A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! DON'T HATE ME FOR THE CLIFF HANGER ENDING.

They leaned in and shared a kiss. Gabriella smiled into the kiss. Troy pulled away.

"What's that smile for?"

"I'm just thinking."

"About what?"

"About what your face will look like when I do this…" she playfully pushed him away and took off running. Troy laughed and stumbled backwards. He chased after her laughing as he did so.

"Get back here!"

"Not a chance!"

They both laughed as they ran around the back yard chasing each other. Finally Troy caught up with her. He grabbed her around the waist. She squealed and giggled. It had been a long time since she had this much fun. All her worries about her brother were gone from her mind. "I love you." She whispered cuddling into him.

"I love you too." He replied kissing her forehead.

"What time is it?"

"Almost noon. Why?"

"I'm getting hungry."

"How about some lunch."

"Ok."

They walked back inside and into the kitchen. "What are we having?"

"Peanut butter and jelly?"

"Sure."

Troy got to work making their food. He set the plate down on the table and got them each a glass of milk. They set down and started to eat. Suddenly Troy started to laugh.

"What?" Gabriella asked.

"I'm just thinking about the first time you had one of my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You got it all over your face. There was peanut butter and jelly everywhere. Once you were finished with it your mouth was so stuffed with peanut butter and you said "mwore pwease." It was hysterical."

Gabriella giggled. "I remember that. I had like three didn't I?"

"Yep, and you threw them all up later."

Gabriella laughed. "I'll never make that mistake again."

Troy just laughed at her.

"In all fairness I was just a baby." Gabriella whined.

"Oh no, you were like 11 or 12."

"I was not!"

Troy just laughed at her. Gabriella took some jelly dripping off the bread and put it on her finger. As Troy was laughing she wiped it on his face.

"There now we are even."

Troy looked shocked. "No, now you need to be punished."

He got up from the table and went over to her and grabbed her into his arms. She squirmed and wiggled trying to get free but he was too strong. "Let me go!"

"Not a chance!" he said mocking her earlier words.

He walked over to the sink. He grabbed the hose and turned it on.

"Ready for a bath?"

"No!" Gabriella squealed.

She squirmed harder but it was no use. Troy sprayed her with the hose making her squeal and giggle. She grabbed it and turned it so it got him. They both struggled with the hose trying to get the other wet while laughing the whole time. Finally they called a truce. When they finally pulled away they were soaked to the bone and they had turned the kitchen into a swimming pool. They both laughed harder.

"Mom and dad are going to kill us." Gabriella laughed.

"Not if we clean it up before they get home." Troy smirked.

"Good point. "

"Let's go get changed and dry then we can come back and clean this up."

Gabriella nodded. She and Troy made their way out of the kitchen and into their rooms. They got changed and met back in the kitchen. Together they worked and cleaned up their mess. Once that was finished they went back to eating their lunch.

Later on that evening Gabriella and Troy were playing a game on Troy's Wii. Suddenly a figure appeared at the door. Troy smiled as he saw who it was. "Hey Gabriella it's almost time for Gabriel to come home. Want to go downstairs and wait for him?"

"No, let's keep playing I'm beating you!"

"You don't want to be down there when he get home?"

"No, not really."

"Wow I'm hurt, my own sister picks video games over her own brother." The figure at the door said.

Gabriella squealed at the voice and ran into his arms. "Gabriel!" He laughed and hugged her.

"Hey you. How are you?"

"Good. Troy made me feel really comfortable all day. We had so much fun."

"Good baby sister I'm glad."

"You think you will be ok tomorrow?"

"As long as I've got Troy everything should be fine."

"Good baby sister I'm glad to hear it."

He kissed her head. "So what did you two do all day?"

"Troy blew raspberries on my tummy." Gabriella pouted.

Gabriella laughed.

"We played basketball and had a water fight in the kitchen."

"Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun."

"We did. How'd it go at school?"

"Pretty good. The work wasn't too hard. I'm just glad I'll be able to pass once I hand all this in."

"Then you can spend next weekend with me."

Gabriel nodded. "Now who is up for a game of tickle Gabriella?"

"Me!" Troy said.

