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Chapter 10- Hangover

Why? Why did my head hurt like hell? I rolled over touching for Troy but he was not there, I groaned knowing that he knew. What happened last night? I sat up in the bed and I rubbed my eyes, the shades were pulled wide open. That had to be a doing of Troy's. "Oh Lord, what happened last night?" I glanced over at the clock to see it a little past eleven. I lay back down in bed and I pulled the blankets over my head.

I fiddled with the edge of blanket; I had on a pair of shorts and a tank top. I frowned my brow and I looked over at the floor next to the bed to see the pink dress. I picked it up and I smelled it, "Whew," it smelled like beer and smoke, "Gross," I tossed it towards the hamper and I missed by a good ten feet or so. "Weak," I muttered.

I closed my eyes again and I played with my hair which to smelled like smoke, "God what bar did we go to last night?" I brushed my hair back and I looked at the window but I winced, "Somebody should shut the blinds," I muttered towards the balcony door. The sun poured in and made my head pound harder. Who invented hangovers because who ever did needed to be shot in the head when he had a hangover! I tried not to laugh because it would have just made me headache worse. A loud bang came at the door and I heard the handle twist. My body winced from the noises and then the door banged against the wall. I pulled the covers closer around my head.

"Wake up sunshine!" Troy yelled walking in, he pounded his feet across the floor and banged against things as he came, I winced and I held the blankets tighter over my head. My head hurt to the point I wanted to cry, I think this was punishment enough. "Pull the blanket off or I will for you." I held it tighter and Troy began to count to three, "One…Two…three," I winced and Troy came over and he ripped the blankets back with one swift pull. I closed my eyes and he stood in front of me. His body towered over mine.

"How is your hangover because you came home wasted last night? I mean way past chocolate wasted. Don't answer your phone or anything so how is that hangover?" He asked again, I groaned and I looked up into his blue eyes, "I'm sorry okay?" I turned over onto my stomach and he flopped onto the bed with me. The mattress bounced a few times, my light body going with it even though I feel very bloated. "Oh don't be sorry, just tell me why." His eyes looking over my body, I shrugged my shoulders lightly and I turned away from him.

"Oh no, we are not playing that game." He put his arms around me and pulled me closer to him, I cried the whole way over into his chest. "I like playing that game because you will leave me alone after that."

"Not this time, you are going to tell me why the hell you went off last night and got drunk off your ass." His voice was hard and tense, the rockiness.

"But if I tell you then you will be pissed, leave me to cry, and the apologize later when you feel insanly bad. We go through this every single fucking time. I am so done with fighting with you." I rubbed at my eyes with the free hand I had. The head pounding did not leave but I forgot about it for a moment when Troy was quiet.

"Just give me a reason, I will keep my anger in check and I won't leave you." He said kissing my forehead; I stayed quiet for several minutes. I could not help but look at his white t-shirt and play with the hem of the shirt. "Please Brie,"

I sighed heavily and I looked down at my hands, "I havent gone out in months and had a beer with the girls." I mumbled into the pillow, "No, no, no that is not the reason." He said I heard his body sit up. He pulled my body up and I whined, "Baby, talk to me and don't give me any bullshit." Bullshit. That is what everything felt like lately, bullshit.

He kissed my temple and I buried my head into his arm, "Please, Advil or something. Where is Liam?" I asked him, "Don't worry about him right now and you can get Advil once you tell me what's wrong. You arent going to get out of this that easy, if you want Advil then you are going to have to tell me what is wrong with you."

I bit on my lip and I looked around the room for an escape, "I don't know." I said to him, he glared at me and I rolled over into the pillows. "I don't want to talk about," I mumbled, "If I talk about it then it will give me just a huge migraine." I mumbled he rubbed my back softly with his fingertips.

"Well to bad, you shouldn't have gone out and got drunk last night."

"Why?" I asked, "Why are you pressuring me into answering a question? Troy you have probably been drunk several times while out on the road. I do not get a break from parenthood as you do! For once, you were finally home, the girls were free and I had a few drinks. I know I got drunk and I am so sorry okay. I just wanted a break."

"You could have answered your cell phone once or twice to let me know you are okay and you didn't have to sit by you and watch you puke three times last night. It hurt me Gabi and I know that's still not the reason, you have something you are hiding from me and I don't know why!" his voice grew louder and I cuddled into the blanket.

"Can we please just give this a break for a little while? I do not care if you keep Advil or water or keep letting the light in. I just want to be left alone for a little while."

