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The Waiting Game
Sunday January 16th (The Day after Gabby's Accident)
A very exhausted and worried Mr. Montez walked into Gabriella's hospital room to see his wife sitting in a chair next to their daughter's bed.
"Did you just get in?" Maria asked her husband.
"Yeah, I came right from the airport. How is she doing?"
"Okay I guess. The doctor said her vitals could be stronger though."
Mr. Montez nodded as he joined his wife by Gabriella's bed. As he sat down in the chair, he noticed Gabriella's opened chart lying on the counter in the corner of the room, and right on top was the copy of the ultrasound. He immediatley stood up to get a closer look at the picture.
"Honey, please tell me that this is a joke" Mr. Montez said facing his wife as he held up the ultrasound.
"John-"
"No. This has to be a joke. If this is true, then that means my baby girl is having sex and having a baby, two things I refuse to believe that my sixteen year old daughter is having"
"John! Calm down. I think you are over reacting"
"Over reacting? Honey did you not hear me? OUR.SIXTEEN.YEAR.OLD.DAUGHTER.IS.HAVING.A.BABY! Frankly, I think I am under reacting. I bet this is all because of that Bolton kid. I bet he pressured her into it"
"John, do you hear yourself? You know Troy and he would never ever pressure Gabriella into something she didn't want to do, and you know that. You are just trying to find someone to blame, but you aren't going to find anyone. Trust me"
"She isn't having this baby Maria"
"The only way this baby isn't getting born is if Gabriella has a miscarriage, which hopefully won't happen or if Gabriella decided to have an abortion and honestly, I don't think Gabriella will even think about the second option. She doesn't like the idea of killing animals or bugs, let alone a human life"
"How are you okay with this?" Mr. Montez asked.
"I'm not John. I am angry, upset, disappointed, overwhelmed, shocked and scared. But I had about twelve hours to just think about it. I thought about everything, probably some things that haven't even crossed your mind yet, which made me look at it from all sides. My side, your side, Troy's side, and even Gabriella's side. What I realized was that Gabriella and Troy need us to be there for them. They don't need us putting doubts in their mind. Sure, we can yell and punish them, but what is that going to solve? It isn't going to make Gabriella not be pregnant anymore and it won't make anyone feel any better. So what we need to do is just calm down. When Gabriella wakes up we can discuss this more with her"
"You're right. Does Troy know?"
"Yeah, he is the one that told me actually and by the way his parents definitely gave their opinion on the situation"
"Really?"
"Yeah, and I think the whole hospital heard it too"
"Well, that's Jack and Lucille for you." There were a few moments of silence. "It's just…I can't believe our baby girl is having a baby" Mr. Montez said as he wrapped his arms around his wife's waist.
"I'm with you on that one" Mrs. Montez said softly.
A few minutes later, Troy walked into Gabby's room and saw Mr. & Mrs. Montez sitting in chairs next to Gabby's bed.
He gave them a soft smile as he got closer.
"Get any sleep last night?" Mr. Montez asked.
"Nope. I don't know why either. I mean I was tired but every time I closed my eyes all I could see was Gabby laying here so I ended up staying up and counting down the minutes until visiting hours started" Troy answered "I shouldn't have listened to my parents and should have stayed here with her"
"You know Troy, Gabby is lucky to have someone like you in her life, someone who cares about her and is always there for her. But you know she will be mad if she finds out you haven't been sleeping, just because of her" Mrs. Montez said.
"Yeah I know" Troy said as he pulled up a chair next to Gabby's bed.
"So Troy, I heard that you and Gabriella are going to be parents" Mr. Montez said.
"Um…about that. I just wanted to say that I am really sorry. This was definitely not planned and we didn't mean for it to happen but since it is, I want you guys to know that I'm going to be here for Gabriella even though I am scared to death."
Mr. Montez chuckled lightly "Troy, we're not mad and we admire the fact that you plan on being here for Gabriella. Just to let you know, if you weren't worried than I would be worried about that, especially since you are only sixteen."
"Thanks, I guess" Troy said.
"Alright, now that you are here we are going to go home and get showered and changed and stuff so you can have some alone time with her" Mr. Montez said as he stood up from the chair he was sitting in.
