After Troy laid with Gabriella for about an hour, it was approaching his time for his next class, he got out of bed without disturbing her sleep, kissed her lips and tucked her in before leaving her room and headed downstairs where ms Montez was walking thru the door.

"Hi Troy" she greeted him while walking through the door with a bunch of grocery bags.

"Hey! Let me get those for ya" Troy greeted back and grabbing her bags and walked to the kitchen while ms Montez closed and locked the door.

"You guys had a short day, where's Gabi?" She asked Troy as he put the bags on the table

"No it was a normal day, we also have a free period after home room, Gabriella just isn't feeling well so I drove her home early, she's upstairs sleeping" he told her sitting down at the island counter

"Oh my sweet baby" Maria said putting her hands on the table "she haven't been herself these past few days, her grades are also slipping,she's barely eating,I'm worried about her"

Troy just put his head down he really didn't want Maria in the dark about her daughter but he also wanted Gabriella to be open and honest to her mom on her own time.

"I think we may know what's going on with her" he told her "she...may...be...pregnant" those were the hardest words to get out to her mom other than the fact he told her they were having sex when they were 15 almost three years ago.

She just put her head down, she wanted to cry,she wanted to yell and scream on her daughter but she knew she probably needed her support more than ever she was probably scared and wanted her mom.

"Troy, she's on birth control" she just squeezed her eyes shut.

"She told me she stopped it because it gave her really heavy periods" Troy thought back to that conversation he and Gabriella had about a year ago.

"And?" Maria asked to have him keep going

"and that we can use condoms instead, but once we had sex without any protection and had no problems we kept having sex without any protection" Troy finished "kinda regret it because I don't want a kid"

"And she shouldn't either but that's her body and her child, her choice" Maria knew that's not what Troy wanted to hear but it was the truth.

Troy just put his head down at those words.

"But I know how you feel son, I was there with Gabi's dad when we were 17 so believe me I know, I was scared I wanted to be mad at my stupidity but look what came out of it, my beautiful daughter that I couldn't imagine life without" Maria said starting to embrace him, she and Troy could have the best conversations, she thought of Troy as the son she never had.

Troy nodded and smiled while hugging her back

"I love you ma" he told her

"I love you too, go get to class I'm gonna talk to Gabi when she gets up" Maria told him

"Alright" He said as they pulled away from the hug walking to the front door "tell her to call me when you're done talking"

"Will do, drive safely" Said Maria

"Yes ma'am, bye" Troy said before walking to his truck.

Maria closed and locked the door and went back into the kitchen to put all the groceries away and to make Gabriella something that's good for nausea.

2 hours later.

Gabriella came downstairs with now the worse headache and bed hair.

"Hi darling" Maria greeted her daughter walking up to her.

"Hi mommy" Gabriella tried her best to get out but her throat was sore from throwing up again.

"You okay?" Maria asked while giving her a hug "you feel a little warm mija"

"I'm fine"

"Well there's your tea on the table baby" Maria pointed to the mug with the special blend she made for her daughter.

"Ok thanks"Gabriella said and slowly walked over to the table and sat down.

"It's for your upset stomach" Maria told her sitting across her

Gabriella just froze and looked at her mother for any clues if she knew anything and her possibility in being pregnant.

"How'd you know I had-"

"Troy told me you could be pregnant mija"

"Troy?"

"Yes, what happened to your birth control?"

"I stopped using that mommy, it made my periods too heavy, I was soaking through 4 pads a day"

"So that was it, you just didn't want to use anything?" She asked her staying calm "you want a baby don't you?"

"What? No mom. I don't" Gabriella told her "Troy and I just got carried away with using nothing, which was dumb...it was more like apologetic to myself"

"Why would it be apologetic?" Maria asked.

"I don't feel like talking about it mommy" she told her with her eyes filling up with tears.

"Baby I'm not mad with you or with Troy, I been there with your dad so I can understand, just trying to understand"

"One reason why I got off of my birth control was because some part of me was hoping that I'll get pregnant with Troy's baby, because...when we first started having sex at 15 before I got on birth control...I got pregnant...I was scared to tell you,daddy or Troy I just saved my allowance and got rid of it, so me being pregnant now would be like a owe myself a baby from 2 years ago" Gabriella was now crying full blown tears "to this day Troy still doesn't know and I don't think I can tell him now"

"Baby I'm so sorry I didn't know or even pay close attention to the signals that you were suffering emotionally but mija you have to tell Troy so he'll know" Maria was now crying tears along with her daughter she got up to hug her.

"I can't mommy it wouldn't make sense to say anything now"

"The same way you told me mija. Was it senseless?" Maria asked her

Gabriella just shook her head.

"The same way baby"Maria kissed her forehead "I love you"

" love you too mom"

"Drink up, the sooner you do the sooner you'll feel better" she said pointing to Gabriella's tea.

"K" Gabriella replied picking up her mug.