They hadn't talked about what Troy had said at the park, and now it was starting to drive Gabriella crazy. Troy and all the kids were outside in the pool while Gabriella was in the kitchen talking to Hannah.

"Is this what it's like to not have kids around," Hannah said talking about the silence.

"How'd you get Journey to agree to spend the day with Adrian?"
"I didn't, I let her go out with that boyfriend of hers but under one condition tomorrow she has to spend the whole day with Adrian," she said then took a sip of her coffee.

"Why doesn't she like him?"

"She does but she doesn't like that he talks to her like he would Joy and Joel, he just doesn't realize that she's a teenaged girl but we're working on it," Hannah explained.

The girls sat together talking about everything, as always, but still in the back of Gabriella's mind was what Troy said. Pretty soon all of the Montez kids were at Gabriella's house, even James.

"Hey little brother I though you and Dylan would want to spend your Saturday going to the skate park or something," Gabriella said sitting down on the couch next to him.

"We are but he wanted to some see him cousins," he said messing up Journey's hair as she braided Joy's hair.

Troy came inside with wet kids and Brooklynn still had his flooties on, Gabriella go up from the couch and helped her kids change into dry clothes. They were in the twins room helping them get dressed when Gabriella finally asked, "Where you serious when you said you're quitting basketball?"
He looked over at his wife and said, "Yes, well maybe not quitting all basketball but try to get a job here so that I can come home every night and see all of you everyday….because I hate missing birthday's, first steps and kindergarten graduations….I hadn't realized how much it hurt you guys until I heard you and Rylan talking this morning and I don't want any of you guys thinking I like basketball more."

"Really?"
"Really it's the right thing….I'm gonna call Chad and see if I can be assistant coach or something and we'll be okay because we still have enough money in the bank so we don't have to worry about that….and tonight I'm gonna call Sam (agent) and tell him that I'll be there for the last game of the season but I wont be coming back," he explained as he brushed Jackson's hair.

Gabriella smiled then jumped into his arms and gave him a kiss, "Thank you," she kept repeating, he smiled knowing that she was going to be happy now.

"Daddy's stays now," Brooklynn asked as he finished getting dressed.

"I'll go one last time, but then after that I'll never go again."

The twins did the same thing as Gabriella and almost knocked him down.

A few minutes later they went back down stairs and saw all the kids playing and the adults were talking, and Hannah was badgering Katie about her non-existent love life. The guys went out to the backyard to barbeque and some of the kids followed to play on the jungle gym. In the kitchen the girls, including Journey, were making food and talking.

"So Journey tell me about this boyfriend of yours," Gabriella said handing Bliss over to the 15 year old.

Journey blushed, "his name is Colin and he just turned 16.…he's on the soccer team and he's really cute."
"Awww, how long have you been going out?"
"Um 34 days this morning," she answered giving Bliss a bottle.

Gabriella and Hannah smiled and awed remembering when they used to count the days they'd been going out with their boyfriends, or boyfriend in Gabriella's case. Gabriella looked over at Katie who was cutting potatoes and saw the sad look on her face, Gabriella could never understand why her sister was so dead against dating or even having friends. No matter how many times they all tried to tell her it's okay to date or talk to people outside your family, she wouldn't listen. She just didn't want her little sister to feel sad or left out when they talked about boys.

*WITH THE BOYS*

"So Troy are you and Gabby going to have more kids," Adrian asked then took a sip of his beer.

"No, I got fixed…the twins were supposed to be the last ones but I wasn't paying attention when the doctor said it would take 2 weeks before it came affective so Gabriella got pregnant with Bliss," he explained.

"No offense dude but you and my sister are like rabbits," James said while flipping the hamburgers on the grill.

"What does that mean," Adrian asked.

Troy blushed, "They're always going at it," James said.

The guys stayed outside talking about regular guy things and finished making hamburgers and hot dogs. Everyone went outside and sat down on the many picnic tables they have and had a nice lunch as a whole family. Troy looked over at Gabriella who was cutting up food for the twins and he couldn't help but smile, this is what he was going to be able to see everyday, what he will love everyday.

WHAT DID YOU THINK? I KNOW IT'S SHORT I'M SORRY. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN.

HANNAH