ATTENTION PEOPLE! Those of you who didn't read the authors note at the beginning of the last chapter need to go back and read it, it will explain a lot of things, I'm not gonna type it all out again :)

This is the last chapter guys; sorry it's ending so soon, but sometimes things like this have to happen, it's just the way it is :P

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter and if you could give me your view on the whole story when you review it'd be fantastic, thank you!

Charli, this one's for you:)

Best Christmas Ever

It had been a few years since Maria was the first one to be awake on Christmas morning; she was usually woken up by Gabriella, who still woke up early on Christmas morning, despite being a teenager now.

Maria hadn't expected to be woken up by Gabriella this Christmas morning, she'd managed to gain herself a cold a few days after the Christmas break started and had spent a lot of last night coughing and struggling to breathe, for Maria to say she was happy to have Troy there, would be an understatement. He'd been able to look after Gabriella while Maria looked after Jasmine, and although they swapped every now and then to spend time with their daughter, Gabriella was ultimately happy cuddled up in Troy's arms.

Although Maria hadn't expected Gabriella to wake up anywhere near her normal time of eight thirty ish, she had expected to be woken up by another excited person, who had specifically been told to go her because Gabriella needed lots of sleep.

This was why as Maria walked past the guest room, after popping downstairs to make herself a cup of tea, she heard a little voice whispering quietly.

"Jasmine? You're awake!" Maria stated happily, as she pushed open the bedroom door to find Jasmine sat on the bed playing with Rosie and her dollies.

"Mawia! Santa been?" Jasmine asked, sleep still evident as she spoke and played.

"Yeah he's been honey, but we need to wait for your Daddy and Gabi to wake up first, so why don't we go and sit in my room? We'll watch some telly and play with your dollies, sound good?"

Jasmine nodded and tried to gather her dollies up into her arms, rather unsuccessfully.

Maria laughed, "Come here sweetie, let me help, I'll carry these back to my room, you find your dressing gown and come and find me, alright?"

Jasmine nodded as Maria left the room, and kept a hold on Rosie as she climbed off of the bed and walked over to where her pink, fluffy dressing gown lay over a chair to slip it on.

Maria sat on her bed and drank her tea, watching whatever cartoon Jasmine had chosen to watch, despite the fact, the small girl wasn't even watching it anymore.

A few more minutes passed by in silence for the pair until loud coughs could be heard from the other end of the house.

"Looks like Gabi's awake, you wanna go see if she's okay?"

"Yes pwease."

"Okay, you go and see her and your Daddy and I'll go and get them some coffee, okay?"

Jasmine nodded and slid off of Maria's bed, heading in the direction of Gabriella and Troy.

TGTGTGTG

Her nose was blocked, her eyes were streaming and all she wanted to do was go back to sleep, but she couldn't because another round of coughs had just started to make its way through her small body.

She sat up in hopes of stopping the coughing quicker, it didn't, nothing made it stop, she just had to sit there and ride it out.

As she tried to take a breath in between coughs, she felt two strong arms wrap around her. She felt his left hand start rubbing up and down her back in a soothing motion and his left wrap round her body and settle on her stomach.

Finally, as the coughing came to an end she fell to her right to lean against Troy, as she tried to regulate her breathing by taking some deep breaths.

"I got you Brie, you're okay, just keep taking those deep breaths, you're fine sweetie."

"I hate this," Gabriella said, as she pulled the covers up around herself more and allowed Troy to pull them back against the headboard.

"I know you do Brie, but you're better than you were, at least remember that."

Gabriella nodded and cuddled herself closer to Troy. "I know that, but I'm always ill when I really don't need to be, like on your birthday or today, it's Christmas Troy and I'm ill, I should be enjoying today, not feeling like absolute rubbish."

"I know babe, but we'll get some coffee into you to wake you up and then we can open some presents, that's bound to cheer you up and then you can just rest on the couch with Jazzy, 'cause I'm telling you now pretty lady you ain't lifting a finger all day."

"Troy, that's not fair, I always help Mum at Christmas and Dad's not even here to help, I need to help her."

"You do not need to do anything baby, other than trying to get better that is, I can help Maria, so stop worrying."

"I always worry; I'm a girl, that's what we do."

Troy just chuckled and placed a kiss into Gabriella's hair before cuddling down further under the covers, knowing Gabriella needed a bit longer to wake up properly."

"Brie?"

"Hmmm"

Troy smiled to himself at Gabriella's now half asleep state. "Merry Christmas."

Gabriella smiled with her eyes still closed and rolled over so that she was on her front, half laying on Troy. "Merry Christmas to you too babe." She opened her eyes to look at Troy, only to close them again when Troy pulled her into a breath taking kiss.

The pair pulled back from the kiss and opened their eyes, smiling at each other before Troy pulled Gabriella fully on top of him, letting her rest her head on his chest, right above his heart.

They lay their content and in their moment for a short while longer, before a knock at the door brought them out of their bubble.

"Come in," Troy answered and watched as the door opened slightly and Jasmine's face appeared in the gap.

