A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I ONLY OWN THIS PLOT! Thanks to everyone who voted on what to do with Hunter, it really helped me find a good ending to this story. Big thanks to my beta Elena Rain. WARNING: this chapter ends with a major cliff hanger! Also, the next chapter will be the last. On with the story:

Troy sighed as he walked through his front door. He had, had the longest morning ever and it was only eleven. The day wasn't even half way over. Gabriella clung to him the entire way home.

He walked into the living room and set Gabriella down on the couch. He sat down next to her.

"Do you feel better, now that we're home?" he asked.

"Yes, thank you for taking me home." She answered softly. "I'm sorry I couldn't make it through the day."

"It's ok, truth be told, I was ready to leave too."

"People were making fun of you for hanging out with the bold girl?"

Troy nodded. "They said it was going to ruin my reputation unless I broke up with you. When I said I didn't care they got mad, they started saying I wasn't in my right mind, they started saying I wasn't mentally fit to be their Captain anymore and that I shouldn't be leading them anymore and all this other stuff."

"Who are they?"

"The guys on the team, minus our friends of course. Our friends stood up for me…for us."

"We're lucky to have such great friends."

"Yes, we are."

"I only wish I didn't have to go back to school tomorrow."

"Maybe, your mom will let you take some more sick days. I can get your homework for you."

"That'd be nice but I doubt it. I've already missed so much."

"There is no harm in asking."

"I guess you're right…" Gabriella sighed. "Troy…what happen to them?"

"Who?"

"The west high basketball team?"

Troy sighed. "They were all kicked off the team, which is why we haven't had a game in forever."

Gabriella chuckled.

"They're all forced to do community services and they have to wear ankle monitors so the police know where they are at all times. I'm sure their parents have grounded them for life."

"At least someone is paying for their crimes."

"Hunter will pay too; Peter is not going to let him get away with this, especially because it's ruining things between him and your mom."

Gabriella just shook her head. "Peter doesn't punish right, two months being grounded is not that big of a deal."

"I know, but at the end of the day, Hunter is still Peter's son and he's always going to love him."

"I know but what about me? I need some kind of closure; I need to feel safe again. I need to know that Hunter is never going to hurt me again. I need to remember the past five months of my life."

"I promise you, you will get the closure and you will feel safe again."

Gabriella just sighed. Troy pulled her into his arms and held her close. He kissed the top of her head.

"You're safe, right here with me, you're safe. Nobody and nothing will ever hurt you." He cooed gently in her ear.

"I love you, Troy." Gabriella whispered softly.

"I love you too, Gabriella, forever and for always."

They spent the rest of the afternoon cuddled and Troy making Gabriella feel better.

That night Maria and Gabriella were sleeping, Gabriella was on the guest bed while Maria was on the air matters on the floor. All was quiet in the Bolton until the smallest whimper was enough to wake Maria from her sleep.

"Brie, are you all right, Baby Girl?" Maria asked still half asleep as she rolled onto her side to look at Gabriella.

Another whimper was heard but Gabriella didn't respond. Maria sat up in bed and turned on the lamp. Once the light was on she could see Gabriella squirming about in the bed and her whimpering was becoming more frequent.

Maria got up and went over to Gabriella and sat down by her side.

"Gabriella, baby, hey, wake up, honey. It's only a bad dream." Maria soothed.

It made no difference. Gabriella just continued to whimper and squirm about in bed only this time she started to mutter words Maria couldn't understand.

"Sweetie, come on wake up, it's time to wake up." Maria started to shake Gabriella in hope of waking her from her sleep.

"Stop." Gabriella muttered.

Maria stopped hopping that meant she was awake.

"Stop, stop, please stop." She whimpered.

Maria sighed; she was still stuck in the land of her nightmares.

"Please, stop, please stop it." She continued to whimper.

"Come on, Gabriella, wake up! It's ok you're safe now, just wake up." Maria was beginning to worry.