"What about Liam Gabi? He cried for you last night Gabi, It took me an hour last night!" I snapped up in bed and I looked dead into his eyes, "Do you know how many fucking times he cries for you? Every night at eleven o'clock and again at three, every single time and day! Do I have if figured out, yes! I sing him a song Troy, I play videos of you that I have. For once you have to deal with that, for once." My lip quivered and I put my head in my knees.

"Here," I looked up at Troy as tears fell down my face, "Two Advil and a coffee," He handed it over and I looked up at him, I took the coffee in one hand and the pills in the other. I swallowed the pills and I took a sip of the coffee, "Thanks for telling me," I looked up at him and wiped a tear away.

"W-What if that wasn't the reason?" I blurted out, his eyes gapped open and then looked at the coffee in my hand, "What do you mean that wasn't the reason? What other reason could there be?" he didn't take his eyes from the coffee as I took another long drink. The hotness from the coffee felt good sliding down my throat. I could almost feel the pressure going away but the ache still dulled in my head.

"God! I gave you the coffee without the real reason?" his voice hard and serious, "You better tell me and not withhold this information."

"Its part of the reason, please don't get that wrong. I feel like you do not understand how parenthood works. You were there for the birth you spent an amazing week and half with him," I paused and I set the coffee down on the table, I wiped my tears away from my cheeks. A breath caught in my throat a few times and I took a few deep breaths, "And then you left for more basketball, came home again acted like a dad while playing basketball and then you leave again! I just you arent here long enough to feel the stress of the parenthood. Once it starts becoming hard you are able to pick up and leave."

He sat down next to me and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder, "Do you think I want to leave?" he asked, "Do you think I want to leave you alone with Liam? Should I have complained about last night, no I do not think I should have at all. I am sorry on that part and-"

"Are you cheating on me?" I looked dead into his eye and he looked shocked, "What?" his brow frowned and his lips turned upside down. "Are you cheating on me?" I repeated again, he blowed out all the air in his body, he looked completely shocked. "Brie, why are you asking such questions? Did we not go over yesterday that I am desperate?" His eyes were turning a grey; I let my hand fall onto his thigh.

"How do I know," I mumbled, "Because I havent! I swear Gabi! I love you to death and it is not something I would be able to hide from you. You are too good at finding out things like that." His hand slipped into my hair and I looked up into his grey eyes.

"Have you thought about cheating on me," I asked in all serious, He bit down on his lip and looked around the room. He looked desperate and not willing to speak. "Only yesterday but nothing happened, nothing at all!" he threw his hands up, "I can't even think straight on the road anymore, all I can think about is basketball, you, and Liam. That is it. Not Sex or cheating on you, just those three things. Yesterday I got a little pissed off at you but I know what you did was right. I know I tried to pressure you into something you were not ready for. I love you for standing up to me, you knew you weren't ready and you weren't going to let me mess with you."

Tears splashed my eyes and I looked up at him, "You never looked any cuter than that moment when you were telling me that you loved me for what I did and all you could think about was those three things." I paused and I looked him in the eye, "I do hope those do come in a different order."

He laughed and nodded his head, "How about Gabi, Liam, basketball." He said winking at me, I shook my head, "Nope, try again."

"Liam, basketball, Gabi?" he questioned, I giggled and I smacked his shoulder, "That better be wrong!" I said leaning into him, he wrapped his arms around me and let his headrest on the top of my head. "How about Liam and you are tied for first and basketball is always last." He murmured into my ear, "Sounds like you have it all figured out." I said looking at him, he let his face bend in and his lips pressed upon mine. "I promise," he pressed his lips back onto mine, "That I will never cheat on you, no matter how bad it's getting."

"I promise to you that in exactly three week," He frowned a bit, "Or when we see each other after three weeks, you will get something." I said rubbing on his arms up and down with my tiny hands. "Thank God," he said

"So when do you have to report back to them?" I asked, "When they come home from the away stand, that takes up to about the first week of April and then we have ten days worth of regular games. Lots of practice, no days off because the seventeenth is the first round games."

"Sounds like a lot of I won't be seeing you."

"Four away, four home, then I don't know how the first round is going to go. They have four more games on the road and then they will be back. I have to meet them at the gym and the personal trainers will check out my thumb and hopefully give me the go ahead."

