minute..and..and I have to get them ready to go to my..m-mom's.." she stammered.

Troy pulled away, looking at her, "Alright." he kisses her forehead, "But remember tonight." she nods, "I won't forget."

Gabriella dropped the boys off noon so that her mother could spend some time with her grandsons over night. Gabriella had arrived at the house around 8 at night.

Gabriella opened the door and she gasped at the sight. The Living Room was filled with candle lights, and the room was dark, there was a red table cloth on the table, with rose petals everywhere.

Gabriella walked over to the table picking up a note.

'You have no idea how crazy I am about you.

Turn around.

~Troy. xoxoxoxo.'

Gabriella turns around and see's Troy standing there with a boquet of roses. Gabriella had tears in her eyes, Troy walks to her giving her the roses and kissing her forehead, "Happy Anniversary."

Gabriella's tears rolled down her cheeks, making her mascara spread, "Oh Troy.. you..you didn't have to do this.."

Troy smiles, "You look beautiful tonight.." she wipes at her eyes, "my mascara's wrecked." Troy laughs, setting the roses down, taking her in his arms. "You are the most beautiful woman that I've ever met...known...loved."

She feels her heart fluttering at these words that she knows will be gone- or would not exist any longer -had Troy not lost his memory of his 24 year old self. Again, she knows it's selfish, but...Gabriella just wants this to stay as it is. "So...heh, what's for dinner?"

Troy smiles, "glad you asked, milady...I have a wonderful dinner planned." He lifts two covers, revealing - "PB & J?" Troy smiles, "I tried cooking...it was a mess...and I wouldn't go in the kitchen- I promise to clean it up...but...I put them to candlelight."

Gabriella smiles, taking a piece of a sandwich and putting in her mouth and smiling. "Still the best PB & J I've had the pleasure of eating."

Troy smiles, they both take a seat by each other, Troy lifts up a bowl, Gabriella giggles, "Don't tell me." he smirks, showing her the bowl of spaghetti. Gabriella giggles, "You made my favorite?" Troy laughs, "Actually, this was take out." Gabriella giggled, "It's still perfect."

After eating their delicious meal, Troy grabbed Gabriella's hand leading her to the couch and plopping down beside each other. He pulls her close, and plays with her delicate fingers. Troy kisses the top of her head, Gabriella smiles, "Your amazing, you know that?"

Troy looks at her, "I wish I could do more to make things up to you." Gabriella just looks at him, and sits up and straddling his lap and begins kissing him passionately, not heatedly, not hungerly, not a huge makeout session, but delicate passionate kissing.

She runs her hands through his hair, making sure to hold him tight. Like he's a dream from the past that she's too afraid to let go of. He wanders his hands down her sides, holding her thighs in sweet, burning caresses as he brings her legs up to wrap around his waist.

She arches her back into him as he kisses her neck with hot, firery kisses. If this is a dream- the sweetest of hot, fantasty dreams that Gabriella's ever had in her entire life -then please, God above, don't have her wake up. Troy is her angel...she just got him back.

Troy lifted her up, her legs still wrapped around her waist. He pushes her against the wall, his member already bulging. Gabriella moaned as he tossed her back and fourth against each side of the wall.

Gabriella tugged his shirt off, and wrapped her hands around his neck. Troy pushed her more up, and pulled off her shirt. Gabriella pulls away, and looks at him, "Troy...are..are you sure?"

"I've...never been...more sure.." he kisses her neck as he speaks, his fingers teasing her bare flesh. "of anything...in my life..than this moment." Without word, or proper warning, he lifts her over his shoulder, carrying her up the stairs to the bedroom.

Plopping her down on the bed, crawling on top of her like a predator until his lips are over her ear. "I want to make love to you right now..." Gabriella closes her eyes at his voice, oh how she's missed it. She grabs his chin gently, making him look at her, "then what's stopping you?"

Troy smiles, crashing his lips onto hers, letting his self control out the window. Gabriella tugged his jeans off, and Troy clasped her bra off. Troy crawled further ontop of her, kissing her everywhere. Gabriella moans as he does this.

Troy whispers against her skin, "I..am so sorry.." Gabriella moans, they haven't had this kind of sex in a real long time, they've had sex before he lost his memory, but he was just angry sex. but this meant something. Troy pulled off his boxers, Gabriella pulled down her underwear tossing it in the room.

She grabbed his cheek, leaning him forward to kiss her lips. Gabriella kisses his nose, "Go ahead. do it." she whispered. and Troy pounds inside her, thrusting into her harder and harder. Gabriella moans, digging her nails into his back, making sure she made her claw marks.

Troy groans, in a good way, as he feels her nails scrape his back. As he feels his blood follow after her fingers. She drew his blood, it follows her.

