Ok, so I decided to try to write this, as I have been recently obsessed with HSM fanfics. It's so much easier to use characters that you can actually put faces to. But anywho, this is just a teaser. It's mostly flashback, and I'd appreciate it if you would review if you like it. Otherwise, I'll just discontinue it. Also, please check out my other story, Iliana. It's pretty good, if I do say so myself. Haha jk, but seriously. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: You know the drill.

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Gabriella Montez sat in her bed, legs hugged to her chest, back against the headboard, crying hysterically while trying to keep as quiet as possible. She couldn't have Jackson coming in to find her like this. His fifth birthday was on Saturday, and as he got older, he had begun to resemble his father even more.

FLASHBACK

"Brie, what's wrong? You know you can tell me," Troy said frantically, trying to calm his crying girlfriend.
"Troy…this is what's best for us, for you. I know it is," she sobbed.

"What's best for me? You have to talk to me!" he said. She was scaring him. "You need to calm down. Come in and talk to me. Please, Brie, please."

His tone was pleading and scared. She looked up into those gorgeous blue eyes and swallowed hard. Just do it, Gabi, she told herself, but she couldn't remove her eyes from his. They stayed like that for a long time, before she finally was able to look away.

"Troy, one day you will understand why I'm doing this," she told him.

"Doing what? What, Brie!?" he cried, tears coming to his eyes.

"I…have to go. I'm leaving tomorrow. This is what's best for us. Just…please don't forget about me. I'll be back one day. I'll explain it to you, I swear," she said, turning to walk back to her car. She couldn't stay much longer. He would get it out of her. She couldn't resist him and they both knew it.



"Brie, don't do this! Tell me what's wrong!! We can get through it!!" he cried, tears now streaming down his face. "Gabriella, please."

His tone made her stop. She was crying again. His voice was quiet and full of emotion. She couldn't turn, because she knew if she did, she wouldn't be able to leave. "Always remember that I love you, Troy." Shaking her head, she kept walking towards her car.

"Brie! Come back! Please don't go!" Troy tried to go after her, but she was already in her car. She sped down his street, knowing that the next thing she had to do would be almost as hard.

At the end of his street, she looked back. Troy was standing just as she had left him, tears streaming down his face. Sobbing she made her way to Sharpay's house.

END FLASHBACK

This memory only caused Gabriella to sob harder, and another flashed in her mind's eye.

FLASHBACK

Gabriella knocked on Sharpay's door, waiting almost too calmly for her best friend to open it. When she finally did, Gabi collapsed sobbing into Sharpay's arms.

"Oh, Gabi! What's wrong?" Sharpay led her into the house, kicking the door closed behind her, and pulled her best friend into her room. "Hun, tell me what's wrong. Please, you're never like this. It's scaring me."

"Call Tay, Kelsi, Zeke, and Ry. They need to be here for this," was all Gabi could say.

Nodding, Sharpay quickly made the necessary calls, being sure to tell them that this was top secret (at Gabi's insistence), then went to her closet to get Gabi some more comfortable clothing.

When their friends arrived, Sharpay wordlessly led them to her room, where they were greeting by a shocking sight. Gabriella was dressed in sweatpants and a sweatshirt, wrapped in blankets, huddling on the floor, crying softly. Immediately, Taylor, Kelsi, and Sharpay cluster around her, crying themselves, and Zeke and Ryan follow to sit by their friends, wrapping protective arms around them.

"Gabi, now will you please tell us what's wrong?" Sharpay insisted.



"Ok, but please don't interrupt. I don't know if I could finish if you did," they all nodded. "Ok, well do you remember on graduation night, we all hung out at my house? And my mom wasn't home? Well, after you guys left, Troy and I…we, um…"

Sharpay was the first to understand, and she gasped before quickly nodding her head for Gabi to continue. Everyone else still looked puzzled, so when Gabriella was looking down, she mouthed it to everyone.

"But anyways, I, um…well, you see…I'm pregnant," Gabriella said bluntly, looking down into her lap, not wanting to see the looks on her friends' faces.

"OMYGOSH!! YOU'RE PREGNANT!?" that was Sharpay, and it was exactly what Gabriella had been expecting. Everyone else was silent. Suddenly, tears began streaming down her face again, and quickly, Taylor, Kelsi, and Ryan hugged her tightly. Sharpay was sitting there, gasping, and Zeke was already thinking. What was Troy going to do? This will destroy his plans for the future. He would want to be with Gabi and the baby, they all knew that.

"Gabs, what're you going to do?" Taylor asked quietly. This was the question everyone wanted the answer to, but couldn't bring themselves to ask.

Gabriella took a deep breath. "I was just at Troy's house. I told him that I'm leaving. I'm moving to Phoenix. It's close enough that you guys can visit. I'm going to have this baby, and one day, I'll come back and I'll explain everything. To him, and the others. You guys can't tell Chad or Jason or anyone else about this."

"Why?"

"Because, sometimes Jason lets things slip and Chad cannot keep a secret to save his life, and I will not have Troy coming to find me. He's going to go to college and play for the Lakers, like he always planned. I will not let this child get in the way of his dreams. I love him too much for that," Gabi whispered.

"We'll do it," Sharpay exclaimed. "If you ever need anything, promise me that you will call, no hesitation. I will always be your friend, no matter what, and I will do all I can to help you. Right guys?"

They all scrambled to agree.

"Now, let's get our minds off this. Sleepover!!"

END FLASHBACK

Finally, Gabriella's sobs receded and she cuddled up into her covers, falling into a restless sleep.

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