I kissed on his bruised, bandaged thumb. "I hope he does too," I said giving him a small peck on the cheek and I stood up. "I am going to take a shower. Can I ask where Liam is?" I took a drink of my cooling coffee in my hand and he nodded his head, "Downstairs with the girls go and take a shower."

I smiled at him and I cocked me head, "Hey later I want you to read the email from my mom alright and then we can respond later or do something with it."

He nodded his head and I got out of bed taking the coffee with me, "Thanks for sharing everything with me Gabi." I turned and looked at him, "I needed to open up and I heard what I needed to hear. I also told you about how I feel with the whole parent thing. I am glad that in May we are going down to South Carolina for a whole two weeks with your insane family then to New Mexico for the game and to visit some of my family."

"You're going to love it! I promise you and visit family?" he asked glancing at me; I shrugged the question off and moved on.

"And we will be back just in time for Taylor's wedding! Ah!" I said as I walked into the bathroom, Troy chuckled and I turned on the shower. "Finally get this layer of crap off of me." I let the water rush of my skin and I felt the dirt fall off my body. "Ahh…who ever likes hangovers are crazy…"

I brushed through my hair and I clipped the wet strings back. I folded back my waistband and I looked in the mirror. I put on my Wildcat Dreams t-shirt with my Black Nike shorts. I smiled satisfied with my looks and I walked down the stairs. I turned into the kitchen. Troy and Jillian were standing making lunch, "Look who's awake!" Jillian said, I shrugged and I went over and Troy. He tossed up a grape and I caught it in my mouth. "Perfect."

I grinned and looked around the kitchen for Liam, "In the room with Haley," I nodded my head and I walked into the dining room and walked through to the living room. I looked in the playpen to see him missing from there and I looked around the room. My eyes landed on Liam but Haley was not holding him. "Mason!" I cried as I went over to hug him, I gave him a tight squeeze before stealing Liam from him. "Hey baby boy!" I said holding him up in front of me, I pulled him forward and gave him a soft kiss on his cheek.

I held him close to my chest and I sat down on the couch, "So Troy told me about your wild night," I rolled my eyes and I looked down the hallway towards the kitchen. "It was a night well needed,"

"Understood, Lucille did it too." I creased my eyebrows and looked at him, "What are you talking about? Lucille always had Jack and Troy couldn't have been that bad."

"Oh no, this was with Jenni, Jack was gone for two weeks with the basketball team at the time for some basketball camp of something. I am not quiet sure but anyways he had Troy who loved his dad and then a new baby girl who would not sleep. Therefore, when Jack came home she dumped the kids on him and fled off to the bar with her friends. She did not even come home though; Jack did not see her for two days. He was worried sick and he had the two kids."

My mouth hung open slightly and he reached over to push it up. "Oops, sorry." I murmured wiping at my chin, "Shocking?"

"Very! I can't ever imagine Lucille being like that!"

"It was the only time she did it but Jack was pissed at her for it. They talked it through and it was all okay afterwards."

I pursed my lips together and I looked down at little Liam, "See I find mine different though, Troy is gone a lot. So is Chad and Liam loves both of them. I-I loved my dad and I never had to be away from him until he died but it's like…what am I supposed to do? I know Troy loves us and I know he wont do anything but there's always that voice."

"Don't you wish we could just make that voice shut up?" he asked grinning; I nodded my head, "Yes! I hate that voice; it tells you everything you do not want to hear. I think since it is the first year for everything we are just a little over our heads. Hopefully next year will be ten times better."

"To be honest with you Gabs, I think it will always be hard but you knew that going in. Troy is going to make it work with you because he loves you like no other. He always wants me to come up here and make sure you and Liam are okay. Shit, I always have to talk him out of it!"

I laughed and leaned back into the couch, "I could see him begging you hands and knees!"

"Honey, been there done that!" I laughed harder and I shook my head, "I am always telling him, 'Troy they are going to be okay Gabi is a big girl and Hals and Jill are there.' It usually takes me ten or so minutes!" I giggled and Troy walked into the room with lunch in hand, "What are we all giggling about in here?" He asked sliding a plate of Mac and Cheese with a cheese hot dog on the side in front of me. Jillian came over and gave me a cup of grapes, "Why thank you!" I said to both of them, they both shrugged and I glanced outside.

"Let's go out and eat on the deck!" I said standing up, I kissed the top of Liam head and I put him in the playpen. "I'll be right back babe," I told him; I went over and grabbed my plate. Everybody followed outside and we all sat around the table. I drug Liam's stroller outside and grab his sunglasses. I went over to pick him back up and he cuddled into my chest. "Awe, I love you Liam." I whispered into his ear.

