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Anyway, now I've had my rant, here's chapter nine, enjoy!

Party Time

"I thought Troy was joking when he said it hadn't changed much round, but it really hasn't, it's actually kinda freaky to be back."

Gabriella and Taylor laughed at Chad, as they walked down the corridors of East High towards the gym, and he turned at every possible moment, trying to take in the place, that he had had to attend everyday for large part of his life.

"How do you do it Tay?" Gabriella asked, as they turned the final corner that led to the gym.

"Do what?"

"Put up with the fact that Chad is thirty something, but still as if he were the same age as our children."

Taylor laughed. "It's quite easy really, instead of treating him like a husband and the boys like children, I treat them all like children, makes my life a whole lot easier!"

"Fortunately for me Troy's matured slightly more than Chad has, he still has his moments, especially when he's in here with the boys, but other than that, he's quite well behaved really!"

Chad himself had come to an abrupt halt at the entrance to the gym, causing Taylor and Gabriella to crash into the back of him, in turn making Chad fall forwards, and make a grand entrance into the gym

"Well that's one way to make an entrance Chad." Gabriella laughed, as she and Taylor walked around him and into the gym, Gabriella giving him a slight poke with her crutch, just to make sure he hadn't actually injured himself in the fall.

"Speak of the devils, what took you guys so long, the boys were about to start up a game."

"Nice to see you too babe." Gabriella greeted Troy, making the students around them laugh. "Mr Danthorth over there had to stop and look at pretty much everything around him on his way here; you wouldn't believe he came here for his entire high school career would you? Afternoon Wildcats."

The Wildcat basketball team, and the girlfriends of those who had one, all greeted one of their favourite teachers, who many of them hadn't seen since the end of last year.

"This is Taylor Danthorth guys, and somewhere in that direction is her husband Chad, they used to come here with me and coach. Taylor is a professor at the University of Albuquerque, but she's on maternity leave at the minute, and some of you may know Chad as one of the head coach's, for the many clubs that run at the leisure centre in town, he's currently attempting to get over the fact that he really hasn't grown up much since he left."

"What have you done with the offspring Gabs? We were gonna get Anna to show off her basketball skills."

"Sorry Al, but this is supposed to be a serious conversation, one where we need to make some serious decisions, if we brought them with us it would be crazy, we left them all with Jack and Lucille back at ours." Gabriella replied. "Chad if you don't get you back side over here now, we are gonna start without you, and you won't have any part in planning this party, so you coming?"

"Geez Gabs keep your wig on, I'm coming! I'm coming!" The Wildcats laughed, as Chad jogged his way over, straightening himself out on the way, still trying to figure out exactly how he ended up on the floor in the first place.

"Okay team listen up." Troy used his teaching skills in order to bring everyone's attention away from Chad, and onto the matter in hand. "My Dad's official last day here is Friday, despite the fact he isn't actually coming in to teach you guys anymore. The idea is that my Mum and Gabriella will make him go with them to pick up Anna and Connor, Chad and Taylor's eldest, then bring him over here, just to come and see me. While they're doing that, Chad and Taylor, along with the rest of our children are gonna come here, and start preparing the gym for the party, that's where you guys come in; Today's Tuesday and the party is on Friday, we need to decide on a lot of things today, or this party will be a mess, you guys ready to plan?"

TGTGTGTG

We're here Gx

That one text was the only way Troy knew that his Dad was actually at East High, now all he needed to do was make the large majority of East High's student body be quiet, and not give the game away.

After their brain storming session on Tuesday, the basketball team and their girls had spread the message about Jack's leaving party, and now a pretty large amount of East High's student body were milling about the school's gym.

Troy looked over his shoulder to find Taylor standing their with a sleeping Tyler in one arm and a microphone in the other.

"I know which one you'd rather take off of me right now, but unfortunately Tyler's asleep so I'm gonna go and put him down with the twins, you need to take this mic and go and hush those students, because if you don't, they're gonna give the game away before Jack even reaches the gym."

"Okay, thanks Tay." Troy gave Taylor a quick hug before taking the mic from her, and making his way out to centre court.

