Chapter 5- Videos & Decorations

I sat in Liam's nursery, in the dark. Liam was finally beginning to calm down and was starting to fall back asleep. I closed my eyes and rocked back and forth in the chair.

"Oh Liam what are we going to do with you?" I whispered I moved Liam into his nursery when the room did not smell like paint any longer. I had put a fan in there to clear out the smell. It only took a day, which I was grateful for, I could get my room back under control, and Troy is going to play his first game tonight since Liam was born which was almost two weeks ago. Last week they had a week break and they week before that I was still in the hospital and they were on the road.

I felt Liam's baby breaths against my chest; I had one of Troy's t-shirts on to smell his scent. Troy left yesterday morning and Liam and I got through one night.

I let my hand run over the top of his head, "I love you Liam, you wanna make daddy a video tomorrow morning?" I asked

He gripped my hand and I giggled, "Now?" I asked, he shifted his head and then he looked up at me. I looked out the window to see the sun starting to rise. They were in Miami tonight, which scared I think all of us, since Lebron and Wade were over there they have been killing the Lakers. I knew he would be up by now; I went into my room to search for my iPhone.

I found it and I clicked video, "You wanna make daddy a video?" I asked he squirmed around before I placed him in the middle of my bed.

I smiled and I kissed his small forehead, it was ten 0'clock in Miami right now, I smiled and I started the video.

"Hey Troy!" I said, I giggled before I looked down at Liam, "Liam and I are up right watching the sunrise, Liam's little routine y'know." I said I smiled to myself; I then placed the camera on Liam.

"Tell Liam, tell daddy how much you miss him," I said, he raised his arms up and made small noises. I laughed and I tickled his stomach, "teller Liam" I said

He smiled and the grunted, "Oh my, this is totally your child Bolton," I said, I turned the camera back to me, "Oh well; I will call you later tonight before the game. You better kick ass tonight!" I said I winked at him before saying my final words, "I miss you, love you!" I then pointed the camera back at Liam.

"Say bye daddy!"

He did not do anything but stare at the camera, I rolled my eyes and then I shut the camera off. I made my legs a little gate for Liam and I lay back on my pillows. I put the video in a message, Good Morning Beautiful:)

I sent him the message, I leaned forward to kiss Liam, "I love you Liam," I said, he gurgled, and I smiled.

"Come on, we have a big day ahead of us!" I said, "We have to go decoration shopping which should be a blast with you." I mumbled

Troy's POV

"Okay guys! Take a ten minute break!" Coach yelled, I wiped my forehead of sweat away and I went over to my gym bag. It was just a little after six in LA.

"Hey Troy, your phone was going off in the locker room," Luke said, I panicked and I headed to the locker room where I left it. I jumped over a stool to see it lying by my locker still.

I sighed to see whom wherever it was hung up or something, I picked up my phone to see a video. I smiled and I pressed play.

"Hi Troy!" she giggled to herself and I smiled, "Liam and I are up watching the sunrise…are little routine."

"Aw Liam…" he said, the camera focused on him, I felt a huge smile uplift onto my face. "Bolton?"

I heard Kobe's voice echo through the locker room I looked back at him. "Yeah?"

"What you doing?" He asked coming around me, I smiled and I stood up "Gabi sent me a video; I guess her and Liam are awake." I told him, "It was tough when I had to first leave Natalia," he said, I nodded my head, "Well Liam is a handful, I feel bad for just leaving."

Kobe laughed, "You probably loved that full night of sleep,"

"I slept like shit; I kept waking up looking for Gabs and Liam. I slept better the next night though." I said I looked back down at my phone to see her beautiful smile across the screen.

"You'll get use to it." He said slapping my shoulder, "Now come on we need to go warm up some more because we have to beat them tonight." Kobe said, I nodded my head and I grabbed my phone. I took it with me and I headed out to the gym.

I made Gabi her video back before coach called us back, I finished and I tossed the phone into my bag next to my Gatorade.

Gabi's POV (Takes place where it left off)

I got up and placed Liam in his playpen, which was in the corner, "Hang on bud, okay? I will be right back" my phone buzzed on the bed, I went over and picked up my phone.

I smiled when I saw Troy's face popped up on my phone, Awhs babe that was cute…

: ) Thanks!

I tossed it back on the bed, I looked in the mirror to see my hair all greasy looking, my eyes hanging with bags, and my face somewhat pale.

"Gross," I muttered, I walked into the bathroom and I turned on the shower. I walked into my room to glance over the playpen wall. He was not sleeping but he was not crying, I went over to my door and I shut to lock it. "Liam I am going to take a fast shower okay?"

He did not look at me twice before he started to wave his hands around, "yes, I will be quick" I said turning around, I grabbed a towel and I placed it on the rack. I slipped my clothes off and I glanced in my room to hear nothing. I got into the warm shower for it to run down my body.