"I love you too mommy,"

I laughed and I turned around to see Troy standing behide me, "Don't do that!" I said smacking his shoulder, "Aw! Come on why not?" he asked, I glared at him and he shrugged his shoulders, "Because I want him to say that not you," I said sticking my tongue out at him. He leaned forward and kissed my lips, "Well for now I am his voice,"

I gave him a peck on the cheek, "Well he loves you too Daddy." I said winking at him, I put Liam's sunglasses on and went out onto the deck. I slide him into the stroller, I pulled the umbrella up, and I kissed the top of his head. I sat down and picked at my Mac and cheese.

"So Mason what are you doing in town?" I asked, I took a sip of my tea and I looked at him, "To hang out, Troy called and said he was in town for a little bit so I decided I would come and hangout."

"Well do you guys want to do something today?" I asked, I picked up a piece of the hotdog and stuffed it into my mouth. "I don't care; I don't have anything going on right now." Haley said, "No Koli?" I asked smirking; Haley's eyes darted to Troys and Mason. "Koli?" they asked together, she glared at me and then I grabbed Troy's hand.

"Nobody, just her imaginary friend." I said winking at her, she rolled her eyes and Mason kept staring at her. "Un huh, sure."

"We could go see the Hangover two, seems to be the theme of the day." Troy said smirking; I hit the back of his head and stuck out my tongue. "Ow!" he said rubbing the back of his head I smirked at him. "Be nice!" I said, "I was being nice!"

"Troy's in deep shit now," Jillian muttered, "Oh bring it on Montez!" He said, I shrieked and I got up quickly. I went running down the stairs and ran through our backyard; Troy was behide me and close. I went to the fence and I opened it up, I slipped through shutting it quickly. I ran down the beach and I splashed through the waves. I turned around and did not see Troy anywhere. I pouted, "Well that was boring," I muttered

Somebody then tapped on my shoulder, "Yea?" I turned my head around to see just that swag of hair, I squealed and tried to take off running but he had my waist within seconds. He tickled my stomach and I went down laughing. He pinned me onto the sandy beach. He tickled my stomach and I just laughed harder.

"Say it!" he said grinning, I shook my head, "N-No!" I could barely breathe enough to get that out... "No way!" I said again and he put his fingers deeper into my skin.

"Come on," he said, I shook my head no and I tried to pry his hands away but he just got around them. "Fine! Troy Bolton is the sexiest dad in the entire firkin world!"

"And?"

"The best basketball player!" he brought up his hands but then he leaned down to kiss me, hard. "I love you." He said pulling back, he nuzzled his face into my neck and kissed on it. I tried to sit up to breath but he still had me pinned. "Come on, we left your crazy family alone with Liam." I said running my fingers through his hair.

"Yeah, but seriously, I want to see Hangover Two tonight."

"Maybe we can go on a date,"

He laughed and we stood up, he wrapped his arm around my waist and he kissed my forehead. "How about we have Jill and Hay watch Liam. We go see the movie with Mason and when we get back we can have a special night since the past few have been rough."

"Deal," I said, we shook hands and opened the gate to get back into the house. We climbed through the yard and up the stairs. We sat the family still sitting there, Liam playing in his stroller, "So did you guys work everything out?" Haley asked taking a drink of her drink.

"Yes, would you guys mind watching him tonight? I think we are going to take Mason to the movies with us."

"And when we get back can we have the whole down stairs to ourselves please?" Troy asked them, I glanced up at him and he winked back at me.

"Alright, we will have Liam asleep too."

"Sounds good, thanks guys."

"Gabi are you going to go back to school?" Taylor asked, I shifted my phone to the right side and I applied lip-gloss, "I don't know Tay, I mean I am pretty much set for life."

"Do you want to be locked in house all day or go to work?"

"I don't know if I want to be a school teacher anymore,"

"Why not Gabs?"

"I mean I don't think I want to be a health teacher for tenth grade, I want to work with the little kids. Kindergarten or around that age."

"Then switch to primary, you wouldn't have to do much more. You only had what a class left in the Middle school/High school. I say finish that one class, go for the primary which will only take a semester or so." I bit on my lip, "I don't know Tay, Liam is only a baby. I don't want to leave him with a baby sitter everyday."

"You'll have summers off, all the holidays, weekends," I bit down on my glossed lips and I looked at my eyes to make sure they looked okay. "I still don't know Taylor, with Troy gone all the time and then me being gone because of work."

