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When Gabriella woke up, she felt really odd. First of all she felt something warm beside her, and second because she was feeling seriously nauseous. She opened her eyes to find Troy sleeping beside her. His arms were wrapped around her and her head was buried in the crook of his neck.
A smile came to her face before she realized that it was morning. When she did comprehend the fact that it was 7:00 am, she jumped out of Troy's arms.
"Troy, Oh my Gosh Troy wake up" She yelled softly, trying not to wake her parents. If they found out that Troy stayed the night there would be hell to pay.
"Troy, get up" She said again
"Gabriella? Oh God, I must have fallen asleep" He said finally waking up. "What time is it?"
"It's 7 o'clock right now" She replied
"I have to get home before my parents wake up." He said quickly walking towards her balcony "I'll be back in a half hour to pick you up for school"
He hugged her before she shut the balcony's screen door. After he left, she felt that funny feeling in her stomach again.
She ran to her en suite restroom and puked. The sight of it made her gag, so she quickly flushed the toilet. After she freshened up for the morning, she went downstairs for breakfast.
"Good morning Mami" Gabriella said walking into the kitchen.
The heavy smell of bacon hit her, and she felt nauseous again. She ran to the bathroom in the hallway and threw up for the second time that morning.
"Gabriella, are you sick or something?" Maria said feeling her daughter's forehead. "I might have some medicine in my bathroom that will help."
Gabriella went to her mother's bathroom and began rummaging through her cabinet.
Prescription pills, Shampoo, Tampons... Tampons? Gabriella realized she hadn't needed them in a while. She tried as hard as she could to count the days. Gabriella had never been late for her period a day in her life. But now she was over a week late.
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Taylor drove to school this morning, still angry about the previous night with Chad. When she got to East High, she saw Chad and a few of his basketball friends hanging around outside.
She got out of the car, and ignored him as she walked pass.
"Taylor!" Chad said catching up with her.
She was still silent.
"Taylor, come on. Talk to me." He said
When she still didn't turn around, he grabbed her arm. They were already in the school building by this point.
"Look Taylor, I'm really sorry about what I said last night. I shouldn't have accused you." He said looking into her brown eyes.
"Then why did you Chad?" She asked angrily
"I don't know. I got jealous I guess. I just don't want to lose you" He told her. She smiled and gave him a hug.
"Aww Chad, you don't ever have to worry about something like that. I think we ought to trust one another a little more though" Taylor said.
Little did she know, while Chad was hugging her he also winked at a brunette cheerleader. She giggled and winked back.
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Troy honked his car horn, as he pulled into Gabriella's driveway. He saw her coming out, and she looked beautiful as always. He still couldn't see how he managed to have such a great girlfriend. He loved everything about her including her long black hair, the way she laughed, her smile, her sense of humor… the list could go on for ages.
When Gabriella opened the passenger side door, she looked oddly gloomy. She looked sort of spaced out and she didn't have that loving smile on her face that she usually had when she greeted Troy. Troy could detect something was wrong.
"Gabs, you O.K?" He asked
"Yeah, everything is fine" She said.
She hated lying to Troy, but she just wasn't ready to tell him that there was a possibility she might be pregnant.
"So did you make it home on time this morning?" She asked
"No, but I told them I wanted to do some early morning jogging." Troy said
"They didn't question it?" She asked
"No, my dad was glad that I'm doing workouts outside of practice." He said
The couple walked the halls of East High hand in hand. They soon had to part because of separate homerooms. Troy and Gabriella only had the same Lunch period. Since Gabriella was taking all AP courses, and Troy was taking average classes.
"I'll see you at lunch" Troy said as they quickly hugged and went to their separate classes.
As Gabriella walked towards her homeroom, she caught sight of Taylor and Sharpay.
"Tay! Shar!" She yelled.
Taylor and Sharpay turned around and hugged their best friend.
"You guys aren't going to believe what happened last night" Taylor said
Taylor told Gabriella about everything that happened with Chad last night all the way to his apology this morning.
"It's sweet the way he apologized, but accusing you was way harsh" Gabriella said
"I know, but I think he's changing. It might be time for us to go all the way" Taylor said, she whispered the last part.
"Tay, Are you sure? I mean you guys have been going out for awhile now, but do you really think it's time to take that step yet?" Sharpay asked.
"Yeah, I mean we love each other. So why not? I know he wants to, but it was me who was always not ready." Taylor said
Gabriella was always silent when the conversation turned this way. She had told her friends when she lost her virginity to Troy, but the subject always embarrassed her.
She was also silent because she remembered her situation. She grabbed her friends arms and rushed them into the nearest restroom.
"Why does this keep happening to me" Taylor said rubbing her arm.
"You guys I have a problem" Gabriella said
"We knew that Gabi, but we love you anyway, don't worry" Sharpay said. Gabriella hit her playfully.
"No you guys I'm serious. I have a real problem. I think I'm pregnant." She said.
Taylor and Sharpay looked at her in shock.
"Pregnant? Gabriella are you sure?" Taylor asked
"No, I haven't taken a pregnancy test or anything, but I've been having all the symptoms." Gabriella told them.
"I think you ought to take a home pregnancy test, Gabs" Sharpay told her.
"This afternoon, we can go to the store and get you a pregnancy test" Taylor said
"Thanks guys" Gabriella told her two best friends.
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After school, Gabriella, Taylor, and Sharpay went to a local store. They were walking down the aisle trying to pick out the best one.
"This one has clear results in two minutes." Sharpay said
"But this one said its 99.9% accurate." Taylor said
"I'll just get both of them" Gabriella said grabbing the two boxes and going to the checkout line.
There was only one lane open, and Gabriella went to it to pay for her items. Sharpay and Taylor went to the car to wait for Gabriella.
Gabriella was shocked to find that the checkout cashier was none other than Jennifer Woods.
Jennifer was one of the cheerleaders that constantly harassed Troy. Jennifer flirted with Troy, when it was clearly obvious he had a girlfriend. Jennifer also tried to break them up whenever she got the chance. She hated Gabriella and was always putting her down.
"Hello Gabriella. What do we have here? A pregnancy test?" Jennifer said smirking. "So Troy knocked you up eh?"
"No" Gabriella lied; she was blushing a deep red. "These are… for my mom"
"Sure they are Gabriella. Just wait until the school finds out that Gabriella Montez is pregnant" Jennifer said.
Gabriella grabbed her things and almost ran out of the store. Gabriella was almost in tears as she walked towards the car. She had to explain to her friends what happened.
"I can't believe she would do something like this! Who does that little bitch think she is?" Sharpay said
"Maybe I won't be pregnant? There might not be anything to worry about, so I'm not going to panic yet" Gabriella told her friends.
When they got to Gabriella's house they found Mark was asleep on the couch. So the trio walked upstairs quietly, trying not to wake him. When they reached her room, she got the pregnancy test out of her bag and walked to the bathroom.
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Two pregnancy test later, she was crying her eyes out. Her friends were trying to comfort her, but it was a useless effort. Gabriella was devastated when both of the pregnancy test said positive. What was she going to do? Gabriella was barely a senior, how could she be pregnant?
She and Troy had only not used protection once, how could they know n that one night would change the rest of their lives?
A/N How did you guys like this chapter. I had to shorten it up a bit, and I apologize for it! Please review! Your reviews is what inspires me to write!