"Mmm…this feels so good," I said to myself, I took ten minutes to myself before I turned the shower off and I got out. I went into the bedroom to check on Liam who was asleep. I smiled and I took a picture of him, I am going to have way too many pictures of this little boy.

I got dressed quickly in a pair of jeans and a Laker t-shirt. I ran my fingers through my wet, damp hair. I looked at my phone to see a message had popped up. I smiled and I went over to grab it, it was a text with a video in it.

I opened it up and I started the video, "Hey Brie! Liam!" I smiled as he paused; he scratched the top of his head. "I miss you guys, horribly. I can't believe I am playing my first game with the Lakers in two weeks," he sighed and then he pulled the phone away.

I then saw a room full of guys, "I am in the Miami Heat gym, pretty interesting here." He said, "Oh and tell Liam I miss him like crazy!"

I giggled at his silly self, "I will be looking forward to your call later tonight, I love you Brie," He said winking at me, I smiled and then the screen went blank. I tossed my phone on the bed and I went over to Liam, I picked him up and I held him in my arms. "Come on lets go see if Taylor is here yet," I said

I started walking downstairs, Liam sleeping in my arms when I heard a groan and then a mutter, I kept going down the stairs carefully before I saw Lucille, Jack, Jenni, and Mason.

"What the hell?" I asked, they all looked up to see me, "We are only here for the night but we decided to come see Mason for spring break and then Troy's big game tonight we decided to to come up and see you and Liam!" Lucille said, I smiled and Jenni raced over to me, "Your brother is in the car still, he is pissed and I don't know why." She said into my ear, I nodded my head, "You want Liam?" I asked as she stood giddily beside me.

"Yes please!" she begged, I smiled and handed him over gently. "I'll be right back," I said

I headed out the door to see Kyle sitting in the car with his feet propped up, so like him. I went down to the car to see his iPod plugged into his ears and the hood of his jacket over his head.

I knocked on the window of the car for him to jump and look at me, he opened the door for me, and "Gezz scare me much?"

"Gezz don't like me anymore?" He shifted and I sat down next to him, "Whats wrong?" I asked nudging him. He stayed quiet for several moments.

"I don't have all day dude; I have a baby I need to tend to." I told him, he shifted and laid his head on my shoulder. "My dad wants me to come home. He called me yesterday night while we were going through security at the airport. I of course let it go to voicemail but he sounded pissed. I am scared." He said I wrapped my arm around his shoulders.

"Hey, listen you don't have to go back to him." I said to him

"Yea, I do! He can totally just call the police on me!" Kyle said shoving my arm away, "Ky, he wont just take you! He cannot make you! You are almost 18!" I said to him, "I don't want to talk about this right now." He said shoving the car door open; I gapped at him as I got out of the car. Kyle headed to the beach and I ran up behide him, "I am no longer pregeant! I can keep up with you!" I told him, he walked onto the sand without a word.

"Will you please listen to me?" I said, he turned around to look at me, "You don't understand! My dad wants me back and he gets what he wants! I am just waiting for the police to show up or count me as a runaway!"

"Gosh! Kyle will you just please listen to yourself! Jack and Lucille are not letting you go anywhere! Your dad will get to drunk and just forget about you!" I told him, my voice rising over the waves.

I saw the tears evident in his eyes, "I don't know what to do Gabi, and I know he knows something is up but…"

I pulled him into a hug and I let myself listen to him breath, "Kyle you have to stay strong. Talk to Jack and Lucille later, tell Jenni everything because you can't do it by yourself, okay?"

He nodded his head and he gave me a squeeze around the hip, "Thanks for making me listen," he joked, I rolled my eyes at him. "It will all be good." I told him giggling

We both walked into our backyard, I saw the pool lights on, and the hot tub in the corner was blazing neon colors. I havent been back here in a while. The porch swing hanging from the porch. The basketball court near the back next to the fence, I could image a swing set in the near future, the last on was old and crumbling so Troy took it down.

"So where is my nephew at?" Kyle asked as we stepped through the backdoor, "Um, I handed him off to Jenni when I went after you." I said he rolled his eyes, "That's all she could talk about on the way here, since we are going to be back on Friday." He said

"Yea, is that why you are staying at Mason's?"

He nodded his head; we walked through the kitchen and headed down the hallway to hear the chatter in the living room. Kyle and I walked through to see Carly and Taylor sitting in the living room with Jack, Lucille, and Jenni. Carly was holding Liam, when he caught his eyes on me and he began to cry.

