3rd person POV
A little blonde girl tore through the house trying to find a hiding place for her game of hide and seek. She heard her brother counting; he was supposed to count to one hundred before he came to find her. She heard him reach the number ninety-two and ran for the best hiding place she could find, under her small pink bed.
"ONE HUNDRED!!!" she heard her brother shout. She tried not to make a single sound as she heard his footsteps coming up the stairs. They drew closer and closer by the second. She suddenly heard his footsteps step inside her door.
"Sharpay, I know you're in here," a voice said. Suddenly a hand reached under the bed and pulled up the bed skirt. She saw a face, a face that wasn't her brother's. It was her father's.
"Found you Sharpay," He said maliciously. The little girl screamed.
"Sharpay? Shar? Hey are you all right? Wake up!" Sharpay's brown eyes fluttered open and she saw Ryan. She breathed a sigh of relief as she looked up at him.
"You were having another screaming fit, so I came up to see if you were ok," Ryan explained.
"I just had another one of those dreams, you know where me and you are playing hide and seek and you come to find me, but instead it's not you, it's Dad," Sharpay explained wiping the sleep from her eyes and running her fingers through her sleep tangled hair.
"Oh, those again, I can't believe you've been having these dreams since April," Ryan thought out loud.
"I know it's like what, Almost July now?"
"Yea, it's June 11th Shar, not exactly almost July," Ryan told her. Sharpay had pretty much lost track of the days ever since summer had started.
"So, how's Gabriella?" Sharpay asked her brother. He looked at her blankly.
"She's ok. She still hasn't told her Mom about what happened," Ryan said.
"Well she has to tell her sometime," Sharpay told him.
"Well, I guess she figures that since her Mom moved away temporarily for her job she'd just wait until she comes back," Ryan explained.
"Oh well, I guess I can understand that," Sharpay replied. Ryan remembered that night, the night that his father was put in jail for good. The night that changed everything.
Flashback 3 months ago
"Ryan, I need to talk to you right now," Gabriella stated. Before he even had a chance to say anything she dragged him away from the crowd and into the back yard.
"Ryan, do you remember that thing we did a couple weeks ago?" she asked. Ryan felt his face turning red.
"Um, yea why do you ask?"
"Well, I don't think we should've done that because…" Gabriella started to say.
"Because why?" Ryan asked in confusion.
"Because something happened," Gabriella finished.
"What are you talking about?"
"Actually, it's what didn't happen," Gabriella said. Ryan listened to her carefully. "Well, I'm late," Gabriella finished. Ryan nodded slowly.
"Well, it might not mean anything," he suggested. Gabriella looked at him sincerely.
"Ryan, I'm pretty sure it means something, especially since I throw up almost every morning and I want to eat like all the time," Gabriella responded. She sighed heavily. "Ryan, I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant," Gabriella said.
"Well, don't you think you should find out for sure?" Ryan asked.
"I already did, I took a test last week," Gabriella replied.
"Well, don't worry, we can work this out. Just why didn't you tell me earlier?" he requested.
"I thought you'd be mad at me or something," Gabriella admitted. Ryan touched her face with his hand.
"How could I ever be mad at you?" he asked. She shrugged slowly.
"I'm just scared Ryan, really scared," Gabriella disclosed. Ryan pulled her in and hugged her close.
"Don't worry, I'm going to help you through this, I promise. I'm not going to leave you."
End flashback"Ry, are you ok?" Sharpay asked after she noticed her brother had clearly zoned out. Ryan shook his head quickly.
"Yea, I was just thinking," he explained.
"It's weird being in this big house all by ourselves isn't it?" Sharpay asked still sitting in her bed.
"Yea, with Mom gone and Dad in prison. But it's kind of nice not having someone here to order us around," Ryan acknowledged.
"Yea, you're right," Sharpay answered. Sharpay and Ryan's mother had decided to move out of the house and go live near her parents for a while because she wanted to get away from the whole situation that had just happened. She left them a note when she left saying that she would always love them and she would eventually come back home when she was ready. She paid all the bills with their father's fortune so Sharpay and Ryan could stay in Albuquerque. As for Gabriella, her mother's company asked her to come and work in New York for a year. So, she left Gabriella while she was away, so Gabriella was living home alone too. Gabriella hadn't told her mother that she was pregnant yet because she wanted to wait until her mother got back from her trip, and then the baby would already be born anyway.
Ryan was supposed to go to the doctor with Gabriella that day, so he got dressed and went to pick her up. He arrived at her house and rang the doorbell hearing it echo through the house. A few seconds later, Gabriella opened the door, smiling but looking rather pale.
"Hey, are you ok Gabs?" he asked. Gabriella embraced him quickly.
"Fine, just the morning sickness again, that's all," Gabriella explained.
"So you ready to go now?" Ryan asked.
"Yep, I'm ready," Gabriella replied stepping outside her door and locking it.
"I look terrible, I know I have to go buy some maternity clothes before I get really fat," Gabriella said as they walked down the driveway.
"You don't look terrible, you'll always be beautiful to me," Gabriella's face turned a bright red.
"Thanks Ryan, you're sweet," Gabriella said quietly. "I really appreciate you doing this you know, most guys would've just left me on my own," Gabriella continued.
