"There's the birthday girl!" Gerard exclaimed as Gabriella and Troy walked into the dining room.

Gabriella smiled as she kissed her mother and all four of her grandparents. She sat down at the table in between Troy and Kate. Kate leaned over and hugged her best friend. William then came up and kissed the side of both of their heads. Gabriella shoved him away as they both laughed.

"Go sit next to your girlfriend." she ordered.

"I'm going, I'm going." William laughed.

Gabriella laughed as dinner was being served. It was a simple two course meal of salad and spaghetti. Everyone began to start eating just s Yuki came in fully refreshed from her nap. She ran to Gabriella and hugged her, thanking her for the outing.

"So what are your plans for tomorrow?" Kate asked Gabriella.

"I think we're going to the symphony tomorrow night." Gabriella answered. "But before that I think I'm going to go visit the orphanage to help decorate for Christmas."

"Do you need help?" Taylor asked.

"I'm not making anyone come, they're free to come."

"Count us all in." Troy said.

"Us too." Kate said of her and William.

"Great."

Soon the whole table was in talks about the royals' antics of trying to get rid of their security. Even Gerard was telling about his antics. He managed to lose his own by stowing away in his friend's trunk as he left the palace grounds one night.

"Ok, I can top that." Gabriella said. "And it wasn't even my fault on this one. The Kate, Will, Harry and I were at Kensington Palace. One day we were in Will's car waiting for the guards to get in their separate cars. Well the gates opened up allowing the boy's aunt onto the grounds and I don't know what possessed Will's mind, but he gunned it."

"And we were out of there just as the gate closed." Harry added.

"Of course, Genius, over here, gave our Coldplay tickets to one of the guards and forgot all about it until that afternoon." Gabriella added.

"So we drive back to the palace. And before we can get the tickets, we're told that the queen wants to see us." Kate explained. "We all go up and get the 'I'm not mad, just very disappointed in you' speech. We all quickly told what had exactly happened."

"Pretty good escape." Gerard agreed. "Just don't do it again."

"Hey, I was actually innocent in this incident." Gabriella defended. "It was the future King of England's fault over there. Kate and I were just innocent bystanders in the back seat of the car."

Everyone began to laugh. Halfway through dinner, Gabriella's twin cousin Danielle wishing Gabriella a happy birthday. Gabriella had been excused to talk to her in her grandfather's study. While she was gone, the others began to put their gift for the birthday girl onto the table. Gabriella came back in when she was done talking.

"I guess we're moving right along." She said laughing.

"Well, we do want to set off fireworks." Harry said before his brother elbowed him. "Ow."

Gabriella sat down and began to open her gifts. Kate gave her a picture collage of the two them growing up. Ms. Montez would have to explain a few of the pictures to her daughter to help her remember what had been going on at the time. One was a picture of Gabriella and Kate covered in whipped cream.

"Charity Pie in the Face." Gabriella said showing the picture to everyone. "This was last year at St. Jude's."

"That was a lot of fun." Kate agreed. "But a nightmare to get our hair cleaned. The floor was so slippery; I kept falling or almost falling. One time I fell into Gabriella, causing her to fall as well."

"Were you ok?" Mrs. Evans asked.

"Oh yeah, we were having a field day." Gabriella said as they laughed.

Gabriella continued to open her gifts. She received a pair of diamond earrings from Cartier from her mother, an American charm bracelet from her friends and their families. Each family got her a charm while they all chipped in and got her the bracelet. Her grandparents slid a ring box over.

"Now, this isn't your gift from us. It just arrived in time for your birthday." Clarisse said as Gabriella opened the box.

"My ring!" Gabriella said.

"What?"

"My ring, it has my seal on it." Gabriella explained as she passed the ring around for everyone to see.

Gerard then placed a necklace around Gabriella's neck. Gabriella jumped in surprise when the cold silver hit her chest. She then looked down and saw a diamond necklace that matched the earrings her mothers gave her. Gabriella kissed her grandparents happily. Everyone began to get up and get ready to shoot off the fireworks. Troy pulled Gabriella close to him and pulled his gift out from his pocket.

"Happy Birthday." Troy whispered.

Gabriella opened the box and gasped. Inside was a heart shape silver locket. Inside was a picture of them at that year's homecoming. On the back was 'Troy Loves Gabby' was inscribed. Gabriella turned around and pressed Troy gently against the wall and kissed him passionately. Troy responded back by wrapping his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. They stood there making out in the palace hallways as the others were getting ready to set off the fireworks.

" Troy, Gabby!" Taylor called. "Come on, everyone is waiting for you."

The couple broke apart and followed her out to the grounds. Gabriella quickly placed the locket around her neck and smiled at Troy. Troy pulled her closer to him and kissed the side of her head. They walked outside and joined the others. Soon the sky was filled with the bright colorful display of the fireworks. They could see people coming out from their houses to watch the display.

Soon, the fireworks were finished and snowball fights began to break out between the younger group of people. Gabriella screamed when William and Harry tackled her to the ground. Kate then tackled her boyfriend as Troy helped Gabriella up.

After everyone was tired, Gabriella made everyone her special cinnamon hot chocolate. They all sat in the kitchen trying to get warmed up. The palace cook was helping Gabriella make all of the hot chocolate. Gabriella thanked him and gave him his own glass. Soon everyone had moved to go get ready for bed. Gabriella and Troy went up to Gabriella's suite and sat down on her bed.

"Thank you so much." Gabriella whispered kissing Troy.

"I know it's not a diamond necklace or anything…" Troy managed to get out before Gabriella cut him off by kissing him.

"It means more to me than any other necklace anyone has ever given to me." Gabriella told him in a whisper. "Because it came from you and you were so thoughtful to having me wear it around my neck."

"Well, I am honored that you chose to wear it."

For the rest of the evening, not much was spoken between the two. The couple made out on Gabriella's bed for about an hour before Troy got up to go back to his room. After he left, Gabriella sighed and lay back in her bed knowing that this was one of her best birthdays ever as she fingered her treasured locket.