Troy nodded. "Okay. See you soon"
"Troy honestly, it's okay to sleep. Sleeping won't make Gabby any worse" Mrs. Montez said as she placed a hand on Troy's shoulder. The Montez's both kissed Gabriella's forehead before leaving the room. After they left Troy stood up from the chair and climbed into the bed with Gabriella, but was careful not to touch or move any wires. He wrapped his arms around her and placed one hand over her stomach, as if to protect the baby inside of it.
Troy whispered in Gabby's ear, "I love you"
Only minutes later he fell asleep, it was as if having Gabby in his arms took all the fears away, even if was just for a little while.
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Monday January 17th (Two Days after Gabby's Accident)
"Hi Mrs. Montez" Troy said from his chair as he saw Mrs. Montez enter Gabby's hospital room.
"Troy? What are you doing here, don't you have school?" Mrs. Montez asked.
"Yeah I do. But I told my parents I wouldn't be able to focus so there was no point in going so I convinced them to let me skip a few days" Troy said simply.
"Alright, you can stay but only because your parents said you can" Mrs. Montez said with a small smile.
"I am going to go down to the cafeteria to get water do you want anything?" Troy asked standing up.
"Um actually a coffee would be nice. Thanks" Mrs. Montez replied.
"Okay" Troy turned around and exited the room and Mrs. Montez walked to the bed.
"Hey Gabriella, it's your mom. Honey you need to come back to us, okay? Troy, he is something else. He's not eating or sleeping and he's skipping school to be here with you. He needs you okay. If there is only one reason for you to keep fighting this and come back it should be for Troy. So please honey, come back we all need you" Mrs. Montez said and began to cry.
She heard the door open and quickly wiped away her tears but it wasn't fast enough because Troy saw them.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Troy asked, the concern growing inside of him.
Mrs. Montez laughed. "Troy, everything is fine. I was just talking to Gabriella and I got a little emotional that's all"
Troy nodded "Okay. Sorry…um here's you coffee"
"Thank you Troy" Mrs. Montez said with a genuine smile.
"Your welcome" Troy said as he looked at Gabriella. There were a few minutes of silence "I don't know how to explain it but I have this feeling that everything is going to be okay"
"I really hope it is Troy" Mrs. Montez said, "I really do"
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Tuesday January 18th (3 Days after Gabby's Accident)
Troy walked into Gabby's room with a box of chocolates and a dozen roses, two of her favorite things. It has been 3 days since Gabby's accident and as the days went on, his concern for Gabby grew bigger and bigger. He really hoped that she would wake up soon, so he could tell her about the baby. He put the chocolates and flowers on the table in the corner of the room and he sat down in the chair next to Gabby's bed and he began to talk to her just like he did everyday since the accident on Saturday. When he finished talking to her he sat there and looked at his girlfriend's beauty. Even with scratches and bruises on her face she still looked beautiful.
It was now almost two o'clock and Troy knew that Mrs. Montez would be here around three. Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to read Gabriella's favorite book A Walk to Remember out loud, just in case she could hear him. Plus, he would never admit this to his friends though, the story was actually starting to grow on him. He read the book and just as he finished the chapter he was on, Mrs. Montez walked in. She smiled when she saw Troy had Gabby's favorite book in his hands. She knew immediately knew that he was reading to her and she could tell Troy was a very good boyfriend.
"How is she?" Mrs. Montez asked Troy as she made her way over to Gabby's bed.
"The doctor said she is getting stronger, which is a good thing I guess, and he said that if she keeps getting stronger she should be awake by the middle of next week" Troy responded with a small smile.
"That's great" Mrs. Montez answered. "By the way, John had to go back to New York. There was this big meeting and they couldn't change it because there were people flying in from all over the world to attend"
Troy nodded. "Well, I will let you have some alone time with Gabby" Troy said as he walked over to Gabby's bed and placed a kiss on her forehead when he pulled away he said "Bye Brie, I love you and I will see you tomorrow."
Troy then left the room but not before saying good-bye to Mrs.Montez, and giving her a hug.
