Summary: Gabriella Montez is a single mother of a 4 year old boy. Everything is going great until Troy Bolton comes back into the picture. Will Gabi let Troy into his sons life, or will she tell him about their son at all?
Genre: Romance/Drama
Pairing: Troyella/Chayloy/Zekepay/Ryelsi. Mainly Troyella.
Rating: T/ M in later chapters.
Chapter 1:
Gabriella Montez groggily woke up to the sound of the incessant ringing of her alarm clock. She sighed softly before pressing down on the stop button and instantly the annoying ring ceased. She sighed and wiped the sleep from her eyes before pulling the covers off her legs and stepped off the bed, straightening her tank top and pajama pants a little bit before sauntering into the hallway, briefly peeking in to her four year old son, Elijah's room.
Gabi smiled softly at seeing him still fast asleep in his bed. She sighed contently and leaned against the doorway, smiling softly at her sleeping sone as thoughts flooded her mind. She never expected to be twenty-two and have a son. She never expected to get pregnant at eighteen years old. And she most definitely didn't expect to be a single parent. Her soft smile slowly faded into a frown as thoughts of Troy Bolton entered her mind. She sighed. Troy Alexander Bolton. Her first love. Her first kiss. And her first time. All that is now why she hates him. He took that all away from her. Like he didn't even care that their relationship meant so much to her. Before she could even tell him that she was pregnant with his son, he went and dumped her for some girl that he swore would never be his type. So she didn't tell him about Elijah. And she didn't plan to ever tell him.
Gabriella shook her head of those thoughts trying to forget everything that was Troy Bolton. Of course it was incredibly difficult seeing as Elijah was a spitting image of his father with his bright blue eyes and soft brown hair.
She sighed, taking one last look at her son before continuing her way down the hall to the bathroom so she could take a shower.
About an hour later, Gabriella was showered and dressed for the work day. She walked into the kitchen of her small apartment, knowing Elijah would be getting up any minute, begging for some of his favorite breakfast cereal, which Gabriella always had prepared anyways. She grinned softly when she heard his door creak open and little feet pattering down the hallway, followed by his usual morning cries.
"Mommy!"
He shouted excitedly as he ran into the kitchen with a huge grin on his face. He climbed up onto his usual stool and looked over at Gabi hopefully.
"Can I have Fruity Pebbles mommy?"
Gabriella laughed softly and nodded her head. She wordlessly picked up the bowl of cereal she had just finished preparing and set it down in front of him. She smiled wider when she saw his bright blue eyes light up at the sight of his favorite cereal.
"Thank you mommy."
He said quickly before stuffing the cereal into his mouth without hesitation...and without a spoon. Gabriella laughed and grabbed a towel from the counter.
"Elijah, baby, you kinda need a spoon if you wanna eat it without a mess."
She said between laughs as she grabbed his cereal and milk covered hand and wiped it off with the towel and then handing him the spoon that was sitting in his bowl. Elijah smiled sheepishly and picked up his spoon and started eating it the correct way. After he gulped down his mouthful, he looked up at Gabi expectantly.
"Mommy? Do I have to go to daycare again today?"
"Yeah, you do, I have to work again."
Elijah pouted at her answer,
"But mommy! I wanna stay home with you!"
He whined out loud. Gabriella just sighed. They went through this almost every morning when she had to work, and it tore at her heart that Elijah wanted to spend so much time with her, but she just couldn't because she was so busy with her work. She'd spend every second of every day with her son if she could.
"I know, baby. I'd rather be here with you than work all day." Gabriella stated softly. Though she couldn't hold back her giggles when she saw the look on Elijah's face, like a light bulb went off in his head. She stared at him curiously.
"I have an idea! Why don't you find daddy, and tell him to watch me!" Elijah said proudly.
Gabriella's smile instantly faded into a frown at the mention of his dad. They went through this a lot too. She hated when he asked about Troy. She never told anything about him to Elijah. Not his name or anything. She didn't want Troy to have anything to do with Chase. But she hated that Elijah wasn't able to have a father. It always hurt her when he came home from daycare saying how all the other kids have daddies who pick them up. Gabriella would love for him to have a dad, as long as it wasn't Troy Bolton. And he would be the only person that could be Elijah's father, and frankly, she didn't want him to be. And she wouldn't every be able to fall in love with someone else besides Troy. Gabi sighed softly.