Troy took a deep breath and lifted the mic to his mouth. "Alright Wildcats, listen up!" The students situated around him on the bleachers, slowly started to settle down and listen to what he had to say. "Mrs B just text me, they've just arrived, meaning in just a few minutes my very overexcited six year will drag her Grandpa through those gym doors, and he'll hopefully receive one of the best surprises of his life, all you need to do is, be quiet until he gets here, and when he does, shout and scream as much as possible, because he is the reason that we are all here right now. Okay, now one more thing, Chad?"

Chad jogged out from the side of the bleachers, where he and Taylor were standing in case one of the babies woke up, and took the microphone from Troy.

"WHAT TEAM?"

"WILDCATS!"

"WHAT TEAM?"

"WILDCATS!"

"WHAT TEAM?"

"WILDCATS!"

"WILDCATS?"

"GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!"

And with the prep rally out of the way, the gym fell silent, in anticipation of this afternoon's very special guest.

TGTGTGTG

"Guys will you slow down, we're only going to see your Daddy Anna."

"That's exactly why we're running, come on Grandpa!"

"Yeah Mr Bolton, my Daddy's here too."

"Is he?" Jack asked, as he turned round to look at Gabriella and Lucille for confirmation.

"Yep, him and Taylor are meeting us here with the babies; they haven't been back since they left, so Troy invited them to look in on a training session." Lucille lied.

"So that means Anna and Connor can drag you as much as they want, keep going you two!"

Anna and Connor kept dragging Jack until they reached the gym doors, where they stopped and look at Gabriella and Lucille for their next move.

"Sounds awfully quiet for practise." Jack commented, as he placed his hands on the doors and pushed them open, suddenly the gym wasn't so quiet.

East High's student body had done exactly as they had been instructed, and Jack was pretty sure he'd just walked in on one of the Wildcats' basketball games.

Anna and Connor ran over to Katie, Cam, Alex and Bella and were immediately picked up and put on the boy's shoulders, to get a better view of what was going on around them.

Gabriella and Lucille walked to either side of Jack, who had stopped in his tracks, and gently started to lead him towards the centre of the gym, where Troy and Chad stood waiting.

They quickly hugged both Troy and Chad, before walking off to join Taylor in the wings.

Troy once again lifted the microphone to his mouth, and waited for the noise around him to disperse.

"Dad." He said, causing the students to cheer again. "This is for you, this is our thank you, to you, for being one of the best coaches and players East High has ever seen, but also for being the best Dad and Grandfather anyone could ask for. Dad, this is your retirement party, enjoy!"

And with that, the cheerleaders came running on to the court as the band began to play, and the students begin to chant the Wildcats' song. Balloons and streamers were released from the crowds, and ceiling, and the party had officially started.

TGTGTGTG

It was half past seven that evening when the last of the basketball team left the gym, leaving the Boltons, Danthorths, Bella and Cam, crashed out on the bleachers.

"Is still can't believe you guys did all this for me, I kinda expected something, but nothing this big, it was absolutely amazing, thank you."

"It's like Troy was saying Jack, you're one of the best players and coaches East High has ever seen, and you ain't half bad at being a Dad or Grandpa either, right Anna?" Anna looked up at her Uncle from the bleacher below his and nodded her head.

"You're the best Grandpa, I love you!" Anna said, as she got up and went over to sit on Jack's lap to give him a hug and kiss.

"I love you too banana."

The group sat in silence for a while, until they were interrupted by a cry coming from the side of the bleachers.

"We'll go!" Cam and Alex said, as they detached themselves from their girlfriends and made their way towards the babies.

"Gabi, the twins need changing."

Gabriella laughed, as she pushed herself up from the bleachers. She'd been on her feet a lot today, and it was starting to take the toll on her knee. "And here's me think you two were gonna deal with it, while I got to sit down, no such luck."

The others chuckled at Gabriella's rant, as she rubbed her knee and started her walk to the two helpless teenagers.

"Hold up Gabi, I'll come with you, Tyler will wake up as well, sooner or later, might as well wake him up now, so we can head home after." Gabriella stopped and waited for Taylor to be at her side, before they went to take care of their youngest.

"Anna, why don't you and Connor go and get the balloons and streamers you collected to take home with you, and then we can head home, read you a story and put you to bed."

"Don't wanna." Anna mumbled, as she tried to hide from Troy in the crook of Jack's neck.

