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Troy was the first one to wake up. He lifted his head, which was still leaning on Sharpay's, then looked around the room. This wasn't his apartment. He felt something move on his shoulder and looked down, smiling slightly when he saw Sharpay. He then saw Ella's head resting on his stomach and shook his head, smiling. Instead of getting up and leaving, he rested his head on the edge of the couch behind him and tried to fall back asleep. Instead, Ella shuffled around before sitting up, looking around trying to see where she was. She looked up at Troy and saw him smiling at her. She smiled back and sat fully on his lap, resting her head on his shoulder again. "Good morning King Daddy." She yawned, wrapping her arms around his torso.
Troy wrapped his own arms around her and kissed the top of her head. "Good morning Princess. Did you sleep alright?"
She nodded her head and put her thumb in her mouth, something she seemed to do a lot. "Can I ask you a question daddy?"
Troy looked down at her and smiled. "Of course you can princess."
She sat up straighter so she could look at him. "How come I just met you a few days ago? Don't people have a mommy and a daddy all the time?" she asked, not realizing the hurt that Troy felt hearing that question. His smile dropped and his eyes grew in size.
He coughed nervously and rubbed a hand against his forehead. "It's a long story princess. You wouldn't understand if I told you." He sighed, trying to phrase it in a way that she would understand. Luckily for him, Ella bought it and simply nodded her head.
"Ok. Can you make breakfast? I'm hungry!" She exclaimed happily and jumped off his lap, running into the kitchen.
Troy rolled his eyes at his daughter jokingly before carefully standing up and laying Sharpay's head on a pillow. He took the blanket and covered Sharpay and, as a surprise to him, kissed her forehead. He followed his daughter into the kitchen and found her sitting on one of the chairs. She was looking at him innocently waiting for him to make her breakfast. "What would you like for breakfast?" he asked as he kissed the top of her head as he past by her.
"Pancakes!"
Troy chuckled before nodding his head. "Alright. Anything for my baby girl." He scratched his head, not knowing where anything was in Sharpay's house. He shuffled around looking for a bowl and pan while Ella giggled behind him. He turned to look at her, a mock stern look on his face that she laughed harder at. "Are you laughing at me?!"
She brought a hand up and covered her mouth, still giggling. "No."
Troy walked over to her and threw her gently over his shoulder. He walked around the kitchen looking for everything he needed with her still on his shoulder. Once he found everything, he grabbed the ingredients from the fridge and the box of Bisquik powder. Ella patted his back, laughing, begging him to put her down. "Daddy!" She held out the last part of the word. Troy chuckled and set her down on the counter. She watched as he added all of the ingredients together in the bowl. She grabbed some of the powder from the box and blew it at Troy's face. He stopped what he was doing and gasped dramatically. When he turned to face her, Ella put on the nest innocent look she could and batted her eyelashes at him. "Hi daddy." She said with a tiny wave.
Troy took a pinch of the powder and wiped it on her nose. She crossed her eyes unknowingly trying to see her nose. Troy chuckled and was able to snap a picture with the camera that was on top of the microwave. "I don't see it daddy." She shrugged her shoulders, giving up. She put her hand in the batter and threw it at Troy's face. The gooey mixture stuck to his face and slid down his cheek slowly. Troy put his own hand in the batter and in return wiped it on Ella's cheek. Ella gasped before giggling uncontrollably. She held her tummy as she leaned over, laughing. After she calmed down, they started to throw the batter at each other, not caring if it landed on the walls or the floors.
When the bowl of batter was empty, Ella leaned back against the wall and Troy sat down on a stool at the island. They looked around the room and laughed. "We better get this cleaned up before…"
"Before what Troy?" they heard from the doorway. Their eyes grew in size as they turned to look at Sharpay, who was leaning against the doorframe with a smirk on her face. Troy turned to Ella and whispered, "Here's the game plan- we're going to stick together. I go down you go down, got it?" loud enough for Sharpay to hear. Sharpay giggled but quickly covered it up with a cough.
Ella nodded her head. "Got it." They turned back to Sharpay, who was waiting for an explanation. "It's was all Daddy, mama I swear!" Ella exclaimed, pointing an accusatory finger at Troy.
