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Ch.8- Emotions

(The game was at 10am, so its about 12 o'clock now.)

LATER THAT AFTERNOON, Gab was instructed to take the birthday girl shopping by Chad, who had handed her two hundred dollar bills and told her to let Lilly get whatever she liked. So now, Lilly was gazing from aisle to aisle in Toys R Us while Troy and Gabi stood beside each other and smiled over at her.

"She's really something else, you know? Your very lucky to have her." Troy stated as he pulled Gab closer to his side.

"We're lucky to have her, you mean?" Gab looked up at Troy with serious eyes.

He smiled wide, "We're…I like the sound of that."

That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa!
That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa...

"Hello?" Gab answered her phone with a smile

"Hey Girl, we have a place for you to meet us. Bring birthday girl to the Phoenix Mall, it's near the hotel." Tay called through the phone.

"What store?"

"We'll find you, don't worry. BAM! Oops, Chad just dropped a table on his foot. I have to go!" Tay hung up before Gabi could get out another word.

"What was that about?" Troy glanced around, checking on Lilly and spotted her with the Barbie dolls.

"Tay told us to go to the mall near the hotel for Lil's party, but she wouldn't say what store!" Gabriella huffed and laid her head on Troy's sturdy chest.

He smiled down at her, "You never know with the Evans twins, they could have elephants and giraffes for all we know!"

They both laughed as Lilly came back over with a buggie full of Barbie dolls, accessories, a basketball and a HUGE teddy bear.

"I'm finished!" She announced happily.

"Wow…you're going to have tons of fun, aren't you?" Troy stated, pushing the buggie towards checkout.

"Oh yeah! Plus I got a new basketball, which will totally help my game!" Lilly replied.

"Totally help your game? Who are you and what have you done with my daughter?" Gab made a crazy face, which sent them all three roaring into laughter.

"Uncle Chad taught me to say that, plus I heard Uncle Troy say it a bunch." The checker began to scan their purchases as the mother gave the basketball player a fake glare.

"Teaching my child weird lingo, eh? I'll show you!" She walked over and leaned millimeters away from his lips, then pulled away with a smug smile. "Ha-ha!"

The total rang up at 153.76, so Gabi handed over the money, received her change and the threesome made their way back to the awaiting limo.

"I ride in style, Miss Montez" Troy finished loading up the toys and smirked over at Gabriella.

"You call this style? My grandmothers VW looks better than this!" She laughed and hopped inside with Lilly.

"That hurt, Montez, right here." Troy placed a hand over his heart as he slipped inside as well.

"Oh boo-hoo…cry me a river!" Gab laughed and buckled up.

"Where to Mr. Bolton?" The driver quickly asked, trying to get them on the road.

"The Phoenix Mall, near the hotel." Troy coolly replied, leaning back and enjoying the ride.

Gab inched her way over to Troy, who had his eyes closed, and leaned her head on his shoulder. He smiled and laid an arm around her, pulling her near.

Lilly had been watching the scene unfold when she thought of what Lana said.

"Lana came to see me again." Both adults eyes flung open and they sat up straight.

"W-What?" Troy choked out, emotion flooding his veins.

"Lana told me to pass on to you that you have to let your guilt and the hatred towards your dad go before she can pass on to the big gates." Lilly gazed into Troy's eyes as she spoke.

"This is crazy. My daughter wasn't old enough to talk when she…" He paused, fighting tears, "was killed. How can you talk with her if she can't talk?" Troy finished, slightly angry and hurt.

"Troy…" Gabi interjected.

"No Gabriella…this is her battle" He silenced her and waited for Lilly to continue.

" She's grown up in Heaven. She's 10 years old now. You really should listen to me. If you do this, she'll be able to rest in peace."

The car came to a stop and Troy jumped out of his seat and paced out into the middle of the parking lot.

He was fuming, his heart was hurting and his mind was spinning. He didn't want to be mad, he really didn't, but she was crossing the line. Crossing the line of toying with his emotions, and he wasn't going to let her.

Gabi walked over, "Are you coming in?" She softly asked, like he was a ticking time bomb.

"I really don't know. Why is she doing this? My emotions are not child's play and neither is the death of my daughter, Gabriella." He looked deep into her eyes and she saw the scared and confused man.

"She thinks she's helping. She's only a child, but you should take her words in mind at least. She's helped people before…" She trailed off. "Just come on and leave it for now." She tugged on his hand, which she had laced with her own.

"Fine…but this isn't over." Troy stated and they walked back over to Lilly.

"Okay…Lilly no more talk of that alright? Be 7 for a change!" They all laughed slightly, the air clearing a little.

Walking inside, they noticed that it was pitch-black.

"What the…." Troy stated but he was interrupted.

"SURPRISE!" The lights switched on, and a child's dream lay in front of them.

All the stores the kids liked had tables where you could receive free gifts, big inflated castles in pink were scattered about the area. Candy, popcorn, sodas, cake, cookies, and every other crazy junk food was setting out on a large table, not to mention all the rainbow balloons and streamers hung everywhere.

In the middle of the room stood a group of kids, which she recognized as Lilly's friends. The little girl quickly left the adults to stand by her friends.

"Okay Lilly, this is all for you! So…you have a great time alright?!" Shar exclaimed before all the kids ran off in different directions.

"Shar, how in the WORLD did you rent the ENTIRE mall for this afternoon?" Gab questioned the minute she was in talking distance with the ecstatic blonde.

"I have my ways…" She smiled before continuing, "AKA Chad, Zeke and Jason signed a whole bunch of basketballs for the mall and they fell to our feet. That was the first half of the payment. The next is that Troy here has to sign some jersey's and we are even with the mall."

"Wow…that's pretty amazing! Thank-you so much for everything. I really appreciate it." Gab hugged Shar, squeezing her extra tight.

"It was nothing. I mean…I had great help." She smiled at the group of adults that sat chatting over to the side.

"Well…let's go have some fun with these kids then!" Gab exclaimed and pulled Troy along behind her and Shar, ready to have a great time.

SIX HOURS LATER, The party was long over, the mall cleaned, the toys put in everyone's cars, and the journey back to Albuquerque had been going on for about three hours. It was nearly 6 o'clock and they wouldn't be home for another five hours.

Leading the front of the pack was Ryan's land barge of a truck, that was hauling Ryan, Chad, Troy, Zeke, and Tay. Shar's Jeep was next in line, hauling Shar, Gabi, and Lilly. In the last spot was Kelsi's minivan carrying Jason, Kelsi, Holly and the baby, Rachel.

Lilly had fallen asleep five minutes into the ride, so Shar's car was extremely quiet, except for the roar of the motor and the crunch of gravel under the tires.

"What's the matter with you? You look like someone died." Shar quietly spoke to a glum Gabi.

"Lilly told Troy she talked with Lana again, and he got all mad. He's furious at the pair of us I'm afraid." She spoke quietly, picking at her nails and hugging her knees.

"Oh Gab…I'm so sorry. But…do you really think he's THAT mad? She's just a little girl with a wild imagination."

"That's the thing Shar…I don't think it's her imagination. How else would she know about Troy's daughter before anyone else?" Gabi's thoughts were racing, her mind out of control with outrageous thoughts.

"I don't know…I just don't know. What I DO know is that Troy loves the two of you and nothing can change that." Shar made her voice strong and full of inspiration, hoping to uplift her friend out of the slums.

"Your right." She slipped up in her seat. "I'm positive Troy won't let this hinder our relationship." She smiled ever so slightly.

This was a filler with no real importance…I just wanted to post this before I leave 4 3 weeks…the next chapter will be Thanksgiving and some other fun stuff!! J