It's now Friday January 19. The day of the basketball championship and the scholastic decathlon. Tori is now eight days old and has slightly grown. She loves her parents and her aunts and uncles. They mean the world to her. Troy is playing basketball right now while Lucille is holding Tori and the two are watching him. Sarah had gotten back from San Francisco a little earlier than expected and was home by midnight last night. She loves her granddaughter to death and is proud of her daughter and her fiance'. Now she's watching Gabby in the decathlon. The call backs were yesterday and Troy and Gabriella won the parts. It's the last of the decathlon equations and Gabby's up again. She runs through it quickly and dings her timer. The judge gets up and double checks her work. She has done it perfectly and is announced the winner. The judge tallies up the total points on both teams and announces the winner. "With the leading times and perfect work, the winning team is... East High Wildcats!"
The girls jump and scream excited. Taylor hugs Gabby and Martha then they run to the bathroom and change. They meet up with Sarah and head to the gym to watch the last quarter of the game. Gabby spots Lucille with Tori and sits next to her taking her daughter. "Hey." Lucille greeted.
"Hey."
"How'd you do?"
"We won."
"That's awesome, Sweety. Congrats!"
"Thanks. How's the game so far?"
"The score is 14 to 20. We're losing by four, but if we can catch up in this next round, we'll win."
Gabriella nodded and started watching Troy and the guys.
Ten minutes later, Troy spots his fiance' with their daughter and winks. Gabby smiles and waives. Then she makes Tori waive. "Waive to Daddy."
Tori smiles giggling at her mother's antics. Gabriella giggles and kisses her temple. "Daaaa."
"That's right. That's your daddy."
Jack has recently accepted Gabriella and is nice to her. He loves Tori as she loves basketball like Troy. There's now a few seconds left in the game and Troy has the ball. He's at half court and is being crowded. He jumps and shoots. To the whole crowd it's like slow motion. It hits the rim and swirls twice and it's IN just as the buzzer goes off. "For the first time in many years, the winners of the championship in the game East High Wildcats vs. West High Knights is EAST HIGH WILDCATS! With the last minute half court score made by your one and only captain TROY BOLTON!"
Everyone cheered. Gabby handed Tori to her mom and ran out to hug Troy from behind. "Congratulations, Wildcat!"
Troy turned around and hugged her back. "Thanks. What about your team?"
"We won too."
"Awesome! Where's Tori?"
"My mom has her. She's so proud of her daddy. Just like I am."
"She's ok with just you girls tonight?"
"Yeah. I'm gonna miss you tonight."
"I am too, but it's bad luck to see the bride the night before the wedding."
She sighed. "I know, but I don't like it."
"I know. But after tomorrow, you and I will be living together permanently and we won't have to worry about it anymore."
"I know, but that still doesn't help me any."
"You'll be fine. The girls are staying with you and you're going to have lots of fun. Then tomorrow morning at 10:00, you'll be Mrs. Troy Bolton."
Gabby smiled. "I do like the sound of that."
"That's my girl." He said and kissed her softly.
Sarah and Lucille came over with Tori. "Tori wants to say goodbye to her daddy before we separate until tomorrow." Sarah said.
Troy takes Tori from her and kisses Tori's puckered lips then her forehead. "Daddy loves you so much, Princess. I'll see you tomorrow. Have fun with Mommy, Grandma Lucy, Grandma Sarah, Aunt Taylor, Aunt Kelsi, and Aunt Martha tonight."
Tori puckers her lips again knowing it's the last she'll see him until the wedding. Troy kisses them then her cheek and forehead and hands her to Gabby. Gabby kisses him passionately. "You have fun too, Wildcat. I love you."
"I love you too." He replied and pecks her lips one last time.
The girls leave with Sarah and Lucille and the guys leave with Jack.
