VERY IMPORTANT NOTE!

First of all, I've decided to end this story with this chapter. This is the last chapter of The A Twins. I was planning on just ending this story here and moving on but I can't. Been with it for too long. The mood of this story is a little darker than most chapters. I know most of you are waiting for this chapter to be about Gabriella and Troy. That was the plan originally, then all of a sudden I got this crazy idea about Tyler. People wanna know why he acts the way he does. I even want to know. So what better way then to write a chapter about him. I will say it will be a little confusing when it switches from Tyler to Troy and Gabriella because I took out some parts so it wouldn't seem so long. But if you want and answer to most of last chapter's review, just scroll to the very bottom of the page. Though that wouldn't be much fun.

Disclaimer- What I've said for the last twelve chapters, I do not own the HSM characters.

Recap:

GABRIELLA knocked on the door quietly than backed up a few paces. She did feel guilty about not telling anybody about this but she had to clear things up with him. "What do you want?" Ryan opened the door at a small angle just barely enough to see half of his face. "Hi to you too. Um Actually, I was wondering if we could talk." She asked him smiling weakly at him. He opened the door more and let her in.

"Look today, it was kinda awkward for me. You...I just can't describe it." She said sighing. He walked towards her then began to back away. Shocked, Gabriella backed away also. "Do you still love me Gabriella?" He asked randomly. As much and Gabriella wanted to say yes she didn't. "I don't love you. I just still have feelings for you." She answered. Gabriella could feel her warm tears sliding slowly down her face. " I still love you though." He admitted. " With Troy back in my life and the twins together everything is great. But you were there to help me through my time of need. Thanks." She said choking through her tears.

He walked towards her and wiped a tear. "I'm always here for you Gabriella." He said looking at her. "I know. Even though I'm not always gonna think of you, I'll always remember you in my heart." She said as she wrapped her arms him. He pulled away from her and kissed her forehead gently. "I love you Gabriella." He said. She quietly waved goodbye before walking out. Even though, she still had feelings for Ryan she knew she had to let go because her love for Troy was stronger.

SHE opened the front door and stared within. There was Troy just sitting, looking like he was waiting for her. "Troy before you say anything…I was at Ryan's talking. I wanted to clear things up between us." She began to explain. He looked straight at her making her nervous. "Gabriella, what happened today?" He asked walking towards her. She let out her millionth sigh for today then began to talk. " I don't really know. I just had an emotional breakdown." She began to explain. His eyes filled with comfort as she started to explain. "Why?" He asked.

"I don't know. It might have something to do with me being pregnant." She answered.

End of Recap

Chapter 13

Realization

TYLER stared at the wall in front of him. His mind was merely blank. There were so many things he had done, which he regretted. Right now, not even an apology could make up with some of the things he had done. Audrina was right. He was exactly like his father. Exactly like him.

Originally, he never wanted to be like his father. His father was a horrible person. Something he never wanted to become. But once he told his father about the twins, he started to listen to Tyler more, and be more of a father to him. Tyler met one of his father's friends.

Ryan.

He spent a large amount of time with Ryan whenever he could. Ryan became like he second father. He cared for him as if he was his own son, just like his mother did. No, he shouldn't bring that up. She was a forbidden thought in his mind. A thought that would never be brought up since she left.

Tyler couldn't forget his mom. No matter how much he wanted to, he couldn't. The day she left was a never-ending memory in his mind. Every night the scene replayed in his head.

What was he to do about it?

There wasn't anyone to tell. He wouldn't dare tell his father about it. Most likely he would just rave on about how it was all his fault. "Audrina." He whispered. She could make him feel better. Tyler felt closer to her than Adriana. There was always a friendly aura when she was around. Sort of like when his mother was around.

Flashback:

TYLER pushed two pillows against his ears. He was tired of the yelling. He was tired of everything. There was a sound of smashing glass against his wall. Wonderful. Tyler dropped the pillows and sighed. He would clean that up.

He jumped off his bed and walked towards the door. It was odd that his parents were fighting in broad daylight. Usually the arguments were reserved for night. When he was supposed to be sleeping. But there wasn't anyway to sleep in noise. Something was always clashing, breaking, or shattering.

Quiet was never present in the house.

He walked towards the master bedroom. The door looked like it would fly off its hinge at anytime. He sat down and took a deep breath. There wasn't a point to cry. That wouldn't do anything. When things quieted down, the door flew open and Tyler behind the door. "Then leave already. I've been waiting for you to keep that promise." Andrew( A/N: Remember Tyler's dad) said calmly. Tyler slowed down his breathing to keep quiet. He stood behind the door and peered into the room. His mother was packing a suitcase.

There wasn't a possibility she was leaving. Tyler refused to believe reality. Things could always work out. Andrew closed the door and stared at his son. "Pathetic, my son. " He muttered before going downstairs.

Tyler followed him downstairs ignoring his comment. The insults had been increasing over a couple weeks so it was as if he said," Good job!" Andrew opened the refrigerator and took out a beer. He remembered now. THAT was the source of the families' problem.

