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Pulling Together

He hated to see her in pain, but there really wasn't that much he could do. He just kept telling himself that they'd made it through this before, and they could easily do it again.

Today was the day of Katie and Cam's date, and ever since Cam had comforted Katie at the hospital, they'd been spending a lot of time together, especially since Lucille had ended Katie's grounding early.

Gabriella had been discharged from hospital around lunch time on Tuesday, and since then Troy had been off work taking care of her, while Jack had temporarily gone back to work, to teach the students gym, and to keep the Wildcats in shape.

Troy sighed, as he watched Gabriella sleep, the only time she looked peaceful and not in pain was when she was asleep, which at the moment wasn't very often, she kept waking up with nightmares of the attack and the crash.

Troy was brought out of his trance when baby babble came through the baby monitor. He kicked the covers off of himself, and quickly and quietly made his way out of his room, and into the twins'.

"Hey guys, what's all the fuss about?" Troy asked, as he pulled back the curtains, to allow the morning sun to shine into the twins' room.

"Dada!" Ebonnie exclaimed, as she used the bars on her crib to help he knell and reach out for Troy.

"Hey little girl, how are you doing today?" Troy asked, as he picked Ebonnie up and put her down on the floor, so he could pick up Oscar.

"Okay." Troy stated, as he picked Oscar up. "I'm gonna change and then dress you two, and then I'm gonna go and wake Anna up, and get her ready for school, and then Grandma and Grandpa will be here to take Anna to school, and then we're gonna go and wake Mummy up, and somewhere in there I'm going to shower and get dressed, sound good?"

"Mama!" Ebonnie exclaimed, they hadn't been able to see too much of Gabriella since the accident because she was resting a lot, so when they did get to see her they made the most of it.

"Yes sweet girl, Mummy." Troy answered, as he put Oscar on the changing mat and started to get him ready for the day ahead.

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"Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa are here." Anna shouted, as Jack and Lucille opened the front door, just as Troy came down the stairs after his shower.

Once he'd given al three children breakfast, Troy put the twins in their play pen, and sat Anna in front of the telly, while he took a quick five minute shower.

"Anna banana." Jack greeted his eldest grandchild, as he picked her up. "How are you today?"

"I'm good, Daddy is Mummy awake yet?"

"No sorry sweetie, hey Mum, Dad."

"Hey sweetie, did Gabriella sleep any better last night?" Lucille asked, as she took the twins out of their play pen, and sat with them on the floor.

"She only woke up once, but the rest of the time she was really restless, she's gonna be sore this morning, all she did when she was asleep was toss and turn, she started to settle when I got up with these guys though."

"I guess the fact she's asleep now is a good thing, Anna why don't you get your stuff together, and then Grandpa take you to school on his way to work, no running though, you'll hurt your arm, remember?"

"I know Grandma." Anna said, as Jack put her down, and she walked to go and get her school stuff.

"Oscar, what are you doing? Come here and play with Ebonnie and Grandma." Oscar stopped his attempt to climb onto the coach, and crawled his way back over to Ebonnie and Lucille.

"That's right little man, you can play with Grandma all day today, 'cause she's gonna stay here and do the house work your Daddy has been avoiding, starting with some laundry, because soon you guys will run out of clothes to wear."

"Grandpa I got my things, can we go now?" Anna made her presence known again, as she re-entered the room.

"Yep, say goodbye to everyone." Anna gave everyone a kiss goodbye, before following Jack outside to his car.

"You wanna start on my house work Mum? I'm gonna take these two up to see Brie."

Lucille laughed. "I'm not saying you can't do house work, I'm just saying you haven't been doing house work, so I'm gonna give you a hand, we're all pulling together to help you guys because of Gabriella's injuries, and if that means I have to start doing your washing again, then so be it."

"Fine, but don't tell Brie, she'll make me do it even when she's better." Troy said, as he picked up Ebonnie and Oscar and made his way upstairs to wake up Gabriella.

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Gabriella was already awake when Troy and the twins entered the master bedroom that morning, she was on her phone, and finishing up her conversation, as Troy and the twins plopped down on the bed next to her.

