Here's chapter thirteen for you all, enjoy because it's all gonna end soon:)

Wouldn't Change it for the World

This was it. The three month appointment, when, if she could walk unassisted by anyone or anything, she would be deemed as fully recovered, and would only have to come back every other month. The thought of this is what pulled a very tired Gabriella out of bed that morning.

She hadn't been sleeping properly, she wasn't sure why, she just hadn't, but no one knew, and they weren't about to find out. They all had enough to deal with, without worrying about how much sleep she was getting. So, she decided to bare with it, in the hope that at some point soon, she'd get a proper nights sleep.

Troy had offered to take the afternoon off work and come with her to physio, but she told him she would be just fine if Jack took her and picked her up like usual.

When Jack had picked up his daughter in law, at two o'clock that afternoon, the smile on her face gave away exactly how well her sessions had gone.

"Wild guess here." Jack said, as Gabriella climbed into his car. " But, I'm betting that because you have no crutches at all and because you have a massive smile on your face, that you've finally been given the all clear, am I right?"

"Yep, I can officially walk anywhere I want and now I can drive, so I'm gonna pick Anna up from school this afternoon."

"Gabs that's great, do they want you back anymore at all?"

"Yeah, every other month, but that's nothing compared to the every other week day I have been going."

"Yeah I guess you're right, you know what else you can do now?"

"No what?"

"You can play with your children all by yourself without one of us having to be there, how amazing is that gonna feel?"

"Pretty amazing Jack, no scrap that, it'll be incredibly amazing."

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Gabriella stood in the school playground, chatting with Taylor as they waited for Connor and Anna to come out. They hadn't been waiting long when the bell rang and children started pouring out of the school. It was a few minutes after the bell had rung when Connor came running across the playground in their direction.

"Hey sweetie, how was school?" Taylor greeted him, as she picked him, up to their height.

"It was okay, Anna was sad though."

"Why was Anna sad Connor?" Gabriella asked, now worried about her daughter.

Connor shrugged. "Dunno, she was with Mrs Kean."

It was then that their teacher, Mrs Kean, appeared in the playground.

"Mrs Kean!" Connor exclaimed when he saw his teacher.

"Hey Connor, have you told Mrs Bolton Anna was sad today?"

Connor nodded. "He said she was with you, is she okay?" Gabriella asked.

"She is now, I think from what I could understand, she was worried about you not being able to walk properly again, but you're here by yourself, so that must be good news?"

"Yeah, I was given the all clear today, where's Anna now?"

"She's inside, she didn't want to come out, so I told her I'd come get you."

"Okay, I'll see you guys tomorrow." Taylor and Connor said their good byes, before leaving the playground to make their way home.

Gabriella turned and smiled at Mrs Kean who nodded her head in the direction of the school, gesturing for Gabriella to follow her, and find out what exactly had gotten her daughter so wound up.

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Gabriella held Anna close to her, as she walked along the corridor that lead to East High's gym.

She had managed to convince Anna that she was fine now and that she shouldn't be worrying about her, she had also promised her that on the way home they could drop in and see Troy.

Basketball season had finished as it was nearly the end of the year, but Troy was holding a party for his players, they had played so well this season and he couldn't ask for more.

Music was playing from the gym's sound system, as Gabriella pushed open the doors and walked into the gym.

"What a surprise, the season is over and yet what are you all doing, playing basketball, you lot are unbelievable."

Cam shot the basket that ended the game and the winning side began to celebrate.

"Yeah but Mrs B, coach said he'd play as well and we can hardly turn that down now, can we?"

"No I guess not Cam, but now that you're finished playing, can Anna and I borrow him for a minute or two?"

"Yeah, I guess you can have him." Cam said, as he ran off to join in the celebrations.

Gabriella adjusted Anna's position on her hip, before making her way over to Troy, who was spinning a basket ball on his fingers.

"Show off." Gabriella said, making Troy stop what he was doing and turn to look at her. "Hey guys, we need to borrow him for a minute, we'll give him back, promise."

Troy didn't have time to question anything, as Gabriella took his hand and lead him out of the gym, into the small corridor that lead to the locker rooms, the surprise causing him to drop the ball on the way.

"Hey you two, what's up?" Troy was concerned that they weren't just here for a social visit.

"Anna had a bad day at school today, she was sad because she thought I might not be able to walk properly again, I've told her I'm alright now, but she wanted to come and see you as well."

Troy sighed, as he took Gabriella's hand and lead her through the locker rooms towards his office.

He sat down on the couch that was in there and pulled Gabriella down next to him, Anna snuggled safely on her lap.

"Anna sweetie, can you look at Daddy?"

Anna lifted her head to look at Troy. "Why were you sad sweetheart? Mummy's okay now, she hasn't got her crutches anymore and she came to pick you up from school by herself so she can drive again now, please don't be sad Anna."

Anna shrugged her shoulders at Troy. "Hug?" She asked, holding her arms out for Troy to take her.

Troy knew he wasn't going to get much out of Anna, she'd stopped crying and that was what mattered, so he pulled her across onto his lap and wrapped his right arm around Gabriella's shoulders and pulled her closer.

"Where are the twins?"

"With Mum and Dad, I wanted to pick Anna up by myself so they said they'd look after them. Have the girls already gone?"

"Yep, they didn't wanna stay and party with us, we were most offended. " Troy said feigning hurt. "Anna, you wanna stay here with me and they boys and party with us?"

Anna nodded her head. "Can I Mummy, please?"