Suddenly Gabriella let out a blood curling scream. It actually made Maria jump.

"HELP! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME!" she screamed.

Troy was instantly in the room with his parents close behind; Jack had a baseball bat in his hands.

"HELP! HELP! TROY! HELP!"

"Baby, I'm right here, you're safe." Troy said stroking her hair.

To everyone's surprise, including Troy she responded to him.

"It hurts Troy, please make it stop."

"What hurts, Baby? Tell me what hurts and I'll make it stop."

"My back, my back hurts, Troy make it stop please."

"Oh no…" Troy suddenly whispered.

"What?" Maria asked.

"She's not having a normal nightmare."

"What do you mean?"

"She's remembering."

It was all Troy had to say because at that moment everyone in the room froze.

"She seems to be responding to your voice, keep trying to see if you can wake her up." Maria suggested.

She honestly didn't want her daughter to remember what happen to her, she knew her, she knew Peter, and Troy, and she knew everyone and everything that was important so why make her remember?

Troy gently kissed Gabriella on the head and gently rolled her onto her stomach. He gently started to rub her back. "It's ok, I've got you. The pain is going away now. You're safe and I'm right here, you're going to be ok." He cooed

Gabriella started to calm down.

Everyone sighed in relief. Suddenly out of nowhere Gabriella screamed again only this time she started to kick and smack her hands around thrashing violently. "NO! STOP IT! PLEASE HUNTER DON'T DO THIS! PLEASE! STOP! NO! NO! NO! HELP! HELP! SOMEBODY! ANYBODY HELP ME! PLEASE!"

"No, no, no, not this!" Troy said shaking his head. "Not the attack, anything but this."

"HELP! HELP! PLEASE! PLEASE!"

"Maybe you can change it, talk to her, maybe you can change her dream." Maria said.

"Baby, baby, you're safe, listen to the sound of my voice and come back to me. It's all a bad dream. You're safe, Hunter isn't here, and nobody is here but me and your mother, and my parents. We love you and we care about you, please, Angel, come back to me, wake up."

Gabriella stopped screaming but just started to cry.

"Please, help me, please."

Then her screaming started again.

"No! No! Don't leave me here! Please help me please!" Gabriella was crying hard now.

"Dad, this is where you came in. Maybe you can help her."

Jack bent down by the bed. "It's ok, Gabriella, I'm right here. I'm going to help you and you're going to be safe. I promise. I'll take you right to Troy."

"Troy?" she whimpered.

"I'm right here, I'm here, I've got you and you're safe." Troy said gently stroking her hair.

Suddenly Gabriella sat up with a gasp panting hard, she put her hand over her racing heart, and she continued to cry hard looking around the room frantically searching for any signs of dangers.

"Gabriella, it's ok. You're safe." Maria said.

She gently reached out to touch Gabriella and she screamed leaping off the bed "NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed.

Maria looked hurt.

"Don't be hurt, just because she is awake doesn't mean she can register people or places yet." Jack explained.

"Well how do we get her to register it then?" Maria asked.

"Just give her a minute." Lucille said.

"A minute? I'm not going to leave my daughter when she is scared…"

Troy tuned his parents and Maria out. He knew how to get her to calm down. As long as neither of the parents got in the way he could do that. He stood up and slowly started to approach her, he also started to sing.

"You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away."

Gabriella's eyes locked with Troy's but she still wasn't calm yet so he continued to sing. She slowly walked towards him as he started to sing. He continued to slowly walk towards her as well.

The parents stopped fighting and looked to the teenagers. Maria was about to step forward but Jack stopped her. "Don't, just let him do this."

Finally they reached each other. Troy gently and carefully wrapped his arms around her and carefully pulled her into him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder as her fingers clung tightly to his shirt. Once she was content he started to rub her back as he still continued to sing.

He honestly had no idea what he was singing, he was just singing whatever soothing and comforting things came into his head. As he held her he gently just rocked her side to side. Finally she calmed down to just gentle sniffles.

