And...here it is. Troy and Gabriella's play date. How will things turn out?


Febuary 7th, 1991

A year and 9 months have passed since Troy and Gabriella were born. It had been EXACTLY a year and nine months since their birth. Yep, you heard right! It was also going to be Troy and Gabriella's first play date. It was Marie's idea. She wanted this first play date to be the one year 'anniversary' of their birth. Marie was convinced that this was one of her best plans ever, Lucille on the other hand wasn't sure if they were old enough for a play date but her husband had convinced her otherwise. She remembered what Jack had told her.

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"That's nonsense honey! Too young? I think it's about time for our son to start dating and chasing after the hot babe-bies his age." Jack had joked.

Lucille rolled her eyes. She had a feeling he would say something like that. "The last thing I want is for him to become like you."

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Anyway, Marie was going to be coming over in a few minutes with Gabriella, so Lucille had brought the toy box in the living room, preparing for her son's first play date.

"Mama?" Troy looked around confused as he saw his mom taking some toys out of the toy box. He had a sippi cup in his hands. It had fish designs and a blue lid.

Lucille turned around as she heard the cute little voice. "Oh, there you are Troy. You're going to have a friend to play with today. She should be over pretty soon."

"Or right now." Marie came in with Gabriella in her arms. She had a sippi cup just like Troy's, only it had a pink lid. Jack had opened the door to let her in. Lucile was so distracted, trying to make everything perfect that she didn't hear Marie knocking.

When Troy saw Gabriella, he tugged on his mom's shirt and pointed towards Gabriella. Lucille saw the confused and curious look on his face. "Troy, this is Gabriella, your playmate. You don't remember, but you've known each other since you were born."

Gabriella had tugged on her mom's shirt as well as she pointed towards Troy. Marie lowered Gabriella to the ground. "Come on sweetie, don't be shy."

Gabriella was looking at the ground, nervously.

"That's Troy, your playmate. I know you don't remember but you knew him since birth and you share the same birthday. He's only a minute older."

Lucille, Marie, Jack and Jose sat on the couch and began to monitor the young tots and see how the two would interact.

Troy was playing with his Bead set and Gabriella picked up a brown teddy bear and a rattle. When Troy saw Gabriella playing with his toys, he got upset. He walked over and snatched the teddy bear from her. "Mine." He said.

Tears filled Gabriella's eyes and she began to cry.

Lucille rushed over. "Troy, why'd you do that?"

Troy held the teddy bear and rattle close to him. "Mine." He repeated.

"I didn't tell you what a playmate is, did I?" Lucille asked, realizing she forgot to explain this situation to him.

He shook his head, confused.

"A playmate is someone you play with and share your toys with." She told him.

He glanced at Gabriella who was crying. He didn't know why but for some reason he felt bad and hated seeing her so upset. Even though he didn't understand what was going on, he understood that he did something bad. He got up again and walked over to Gabriella. "Share." He said smiling as he handed her the teddy bear and rattle.

Gabriella stopped crying and giggled as she hugged the teddy bear and shook the rattle. Lucille was a bit surprised by what had just took place before her eyes. She went back to the couch and turned to Marie. "Did you just see that?"

Marie smiled. "I told you things would work out."

"Yeah but the way he looked at her full of regret, it's like he just knew immediately that he did something wrong, right when he looked at her." Lucille replied.

Jack smirked. "It looks like our son is becoming a man."

Troy eventually lost interest in the Bead set, tossed it aside and some colorful instrument caught his eye. It was his Xylophone. It was a well known fact that babies were drawn to colorful things. Troy got the stick and began to hit the colored keys. Gabriella who was now playing with a See N' Say, became drawn to the colorful instrument that Troy was playing with. She crawled over to him and he stopped playing and looked up at her.

She looked down shyly for a brief second before looking at him again. "Play?" She asked, feeling awkward.

He smiled and handed her a stick so she could play as well. "Play." He replied.

She returned the smile and began to hit the keys.

Lucille jumped up from the couch. "I gotta get my video camera and film every single adorable moment."

Marie smiled and took out her camera. "And I'll take the pictures."

Lucille returned with her video camera and began to record the Play date.

At around six, the grown ups interrupted the play date so they could have dinner. Lucille had made Speghetti and Meatballs for dinner. Troy and Gabriella were put in Highchairs and had on bibs so the speghetti wouldn't get all over their clothes.

After dinner, the play date resumed. At around 7:30, Troy and Gabriella were very tired and cranky. Marie had Gabriella in her arms as she walked over to the front door. Lucille had Troy in her arms. "Well, the play date went well."

Marie smiled. "See, I told you it would. We'll be over tomorrow, around 3 again."

Lucille nodded. "Perfect." She looked down at Troy. "Gabi's leaving, sweetie, wave bye bye. She'll be back tomorrow."

Troy and Gabriella waved bye to each other and Lucille, Jack and Troy watched as Marie walked over to her car with Gabriella.

Jack smirked at his son. "So, what did you think of your playmate, son? She's a cute one, isn't she?"

"Play date." Troy replied.


It looks like things went well for young Troy and Gabriella. So, while I was counting the nine months from May, I was surprised out of all months, it was Febuary...the month of LOVE. I didn't even plan for that, I decided ahead of time to make them a year and 9 months old and their play date is exactly a WEEK before Valentine's day. I know it's a coincidence but you gotta wonder if the whole soulmate thing is a prophecy. Out of all the months, I got Febuary. Anyway, the next chapter should be out soon.