This is just one chapter to see how many responses I get from it to see if I should make it into a story. Enjoy!
The day started out like any other day. Gabriella woke up to the sound of her mother yelling for her. Smiling, Gabriella checked her phone to see if she had any messages from Troy Bolton, who happened to be her boyfriend. Looking at the time, she realized that he most likely was not up yet. Shrugging, Gabriella made her way down stairs.
"Morning Mom," Gabriella said smiling as she sat down at the table. It was summer and that meant she was able to sleep in and she was able to lounge around if she wanted to. However, most of the time, she was up and out by noon with her friends.
"Morning sweetie. Any plans for today?" Maria Montez asked her daughter. Maria looked over her daughter. She could not believe how much she had grown in the past year. She was more independent, she wanted more freedom, and to have things changed. She still viewed her daughter as the 5-year-old girl who sat on her lap asking her to read a story.
Gabriella shrugged, "I haven't heard from Troy. In fact I haven't really heard from him all week and it's getting me worried," Gabriella said quietly. Ever since Gabriella and Troy started dating in their junior year, they have been inseparable. They were attached at the hip and everywhere Troy went, Gabriella was there and sometimes vice versa.
"Gabi, don't over think it. He might just be busy. You know how Jack likes to practice basketball all the time," Maria said trying to reassure her daughter.
"I know it's just, he would have told me if his dad wanted him to shoot hoops so I wouldn't worry," Gabriella said, "I guess I'll call him later. Maybe we can go to Six Flags or something with the gang." Gabriella could not remember the last time they went on a date, or even had alone time with each other. Every time they hung out, the gang was with them. It was starting to annoy her and making her upset but she would never say anything. In fact, many things annoyed her about Troy's behavior recently but she would never tell him or anyone else.
"Alright well I'm heading off to work. I'll be home late tonight, don't wait up," Maria said as she took Gabriella's plate and her own and washed him off and put them in the drain board. Gabriella nodded and she walked out of the room and headed upstairs.
30 minutes later
Gabriella headed out of her bathroom, completely dressed. She was nervous to call Troy. She knew that he had a very short temper sometimes, especially when he was playing basketball. When he was playing basketball, he was "in the zone" and did not like to be bothered. Even when Chad called he snapped at him. It hurt Gabriella whenever he snapped at her but she knew that she would have to accept that and just deal with it.
Gabriella stared at her phone, almost willing it to ring. She would have felt better if he had called her first rather than her calling him. She knew how he could be sometimes and she was afraid he would be in one of his moods. However, she knew she had to call him. She wanted to see him and she had to get the courage to pick up the phone and dial his number.
Gabriella fished through her contacts, she located Troy's number, and she pressed the send button. She put the phone up to her ear and she waited to hear him pick up. It felt like forever before she actually heard his response.
"Hello?" Troy's voice sounded throughout the phone. For a moment, Gabriella forgot how to speak. She had not heard his voice in so long that it was something that astounded her.
"Hi, um where have you been for the past week? I've tried to call you and you haven't answered," Gabriella said softly. She was afraid of his reaction.
"I've been busy. What's up?" Troy asked. Gabriella rolled her eyes. He was always busy now and days.
"I wanted to know if you wanted to hang out," Gabriella said, "Please? I miss you." Gabriella was pleading with him over the phone. Gabriella could hear him sigh.
"I miss you too but I can't today. My dad got us tickets to a Red Hawk game," Troy said. Gabriella felt the tears fill up in her eyes. She hated this.
"Fine. Whatever. I've got to go," Gabriella said quietly, hurt evident in her voice.
"Brie, I'm sorry. My dad told me this morning," Troy said.
"It's fine Troy. I love you," Gabriella said hopefully.
"I love you too," Troy added. Gabriella smiled and she hung up the phone.
For some reason, Gabriella was not sold on Troy's reason for not hanging out today. She knew that Troy would have at least told her that his dad was thinking about giving him the tickets today. Groaning, Gabriella threw her phone on her bed.