"Oh no, somebody wants mommy." Carly said standing up with him, I smiled greatly as I went over and took Liam into my arms. "Well, we all have to go shopping for Troy's decorations." I said to the group, Mason was laid back on the couch, "Oh I talked him this morning by the way." Mason said glancing over to me, "He said he doesn't know how he is going to make it until Friday, quote Troy Bolton." He said, he turned the TV channel to ESPN, which was showing the basketball match-ups for the day, the Lakers, and Heat was the top match of the day.

"Later tonight we are going to have an interview with new daddy, Troy Bolton." The guy on the screen smacked the cards down. The other guy looked at him, "Which I am excited for, the interview will be an hour mark to the big game tonight."

"This will be Troy's first game back from when his girlfriend had there son."

"Hope to see you then, have a good day."

The TV had our whole attention, "This should be interesting, since Kobe or Luke usually gets the interview before the big game." Jack said running his fingers through his thinning hair.

I nodded my head in agreement, Liam was lying in my arms and he was getting restless. "I am going to go put Liam in his car seat," I started, "Oh Gabi! Honey you can go! I will watch Liam for a few hours!" Lucille said I looked around at the two girls. "We will only be gone for three hours most. We might run by the store to get a few things to eat during the game." I said

"Honey trust me, I have babysitting duty on Friday anyways." I smiled thankfully and I headed upstairs with Liam. I was going to put him in his crib at the least.

I went in and I laid him down, "Now you better be good for Grandma Okay?" I said kissing his forehead, I went over to my room and I slipped on my Nikes and then I slipped on my Laker hoodie. I grabbed my car keys off my dresser and slung my purse over my shoulder. I walked downstairs to see them all chatting away, "Lucille Liam is upstairs in his nursery." I told her, she looked up at me.

"That's amazing! Did you finally get it painted?"

"Mhm, Troy and Mason did it while I slept." I said laughing, Mason rolled his eyes, "Yeah, I remember when you came home."

Carly, Taylor, and I all started to laugh, "Well let's go so we can be back in time to see the pregame stuff." I said waving my hands, it was almost eight in the morning but we did not know how long this was going to take and then the store. The game started 4:30 our times, 7:30 there time.

"We will be back in a few hours, if I need to come back early because of Liam it wont be more-" Lucille looked at me, "Honey, we got it okay. I have raised two; Mason practically raised Troy, and then Jenni." She said I gave her a comforting smile. "Thanks, I just still worry." I said to them

"What parent doesn't worry?" Lucille asked guiding us out the door, we all left after waving goodbye. We got into Taylor's car, "So where do you want to hit up first?" Taylor asked

I lugged bags around my arms, we had found countless things, we decided that we were only going to do Laker colors; it was going to be much simpler.

"I love how this is going to turn out!" I said, "Zeke called and confirmed all of my food, I have the DJ all set up. We will decorate Friday morning, I will leave pick up Troy around four. Keep him busy for a while before I take him back to the house. I still need to find him a gift besides our gag gift." I said laughter, the girls laughed.

"Well…Liam is going to need a gift too." Taylor said

I tapped my chin, "Y'know what? I think I should get him a new iPod or something." I said

"But his cell phone is basically his iPod," Carly pointed out as we walked through the mall, I groaned, "Dating him for so long and I am running out of ideas." I mumbled

"What about a new set of golf clubs?" Taylor said, I shook my head, "That can wait until we are married." I dropped my head, "If we ever get married," I mumbled under my breath

We passed the apple store and I took a left turn inside, "What about the iPad two?" I said walking up to one, Taylor and Sharpay stood behide me. "Brilliant."

A guy walked up to us, "Hi, how may I help you?"

"Do you have any iPad twos in stock?" I asked pushing my hair back, the guy glanced me up and down before nodding his head yes. "Of course for a pretty lady like you,"

I rolled my eyes, "I have a kid and a boyfriend, back off perv." I told him, he squinted his eyes at me, "Fine but I will be back with the highest one unless other ways asked." The salesperson said, "Nope, the highest one with 3G is fine." I said, "Who is your boyfriend by chance?" the guy asked, "None of your business." I told him, he only shrugged and then took off down to the backroom.

"Wow that was crazy."

"Just a little," I said, I leaned against the back of the counter. I glanced around the room and I saw the guy coming back, "Is this it?" he asked annoyed

I shook my head, "Is there like a Laker cover for this?" I asked him, he turned on his heel and then went over to a shelf and pulled down three covers.

"I have three different ones, one that is just plain Laker's logo, A Bryant one, and a Bolton one since he seems to be a huge hit lately." The guy said under his breath

I gaped for a moment and then we all burst out into laughter, "Oh man we have to take the Bolton one." I said laughing, the guy nodded and then he walked us back to the counter.

We paid for the iPad and I glanced at my watch, it was 1:35. "Shit, guys we still have to run to the store. Tomorrow we will shop for Liam's gift." I said picking up my bag and walking out the door.