"By the time you start teaching next fall Liam will be older than six months, you wont have missed anything big and he'll need to interact with other kids around his age."

I leaned against the wall and looked at the clock, "Maybe okay? If we can get a job at the same school then yes, I will go for it."

She squealed and I rolled my eyes, "You will have to start classes now! Summer classes start soon and you can have a job by fall!"

"Taylor what about student teaching and all that stuff? I won't be able to start teaching until next year, I still don't like that."

"I have to do my student teaching in the fall too."

"Come over tomorrow and we will talk plus we need to hang out anyways." I adjusted my shirt and I grabbed my jacket, "We are going on something called a date tonight." I said smirking; I grabbed my iPhone and held it in my hand. "Well the first part isn't but the second part more is. We are going to see Hangover part two and then Troy has something up his sleeve for when we get back."

"You are going to see Hangover Two without me?" She shrieked, I giggled and I exited the room. I shut off all the lights and I made my way down the stairs. "Peek a boo!" I hear Anna's laugh and then Troy's giggles right behide it. "Hey I gotta go," I said into the phone, "Call me before you come over, I am usually not out of pajamas before ten." I said giggling.

"Nice, alright and I will talk to you later." I hung up my phone and slipped it into my jean pocket. I walked up behide Troy and I laid my head on his shoulder, "Peek a boo," I whispered, he smiled and he turned his head. I let my lips fall lightly on his, "Come on the movie starts in about an hour." I said rubbing on his shoulder, "Alright," he said, he stood up and he laid Anna on the floor on her blanket and he turned to look at me. He had on a pair of dark blue jeans on with some faded spots with a few rips. He had a dark blue polo on with a pair of brown flip-flops. I walked into his arms and he gave me a bear hug. "You ready to go babe?" I nodded my head into his chest, "Yup, I am ready to go." He said kissing my forehead; Mason came strolling into the room with a light pair of jeans with a light blue t-shirt.

"Did you to coordinate?" I asked looking down at my short jean shorts that had rips in the bottom him of the shorts. I adjusted my tube top, which was a light purple, from the breast above was all smooth and below had ruffles down the shirt. A brown belt looped around my stomach and tightened. I had my fake diamond necklace on with a pair of black heels. I held my phone in my hand and I looked over at Liam sleeping in the playpen. "Nope, we didn't." Troy said slinging his arm around me, I shrugged him off and I went over to Liam.

"Hey buddy," I said picking him up, I cradled him in my arms and I kissed his forehead. "Be good buddy," I told him, he closed his eyes tighter and he held onto my finger. Troy came up behide me and he kissed the top of my head, then he ran his finger of the top of Liam's head. "Come on Brie, we are going to be late." He whispered into my ear, I sighed and I kissed Liam's head on more time. "You better be good bud," Troy said, he stole him from my arms and put him back in the crib.

"Jillian, Haley you guys know what to do before we get back!" Troy said as he wrapped his arm back around my waist and guided me out the door. "Come on Uncle Mason," Troy called from behide him, he opened the door to the Audi and let me in. "What? I get the back?" Troy sent him a long glare, "I think you could drive yourself!" Troy shot back, Mason stuck his tongue out and he got into the back. Troy shut my door and went around to the other side to open it up.

"Well are you guys ready to pee your pants?"

I rolled my eyes and began to laugh, "Oh Troy…"

I backed up into the wall and laughed at Troy's face, "Dude that was one of the funniest movies," he said patting on his leg, I giggled and I looked around for Mason to see him gone. "Uh, Troy where is Mason." I asked him, he kissed my neck softly, "Somebody came to pick him up," he said snuggling into my neck. "What do you have planned Mr. Bolton?" He shrugged his shoulder, "I don't know, I think you just need to wait to find out." He said, I giggled and he led me back to the car.

"So are we going to have a repeat of last night?" he laughed and shook his head, "Nope, we arent."

There was silence in the car and I looked out the window, "I wish monkeys could Skype. Maybe someday." Troy said, I busted out into laughter and I leaned back against my seat, "I thought you were going to die in that part." I said resting my hand on his shoulder, "I couldn't believe he said that!" Troy said looking over into the side view mirror. He switched his blinker on and turned into the next lane.