"Honey, listen, I know how bad you wanna know your daddy...but I don't think it's gonna happen."
Gabriella spoke regretfully, knowing those words would break his heart, therefore breaking hers. Her thoughts were confirmed when she watched his face fall. She tried to sound as sympathetic as possible, and Elijah seemed to put off the subject for the moment when he nodded his head.
"Alright, well let's get you to daycare, ok?" Gabriella stated before taking his empty bowl and putting it into the sink where she'd clean it later. She picked Elijah up and balanced him on her hip while she picked her keys up and all of Elijah's necessities and walking out of their front door.
As soon as they entered the daycare, Gabi crouched in front of Elijah and ruffled his hair through her fingers.
"I'll pick you up at 4:30 sharp, ok?" Elijah nodded his head sadly before walking away from her and farther into the daycare center. Gabriella got back into a standing position and watched her son walk away sadly. She knew he was upset about his dad, but Gabi knew it was for the best. At least she hoped it was. She sighed and walked out of the daycare center and back to her car.
Gabriella slammed her car door shut and made her way into the boutique store that her and Sharpay owned. Sharpay was the only one left from high school that actually stuck around Albuquerque after graduation. Everyone else went their own way, which was usually the way Troy went. Which was to UCLA. Gabriella and Sharpay hadn't really gotten along very well in high school, with Sharpay trying to split her and Troy up, but after the whole dilemma with Troy dumping her and her being pregnant, Sharpay was really there for her. She was actually the only one of their little group who knew about Elijah really. Now they were best friends who were nearly inseperable.
Gabriella walked inside the small shop that was filled with bags and clothes and lots of things that were hand designed by Sharpay and Gabriella themselves. She instantly headed for the back room where she could clock in.
After she dropped off her purse and successfully clocked in, she walked back into the store, almost instantly running into Sharpay on the way.
"Oh, morning Gabs!" Sharpay said in her usual bubbly tone.
"Hey." Gabi said less enthusiastically, which Sharpay caught onto immediately.
"Whoa, what's up, Gabs?" She asked in a tone that dared Gabi to not tell her the truth.
"Elijah asked about his dad again." Gabi said, avoiding any eye contact with her best friend.
Sharpay's eyes widened and her eyebrows raised.
"Well can ya blame him? I mean, what person doesn't want to know who their own dad is?"
Gabriella sighed and kept her gaze away from Sharpay, occupying herself with adjusting some purses on a nearby rack.
"Gabi, I'm just saying, he's always gonna want to know, no matter how many times you tell him otherwise." Sharpay stated smartly before walking away to tend to a customer that had just entered, leaving Gabriella with her thoughts.
Gabriella knew Sharpay was right. Elijah was always going to be curious as to who his dad was, whether Gabriella liked it or not. But the question was, would she ever ell him? Gabriella's thoughts wer quickly broken by a man who had tapped her shoulder with his finger.
"Um, excuse me?" The man asked and Gabriella turned around, only to be greeted by an all too familiar face and an unforgettable afro.
"Chad?" Gabriella asked curiously, a grin forming on her face, as did one on Chad's.
"Gabster?" Gabriella giggled at the use of her old high school nickname. She nodded her head and was instantly engulfed into a tight and friendly hug, on that Gabriella was more than happy to return.
"What are you doing here?" Gabriella giggled softly as Chad pulled out of the hug. Chad's smile seemed to falter at her question, and she instantly knew it had something to do with Troy.
"Uh..well, um..T-Troy is-is here and he's, uh, shopping for stuff for his, um...girlfriend" Gabriella just raised her eyebrows as Chad stuttered through his words. She noticed him avoiding her gaze and she just grinned.
"It's ok, Chad. I won't go into an emotional break down at the mention of his name, I promise." Gabi said amusedly and Chad just chuckled. But before he could say anything back, Troy interupted him.
"Hey Chad? Did you figure out where that thing is?"
