A Forced Reunion

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Chapter 12 – Micah, Sofia and Kayla

Gabriella awoke the next morning alone in bed and instantly thought she was still back in New York. Groaning she rolled over and opened her eyes and realized she wasn't in her room, she was in Troy's. Gabriella smiled to herself remembering what exactly happened the day before. Sliding herself off the bed, she realized she was still in her clothes from yesterday and since she couldn't be bothered to go searching through her stuff for something to wear she just grabbed one of Troy's shirts and replaced her clothes with that. Walking downstairs she heard noises coming from the kitchen and guessed that was where Troy was. She smirked when she saw him cleaning up some stuff while leaning against the doorframe waiting for him to notice her. After a few minutes of still not noticing her she decided to make her presence known. Gabriella made her move as she saw Troy move to the sink where she walked up behind him and slipped her arms around his waist making him jump slightly.

"Good morning Miss Montez." Gabriella grinned as he turned around and wrapped his arms tightly around her. "Is my shirt comfy?" Troy asked noticing her wearing one of his shirts that stopped mid thigh.

"Very compared to all my clothes. You know I haven't a proper welcome back since I was asleep last night." Gabriella hinted as Troy grinned and lifted her up, placing her on the side of the sink before he pulled her into very passionate kiss. Gabriella wrapped her arms tightly around his neck while her legs went round his torso as they let their passion take over them.

"Hey Tr–" Chad stopped when he saw the sight in front of him not recognising the girl. He also covered the little boy next to him eyes knowing the scene wasn't exactly appropriate for a 8 year old to see. "Dude I thought you were into Ga..." he stopped when he saw the two pull apart and Gabriella grin at him. "I thought you left yesterday." Chad commented as Gabriella grinned and slid herself of the side.

"I did but we flew back in last night too." Chad shook his head as she wrapped her arms around his best friend.

"Couldn't stay away?" Gabriella shook her head as Chad noticed how happy she looked and the same with his best friend. He then felt a tug on his t-shirt and slapped himself on the forehead for forgetting about his son.

"Daddy? Who is that lady with uncle Troy?" While they were around last time, Gabriella and Ryan met everyone's kids but didn't spend that much time with them. Chad bent down to his son's level as Gabriella smiled at him.

"Do you remember the other day mommy told you that she is an old friend of mommy and daddy's?" Micah nodded and Chad continued. "Well she's uncle Troy's girlfriend." Chad explained.

"Does that mean she is my auntie too like auntie Kelsi and auntie Sharpay?" Turning his attention to Troy who nodded.

"Yeah she is but if you don't want to call her that I'm sure she will let you call her Gabi." Troy answered.

"Uncle Troy does that mean you and Gabi will have a baby too and give me another cousin too like auntie Sharpay and auntie Kelsi?" Micah innocently asked as Troy and Gabriella blushed at the question and Chad laughed. Neither Chad nor Troy knew how to answer that so Gabriella did.

"Hopefully one day uncle Troy and I will." She told him as he went over to her and she bent down to him.

"Can you make it a boy when you do because we have too many girls around and I don't like it and neither does Jake?" (Remember Jake is Jason and Kelsi's. I mentioned him in chapter 3). He whispered to her as she smiled.

"I'll try my hardest too." He nodded and hugged her.

"I like you. Your fun and you are with my favourite uncle, uncle Troy and that also means you are my favourite auntie too, but mommy said I'm not allowed to tell anyone that uncle Troy is my favourite because I only like him more because he is funny and always helps me play basketball." Gabriella rolled her eyes as Chad and Troy laughed.

"Come on buddy I think we should leave uncle Troy and Gabi to finish what they were doing and we need to get you to school. Troy don't forget we have practise later at the club." Troy nodded as Chad and Micah let themselves out.

"Does everyone have keys to your house?" Gabriella asked as Troy smiled.

"Yeah just like I have keys to everyone else's but they are only to be used for emergencies apparently but yet everyone always lets themselves into my place." Troy told her lightly as she nodded. "Did you mean what you said before to Micah?" Troy asked turning serious as Gabriella kept her face hidden in his chest embarrassed.

