Chapter 38- Family
"How the hell you got me on this damn road trip I have no fucking idea," I grumbled, Troy laughed and then looked at me.
"Come on, we only have like twenty minutes left!" He said, he voice full of laughter.
I rolled my eyes and I kicked back my seat and little and rubbed my stomach. I sighed and I thought over the last few days, they have been crazy. From filling out more forms for Wildcat Dreams, going to the hospital to promote, doctors appt, and so much more on my plate right now.
"My mom wanted me to tell you that my whole family is in town," He said, his voice concerned
"I have never met your entire family," I said sitting up a little, panic rushing through my blood, "I mean what if they hate me? I have not met anybody outside of your grandma! I mean that was what three years ago?" I said, I could feel the tears and I could see Troy's eyes widening.
"Gabi, its okay!" He said, he reached his hand out and rubbed my thigh, "They aren't going to hate you, who could hate you?"
I sniffled and I looked up towards the ceiling, "Ok, but you promise they are all nice?" I asked, he laughed.
"Of course! They come from me!" He said laughing
I shook my head, "Don't get Cocky Bolton," I said with a smirk on my face
"Not cocky" He fired back
"Oh hell yes you are"
He laughed and then grabbed my hand, "My cousin Jillian just had a kid I think 8 months ago?" He said, not to sure of himself, I nodded my head.
"How old is she?"
"A year older than us, but she is a single parent" He said
"I'll partly be a single parent," I said
His face turned into a frown, "How would you be partly at single parent?" He asked
"Troy, do you not remember the last three weeks of our life?" I asked
"You'll come on the road with us…right?" He asked
I groaned I then looked at him, "What about when it starts school? Or when I don't wanna travel, maybe I want to stay home"
He looked forward as he drove, not even looking at me. "Gabi I thought"
"You thought wrong Troy, I can't go every where with you, I am not letting my baby live out of a hotel room, I want it to have a stable life, and I want it to have a good life. Yes, we will go travel to see you but not like the schedule you have, I mean what if you get hurt? I am not going to go across the country to watch you sit on the bench." I told him
He only nodded his head, "Yeah, I got you," He said
"Good, you are the dad" I mumbled
I saw him give me a look and I laid my head backwards, I watched as the moon rose higher in the sky, I looked at the clock seeing it was past six. I groaned and grabbed my phone.
"Taylor" I whined
"We are like ten cars behide you, tells Troy to stop speeding" She joked
I rolled my eyes, not that she could see, "I swear I am staying down there until I have this kid…" I grumbled
She laughed, "Hey you said you would"
"No, its Troys fault"
"How is it my fault?" I heard Troy say with a laugh, I only rolled my eyes.
"Bolton trying to stick up for himself?" Taylor asked
"Yup, he sure is" I said
"Erg, I am so tired" I mumbled
"I really want some of Lucille's home cooking" I heard Taylor say, "Amen!" I heard Chad say, I giggled.
"I am going to have to miss out on food, I am exhausted," I said, my eyes drifting
I heard Taylor sigh, "I would hate to be pregnant right now," She said
"Yeah, just you wait," I said
"I am not as love sick as you get," She said
I huffed a breath and looked forward, I saw we were entering city limits, "Mmm…whatever. I'll talk to you see" I said, I hung up and put my phone away.
"Want me to sneak you upstairs?" Troy asked, I slowly nodded my head and looked in the back to see Kyle completely passed out. I wish I were.
"Ok, we just need to go in last or I can sneak you through the front door and have everybody else go through the garage" He said
"Let's go in the front"
"Send a mass text out" He said
I nodded and sent a quick text, we then passed East High, and I let out a dreamy sigh as we pasted it.
"I miss it too" He said, I only nodded my head and leaned against the door. I closed my eyes for a minute only for the car to stop.
"Brie, wake up"
"I am not even asleep," I grumbled
"Sounded like it to me" He said, I opened my eyes and I rubbed them, I saw everybody else pulling in behide us. I whimpered and I opened the door.
"You okay?" He asked ducking his head under again, I slowly nodded my head and got out to stretch my legs. I grabbed my blanket and pillow. I hugged it close to my chest and I waited for Troy, he opened the garage and then he led me towards the front. Kyle was wide-awake and bouncing as the garage door open. Slowly.