"Course you can sweetie, you want anything special for dinner?"

"Spaghetti and meat balls, spaghetti and meat balls, pleeeeaaase?"

"Spaghetti and meat balls it is then, I'll see you both later." Gabriella said, as she kissed them both on the forehead before leaving the office to head home.

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It was two thirty in the morning when a half asleep Troy rolled over to try and pull Gabriella back into his arms, when his hands were met with cold sheets, he woke up fully.

He sat up in bed and looked towards their en suite, but finding the light off, he figured he was going to have to widen his search.

He threw the covers off of himself, swung his legs out of bed and padded his way out of the bedroom to try and find his wife.

Gabriella was sat downstairs on the couch, watching something; she wasn't sure what, on the telly, with a cold cup of tea in her hand. She wasn't really in this world, so when he strong pair of arms wrapped round her shoulders, she didn't really register it.

"Brie beautiful lady, why aren't you in bed?"

Gabriella shrugged. " I couldn't sleep…again."

"Again?"

Gabriella sighed. "Yeah I've been having trouble sleeping all week, I'm not sure why, I didn't tell you because you've had enough to deal with, with it being the end of the school year and all."

Troy sighed for the second time that day, as he pulled Gabriella onto his lap. "What are we gonna do with you hey? You should've told me, I've told you before you and the children are more important to me than anything, you upset me more when you don't tell me things, okay?"

Gabriella nodded her head against Troy's chest.

They sat in silence for a few minutes, before Troy noticed Gabriella's shivering and went to take the cup out of her hands, in fear of her spilling it's contents, he shivered himself when he felt how cold it was as he placed it on the coffee table.

"Brie, how long have you been down here? This tea is freezing."

"I'm not sure, what time is it?"

"A little after half two."

"About an hour then."

"Oh Brie, sweetheart, why didn't you wake me up?"

"I…I don't know… I just…I'm not sure." Gabriella answered honestly, as she let a few tears escape her eyes, and she cuddled herself closer to Troy and buried her face into the crook of his neck, just as she had done when they were teenagers.

Troy sat with her in his arms and gently rocked her from side to side, silently giving her the comfort she so desperately seemed to need.

He soon realised her breathing had evened out and she'd fallen asleep, so he turned off the telly, before quietly getting up and cradling her close to him, as he took her back upstairs to get some proper sleep.

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The last day of school was always a good day and Gabriella had decided to make it an even better day, especially for her seniors, as she decided she take the children in with her, so she could say goodbye to this year's graduates.

"Mummy!" Anna exclaimed, as she raced across the school field to get to Gabriella. Today was also Anna and Connor's last day of school and because everyone was at East High, it had been Lucille's job to pick them up and then bring them here to their parents.

Gabriella turned away from the seniors she was talking to and picked Anna up, as she spun her around. "Hey sweetie, how was school?"

"Okay I guess, can I sleep over at Connor's tonight?"

"I don't know honey, why don't you go and find Taylor and see if it's okay with her, alright?"

"Okay, come on Connor." Anna took Connor's hand and ran off with him in the direction of her Daddy, Chad and Taylor, who she'd seen talking to some seniors with the babies when Gabriella had been spinning her round.

"Do you miss it Mrs B, being here everyday?" One senior boy asked.

"Sometimes I did, when the twins were having a bad day and wouldn't stop crying I'd want to be here 'cause unbelievably it was quieter, but in the long run, no I don't miss it 'cause being able to be with Ebonnie and Oscar and watch them grow up and change everyday, I wouldn't change it for the world."

"You are gonna come back though, right? My sister's coming up the year after next and I've told her you're the best teacher there is when it comes to English, she really wants you as hers."

"Thank you I really appreciate it, but not this year, the twins will only be one in the summer, there's still a lot of growing up they need to do before I leave them with someone else. But the year after that, they'll be turning two, so maybe your sister will be lucky 'cause I might be back by then."

"Sounds good Miss, we'll see you in a bit." The three seniors left to talk to their friends, so Gabriella made her way over to where her friends and family were gathered.

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The Bolton's, Montez's, Danthorth's, Bella, Cam and his family were all sat around in Jack and Lucille's garden, as the sun began to set over Albuquerque.

"So you ready for it guys?" Troy asked, as he pulled on Gabriella's waist so she'd sit down in his lap and give her legs a rest.

"Ready for what Troy?" Alex asked, as he threw three balls across the garden for Anna, Connor and Tabatha to chase after and return to him.

"The summer before senior year, it's always great, right Chad?"

"Heck yeah, you don't have to get up 'til you want to, you can play basketball whenever you want and you can spend loads of time with ya girl, what more could you want?"

"Maybe to spend loads of time with my guy, I don't have a girl." Katie answered, making the others laugh and Chad pout.

"You can spend time with your guys Katie." Taylor answered. "Chad here, only sees things from a guy's point of view."

"I was looking after two babies in the summer before senior year, I was too tired to have fun." Gabriella complained at Katie and Alex, as if it was all their fault.

"Hey, you can't blame us, we were like four months old, anyway, I wanna make a toast." Alex spoke up, as the balls were returned to him, but this time thrown to Cam, before being thrown in different directions around the garden.

"To the last year, it may have been chaotic, but we wouldn't change any of it for the world."

Everyone raised their glasses. "TO A CHAOTIC YEAR!"

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There you go guys, chapter thirteen, finished at ten to one on a Sunday morning, hope you all enjoyed it!

I know where I'm going with this now, so the next chapter will be the last, sad I know! :(

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