Gabriella woke up to being shook, at first she thought it was Troy trying to get her attention but when she opened her eyes she saw Lissy.

"Mamma, mamma ime oo ake up," Lissy said.

"Lissy give me ten more minutes."
"No untile Troy said ooo ave oo ake up now. It's ime to go," Lissy said pulling on Gabriella's arm.

"Go where," she groaned.

"Da new ouse!"

For some reason it had slipped her mind that it was moving day. She was excited yet nervous about moving away from her mom and only being 16, well almost 17.

She rubbed the sleepiness out of her eyes then got up as fast as she could.

"Where's Uncle Troy?"

"Downstairs he'd utting do oxes en da ar."
Gabriella grabbed Lissy's hand and they walked down stairs. She was the only one not dressed, still sporting her sweatpants and Troy's t-shirt.

"Morning baby," Troy said wrapping his arms around Gabriella once they reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Morning," Gabriella said then gave him a kiss.

"EWWW!," Lissy yelled.

They both laughed, Troy picked her up then both Troy and Gabriella gave her a kiss on her cheek. Lissy rubbed off their kisses when Troy put her down.

Lissy ran into the living room and played with Troy's basketball. Troy went and picked up more boxes that were stacked by the door. Gabriella followed him picking up a small bag, which was the only thing Troy would let her pick up. They walked outside and Gabriella saw Chad trying to arrange the boxes in the cars.

"Hey Gabs, nice of you to join the rest of the world," Chad joked. She just rolled her eyes the gave him a hug.

"So when do we get to see my little niece," Chad asked patting her stomach while Troy continued to go get boxes.

"Three more months, which sucks because that's right around the time we all start school."
"Well no matter what I cant wait to spoil her rotten," he said.

"O Taylor wanted me to tell you that she'll be here later, she just had to finish something for her mom," he said.

"Okay cool."

Gabriella walked back upstairs and got ready while they boys finished loading up the cars. While she was getting dressed David called her.

"Hey," she answered.

"Gabriella, I cant come help you guys today."
"Really why," she asked struggling to put on her shoes.

"Me and Jane are gonna go spend some more time together."

"What about his weekend are you still gonna take Lissy," she asked.

"I cant me and Jae are gonna go to her aunts lake house."
"Lissy's going to be mad at you," she said.

"She'll get over it," he said then hung up. Gabriella couldn't believe what he just said , she couldn't believe Jane actually got David to stay to not care about Lissy.

Her thoughts were interrupted by her mom knocking on her door and coming in.

"Gabriella it's time to," Ms. Montez said then stopped when she saw Gabriella sitting on her bed with a upset look on her face.

"Gabriella what's wrong?"
She sniffled then told her all about what David said and all about what Jane said at Graduation. Her mom was shocked the whole time Gabriella was telling her the storied.

"I knew she was going to mess up everything," Ms. Montez said.

"I just don't know how to tell Lissy."
Ms. Montez gave her daughter a reassuring hug, not knowing what to say to her.

Gabriella put the thoughts of Jane and David in the back of her mind and went back to the happiness of moving day. When she walked down stairs she aw Mrs. Bolton playing with Lissy. Gabriella smiled from the bottom of the stairs.

"Mama elp me!," Lissy said through a fit of giggles while Mrs. Bolton tickled her. She stopped and looked up, "Hey Gabriella."

"Hey."
"Lissy why don't you help Grandma make lunch," Mrs. Bolton and, Lissy got up and ran to the kitchen.

"I really appreciate you letting Troy movie in with us," Gabriella said stepping closer to Mrs. Bolton.

"No problem….he's changed into a great man because of you. And don't worry he'll never be like his dad."

"I just hope that Mr. Bolton will realize that I didn't ruin Troy's life," Gabriella said.

"Well don't tell either of them I told you this but Jack (Troy's dad) thinks that Troy is going to end up regretting his decision just like he does….sometimes he wishes he could go back and be a pro-basketball player like he planned instead of a high school coach."

"What decision," Gabriella asked.

"To stay with me when I got pregnant in high school."

Gabriella was confused, "I thought you had Troy when you were 30?"
"Yeah I did," they both walked into the dinning room and sat down making sure no one else was around, "When I was 16 I got pregnant and me and Jack got married, he started working at my dad's office so we had some money to live on. We seemed pretty good but I could always tell that he wasn't so happy about gibing up his basketball dreams but he bit his tongue and went along with what he was supposed to do….we had a little girl, Julie. After she was born Jack was a changed man, he didn't looked sad about basketball anymore, that girl was his world. We both didn't know that we could love someone so much," Mrs. Bolton was starting to cry, " she made it all better. When she was 14 I found out I was pregnant, with Troy and she was so excited; we all were. I was two months pregnant when Julie got into a car accident and dies, she was going to a birthday party with her friends and they were hit by a drunk driver. Everyone else walked away with a few broken bones but she didn't make it," She pulled out her wallet and digged into a secret pocket and showed Gabriella a picture," That's her, she would be almost 31.

Julie looked just like Troy, she had long sandy brown hair and striking blue eyes and a great smile. You could tell that they are related.

By that time Gabriella was trying to hold back her own tears. She never knew this, now she understood why Mr. Bolton acted the way her did.

"He seemed to get worse after she died, it was his idea to not tell Troy and he got rid of all her pictures, so there wasn't really anyway Troy would find out….I don't even know why I went along with it, I guess it's just easier to forget her than have to cry about her all the time."
"I'm so sorry…..I couldn't image loosing Lissy or the baby," Gabriella said then gave her a hug, "she was beautiful."

"Yes she was…..I know it'll be hard to keep her a secret from Troy but will you let me tell him, I've kept it a secret too long."

"Sure."

They wiped away their stray tears and went back out to the open part of the house. Gabriella seemed closer to Mrs. Bolton now, she felt older now like she wasn't 16 like she was 36. Being told about Julie made her feel apart of the regular mothers club that she was mature enough to know huge secret.

"Hey I was looking for you, are you ready to go," Ms. Montez asked carrying a bag with a lasagna for lunch, "I thought we could have lunch at your apartment."

"Sounds great, lets go."

THANKS FOR READING, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A CHAPTER OF WHAT ELSE IS NEW OUT THIS WEEK.

HANNAH