AN: Sorry this took so long to update but I got busy with school and hit a writers block. Please review.

Chapter 17 – 5 Years later and catching up on the 5 years

Catching up on the last five years…

Since moving into their new house the younger Bolton's lives have been hectic. In November of 2012 Gabi became pregnant again. On July twentieth 2013 Gabi gave birth to a girl who they named, Jennifer Lynn Bolton. When Gabi found out she was pregnant again she decided it might be time to forgive her mother for what happened four years before. Since Gabi forgave Maria she was there when her granddaughter was born. Jennifer is the spitting image of Gabi except that she has Troy's blue eyes.

FLASHBACK

On the morning of July twentieth Gabi was woken up by her four year son poking her shoulder.

"Mommy, mommy time to get up."

"Matthew let your mother sleep so that your baby sister can sleep so that she will be ready when decides to join us." Troy said when he saw what Matt was doing.

"Sorry mommy."

"Its ok sweetheart, your sister just woke up and started kicking so I would've woken up anyway."

"Matthew why don't you and I go make mommy breakfast and then bring it up here for her?"

"Ok daddy." With that Troy and Matt went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

About ten minutes after they left Gabi started to feel pain in her back. This same pain she felt the day Matthew was born. Since she knew what it was she decided not to wait so she called Troy and right as she called him her water broke.

"TROY" A minute later Troy was up the stairs with Matt on his heals.

"What's wrong?"

"My water just broke."

"Ok, Matt do you remember what we practiced?"

"Yes daddy, is it time for me to do that?"

"Yes buddy. Go put your shoes on then grab mommy's bag and meet us at the door to the garage."

"Okay daddy." With that Matt ran off to his room to put his shoes on since they were Velcro-straps he could do it himself and headed downstairs. Troy helped Gabi down the stairs and to the car. On the way to the hospital Troy called his parents and Maria who is in town to meet them there.

Twenty minutes after they got to the hospital Gabi was already five centimeters dilated and since she remembered Matthew birth she got the epidural. An hour later she is fully dilated and pushing. Fifteen minutes later Jennifer Lynn Bolton entered the world. She was born at 12:30 in the afternoon, was 17 inches long and weighed 5 pounds 9 ounces.

END FLASHBACK

She recently celebrated her fourth birthday. Jen is getting ready to start preschool at East Preschool. Matthew is preparing to start third grade at East Elementary School. He is eight years old almost nine. Just like Gabi both Matt and Jen are smart. They both have amazing singing voice. Matt is a good basketball player and is in a basketball program after school during the school year and also a basketball day camp for part of the summer. Every summer since Jen was born, the younger Bolton's go to New York to visit Maria. Maria comes to visit them in Albuquerque for Christmas vacation.

Taylor has since graduated from Medical School and is now a doctor at Albuquerque General Hospital. Everyone else still has the same jobs that they had five years ago. One month before Jennifer was born, Kelsi and Jason got married. They are now expecting their first child due in February of 2018. In April of 2014, Sharpay and Zeke got married and are now expecting twins due in November of 2017. In May of 2015, Martha and Ryan got married and are also expecting twins due in December of 2017. In August of 2016, Taylor and Chad got married. They just celebrated their first anniversary.

End of August 2017…

The last couple of weeks Gabi and the rest of the girls were shopping at the mall either for school stuff for Matt and Jen in Gabi's case or baby items in Sharpay and Martha cases. Occasionally the boys, Matt and Jen came along. However when they did come along they were always complaining, well the boys that is Jen didn't mind shopping. Troy blamed that on too much time with Aunt Sharpay. Shopping was not easy with three pregnant women, of course now Gabi knew what the others felt like when they were shopping with her when she was pregnant both times. Every time the gang got together they would be amazed at how much Matt and Jen grew or at how big the pregnant ones were.

Current time in story…

The guys were hanging out in Troy's backyard playing a game of basketball while the girls were shopping with Matt and Jen for the last of their school stuff. It was Troy and Chad versus Jason and Zeke with Ryan sitting on the side just watching since he was extremely tired from working on the double nursery that Martha wanted down before school started so that they didn't have to worry about. The guys took a break from the game.

"Ryan are you ok, you look very tired. What's up?" Troy decided to ask.

"Nothing much, except that Martha wants the twins' nursery done before the school year starts. So all my free time had been working on the nursery."

"How are you painting the nursery if you don't know the sexes of the babies?" Chad asked.

"Martha and I decided to paint it yellow. Everything that we bought for them can be for a boy or a girl so we don't have to worry about it."

"I am so glad that when Brie was pregnant we found out the sex both times. It made doing the nursery and buying everything easier. Well almost easier, finding out that you are having a daughter makes you stress a little more."

"What do you mean?" Zeke asked since he knew that one of his twins was going to be a girl the other was going to be a boy.

"Well when I found out that Jen was a girl, my mind instantly flashed to when she is in high school and starts dating. The whole "my daughter out with a high school boy who only has one thing on his mind" idea can kind of makes you go crazy. I am just glad that I have at least ten years before that happens. It also makes me kind of glad that when I first started dating Brie that I didn't have to worry about being interrogated by her dad."

"I remember getting interrogated by Mr. Evans. I didn't think that he was actually going to let me take Shar out on the date. I think he was asking me question after question for like half an hour."

"I remember that night; mom was keeping Shar upstairs so that dad could get through all of his questions. Shar kept yelling at mom to let her go so that dad didn't scare you away. I thought Shar fighting with mom was the funniest thing."

When Ryan finished talking Gabi's car could be heard in the driveway and no less than a minute later, Matt was seen running into the backyard towards Troy.

"Dad, don't ever let me go shopping with them again."

"Were they really that bad?"

"Dad, they spend the entire time taking about how excited they were for the babies to come. Shopping with mom and Jenny alone is fine but don't leave me alone with them and my aunts again."

"Sorry, did you get everything you needed for school?"

"Yes, daddy we got everything. Mommy got me cute new shoes and clothes." Jen answered.

"So, Matt did you get any new clothes or shoes like your sister?"

"No he didn't because he refused to shop for clothes and shoes with me so you are going to have to take him before the end of the week." This time Gabi answered. "By the way, guys I was told to tell you to go home when I got home."

"Guess that our cue to leave. Bye guys." Jason said.

"Bye Uncle Jay, Uncle Chad, Uncle Ry and Uncle Z." Matt and Jenny said together.

At some point during the week Troy took Matt out to buy the clothes he would need for school. Shortly after school started up again.

Authors Note: I am going to jump in time again but am not sure how many years yet. I need help picking names for the rest of the gangs' kids. Please respond with your name choices. I am not sure how many more chapters this story is going to be. Once again I apologize for how long it took to update.