AN: Sorry about the long space between updates but I had a lot going on. Thanks for the reviews. Here's the next chapter. Hope you like it.

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Chapter 5

"Bye!" I called from the front porch. It was the seventh of September and the first day of school. Rose and Zac were starting in the afternoon so Troy and I were going to bring them in during my free period after lunch.

"See you for lunch." Troy said, giving me a kiss as I turned towards the door.

"Bye Mom!" The kids cried and I turned around to give them hugs. I waved and closed the door behind me, walked to my red Honda, got in and pulled out of the driveway. Soon, I pulled into the familiar parking lot of East High.

Walking into the building, I headed towards the teacher's lounge to meet and chat with the girls before class. I said hello to a few returning students before entering the room.

"Hey!" I said, closing the door behind me and walking towards the sitting area around the fireplace where the girls were sitting.

"Hey", everyone replied.

"So", I said, sitting down and shrugging off my coat, "we're still meeting in front of the primary school this afternoon, right?" There were nods all around.

"Warren is so excited. He can't wait!" Sharpay said.

"I know." Heather said. "Nancy really wants to show the teacher how she can read! I even caught her rehearsing what she was going to say to the teacher and to her new classmates!" We all giggled.

"Ryan did the same thing when we were little!" Sharpay choked out through the laughter. At that comment, we collapsed into an even bigger fit of giggles. After we had recovered from our five-minute giggle fit, we continued to talk about our families and other things as in previous years. Ten minutes before class started, we left to head to our respective homerooms.

I walked down the hall to my regular classroom, room 225. I entered the class just as the warning bell rang and the students began to file in. I laid my briefcase behind my desk and walked around to the front before leaning up against it and facing the students.

"Good morning class. My name is Mrs. Bolton… and yes that is as in Mrs. Troy Bolton." I had a freshmen homeroom and some of them raised their hands to question me. Word always got around that the wives of basketball stars taught at the school so I was used to being asked. The shock wore off after a little while. "I will be your science and homeroom teacher for the rest of the year. Now, I'm going to take attendance." I called the names and tried to match the name with a face. I usually only took me a few days to get the names straight. The bell rang and the class left while I took out my plan book for the next class. Fortunately, I knew this class. It was my sophomore class from last year.

"Hey Mrs. B. How was your summer?" That was Brian, the jokester of the class. He reminded me a lot of Chad actually, he was also on the basketball team.

" It was good." I replied. I spent the rest of the period catching up with the class. Too soon the bell rang and they all pilled out saying bye along the way.

"Freshmen" Was my first thought when I saw the next class.

" Hello class. I'm Mrs. Botlon and yes; I'm Mrs. Troy Bolton." I said, repeating myself from this morning. "We have some basketball fans I see." I continued because some of the guys faces lit up at the mention of Troy. " I always start off the year with an introductory class. You can ask me a question and in return I ask you one. This way, we can learn a bit about each other."

"How old are you." A boy asked. The class laughed as the girl next to him smacked him on the back of the head.

"You're not supposed to ask a woman her age! Moron." The girl whispered. 'I'll have to ask Tay if she has them. They act like her and Chad.' I thought as the boy rubbed his head. I looked at the register to see who they were, Carmen and Michael.

"She's right you know." I said as they both blushed. Obviously I was not supposed to hear that. "However, I'm the same age as Troy, we were high school sweethearts." Some of the girls' hands went down as they awed. "If you don't know his age, you're out of luck." The rest of the class went much the same as well as my next one. When the lunch bell rang, I left the school and headed home to Troy and the kids.

"Hey everyone!" I exclaimed, walking into the kitchen, 15 minute later.

"Hey, Honey. How was your morning?" Troy asked as he came over to take my bag.

"Good. It's great to see some old faces. The new ones want autographs." I said with a laugh.

"I'll give them to you tomorrow." Troy joked.

" So, how was your morning?"

"Good. Rose and Zac got their bags packed and clothes picked out for this afternoon. Everybody's outside now. I have some nuggets and fries in for lunch."

"Yum, my favorite!" I laughed. Troy leaned over to give me a kiss. I happily accepted and them went to take lunch out of the oven while Troy put my bag upstairs and went to call the kids.

After lunch, Zac and Rose dressed in new clothes and I checked the bags to make sure all the supplies was there and then, we pilled into the car.

We went to the preschool first and dropped Lily off with the other kids before heading to primary school. Pulling into the parking lot, I spotted the gang standing by the door, kids in tow. We parked the car and came over to them.

"You guys ready to go in?" I asked. There were nods and we opened the doors to East Primary, our children racing in before us.