Troy opened the front door quietly and then shut it quietly as we both entered, he looked to see the others entering. Jenni and Kyle already wrapped up in a hug kissing each other. I smiled as we quietly walked by and up the stairs, Troy lead me to his room and then I placed my stuff on the bed. I yawned and I hugged Troy.
"Go to sleep Brie, you look tired"
"I am really tired," I mumbled
He smiled and then kissed my forehead, "Night Brie, I'll slip in later. My family is showing up tomorrow morning"
"Wait, they aren't here yet?" I asked
He shook his head, and then he scratched the back of his neck, "I should mention we do a late Christmas"
"But I didn't buy anything!" I freaked out and he only wrapped me in a hug.
"They aren't expecting anything from us," He murmured, kissing the side of my head.
I sighed and rubbed my temples, "Go away. You are stressing me out" I mumbled, he laughed.
"Night babe"
I waved my hand and I climbed into Troy's warm comfy bed and surprisingly fell asleep.
Troy's POV
After I shut the door to my room, I softly went down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Guys, umm should I even ask this but…where is my son?" My mom asked, a smile crept up onto my face and I went into the kitchen quietly, my moms back turned to me. I told everybody that could see me to not to give me away.
"Probably on the side of the road somewhere" Chad mumbled, I rolled my eyes and I enclosed the distance on my mom.
I quickly wrapped my arms around her waist and picked her up, "Looking for me?" I asked as a small scream came flooding out of her mouth.
The whole group around laughed, "Troy Anthony Bolton!" She scolded; I laughed and gave Chad a high-five. I went over and gave me mother a proper hug and then I grabbed a water bottle.
"Now is she going to scare me too or should I ask?"
"What Brie?" I asked as I tilted my head back and the water went down my throat.
"Yeah, the one who is…?"
"Upstairs sleeping," I told her
She looked shocked, "Doesn't even say hi?" my mom asked
"Mom, she is really tired and if she came in here I think she felt like she would have to stay, but she hasn't slept good in a while," I said shrugging
She only shook her head, "Ok, whatever. Your dad is out back grilling" She mumbled, I watched as the girls all grabbed some water and went out to the deck and the guys all grumbled out the door to say hi to my dad.
"Mom, you okay?" I asked
She only shook her head, "Troy hunny I am fine" She said
"You seem upset," I said
"I just wish Gabi would have said hi"
"Mom do you not remember being pregnant? It is sucking the life out of her right now, give her a while and she will be back to the Gabi who slept the whole way here and bounced off the walls when she got her and scarffed down like four of you home made meals." I said laughing, she laughed to and I gave her a hug.
"Yeah, I guess I just don't remember has she been getting any sleep?" She asked
I shook my head, "When I was away I got three middle of the night phone calls, scared the hell out of me each time," I said shaking my head.
"Thought it was time?" my mom asked
"Yeah, and each time she was crying, so it made it worse"
She nodded her head, "I get it Troy, it's hard but it's harder for her"
"Yeah, I guess." I said with a shrug
"So do you know the sex?" She asked I shook my head no.
"Bummer. Got names picked out?"
I nodded my head yes, and her eyes went wide, "Tell me please!" She begged, I laughed and shook my head no.
"Not gonna happen!" I told her with a laugh, she narrowed her eyes and then smacked me with a towel.
"Fine be that way," She murmured, I smiled again and I kissed her cheek.
"I am gonna say hi to my dad and umm my sister" I said with a laugh, she only nodded and kept stirring whatever she was cooking.
I walked out the back door and saw a cooler of beer on the deck, I reached down and grabbed one, I popped the top and I took a swig of the Bud Light Lime.
"Troy, come play!" Chad yelled, bouncing a basketball in-between his legs.
I held up my beer and looked down at him, "No thanks! I am good!" I yelled, Chad rolled his eyes and shot a three pointer. I shook my head and I looked over to be leaning against the edge of the rail, him next to the grill. I went over and leaned against the rail myself.
"Dad" I said with a smile, he looked over at me and gave me a smile.
"How ya doin?" He asked, I shrugged and I looked down as they played.
"How many months left?"
"Two" I said
He nodded his head and took a swig of his own beer, "Where is she at?"