"Yeah I did. I love you Troy and I know we still have things we will have to go through but I know we can do this together." She told him finally bringing her head out of his chest and looking his dead in the eye.

"I love you too." Troy leaned down and kissed her again. No matter how many times they kissed, Troy would never get bored of the feelings she gave him because he knew she really did love him. Pulling back Gabriella looked at Troy smirking as he gave her a confused look.

"What time is your practise?" Troy thought about it before replying.

"3.30pm. Why?" She just shrugged before twirling out of his arms and walking off as Troy shook his head and chased after her when she started running up the stairs giggling.

Ryan and Sharpay were outside playing with the twins. Sharpay had picked them up after school since she wasn't working today and she was just spending time with them and Ryan.

"I still don't get something. I know you want to spend as much time with us before it happens but I don't get why you came back so soon. I mean there has to be something else because you wouldn't have flown back the same day." Sharpay said trying to understand why Ryan was back even though she wasn't complaining because she was happier knowing he was so close.

"Honestly? I knew how much Gabi was missing Troy and back home didn't feel like home anymore so I knew before their relationship died away again I had to get her back here and of course she would only be here if I was." Ryan explained.

"You really care about her don't you?" Ryan nodded.

"She's the only one who has really been there for me. A lot of people used to tease the two of us and say that there had to be something more between us with how close we were but I honestly love her like I love you and I would do just about anything to make sure she is happy. She's like my baby sister. It's like the relationship she had with all the other guys apart from Troy back in High school where they would do anything to protect her because she was the baby in the group, well it's like that only its even stronger between us." Sharpay could tell how much Ryan cared about her and how much she wished she could have had that kind of relationship with her brother over the past 10 years.

"I wish I could take everything back you know? The whole thing that stopped us from keeping in touch." Sharpay admitted as she let tears fall from her eyes. Ryan moved closer to her and hugged her as Kayla and Sofia looked at their mom and uncle both crying. The two stood up and run across the garden to someone else quietly.

"Gabi! Mommy and uncle Ryan are crying." Sofia told her as Gabriella smiled.

"Did something happen?" The two shook their heads.

"Mommy was just talking." Gabriella knew that they were obviously talking about Ryan's situation.

"Why don't you two run inside and grab some things and we can go and watch uncle Troy at practise because I think mommy and uncle Ryan might need some time alone." Gabriella suggested as they giggled.

"You love Uncle Troy don't you?" Sofia cheekily said.

"Yes I do now go on while I go talk to mommy." They joined hands and ran into the house to get some things. Gabriella walked over to Sharpay and Ryan and saw the two hugging which isn't something you would have seen back in High School. "Are you two ok?" The two turned and nodded.

"Yeah we're just having one of our moments." Sharpay told her. "What are you doing here?"

"I was bored at Troy's since he has a practise at the club and I was going to see if you were both ok. I've told Sofia and Kayla I will take them out to see Troy because I thought you could do with some bonding time." Gabriella told them.

"Thanks Gabi. I appreciate this." Sharpay appreciatively told her.

"You're welcome. It will give me something to do." Just then the two came running back out. "Do you want them back at any particular time?"

"No just when you're ready to bring them back. Alright you two be good for Gabi because otherwise no chocolate for a week." Sharpay kissed the two who nodded and each took a hold of Gabriella's hands.

"Bye mommy." Sofia and Kayla called back as Gabriella led them away. Ryan and Sharpay spent the afternoon just catching up even more on everything they had missed in each other's lives and reliving some high school memories.

Gabriella, Sofia and Kayla all walked into the club Troy worked at. Gabriella saw how well set up everything was. Gabriella realized she had no idea where Troy would be.

"Gabi uncle Troy normally is on court 1 outside." Kayla told her as Gabriela rolled her eyes not surprised they knew where Troy was.

"Do you to think you know any shortcuts to get to the stands?" The two nodded and pulled Gabriella with them. Walking briskly outside, Gabriella saw Troy and Chad teaching a load of kids of both genders and of all ages. At that minute Gabriella felt so proud of Troy because he was doing something he loved with his best friend while helping to benefit others.

