(A/N: Wanna see the real Hannah, Marley, Grey, and Inkheart? Go to this link: .com/photos/nessaxrawrxellazacx3/. I have lots of pictures of them! Here's a guide to figuring out which animal is which. The names that I use on here for them are their middles names. If that doesn't help, use this. Hannah: Katy (Kaitlynn (Katy) Hannah), Marley: Taylor (Taylor Marley) Grey: Morgan (Morgan Grey Clyde) Inkheart: Leon (Leon Inkheart) For pictures of Morgan, go into my sets and find him, because I don't have many pictures posted of him. Check them out! I hope you fall in love with them as much as I have myself!)

The next day started Christmas break.

Marley stuck her nose into Gabriella's foot and then barked in her face.

"Shut up, Marley." Gabriella glared at her.

Marley wagged her stubby tail and narrowed her glassy eyes at Gabriella.

Another bark.

"Marley!" Gabriella looked down at her. "You gotta go potty?"

She barked again, going towards Troy's door.

"Wanna go for a walk?"

Both of the dogs jumped up and perked their ears up. Hannah grabbed her leash in her mouth and began to wag her tail.

"Awh, girls... " Gabriella snapped both of their leashes on.

As she walked downstairs, she was caught by Troy's mom, who grabbed her arm.

"Hey stranger! I never see you at all!" She crossed her arms. "Why are you up so early?"

Suddenly, Gabriella became shy.

"I don't want to bother anyone. Really, I don't."

"You're not bothering anyone, sweetheart." She gave her a reassuring smile. "You can come downstairs. Please don't feel like you're not welcome, because you are. I understand the situation you're in with your parents and now with Troy's baby. I just want you to know that I'm here for you. Okay?"

Gabriella nodded. "Thank you, Kay."

"No problem." Kay opened the door for Gabriella.

Gabriella sat outside in the freezing cold weather, with her hoodie and pajama pants on, and her little fuzzy slippers.

It was four in the morning.

Gabriella sighed to herself and watched as both Hannah and Marley romped around in the deep snow. Her hands were starting to shake, so she shoved them in her pockets.

She knew that it wasn't very safe for her outside.

She didn't want to freeze her baby.

She crossed her arms across her stomach and called both of the dogs.

Neither of them listened.

"Hannah, Marley!" Gabriella called.

Nothing.

She heard the screen open and close, and she turned around.

"What are you doing outside when its 10 degrees out and four in the morning?" Troy stepped down the steps and stood by her side.

"Dogs wanted out."

"You could've had me take them out."

"I didn't want to bother you." She looked over at him. "You need your sleep."

"And you need it more." He grabbed her waist and pulled her close to him. Through his hoodie, she could hear his heartbeat.

"Well, next time, I'll wake you up."

"Okay." He kissed the top of her head. "Now go inside. I'll stay outside with these guys."

She looked up at him. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah." He let go of her. "Go inside. I don't want you to get sick."

"I don't want you to get sick either- "

"Better me than you." He pointed towards the door. "Now get inside before I have to pick you up and take you inside myself."

As she went back inside, she sat on the couch, and rested her head against Troy's pillow.

And suddenly, a deep need to sleep came over her body.

...

Troy opened the door for Marley and Hannah, letting them shake off the snow on the porch, where he also dried both of them with a towel.

He looked over at the couch, seeing that Gabriella had fallen asleep on it in a matter of minutes.

He slowly walked towards it, took his sweatshirt off, and picked Gabriella up.

"Troy, what are you doing up- " His mom cut herself off.

"Taking care of my girl." He whispered. "She's sleeping."

"I thought Ally was still your girlfriend."

"We broke up two days ago... " He turned around with Gabriella. "My top priority right now is Gabriella and the baby, not Ally or school or college or whatever. It's this one."

Kay sighed and lead him upstairs to his room. "I'm still very upset with you about going around and taking advantage of all these girls." She opened the door for him.

"And I'm paying for it." He slipped inside his room. "I always, always used condoms... And now look at me. I slipped one time, just one time, and I get Gabriella pregnant." Troy layed her across his bed and covered her with the blanket. "And now, everyone at school knows, and I'll lose my reputation as the sexy football player who fucks any girl who passes him." He sat on the bed and put his face in his hands. "Mom, I don't need interference from you right now. I have my own problems that I need to fix."

"I have the right to interfere with what you're doing! I'm your mother, and as long as you live in my house, you are under my rules! As of right now, I don't want you having any sex with any girl, no matter what! You have a baby now that depends on you, so you need to stop worrying about football and about girls and worry about your child."

"Don't you see I am?" He stood up. "I offered for Gabriella to stay in my bed, in my room, and in my life! No, not because she's really, really hot, or the fact that she's pregnant with my kid, but the fact that I'm starting to fall for her, deeply- " He stopped himself with a sigh. "Yeah mom, I'm falling in love with someone I barely know."

She crossed her arms. "You can't fall for someone at the age you're at. You're stuck between her being an easy target for sex, and the fact that she's pregnant with your child."

"That's not true. I didn't use her."

"You used her. Admit it. You didn't love her at the time."

"Maybe, but she wanted love."

"You didn't love her Troy! You used her!" Kay became aggravated. "You used her to get what every boy on this planet wants when they turn into teenagers!"

"Okay fine mom, I used her!" He stood up. "So what? I love her now, and we have something very special together, okay? I don't care if she's smart and nobody likes her, I don't care if she thinks she's ugly, and I don't care how low her life has been so far, because I love her."

Kay raised an eyebrow. "I'll believe it when I see it."

"I don't have to prove anything to you." He turned around. "I've got my life right here, whether you think so or not."

Disgusted, Kay shut the door.

Troy climbed over Gabriella to the other side of the bed and pulled the blankets over him, then pulled Gabriella's sleeping body towards him.

"Don't worry Brie. I love you." He kissed the tip of her nose and nuzzled into her hair.