'Troy?' Gabriella mumbled into his chest.

'Yeah?' he answered, fiddling with her hair.

'I don't think I'm going to go'

'What! Why?' he exclaimed.

'I don't think I'd be comfortable with it'

'It's a party, of course you will'

'Not just that, leaving Lily with someone we don't know; besides I don't have a dress'

Troy pulled away and leant against the headboard of the bed.

'Chad and Tay are leaving Mattie with Paulette, they trust her, Lily will be fine with her, as for the dress, let's take you shopping, I'm sure Tay wouldn't mind babysitting.'

'Troy, I dunno'

'Come on, if you don't go I won't go'

'Troy, you cannot put that pressure on me!' Gabriella said, faking being angry.

'Oh yes I can, are you coming shopping or not?'

'You're actually willing to take me to the mall? Wow, let me record this moment!' Gabriella teased.

'It's a one-off. Yay, or nay?'

'Yay'

'Good, now lets get going, I want to get home before midnight and the way you shop, that's not likely unless we leave now' he joked.

She picked up her pillow and threw it at him. He caught it and threw it back, just as fast, before lying on top of her.

'Troy, get off me!'

'No way, not until you say you love me'

'We used to do this in High School; don't you think you should have grown out of it by now?'

'Hey, guys mature slower than women; it's a well known fact'

'Yes, but Troy, you're eighteen, not eight'

'Say you love me'

'No'

'Say it'

'Nope'

'Ella' Troy warned.

'Yes?' she smiled sweetly at him.

'Fine, but I'm not held responsible for my actions'

With that he tickled her sides before kissing her neck. He slowly pushed her arms up above her head before she stopped him.

'Troy, the way this is headed, we'll end up with a brother or sister for Lily and I'm not ready for two kids under one at 18 years old'

'Ugh, me neither. She's a good baby though. She never wakes up in the night'

'Oh yes she does' Gabriella said, getting off the bed and going into the bathroom, 'you just don't wake up and I have to calm her down'

'Really?' Troy asked with a confused expression on his face.

'Yep, it's alright though, it's the same with Chad and Tay so me and her just sit in the living room until they're asleep'

'Do you talk about the wonders of having boyfriends like us?'

'Yes'

'Really?' Troy had been joking, he didn't really think they would.

'Then we come back to bed and see you snoring so we take it all back' she giggled.

'I do not snore!'

'Yeah, and my Mum's the Queen of England. Oh my god Troy! Did you see that?' she yelled pointing to the window.

'What?'

Troy swivelled round but couldn't see anything.

'That pig just flew past and winked at me' Gabriella joked.

'Not funny'

'Sorry baby, come on, we have to ask Tay if she'll baby-sit'

'Coming, let me pull my shirt on, you can go'

'Whatever'

Gabriella walked out and knocked on Chad and Taylor's door at the other end of the apartment. As she walked there, she thought again how lucky she was to live in such an expensive place. She heard a come in and burst out laughing at what she saw.

Chad was stood with Mattie in his arms, but he was dressed in Taylor's clothes.

'What the!' Troy said, coming up behind Gabriella.

'It's the only way to stop him crying!' Chad said in his defence.

'Whatever you say dude' Troy replied laughing.

'Tay, would you mind looking after Lily today? Troy's taking me shopping'

'Of course! Why don't you ever take me shopping?' She asked Chad.

'Because I treasure my credit card and my sanity too much'

They all laughed and Troy and Gabriella said goodbye to Lily and kissed her before walking out.

At the mall

'Ella, this is the fifteenth shop we've been in, are you sure you haven't found one yet?' Troy called into the changing room.

'I think I might have'

'Really? Where?'

'I'm wearing it'

'Oh really. Can I see?'

'Sure, but I'm not coming out, you have to come in here'

'Sure'

He got up and walked in to find Gabriella dressed only in her underwear.

'Is this a joke?'

'Nope, it's my favourite. It's what I wear when I'm with you'

'Yeah, very nice Ella but seriously, find a dress already!'

'Ok, ok, grumpy, next shop'

'What!'

'Regretting taking me shopping?'

'Hell yeah'

'Wonderful'

6 shops later

'This is it!' Gabriella exclaimed.

'What is what?' Troy asked, drowsy from shopping for several hours non-stop.

'I've got the perfect dress!' (in profile)

'Gabriella, when I said I'd take you shopping, I didn't mean in the expensive shops. How much is it?' Troy complained.

'Uh, it doesn't matter'

'Tell me'

'Troy honestly, it doesn't matter. It's too expensive, I'll find another one, come on'

'Gabi-' Troy tried to say but was cut off.

'Babe, we have to pay the rent, and your school books, not to mention the sports gear you're going to need, then there's your basketball trip and we also have Lily to look after, did you know it costs $332,652.60 to raise a child until they're 21? We can't afford everything Troy, I'm sure they'll be a cheaper one just as nice.'

'How much is it, just tell me, maybe we can work it out?'

'Fine, $2,304 happy now?'

'Wow'

'I know'

'You have expensive taste future Mrs Bolton'

'I know, one day…' she trailed off, looking hopefully at the dress.

Troy put his arm around her and said,

'One day, I'll be a famous basketball star, then you can buy the dress'

'Is that a promise?'

'Cross my heart, hope to die'

'Please don't, think of how much it would cost for your funeral'

'Ouch, that was low, Ella, that was low'

'You know I love you'

'Ditto, another shop?'

'You know what? I think I just want to go home, I have that dress I wore on our double date with Chad and Tay' (again, in profile)

'Ooh, you looked gorgeous'

'Yeah, it's not quite the same when you wear it again, especially in front of a load of rich snobby students dressed to impress'

'Hey, they could be lovely, down to earth, sweet, charming people' Troy said.

