"And He said, there goes my life. There goes my future, my everything. Might as well kiss it all goodbye. There goes my life."
-Kenny Chesney

"I'm Pregnant."

The words of my sweet, beautiful girlfriend of 6 months, Gabriella Montez, echoed in my head. She was ten weeks. Two Months and Two days. She is going to keep it.I am a Junior at East High. I'm just 17 years old. How am I supposed to take care of a baby? I can't even take care of myself!

Gabriella moved here a couple years ago from California with her parents and her older sisters. I lived here in Albuquerque all of my life. My dad was the basketball coach and a part time firefighter and my mom was a nurse. She worked most nights to take care of my little brothers. Kyle is twelve and Robert is seven.

I played basketball all of my life. I am the captain of the basketball team. I was bound for a scholarship my senior year. All I've ever wanted is to get out of New Mexico. Maybe get drafted in the NBA, maybe move to the east coast and play all four years of college. I had my whole like ahead of me. Now it's gone. Goodbye life, it was nice knowing you while it lasted.

I knew what I had to do. I had to tell my parents and talk to Gabriella.

I got home from school today. It was the Friday before winter break. I was going to basketball camp for a couple weeks then I was going to spend the rest of it with Gabriella. She told me the news at lunch time. She said she couldn't keep it to herself any longer.

"Hey baby, How was school?" Mom asked me, she looked up from the couch.

I sighed. "It was uh.. An interesting day." I gulped. "I need to talk to you and dad, before you leave for work."

"Alright sweetheart, maybe after dinner. Go finish your homework." She said, turning back to the TV.

I walked upstairs and called Gabriella.

She sniffled. "Hello?"

"Hey babe, How are you feeling?" I sat down on the bed.

"Like a crazy hormonal 16 year old. I just told my sisters. I got an earful." She sniffled again.

"I'm going to tell my parents tonight after dinner." I said, laying back on the bed. "I'm going to be here for you every step of the way Gabi, you will never have to do this alone."

She let out a sob. "Do you really mean that?"

"Yeah, I mean it with all of my heart baby. We will make it work. I promise you. I think I'm going to get a job, so we can save up." I ran my fingers through my hair. I promised her. Now I have to go through with this. This is the right thing Troy.

"Thank you Troy." She let out another sob. "I really appreciate everything you do. I love you."

I smiled to myself. "I love you too Gabi."

"I have to do homework but call me after to let me know how it goes." She said blowing her nose.

"Alright, it'll call you right after" I sighed. "Talk to you later."

We hung up and I closed my eyes. How am I going to tell my father? What if he kicks me out? Dear lord. I am so dead. I pulled out my home work and tried to get started. I opened a new spiral notebook and looked at the empty page.

Dear Baby,

I just found out about you today. You are 10 weeks along in your Mommy's belly. Your mom and I are only 17 years old. We are junior's in high school. Daddy is terrified. I don't know how things will turn out. I don't know if your mommy and I will get married or anything. We are only kids ourselves. Your mommy already told her mom and dad and sisters. They are your grandma, grandpa and Aunties. She told me they can't wait for your arrival in six and a half months. I want to see what you look like. I wonder if you look like me or look like your mom. You are going to be beautiful, no matter what. If you are a boy or girl, I will teach you basketball or baseball or whatever sport you want to play. If you want to sing or dance then I will support you too. You can be whatever you want to be and nobody is ever going to stop you. I promise you that I will be there for you. I will catch you whenever you fall.

I love you now and forever.

Your Father,
Troy Nicholas Bolton.

"Troy dinner is ready." Mom called up to me. I took another look at the page and closed the book and put it under my pillow. I walked down stairs and sat down at my usual spot, in between my little brothers.

"Smells good mom." I said.

"Are you alright Troy? You looked like something was eating you up in gym today." Dad said, serving himself.

"Uh.. I'll talk to you and mom about it later." I said, waiting for my turn to serve myself. "Ky. How was school?"

"Good. I beat Marco and Kyle P. at basketball today." He said excitedly. "It was so awesome!"

I laughed. "That's good. What about you buddy?" I looked at Rob, messing his hair up.

"It was a good day. I got an A on my spelling test!" He smiled at me. "And I have a project to do over the break, can you help me with it?"

"Of course." I smiled at him then served myself. The fact that my dad was going to kill me in two hours disappeared for a little while. I loved hanging out with my brothers. They were the coolest little guys. Kyle wanted to be just like me. Basketball star, dating the prettiest girl. Rob was very smart. He got great grades. He didn't make many friends but he was a good kid.

