Troy smiled at the memory as he wrapped his arms around Gabi. He kissed her forehead, knowing what still needed to be done the next morning.

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Julie yawned; fully awake 8:00 that morning. She looked over on her left where Joshua and Nathan were sleeping near the edge of the bed. Julie smirked and gave a hard push to the sleeping boys.

"OWWWWWWW!" Joshua groaned, hitting Nathan.

"What did I do?" Nathan asked, rubbing his head.

"Don't be stupid, you pushed me off the bed!" Joshua groaned.

"I did not!" Nathan fought.

"DID TOO!" Joshua snapped.

Julie cackled into laughter, sitting up.

"JULIE!" the boys yelled.

Julie was saved by the doorbell.

"Maybe it's mom!" Julie squealed.

The boys rushed down and opened the door, Julie sitting on the top of the stairs. There stood a blonde at the door, with a furious expression on her face.

"Where's your dad?" Leah asked disgustedly, starting that the three triplets.

"Um…, we don't have a dad…" Joshua spoke up.

Leah rolled her eyes and pushed through the triplets.

"Hey! Get out of our house!" Julie yelled.

Leah ignored them and walked up stairs.

She opened the door to Gabi's room to see Troy and Gabriella sleeping on the bed.

"Troy how DARE you sleep with that brat!" Leah screamed.

The couple were bolted awake, surprised from the sudden outburst. The triplets had their eyes widened at the sight of Troy and their mother.

Troy yawned as if it were nothing.

"How dare I?" Troy asked glaring at Leah. Gabi just sat there, head hung low.

"Yea, I thought you said that's you'd break up with your WIFE!" Leah said, her voice dripping with anger.

"WIFE?!" the triplets squeaked.

Troy and Gabi looked behind Leah to see their kids, very confused.

Leah snorted. "Don't tell me that you never told them!"

That was Gabi's last straw. "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE!" she exploded.

Leah, who had nothing else to say, grunted and stomped down the stairs.

Troy chuckled. "You seem like you're in high school again."

Gabriella's anger softened. "Um…mommy?" Julie sqeauked.

Troy looked at the triplets, all of them expecting an answer.

Gabi sighed. "Come here kids, there's something I should've told you a long time ago…" Gabriella said quietly, looked at Troy.

Troy's heart jumped for joy as the triplets crawled onto the bed.

"Troy…he's your dad." Gabriella said smiling.

The triplets stared at Troy. "Really?" Joshua spoke up.

Gabi nodded. "So we get to call him…daddy?" Nathan asked.

Before Gabriella could answer, the boys jumped onto Troy.

"WOW! We FINALLY get a dad!" Joshua yelled as if he was the luckiest kid in the world.

"But mommy, why didn't we know before?" Julie asked, the only one who wasn't excited.

"Well…" Gabi said trying to explain. "We got into a big fight before."

"And you just left Mommy?" Julie said rudely to Troy.

Troy watched heart broken as Julie said nothing else and crawled out of the room. Gabi sighed.

"She's always like this, don't worry." Gabi said kissing Troy on the cheek.

The boy's were thrilled to have a dad, a famous dad! But still a part of Troy was not satisfied, as if he had a missing puzzle piece.

"Dad?" Joshua asked timidly.

Troy smiled "Yea?"

"Can you play basketball with us?" he asked shyly.

"Why not, if it's ok with your mom." Troy said winking at Gabi.

Gabriella rolled her eyes. "After breakfast."

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Sneak Peek

Troy stood in front of the door and smiled at the sight of HIS kids playing across the street on the sidewalk. But his heart was crushed at the sight of Julie. She was on the sidewalk floor, playing with chalk.

Joshua and Nathan were playing tic tac teo when Troy noticed that Julie's piece of chalk had rolled onto the street. His eyes widened as he spotted a car, speeding down the street.

"JULIE! STOP!" Troy yelled at the sight of Julie crawling onto the street trying to retrieve her piece of chalk.

But Julie didn't seem to hear as the car was getting closer. Troy broke out into a run across the street and pushed Julie out of the way just as the car hit him.

"DADDY!" were the last words Troy heard as everything went black.