"Thanks for taking me to that movie Troy; it was nice to go out on a date." I moved my hand down to his knee and he looked up at me, "What makes you think this date is over so quickly?" he switched over to glance at me with his bright smile. I shook my head and he reached for my hand. We interlocked fingers and he pulled into our neighborhood. He slowed down and opened out gate. He pulled us through the gates and he opened the garage doors.

He came over and pulled my door open and he grabbed my hand, "Come on babe, let's get this night started." He said, I narrowed my eyes and he dragged me through the house. It was dark and quiet, a few candles glowing around the room. I took a deep fresh smell in and he opened the backdoor. I gasped softly at the sight in front of me. A little couch with a table in front, a bottle of wine with glasses around, rose pedals scattered around the area, and a blanket hanging off the back. A nice view of the ocean, the crash of the waves lapping against the beautiful sand and the bright moon glowing over everything.

"Troy, this is wonderful." He popped open the bottle of wine and began to pour our glasses. He reached over and handed me a glass, I grabbed it and he smiled, "Cheers," he said holding out his glass. I smiled and clinked my glass against his. I walked over to the couch and I sat down on it. Troy followed; I wrapped my legs around his and snuggled up to him. I took a small sip of my wine and he held onto my arm. "Babe, I love you. I love this, this is wonderful." I said growing closer to him, "You cold?" I nodded my head and he grabbed the blanket. He threw it over us and I took another sip of the wine.

"This is very good," I whispered to him, he nodded and rubbed my back with his thumb. "So did you enjoy the first part of our night?" I laid my head on his shoulder and I nodded my head, "Yes, is this the second part?" I asked quietly, "Yea," he pressed his lips to my temple and then he took a small taste of the wine. I let my fingers drift to his knee and rubbed my hand against it. "I miss this,"

"I miss us, why can't we trust each other anymore? I could let you go for a month and I used to be fine. I trusted you like no other and now…I feel like since I am letting you down." I felt the tears pool in my eyes and I sat my wine glass down. Troy put his down and scooped me up in his arms. "Babe you arent letting me down, you are a mom, a new mom and its stressful. I probably overreacted a little bit with you last night because I havent seen you do that ever. You would usually warn me that you were going to do such a thing. Last night you blew through the office telling me you were leaving and hanging out with friends. When you weren't answering you're phone I freaked out." He paused and he rubbed my back a little harder but it still felt good, "I didn't understand how much stress you were under, you need to tell me these things." He said softly

I blinked my eyes several times and I looked up at him, "Troy, I wanted to tell you but it was hard. I know you are worried and concerned for us here. I know you are under stress all the time too and then this whole thing. I just don't know where to stand." I laid my head on to his chest and listen to the thump of his heartbeat.

"Brie, I am always here for you and please don't worry about me. That is my job; you need to tell me everything. That is how trust is going to happen in this relationship, we have gone to long for this to come spiraling to an end, and you are wonderful. I know I am in love with you and nothing will never in my life change that. You are the best damn thing that has ever happened to me and Liam God he is just like you when I get time with him, I know I am going to miss a lot but I don't want to." He paused and I felt my tears spin down my cheeks, he looked down in my eye and he shook his head as if trying to stop his own emotions, "I don't want to leave when things get hard because those are the times that make me fall even deeper in love with you." He rubbed my arm and he stopped to take a breath.

"I hate leaving you, after the plane takes off the guys can't get me to talk for about an hour because I can only think about you and him. During basketball, my mind is on the game but in breaks, my mind drifts to you guys. You are my life, you are my everything." He kissed my temple and I turned my head, "If you're going to kiss me then kiss me right," I murmured

He smirked and he leaned down pressing his perfect lips among mine, he wrapped his arm around my back lifting me up towards him. I wrapped my arms around his neck; he pulled back and started for my neck. "Troy," I whispered softly

"I know," he then pulled back and looked at me, "That just never gets old…"

"What never gets old?" I asked picking up my wine glass, "Kissing you." I grinned and we got back into a comfortable position. I adjusted the blanket and looking out into the beautiful night. "Thanks for doing this Troy,"

He shrugged his broad shoulders and he took a drink of the wine, "You deserve a stress free night last night was one of those to but know I think we are back on the right track." He said pressing his nose against my ear. "I trust you Troy; I just don't trust the people around you. Most of them are single and have a lot of money, strippers, clubs, bars, and that all includes a lot of girls, pretty girls…beautiful girls." I whispered the last part and he took his index finger and propped my chin up, "I don't care about those other girls Brie, I care about one girl and she is in my arms. She is the one always calling me when she needs help; she is the one who trusts me and not other people." I giggled at the end and I looked into his blue eyes.

