Five Years Later

Gabriella was asleep in her bed. Troy was wrapped around her silently snoring on her shoulder. Then a bolt of lightning came into the room. Not exactly real lightning, but a five year old by the name of Alicia. She was bopping around the room, basically bouncing off the walls.

"Mommy! Daddy! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Zoo today!!!" screamed Alicia. Gabriella groaned against her pillow. The sun wasn't even out yet, what time was it?

Gabriella gently picked Troy's arm up off of her and lay it down on the bed. She looked at the clock, 5:30 am. How could a five year old get up this early?

"Zoo today!"

"Alicia, sweetie, it's still real early. I'll come wake you up when it's time to get up."

"No, zoo! Zoo!"

"We'll still go to the zoo, but we'll go later. I promise."

"Pinky Promise?"

Gabriella held out her pinky, Alicia did the same and they locked.

"Pinky promise. Now go to sleep."

Gabriella carried Alicia to her bedroom and tucked her into bed. She gave a small peck on Alicia's forhead before saying, "See you in a little bit."

"Sleep tight mommy."

"You too."

Gabriella walked to her and Troy's bedroom to find him awake laying in their bed. He softly smiled.

"Hey." he said gently.

"Well, hello.." she replied silently giggling.

"You coming back to sleep?"

"Yeah, I just had to put Alicia back in her bed. I swear, five year olds are lightning bolts. They're extremely energetic."

Troy chuckled softly. Gabriella slid back under the covers and faced Troy, he wrapped his arms around her in a tight grasp. He kissed her before she fell asleep. She stared at her for a few moments, admiring her beauty, before falling asleep himself.

Three Hours Later 8:30 (am)

Troy awoke again, Gabriella was still fast asleep in his arms. The sun was shining bright through the curtains. He lifted his arms from Gabriella, rolled over, and got up. He went to the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed. When he came out, he walked over to Gabi and gently shook her shoulder. She mumbled something unrecognizable.

"Hey sweetie, get up. We should head out soon."

"Okay, I'll go get Alicia up. You look good."

"Thanks, I decided to put on one of the polos you bought me the other day."

"You look great in it."

She walked over to him and kissed him, then headed for Alicia's room. Gabriella walked over to her daughter's bed and gave her a soft nudge. Alicia's eyes opened slowly.

"Alicia, sweetie, it's time to get up."

"Okayyyyy."

Alicia pulled herself out of bed.

"I picked out your clothes already." Gabriella said pointing to a set of clothes laid out. It was a pair of soft green shorts, a white t-shirt, and a matching sweatshirt just incase. Gabi helped Alicia into her clothes and walked back to her bedroom. She changed into a pair of jean capris, a light yellow t-shirt, and black low-top converses.

"We all set?" Troy asked.

"I think so."

"Let's go then!"

They got in the car and headed for the zoo.

Note: Yes, this chapter was kind of boring. I keep skipping years because I'm trying to get into the story. Yesss. Well, thanks to ALL my reviewers, I've been trying to make them interact more as a married couple no, not in that gross way. and make each chapter more and more interesting! -Peace,Brianna

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