Authors Note: Thanks for all the comments on the last chapter! I read all of them and overall I see that you guys like Max. Anyways, please do the contest for my story A normal family!

"Come on Max, let's go play some basketball," Troy said as he picked up Max, threw him over his shoulder and walked outside. Gabriella followed them to Troy's backyard.

When they got outside Troy put him down on the grass and got out a little basketball hoop for Max.

"Bwasketbwall!" Max exclaimed as he ran towards the basketball hoop and started to shoot some hoops with the little basketball.

"Buddy, try to bend your wrists a little more," Troy explained as he tried to fix Max's hand. While Troy was doing this Gabriella was watching closely.

'He would make a great father someday,' Gabriella thought as she giggled when she saw Max accidentally hit Troy with the basketball and not the hoop. When Max was shooting hoops by himself Troy sat down in the grass a few feet away from Max. Gabriella then walked over and sat down next to Troy.

"Does Max have a dad?" Gabriella asked Troy who looked back at her.

"Yes but his dad is always on business trips. So I try to be as much of a dad to him. He spends most of his time with his babysitters though. Becky and Charlie, her husband, are always traveling for work or going to meetings," Troy explained.

"Oh, do you baby-sit him often?" Gabriella questioned.

"Well, I try but I do have my own business to run," Troy answered.

"Oh, right," Gabriella, remembered as they sat there watching Max shoot some hoops.

"Gwabriella, I'm twired," Max complained as he walked up to her.

"Aww, your tired. You only played for 2 minutes," Gabriella said as she picked him up.

"I want to do swometwhing else," Max, stated.

"Do you want to go bake cookies?" Gabriella suggested.

"YEAH!" Max exclaimed as Gabriella took him inside with Troy following. When they got inside Gabriella sat Max down on a chair next to the island counter. Gabriella then got out all the ingredients for her cookies.

"Oh, by the way Troy I am baking cookies in your house," Gabriella replied as she continued to grab ingredients.

"Really," Troy replied sarcastically.

Once Gabriella had everything, Troy washed Max's hands.

"Okay Max, we're going to bake chocolate chip cookies," Gabriella stated.

"Okay!" Max shirked as he clapped his little hands together.

"Okay, I am going to put everything we need for the dough in this bowl and I'll let you mix and add the chocolate chips," Gabriella announced as she added sugar, flour, baking powder, milk and other ingredients into a bowl. "Here are the chocolate chips Max. Can you pour them into this bowl," Gabriella replied as Max did so.

"Good job, now can you mix these ingredients together while I go set the oven?" Gabriella asked.

"Okay!" Max said as he started to mix the ingredients together. "Uncle Troy?" Max called as Troy walked up to him.

"What is it buddy?" Troy questioned.

"Help," Max complained.

"Help with what?" Troy questioned again.

"This bowl is heavy," Max whined as Troy put his hands on top of Max's and they started to mix together.

"Max, are you done mixing?" Gabriella asked as she walked over to him and Troy.

"Yep!" Max said as he stopped mixing.

"Let's put them on the cookie sheet and then put them in the oven," Gabriella announced as she taught Max how to roll the dough into a ball. Troy, Gabriella and Max were all doing this.

"Okay, let's go put it in the oven now," Gabriella said as she took the cookie sheet and placed them in the oven. "Can you set the timer to 10 minutes for me?" Gabriella asked as Max nodded his head.

"Yeah," Max answered as Troy lifted him up to the oven timer and Max set it to 10 minutes.

"Good job Max," Gabriella, commented as she high-fived him.

"While we're waiting I will clean up the kitchen," Gabriella said as she started to wash the dishes.

"No, I'll do that. You can go play with Max," Troy replied as he took Gabriella's hands off of the dishes.

"No, I made the mess. I will clean," Gabriella replied as she continued to wash the dishes. Troy then took lifted her up and placed her away from the sink. Troy then washed the dishes. Gabriella then got some bubbles and rubbed them on Troy's nose. Troy then got bubbles and put them on Gabriella's nose as well.

"Uncle Troy, Gabriella?" Max called as he walked into the kitchen.

"Hey Max," Gabriella and Troy both greeted at the same time.

"Uncle Troy?" Max asked.

"Yeah Max," Troy answered.

"Will Gabriella be my new aunt?" Max asked hopeful.

"Uh, Max why don't you go to the living room and I will put on WALLE on for you," Troy stated as Max walked to the living room disappointed.

"That was awkward," Gabriella mentioned as she looked at Troy.

"Yeah, it was," Troy said as he looked back at her.

"Uh, I will go put on WALLE for Max," Gabriella said as she walked to his living room.

"Okay," Troy said as he washed the dishes. When Troy finished washing the dishes, he took the cookies out of the oven and placed them on a cooling rack. He then went to the living room and saw Gabriella watching WALLE while Max was in Gabriella's arms, slowly falling asleep.

"Let's go put him to bed," Troy stated as Gabriella got up and followed Troy to upstairs. Troy then got to his guest room and took out a foldout crib from the closet and opened it.

"You can just put him in there," Troy replied as Gabriella did so.

"Good night Max," Gabriella said as she kissed his head.

"Good night buddy. I love you" Troy cooed as he kissed his head also and walked out of the room with Gabriella.

When Troy and Gabriella came to the living room they both sat on the couch next to each other.

"I'll just head off now," Gabriella sated as she got up from the couch.

"No!" Troy exclaimed as he immediately stood up and grabbed her arm. "I mean don't go. Not yet at least. Max loves you, can you just stay until he leaves?" Troy asked as he looked at Gabriella.

"I mean if you want me to I guess I will," Gabriella said as she sat back down.