Troy stopped singing but continued to rock her and rub her back.

"Listen, I know what you just remembered was scary, but it's over, it happen a long time ago and it's never going to happen again. You're very safe in this house. You're here at my house with me and my parents and your mother. You're safe here, nothing and no one can hurt you."

"He'll c-c-come h-h-here?" Gabriella managed to choke out.

"No, he can't. He's never been to my house before, he has no idea where I live and there is no way he came find out."

Troy knew who she was talking about. There was only one man who could cause so much fear in her voice like that. He hated her being so upset; he had to come up with a way to make her feel better.

"Can you look up for a minute?" he asked gently.

She shook her head.

"I've got something I want to show you."

Again she shook her head.

"Please, it's really cool; you're going to miss it."

Gabriella slowly looked up at him. He choice that moment to make a funny face, he spit out his tongue and crossed his eyes. Gabriella giggled and quickly hid her face back in his shoulder. He smiled and kissed her head.

He lifted her up and carried her bridal style back over to the bed.

"She's ok. Just a little nightmare." He told the parents.

As he sat down Gabriella whimpered and held him tighter. He chuckled a bit and kissed her head.

"I'd like to take her back to my room…if it's ok with you guys."

Jack laughed. "I don't think we will really have a choice Troy. She's stuck to you like glue. You'd need a crowbar to get her off you."

Troy stood back up and went into his bedroom. He closed the door and went over to his bed. He set Gabriella down and put the blankets over her. He went over to the other side and got in under the blankets. He opened his arms and let Gabriella cuddled right into him. He rubbed her back again and softly sang sending her right back into a deep sleep. She had her memories back but that didn't mean it was a good thing. Now Gabriella would have to get through all the hurt all over again. But it also meant that Gabriella's fear of Hunter just intensified greatly. He honestly had no idea what was going to happen when she finally saw Hunter again.

The next morning Troy woke up and smiled at Gabriella sleeping cuddled next to him. He kissed her forehead and she stirred.

"Time to wake up." He whispered softly.

She moaned softly and cuddled closer to him. He chuckled.

"Come on, we've got to have some breakfast."

She groaned. "No."

He laughed. "Are you still sleepy, lovely?"

She nodded. He smiled and kissed her head.

"Ok, you can sleep longer."

She cuddled into him and fell back to sleep. He tried to get out of bed but she whimpered and clung tightly to him. He sighed. The morning after her attack she had been the same way. He just hoped she felt better faster than she did last time.

He kissed her head and softly started to sing to her.

Later on in the afternoon Gabriella finally decided to wake up.

"Morning sleepy head, I was starting to think you'd sleep all day." Troy teased.

She smiled softly and rubbed her eyes. "What time is it?"

"Just about 12:00pm."

Gabriella's eyes went wide "I must have been really tired."

"You had a rough night, everyone understands."

"School, I slept through school."

Troy laughed. "Relax my dad is going to cover for us. He's getting us all our work that we're missing, we're going to do it here and turn it back in when we go back."

Gabriella sighed in relief. He laughed. "The perks to having your dad as the coach."

"I'll say. So, if we're not going to school today what are we going to be doing?"

"Well…your mom left this morning for work with Peter, my dad is at work, and my mother is out shopping so we have this whole house to ourselves."

"Mr. Bolton are you suggestion something?" she smirked.

"Maybe, what did you have in mind?"

She leaned in closer to his face, so close he felt her breath on his face "I think you know." She whispered she was just about to kiss him when she pulled back and jumped off the bed. "Basketball." She quickly ran out the door.

Troy laughed and went after her. "Get back here you little tease."

She giggled as she made it to the back door. She quickly unlocked it and ran out into the back yard. Troy was catching up to her so she continued to run around his back yard.

She turned she saw he was gaining on her so she made a sharp turned and started to climb to his tree house. Before she could make it to the next step he was behind her tickling her sides. She was giggling instantly holding on tighter to prevent herself from falling.