"Upstairs sleeping, if she isn't sleeping I will probably have her come eat dinner" I said with a shrug
"Not getting much sleep?"
I shook my head, "Nope, not at all. It's really starting to suck for the both of us"
"Don't even go there Troy, if you say that in front of your mom or her you will be a dead man" He said with a laugh, I shook my head and I turned and kept my back against the rail.
"I have to be so careful about what I say these days, I mean any thing I say can be twisted into something else and that leads to tears and that leads to hours of emotional shit" I mumbled, I took another drink of my beer and then I looked towards the ground.
"Two months Troy"
I laughed and nodded my head, "Two months" I said
"Jack! What's for dinner?" Zeke yelled
"Chicken!" He yelled back I went over and sat in one of the chairs and laid back.
"You are awful quiet Troy" My dad said, I only shrugged and then closed my eyes.
"You tired?" he asked
"Yes." I mumbled
"You do know that all of your cousins, your aunts and uncles, grandma and grandpa are all going to be here…early right?" He said I slowly nodded my head.
"I swear to God if they wake Brie up when she is really sleeping, I will be pissed off" I said with a shake of the head.
"I will try to keep them down" He said flipping the chicken, I got up and fixed my shorts, I grabbed my beer and I headed towards the door.
"I am going to check on Gabi," I mumbled fumbling with the door; I twisted the knob and let it open. I heard an okay from my dad.
I walked in and set my beer down on the table, I went over and kissed my mothers cheek and then I headed towards the stairs. I bounded up them and headed into my room, I opened the door silently and I peeked my head in. She was lying on her side, I walked into the room and say her breathing nice and even, just like if she were asleep. I gently leaned over and kissed her temple.
I then went and kicked my shoes off and pulled on some sweats, I took my hoodie off and then I replaced my t-shirt with a wildcat one. I then I headed out of my room, I was more ready for bed than this. I walked downstairs to see everybody in the kitchen. Talking loudly.
"Guys! Shh! Gabi is really sleeping!" I said with a sigh
"Troy so you know when you have the baby…makes sure you do have loud noise so they learn to sleep through them." My mom said setting stuff on the tables.
"I know that but Gabi hasn't slept in forever," I said sitting down grabbing my beer from the end. Chad took a seat next to me and the group all filled around but there was still a lonely seat next to mine, I sighed and I took a drink of my beer and started piling on the food.
"Taylor and I are going to make our rounds tomorrow for family," Chad said, grabbing a piece of chicken.
"Yup, same with Sharpay and I" Zeke said
"What time are you heading out?" Chad asked Zeke
"Probably like eight"
"Good, so are we. We can all go get breakfast together or something, Troy you and Gabs want to come?" Chad asked I looked down at my plate and back up.
"I don't know if we are up then maybe. I am not waking her up" I said, I wiped my mouth and I looked at my plate.
"I am going to bed," I said
"Good, you have been grumpy all night Troy" Jenni said, I shook my head and I started walking away.
"Good Night" I mumbled
"Good Night Troy" everybody said
I walked up to the room and I went in to see her still sleeping peacefully, thank goodness. I stripped off my shirt and I headed towards my bed.
I got in and Gabi automatically drawled her body towards mine, her head resting on my chest. I kissed her forehead and let my head drop to my pillow.
"I love ya Gabs," I whispered softly, I then closed my eyes to be swept off towards dreamland.
Gabi's POV
I cannot believe it, I slept through the whole night and it was nine o'clock. I smiled and I sat up, I looked over at Troy who umm was not there. I sighed and I got up, I slipped on a pair of sweatpants and I grabbed Troy's hoodie, which was lying on the floor. I slipped it over my body and I opened the door to go downstairs. I fixed my hair and then I headed down the stairs.
I got down to the bottom of the stairs to see…many people. I swallowed hard and I looked frantically around for Troy, they all looked alike.
I tried to push through them all but it was almost impossible, I wanted to break down crying. I felt a sob building up in my throat; I pushed through the people and made my way into the kitchen. I did not see him in there either, I felt a tear trickle down my cheek and I saw the back door. I did not even see Lucille, or Jack or anybody else I knew!
