The shower lasted five minutes and they quickly dressed getting into bed. Gabriella cuddled into Troy and he wrapped his arms around her waist kissing her softly. "Good nite, Beautiful. I love you."

"Good nite, Wildcat. I love you too." She replied softly then fell asleep.

Troy kissed the top of her head and fell asleep.

At 3:00 in the morning, Tori awoke crying hysterically. Both Gabby and Troy awoke, but Troy set Gabby back down. "You stay here. I'll get her."

Gabriella nodded and he left to get Tori. He found her kicking and screaming in the cradle and picked her up. Tori looked at him and stopped crying immediately whimpering. Troy handed her the stuffed basketball then gave her the Princess Jasmine pacifier and wrapped her in the Aladdin blanket. He took her to Gabriella's room and Gabby looked up. "What happened?"

"Nightmare. She should sleep with us tonight. Whatever the nightmare was, it REALLY scared her."

"Give her here. Mommy can help." Gabriella said. Troy handed Tori to her and Gabby started to sing. "I never believed in what I couldn't see. I never opened my heart. (Oh.) To all the possibilities. Oooo. I know, that something has changed. Never felt this way. And right here tonight... This could be the start of something new. It feels so right to be here with you. Ohohoh. And now looking in your eyes. I feel in my heart. The start of something new."

Tori slowly fell asleep and Troy smiled. "I can't believe that worked." He said in a whisper.

"Babies always like being sung to sleep after a nightmare. It helps them to have happy dreams." She replied softly laying down on her side and laying Tori beside her in the middle. Troy gets in on the other side and wraps his arm around her tiny waist.

Three hours later, everyone was up. They ate breakfast quickly and are now at the front door saying their goodbyes. Sarah kissed Tori's forehead then handed her to Troy. Gabriella hugged her. "I'm gonna miss you, Mama."

"I'll miss you too, Mija. Take care of Tori and when going somewhere, stay with Troy or one of the girls at all times."

"I will, Mama. I promise." She replied and stepped back taking Tori from Troy.

Sarah pulled him in for a hug. "Take care of my daughter and yours."

"With my life, Sarah. I promise. I couldn't handle it if I lost either of them."

Sarah nodded. "Good man. I'll see you guys in a month." And with that, she left.

As soon as the car was heard pulling out, Gabriella teared up and buried her head in Troy's neck. Troy wrapped his arms around her waist. "It'll be ok, Baby."

"She's never been gone this long before."

"I know, Hunny. But it'll be ok. You won't be alone this time. You have me. And Tori. And you have our friends."

Gabriella nodded and wiped her tears. "You're right. I do have you. I love you so much."

Troy kisses her softly. "I love you too. So so much. You and Tori are my life. My world. I'll never let anything bad happen to you. Either of you."

The weekend flew by and it's now Monday morning. Tori is dressed in jeans and an auqua colored t-shirt with a Minnie Mouse graphic design with red baby convers and white socks and a red headband in her hair. She's in her car seat holding the stuffed basketball covered with a Pocahontas blanket and sucking on her Pocahontas pacifier. Gabriella is carrying her while Troy's carrying the diaper bag. They're waiting for the bus to arrive. After two minutes, it arrives. They get on and the bus driver looks at them strangely. "What's this?" He asked.

Gabriella and Troy sat down behind him and Gabriella explained. "...So that's why she's with us now."

They get off at school a few minutes later and they walk into the principal's office. "Principal Matsui?" Troy asked.

The man turned around. "Troy. Gabriella. What can I do for you?"

"Umm. We have a daughter we adopted on Friday and we have no one to watch her. We were wondering if you would allow us to take her with us to our classes." Gabriella said.

"Because of your situation, I will make an exception and allow it. Just don't let your taking care of her affect your grades. I know you're both two of my top students in this school and I would hate to see you fail because you have a daughter."

"Don't worry, Sir. We won't." Troy said.

"Very well. Hurry to homeroom. Miss Darbus won't like it if you're late."

They nodded and left.

After quickly picking up their books from their lockers, the couple walk into homeroom. Every one of their friends gasp at the sight of Tori. They get up and huddle around the three. Gabriella sits Tori on her desk and Tori just looks around then looks at her parents with a confused and slightly uncomfortable facial expression. Troy looks at their friends. "Guys, back up. She's uncomfortable." He said taking her out of the car seat. Tori smiled at him and cooed. "It's ok, Princess. These are your aunts and uncles. Family." He told his daughter.

Everyone started asking questions. "Where'd she come from?" Taylor asked.

"She was left on my doorstep Friday." Gabriella said. "The biological mother left a note saying she wanted me to raise her. That she was in danger and this was her only way out of it."

"Wow!" Was everyone's reaction.

"But I knew I couldn't do it by myself."

"So I told her I'd help." Troy said.

"And so we both adopted her." Gabriella finished. "Say hello to your niece Tori Alexa Bolton."

Tori just smiled and laughed. Everyone was giving comments like, "She's so precious." and "She's the cutest baby I've ever seen." and "She looks like you, Gabriella."

The last one made Gabriella speak. "That she looks like me is the part that didn't make sense to us, but it kind of helps when strangers in public tell us that she's ours."

"That's true." The girls all said.

Troy pointed to each of their friends and said their names. "That's Aunt Kelsi with the glasses. Her boyfriend and your Uncle Jason. That's Aunt Martha who likes to dance. That's Uncle Zeke. He likes to bake. That's Aunt Taylor and her boyfriend and your Uncle Chad. Aunt Taylor is smart like your mommy. Uncle Chad is the opposite. He can be smart, but he can be an idiot a lot of times. Aunt Kelsi writes music. And all your uncles play basketball with Daddy."

Tori smiles and coos. "Awww." All the girls said.

Then a voice was heard. "Ok, Class. The announcements for today are..." Miss Darbus stopped as she saw what was going on. "What the hell is going on here!?" She yelled.

Everyone broke apart and sat down. Troy handed Tori to Gabby and she put her in her car seat. They both sat down and looked at Miss Darbus. Tori looked at Gabby scared. Gabriella handed her the stuffed basketball and her Pocahontas pacifier stroking her cheek in reassurance. Miss Darbus cleared her throat. Gabriella looked at her again. "She's mine and Troy's adopted daughter, Miss Darbus. We didn't have a choice. On the adoption or bringing her to school with us. She was in danger and now we have no one to watch her while we're at school. We talked to Principal Matsui and he said it's ok for us to bring her to class."

Miss Darbus sighed. "Fine. But pay attention." With that said, she began announcements.