"Okay thanks Tay, yeah here at four, okay bye." Gabriella ended her call, and put her phone on the bedside table. "Baby Boltons, how you doin' today?"

Ebonnie and Oscar looked at each other, then at Troy, before crawling their way over to their Mum.

"Morning beautiful." Troy greeted Gabriella, as he leant over the twins to give her a good morning kiss. "Who were you on the phone to?"

"Taylor."

After college the Wildcats has all stayed in their couples, but had all gone their separate ways, sure they all kept in touch, but it was only Chad and Taylor who stilled lived in Albuquerque with Troy and Gabriella.

"I phoned her because Cam and Katie have their date tonight, and I'm pretty convinced Katie doesn't want to go anymore because of the crash, but she's going, she deserves it." Gabriella stated, as she grabbed Oscar's foot and pulled him back onto the bed, before he attempted to fly.

"And what does Taylor have to do with this?"

"Katie will want help to get ready, after I convince her to go that is, but I can't help her 'cause I can't exactly move on my own, but Taylor can, so I'll be in charge of hair and make up, 'cause I can sit down and do that, and Taylor can help her with what to wear, it's simple really."

"If you say so babe, what time is she coming over?"

"Four, Chad's coming as well, so are Connor and Tyler, which will make Anna happy."

Chad and Taylor had, had two children since they'd been married, six year old Connor, one of Anna's best friends, and four month old Tyler, both mini Chad's, their afro's coming on well!

"So, now that I know you arrangements for this afternoon, how are you feeling? You only woke up once last night, but you were pretty restless after that." Troy told Gabriella, as he moved Ebonnie who had sat herself down on his foot.

"Yeah, I remember waking up, but don't really know, much after that, I feel okay though, you've let me sleep in for while, was Anna upset 'cause I was still asleep?"

"Yeah a bit, she asked after you, but then Dad took her to school, she didn't get upset though, so don't worry."

"I'm not, just make sure you let her come and see me when she comes home from school, even if I am asleep, I still wanna see her, I can see these two all day, so please let her come see me."

"I will babe, I promise, you wanna stay here, or come downstairs and get some breakfast, Mum's down there doing my house work, which I wasn't avoiding, I just hadn't done it yet."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll come downstairs though, it'll be nice to see Mum, I've been asleep when she's been here recently, and then I can watch you entertain these two, it'll be funny to watch, seeing as I normally do it, it'll be a nice change, and I think I need some meds, my knee kinda hurts."

"In that case, you grab them two, then I can carry you all down at once, I think my muscles can take it!"

Gabriella managed to throw a pillow at Troy, before scooping up the twins, and allowing Troy to carry them all downstairs together.

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"Gabs, are you sure I look okay?"

"You look amazing, doesn't she Tay?"

"Yep, absolutely amazing." Taylor answered, as she started to put away the hair curlers used to make Katie's hair look even more curlier than normal.

As arranged the Danthorths arrived at the Bolton's at four o'clock, and while everyone else went to shoot hoops outside, Troy took Gabriella upstairs, so that she, Taylor and Bella could help Katie look amazing for her date.

Gabriella had spoken to Katie as soon as they came in from school, and with a little encouragement from Alex and Bella, Katie had agreed to go on the date.

"You've got ten minutes 'til Cam gets here, go and say goodbye to the others so you aren't wasting time when he gets here, and send Troy up to bring me down will ya?"

"Will do, thanks Gabs." Katie said, as she gave her sister a hug. "And you Taylor, thank you." Katie moved on to hug the other adult in the room.

"What about Bella?" Gabriella asked, as she helped Taylor to tidy up other hair products. "She helped too."

"I know she did, but Bella knows I love her, so I don't have to thank her."

"She's right Gabriella, I know she loves me 'cause I love her too, now come on Miss Montez, you need to say goodbye and send Troy up here to get Gabs, before Cam gets here, or you'll never leave on this date of yours." Taylor and Gabriella laughed, as Katie grabbed her small shoulder bag, and allowed Bella to pull her out of the room.

