A Perfect Gift

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Disclaimer: Disney Channel Owns High School Musical, I do not.

Hope you enjoy this next chapter.

Gabriella walked into the kitchen and put a couple of frozen waffles into the microwave for Alicia to eat for breakfast.

She then started to make coffee for her and Troy.

Troy walked into the kitchen apparently trying to scratch some kind of mark on his shirt.

"What's this?" he asked.

"I don't know. Come here, let me see."

Troy walked over and Gabriella took a look at what was on Troy's shirt.

"Looks to be some food stain. Throw it in the wash."

"I don't have any other clean shirts though!"

"I washed some clothes last night, they're over there folded on the couch. Go get one."

"Oh, okay."

The microwave beeper went off signaling that the waffles were done.

Gabriella walked over and took the plate out and handed it to Alicia.

She got a knife and fork out and cut the waffles so her daughter had small bites to chew and poured a little syrup on.

"Here, now don't take too long. We want to get there soon."

"Kay. Thanks mommy."

"You're welcome."

Troy then walked back into the kitchen with a new shirt on.

"Troy, can you please go get Alicia's tennis shoes?"

"Sure."

Troy walked out of the kitchen only to come back in a moment later with two small sneakers in his hands.

"Thank you."

"No problem. Hey, I'm going to go get the car started."

"Okay. All I need to do is put Alicia's shoes on for her and grab the bag.. and we're good to go!"

"Okay. Be right back." he said in a short breath.

Once Alicia finished her waffles, Gabriella helped her put her shoes on.

Then Gabi walked over to the counter and grabbed their bag for the day.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" she said.

Then grabbed two coffee mugs from the cabinet and poured some coffee and then cream and sugar and mixed them in.

Troy walked back in.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Yeah, here. Made some coffee."

"Thank you, sweetie. Alright, let's go!"

They all walked out of the house, making sure they locked up, and got inside the car.

As soon as they got buckled in their seats, the car sped off towards their destination.

The zoo.

On the way, Alicia accidentaly fell asleep in the back seat.

It was about a two hour drive, so she had plenty of time for a short nap before their long day.

Meanwhile, Gabriella and Troy came up with different topics to have a conversation about.

They got closer and closer until Troy veered left into a large parking lot and found a spot.

The car turned off and Troy was the first to get out.

Gabriella opened Alicia's door and helped her out.

"Alicia, come on. We're here." she said, convincing Alicia to wake up from her nap.

"We're here?! We're here?!"

"Yeah, we're here. Come on, sweetie."

"Coming! Coming! Coming! Yay, daddy! We're here! The zoo! The zoo! The zoo! Yayy!"

Troy chuckled, his daughter was really excited about the zoo.

They paid their way in at the entrance and Alicia basically lead them to every exhibit the entire day.

Finally, near evening, they were walking around, just talking with Alicia in and out of her stroller.

She was in it for a while, comfortably relaxing, and the next minute she was out scoping the world around her.

"Ugh. I need a break. Can we sit down for a little bit?" Gabriella said with and exhausting tone.

"Sure, come on Leeci."

"Coming! I wuv the zoo! I love it, love it, love it!"

"Glad you had fun. We sure did." Gabriella stated.

They sat down on a thick brick railing that outlined the freshly watered flowerbeds.

Gabriella examined it a little, admiring the flowers.

"We should probably head home soon." Troy said.

"You're right. I had fun today, and now I'm exhausted."

"Me too. Leeci, you exhausted?"

"No way! I love the zoo! Love it!"

"We know. We'll come back sometime again! Promise."

"Yay! Yay! Zoo."

Gabriella and Troy laughed. Their daughter was pretty funny, especially about loving the zoo.

"Okay. Come on, let's go home." Troy said.

"What? I wanna stay." Alicia said in a sad tone.

"I know, but mommy's tired. We'll come back, remember, I promised."

"Okay." Alicia said in another sad tone.

"How about this Alicia. On our way out, we'll buy you some ice cream."

"Yay! Ice cream! Ice cream!"

"Okay, well let's go!" Troy said, with a bright smile.

Mmm. Ice cream. You're never too old for ice cream. Never.

So, they bought their ice cream and ate it on the way home.

As soon as Alicia finished, she must've been tired because she was pratically passed out in the back seat.

Gabriella was opening and closing her eyes. She wanted to sleep, but she wanted to stay awake with Troy on their way home.

"You can go to sleep, you know." Troy said, obviously noticing Gabriella's eyes.

"I know, but I wanna stay awake with you."

"Hm, don't worry about it. I know you're tired."

"You sure?"

"Yup."

"Well, okay."

Gabriella soon fell asleep with her head resting against the back of the seat.

After a while, Troy noticed her shiver a tiny bit, so he turned the car heater on just enough so it was a perfect warm temperature.

Not too hot, not too cold.

As soon as he drove into the driveway, Gabriella's eyes fluttered open.

"We're home." he stated.

"Hm, I can see that." Gabriella giggled.

"You might want to wake Alicia up."

"Nah, I'll just carry her inside and take her to bed. It's kinda late.."

"Want me to carry her and you get the bag?"

"Sure, if you want."

"Okay."

Troy turned the car off and got out. He opened Alicia's door and unbuckled her seatbelt and gently picked her up.

She was still fast asleep, Troy figured she wouldn't wake up on their way inside.

But, she had a perfect facial expression.

She looked exactly like her dad, and Troy was proud of it.

They walked inside and Gabriella closed and locked the front door after them.

"Wait." Gabriella said.

"Huh?"

Gabriella tugged on Troy's arm signaling for him to turn around, so he did.

Gabriella reached up and kissed Alicia's forhead.

"Goodnight Alicia." she said in a soft voice.

Troy smiled.

"I'll be right back." he said. She nodded.

Troy took Alicia in her bedroom and tucked her in bed.

He kissed her forhead.

"Goodnight, I love you." he said to her. She stayed fast asleep.

When Troy walked out of the bedroom, he saw Gabriella walked into theirs. So, he followed.

He walked in and changed into some shorts and a plain tee.

Gabriella changed into some sweatpants and a tank top.

She slid under the covers and cuddled next to her husband.

"Goodnight, Troy."

"Goodnight, Gabs."

"I love you."

"Love you too."

And they fell fast asleep.

Note: Ok. Sorry, I really haven't updated in a while! That's the problem with me. I can never find the time to update! I don't think I'll be updating any more of my old stories. That point got across. But, I'll probably delete those and start all new stories. Yay. Haha. Okay, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I think this was probably the best one I've written yet. I think I was very detailed. Hmm, I want to go to the zoo now! Hahaha. -Peace, Brianna
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