"I don't understand why I put up with that bitchy women for so long. She wasn't doing me any good." He said not talking to anyone in particular. Again, Tyler ignored the comment. Something spoke inside of him. "You shouldn't say stuff about mom like that. It's not nice." Tyler spoke up. That was a bad idea from the start.

"Listen son, I didn't ask you if it was nice. Funny, I didn't ask you anything." He explained. Tyler took a step forward and continued his rebellion. "But it's not nice!" He persisted. Andrew rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Damn women got you brain-washed. But that'll change. Tonight. No one is going to tell me anything." Tyler ended his streak of rebellion. Any more lip and he'd be dead.

Tyler turned his attention to upstairs. His mother dragged a suitcase downstairs with an empty expression on her face. "Andrew," She said as she reached the bottom," I will be back for my son. Mark it." Tyler swore he felt a tear slide down his face. She walked towards Tyler and wiped the sliding tear.

"Tyler, I love you so much. But I can't take it anymore. I'm done with being disrespected and……and all this abuse. I'll be back for you. I promise I will be back. Wait for me." She kissed his cheek and walked towards the door. For a second she stopped and began to fiddle with her fingers. Tyler knew what she was doing. A wedding ring slowly dropped to the ground. Tyler ran to pick it up. "It's useless boy. Not after it's been worn that lazy excuse."

End of Flashback

5 years later, she hadn't returned. Tyler still had her ring. It often tended to bring back painful memories for him.

But with Ryan everything felt right again. No more yelling, no more insults, no more hurting. Ryan had often done favors for Tyler so he thought it wouldn't hurt for him to do one for him. That's when the twins came up. Ryan had first asked him to pick a twin, in whom he picked Audrina, and then he shoved a cardboard box at him. The only instructions he was to go home, open the box, and read the instructions inside the box. His instructions were clear. To kill her.

He thought it was a joke, so he laughed. But after reading the note again, he soon realized it was no joke. First he told his father. He was very for it, and encouraged him to do the job. Somewhere, he knew this was wrong. But he had never seen his father so proud of him. So proud of him to be an assassin to Audrina.

The next day, Tyler went to school ready to do his job. He tied her up in an empty classroom, ready to kill her. A voice told him it wasn't right. He dropped the knife and walked out of the classroom. As he was trying to think, Adriana bombarded him with questions about her sister. She left with a threat. "If you hurt my sister in anyway I will find someone personally and have you killed." It didn't bother him much though. He had plenty of experience of death threats. He even tried to convince himself that he never even laid a hand on Audrina.

Later that day, he did go back to apologize. But Mr. Bolton was going to have any of it.

He never got to apologize. He never got to make things right.

"WHY is it so quiet downstairs?" Audrina asked looking around. "I think mom came home. Let's go check." Adriana answered walking towards the door. As the two arrived downstairs it was quiet. There was a very awkward silence in the room. "What's going on?" Audrina whispered. Gabriella and Troy faced each other, just feet away from each other. They were completely clueless of what happened a few minutes earlier.

"…I got it! Makes perfect sense." Audrina mumbled to herself. Adriana stared at her sister confused. "Mood swings ring a bell?" Audrina asked. Her sister continued to stare at her. "How long is it going to take you to figure out that she's pregnant?" She whispered. Adriana's eyes widened.

Gabriella took a step back. The silence was killing her. It wasn't supposed to be like this. There was supposed to be more joy, more life in this scene. She played the scene in her head several times and it played out the same way. Dead. Awkward. Silent.

As for Troy, he was speechless. He hadn't seemed to comprehend what Gabriella said. But somehow he was able to say something. "Who?" Gabriella was a bit taken back by his reaction, as were the girls. The response she expected was more like a 'congratulations' instead of a 'who'. But she understood why he said it. If she were in that same position she would probably do the same thing. But it felt surreal to her, like it shouldn't even happen.

Troy took a step towards Gabriella. In his mind, he knew the answer he wanted to hear. But there was another answer that was very possible. "Maybe we should go upstairs. You know, to give them some privacy." Adriana suggested and began dragging Audrina arm. She didn't really want to stay around for the rest of this. Particularly, the ending of this. "No, we need to stick around for this. I've always wanted a sibling. Well, besides someone my own age." Audrina shared.

"Your answer. You."

END

I can't believe I'm finished. The ending…ehh it was all right. Short, quick, and not so painful. I wanted to focus more on Tyler. Because in the sequel, Becoming A Family (Title may change), this chapter has huge significance to later part of that story. I was actually surprised how many people thought the baby was Ryan's. I could never do that. I squirm at all the Ryella and Troypay moments in the HSM installment. OTHER IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS: The sequel will be after the baby is born and when the twins are juniors or sophomores. My reasoning, my expertise is not writing pregnancies. (If you read Evaluating the Boyfriend you'd get my point.)ENDING ANNOUNCEMENTS: Which means credits. I would like to thank all of you that have read my story and reviewed. Even if you didn't review. It's helped me become a better FF writer and helped me figure out what not to do. I also want to thank everybody who stuck with this story during my writing block and short chapters. And finally, while your waiting for Becoming A Family ( Or whatever it'll be called), try reading my other stories Finally Falling For You and Common Love.