We all headed to a smoothie stand before we went to our car, "Gabi have you been working out?" Taylor asked, "You seemed to have lost all of you baby weight." She said I nodded my head eagerly. "It flew off but I didn't do anything but my usual walk around and sleep!"

Taylor and Carly rolled there eyes, "Funny Montez,"

I smirked and we traveled to the closest grocery store, we all raced in to grab chips, fruit bowls, dips, ice cream, cookies, pizza that they made up in the kitchen, soda, ice, some boneless chicken wings to throw in the oven, some chex mix and finally we grabbed a few movies for later tonight.

"So do you think we have everything?" Taylor asked glancing in our full cart; I nodded my head as we pushed it up to the counter. "While you guys start checking out I am going to go and check on Liam." I said, I pulled my phone out and I called Lucille, I was greeted by Liam's cry.

"Why hello," I said laughing, "Oh Gabi hey!" Lucille said frantic "Liam is just waiting for his bottle." She said

"Oh you are feeding him! Good, thank you!" I said

"No problem, so how is today going?" she asked

"Today went great, I think we got most things done, we are finished up at the store. Will you have Jack or Mason turn both ovens on? One on 350 and the other on 425, pretty please." I said, I glanced over at our line to see us almost done, I went over and I swiped my credit card, "We bought a few new movies tonight, you guys up for it after the game?" I asked

"I know I will be is it all chick flicks?"

"Not all" I said laughing, "Hey Lucille I gotta go, talk to you later." I said hanging up my phone; I dropped it back in my purse. "Thank you for shopping at…" I rolled my eyes at the rest and Carly started pushing the cart. We headed out the door and straight towards our car. I pulled up my hood so the paparazzi did not catch me Taylor did the same.

"Did I tell you guys that Chad and I are getting ready to send save the date announcements?"

"Exciting! I am so excited for you Taylor, June 8th can't come soon enough!" Carly said waving her hands, I giggled and I opened the trunk of the car and we started putting in groceries.

"I know I just can't believe how close it is getting!" we finished putting in all the groceries and Carly put the cart away. Taylor and I got in to see it as almost two forty five; it was getting close to the interview and game time.

"We should call them," I said, I pulled my phone out and I called Troy. I put it on speaker and he answered quickly, "Hey Brie!"

"Hey babe! How is everything going?" I asked

"Good, we are in the locker room getting ready."

"Hi Troy!" Carly and Taylor called; I giggled and rolled my eyes. "Who is all at the house?" Troy asked

"Well at the house is Mason, Liam, your parents, sister, and my brother." I said to him, "But in the car is Taylor and Carly." I told him, "Oh, where did you go?"

"Grocery stores to pick up a few things for tonight," I told him, "Oh cool, get anything good?"

"Plenty, but we are getting ready to pull into the house, talk to you later babe." I said, "Love you," a smile played with my lips, "Love you too Bolton!" Carly said busted out in laughter, "Oh funny Car!"

"Love you Troy," I said still laughing, I then hung up the phone, we pulled into my driveway and pulling up to the garage. I got out and we all started grabbing bags. We got most of them in the first try and then Kyle came out the door to help. We shut Taylor's car door and headed inside, locking the door.

We walked in to drop everything on the counter; we put the pizza and the wings in the over, set the dips out and put the chips around the table.

"Sharpay, Vanessa, and Cassie have all arrived!" Sharpay yelled, "Vanessa brought little people!"

I giggled as I pulled beers out of the fridge and rested them on the counter, "Speaking of little ones, where is my little man?" I asked

"Lucille took him upstairs," Jack said, I nodded and I left the kitchen to head up the stairs. I walked into the nursery to see Lucille at the changing table with him.

"Whats going on up here?" I asked

Lucille turned around and gave me a soft smile, "Well, I am changing him into his Laker onsie." She said smiling; I went over to see Liam happy as could be in his Laker onsie. His blue eyes looked up into mine and his dark hair was growing rapidly on his head. I smiled and I let my fingers touch his head. He bubbled with excitement and then he kicked his legs and waved his arms. "You want to go watch Daddy play?" I asked

He smiled and then kicked his legs again, Lucille moved over, I picked him up gently, and I laid him in my arms. I kissed his forehead and we headed downstairs with Lucille. We heard ESPN on the TV and the announcers on, "In just a few minutes we will have Troy Bolton on for an interview, his first interview as a daddy."

I smiled down at Liam, I walked into the living room and I grabbed a water bottle. I walked into the living room to see on of Liam's blankets lying on the couch. I laid it on the floor and I laid him on his belly, he gurgled and let out a soft whine. He did not like being on his stomach very well. I sat down on the floor next to him and I picked him up and sat him down in my lap. We were both facing the TV; I leaned back against the couch. Jack and Kyle came in and sat down, Jack sat behide me and messed with Liam for a moment.