"NO!" Gabriella squealed.

She tried to run but between her brother and her boyfriend she was trapped. They pinned her to the bed and tickled her. She laughed and squealed. Everyone was happy Gabriella was healing. Gabriel hoped tomorrow went as well. Maybe then he'd finally get the real Gabriella back.

The next day Gabriel had been up and out early, Gabriella fell back to sleep on the couch. Troy was sitting with her just watching some re-run basketball games on tv. Suddenly Gabriella shot up with a gasp. "Gabriel!" Troy quickly wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. "Shhh it was just a bad dream. Gabriel is safe." Gabriela relaxed into his hold.

"I don't like sleeping without him."

"I know, he will be home tonight before you go to bed."

Gabriella nodded. "What are we going to do today?"

"Well…I know the others are at the park we could join them?"

"OK."

"Really?"

"Yep, let's go."

"All right.

She and Troy made their way to the nearby park. As they neared the others they heard Chad shout "DOGGIE PILE!" Everyone came running at them tacking Gabriella to ground. Troy laughed.

"Easy guys."

"Oh no this little missy her is at the bottom of the doggie pile and that means we get to tickle her!."

Chad and the other started to tickle wherever they could reach.

"No! no! Troy help! help!" Gabriella squealed squirming. Troy jumped on top of the doggie pile and helped the others tickle Gabriella.

"NO!" Gabriella squealed bursting into laughter squirming to get away. "STOP!"

"What do you think?" Troy asked.

"Nah."

"Pl-please I…can-can't brea-breathe…" Gabriella gasped between giggles.

All the guys stopped and got off her. She giggled and took off running. "Can't catch me slow pokes." The guys ran after her. Gabriella went up the playground and into one of the tunnels. She laid flat on her back with her knees tucked in hoping to hide from them. It got really quiet for a minute as she waited to see what would happen. Suddenly arms were coming through the holes and tickling her again. She broke out into laughter and rolled onto her stomach and crawled backwards out of the tunnel. Once she was away from the arm she turned around but gulped. There standing over her was Troy. He just smirked at her.

"Please don't tickle me!" she begged.

"We don't have to tickle you to torture you."

He grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. She squealed and giggled as he climbed down off the playground. Once he was on the ground he started to spin her around making her squeal and burst into more giggles.

"Stop it Troy!" she giggled.

"I don't think so."

Gabriella was giggling watching as the trees and everything flew spun around her.

"TROY SERIOUSLY PLEASE STOP IT!"

Troy stopped and held her steady. Then he set her back down on her feet. "Troy that was fun." She smiled.

"I'm glad you're happy."

They shared a kiss.

"HEY LOVE BIRDS!"

They pulled apart and looked at Chad.

"Sorry." Gabriella blushed.

"Let's go down to the courts and play some basketball."

"Chad do you ever think about anything else?" Troy teased.

"Yes…eating."

Everyone laughed and headed down to the basketball courts

"Who has the ball?" Gabriella asked.

"Do you really have to ask Brie?" Zeke asked.

Gabriella giggled as she saw Chad with a ball under his arm.

"Right…"

The guys laughed as she blushed. She quickly buried her face in Troy's face trying to hide it. He chuckled and rubbed her back.

"It's all right baby. Don't be shy."

Gabriella muttered something.

"What baby?"

"I'm going to kick your butt."

She pulled away from Troy and grabbed the ball from Chad shooting into the hoop. That instantly started the game. They played for another few hours. Finally it was a little after 3 in the afternoon when Troy and Gabriella headed home.

When they walked inside Troy called out "Mom, Dad we are home." Jack came running over to them.

"Troy take Gabriella out of here."

"What?"

"Take Gabriella and go back to the park, go the school I don't care just get her out of here."

"Are you kicking me out?" Gabriella whimpered.

"No, please baby girl just trust me you need to leave."

"Why Dad?" Troy asked.

Just then someone walked out of the kitchen. "Gabriella?" Gabriella froze she knew that voice anywhere.

"M-mom?"

A/N yes that's the end. What do you think will happen? For updates and sneak peeks on my future work fan me here: .com/pages/Hopelessromanticgurl/122036234528562