"Stop, I'm going to fall."

He laughed with her. "I'd never let you fall, come on, let go."

"Never!" she cried out.

"Fine, you leave me with no choice."

He reached up to tickle her under arms.

"HEY!" she cried out in giggles. "STOP!"

She jerked her arms down falling into Troy's arms. She honestly wasn't even scared. She knew Troy would catch her.

He laughed and kissed her head. "You owe me a kiss and this time there is no escaping."

She giggled and they shared a kiss on the lips.

They pulled away and he set her back down onto her feet.

"I'm glad you see you're feeling better this morning." He told her.

She shrugged. "What happen is in the past, I live with you now and I'm safe from Hunter. That's all that matters. "

Troy smiled. "I'm glad to hear it."

She smiled. She playfully hit his arm and yelled "tag you're it!" Then she took off running. He laughed and took off after her. He loved seeing her so happy and playfully again.

"Can't catch me slowpoke." She called out.

"Every nickname you give me, gives you one extra minute of tickle time." He warned.

He knew he could easily catch her but sometimes they both loved just running and chasing each other.

"Ok, slowpoke. I'm not scared of a wimp like you. You're just an ugly old guy."

He laughed; he knew it was all in fun. She didn't mean any of things she just said.

"You're asking for it, Brie."

She just giggled and continued to run. "Am I running too fast for you little turtle? I think a snail just went past you."

"You're on six minutes; you might want to stop while you're ahead." He warned.

"You'll never catch me! You're too slow Mr. Snail."

"Did I mention its six minutes tickle torture on your underarms?" he called to her.

She froze for a second but then continued to run, giggling as she went. She stopped talking though. Making Troy laughed. He gained speed and caught her around the waist.

"No, no, no, stop, stop, stop, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" she squealed squirming in his arms.

Troy laughed. "I haven't even started to tickle you yet."

"But you will!" she squealed.

He laughed. "If you say, "Troy Bolton is the hottest, smartest, sexiest, fastest, boyfriend in the whole world" I won't tickle you."

Gabriella repeated him and he set her down. They both stared into each others eyes and started to kiss passionately.

"Whoa, sorry." A voice said.

They both pulled apart to see Maria and Peter standing there. "We heard screaming, we wanted to make sure Gabriella was all right." Maria explained.

"Troy was just going to tickle me that's all. I'm fine." Gabriella giggled.

"Well, we can see that. Go back to what you were doing." Peter chuckled.

He turned to walk away. "Wait!"

Peter turned back.

"What are you guys doing home?"

"Getting lunch…" Maria answered quickly.

"Maria…" Peter said softly.

She sighed, "And…we wanted to talk to you about something."

"Is is Hunter?" Gabriella asked softly.

"Yes." Maria answered.

Gabriella gasped and backed up into Troy. He wrapped his arms around her protectively. He kissed the top of her head. "I've got you. You're safe." He whispered to her.

"He's not here." Peter said. "Honey, Hunter has finally been found." Peter said.

"Found?" Gabriella asked.

"Ever since he pushed you through the glass doors he's been on the run. No one has been able to find him." Troy explained.

"Until now, he's with his mother. She is handling all the legal stuff with him. She is much better at discipline than I am. So all this week Hunter will be with his mother, if you feel comfortable I'd really like you to join your mother and me for lunch tomorrow afternoon. I promise Hunter will not be there." Peter said.

"My mom will be there?"

"Yes."

"Hunter, will not be there, he will be with his mother the rest of this week. You'd be safe and we'd just hang out, kind of like we used to. You know, like team up against your mother, watch movies, play board games, team up against your mother."

Gabriella giggled. "I miss those days."

"Me too, so what do you say? Would you like to come?" Peter asked.

"I'll think about it and let you know."

Peter nodded. "I understand, if it helps, Troy can come."

"Thank you, that does help. I'll let you know by dinner tonight when you drop my mom back off."