"Liam," Jack said, Liam recognized his name and turned his head trying to find it. We all laughed and he looked at us all frustrated. The TV turned onto the ESPN, Lucille, and the rest of the people came out of the kitchen to join.

"Welcome to our pre-Laker game show!" we all settled into our spots and Liam lay against my stomach. His eyes were not glued to the TV…yet.

"We are going to take you to the Miami Heat gym with Craig Johnson and new daddy Troy Bolton."

"Thanks Bob, I am hear with Troy Bolton for his first game back with the Lakers since his he had his first kid, Troy welcome!"

Troy smiled and sat back in his chair, "Thanks Craig."

Liam gurgled and looked at the TV; I smiled as I let my hand sit on top of his head, "So how is the baby life?" Craig asked

Troy laughed, "Tiring, that's for sure but I love it. Liam is an amazing little boy and is so, so loveable. Gabi is amazing with him; I mean she is always worried about him and loving on him. I can't get her to sleep!" Troy joked; I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"So do you get up in the middle of the night with Liam?"

Troy nodded his head, "Yeah, I do."

"Do you miss them?"

"Like crazy! The first night away from them, I woke up five times, about as many times as Liam gets up."

"Not a full sleeper?"

Troy laughed aloud, leaning head back, "No, he is just like me, always wanting to eat!" The two guys laughed and Liam reached out to the TV screen.

"So does Liam have the blue eyes?" Craig asked him, smiling over at Troy, "Yeah, he does, it is going to make him a player probably."

"Any signs of him loving basketball?" Troy ran his fingers through his hair, "There is actually, and he was only a few days old and we took him to the gym to meet the guys and they were passing the ball around. Gabi was standing there, it almost hit her, and she grabbed the ball and walked over to sit with us, Liam and myself. He liked freaked out when she tossed the ball back to Kobe, he tried to reach for it but his little arms could not reach. It was the cutest thing."

Craig smiled, "Is that good for you?"

Troy nodded his head, "I would think so."

"Okay, I will only ask one more question about Liam," he grabbed a card from his pile, "It's a question from a fan, it reads 'Does Liam have something that scares him or makes him cry?'"

Troy groaned slightly, "Liam, Liam, hates the car. I mean hates the car, some hating…burning passion." Troy said, "I feel bad for Gabi who is having to take him everywhere, Love you Gabs!" he said, I blushed hard and Liam was just looking at the TV.

"Can I ask one question on your guy's relationship?" Craig asked holding up one finger, Troy laughed and nodded his head, "Yea, go ahead."

"Is marriage anywhere in the future?"

Troy took a deep breath, "Wow big question there." He rubbed the back of his neck, Troy blinked his eyes, and "Uhm…I don't know." He said shrugging his shoulder, I sighed softly and adjusted Liam in my lap. I pulled my knees up and I laid him down on my knees.

"So what are you thinking about tonight's game?"

I bite my lip as I thought about the last question, "Well, I know we can beat them, they are a really good team though so it will be a good fight."

Craig nodded his head, "With only ten games left before playoff and all but two are on the road how do you feel about the end of the season?"

"I think it will be a good end of the season!"

Craig nodded his head, "So any March Madness brackets?"

Troy laughed, "No not this time around, I usually do but Liam has been very time consuming and I havent even been paying attention."

"If you were watching, who would you rooting for?" Craig asked shifting, Troy did the same moving his legs around before sitting up more, "Oh I don't know, UCLA of course since I went to college there, I like Duke, Butler, Florida those types of teams." He said

"Interesting," Craig said smiling; he then turned to the camera then back to Troy, "Well Troy it was nice to talk and to hear about the baby, thanks for sharing."

"Thanks for having me, I am glad to come back and play with the Lakers." Troy said smiling

"We have missed you out there on the court; we also want to wish you a happy early birthday." Troy ended up in laughing, "Thanks."

"Big 23?"

He smiled and nodded his head, "Yeah, old huh?"

Craig raised his eyebrows, "Oh yeah old"

The room around us busted out into laughter, "Well we will see you later Troy,"

"Thanks for having me once again."

After that, the camera went out to focus to see the gym behide them, the seats were starting to fill then the TV went to a commercial.

"Wow, interesting interview we had there." Taylor said Natalia was sitting next to mom while Gianna was sitting on her mom's lap. "Yeah, it was." I said quietly, I played with Liam's hands, "Was that daddy?" I asked him, he grinned like a little boy on Christmas morning.

I touched his nose and he tried to stick his tongue out, I laid him back down on his blanket. "Will you watch him?" I asked Jack nodded his head as I stood up to go and get another bottle of water and a plate of food. I smelled the pizza as I walked into the kitchen.