Gabriella raised an eyebrow.

'Then again maybe not' he said.

The college they went to had very, very, very rich kids attending. It was hard to keep up sometimes. Gabi and Tay were usually very up to date with fashion and things but hadn't the time with a baby to care for so when some girls started taking about 'Buster Chum' they thought it was a type of dog food. It was only until Sharpay explained to them it was a top class designer did they understand.

Gabriella and Taylor had taken the year off from college to care for the babies. Sharpay had decided to stay off too, she wanted to start at the same time as them so she'd gone travelling but had soon decided she wanted to be near her man, Zeke, and had returned, usually helping out with the babies.

There was a party scheduled for the basketball team and their partners to celebrate their winning season. (I don't have a clue about basketball so if it sounds wrong it probably is but just play along Lol) According to Troy, Zeke and Chad, all the players had leggy, size zero, blonde, bust enhanced girlfriends. This made the girls feel upset but the guys being guys didn't notice and went to play some ball.

'We can be like that' Sharpay said.

'Uh, no we can't, you can if you get a boob job and wear heels but we can't.' Taylor said.

'Yeah, I've still got some of my pregnancy weight; I can't get rid of it'

Sharpay and Taylor protested to this but it just made Gabriella feel worse.

She had stood in front of her full length mirror a few nights ago in her underwear and examined every inch of her body. She was crying by the time she'd finished. Her stomach wasn't as flat as it was before and she had her C-section scar, although it was fading.

She hated her arms and her legs. Her arms had become slightly flabby, she thought, and her legs were too short and stumpy. The only part she liked about herself was her face, although she wished she had blonde hair instead of browny-black. It was times like this when she cursed her heritage.

Troy had always said he loved her for who she was and that she looked great but weren't guy supposed to say that? She thought.

'Whatever, I do need to lose a few pounds though, anyone up for going on a diet with me?' she asked.

'I'll do it' Sharpay said.

'Nah, I'm not one for dieting. I'll just watch you suffer when I eat a chocolate bar in front of you' Taylor joked.

They laughed, and Gabriella and Sharpay lumbered Taylor with both kids and went to the college's gym.

'What in god's name is that?' Gabriella said.

'It's an elliptical cross-trainer, Daddy has one at home'

This didn't surprise Gabriella, the Evan's had everything.

Sharpay set Gabi up on the cross-trainer and ran off to another 'contraption'.

'Damn' Gabriella exclaimed when all of a sudden it stopped working.

She looked around for Sharpay but she'd disappeared.

'Can I help?' a man asked.

Gabriella turned and saw the most stunning pair of green eyes you've ever seen.

'Uh, no, thanks, I'm just looking for my friend; I've no idea what you do on this thing and she's an expert'

'Me neither' the guy said laughing, 'why don't you come on the treadmill, it's more straight forward'

'Sounds good'

She followed him to the treadmill and after ten minutes of silence, she turned to him.

'I'm Gabriella'

'Daniel'

'So, what are you doing here?'

'Trying to get fit, don't tell anyone but I used to be quite fat'

'Really? So did I! I was about 12 and I remember wearing baggy clothes and things to cover it up but I just made it worse. Then I started fancying this guy and I lost it all hoping he'd notice me'

'Did he?'

'Yeah, just as we were moving though, I didn't even get to kiss him'

'Tough'

'Yeah' Gabriella laughed. 'What made you want to lose it?'

'I dunno, just felt an urge not to be the one they point at and laugh at, now I'm the one the girls point at and wink at'

'Huh, so you're a ladies man then?'

'No way, I believe in loyalty'

'Really? That's so nice'

'I know, I'm also gay so it doesn't really fit'

'Oh, well still'

'Hey, have you noticed that you've been running on this treadmill for like thirty minutes and you're not even out of breath? It's near top speed as well.'

'Oh, sorry'

'No don't be, it's a good thing, have you ever thought about cross country, you'd be great'

'No, I don't think so, I'm here to tone up my stomach anyway, I just don't know what I'm supposed to use'

He laughed and led her over to a big bouncy ball (don't even ask).

'You have to lie on it with your lower back near the floor and try and touch your toes.'

'Like this?'

'Yeah, that's great, here, you touch your toes and I'll push your back and try and ease the tension'

With Troy

Troy and the basketball guys had a free period and were going to the gym for a work out when they spotted Sharpay walking ahead of them. She was wearing tight pink shorts and a white tank top.

The guys whistled until Troy and Chad told them who it was, Zeke looked like he wanted to murder them.

She turned around and saw Zeke and smiled. He ran to her and kissed her before leading her over to the guys. She hugged Troy and Chad before nodding to the others.

'I've got a surprise for you Troy' she said.

The others apart from Chad and Zeke whistled until Sharpay showed her ice-princess side and glared at them, they soon shut up.

'What'

'Your girlfriend's inside'

'Really?' he raced off.

'Hey, I gotta check this chick out, if he's running off like that, she's got to be smoking hot man'

Sharpay rolled her eyes in disgust as they ran after him.

Troy walked in the gym and saw Gabriella leaning on a bouncy ball with a guy behind her, pushing her back. Jealousy surged over him and he walked furiously over to where they were.

A/N

Ooooooo, is little Troy jealous????

Ok guys, I'm starting to draw this story to a close now. I have no idea where to take it and I'm running out of ideas! There should be a few more chapters but there might only be a couple unless people help me with ideas!!! Should I do a sequel? Some sequels ruin the story's so it's up to you??? Review xxx