Peter nodded. "Have you two had lunch yet?"

"No, Gabriella just woke up actually." Troy said.

"Sleeping in, I see." Maria teased.

"I was sleepy." She whined.

Everyone laughed.

"Well, Maria and I were going to grab some lunch if you'd like to join us." Peter offered.

"Sure, that sounds great." Troy smiled.

"I should get dressed first though." Gabriella blushed looking down at her pjs.

Everyone laughed as she ran inside.

The rest of the day was actually very fun, they had a great lunch out together, and then returned back to the house, while Peter and Maria went to work, and spend the whole day just laughing hanging out having fun. It was something Gabriella needed desperately.

Later on that evening, Gabriella and Troy were doing home work that Jack had brought home for them. They were both lying on their stomach with their books in front of them.

Gabriella sighed and put her pencil down. She sat up and leaned against the bed.

"What's wrong?" Troy asked.

"I can't focus."

"Why not?"

"Too much is running through my head."

"Like what?"

"What to do about tomorrow."

Troy sighed; he sat up and moved to sit next to her. "Do you want to go?"

Yes."

"Why do you want to go?"

Gabriella sighed and looked down at the floor. "I love him, I love him, Troy. I tried so hard not to but I couldn't help it. I love, Peter like a father and I miss not seeing him every day."

"So, go spend some time him?"

Gabriella shook her head. "It's not that simple, Troy."

"Why not?"

"I'm scared to death of stepping foot in that house again. Being in that house only caused me pain, pain, and more pain. I'm just scared; if I'm there Hunter has easy access to me."

"But, you heard Peter, Hunter won't be there till the end of the week and by that time you'll be back here."

"I just can't go."

"Want to know what I think?"

She nodded.

"I think there is still a very small part of you that doesn't fully trust Peter 100% yet and that is the part that is coming up with a million of reasons as to why you shouldn't go. You need to listen to the other part of you that is saying to go because you do love him and you do trust him."

She sighed. He knew her better than she knew herself sometimes. "You're right."

He chuckled. "You sound surprised." He teased.

She giggled. "Ok, I'll go."

"Do you want me there?"

"No, I need to spend some time with them alone."

"Ok, I'm proud of you. You're making the right choice."

"Thank you, Troy. I love you."

"I love you too."

They shared a kiss on the lips. Gabriella pulled away. "Ok, back to homework. If we want to pass we have to get this done."

Troy whined. "But Brie, I don't want to."

Gabriella laughed. "You're such a big baby sometimes. I don't care what you want; you have to do your homework." She replied in a mother type of tone.

He laughed and shook his head. "No, you can't make me." He pouted.

She laughed harder. "Fine, when I'm graduating and going off to college and meeting other cute, hot, sexy, boys and you're stuck in high school still, don't come crying to me."

With that she lay back down on her stomach and grabbed her pencil. Troy smirked. He climbed onto her back.

"Troy, what are you doing? Get off me." Gabriella said.

"You better take back that comment you just said."

"Which one?"

"The one about finding boys who are cute, hot, and sexy."

"Oh, that comment. Um…nope. I don't think I will take it back."

"If you're not going to take it back, I'm going to force you to take it back."

"How?"

He just smirked. He leaned down and started to kiss on her neck. "I'm going to prove to you, that I'm cute, hot, and sexy."

"T-Troy don-don't" she stuttered.

He knew all her weak spots and he was going for them all. He rolled her onto her back and continued to kiss down her neck and to her throat and chin.

"Tr-Troy pl-please." She stuttered.

All she wanted at that moment was to feel his lips on hers; he was so close yet so far.

Troy moved from her chin over to her cheeks. Gabriella actually felt as though she was going to explode.

"TROY!" she screeched.

Troy laughed. "Shhh, our parents are home."

"Kiss me, Troy please kiss me." She begged. She tried to grab his face and bring it to her lips but he pulled away and pinned her arms down to her sides.