"Mmm…smells good in here." I said, Sharpay turned around and smiled at me, "I was just pulling everything out of the oven." I nodded and I grabbed a plate. I walked around and grabbed everything I could, "Oh I should grab Liam a bottle." I said, I put my plate down and I went over to the fridge.

"Something smells good in here!" Kyle said I turned to see Jenni and him walking into the room. I grabbed a bottle that I made this morning before I left. I got it and shook it up before putting it in a pan that was sitting there; I set the timer for three minutes. "I am going to check on Liam," I started and then Oreo came zipping through the kitchen. "What the hell?" I said

Then I saw Gianna and Natalia come in after her, both of them giggling, I smiled and I picked up my plate of food. "If the timer goes off before I come back, can you take it out for me?" I asked Sharpay, she nodded her head and I went out to the living room. I set my food down next to the table and glanced down to see Liam in his Bolton Laker onsie, I smiled at him. "I will be right back buddy." I said I looked over at the clock to see it was almost four fifteen. I headed upstairs to grab a bib and another blanket for him. I went back downstairs and into the kitchen, Liam's bottles, I felt like I was doing circles.

I stopped to look at the clock to see it was close, "Five minute warning!" Jack yelled into the kitchen as he held his plate of food, "Who is watching Liam?" I asked

"Kyle and Jenni,"

I hurried to the living room to see Liam still laying there, his fists were trying to go into his mouth, I laughed knowing he did that when he was hungry, crying usually started a little while after that. "Are you hungry?" I asked as I sat down in front of him, I sat his bottle down next to me and pulled my food down next to me. Natalia and Gianna came running through the room again with Oreo at there heels, "Hey guys, with the baby in here can you take Oreo upstairs to the playroom?" I asked nicely, "Yeah girls if you wanna run around go upstairs, you have been in the playroom before." Vanessa barked the girls only shooed Oreo up the stairs.

"I am sorry about them; they aren't totally into the basketball." Vanessa said sitting on the couch with a glass of wine, "Oh no it was no big deal, I was just-"

"Protecting Liam, trust me I snapped at some of my cousins because I had Natalia on the floor and they were running around being crazy. I freaked out and Kobe about killed them with his bare hands."

We both laughed and the rest of the group started to file in with there food, Jack sat behide me again and I picked up Liam to start to feed him.

I took a bite out of my salad on my plate that Vanessa brought over. When they started talking about the starting line up we all looked at the screen, they were all lining up for tip-off.

I glanced down at Liam, "Here we go Liam." I said to him, he only sucked on his bottle, I smiled and I looked up at the TV screen. "Alright and here we go! Time for tip-off."

The ref tossed the ball up and Miami took the ball, the Lakers scrambled after them. James had the ball and then he passed it off to Wade, he bounced passed it to another play in which I could not figure out who it was before he took a shot for Troy to rebound.

He held onto it before he started to go down court, he passed it over to Chad and then it made its way to Luke, after that it went to Kobe who went up for a three pointer for him to miss. Troy was there to rebound again and he went back up with it for a lay-up. It went in and the camera zoomed in on him, he looked up and then he winked, it was his dedication.

"Gabi you are in trouble, if Liam turns out like him," Cassie started, I sighed and I pulled the bottle from Liam's mouth. "I think I would have to marry both of them." I joked

Liam was lying in his Baby Bouncer sleeping; it was the last half of the game with two minutes left. The Lakers were down by six, Troy and Kobe were starting to play like shit since they were both panicking.

"Come on baby," I whispered, to myself, I glanced at Liam's sleeping body in the bouncy. Troy fouled and I saw words form at his lips, I bowed my head and I looked up at the screen. He fouled Wade and he shot two free throws, he made both of them.

I took a sip of my wine; Troy got a break away and went in for a lay-up. It went through the hoop; his hair was matted to his forehead from all the sweat. They ran back down the court, the time was currently at a minute. There was not enough time left, I felt my head drop into my lap.

Kobe fouled another guy, the guy made his two free throws. Jack sighed and shifted behide me, Vanessa had her hand in her hands. "This is the second time we have lost to them." She said

When the buzzard went off the final shot went up and off the camera screen, Miami started to celebrate and the Lakers started to pack up. They all formed a line to say good game. The room around us shifted and the tension rose, "Well I am going to go change Liam into something else and put him to bed. I will be back in a little while." I said standing up, "What movies did you guys buy?"

"Oh The Fighter, Life as we Knew it, and How do you know," I said, I bent over to get Liam out of the bouncer. "We should watch The Fighter, heard it was a great movie." Jack said

"It's a no little ears movie," I said

"I wouldn't be able to stay," Vanessa said, I picked Liam up and I laid his head on my shoulder. "The girls can sleep here we have plenty of guess rooms and I am sure Mason, Jack, and Kyle wouldn't mind helping you get them to your house. I also got Yogi Bear if they want to watch that." I said

"Are you sure?"