We finished eating dinner and my mom cleaned up. I had to tell them now. My brothers went upstairs and I sat my parents down on the couch.

"What is this about Troy?" Dad said, sitting back wrapping an arm around my mom.

"I don't exactly know how to tell you this… I just found out today.. Myself." I began to ramble. "I don't know how its going to work out, but I want to make it work. Yeah know? I can't just walk away from this."

"Troy. What is going on?" Mom said looking at me, sighing.

I gulped and closed my eyes. "Gabriella is pregnant. She is 10 weeks. She's keeping the baby."

"What?" Dad said. He started laughing. "Is this some kind of joke Troy?"

"No, no dad." I shook my head and opened my eyes to look at them. "She is having my baby. I am going to be a father. I am committing to her and the baby."

Mom stared at me blankly. Dads eyes shot right through me. "Troy, go upstairs." He used that voice that he used when he refrained from yelling at me. "We will talk later."

"Dad…" I started.

"Troy, listen to your father." She said quietly.

I took a deep breath and walked upstairs. I laid back on my bed. Everything is going to be okay. Don't worry about it Troy. I looked at my phone. Gabi sent me a text. "How'd it go?" I read out loud.

I called her number and waited for her to pick up. "Hello?" she answered.

"I told them." I said quietly.

"How'd it go?" She asked me.

I sighed, "I- I don't know." I put my hand on my face. "They didn't even say anything."

She sighed. "They probably need some time to wrap their head around it."

I nodded to myself. "This is true."

"Do you mean what you said earlier?" She asked me quietly.

"Every single word, Gabi." I closed my eyes. "What are you doing tomorrow?"

"I have a doctors appointment, you can come if you want" She said. There was a clicking in the background. I can imagine her tapping her pen against her thumb like she did everyday.

"I'd really like that." I said. "What time is it at?"

"8 in the morning." I sucked in a breath and she giggled. "Early I know."

"Is your mom taking you?" I pulled out the notebook from under my pillow.

"She was going to drop me off."

"I'll take you, I'll be there at 7:15" I said. "Wait. Do your parents hate me or something?"

"No" She giggled. "They're just disappointed in the decisions we made."

"Alright, so I'll be there at 7:15" I confirmed.

"Don't be late wildcat." She giggled again. "I love you."

I smiled. "I love you too baby, goodnight."

"goodnight." she said quietly.

I hung up the phone and walked into my bathroom. I jumped in the shower. Dear god, please don't let my parents hate me. I got out of the shower and got dressed for bed. I was about to get in bed when Dad came in.

"Hey dad." I sat down on my bed.

"Hey..son.." He said slowly. He scratched the back of his head. "Your mom and I are… very shocked with your news." He sighed and sat down next to me. "I wanted you to go to college Troy. Play some ball before you have kids. Live your life. You are 17 years old Troy. You are still in high school."

"Don't you think I know that dad?" I sighed. "Chad and all my friends are going to go off to college and I'll be stuck in Albuquerque with Gabi raising a baby. I know it's not what I wanted or what we planned." I looked at him. "It just happened. I am going to take care of my child. If you kick me out then fine."

Dad started laughing. "We're not going to kick you out Troy. Don't be ridiculous." He put a hand on my shoulder. "We are just going to deal with this one day at a time."

I nodded. "I'm sorry for disappointing you."

"I'm sorry that you disappointed yourself" He squeezed my shoulder. He got up and walked out of my room. I needed sleep, badly. I set my alarm and fell asleep.

I heard my alarm going off. 6:45. I sighed and turned it off. I laid for a minute then I got up and got dressed. I walked downstairs and got a bowl and filled it up with cereal. I poured some milk into the bowl. I sat down and started eating my cereal.

"Did you forget that today's Saturday?" Dad came walking in with his empty cup of coffee and he poured himself some more.

"No I did not." I took a bite. "I'm taking Gabi to a doctor's appointment this morning."

"Oh, alright." He sat down next to me. "Your mom is coming home late today. You might even see her at the doctors. I might need you to watch the boys for a bit while I go down to the station."

I nodded. "Call me if you need me home." I finished my bowl of cereal and put it in the sink. "I'll see you later."

I grabbed my things and walked out to my truck. It was an old two-seater that dad and I helped restore. It worked great now, but it still looked like a piece of shit. I drove down the street to Gabi's and parked next to the curb. I walked up to her door and knocked.

Gabi's oldest sister Giana opened the door. "Troy." She said shortly. "Come in."

"Thank you." I walked in the door. Gabi was sitting on the couch with her other sister Grace. "Hello Gabs, Grace."

"Hey Troy." Gabi smiled up at me. Grace just kind of glared.