"Ah, ah, ah," he teased playfully. "Not until you say the magic words."

Gabriella trusted Troy and knew he'd never do anything to hurt her. But she desperately needed him to kiss her so she said "Troy Bolton is the hottest, cutest, and sexiest, man in the entire world and no other man can even come close to him."

"Good girl." He chuckled. He pressed his lips to hers and let her arms go. Gabriella actually moaned making Troy smile into the kiss. He knew how to get her excited, he knew all her sweet spots and what to do to each one.

Troy pulled away and she whimpered. He laughed. "Ok, back to homework. If we want to pass we have to get this done." He teased mockingly.

She whined. "I hate you."

He laughed and got off her. He rolled onto his stomach in front of his book. She sighed and rolled back onto her stomach. "I really hate you."

He laughed harder. "I love you too, Brie."

She just smiled and shook her head. They might not make love for a while but they sure could have fun making out until then.

The next day, Maria and Gabriella went back to Peter's house. Gabriella was nervous but she knew as long as her mother was there nothing and no one was going to hurt her.

They knocked on the door, Peter answered. "Gabriella, Maria, you both look beautiful. Please come in."

"Thank you." Maria said as she and Gabriella stepped inside.

"Mom and I made some of her special brownies for desert." Gabriella said handing his a pan covered in tinfoil.

"They smell wonderful. I can't wait to have some." Peter said.

He took the tray and walked into the kitchen. He put the tray into the fridge and turned back to the girls.

"Would either of you like something to drink?"

"Water is fine for me." Gabriella said.

"Same for me." Maria nodded.

Peter grabbed two water bottles from the fridge and handed them to the girls.

"Thank you."

"Well, we've got a few more minutes until lunch is ready."

"Do you need help setting the table?" Gabriella asked.

"Nope, I've got everything all set. If you'd like to take a seat at the table I'll just finish up and we can eat."

Maria and Gabriella sat down. The both placed their napkins into their lap.

"What are you making? It smells wonderful." Gabriella asked.

"Chicken Parmesan."

"MY favorite." Gabriella smiled.

"Yep, I made it because I know how much you love it."

"That was sweet, thank you."

Peter served the plate and everyone started to eat.

"So, Gabriella, how is school?" Peter asked.

"Ok, I've had a lot of work to catch up on since I missed so much class."

"Because of Hunter?" Peter asked.

Gabriella just nodded. The room got quiet. No one ate everyone just sat there in silence.

"Look," Peter finally said. "Gabriella, I love your mother very, very much. I want you both to be a part of my life. In order for that to work we need to get rid of the Elephant in the room. We need to be able to talk freely and open about Hunter, I need to be able to listen and respect how you feel about him and you need to be able to listen and respect how I feel about it."

"Dr. Black said it's the only way this will work." Maria told her.

"Is, that was this whole lunch was about?" Gabriella asked.

"NO!" Maria said quickly.

"Look, Gabriella, I get it. You hate Hunter, I know that. I don't blame you. I know you don't like or even trust him. I know that and I respect that. I can understand why you feel that way." Peter said.

It was time the truth about how he felt finally came out.

"Honestly, I don't like him very much either but at the end of the day he is my son and I will always and forever love him."

"I know." Gabriella nodded softly. "I understand and I respect that too. But you should also know that…I don't blame you."

"What?"

"I don't blame you for what happen to me. Peter, you've been like a father to me ever since you first stepped into my life. You were just the man I had hoped my mom would find, you were my friend first and father second. I really liked that about you. Yeah, we had our moments, and we both made mistakes but at the end of the day you're the closest father figure I have in my life and at the end of the day I…I will always trust you."

"How? After everything my son has done to you and after everything I didn't do to stop it, how could you not blame me? How can you ever trust me?"

