"Gabi, I have to go to New York…" Troy said slowly.

Gabriella's smile immediately disappeared. "But I want to stay here, at home! I need to…" she cried out.

"I'm sorry Gabi, but I need to go there. Mom and dad have changed their mind so, we're moving to New York…" Troy said quietly.

"But you promised that we'd stay here for college and never leave each other!" Gabi yelled.

"G-gabi, but mom said that you could come with me!" Troy stuttered.

"I'm not going; you know how I feel about that!" Gabriella said abruptly.

"Gabi come on, I want you to come with me…" Troy said.

"I know why you want to go too. Better privileges on getting that scholarship of yours and be a famous lunk head basket ball player. I probably won't even get to see you that often, even if I did tag along!" her tears weren't stopping her now.

"F-fine!" Troy managed to say.

"What?" Gabi stuttered. She had not expected him to say that!

"I said fine! Then I'll leave without you! Why in the world should I ever care?" Troy spat out. He stormed away before Gabi could even react.

"Why now Troy, when I need you the most?" Gabriella whispered. She watched in pain and sadness as Troy drove away in his car.

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24 year old Gabriella sighed as she heard a crash in the living room. She rushed in to see a jar broken on the floor with 2 five year old boys standing there with the 'we're in trouble' look.

"Joshua and Nathan! What is this?" Gabriella scolded.

Joshua pointed his chubby finger at Nathan.

"HE did it mom! Nate threw the ball!"

"I did not! He's lying mommy!" Nathan whined.

"NO I changed my mind, Jet did!" Joshua cried, referring to the sleeping black Labrador in the corner.

"You guys always blame it on Jet just because he's a dog!" a 5 year old girl stated, walking into the living room beside her mother, who was about to explode.

"No you're wrong Joshua, JULIE did it!" Nathan finished.

"Nathan in that corner and Joshua in that corner!" Gabriella exploded.

"But MOMMY!" Josh and Nate started to protest.

"No buts, you two are on a timeout!" Gabi said crossing her arms.

The two twin boys slowly walked to their destined spots, huffing.

"It's ok Jet, it's all over now!" Julie said happily, stroking the black lab that had just woken up from all the commotion.

Gabriella sighed and slumped onto the couch. Life was hard but enjoyable with her three triplets. Joshua Alexander Montez was born first. He looked exactly like his father, piercing blue eyes and dirty blonde hair. Even his jaw line was the same, but his personality seemed so much like Gabi's.

Second came Nathan Jackson Montez. He was a mixture of both his mother and father. Dirty blonde hair but with brown eyes. The same nose as his mother's and actions like his father.

Last but not the least came out Julie Marie Montez. You could say that she was just like her mother, but surprisingly, she had her father's skill for basketball! In fact, many of Gabi's friends thought that she was better at the sport than her twin brothers.

All three 5 year olds were bright, energetic, and had brought joy to Gabriella's life. But the demands of life were still hard. Gabi worked as a High school chemistry teacher. The money wasn't a lot, but enough. Enough to maybe by a toy every once in a while or treat the triplets out to an ice cream each. Other than that, Gabi chose to save her money.

"Mommy, I'm sorry…" Joshua whined.

"Me too mommy, and I kicked the ball!" Nathan cried.

Gabi rolled her eyes. She knew that they needed to apologize soon or else they'd miss their basketball game on TV.

"Nathan, you kicked the ball?" Gabriella questioned the five year old boy.

"Yes mommy, I'm sorry!" Nathan said.

Gabriella sighed. "Go ahead…"

They didn't have to be told twice, they rushed to the TV where Julie was sitting, already into the basketball game.

"We're winning by 4 points!" Julie squealed excitedly.

"Look at him go!" Joshua yelled.

"SCORE!!" the triplets cried, jumping up and down.

Gabi rolled her eyes and shook her head, smiling. She looked sadly at the screen at the famous basketball star.

'He hasn't changed that much at all' Gabriella thought.

"Mommy LOOK! We're winning!" Nathan yelled.

"So I see!" Gabi said smiling.

"I wanna be like those basketball players!" Julie cried, bouncing her ball skillfully.

"But you're a girl!" Joshua said disgusted.

"I can join the girl's team then!" Julie fought back.

"Joshua is still better than you!" Nathan said joining into the quarrel.

"I bet you!" Julie challenged.

"Kids, no betting!" Gabi warned.

"Ok then I'll challenge you one on one!" Julie thought again.

"Deal." Joshua finished, turning back to the screen.

"Kids, when does your game end?" Gabi asked, sitting behind them on the couch.

"Um, in 15 minuets because Joshua and I started late!" Nathan replied, not taking his eyes off the screen.

"The dinner will be ready in 20 minutes…" Gabriella said, walking into the kitchen, Jet following her heels.

Every now and then, Gabriella would hear a shout like 'SCORE!' or some others like. 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!' She had never expected to have triplets after Troy had left her. Gabi guessed that he was already married and had forgotten about her, so she had never tried to contact him.

"Mommy!!!" All three triplets ran into the kitchen, jumping up and down.

"Did you guys win?" Gabi asked, smiling.

The three kids nodded their heads vigorously.

"Even better mom!" Joshua started.

"THEIR NEXT GAME IS IN ALBUQUERQUE!" all three yelled at the top of their lungs.

"WHAT?!" Gabriella cried.

Ooooh, looks like Gabi's gonna see Troy again! Lol

Hannah :P