Gabriella was getting tired of Troy's attitude and ways towards her. She would never mention it, or end things though, because she loved him. She could picture herself married to him. She really did. She wanted to get married, live in a house and have his children. She wanted to grow old with him and be buried next to him. However, if this was what her life was going to be like, then she did not want it.
Grabbing her phone, Gabriella got an idea. She was going to call Chad. Chad was an idiot and would tell her anything and spill the beans. She dialed Chad's number and waited for him to pick up.
"Yo yo yo this is Chad," Chad said into the phone. Gabriella giggled, "Gabriella! What is up my friend?"
"Chad did you have sugar for breakfast again?" Gabriella asked at her friend's hyper-ness.
"No I swear! I'm just in a good mood," Chad said smiling through the phone.
"Look I called you for a reason. What is going on today with Troy? Do you know what he is doing? I tried calling him but his phone is off so I guess he may be in the shower," Gabriella said slyly. Luckily, Chad was not so bright and would not get it.
"He's having a barbeque with his family and invited the gang," Chad said not knowing that Gabriella did not know about it.
"Huh. What time?" Gabriella said curiously. She was fuming mad right now. He had invited everyone but her to the barbeque and she knew that she would have never have known about the party if she had not called Chad.
"I believe he said 2 and his pool is open so he said to bring a bathing suit," Chad said.
"Alright thanks Chad," Gabriella said hanging up on him. She was mad. She could not believe this. She understood if he was going somewhere and did not tell or invite her but to not invite her to his house for a barbeque, it was aggravating.
She was going to show up at his house. She did not care if she was not invited. As far as she was concerned, Chad just invited her by giving her the information. In addition, she should not have to be invited. She should be able to just show up because she was his girlfriend. Grabbing her bathing suit, she walked to her bathroom. She changed quickly into her bathing suit and threw on shorts and a tank top.
She was planning on reading before she went to Troy's. She had to calm herself down otherwise she would be going off on him when she saw him. She dove herself into 'Romeo and Juliet,' one of her most favorite plays to read. It was so amazingly written that she just could not put it down. She lost herself in the world of 'Romeo and Juliet' and when she saw the time, it was 2:30 in the afternoon. She put the book down and began to head towards Troy's house.
As she got closer and closer to his house, she began to grow nervous. She did not know what he would say when he saw her standing there. She could not back out though. It just was not something that she did. She was not weak. She wanted to prove that she could stand her ground and show her emotions. However, for some reason, whenever she saw Troy, all her feelings disappeared. Gabriella stood outside Troy's house and she heard them all in the back, splashing in the pool.
With one thing on her mind, Gabriella made her way to the front door. She knew that Lucille was most likely inside. She rang the doorbell and she waited for Lucille to open the door. When the door opened, she smiled at her boyfriend's mother.
"Gabriella! Troy told me you weren't going because your mom was taking you out today," Lucille said. Gabriella looked at me.
"Funny Troy told me that he was going to a Red Hawk game with Jack. I found out about the barbeque from Chad," Gabriella said quietly. Something was not right and it was making Gabriella go crazy.
"They're all out back. I'm here if you want to talk," Lucille said letting Gabriella in. Gabriella walked towards the back and opened the back door. She saw everyone swimming and laughing. Gabriella saw them all playing chicken and she felt like her heart was being ripped out of her chest. Her friends did not even know that she was not there. Troy did not even have the nerve to invite her to his parent's barbeque.
As she saw them laughing and having fun, she felt anger. She felt it building and she did not like this feeling at all. Gabriella was not normally an angry girl and when she was angry, she had a good reason. Gabriella crossed her arms over her chest, an irritated look on her face.
"Hey! Gabi!" Gabriella heard Jason's voice calling her name. Gabriella gave a tight smile and a small wave to Jason. Gabriella saw Troy's head turn towards her and he looked like a deer caught in headlights. He knew he was in trouble. He dropped the person on his shoulders and he got out of the pool. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his shoulders. He made his way over to Gabriella.
