Here's the 4th chapter! I accidentally lost my notebook with all my chapters for 'Ace Triple Threat Gang' so I'll try to update when I find it!
Disclaimer: Yea and I have 5 mansions, party at my place!
Ch.4- NY Hero
Troy yawned and stretched as he went to lie down in his feather soft bed. The win and dessert afterwards with Gabi and everyone had fully worn him down, but even as his head fell to the pillow, he couldn't help but think about what he had overheard the other day. Lilly thought she could talk to angels, which explained why she had known about Lana, but she couldn't have known about his darkened past unless it WAS possible for her to speak with angels.
What was a man to do? After all these years, was she trying to get him to not blame himself everyday? He sighed heavily and fell back into the pillows. He also had another conflict inside of him; he was growing VERY fond of Gabriella. In the past days, he had grown accustomed to the smell of coffee at 6 o'clock in the morning and a partner in his daily jog around the neighborhood, especially when he would jog backwards in front of her. She would plaster the sweetest smile on her face and make crazy faces at him until he would have to stop because he'd be laughing so hard! He shook his head, maybe he need someone?
THE NEXT MORNING Gabi was sitting on a bar stool in white sweatpants, a red tank top and her NIKE Shocks, sipping her coffee and reading the daily paper. Just as she finished an article about her favorite basketball player, he walked out in a pair of basketball shorts and NIKE Air Zoom Katana Cage III 's. His washboard abs first thing in the morning quickly woke Gabi ENTIRELY.
"How's my favorite running buddy this morning?" He asked walking up and leaning against the bar.
"I'm just fine. I've been reading about the BEST basketball player!" Gabi smiled, giggling at Troy's face.
"Who COULD that be?" He questioned, putting a finger to his chin, before he stole the article and quickly scanned it.
HERO BRINGS THE KNICKS ANOTHER VICTORY!
Troy Bolton and the New York Knicks won their game last night by a landslide! With 100 free throw average and 87 of his shots made it in the basket, Bolton was on fire last night! He has recently returned from visiting family, where he saved a young girl from a burning building! The mother, young girl and some friends were seen last night at the game, and after the game had passes to get into the locker room. Julia Roberts tried to get some locker room passes for her husband, but was denied saying only 4 were being given out and had already been taken! Our NY hero must love the sparkling mother-daughter duo!
Troy finished the article, wide-eyed and unsure of what to say. He didn't want to hurt Gabi's feelings, but he also didn't want to freak her out with the L word. He carefully folded the newspaper and set in back down.
"You ready to go, NY Hero?" Gabi giggled, rising from her seat.
"Ha-ha…so funny!" He replied with a great amount of sarcasm. They both pounced at the door, full of energy.
They made their way down the street in silence before a burning question couldn't be left alone any longer.
"Troy?" She glanced over at the sweat droplets falling from his cheeks to the way his arms came up and down in a perfect rhythm.
"Yeah?" He recognized
"What made you do it? Save Lilly, I mean." She was really worried about his answer, what would he think of her?
He was so shocked, he dead-stopped in the middle of the sidewalk.
He gave her the most outrageous look, "Why? I was scared she would die! Gabi, I had no clue who she was except someone in need. No one even knows what her name was because I WOULDN'T tell them! Look at me." In the middle of his speech, she had dropped her head. When he spoke the command, she immediately looked him in the eye, where he saw soft tears falling. He sweetly wiped them from her cheeks and brought her in close to him, where he could smell her jasmine shampoo and she could smell his aftershave mixed with his warm body heat. "Listen Gabi, I didn't save your daughter because she was Anthony Montez's daughter, or because I thought it would help my career. I just wanted to save someone's little girl, when I couldn't even save my own." Tears fell freely from Gabi's eyes as she looked up and stared at the man who had openly let her into his life in a couple of weeks. She pulled him tighter to her as she felt something fall on her head, which is when Troy was crying was well.
Silently, Troy pulled away from Gabi, grabbed her hand and began to walk home. After arriving safely inside his privacy fence, they walked around out back to a two-seater tan outdoor porch swing and took a seat. Troy put his arm around Gabi, pulling her into his side.
"I'm guessing you won't tell me what happened." She started sadly. He was mute so she continued. "I may not know exactly how you feel, but I can relate slightly. I've lost my husband and an unborn child before. You see, when Anthony was on the way to the finals, I had just found out that I was pregnant again. With all the stress and overload of a 1 and a half year old and my husband's death, I lost my child. It killed me for weeks and at one time, I considered suicide. So, Troy, you may not want to talk to me now, but when you do, I'll be here." She slowly rose and began to walk inside when….
"Is it really angels? Can she really talk to them?" He called out to her, with a look of desperation.
"Yes, she's a very gifted child. She says she's talked with Lana, so you might want to talk with her. She's also a lifesaver." With that, Gabi walked fully inside the house for another cup of coffee.
"I bet." He called softly, even if no one could hear him.
THAT NIGHT all the girls walked in from a long day of shopping, which resulted in multitudes of rainbow-colored bags and lots of new stuff for Lilly to look at. Since nearly everything that Gabi and Lilly owned was burnt, she had spent plenty of money to re-stock their wardrobes. Troy had been their bag man, much to his dismay and agony. He unloaded the last couple of bags onto the table and fell down on the couch, making the girls laugh.
"Have fun Troy?" Tay called, receiving only a grunt from him.
"You know you loved telling us how everything looked." Shar waved a bag of potato chips in front of his face, which he snatched and popped open.
"Well, I think his favorite part was telling me if my lingerie looked good. Am I right?" Gabi called from the kitchen.
"Oh yea!" Troy yelled and everyone laughed.
Just seconds later, Lilly came tumbling into Troy's lap with a Knicks jersey with number 23 and 'LiL Bolton' written on the back.
"Thanks so much Uncle Troy! I love it!!" She gave him an extremely large and grateful hug, before running off to show her mom and aunts.
He smiled to himself and flipped on the TV, right to CNN, which was covering an interesting story.
The bald man began, "In Central New Mexico, a prison has had several inmates escape. Among the ranks of many murderers, was Jack Bolton, well-known child molester, rapist and murderer. The group of 3 men are known to be heading for the Canadian Border and are suspected to be in New York. If seen please call 9-1-1 or your local police office."
Troy wasn't sure if he was going crazy, his dad escaped from prison? How could this happen? Just when he thought that slime bag was gone for good, he has to make an ugly appearance. Thank Goodness no one knew that was his father, even on his birth certificate, his dad is listed as his uncle Freddy Bolton. His dad was so awful when he was born, his mom hadn't wanted anyone to think that Jack was his dad.
"Troy, the pizza is here!" Shar yelled from the kitchen. He shook his head, trying to rid his brain of all thoughts of his dad.
Maybe he should take Gabi up on that offer of talking after all……