"Really Troy, thanks for this night tonight. We needed to talk as we just did and I know you are smart Troy. You know when to back off and when it's okay but please call me before you go into any strip clubs because I don't want to find out from some magazine." I joked, he shook his head and smiled, "I promise you, I will tell you and I have turned down several times by the way. They all ride me about it but I am going to be loyal to you and I really don't wanna make that call." He said laughing, I laughed along with him and he rubbed my thigh. "Gabi could you do something for me?"

I snuggled into his chest and I closed my eyes, "Mhm…sure"

"Tell that gay monkey to lay off my shit!" I busted out into laughter; I leaned forward and started cracking up. "Troy! That was great!" I said after laughing a little more. Troy laughed and he looked at me closely with his intense eyes. A cold breeze swept through the air, "Are you cold?"

I looked at him, "How did you know?"

"You have goose bumps up and down your arm," I looked at my arm and sure enough, there were goose bumps. "So I will take that as a yes, come on lets go ahead and go inside. It's almost midnight anyways." He stood up and his jeans sagged a little bit to show off the top of his underwear. I stood up after him and he grabbed the wine. I picked up my glass from the table and we started to blow out candles as we walked in.

I headed to the living room and sat down on the couch, I kicked my heels off and Troy walked into the room. "You wanna hangout down here?" he asked, I nodded my head and he walked over to me. He refilled my wine glass and sat it down, he tossed the blanket onto the other couch and he sat down next to me. He flipped off his flip-flops and they landed by my heels. We rested our feet onto the table in front of us. I leaned into him and took a small drink of the wine.

"Really this has been amazing," I said to him as we cuddled together on the couch, he pressed his lips to my lips in a sweet kiss. "I know you loved it. You are going to have to thank Jill and Haley though. They did all the work I just told them what I wanted."

"Well I thank you for being such a good picker and I will thank Jill and Hay tomorrow for setting it all up. I really appreciated it all and it was a good break but I havent heard or seen Liam all night."

"Wanna go check on him? I have them on Liam duty for the night so you could get some sleep." He played with a piece of my hair, "Yeah, let's go check on him really fast and come back down here." I whispered to him, he stood up and pulled my hand up with his.

We ran up the stairs as quietly as we could, I tripped over a step and went to the ground laughing as the hard thud hit the floor. Troy started laughing and reached over to grab my hand, "Are you okay?" he asked as he lifted me up and I nodded my head trying not to laugh any harder. "Yea, I am fine." I said laughing some more, Troy chuckled and he opened Liam's door a little bit. I took a small step inside and I peered over his crib to see him sleeping peacefully. I smiled and I leaned over and I grabbed his tiny hand. "He is so small still,"

"He is only three weeks old,"

I nodded my head and I leaned over to kiss his forehead. Troy followed doing the same and we watched him sleep for a little bit more. "Come on let's go back downstairs and watch a movie," Troy suggested running his finger over Liam's tiny head. "How about Hangover?" His eyes lit up, "Come on!" he said racing out of the room, I rolled my eyes and I covered Liam up some more. I kissed his belly and then shut the rest of the lights off. I shut the door part way and made my way back down the stairs.

Troy was already on the couch with the movie, "Come here," he said, I smiled and went over to cuddle up next to him. I snuggled my head into his chest and I curled my arms up to my chest.

"I love you Brie,"

I smiled and I kissed his chest, "I love you too Troy,"

"Hangovers suck,"

I giggled and shook my head, "You are very random…" I said to him, he chuckled and ran his fingers through my hair. I loved his big rough hands through my hair.

I closed my eyes and heard Troy laugh every now and then, "God, I love this," Troy mumbled and then kissed my forehead.

Masons POV

"Yea Jack, I will tell him." I paused to listen to my brother's rant, "God, Jack will you relax. I will tell him that Jenni broke her ankle." I rolled my eyes at his eagerness, "Jack, he won't overreact"

"Mason, he overreacts with everything, remember when she broke her arm when Troy was a freshman in college. He came racing home and like almost killed the person that did it and found out it was the stairs who tripped her which made her break her arm?" I chuckled and unlocked the door, "I expect them to both still be awake…"

"Mason, don't tell him that she was in a car accident please, I don't want him to worry like that right now. He called me about Gabi and I know he is under a lot of stress. So please don't tell him until she is out of the hospital." I bit down on my lip and I pushed open the door. "Jack, I can't totally promise you that. I am supposed to tell him that she just broke her ankle?"

