Yay! Thanks so much for the reviews. I'm in a good mood now! (: to answer your question, the got an annulment. I'm not positive what it means, but I saw it on one tree hill. It's like divorce, but they have a good reason, since they're young. Anyways, here's chapter four.
"So?"
Gabriella looked at her children, collecting her thoughts. "Honestly?"
Troy nodded.
"They're yours, Troy. I was going to tell you," she said quickly.
Troy took a dead breath and bit his lip. He rested his head on his hands and let out a sigh. "Gabby, why didn't you? Two years? I could have been there, Gabs."
"I found out they day you told me you were divorcing me, Troy." She said, coldly.
Troy tried to digest everything, especially when she said the word, divorce. "I'm sorry, but it just happened. Why didn't you call? Why didn't you mention it? Maybe we'd still be…" Troy said softly.
Gabby paused. Maybe. "That was a long time ago, Troy. It's over now. I'm sorry I didn't say anything, I was still young and so scared. We were about three months from graduating…" she said, in a soft tone. "At least you got your scholarship, but we're both happy now, aren't we?"
Maybe, Troy thought. "Uh, yeah. I just want to be a father to them."
Gabby smiled. "They already think you are." She said with a soft giggle.
"Is it okay? If I visit them, baby-sit them, and be a father. Can I tell my father? I feel bad, though. Three years without me…" Troy sighed, looking away from Gabby.
"There's still time, Troy." She said, comfortingly.
Troy smiled to himself, remembering her soft voice, making his heart ring, just like when he was in college. "I know. I want be there for them…all the time, Gabs. I want to make it up to them…and you."
Gabby looked up into his navy eyes, mesmerized. The feeling couldn't be shaken and she felt her heart jump. She felt butterflies. She felt excitement. She wanted to jump into his arms, like when they were young. "I need to go…" Gabby said quickly. She picked up her purse and jumped out of the swings. She needed to hide her feelings.
"Gabby?"
Gabriella went to the sandbox and picked up her kids. She brushed the sand off their hands before pulling Natalie on her hip. "I-I'm sorry, Troy…"
"Gabriella, wait." Troy said, reaching for her arm. "Can I at least take you to lunch?
"McDonalds?" Gabriella giggled. "Such a classic," she said, as Troy opened the door for her. "Thanks."
"Play!" Natalie cried, throwing her tiny arms in the air.
"No, Nattie, eat first." Gabby instructed. She turned to Troy. "Want to be a father?"
Troy shrugged as he held Chris' hand. "Uh, sure."
Gabby handed Troy a yellow bag with flowers on it. "Your first mission, change Chris' diaper, he smells like you after basketball practice."
"You remember?" Troy said with a flirtatious smirk.
Gabby laughed. "Yeah, take your mission and go."
Troy held Chris by the hand and led him to the men's bathroom. "What to do…" Troy mumbled. He lifted Chris on the counter and pulled down his pants. "Whoa!" Troy cried, in shock, covering his eyes. "This is mission impossible." Troy squirmed and looked away. He quickly slipped on the diaper and disinfected both his and Chris' hands.
"Baby problems?" guy asked. He had sandy blonde hair and was just as tall as Troy.
Troy chuckled. "Yeah, first time." He said, closing up the bag. "First day on the job."
The guy laughed and washed his hands. He dried them off and followed Troy out of the bathroom and went their separate ways.
Troy returned to the play area, where Gabby was sitting by herself and watching Nattie play. Chris quickly ran to join her and Troy slipped into his seat.
"How'd it go?" Gabby asked.
Troy wiped his hands on his pants and shoved some fries in his mouth. "Uh, I didn't look most of the time, it was dangerous."
"That's the whole point of the mission," Gabby teased. "It's supposed to be dangerous, I was hoping for some broken bones or bruises."
Troy chuckled. "Do the burns on my eyes count?"
Gabby threw her head back and laughed. Oh no, the butterflies. "About what you said before…can you really baby-sit Natalie and Chris tomorrow?"
Troy nodded. "Yeah,"
"Thanks, Taylor's set me up on some silly blind date."
Date? Troy felt a little sad, a little overcame. He was beginning to have that feelings of high school, of kindergarten. "Cool,"
When this family, finished up, they gathered there things and set for the door. Troy felt for the first time like a father.
"Oh, are those your kids?" a lady said, sitting at a booth.
"Yes," Gabby said with a proud smile.
The lady smiled. "They're lovely, aren't they, Diane? What cute kids you have,"
"Thanks." Troy said, feeling a little like a father but a little awkward.
"You kids are so young to be married," Diane said.
Gabby blushed and looked at Troy. "Uh, yeah, but true love overcomes."
The two ladies sighed in delight. "Aw, well nice talking, dear." She said before they left.
"What did you mean by that?" Troy asked, as he unlocked Gabriella's car.
Troy and Gabby placed they're tired kids in their car seats and put their seat belts on. They two slipped into the front seat and continued their little conversation.
"I meant that I loved you." No, I don't, Gabby thought, I love him. Gabby shook her thought away. I loved him, that's it. "I love you, Troy…but not like it was before,"
She just loved me, Troy thought letting out a sigh. "I loved you too."
"Are we okay?" Gabriella asked. "We're friends, right?"
"Of course," Troy lied.
Reviews would be lovely. If you're an outsider fan, read my fan fic for that too. &suggestions for guy names for gabriella's date? Thanks, loves.