Once I got out the door, I finally saw him on the basketball court, I rubbed the top of my stomach, I wiped away a single tear from my cheek, and I headed down the stairs, passing a bunch more people.
He shot a lay up, then he looked up, over at me, his face widened, and then he took off from the court and made his way towards me. I closed my eyes and waited for him to be in my arms, which took about ten seconds.
"Brie, good morning" He whispered
"I couldn't find you," I kept mumbling repeatedly
"Hey, hey its okay" He said rubbing my lower back
I only buried my head into his chest and he rubbed my back, I felt him move us over a little bit. When I looked up, we were under the deck.
"You okay?" He asked, his sparkling blue eyes shining down on me.
I slowly nodded my head and then leaned against him some more, "I didn't know they were already here," I said
"Since like five this morning, we have tried to keep the kids outside since like seven, it's been hard" He said with a laugh, I nodded my head and his arms were wrapped around my shoulders.
"So, you ready to go meet everybody?" He asked
"I am not even dressed well! I am in sweats and a hoodie! Yours!" I said, my voice on edge
"Gabi, they don't expect you to be dressed up. Everybody is in sweats." He murmured in my ear
"I don't even have make-up on," I said
"You look even more beautiful without any makeup, you don't need any," He said soothingly in my ear. I smiled up at him and then kissed his lips.
"I love you"
"I love you too, now come on" He said, he tugged my hand and we went over towards the basketball court.
"Don't worry about names," He whispered gently into my ear, I saw Jack who immediately saw me and stopped the game.
"Hey guys!" Troy yelled they all looked over towards him…and me.
"Troy! Who is this?" A little boy, maybe seven cried out
I saw a smile come across Troy's face, his arm grip around my a little tighter. "This is my wonderful girlfriend, Gabriella," He said, my cheeks went a dark red and I leaned against him.
"Brie, this is my cousins, Derek, Emma, Emily, and Brett who are all 15" He said pointing to a group of four over there, I smiled as they smiled back I turned to the next group he was pointing out. "Over there is Becca and Josh who are both 19" He took a breath then directed me to the group of boys who were waiting to go back to playing basketball.
"Troy! Hurry up!" One of the many boys said
"Guys, I am done playing!" Troy yelled back, he then put his hand on the small of my back, "Gabi this is Greg who is 13, Mike who is 14, Max who is 10, Aidan who is 16, Dalton who is 17, Austin who is 8 and then finally we have Ryan who is 16." He said pointing to all of them.
"Hi" I choked out, Troy squeezed my hand.
"So Troy, this is the mystery girl you always told us about?" Emma said coming standing next to him, she had the Bolton blue eyes, and they all did.
"This would be her," Troy said
"Glad to finally meet you can't believe I am going to be a second cousin…"
"Aren't you already?" I said
"Well yes but I never thought I would be to this buffoon here" She said hitting him in the shoulder, I laughed and nodded my head.
"Understood"
"Hey! What does that mean?" Troy asked, I giggled and only kissed his cheek, "Aww I love you," I said
"Mhmmm…real love huh?" He said with a smirk, I only rolled my eyes and we said buy to Emma.
"Come on, do you wanna change really quickly? My mom and all of my aunts went to the store; most of my uncles are sleeping. I have three other cousins who are sleeping, those are the older ones, oh and my second cousins." He said, I giggled.
"Yeah, I just want to put a pair of jeans on and put a little make-up on" I said
He nodded his head and then we headed upstairs, I went into the bathroom and slipped a pair of jeans and put a little make-up on. I fixed my hair and then walked into Troy's room, him sitting on his bed.
"Ready?" I asked
"Yup, my mom just got home to" He said
"Good, so lets go" I said with a cheery smile
"Yes, lets" He said with a grin
We headed downstairs to hear all of the women talking softly in the kitchen; they were all married in but two out of five.
"Hi everybody!" Troy said walking into the kitchen, our hands linked.
"Troy! Gabi!" Lucille said, she approached me and inflamed me into a hug.
"Hi Lucille" I mumbled into her shoulder, I gave her a hug back.
"Troy is this…" One of his aunts started
Troy blushed pink and nodded his head, all of his aunts screeched. I jumped back a little and only Troy laughed and kissed my ear.