"Hey, I promised you I'd never leave you didn't I? Besides, I'm not like other guys, I could never leave you to deal with this on your own, you deserve better than that," Ryan explained. "Besides, I told you, I love you Gabriella," Ryan said with a smile.
"I love you too Ryan," Gabriella replied kissing him passionately.
Dr. Griffith examined the growing bump on Gabriella's stomach carefully.
"Well, Gabriella I assume that you're about tree and half months along. And from the ultrasound pictures, the baby appears to be very healthy," Dr. Griffith said happily.
"That's great," Gabriella said.
"The only thing I want you to do is start eating a little more Gabriella, that way, the baby can develop better," Dr. Griffith said.
"No problem, I love to eat," Gabriella laughed.
"Well, that's good to hear. I hope you don't mind me asking this Gabriella, but have you decided weather you're going to keep the baby or put it up to adoption?" The doctor asked in curiosity. Gabriella looked at Ryan and then back at the doctor.
"Well, we haven't really talked about that issue yet," Gabriella explained.
"Well, I know it's a bit early yet, but you should start thinking about what you're going to do. After all, you two are very young. How old did you say you were Gabriella?" the doctor asked.
"I just turned seventeen on May 15th," Gabriella replied.
"Well, do you think that you would be able to support the baby? Who would watch him or her while you're at school?" And what if you want to go to college? Speaking of which, have you two even told your parents about this?" the doctor asked. Gabriella looked at Ryan again.
"Not exactly. My father's you know in jail for killing someone and my mom went to live somewhere else, and her mom is away working for a year," Ryan explained to the doctor.
"Well, you too think about what I said, and we'll see you again in two months. Oh, and I suspect that the baby will be born in mid December," Dr. Griffith said nodding.
"Well, thank you for your time, see you next month," Ryan said.
They decided that they would go back to Gabriella's house and watch a few movies together.
"So, the baby's healthy, that's good," Ryan began as Gabriella opened the door to her house.
"Yea, we should think of some names," Gabriella replied dropping her keys on the counter.
"So you want to keep it then?" Ryan asked. Gabriella pushed a strand of curly hair behind her ear and smiled.
"Yea. If I'm going to be a mother, I'm not going to let some person I don't even know take care of my baby. Besides I think you'd be a good dad," Gabriella stated.
"So you want us to stay together too?" Ryan pondered. Gabriella's dark eyes met his and gave him a 'duh' look.
"Of course I want us to stay together, we can buy a little house and we can be a family, you, me and the baby," Gabriella responded laying a hand on her stomach. Ryan inched toward her and she rested her forehead on his. He pressed his lips gently against hers.
"I would love to do that," He whispered. Gabriella smiled vibrantly.
"I love you," Gabriella whispered.
"I love you too," Ryan whispered back.
Meanwhile, back at Sharpay and Ryan's house, Sharpay was getting ready to go to the movies with Troy. She put on a pink tank top with a denim skirt and a pair of pink flip-flops. She heard the doorbell ring and ran down the stairs assuming it was Troy. She threw open the door to discover a girl dressed in a pair of cut off shorts and a blue strapless top.
"Hi, maybe you can help me. I just moved here yesterday and I need to go to East High School to drop off an enrolment form for next year. Can you maybe tell me where east high is?" The girl said propping her channel sunglasses on the top of her head. Sharpay stared beyond the girl to see a pink convertible parked in the driveway. Sharpay smiled at the girl.
"Sure, I go to East High, what grade are you going into?" Sharpay asked.
"I'm going to be a senior, finally," The girl replied.
"Really? Me too," Sharpay laughed. "Well, East High is just down the road and then you take a left and on your right, there it will be," Sharpay explained smiling.
"Thank you so much… uh what's your name?"
"Sharpay Evans," Sharpay replied.
"Well, thank you Sharpay. I'm Riley, Riley Rodgers," Riley said shaking Sharpay's hand. Sharpay saw Troy's car pull up.
"Well, I would love to stay and chat with you, but my boyfriend's here," Sharpay told her. Riley looked over at Troy who was getting out of his car.
"Ooooh check him out," Riley murmured. Sharpay's eyes widened.
"Excuse me?" Sharpay demanded.
"Oh, sorry I'd better get going now, see you around Sharlie," Riley said.
"Uh, it's Sharpay," Sharpay laughed. The red headed girl smirked.
"Oh, sorry. See you around," Riley retorted. She flipped her hair and strutted off. She walked past Troy and looked him up and down curiously. Sharpay felt her pulse rage with anger. Troy looked up at Sharpay confused. He came closer to her.
"Hey sweetheart," Troy said giving his girlfriend a peck on the lips.
"Who was that?" he asked.
"Riley Rodgers, my new neighbor apparently," Sharpay replied watching Riley drive away in her pink convertible.
"Huh, well are you ready to go?" asked Troy.
"Yep," Sharpay said smiling and slipping her hand into Troy's. She wondered about the mysterious girl that had visited her house just minutes ago. What was she up to? Was she just an innocent girl just asking for help or, was she one of those 'boyfriend stealer' types. Sharpay was determined to find out who she was and what she wanted.
Hsmgirl says: Well? Did you love it? Did you completely hate it? Was it too long? Was it too short? Let me know! It's about 500 words shorter than what I usually write, so it's not as long but my future chapters will be. Anyhow, make sure you drop me a review before you go! Until next time my friends!