Portland 10 Journey 17 Gabriella 34

Rylan 8 Olivia 15 Hannah 32

Jet 6 James 25

Brooklynn 4 ½ Katie 21

Jackson 4 ½

Bliss 2

One Year Later- April 18, 2026

It was 7 am that morning and Gabriella was sleeping peacefully cuddled up to her husband; it was great, now that Bliss was 2 she was no longer waking up so early in the morning so Gabriella could sleep in longer. However today she wasn't going to be able to do that today. She all of a sudden felt someone jumping on her and heard Katie yelling, "Wake up, wake up sleepy head!"

Gabriella lifted her hand up and started to swing it around, "What are you doing," Katie asked.

"I'm trying to beat you up but I can't reach," Gabriella groaned and then heard Troy chuckle into the crook of her neck.

"Why would you want to hit me on my wedding day?"

Gabriella slowly sat up while rubbing her eyes awake, "Because you woke me up at 7 in the morning on a Saturday."

"Yeah well I remember waking up earlier then this when I was 10 and you guys were getting married," Katie said.

"Touché."

After Katie was convinced her sister was awake and that she wasn't going to go back to sleep she left Gabriella's room and went to take a shower. Gabriella climbed out of bed and she was starting to walk to her bathroom also to get ready when she felt Troy grab her by the waist and pull her back into bed.

"Troy, babe, I have to get up," She said as he carefully rolled on top of her and pretending to be asleep.

"No you have to stay here," he whined into the crook of her neck.

"Troy Bolton, we need to get ready for Katie's wedding," She said then felt him start to slowly nip and suck on her olive skin, "My little sister is going to kick my butt if I let you take advantage of me," she said trying not to fall into her husband's trap. Troy ignored his wife's words and continued his actions a little faster than before; Gabriella tangled her fingers in his hair being subdued by her blue eyed capture.

Troy had just begun to hook his fingers in Gabriella's pajama bottoms when they heard, "Okay. Minors in the room break it up," Troy's hands immediately stilled when he heard Olivia's voice. Both adults shot up in their bed when they realized that the door had been opened the whole time. Gabriella put on her regular smile and pretended that her little sister and her youngest daughter hadn't walked in on them then stood up from the bed and grabbed Bliss from Olivia's hands.

"Katie wanted me to come check on you and make sure that you were in the shower getting ready," the 15 year old said, "I'll tell her that you were already in the shower when I came in."

"Thanks," Gabriella said trying to hide her blush then closed the door behind her sister after she left.

"You are a bad influence," Gabriella said to her husband as she handed their 2 year old to him and started off to the bathroom.

"I didn't hear you complaining," he joked as he followed her with Bliss piggy backing him.

"Yeah well I'm not superman, I can't shield you," she yelled over the water.

"Superman," Bliss squealed.

Both Troy and Gabriella giggled; Troy and Bliss said goodbye to Gabriella and then went down stairs.

When Troy stepped off of the last stair step he saw almost every one of his sisters and brother in law and their children.

"We really need to change our locks," he jokingly whispered to Bliss.

Everyone was going around making sure that everything was there and where it was supposed to be. Journey, of course, was the one with the check list and organizing everything; that has always been her area of expertise.

Gabriella finished her shower quickly and put on her tank top and sweat pants then took Bliss from Troy so he could go take a shower then go over to Katie and Caleb's apartment with all of the boys to get ready for the wedding.

Gabriella had put Bliss down and she went to play with the other girls as Gabriella finished putting the name placements on their small stands. She looked up when she saw Katie sit down next to her and begin helping her with the name placements.

"Hey cutie," she said.

"Hey," Katie responded.

Gabriella looked at her sister and saw that there was something on her mind, "What's on your mind?"

"I don't know, I guess I'm just a little nervous," She answered, "But then I'm really excited and I can't wait to see Caleb in his tux and be with him forever."

Gabriella's face grew a smile at her words, "I want us to be like you and Troy, maybe not have that many children and probably not as horny," Gabriella's face turned red, "well I don't know about that last part."

"Whoa okay I really don't want to know about you and Caleb's horniness, that's just weird," Gabriella said, "But I'm really glad that you found someone that you love and trust and want to spend you life with. A couple years ago I would have thought that this day would never come, that we would have to pick a guy for you and drag you down the isle to make you marry him. But now I know that you are going to be living happily ever after."