Sharpay and Ella giggled as Troy turned around to face Ella, mouth agape. "What happened to sticking together?"
"I didn't want to get in trouble. Duh!" Ella explained, rolling her eyes at her clueless daddy.
Troy dramatized a sigh and faced Sharpay. "We were just having a little fun Shar. I swear! We didn't mean to make the room a mess..." he rambled on until Sharpay started laughing. He stopped talking and mock glared at her. "You don't really care do you?"
Sharpay shook her head and walked over to Ella, grabbing a towel and started wiping her face off. "Not really. You're going to be cleaning it up though." She laughed as Ella nudged her nose with Sharpay's. "Good morning Mama!"
Sharpay kissed the top of her head and hugged Ella. "Good morning baby." She turned around to look at Troy. "We're you guys so hungry you couldn't wait to cook it?" She teased
Troy rolled his eyes jokingly, earning a laugh from the two girls. "Well, I was starting to make pancakes when someone-" he glanced at Ella who was smiling sheepishly. "Threw the powder in my face."
Sharpay giggled, which she seemed to be doing a lot this morning. "And you retaliated because..?" she trailed off, giving him a curious look.
Troy tried thinking of an excuse but couldn't come up with one. "Because…..she started it!" he pointed at Ella. The two girls started laughing as Troy pouted, sitting on the stool again. "Not fair! I'm out-numbered!" he huffed, crossing his arms over his chest.
Ella and Sharpay continued to laugh at him for a few more minutes before quieting down. Sharpay set Ella down on the floor after she asked, and pulled on Troy's pant leg. "Up daddy." She asked, holding her arms up for him to pick up. Troy stuck his tongue out at her and didn't help her up. She giggled and pulled on his pant leg again. "Daddy!" she whined. He looked down and fell for the puppy dog look again. He huffed and picked her up, cradling her to his chest. She kissed his cheek. "I love you King Daddy!"
Troy smiled softly and hugged her close. "I love you to Ella."
Sharpay smiled and watched the two. Now that they were next to each other, she could see the resemblance between them. The same blue eyes, gorgeous smile, and even the same face frame. Of course their personalities were the same too. Ella loved basketball- just like her dad; she was kind of shy- which she most definitely didn't get from her. And Ella even had the same charming quality that could get her whatever she wanted.
"Mama! Group hug!" Ella exclaimed, beckoning for Sharpay to join their hug. Sharpay walked over and awkwardly put her arms around the two of them. She and Troy felt the nervousness and awkwardness about being so close to each other. The hug was over as quickly as it had started. "I love both of you very much!" Ella said softly, her head falling on Troy's shoulder naturally.
"And we love you too." They reassured her. Ella lifted her head up from Troy's shoulder and smiled. "I'm hungry!"
Sharpay and Troy laughed. "How about I make you some pancakes alright?" Sharpay asked, ruffling Ella's hair affectionately.
Ella nodded her head. "Okie dokie mama!"
"And you and daddy will start cleaning up this kitchen!" Sharpay demanded, using her 'mommy voice' as Ella called it. Ella and Troy looked at each other and sighed. "As you wish." Troy muttered, elbowing Ella gently who giggled.
Sharpay shook her head at the two and grabbed a bucket and floor cleaner form under the sink. She filled the bucket half full with warm water and added some of the cleaner. She set it next to Troy and Ella and smirked. "Get busy." She said, adding 2 sponges into the bucket.
The two made a face before grabbing a sponge, washing the walls down. "This is your fault." Troy mumbled, teasingly.
Ella giggled. "No it's not. You started it! You shouldn't have retail- whatever that word that mommy said. Act your age!" she whispered back to him and stuck her tongue out at him.
Sharpay continued to laugh at the two as she made the pancakes for them. She turned to look at them and smiled softly as she watched them 'accidently' hit each other.
"Act your age." Troy mimicked in a girly voice. Ella laughed at him and dropped her sponge back into the bucket and squeezing out the extra water. Ella and Sharpay looked at each other and winked.
"Men."
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