Hand-in-hand they walked down the streets of LA. The silence was magnificent, no arguing, no yelling, no crying, no children pulling on shirt tails, no coaches, no whistles and even no paparazzi; it was just them, just their hearts and love.

The street lamps and store windows lit the sidewalks as they and many other people walked through the streets enjoying the warm night. They walked for a few minutes but then Gabriella stopped when she saw a park.

Her eyes lit up when she saw swings, she bent down and rid her feet of her high heels, let go of her husband's hand and ran across, the sand to the swings. Troy couldn't help but smile widely at how excited Gabriella was when she saw those swings.

He slowly walked over to where his wife was swinging back in forth like a four year old and then sat on the open swing next to Gabriella.

Pretty soon both adults were in sync and swinging really high.

"Beat you at jumping," Troy said.

"Bring it on Wildcat."

They counted down to three and launched themselves off the moving swings. Both of them landed in the sand on their butts; a tie.

Gabriella laid down in the sand, looking up at the dark blue sky and a few bright stars. She didn't know Troy had moved until he was lifting her head and rested it in his lap. He ran his hands through her hair soothing her mind.

They just sat there, no need for speaking. Gabriella continued to watch the sky while Troy kept his eyes and thoughts focused on his beautiful wife's face.

He pressed a kiss to her dark curls before he spoke, "You know I'm glad your mom is such a horrible person."
Gabriella looked up with confusion plastered across her face, "What?"
"If she wasn't then you wouldn't be laying here with me, I wouldn't have six beautiful children, I would have never beat up Chad when I found out he raped Hannah, I would have never held Journey to my chest and wished that I would have a baby at 17. But most of all I would have never laid eyes on thee most beautiful woman on the planet," he answered but then a smiled grew on his face when he said, "Katie."

Gabriella sat up and playfully slapped his chest then wiped away a few tears that had slipped out of her eyes as she listened and reminisced about the first few months she spent with her now husband. He raised his hand to her face and wiped away those tears then leaned in and pressed a long kiss to his favorite girl's awaiting lips.

When they finally came up for air Gabriella said, "I guess I feel so bad for James and Katie, they were so young and I know they both are affected by it; especially Katie. I wish she would let love in."
"You know what I think she needs," Troy said, "For you to sit down and talk with her about everything and I mean everything."
Gabriella thought about it for a few seconds, "Yeah your right."
"Oh and be sure to cry," Troy added.

She looked at him confusingly, "Okay then."

They spent a few more minutes sitting there at the park before their quality time was interrupted by the annoying cameras.

It was 10:30 when they got back to the hotel room where the Montez siblings were sitting on the couch watching episode after episode of CSI. Troy immediately walked over to James who had an awake Bliss in his arms and took her giving her a hug and kiss. Gabriella on the other hand flagged down her littlest sister and walked back out into the hall way with her.

"I have some craving for ice cream, you want to come with me," Gabriella asked.

"Of course," Katie smiled.

Both girls went and got ice cream down the street from the hotel; they sat down at one of the tables in the Cold Stone with their ice creams in hand.

"So what's with the impromptu ice cream trip," Katie asked.

"I just wanted to spend time with my baby sister and make sure everything was okay with you," Gabriella answered taking a bite of her chocolate ice cream.

After Katie swallowed she said, "I'm doing okay, under the circumstances."

"You know Kay you can talk to me whenever you need to. I hear I'm a good listener," Gabriella smiled.

Katie looked shyly down at her ice cream, "I do have one question."

"Okay go ahead I'll answer anything you ask."
"Well I've always wanted to know why did you do it, why did you risk your life for all of us when you could have went to the police and put us in foster homes and you wouldn't have had to work so hard or grow up so fast?"
"You want to know a secret, at the beginning I really did think about it. After Grandma died and mom left I had this huge breakdown. I was 13 and you were only 6 months. It was that night maybe an hour after mom left Hannah and James were asleep on the living room floor; me and you were in mom's room and all I did was cry and scream in my head. I started to pack up all of our stuff and I picked you up ready to take all of us to the police station but then I looked down at you and there was just something about you and the way you looked at me that just broke my heart. I then realized that I couldn't give up on you guys, we had too many people give up on us. I knew it was going to be hard and I would give up everything but you guys were worth it. And I never knew how awesome it would be to teach you how to tie your shoes and be there to hear your first word and to watch you walk into your classroom on your first day of kindergarten, I don't regret anything."

Both girls wiped away a few tears before Katie said, "I remember that day, on the first day of school. And all of you guys were there even Nana (Mrs. Bolton) and Papa (Mr. Bolton) was there. I think I had the most people, in the whole school, who came to see me off on my first day. And I also think I had the longest picture I drew of all of you that day," she smiled, "It was my new family, my happy family with all the people I love."
Gabriella smiled at her baby sister, wow had she grown up.

WHAT DID YOU THINK? TELL ME HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE I SHOULD SKIP. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN.

HANNAH