"Me come in Daddy?"

"Yeah sweetie, you can come in Gabi's awake she's just resting."

Jasmine smiled and opened the door all of the way, before walking over and standing at the side of the bed.

"Mewy Cwistmas Daddy."

"Merry Christmas to you too Jazzy, now come here and give me my Christmas hug pretty girl," Troy said, as he patted the empty spot on the bed next to him.

Jasmine placed Rosie on the bed and then pulled on the covers to help herself onto the bed. Troy had to laugh at his daughter's technique, but still he helped her, by putting his hand on her bottom and giving her a little push.

"Thank you Daddy," Jasmine said, as she picked up Rosie again and cuddled against Troy's right side as he held his arm open for her.

"How long have you been awake sweetie?" Troy asked, as he twirled both of his girls' hair around his fingers.

Jasmine shrugged, "Mawia up."

"Is she? Where is she?"

"Right here," Maria answered, as she entered the room. "I was making you two coffee though, so you need to wake Gabi up again."

Troy laughed, "She's awake, just resting, that last coughing fit was a bad one. You gonna sit up for your coffee Gabs?"

Gabriella groaned, but started to stretch anyway, finally managing to sit, allowing Troy to do the same so they could take their coffees from Maria.

"Did you tell them Jazzy?"

"Tell us what?" Troy asked, as he wrapped his left arm back round Gabriella, knowing she'd still want to snuggle.

"Santa been!" Jasmine exclaimed happily.

"That's good then," Gabriella said in between sips of coffee. "Can we stay in our pj's when we open our presents Mum, please?"

"I don't know Troy, should we let them?"

"Yep," Troy answered. "I wanna open my presents now, not in half an hour when we've all gotten changed."

"Pj's it is then; I'm gonna head down to put the chicken on, you guys coming?"

"Yep, it's present time ladies, let's go!" Troy said, as he picked Jazzy off and climbed off of the bed, before waiting for Gabriella to join them and head downstairs.

TGTGTGTG

Jasmine continued to giggle, as Troy continued to cover her in wrapping paper. She was sitting on the floor, with her back up against the couch, until Troy started to pile the wrapping paper up around her; now all that could be seen of Jasmine was her head.

Gabriella and Maria laughed. "I think you should take your first picture with your new camera Mum."

"I think so too," Maria agreed, as she picked up her new silver digital camera, that Troy and Gabriella had given her for Christmas, and went to stand in front of Jasmine.

"Alright Troy out of the picture, I want one just of the wrapping paper monster, say cheese Jazzy."

Jasmine didn't say cheese, but pulled the cheesiest grin she could, as Maria took multiple photos of her.

"I'm done now Jazzy, thank you, would you like to take a picture?"

Jasmine nodded and wiggled her way out of the wrapping paper pile. "Can I take on of Gabwi and Daddy?"

"I don't see why not, alright lovebirds, say cheese."

Troy and Gabriella wrapped their arms round each other, as they turned to the camera and pulled the cheesiest faces they could, while saying cheese at the same time.

"Done, "Jasmine stated, as she handed the camera back to Maria and went back to her pile of presents.

"Jazzy it's time to go and get dressed; do you want to wear anything special?" Troy asked his daughter, as he got up from the couch pulling Gabriella with him.

Jasmine nodded and picked up the new red velvet feeling dress Maria had given her as one of her presents.

"You wanna where your new dress?"

Jasmine nodded, "Gabwi, you do my hair?"

"Yeah I'll do your hair, how shall we do it?"

"Pwaits!" Jasmine exclaimed, as she held her hands up to Troy for him to pick her up.

"If you want Gabi to do your hair in plaits what do you need to say to her?" Troy asked, s they started to make their way upstairs.

"Pwaits pwease Gabwi?"

"Plaits it is little girl, I'll see if I've got any special Christmas hair bands as well, shall I?"

Jasmine nodded eagerly, making Troy laugh as he put her down in Gabriella's room, before he headed off to the spare room to find her the necessities she needed to go with her dress.

"Do you like all of your presents Jazzy?" Gabriella asked, as she got out her clothes for the day.

"Yeah, Gabwi like?"

"Yeah, I love the necklace your Daddy gave me, do you like it?" Jasmine nodded happily at the necklace Gabriella was now wearing. It was a silver chain, with a sliver heart hanging from it, a small diamond placed on the top at the middle. Gabriella had been completely shocked when Troy had given it to her, saying she couldn't possible except that when she had only brought him some basketball merchandise. But Troy had told her to shut up and put the necklace on her because she was the reason he'd started playing basketball again, she was the one who deserved his heart.

"Alright girlies, we need to get dresses, eat some breakfast and then start taking all of someone's toys out of the boxes, 'cause it'll take ages, and she's be given loads of them."

"And whose fault would that be?" Gabriella questioned, as she took her clothes into her bathroom, allowing Troy and Jasmine to get dressed in her room.