I shifted uncomfortably. "Are you ready to go?"

She nodded. "Let me just get my purse." She walked upstairs and her sisters turned to me.

"You better take care of my sister Troy." Giana said, looking at me.

"You better take care of your baby. If you hurt my sister. I swear to god." Grace said.

"Leave him alone" Gabi yelled from upstairs.

I was speechless. "I- uh- I am going to take care of Gabi and the um baby."

"Why do you look like your ready to run for the door?" Grace said crossing her arms.

"I- uh- I don't know." I scratched the back of my neck.

Giana sat down on the couch. "I'm surprised daddy didn't shoot you honestly."

I gulped. "Leave him alone!" Gabi said walking over to me. I wrapped my arm around her. "I'm sorry about them." We walked out to my trunk.

I leaned down and kissed her lips gently. "Your sisters are terrifying."

She giggled as I helped her in. I closed the door and walked around and hopped in. "They are harmless really." She leaned against me.

"Seat belt, my lady." I smiled at her and buckled my own.

She buckled her seatbelt and I placed my hand on her knee and drove over to the doctors. "I think we might get to do the first ultrasound today."

"Really?" I glanced at her.

"Yeah, I'm kind of, really excited." She put her hand on mine and squeezed it gently.

I smiled at her. "I never thought in a million years I was going to be a dad at 17."

She nodded. "I never thought I was going to have a boyfriend until I was like 30."

I laughed. "Why do you say that?"

She giggled a bit and shrugged. "I don't know… Do you think I'm ugly?"

I looked at her. "You can't be serious"

She burst out crying and covered her face. "You think I'm ugly."

I parked in a parking spot and wrapped my arms around her. "I do not think you are ugly baby."

She laid her head against my chest. "Don't lie to me Troy."

"Baby, look at me." She looked up at me and I wiped the tears from her cheeks. "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I love you."

She smiled at me. "I love you too." She kissed my lips gently. She giggled and wiped her face. "I'm sorry. My moods are changing like crazy and everything I try to eat smells so bad and I'm tired."

"You are pregnant babe, don't worry about it." I got out of the car and helped her out of her side. I closed the door. We walked into the hospital and she check in. I sat and waited with her until we got called in. I sat next to her in the office. "Are you scared?"

She nodded. "I'm terrified Troy."

I held onto her hand. "I'm glad I'm not the only one."

She giggled quietly as the doctor came in. The lady sat on her chair and looked at us. "Well hello Miss Montez, who is this?"

"This is my boyfriend Troy Bolton. He is the father." Gabi put her hands on her stomach.

She smiled at me. "Nice to meet you Troy, I'm Dr. Osmond." I shook her hand and sat back down in my chair. She took her height and weight and blood pressure. "I think we are going to do your first ultrasound."

We followed the doctor into the radiology department. Gabs laid down and lifted her shirt. "In a couple months I'm going to be so big." She said quietly.

I ran my hands along her flat belly. "You are going to be beautiful no matter how big your belly is." I smiled at her and kissed her tummy gently.

"Alright? Are we ready?" Dr. Osmond said. Gabi nodded. She squirted the jelly on her stomach. She turned on the little machine and placed the device on her stomach. I looked up at the screen as she moved around the device. I saw a little peanut shaped spot on the screen. "There is your baby."

I looked up at the screen and just stared at it. My baby. Gabi was going to push out that fetus in a couple of months. I was speechless. Gabi ran her hand through my hair. "That's our baby Troy." She said quietly.

I was quiet for the rest of the appointment. The doctor gave us some pictures to keep and we walked back to the car. "I can't believe it."

"Believe what?" She jumped in the car and looked at me.

"That this is real." I looked at her. "We are having a baby."

"'Fraid so wildcat." She laid her head down in my lap. "Can we go somewhere? I don't want to go home."

"Anywhere baby." I started the truck and started driving off. We went to a park and walked out to the grass. I laid a blanket down and I laid next to Gabi. "Do you want a boy or a girl?"

"I don't mind either way." She closed her eyes and cuddled up to me.

I nodded. "Me either." I played with her beautiful brown hair. "What do you think the gang is going to say?"

"I don't know. They'll probably freak out." She said.

"What should we tell them?" I kissed her forehead gently.

"When we get back would be best probably." She yawned. "Thank you Troy."

"For what?" I asked. Looking at her.

She opened her eyes and looked at me. "For not leaving me. I know this is going to be hard. I think we can do it."

I smiled and leaned down to kiss her. "Me too."

Hey Guys! New story, still in the process of writing. I wanted to get something out to you. I hope you enjoy. Don't forget to review!