"Uh hey Brie," Troy said softly. Gabriella looked at him, her eyebrows raised.
"Don't you 'Hey Brie' me. What the hell?" Gabriella snapped, "I'm going out with my mom today? Really?" Gabriella added.
"Well…" Troy said hesitantly.
"Why would you lie to your mom?! Why did not you invite me Troy? You told me you were going to a Red Hawks game. However, apparently, you are having a barbeque and you did not tell me. So you lied to me," Gabriella said.
"Sorry I didn't invite you! But you don't have to be invited to everything you know!" Troy snapped back at her, "It doesn't revolve around you. I want to hang out with my friends not just you."
Gabriella looked hurt and she backed up from Troy, "Fine. I'm sorry if you want to hang out with your friends. I'll leave you alone then." Gabriella said turning around and going into the house, shutting the glass door behind her.
Troy stared at the door in disbelief. He had never really gone at it with Gabriella. This was their first fight in a few months. He ran his hand through his hair and he sighed. Turning around he saw Taylor, Sharpay and Kelsi standing there with his arms crossed. "What?"
"That was uncalled for Troy," Sharpay said.
"Yeah. She was asking you why you did it. She wasn't arguing with you," Kelsi said timidly. She was still nervous around Troy.
"Come on girls. Let's go make sure she's okay," Taylor said leading the way indoors.
Troy watched the girls go into the house and he knew that this was not going to be good. Troy knew why he was arguing with Gabriella. He wasn't into her anymore. It wasn't that he was bored with her but he just didn't feel things towards her anymore. He had to break up with her before things got out of hand.
Troy made his way to the pool and he jumped in. His friends immediately surrounded him, "Dude are you trying to ruin things between you and Gabi?" Chad asked.
"Look. I know I was harsh but I'm done with everything. I'm breaking up with her soon. I need to," Troy said hesitantly. He knew how protective of Gabriella Chad had become.
"So what? You're stringing her along and when she doesn't give you what you want, you dump her?" Chad snapped, "You're unbelievable Bolton."
"I didn't mean for any of this to happen! I love her, I do but my feelings have dissipated since I started dating her," Troy said. Chad glared at Troy but did not reply to him. Troy felt bad for doing this, and he knew that he still loved her, but he felt that he was not being the best boyfriend he could be.
"I just hope that once you make the biggest mistake of your life, and you realize how stupid you've been, and when you go to apologize and ask her to take you back, I hope she says no," Chad said before doing a canon ball into the pool. Troy sighed and he ran his hand through his hair. He needed to do this and -he needed to do it soon.
_-_ With the Girls _-_
"Sweetie, I'm sure he forgot to mention it to you. You know how he can get when he's with his friends," Taylor said as Gabriella paced the floor in Troy's room.
"I don't think so Tay. He wouldn't lie to his mom about me not being home and he wouldn't lie to me," Gabriella said, "He has to be hiding something from me."
Sharpay looked at the girls and then Gabriella, "I think I remember him mentioning some girl name Claire is coming over later and he wants to introduce us to her," Sharpay said.
"We promised weren't going to tell!" Taylor exclaimed.
"Guys. Seriously it's fine. He got what he wanted. He got me to have sex with him, now he's bored of me and moved on. It had to have been going on for a while now. Things didn't seem right for a while," Gabriella said sitting down on Troy's bed. "I better break up with him before he can do it."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Taylor asked. Gabriella, about three weeks ago, confided in Taylor a secret that no one else knew.
"No but I have to Taylor-" Gabriella said but Taylor interrupted her.
"Even with what you know?" Taylor asked.
"Wait wait wait... What's going on?" Sharpay snapped.
Gabriella sighed and she looked at the other two girls, "I'm pregnant," Gabriella whispered.