"Peter, you recreated my entire bedroom, in one week. I know that must have cost you a ton of money, plus the balcony, then that blanket, I still have it, and I sleep with it every night. You have done nothing but try and be my friend since we first met. You didn't even want to be my father. You wanted to be my friend and you continued to prove your care for me by doing stuff like recreating my bedroom, like allowing me to have sleepovers, like never forcing me to call you dad, or ever forcing me to love you like a father. You never tried to force me to open up to you. Peter, you were the step-father I had always hoped and dreamed about having one day. Don't you understand why?"

Peter smiled. "I do now, so because I was distant and I didn't try very hard you liked me?"

She giggled. "Yes, you were distant but you were there whenever I needed you, that's what matters the most. You never tried to be anything more than a friend to me. That's what I wanted for someone who was attempted to be a step-father. I wanted a friend first and father second. You gave me that."

Peter smiled. "I'm glad we have an understanding now."

Gabriella smiled. "Peter I…I love you." Gabriella confessed softly.

Peter just smiled gently. "I know, I love you too."

Gabriella got up went over to hug Peter. Peter hugged her back. He felt tears falling on to his shoulder.

"Shhh, it's ok. Don't cry." He soothed.

"I love you soo much…dad."

Now it was Peter's turn to cry. He had never expected to hear those words come out of her mouth…maybe that's why they did.

"I love you so much too, my daughter."

Both Peter and Gabriella hugged as tears of happiness slipped down their cheeks.

They both pulled back and Peter wiped away her tears.

"I will never ever replace your real father, Gabriella. I want you to know that. I will never try."

Gabriella nodded. "I know, but I love you enough to have a second father in my life. Thank you for showing me I could trust you."

"You're welcome. I love you so, so, much."

"I love you too."

Peter kissed her on the head. Gabriella hugged him tightly and then went back to her seat. They all continued to eat in a comfortable silence.

Once everyone was done eating Gabriella and Peter did the dishes. Gabriella washed, Maria dried, and Peter put them away.

As Gabriella washed the last plate a small idea hit her. She eyed the hose and then her mother. Maria nodded a small smirk on her face. She knew what he daughter was up to. She took the hose from her daughter. "Hey, Peter…"

"Yeah?"

Peter turned to face them when all of a sudden he was soaked by the water. Maria and Gabriella burst into giggles.

"You're in so much trouble, especially you, Maria. I know your weakness."

"Oh no! Peter don't you dare!" Maria screamed and took off running. Peter ran after her. Gabriella giggled. She loved watching her parents act like love struck teenagers…yes she just said parents. Peter was her parent now and that was never going to change.

"GABRIELLA HELP ME!" Maria screamed.

Gabriella laughed and went into the living room smiling when she saw Peter tickling her mother as she laughed and squirmed.

"If you help her, you're going to be tickled too." Peter warned.

Gabriella giggled at his playfully threat. "Sorry, Mom but I can't help you. Peter her weakest spot is her stomach."

"I know that, thanks for reminding me." Peter smirked and went right for her stomach making her scream in laughter.

"I hate you!" Maria laughed.

"I love you too, Mommy." Gabriella said in her sweetest little girl voice.

Peter laughed. "Smart girl." Just then the doorbell rang.

"Can you grab that? It's most likely the neighbor dropping off the hammer I let her borrow last week." Peter said.

"Sure," Gabriella smiled. "Just make sure my mom gets a chance to breathe."

Peter laughed and nodded. Gabriella went to the front door. She looked through the peek hole and smiled. It was a woman around her mother's age. She figured it was the neighbor.

She opened the door and smiled nicely. "Can I help you?"

The women looked confused. "Are you, Gabriella?"

"Yes, are you his neighbor?"

"No, I'm his ex-wife."

Gabriella gasped. Peter's ex-wife meant….

"Mom, why are you just standing outside go in…."

Gabriella gasped; she turned deathly white, as she felt all the air leave her lungs, the fear paralyzing her completely. "Hunter…"

A/N I warned you...any thoughts on what's going to happen now? Did Peter know about this? Will it ruin everything between Gabriella and Peter? Leave me your thoughts in a review.