"Tough you gotta, now get off Grandpa's lap and go get your things, or can't have any of them."

"I don't wanna."

"Fine, but when we're at home tomorrow and you want to play with your balloons and you can't because they got popped, don't come crying to me." Troy warned, as he got up, and went over to Anna's collection of balloons to pop them.

"No Daddy, no!" Anna turned on the water works, as she ran over to Troy to stop him popping the balloons.

Anna tripped just before she reached Troy, and landed with a crash on the gym floor, only making her tears fall even more.

"Anna honey, what are we gonna do with you, hey?" Troy may have been angry with Anna, but he wasn't just going to stand there, when he knew she had really hurt herself, so he walked the short distance to her, picked her up, and cradled her in his arms, until her tears finally stopped.

"I'm sorry Daddy."

"I know sweetie, I'm sorry too, did you hurt yourself when you fell?"

"My knee."

Troy knelt down and rested and in between his legs as he rubbed her knee and allowed her to cuddle into his chest.

"Hoops, I think we've worn them out." Chad commented, as he came over to Troy and Anna to collect Connor's balloons and streamers.

"Huh?"

Chad nodded his head in the direction of the bleachers, where Troy looked to see Connor half asleep on Katie's lap.

"Looks like you're right, though at least you've got Taylor still, I'm pretty sure Brie's gonna fall asleep on the car ride home as well."

"Yeah, I'm surprised she's lasted as long as she has, she's done a lot in the past few days, and she had physio today, and I bet she's knackered."

"Yeah I bet you're right." Troy said, as he picked up Anna and her collection of streamers and balloons, and started to walk back to the others. "But at least I'm at home for the weekend so she can rest, I might even ask Mum and Dad to take them for a bit, we haven't had any alone time in ages, I just wanna spend time with her, you know what I mean?"

"Yeah I do, maybe we should ask this lot to baby sit, might even pay them if my children come back in one piece."

"Ask who to do what?" Gabriella asked, as she sat on the bleachers, her feet gently rocking the twins back to sleep.

"Ask this lot to baby sit tomorrow." Troy answered, waving his hand in the direction of the teenagers. "Might even throw in some money, if they all come back in one piece."

"Sounds good, but can we get home and finish today first? I'm way too tired to even start thinking about tomorrow."

TGTGTGTG

"Brie, come on beautiful open your eyes for me, Brie, come on sweetie."

Gabriella's eyes slowly started to open and take in her surroundings.

"Where are we?"

"Home sweetie, in the lounge, you fell asleep in the car, so I brought you in here while I dealt with the children, they're all in bed now."

"What time is it?" Gabriella asked, as she attempted to sit up, but immediately regretted it, as a pain shot through her knee.

"It's nine o'clock, and time you took some medication, you've been doing way to much these past couple of days, and you had physio today, I agree with Chad when he said he was surprised you lasted as long as you did, here come on, sit up."

Gabriella did as she was told with a little help from Troy, and took the pills and water that were being offered to her, swallowing the pills in one.

Troy sat behind Gabriella, so that he had his back against the couch, and she was nestled comfortably against his side.

"You know how you and Chad were talking about the teenagers baby sitting tomorrow?"

"Yeah."

"Do you think they would?"

"Yeah, I think as long as Mum and Dad were around somewhere, and lets face it, they aren't gonna pass up a chance to be with their Grandchildren, then yeah I reckon they'll do it, why? You up for it?"

"Definitely, but you know what I'm up for right now?" Gabriella asked, as she snuggled further against Troy.

"No, what?"

"A bath."

"Well then Mrs Bolton, your wish is my command." Troy pulled Gabriella onto his lap, and stood up, cradling her in his arms, as he took her upstairs for a bath, and some much needed relaxation.

TGTGTGTG

There it is, chapter nine, hope you liked it!

I've been updating every other day, but I'm starting to realise, that not only my school life, but my health, really are more important. So I've made the decision to update when I can, and not sit around 'til the small hours attempting to give you guys an update. I'm really sorry that you might end up waiting longer, but my health really needs to come first. I'm on half term at the minute though, so I'll see how it goes :)

I also need ideas, next chapter will contain some real Troyella fluff, but I need other ideas, I'm really finding it hard to know what comes next.

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