I nodded my head, "Yes! You should not go home and be by yourself!" I told her, she smiled and then got up to grab her keys. "I am going to grab some PJ's for them, I will be right back."

"While we let the mothers do there thing I am going to scope out some more food."

I walked off and headed upstairs, Liam shifted his head on my shoulder and he made a small noise. I went up the stairs and went down the hallway until I turned into his room. I pushed it open with my hip and I turned the low lamp on so I could see. I went over to his closet to grab a pair of footie PJ's. I smiled at them and I took him over to the changing table.

He fussed as I put him down before his blue eyes opened up; he let out a soft cry that told me he was tired. He had just eaten twenty minutes ago.

I pulled out a diaper to change that, I leaned over to kiss his forehead. "Love you Liam"

I changed his diaper and then put his PJ's on, I finished buttoning them up, I picked him up and I rubbed his back softly as his head laid on my shoulder. I swayed back and forth with him before my phone started vibrating in my pocket. I went over to Liam's crib and I put him down. His eyes were shut and his fists were curled together. I pulled out my phone to see Troy calling me; I smiled to see the picture that showed up.

I answered it and I put the phone to my ear, "Hey," I went over to the baby monitor to turn it on. "Hi," he said back, I took a long breath, "How are you doing?" I asked

"It sucked,"

"I am sorry baby," I said in the quiet night, I went out into the hallway cracking Liam's door and holding the monitor.

He was quiet, he was on the bus or outside the locker room because it was not too loud, "You played well Troy, Liam enjoyed the first half."

"He was up?"

"Yeah, he sat in my lap. He then fell asleep but I put him in his bouncer thing and he laid there."

"We are traveling to Chicago tonight and playing tomorrow, and then I will be home." Troy said I leaned back against the wall of the hallway.

"For your birthday," I teased, he laughed a little, "I love you baby." I said

"Hey, I gotta go we are getting on the bus, call you later?" His voice hung, like he did not want to say but he needed too.

"Yeah, bye."

"Love you"

"Love you too," we both hung up and then I went down to the playroom to see Gianna and Natalia lying on the couch. "Hey guys, your mom went to get you some clothes. We are going to watch a movie upstairs and I have few movies you can pick from do you have any favorites?"

"Umm…what do you have?" she asked

"I got Yogi Bear today…" I suggest, gezz I had no idea what these kids would like to watch. "Gianna do you want to watch Yogi Bear?" Natalia asked her sister, I leaned in the doorway to watch the two converse.

"Sure" she said, I then feet coming up the stairs, I turned to see Vanessa walking towards me, she gave me a soft smile, and "Did Kobe call you?"

She nodded her head, "Troy calls you?"

"Yup, he wasn't happy. I tried to cheer him up though."

"He kept saying he needed to go back out on the court and just shoot for a little while." She looked into the room to see the girls laying on the couch, "I have an extra bedroom down the hallway." I said, she nodded her head, "Girls come on, we are going to go to Ms. Gabi's room down the hallway for you to lie down in."

They both got up and shuffled to the door, "I will meet you downstairs." I said after pointing them to the right room. I turned back into Liam's room to check up on him. His chest rose softly and then fell down again, I leaned over the crib just to watch him sleep for a moment, and he was too cute. I finally backed away from his crib and back out into the hallway. I made my way downstairs into the kitchen.

I grabbed the wine bottle and poured myself another glass, "Talk to Troy?" Jack said coming into the room, Mason followed closely behide him. I nodded my head; I pulled the bottle back and set it on the counter. "He wasn't happy; I had to talk to him for a while before he started to talk a little more."

"Last time they lost to Miami he talked to me for like three hours, of course I actually went to that game down in Miami, I just so happened to be there." Mason said, I shrugged, "I think he wanted to talk to me longer but he had to go." I said

I grabbed my wine glass and I headed back out to the living room, I made myself comfortable on the couch to watch the movie, I had the baby monitor on next to me, not too loud but load enough to hear.

I grabbed the blanket that was behide the couch and pulled it over my body, everybody started to come back into the living room. Vanessa came back down and she gave me a smile, "The girls are very happy with the movie."

"It was just a random pick." I said, she smiled at me and then she sat down to, Sharpay laid next to me and tried to steal my blanket. "Hey!" I protested, she giggled and then grabbed her own blanket.

Jack put in the movie and we all were settled back into the couch.

I heard Liam's soft cry come through the monitor, which made me jerk awake, I sat up to see the living room dark and to see everybody sleeping. I looked at the clock to see it was a little past eleven.