Troy was obviously oblivious to Gabriella standing there. She gulped softly. He hadn't changed a bit. His hair was a little darker and shorter, but he looked basically the same. It made her heart break to know that she was once his, and now there was someone else in his life. Someone more important than her.
Chad stuttered through some more words before jerking his head over in Gabriella's direction. But Gabi wasn't sure she wanted Troy seeing her, but her thoughts were of course dashed when he looked at her, his blue eyes lighting up just as Elijah's did when they noticed her there.
"Brie...hey." Troy smiled, but Gabriella frowned at the use of Troy's old nickname for her.
"Hi." Gabi said quietly, earning a frown from Troy as she averted his gaze. Before anything else could be said, a soft shriek filler her ear and before she knew it, she was being pulled into a hug.
"Oh. My. Gosh! I can't believe we ran into you!"
Taylor shrieked, hugging Gabriella tightly. Taylor gasped and pulled out of the hug.
"What are you doing here?" Taylor asked excitedly, while gripping Gabriella's arms.
"I, uh, work here." Gabriella said in between giggles. Taylor just laughed and nodded her head.
"So, what are you guys doing back in Albuquerque?"
Gabriella noted that Taylor's face seemed to light up at the mere question.
"Chad and I are here to to see his parents, so we can make plans..." Taylor trailed off with one of the brightest smiles Gabi has ever seen.
"Plans?" Gabriella asked, urging her to continue.
"I'm pregnant!" Taylor screamed in excitement. Gabriella's eyes widened and a huge grin broke out on her face.
"Oh my gosh, Tay that's awesome! Congratulations!" Gabriella said brightly and Taylor just squealed happily. But she attempted to calm herself down, afraid of looking like and over excited psycho.
"Well what about you? Any special boys in your life?" Taylor said, with a smirk apparent on her face.
Gabriella spared a glance at Troy, only to find him listening intently. Gabriella grinned, and evil thought coming to her mind, and she nodded her head.
"Yeah, there is one." Instantly, everyone's eyes bulged at her words. But instead of Taylor responding, like Gabi thought, it was Troy who decided to speak up.
"There is? Who?" Troy asked in an almost demanding tone which caused Gabi to raise one of her eyebrows.
"His name's Elijah." Gabriella had to hold back her giggles at the looks on their faces. But Troy had the most shocked expression on his face.
"Wait...you found another guy?" Troy asked shocked. Gabriella glared at him.
"You had no problem finding another girl, what, an hour after you dumped me?" Gabriella shot back, causing Troy to gulp and instantly regret his word choice.
"And besides...he isn't what you think." Confused expressions crossed the groups faces at Gabi's words.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Troy asked quietly. Gabriella just shook her head.
"Nothing. Just forget it." Gabriella looked away from the group to escape their curious gaze's. Sharpay then walked over to Gabie, not yet noticing the group of people around her.
"Hey...daycare just called, said that they're gonna bring Elijah up. They said he was having seperation anxiety and wants you." Sharpay explained, but as soon as she finished, she noticed Gabriella wince at her words. But before she could question her, she finally acknowledged the group. Her eyes widened and she bit her lip, knowing that this particular group wasn't supposed to know that information.
"Um...I think I'll just go away now..." She dashed off, leaving Gabi to deal with the even more shocked and curious looks over Chad, Taylor, and Troy who actually looked slightly hurt at the information. Not that Gabi much cared anymore.
"Gabriella..." Taylor said slowly, with a suspicious gleam in her eyes. Gabriella sighed and crossed her arms over her waist, coming to a decision whether to tell them the truth about her son or not. She wasn't ashamed of her son, she just wasn't sure how Troy would react. But it's not like she was gonna tell Troy that Elijah was his son, that'd be the last thing she'd even think of.
"Gabi...is Elijah your...son?" Taylor asked in her most suspicious tone. Gabi raised an eyebrow confidently and nodded her head.
"Yeah...he is." Gabriella stated nonchalantly.
So I have no idea how this on turned out. I've had it in my journal for months, and finally decided to put it onto my computer. I really like this idea of this story, and frankly I like how I did with it. But you should totally tell me if you like what I did or not, because that'd make me super happy to hear your opinion.
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