"Do you want to play wii tennis?" Troy asked.

"Totally!" Gabriella stated as she got up from the couch. Troy then sat up and went over to his wii.

"Ready to lose Montez?" Troy asked.

"Whatever Bolton," Gabriella teased as she started to play. Gabriella won the first game. Troy won the second and.

"I WON!" Gabriella exclaimed as she jumped up and down.

"Whatever I let you win," Troy replied as Gabriella rolled her eyes.

"Yeah sure you did," Gabriella said.

"You don't believe me do you? How about we make this a little more interesting. If I win the next round you have to kiss me," Troy stated with a smirk on his face.

"Okay Bolton but if I win you have to eat some grass," Gabriella stated as she smirked as well.

"Deal," Troy agreed.

"Deal," Gabriella agreed as well and they started to play. Troy won the first game, Gabriella won the next one and.

"I WON AGAIN!" Gabriella exclaimed.

"Whatever," Troy scoffed.

"Let's go get some delicious grass," Gabriella announced as she grabbed Troy's hand and pulled his outside. "Eat up Troy," Gabriella stated as she handed him some grass.

"Fine," Troy mumbled as he stuffed the grass down his throat. "Ewww," Troy complained as he spit out the grass.

"Hey that's cheating!" Gabriella yelled.

"You never said I couldn't spit it out," Troy stated.

"Shit," Gabriella muttered.

"Aww, poor Gabriella. Will a kiss from Troy Bolton make this situation better?" Troy teased.

"No," Gabriella teased back as she folded her lips in.

"C'mon Montez. You know you want these irresistible lips," Troy said as he leaned closer to her.

"I'll pass," Gabriella mentioned but it was too late because Troy smacked his lips onto hers. Gabriella wrapped her arms around his neck while Troy wrapped his hands around her waist, pulling her closer to his body. Gabriella deepened the kiss as well as Troy. Gabriella then pulled back and looked at him.

"That was some kiss," Gabriella commented as she looked at Troy.

"Yeah some kiss," Troy said as he wiped the red lipstick off of his mouth.

"So," Gabriella replied.

"Let's go back inside," Troy announced as he led her inside.

"Was that a fake kiss?" Troy blurted out.

"What?" Gabriella asked in confusion.

"That kiss. Did you think that was fake or was it real? Did you regret it?" Troy asked as he walked inside and closed the door behind him.

"Well, no," Gabriella started but then whispered the last part.

"Uncle Troy!" Max screamed all the way from upstairs. Troy and Gabriella then dashed upstairs to where Max was.

"What is it Max?" Troy asked as he opened the door.

"I had a bad dream," Max whined as he had tears running down his cheeks.

"Aww, come here," Troy said as he picked him up and kissed his head.

"Are you okay?" Gabriella asked as she rubbed Max's back. But Max didn't answer he was crying in Troy's shoulder.

"Mommy left me," Max sobbed.

"What do you mean mommy left you," Troy asked concerned.

"In my dream," Max explained.

"You know mommy would never leave you. Because she loves you," Gabriella explained as she looked at Troy when she said the last sentence.

"Mommy cares about you and doesn't want anyone to hurt you," Troy said looking directly at Gabriella.

"Let's go get some food," Troy said as he walked downstairs with Gabriella following behind him.

For the next 7 hours, Troy, Gabriella and Max played games and watched movies. Then Becky arrived.

"Hey Troy I am here to pick up Max," Becky called as she walked into the living room.

"So soon. He loves it here," Troy explained as she picked Max up.

"Mommy!" Max shirked as Becky grabbed him from Troy's grip and kissed him.

"Hey Max," Becky said as she looked at him.

"Can I stay longer?" Max asked as he looked up at his mom.

"We have to go Max. But how about tomorrow you can come back and play with uncle Troy and Gabriella at 12," Becky said.

"Okay!" Max agreed.

"Go say good-bye Max," Becky instructed as Max went over to Troy and Gabriella.

"Bye uncle Troy. I love you," Max replied as he hugged Troy.

"I love you too buddy. See you tomorrow," Troy said as he kissed Max's cheek.

"Bye Gabriella. Will I see you tomorrow?" Max asked as he walked over to Gabriella.

"You can count on that," Gabriella replied with a smile.

"Okay! I will see you tomorrow!" Max exclaimed as he gave her a hug.

"See you tomorrow Max," Gabriella said as she kissed his cheek.

"Bye guys," Becky replied as she walked to her car and drove off.

"So, I guess I'll leave now," Gabriella announced as she headed for the door.

"No wait!" Troy yelled as he grabbed Gabriella.

"What?" Gabriella asked.

"Bye," Troy said as he kissed her head.

"Bye," Gabriella said as she walked out. Gabriella left and closed the door behind her. Then she realized something and came back into Troy's house.

"Back so soon?" Troy teased.

"I don't have a car and plus I forgot my bags," Gabriella replied as she grabbed her bags.

"Oh right, I will drop you off," Troy said as he walked over to his car and drove Gabriella home.

"See you tomorrow at 12," Troy said as he walked Gabriella to her porch.

"Yeah see you tomorrow," Gabriella said as she was about to walk in but then Troy pulled her back.

"Not without a good-bye," Troy said.

"I just said bye," Gabriella stated in confusion.

"No this good-bye," Troy said as he leaned in and brushed his lips against Gabriella's. Gabriella then deepened the kiss and wrapped her hands around his neck, playing with his hair. Troy wrapped his hands around her waist and pulled her closer. After about 60 seconds of kissing Gabriella pulled back and smiled.

"Bye," Gabriella said as she opened her door and walked inside.

"Bye," Troy said as he walked back to his car with a huge grin on his face.