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"Katie, if you don't answer that flipping door, then I will." Chad threatened, as he sat on the floor playing with the children, the ones that hadn't fallen asleep that is!

"It's alright Chad, I'll save you the bother." Alex said, as he untangled himself from Bella and opened the door to his best friend.

"Hey dude, she's ready, has been for ages, the girls all pulled together to help her get ready, but she's hiding in the kitchen, with the sleeping babies, I'm not sure why though, 'cause she looks AMAZING!" Alex concluded, loud enough for his sister to hear, in a hope she'd come out from hiding.

It worked, Katie came out from the kitchen, and Cam had to try his hardest not to let his jaw drop to the floor. The girls had opted for sweet but casual, dressing Katie in dark skinny jeans, a red sparkly top, a long black cardigan and a pair of red flats with a bow on them, to finish off the look.

Her hair had been washed when she was ordered into the shower, and then expertly curled by Gabriella ,who then added hairspray to make the look last all night.

"You're right Al, I don't know what she was worrying about, she looks absolutely amazing." Cam said, locking eyes with Katie so she knew he was serious.

"Alright you two, you can stare at each other all night." Troy said, breaking their moment. "Enjoy yourselves, and have her back by eleven Cam, she's staying here tonight so you haven't gotta drive to far."

Cam laughed. "Even I can manage that short distance coach, you ready?" am asked, his attention once again on his date for the evening.

Katie nodded, and waved a goodbye to her family, as Cam laced his fingers with hers, and they made their way across the street to Cam's car.

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"Is here alright with you?" Cam asked, as he pointed to some seats in the middle of the cinema.

"Yeah looks good." Katie replied, as she walked down the aisle after Cam and took a seat. Their had been going well so far, and after a quiet meal getting to know each other better, the pair had ended up in the cinema, ready to watch the late night viewing of the latest rom-com.

Katie settled into her seat, as the lights dimmed and the previews started before the film.

They were just over an hour into the film, when Cam felt a lot of movement beside him; Katie had curled her feet up underneath her, and had wrapped her cardigan further around her body.

"You cold?" Cam asked, as he put their finished container of popcorn onto the floor in front of him.

"A bit." Katie replied, as she wrapped her arms round herself.

"Did you wanna hug to warm you up?"

Katie nodded shyly, so Cam lifted the arm rest between them and placed his arm around Kate's shoulders, pulling her close to him.

"Thanks." Katie said, as she hesitantly rested her head on Cam's shoulder, and settled in for the rest of the movie.

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It was bang on eleven when Troy and Gabriella's front door opened, and a beaming Katie came in.

"Good night?" Gabriella asked, from her resting place in Troy's lap.

"Yep, we went for a meal and then to the movies, it was really good, Cam was a real gentleman, so you don't need to go kill him tomorrow Troy, I'm really tired now though, so I'm gonna go to be, night."

"Night hun." Gabriella replied, as Katie made her way upstairs, and her bedroom door could be heard shutting.

"I think she had a good time." Troy stated the obvious, as he turned the TV off, and stood up with Gabriella in his arms.

"Really babe, I'd never of guessed." Gabriella teased, as she settled into Troy's embrace.

"I'm glad she did though." Troy said, as they arrived in their en suite, to get ready for bed. "She deserved it, especially after what happened with Hayden."

Gabriella nodded in agreement with Troy, as he once again picked her up and took her through to bed.

Troy settled himself down in bed, as he waited for Gabriella to finish taking her medication, once she had, she turned off the light and managed to snuggle down next to him.

"You're getting this movement thing down to a tee." Troy told Gabriella, as he kissed her forehead and started to rub her back, in an attempt to lull her off to sleep.

"Thank you." Gabriella said, as her eyelids slowly started to close.

"What for sweetie?"

"For looking after me, I feel like such a…"

"Don't even say it." Troy interrupted. "You are not in any way a nuisance, you hear me, you are my beautiful wife, who I love more and more everyday, and no amount of you being injured is gonna change that, you hear?"

Gabriella nodded her head against Troy's chest. "I love you Troy." She murmured, as sleep started to take over her body.

"I love you too pretty lady."

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