"Can't stay away from him can you?" Gabriella turned hearing that familiar voice and grinned when she saw Jack Bolton standing behind her.

"Nope. He's an addictive person to be around." Jack laughed as he sat down next to her.

"How are you dealing with things?" Jack asked as Gabriella gave Sofia and Kayla some of their stuff to keep them interested in.

"Hard but I'm ok now that I have Troy there to help." Jack nodded.

"Well just so you know, you are always welcome to the Bolton household if you ever need to talk about something, day or night." Jack offered.

"Thanks." Gabriella looked down and saw Chad looking at her before he threw the ball at the back of Troy's head on purpose.

"What the ...?" Gabriella heard Troy shout turning around to face Chad who instead just pointed up rather than trying to lie. Troy grinned and rolled his eyes before turning back to his team. To Gabriella this was an all too familiar sight.

Flashback

Gabriella Montez was sitting on the sub bench next to Coach Jack Bolton. Or to Gabriella; her boyfriend's father. The two had a very good relationship once they got to know each other. Gabriella had crept into the practise and Jack told her to sit on the bench so that Troy wouldn't see her immediately. Troy had a tendency when he was practising and Gabriella entered to stop and go and join her which annoyed his father and team so Gabriella ended up being banned from the gym or outside when Troy was in practise. She has somehow persuaded Jack to let her just sit in as long as she stayed out of the way. Practise was near the end when Chad noticed her and poked Troy who looked over at the bench. Gabriella who was busy on her phone texting someone hadn't seen them notice her.

"Troy get back to work!" Jack called as Gabriella looked up only to see him smirk and give her a wink before resuming. Gabriella knew Troy was happiest when he was on a court or with her.

End Flashback

After practise had finished and Jack had already left, Gabriella gathered all Sofia and Kayla's things and walked down the steps to meet Troy. She smiled politely as the people exited the gym before someone came out screaming at Gabriella.

"Auntie Gabi!" Gabriella smiled as she saw Micah running towards her.

"Hey Micah. Where's your daddy?" Gabriella asked hugging him while he hugged Sofia and Kayla too.

"Lose me Gabi?" Chad asked appearing behind Micah while Troy walked and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissing her on the side of the head.

"What are you doing here and with these two too?" Troy smiled as Sofia and Kayla hugged his legs.

"Sharpay and Ryan needed some time to themselves to talk so I offered to take these two for the afternoon. I didn't think you would mind." Troy smiled at her kindness. Obviously she still thought about others before she thought of herself.

"Of course I don't mind being stuck with these two little terrors." Sofia and Kayla giggled as Troy tickled them. "How about I take you three girls to get some ice cream?" Troy suggested as the two nodded their heads eagerly. After saying their goodbyes to Chad and Micah who had to get home, Sofia took Gabriella's hand while Kayla took Troy's and the four of them left.

7pm and finally Troy and Gabriella walked into Troy's exhausted. They had spent the rest of the day at the park and visiting a zoo but now Troy and Gabriella just wanted peace and quiet after having dropped them off.

"I have no idea how Taylor copes so well when she picks all the kids up and drops them off home. Just those two make you feel like you've gone crazy." Gabriella smiled as Troy flopped onto the couch next to her and wrapped his arm around her while she rested her head on his shoulder.

"That's because those two are like Sharpay and can wrap you round their little fingers. Just like me." Troy shook his head and held her closer to him.

"So what do you want to do?" Gabriella shrugged as Troy gently rubbed her back with his hand.

"Nothing because I'm comfy here. How about we just snuggle up and watch a movie?" Troy suggested as they agreed. The two soon flipped the TV on and watched random programmes until they were both fast asleep on the couch smiling at the fact that they had the other one in their arms.

A/N: I tried to make this longer to make up for not updating. Just to warn you I think there may be 2 more chapters before it all becomes depressing even more so about Ryan and what happened. Please Review! Thanks!