"Forget the broken ribs and everything else."

"Everything else, Jack what the hell is everything else?" I asked him, I stood in the doorway to see Oreo coming straight at me, "The amount of blood loss and the need to stitches in the head oh and the broken wrist but nothing else." I groaned and I leaned against the door. "Jack, I can't do that."

"Why?" He asked me, I looked up towards the black sky, "Because that is his sister and once he knows something is wrong with her, he won't stop bugging me to tell him everything. I will have to tell them because I cannot do it to Troy, I love Troy like my own son and that is his sister Jack. Jenni is Liam's aunt Gabi and Jenni are close. I can't do it to them" Jack sighed and I held the door handle. "Do you know what's up with Troy and Gabi?"

"They were supposed to work it out tonight after the movie, I havent gotten to walk into the house yet since I am talking to you brother,"

"Oh, that's good but anyway if they are fighting don't tell him yet, tell him tomorrow once everything is calmed down. If they arent fighting go ahead and tell him because I will be expecting him."

"I don't know how early they will take the baby on a plane,"

"I think its safe enough but anyways if they are awake and not fighting go ahead and tell them. I havent even gotten to see her yet which is driving Lucille crazy."

"What happened?"

"She got hit by a drunk driver, he did pull over and he was arrested so it was all cool but Troy still won't like it." I rolled my eyes and I stepped into the air-conditioned house. "Jack, I am going to go alright? I know the rules,"

"Fine and please give me the heads up when Troy is on his way down here." I dropped my jacket on the couch and I saw the TV glowing. "Got it, now I better…" I paused when my gaze caught Troy and Gabi. Gabi was lying right next to Troy, Gabs hands were curled up in front of her chest and Troy had his arms wrapped securely around her. "Jack, I don't think they are fighting…"

"Why is that?"

"They are sleeping on the couch; Troy is holding her tight to him."

"Are they clothed?" I took a deep breath and shook my head, "Yes, yes there are because that's what all the fighting was about."

"Oh, that's crazy. Alright bro, I will let you go it seems like it will be a long night tonight anyways." I smiled and I leaned against the wall of the living room. Troy and Gabi's breathing matched each other's, there shoes kicked off onto the floor, there clothes still on. I glanced up at the TV to see the Hangover guys on the front. Wine glasses sat on the table with half a bottle of wine left.

"Yea, I will talk to you later" we hung up and I watched the two sleep debating if I should wake them up or not. I shook my head knowing they were comfortable just like that. I went over quietly to shut the TV off and lay a soft white blanket over the two. I smiled softly before turning around. I turned and I jumped, "God! Haley don't ever scare me like that again!"

"What did Uncle Jack want?" she demanded, I glared at her for a moment, "Nothing Haley, none of your business." I mumbled, "They look peaceful, happy." I turned back to look at the two of them. "Yea they do and I am going to bed…what are you doing up?"

"Anna and Liam were both awake." I nodded my head and I headed up the stairs. I reached my bedroom, which was right across from the nursery. I looked to see Haley escaping to her bedroom, I slipped in and I peered over the crib. Liam lay there looking around as if looking for help. I picked him up and I held him in my arms. "Your parents love you Liam," I said, he cried on my shoulder and spit up lightly. "Oh buddy," I reached for a spit up rag and brushed my shirt off...

"Pretty sure you are going to be just like your dad,"

I carried him around and looked at him, how he looked just like Troy when he was a baby. "He is going to flip," I said quietly, he looked up at me and reached his hand up. I picked up his hand and I held it, "Uncle Mason will be here for you buddy," He gripped my finger and I knew right then that we had something special. "I know, but its time to go back to bed." He squinted his eyes as if he knew what I was saying.

I placed him back down in the crib and I let him go softly, "See you later buddy," I walked out and I went to my bedroom. Stripped off my clothes and slipped into the comfortable bed, "I don't know how I am going to tell you Troy, I hope you have a hangover…"

Wow! I am soooo sorry for the long wait! I had some writer block and been on vacation for the last two weeks pretty muchs. It has just been insane! So I hope you all forgive me and I hope you loved the chapter, personally it was one of my favorites to write.

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The Truth About Love WILL be updated by Wednesday! I PROMISE! It might be late Wednesday night but it will be updated! I am hoping to have another My Laker Baby out by sometime next week! :D So I hope it wont be long and how do you think Troy will react to the news?

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