At the table, Sarah served dinner. It was lasagna. Troy was holding a sleeping Tori in his left arm and sitting next to Gabriella who had a tear streaked face from her recent crying. Lucille is sitting across from her and Sarah sits next to her across from Troy. As they start eating, Sarah starts conversing. "So, Troy. What do you plan to do for college now that you and Gabriella adopted Tori?"
"Well, I was thinking that I'll wait to go when Tori's five. That way she'll still remember me, but I'll feel comfortable leaving her with you and Mom or if you can't, a nanny."
"That sounds like a good idea. What about you, Mija?"
"I was thinking the same thing as Troy. But I'll have to ask Stanford if they can hold my scholarship until then. They've already accepted me."
"Standford accepted you already, Babe?" Troy asked.
She looked at him. "Yeah. But like I said, I'll have to ask if they can hold my scholarship until Tori's five. It's my dream school."
"I'm happy for you, Hunny. But why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"We still have a year of High School and I was afraid you'd be mad."
"Of course not, Babe. I'm truly happy for you. But at least now I can make arrangements to be closer to you."
"What do you mean? U of A is your dream school."
"It was, but I'd rather be as close to you as possible and go somewhere else."
"Standford has a basketball program. Maybe you could apply there."
"That's a really high quality school. I'd probably never get in."
"Berkeley is the closest to Standford. They have both basketball and theatre programs. I know how much you're liking theatre."
"You know what? I think that's where I'll go. I'll apply for Standford basketball as back-up."
"Sounds good."
Tori wakes up and starts crying. Troy gives her a pacifier and bounces her a little. She calms down and looks at him. Troy smiles. "Hey there, Princess. You have a nice nap?"
Tori smiles a little and coos. Everyone laughs. "I think she's a happy baby right now." Gabriella commented looking at their daughter and strokes her small cheek with her finger.
Tori grabs her finger tight and giggles. Gabriella giggles at that and kisses her forehead. Tori smiles a little more and coos again. Troy chuckled. "I think she is at that."
Sarah smiled at the little moment and gets dessert for everyone. "Anyone up for dessert?"
"Me!" Everyone said at once.
Sarah handed it out. Lucille had made a homemade German Chocolate cake. They all loved it. Tori tried to reach for a bite. "No no, Princess. You can't have this yet." Troy said.
Tori frowned tearing up. Gabriella saw and spoke to her. "I know, Angel. But you can't have any just yet. You're too little." Tori looked at her frowning more. Gabriella sat her fork down and took her from Troy. "I know you're upset, Angel, but you're too little to eat this just yet. Mommy's sorry, but you're just too little. Are you hungry? "
Tori reached for the cake again, but Gabriella switched it for a ready made bottle. Tori grabbed it and Troy took her pacifier out of her mouth. Gabriella fed her and the infant was satisfied.