"Gabriella is one lucky girl" Mrs. Montez said out loud, after Troy left the room.
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Wednesday January 19th (4 Days after Gabby's Accident)
The wildcats were all at the hospital visiting Gabby since they had no school. They walked to Gabby's room and when they entered they found the bed empty and all of Gabby's cards and flowers and gifts were gone. Chad immediately turned around and took off to the nurses' desk to find out what was going on, and the rest of the Wildcats were closely behind him.
"Excuse me, but can you tell me where Gabriella Montez is?" Chad asked the nurse.
She was on the phone and she put up a finger, signaling for him to wait a second. Five minutes had gone by and the nurse finally hung up the phone.
"Yes what can I help you with?" She asked.
"Um can you tell us where Gabriella Montez is?"
"Are you family?" The nurse asked.
"No we are-" Sharpay began but was cut off.
"Sorry I am not allowed to give you that information if you are not family" The nurse said in a rude tone.
"LOOK LADY, YOU ARE GOING TO TELL US WHERE SHE IS! SHE IS OUR BEST FRIEND! WE ARE ALLOWED TO SEE HER. BESIDES YOU MADE US WAIT A LONG TIME WHILE YOU WERE ON THE PHONE" Just then the elevator doors opened and Troy walked out just in time to hear the last part of Chad yelling "SO, YOU CAN AT LEAST TELL US WHERE OUR BEST FRIEND GABRIELLA MONTEZ IS!"
Troy rushed over to his friends after hearing Chad yell. "What's going on?" He asked.
"The nurse won't tell us where Gabriella is. Her room is empty" Taylor said while glaring at the nurse.
Troy instantly paled. A hospital room being empty meant two things, one Gabby was gone forever or two, she had to move rooms. Troy prayed it was the second thing. He turned to the nurse and before he could say anything, she began to talk.
"Don't think you are going to yell at me like your little friend over here, otherwise I will have security up here before you can say RESPECT."
Troy took a deep breath to calm down and asked "I am Gabby's boyfriend and she's having my baby, can you tell ME where she is?"
The nurse thought about it for a second and sat down in her chair. "Now that I can do" she said as she began typing on the computer. After a moment she said "She is in room 214, next floor up all the way on the left"
"Thank you" Troy said as he and the Wildcats turned and headed to the elevator.
"Man that nurse was rude" Chad said once the elevator doors closed and in return he got a slap in the arm from Taylor.
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Thursday January 20th (5 Days after Gabby's Accident)
Troy walked into school and he was in a bad mood. His parents had let him skip school the past few days to be with Gabby and today they said he had to go to school, he didn't want to but he knew he wouldn't win that argument. Troy reached his locker and opened it. Troy forgot that Gabby had decorated the inside of his locker with pictures of the two of them. These pictures made Troy miss Gabby more then he already did. He grabbed his books and slammed the door shut. Just as Troy was about to walk into homeroom his dad came running down the hallway toward him.
"Troy come on, get your stuff we are leaving" Mr. Bolton said, finally reaching his son.
"What? Why?" Troy wondered.
"Your Grandma Ruth died and we are going to Maine for her funeral, over the weekend."
"Omg, this is not my week" Troy said out loud. First it was Gabriella's accident and now his Grandma. Troy turned around and headed back to his locker. On his way there he ran into Chad and he told him where he was going then he continued to walk to his locker. When he finally got to his locker he saw Taylor walking down the hallway and also told her where he was going. Before she left for homeroom he asked her to visit Gabriella if she could and say that he was thinking about her. Taylor said she definitely would. When she left Troy opened his locker and took his books out. Before he closed it he grabbed one of the pictures of him and Gabriella to take with him.
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Saturday January 22 (7 Days after Gabby's Accident)
Mrs. Montez was sleeping in a chair next to Gabby's bed when she heard her name being called. She opened her eyes and saw her daughter looking at her, very confused.
"Oh thank-god! I thought I lost you." Maria exclaimed running over to her daughter.
"What happened?" Gabriella asked, noticing she was in a hospital.
"You were in a car accident on your way to Troy's house honey"
"Who is Troy?" Gabriella asked.