"Troy..." she moans, he thrusts and pounds into her; kissing her neck and nibbling at her soft skin.

How long has it been since he's done this? How long has it been since they made love? Not angry sex...exactly how long?

Troy kissed, licked, and sucked between the crease of her breasts. Gabriella moaned, moving her hips as his cock was inside her, pounding her, going faster and faster.

It went on for about another hour, and soon, They both had reached their climax, and Troy pulled out of her, still ontop of her, sweat dripping off both of them. both of them breathing heavily, Troy leaned his forehead against Gabriella's.

Her eyes still closed, "Brie." Gabriella's eyes flutter open, she looks at him, trying to catch her breath, "W..Wow..that..that was absolutely great." she whispered breathlessly.

He smiles, kissing her temple, "I do love you..." she smiles, looking at him as she moves his sweat dampened hair out of his eyes. "I know...I love you too." she just wishes that it was this moment that caused her selfish to heighten, but she really doesn't want things back the way they were.

She loves this Troy...well, she loves every part of him, but it's this one that just made love to her now. This one who she's loved since high school. She loves him, and he's said it back to her...what's going to happen when he gets his memory back?

Gabriella ran a hand through her hair, then ran a hand through his, "We..We should get some sleep.." Troy looks at her, "You go..ahead, I'll have to go clean the mess in the kitchen." Troy stands up, pulling up his boxers.

Gabriella nods, "I'll come help you." "Brie-" "Troy, it's okay. I want too." she pulls on her bra and underwear, and goes into the hamper, she digs down and smiles.

Troy pulls on his shirt, Gabriella turns around with a red wildcat jersey, "Remember this?" Troy smirks, "Of course. my wildcat jersey." she smiled, "You gave it to me senior year. you never let anyone wear it except me.. I never got why, but I love it." she smiles at him.

Troy smiles, grabbing her hand, "don't we have a kitchen to clean?" she giggles, nodding her head as she spins into his arms and plants a feather light kiss on his cheek. "It may be late...but I clean better with music." he smirks, "music?"

"Uh huh..." he follows her down to the kitchen, she grabs an iPod off the table in the dining room and plugs it into the iPod jack. B Team by Marianas Trench plays through the speakers.

Troy chuckles, "B Team?" she giggled, "Yep." Gabriella went over to the counter to clean around the area, then Troy let out his hand, Gabriella looked at him, grabbing a hold of his hand, and he twirled her around, then brought her back, and let her fall then brought her back up.

Gabriella giggled as they waltz around the kitchen, Then Gabriella tripped over a broom, But Troy caught her in his arms.

But when he caught her. he fell, letting spaghetti sauce that was left on the counter fall ontop of them. the sauce hit Gabriella's face, and part of Troy's hair. Gabriella began giggling, "I think we only made it worst babe." she laughed.

Troy laughed, "I think you're right..." he wiped some of the dripping spaghetti sauce from her face and wiped it on the towel that hangs on the oven door.

She smiles, "this is missing something." "What?" "Hmm..." she stands up, walking to the fridge and pulling out a container of parmasean cheese, Troy looks at her, "Oh...you aren't- don't even think about it."

Gabriella giggles, dumping it on his head. "Now that's an italian meal!" Troy laughs, standing up, "you...are so going to pay for that!"

Gabriella squeals, "No Troy Don't!" Troy chases after her around the kitchen and then down the hallway. Gabriella laughed as she ran towards the bottom of the stairs, but Troy caught her by wrapping his arm around her waist. "I don't think so." Gabriella giggled holding onto the railing.

Troy pulled her away as she squealed, "Troy no!" he spinned her around tickling her, "Say your sorry." Gabriella giggled, laughing hysterically. "Nope." "Say it." Gabriella giggled, "I'm sorry!" Troy still had his arms wrapped around her waist.

She looks at him, "You can let go now-" "Never." he said, his voice turning into seriousness. Gabriella wraps her arms around his neck, leaning her forehead against his, "Troy, Tonight, has honestly been the best night I have had in a long time..It means so much to me." she whispered.

He smiles, leaning his forehead on hers. "I'm glad..." He lifts a hand to wipe a bit of the spaghetti sauce off her face and he holds it in front of her. "Red's a good colour on you by the way."

"Troy." Gabriella says, laughing, he smiles, she dusts off a bit of the cheese. "Well, cheese does wonders for you." "Oh ha. ha. ha. very funny."

Troy looks at her, "Why don't you go upstairs and take a shower, and I clean up the mess?" Gabriella giggles, "If you're sure, I can help you-" "No. this was for you, I made this mess-" "Yeah, but I made it worst." he kisses her nose, "Just go on upstairs." Gabriella laughs, "Okay."