"Gabs, I would like you to meet my Aunt Tish, Aunt Meg, Aunt Lilly, Aunt Sarah, and Aunt Michelle" He said, they all waved.
"Let see, Aunt Tish has Emma, Josh, and Max" He said, I nodded able to see the features and she was not a Bolton regularly, her eyes were brown, like mine.
"Aunt Meg has two you haven't even met yet, Abby and Haley who are 24 and 26 and then she has Aidan," He said, I nodded she was most definitely a Bolton.
"Aunt Lilly here has Jillian which I already told you about, Dalton, Ryan and also Emily." I smiled as he spoke, letting the entire faces roll through my head. Bolton, hands down.
"Aunt Sarah has, Anthony who is 25, Greg, Austin and Derek" Not a Bolton, she has green eyes that is why Austin had the Aqua looking eyes.
"And last but not least Aunt Michelle" Who was not a Bolton, hazel eyes. "She has the remaining kids, Becca, Brett, and Mike" He finally said, I smiled and nodded.
"They all seem great but what's up with the few girls?" I asked
The whole group laughed, "We have always wondered that, Becca, Jenni, Jillian, Abby, Haley, Emma, Emily. Seven girls"
"Ten boys" I said with a nod
"Yup, that would be right"
"But so far the next generation has been all girls" Meg said with a wink
I giggled, "I think that is what Troy is secretly hoping for" I said to them, they laughed and I turned to see Troy blushing. I gave him a quick smile and then grabbed his hand.
"Is any of my uncles up yet?" Troy asked
"No, but you can go wake Anthony and the other up" Michelle said
Troy nodded his head and then grabbed my hand, we headed downstairs towards the Bolton's finished basement, and Troy turned and looked at me.
"This is always fun" He said with a smirk on his face.
"Oh yes" I mumbled
When we entered the room I saw two portable cribs, Troy pulled me towards them too, "Gabi this is Anna and Isabelle" He said pointing to each of them.
"Have you met them?"
"Yes, when we were in town a while back I snuck over to see them"
"Issy is Haley's and Anna is Jillian's," He said, I nodded and looked around, and I saw four bodies sleeping.
"WAKEY WAKEY!" Troy yelled, Haley and Jillian both shot up from there spot Troy pointed them out earlier. Anthony and Abby lay in the places…peacefully.
"What the fuck Troy" Jillian said sitting up, rubbing her eyes.
"You mothers told me to wake you all up," He said with a shrug
"Is this the girl?" Haley asked with a yawn
"Yup, Gabi meet Jillian and Haley"
"Nice to meet you Gabi, Troy will never shut up about you," Jillian said rubbing her eyes still she then stood up.
"I swear if you would have woken up either of these kids then I would have killed you," Haley said standing up also.
"So are you both single parents?" I asked
"No. My boyfriend is at his families already," Haley said
I nodded my head, "That's cool," I said
"Yup, I asked him to take the baby but noo…he wanted time alone" Haley said rolling her eyes, I looked towards Troy and then towards the ground.
"How are we going to do the other two?" I asked
"I have an idea," Troy said, he tossed us all a pillow and we took action, Troy and I took Anthony and the other two took Abby.
It only took about 15 seconds for Anthony to prop out of bed 30 for Abby.
"Damn, can't a guy sleep?" Anthony asked
"Nope." Troy said, I giggled and Anthony looked up towards me.
His eyes were not blue either, whoa. He had green, most likely Sarah's kid.
"Somebody is caught on your eyes" Abby said, I looked up and shot her looks.
"No big deal, if she has saw the rest of the family…I know why" he said
"Yeah, you have green…the rest of you all have blue." I murmur
Everybody laughed, "That's why I am the special one in the family," He said laughing
I smiled and then walked back into Troy's arms, "So you must be Gabi"
"Yup, that would be me"
"Sweet, anyways I am Anthony"
"Nice to meet you"
"So who wants breakfast?"
"Me!" Everybody said, I smiled at Troy and after everybody was gone, I planted a kiss on his lips.
"You okay?" He asked
"Yep, perfectly fine" I murmured against his lips.
"Do you like the family so far?"
"Oh yes."
He smiled and kissed my nose, "I love you"
"I love you too Troy Bolton"
"Come on, lets join my crazy family" He said
I nodded, "Lets"
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