"What class are they in again?" Troy asked, holding my hand as we walked the hall behind Rose and Zac. I rolled my eyes.

"Room 101, Mrs. Stuart. I've been saying that for the past three weeks!"

"Don't get me started on forgetfulness, Gabi." Taylor said. "Chad forgot what today was! I had to come home and run around the house, finding everything! I barely had time to eat my sandwich before I left the house! At least James remembered to pick out some nice clothes. Chad's hopeless!" She rolled her eyes. I sighed. Chad was always forgetting things like that. I could only hope that he never forgets a birthday or anniversary. Taylor would have a fit! By this time we had reached the classroom.

"Hi, I'm Mrs. Stuart. I'll be your teacher for the year." The teacher had bent down next to the kids. They introduced themselves to her and then went to play with the others in their class.

"I'm Miley." She said to us when the kids left, extending her hand. We all shook it, introducing ourselves as we went.

"A big crowd you've got here. It seems like you know each other well. At least you're kids do." She said, gesturing over to where they had been talking together.

"Yeah, we've been best friends since sophomore year in high school… been couples ever since then now that I think about it." Chad said with a thoughtful expression. Taylor rolled her eyes and hit him on the arm. We all laughed.

"I'm new in town. I used to live in California but I moved a few weeks ago. My son, Will, is over there. She pointed to a boy with dark brown hair and eyes. He was thin yet looked athletic.

"Hey, why don't you and your family come down to my restaurant for supper. We're all going down to celebrate the first day of school and it'd be great for you to come." Ryan said. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"I couldn't impose…" But Heather cut her off.

"You wouldn't be imposing. And, we could use another member in this crazy group."

"If your sure." Miley replied smiling.

"Great. 5:30 at the Wildcat Restaurant."

"Wow, you own that place! I love it there! My family went there our first night here and the food was amazing, especially the cheese cake."

"Thanks. We'll see you tonight!" We all said good-bye and left.

"Mom, Dad!" Rose and Zac came running into the house after the bus had dropped them off that afternoon. I was home because their school ends half an hour after mine.

"How was the rest of your day?" I asked as they came into the kitchen.

"Great! The teacher was really nice! She read us a story and we played with all these toys and I met this guy, Will, and he loves basketball!" Zac said really fast.

"Yeah! And all the other kids are awesome and there are tons of books to read! And mom, can you teach me math? We're going to start addition and subtraction in a few months but I don't want to wait!" Rose exclaimed, equally as fast. I laughed at there enthusiasm.

"I'm glad you made friends with Will, Zac, because he's going to be at the party tonight. And Rose, we'll talk about getting you started in math later. I said to them.

"Lily haw was your day?" I asked her. Her bus from the daycare comes a bit later than the one from the school.

"Great! I played with my dolls and the daycare is doing a play for the parents! I'm going to try out for a part! I want to be the princess who gets taken by the bad dragon and then gets rescued by the handsome prince when he beats the bad dragon and they live happily ever after!" She said in one breath.

"Sounds great. I hope you get the part!" After that, the kids raced upstairs to put their bags in their rooms. Then, they bolted to the playroom.

"So, what do you want to do now?" Troy asked me a few minutes later while we were sitting in the family room.

"I can think of a few ideas…"

"Not again!" Lily sighed five minutes later, walking into the family room. Troy and I had been making out on the couch and sprung apart so quickly I, who was on top of Troy, nearly fell to the ground. Luckily, Troy caught me at the last second. Troy steadied me before we turned to Lily.

"What do you need?" I asked her like nothing had happened.

"Well, I was wondering if I could invite Sara over?"

"That sounds okay to me. Troy?"

"Sure. Go ahead and call her."

"Thanks mom! Thanks dad!" She yelled, running for the kitchen. Our lips met again when…

"Can you please not do that while Sara's her? It's gross!" Lily said, coming back into the room with the phone in her hand. "And mom, Aunt Taylor wants to talk to you." I kissed Troy once more, earning a disgusted look from Lily, before getting off Troy and taking the phone from her hand.

"Hey Tay!"

"Hey Gabs! Sara said that Lily invited her over but I just wanted to know if she cleared it with you first."

"Yeah, I said it was fine. You can drop her off and we'll take her to the restaurant with us."

"Sounds good. I'll see you in a few minutes. Bye!"

Taylor brought Sara over a few minutes later and we talked a bit before she left. The kids played for a couple more hours while Troy and I got ready for what was sure to be an excellent evening. At 5:10, we all pilled into the car and headed for the restaurant.

AN: I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Now I have a question: Who should be Miley's husband? Jake or Oliver? Please answer in a review. The winner will appear with Miley in the next chapter.