I yawned and then tried to get up before Liam's crying grew any louder. I was stuck under Sharpay whose head was on top of my feet. I tried to pull them slowly and carefully but she lifted her head for me, then went back to sleep. I got up and I started walking across the room I heard feet coming up the stairs, I stopped in mid stride and saw the basement door open.

Jack stepped out with Kyle behide him, "I think Liam is crying." Jack whispered as he stretched his arms, I jumped when they came around the corner, and "You scared me!" I yelled quietly, Jack and Kyle both looked at me. "Are you getting Liam?" Kyle asked

"Yeah?"

Liam's cries grew loudly as the time past; I started up the stairs to go to his bedroom. I could hear Kyle and Jack following me as I went into the room. I went to his crib to pick him up and he stunk. "Man this is Troy's job." I muttered I took him over to the changing table. "Damn that is one thing I don't miss," Jack, said from the doorway, I started pulling off Liam's diaper to turn and look at him.

"You my friend are crazy, when she is holding a diaper and low on sleep." Kyle said, I laughed, "You are so smart." I said to him giving him a tight squeeze on the shoulder as he stood next to me.

I did Liam's diaper quickly before I swayed back and forth with him hoping he would go back to sleep but he kept fussing, I knew what he wanted but Troy is dead asleep or on a plane where he is dead asleep. I bit my lip nervously; Troy usually had this time area with Liam since Troy was usually still up.

"Do you know what he wants?" Kyle asked letting his head rest on my shoulder, "Yeah, he wants Troy." I said, "Troy takes him at this time mostly, he did this last night too. He ended up crying himself to sleep." I said, Jack looked at me, "Here let me see him for a moment, I am the closest thing to Troy we are going to get."

I handed him Liam as he squirmed along into his arms, he cried a little louder but when he was in Jack's arms and settled, he looked up at him. Jack let his hand fall onto Liam's stomach, Liam tried to reach around with his hands before he grabbed Jack's finger.

Kyle and I stood together in shock, "Shit, what the hell do these Bolton's have?" I asked looking at Kyle, we both laughed, Jack laughed before he went over and laid him down in the crib.

"Thanks." I said to him, he only shrugged, "I only helped."

"Jack, you basically just got him to stop crying which took me an hour yesterday since Troy is the one with him."

"Always?"

I nodded my head, "Until last night, it's different for him to change suddenly but he is going to get used to it hopefully. When he woke up in the middle the night it was simple. I did my routine with him and he went straight back to bed, of course he has his moments but y'know."

Jack nodded his head, "Troy was the same, I would always be up early in the morning like five to work out, and Troy would get up around that time anyways to eat or something. Well when we had those, no school days in his earlier months I would not get up until eight so Lucille would get up with him and he would cry and cry. She finally woke me up the first time it happened and I got him to settle down, then I would go back to bed, the next thing you know it would happen again, after that I finally said fuck this and I got up every morning at the same time for the first five months of his life."

Kyle and I busted out into laughter; we then quieted ourselves before looking over at Liam's bed. We all shuffled out of the room before I leaned against the wall. "Guys, what were you doing in the office?" I asked them, they both shared a look, "Playing games, you were all asleep so we went down to mess on the two Macs you have down there, not mentioning both of you have laptops."

"Mom bought my Mac when I graduated; Troy bought his in the first year of college after trying to steal mine. Then those computers are mostly for Wildcat Dreams and a quiet place to go. That is are only printer to, Troy sometimes hooks his laptop up down there when he wants to be alone." I told the two, they nodded there heads and I yawned, "I am going to be because in T-minus two hours Liam is going to be crying again for food." I told them, they both rolled there eyes.

"Hey, don't roll your eyes" I said pointing at them as I walked towards my room, they both headed the other way chuckling, when they turned the corner I grabbed my phone. I slipped back into Liam's room as I started to make another video.

"Hey babe, I am standing in the nursery watching Liam sleep. Your dad helped me getting him to fall asleep at eleven when you are usually with him, guess it is the Bolton touch. I do not know…" I giggled and I put the camera on Liam's sleeping body, "He watched today, he loved it too, when you had your interview his eyes were like yours when you get excited." I said

I sighed softly in the room before sneaking back out, "I miss you and I hope that you had a good flight, I can't wait to see you Friday. I miss you love." I said I blew him a kiss before I sent him the video.

I went into my bedroom to put a pair of shorts on with Troy's hoodie that I stole from his suitcase. I smiled as I buried into my pillows leaving the baby monitor on loud and on my nightstand, and then I fell asleep but not before tossing and turning.

How did you all like the chapter? I tried to get it out faster but I have been busy! And I know you are all waiting for drama and I promise more will be coming soon I just don't know when, maybe the birthday party might have some but I am not sure. I am going to try to write another chapter for this weekend.

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