"Yeah I'm glad too."
Katie and Gabriella got up and pulled each other in for a hug, "thanks for being my big sister. I don't think anyone else would have been better."

"Thanks I guess," Gabriella joked.

It was nice to see Katie with a true smile on her face, that wasn't forced. Watching Katlynn Elizabeth Montez grow up was hard to watch for both Gabriella and the Bolton family, she had those times when she had those good days but you could tell in her eyes that he heart was permanently broken. Like Gabriella she was lonely for a lot of school, no one wanting to talk to her even though she was a beautiful girl. Troy remembers one time picking her up from school; she had to be about 9 years old:

*Flashback*

Troy stood by the gates watching all the kids play at their final recess of the day, there was about 3 minutes left before the bell. He kept scanning all the kids trying to find Katie but he couldn't spot her, he looked closely then finally found her. She was in the corner by the far gate, sitting and looking out at the parking lot twiddling her fingers. Troy felt his heart sink. It was so sad to see her sitting there, no one talking to her or joining her into a game. He walked over to her and crouched down to her level and looked at her through the fence, "Hey cutie, why aren't you playing?"
She turned her gaze away from her 'brother' and mumbled, "No one wants to play with me, and they say I'm stupid."

Troy just wanted to pick her up and give her a big hug but the gate was still in their way so he opted to saying, "You are not stupid. You have to be the smartest person I know, you're even smarter then me. And you are the best to play with; they don't know what they are missing. If they don't want to play with you that's there loss," she looked at him still with the sad eyes, "you wanna know something? They are all stupid, and you don't want to play with them," a smile started to crack on her face.

The bell rung.

"Go get your backpack and find Journey and the three of us will go get ice cream," Troy said. Katie jumped up, nodded her head and then ran as fast as she could to her classroom.

Troy was standing by his car when he saw the little girl almost identical to Gabriella holding the hand of a five year old little African American girl with her pig tails; both of them smiling.

*End of Flashback*

6 hours later. All the girls had went to the hotel and started to get dressed. The ceremony it self was going to be outside, the hotel had a big gazebo in a large sand covered spot near the oak trees and flowers; it was a beautiful. While the girls were getting all dolled up the boys were outside taking wedding photos.

Troy, Caleb, James, Adrian, Chad and two of Caleb's friends were standing off to the side watching the photographers take pictures of Jet (6), Brooklynn (4 ½), Joel (8), Dylan (9), Dante (8) and John (5) in their little tuxes.

"You guys did good, they are all so cute," Caleb said.

"Thanks man," Troy said giving him a manly pat on the back, "Maybe by the time Olivia is getting married you and Katie will add to our numbers."

"Yeah," he said turning his gaze away from the guys so they didn't seem the look he had on his face; but Troy saw it, "Are you okay man?"

Caleb hesitated, "Well you cant tell Katie I told you this and you definitely cant tell Gabriella or any one," he leaned into Troy's ear and whispered, "Katie's pregnant."

"Is that why, all of this," Troy whispered gesturing to the wedding.

"Oh no, we didn't find out until yesterday," he explained. Troy was smiling, in his mind he could see how excited his wife was going to be when Katie would tell her.

Gabriella was pining up the last of Katie's hair as she watched her sister with anxiety written on her face. Gabriella grabbed the champagne that was sitting on the night stand and handed it to her sister, "Here, calm down. It'll all be fine."

"I cant drink this," Katie said putting down on the table.

"Yeah you can, you're legal now. I promise you that I wont give you too many so you're sober when you see Caleb," Gabriella said.

"No Gabriella I really cant drink it."

Gabriella's face spread with confusion, "You're weird, and the Katie I know would be all up on this drink. Well unless you were," then she realized it, "YOU'RE PREGNANT," she squealed.

Katie turned around to face her sister and nodded her head and then braced herself for the giant hug Gabriella was giving her.

"Wait this isn't the reason you guys are getting married right," Gabriella asked.

"No, we only found out yesterday."

SO WHAT DID YOU THINK? DO YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE WITH THE WEDDING OR MOVE ON?

HANNAH