I am terribly sorry for the lack of updating but with school, two jobs, and a boyfriends...life is HECTIC!!!! But anyways, thank you to all who have reviewed! I'm glad that you like it so far. I'm trying my very best to make the chapters longer, and guess what?? This one is finally longer! So here we go...

"She's back?" Troy asked shocked at what he was being told.

"Yeah it was really weird." Jason said, "She wasn't herself. There was something different about her, and she was hiding something."

"I don't get it," Troy started, "why didn't she ever come home like we said we would do. She didn't even call. Now two years later, she just shows up out of nowhere? Where has she been?"

Troy had never fully recovered from their break up. He thought that breaking up was what Gabriella wanted. Unknown to him, she thought that it was what he wanted. He tried to move on. He even dated other girls. It just didn't work out for him. He tried to call Gabriella, her phone was disconnected. He tried to go see her, she moved out of the dorm and no one knew where she went. Even her mom wouldn't tell him anything. So he gave up. If it was this hard to find her, then she obviously didn't want to be found, by anyone.

There were so many unanswered questions. Now that she was finally home, he wanted those answers. He needed them. He needed closure. He needed to know if they were really over. Troy stood up and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Chad asked.

"To get some answers." Troy kept walking.

"Troy, wait!" Jason yelled. Troy stopped.

"What?"

"We all want answers. We'll come with you." Jason said. The rest of the gang stood up.

"No. I need to do this by myself." With that he was gone.

GABRIELLA'S HOUSE

Gabriella had just gotten Aaron down for his nap when she heard the doorbell. She quietly closed the door to his room and went downstairs and opened the front door. She stood there frozen.

"Hi." Troy simply said.

"Ah, hi." She stammered. To be honest she wasn't really surprised to see him. But it was still hard to believe that he was actually standing in front of her. She actually thought that everyone would be with him.

"Can I come in, and talk?" Troy asked.

Gabriella looked up to the stairs, 'he's asleep.' She thought. "Um, sure." She moved out of the way and let him in. Gabriella stood there feeling very uncomfortable and she could tell that he was feeling the same way.

"When did you get back?" Troy asked, breaking the awkward silence.

"Yesterday."

'Why is it so hard for me to just get to the point? She's hiding something. Why does she keep looking upstairs?' He thought to himself. After standing there for another five minutes, Troy had had enough and just decided to throw it out there. "Gab, why didn't you come home like we planned?"

She didn't answer, just hung her head in shame and guilt. He had no idea how much she had wanted to. She just couldn't take seeing him after what happened. A tear fell from her eye.

He moved closer to her and lifter her chin, "Talk to me."

Gabriella brushed his hand away, "Please, Troy, I don't want to talk." She choked back a sob. He heart was screaming at her to just take him upstairs and tell him the truth, but her head overpowered her heart by telling her to keep her mouth shut, the he wouldn't understand.

"Gabriella, please just tell me. I need to know." Troy pleaded with her.

"You wouldn't understand." She said.

"Understand what?" He tried again, but she said nothing, "Gabi, please."

She didn't know why this was so hard for her. Why couldn't she just tell him? They used to be so close, best friends, they could tell each other everything and now there was a wall. They both felt it. Then something in her just started screaming and she couldn't hold back her emotions anymore.

"Tell you why I COULDN'T come home? Why I COULDN'T face you?" Gabriella cried at him. Pent up anger and hurt that she's been holing in for two years just came out like a freight train.

"Couldn't?" He asked, confused. He hated seeing her cry like that. Stressed to tears and guilt panging away at her.

Keeping this secret was killing her, emotionally draining her and she couldn't take it anymore. "I can't do this anymore, Troy."

"Do what anymore?" Troy asked. "Gab, please."

She looked him straight in the eyes with tear stained cheeks, "Lie to you."

"What do you mean, 'lie to me'?"

"Follow me." She whispered and headed to the stairs.

"Gabriella?" She just kept walking, and he followed. They came to a stop at Aaron's door.

'It's now or never.' She thought and took a deep breath. "In that room, is the reason why I couldn't come home." She opened the door to reveal the little boy sound asleep cuddled up with his Buzz Lightyear doll.

Troy was in shock, 'Gabriella has a kid?' He thought to himself, only because he could not seem to find his voice. He turned to look at her, tears streaming down her face.

"His name is Aaron, and he's my son."

Troy stood mesmerized at the little boy. He was the spitting image of Gabriella. Finally, after two years of wondering and worrying about her, he knew. But he felt angry towards her. Angry at her for not coming home like they planned. Angry at her for thinking that he wouldn't understand. And most of all angry at her for lying to him for two years. He turned back to her again.

"Are you happy now?" She whispered ad she closed Aaron's door and headed back downstairs.

Troy still wasn't satisfied. He needed to know more, there had to be more to the story. Where is Aaron's father. Then it hit him, 'Am I his father?' He thought.

Once downstairs, Gabriella looked at Troy, who was still in shock from what he had just seen.

"I suppose you want to know more." She said

"Yeah." Was all he could make himself say. She ushered him into the living room and they sat on the couch. They were quiet for a while, Troy finally spoke up. "Is he mine?"

Ohhhh cliffy...hope you all enjoyed this one. I worked really hard to make this one longer! I've got Ch. 4 started so hopefully it will be up soon!