TGTGTGTG

Jasmine cuddled closer to Gabriella, as they sat on the couch watching one of Jasmine's new princess DVDs. Jasmine had had a tiring day and so while Troy and Maria, washed and tidied up, she and Gabriella had been ordered to go and relax, so they popped the DVD in the player and cuddled up.

"Jazzy?" Maria said, as she entered the room. "Does your Daddy always get water everywhere when he washes up?"

Jasmine nodded. "It's funny!"

"It's definitely funny, he's just giving himself another job to do by splashing water everywhere, he is very good at washing up though."

"If you're mocking him over his washing up skills, you should see him iron. He can do it, he's really god at it for a guy, but he has one of the most funny techniques I've ever seen," Gabriella said. "I tried to help him out, but he said he knew what he was doing his way so I left him to it, it's still good fun to watch though."

"You guys aren't making fun out of my house work skills are you? 'Cause if you are I'm never gonna talk to you ever, ever again."

"Fine, see if we care," Gabriella replied. "Just bear in mind that if you stop talking to me, I won't let you hug or kiss me anymore."

Maria laughed. "Face it Troy, you've lost that one, everyone knows you can't go long without being able to hug Gabi."

"It's fine," Troy replied, as he plopped down on the couch next to Gabriella, pulling her legs onto his lap and giving her a foot rub. "I wouldn't be able to go long without talking to you guys anyway."

"Daddy?"

"Yeah?"

"Cuddle?"

"You can have a cuddle if you come here; I wanna give Gabi a hug as well."

"Okay," Jasmine answered, as she carefully crawled over Gabriella and landed softly in Troy's lap.

"Have you had a good day so far?" Troy asked her, as he pulled her close and let her cuddled into him.

"Yeah, it's been fun."

"Good, I'm glad you've had a good time," Maria answered. "Do you wanna ask Gabi your question now?"

Jasmine nodded and slid off of Troy's lap to pick up one final present from under the tree, one that Troy and Gabriella had been told not to go anywhere near.

She walked back over to the couch and placed the present on Gabriella's lap, before climbing back up onto Troy's.

"Open it pwease." Jasmine asked.

Gabriella carefully unwrapped the present to find a white box. She opened the box to find a mug like the one Jasmine had given to Troy on his birthday, only this one said 'Please be my Mummy?'

Gabriella looked at the mug and then at Troy and her Mum, completely unsure of how she should react to this.

Daddy? Can Gabwi be my Mummy?"

Troy didn't expect this and therefore had no idea how to react; he sat speechless until Maria spoke up.

"She asked me the other day if you were her new Mummy, I honestly didn't know how to react, I wasn't sure how you'd react Troy, but she was adamant on finding out and wanted Gabi to have a special mug like yours, if I've over stepped the line, I apologies."

"No Maria, you haven't over stepped the line at all, to be honest I had thought of questions like this, but not now, far off in the future, I just wasn't ready for it, clearly she is. Jazzy, would you like Gabi to be your Mummy?"

Jasmine nodded, "She like Mawia."

"Okay then, I've got no problem with that, what about you Gabi?"

Gabriella didn't know what to think and had already let the tears fall, over such an amazing gift from the little girl.

"Are you sure Jazzy? I've never been a Mummy before; I might be really bad at it. I don't wanna try and replace Jess Troy."

"You wouldn't be Brie, Jess would want Jazzy to be happy, and if you becoming her Mum makes her happy then I'm sure she's smiling down on us right now, right Jazzy?

Jasmine nodded, "Mummy Gabwi?"

Gabriella looked down at the mug and then up at Jasmine, "Yeah sweetie, Mummy Gabi."

Jasmine smiled at that answer and moved across into Gabriella's lap, cuddling close to her, not like the fact she was crying.

"Mummy Gabwi no cry."

"I'm not sad honey, I'm happy, that's the best present anyone has ever given me, thank you so much Jazzy." Gabriella said, as she safely put her mug in the box and hugged the small girl close. She buried her face in Jasmine's hair and continued to let her happy tears fall, as she felt Troy's arms wrap around them both, letting her know he more than definitely approved of her answer.

"You know," Maria started, making the three of them look at her. "When I first met you Troy, I knew Gabi had changed, and then the first time I saw you all together I knew life would never been the same for any of us, now I think that special little girl has just changed our lives."

"She has. I didn't know what to expect when we moved, I just wanted a fresh start for us both, away from bad memories, I didn't care what else happened. Now, like you say Maria, I feel as though making such a tough decision has changed our lives for the better, I haven't been this happy since before Jess died and that's definitely because I met you Brie. Everything that has happened since I met you had made us what we are today, it's made me a stronger person and a better Dad, and it's made you a Mum, something I didn't think Jazzy would have for a very long time yet. What I'm trying to say is that coming here has, and always will be, life changing."

TGTGTGTG

There it is guys, chapter eleven, the end; I really hope you liked it.

I'm sorry if it didn't turn out the way you thought it would, or if you thought the ending was lame, but that just felt like the right way to end it.

Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed this story, it means that world, but please could you do it one last time?

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