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Baby S

Chapter Two

Around seven that night Troy pulled up into Taylor's driveway. Turning off the car he looked at her house for a moment drumming his index fingers on the steering wheel, as he tried to calm his nerves. It didn't matter how many times he had been around her, and it never failed he always ended up with heart in his throat. He was brought out of his thought by a knock on his window. Jumping he turned and saw her older brother Vince standing outside his car with his arms crossed over his chest shooting daggers at him. Cautiously he opened the door and stepped out meeting the older male's stare. "Hey, Vince long time no-."

"Don't hey me, Bolton…I know what's going on between you and my sister?" he said harshly before shaking his head. "And why are you even here?" Troy took a step forward; he didn't want to let Vince think that he wasn't afraid of him. Vince noticed and sneered at the younger man.

"I'm here to see Taylor." He said looking Vince straight in the eye daring him to question him some more. When Vince didn't response he spoke again. "I told her I would come by so here I am."

"I saw you two last night you know."

"She told me that today at school." He said as he made a move to go around Vince, who simply put out an arm to block him from going by. Troy brushed Vince's hand off of him and shot a glare at him. "Look man I don't know what your prob-." Vince narrowed his eyes silencing Troy before speaking.

"Shut-up and listen…now I might not approve of your relationship with my sister. Hell to be honest I like Chad Danforth way better than you. However," he raised his hand when Troy moved his mouth to speak. "However she likes you and I really don't have a say in her life. So here's a word of advice and I'll make this as simple as possible. Do not hurt my sister." He said stepping back and heading towards his F-150 that was parked on the other side of the driveway. Getting in he started the car, but before he drove off he pointed at Troy and repeated his last statement before pulling off into the night. Troy watched him leave before shaking his head and moving towards the house. When he was about to ring the doorbell Taylor opened the door beaming up at him. Smiling he bent down and kissed her cheek.

"Love you baby." He said with a smile before allowing her to pull him inside. Closing the door behind Troy she smiled and said the endearment back. Troy looked at the pictures that were on the wall and then pointed to one of Vince. "Boy can your brother talk." Taylor's reaction was just how he pictured it being she covered her mouth in shock right before groaning in disgust.

"He didn't hit you did he?" she said pulling his face down so she could look at his face closely. Smiling he shook his head and kissed her again.

"He's not crazy…don't let this cool demeanor fool you I can throw a punch or two." Taylor giggled just as her father stepped into the hallway. Roland McKessie was an average size man, and Vince looked just like him. However Troy was hoping that the older McKessie didn't have the same attitude as his son. "Good evening sir." He said

"Evening…you're Troy Bolton right." He asked with a smile. Troy nodded and watched as his eyes lit up. Troy was used to it by now especially with the sports channel covering him and Chad almost every week. They were some of the top prospects in high school basketball, and were even thought of as future stars of the NBA. "Well son you certainly can play some basketball."

"Thank you sir." He said with a small smile as Taylor stood by and listened for a moment before going up the stairs towards her room. Roland put his hands in his pockets and just shook his head.

"You and Taylor's boyfriend Chad are quite the team." Troy's smile faltered a bit at the mention of his best friend's name before he recovered.

"Thank you sir…I'll be sure to tell him that." Troy said with a smile before motioning in the direction that Taylor had taken off in earlier. "I really should go catch up with Taylor." Mr. McKessie nodded and watched as Troy disappeared up the stairs after his daughter. Troy found Taylor's bedroom and knocked on the door and waited for her answer.

"Come in Troy." She called out; he quietly opened the door and closed the door. Leaning against the door for a moment he watched as she furiously typed furiously on her computer. Sighing he moved over to the bed and leaned back on her pink comforter set. He still hadn't gotten over how her room looked. It was so different from how he had pictured it looking, there was pink everywhere and pictures of every heartthrob that she had a fleeting interest in.

"So when are you going to change those posters…you know you want a poster of me." He said with chuckled as he imagined her rolling her eyes. "You know I've never met your dad before." He said.

"Well you're lucky he is usually working all the time." She said turning around in her chair looking at him as he turned on his side propping his head up by his elbow. Wiggling his eyebrows he grinned and at Taylor.

"So what do you wanna do?"

"I don't know you asked me if you could come over." She said slowly as she looked at him for a moment. Troy just grinned and motioned for her to come over to the bed. She watched him for a moment before shaking her head. "I don't know about that Troy. That's not a good idea my parents are downstairs."

"I won't do anything." He said innocently as he continued to motion her to come over to the bed.

"Whatever Troy." She said back with a roll of her eye, he cracked up laughing and motioned for her to come over to her bed. With a sigh she stood and walked over to him, and gasped as he pulled her onto the bed. Giggling she kissed him and allowed him to hold her.

"See… I told you I wouldn't do anything." He said calmly as he brushed her lips with his before rolling onto his back pulling her with him. She snuggled closer and sighed and ran a hand over his chest before he spoke again. "Love ya."

"Love you too."

Looking at one of the many basketball games on his television, Chad talked with Gabriella about how Taylor had become distant. It had been bugging him for weeks, he hardly had any alone time with her and he could feel her slowly pulling away as if she didn't want to be with him anymore. Muting the game he leaned back on his bed and sighed. "Come on you're her best friend…you gotta know something." Chad pleaded as glanced at a picture of him and Taylor on their first official date.

"I'm sorry Chad I wish I knew what was going on with her, besides I have my own problems with Troy." She said with a sigh over the phone. Chad scratched his head as he searched through his mind for anything that would explain Troy's distant towards Gabriella. However he could think of anything that could be bothering his best friend.

"Maybe he's a little distant because of this year…you know he wants a full scholarship in basketball." He said dismissively. "Hey maybe that's what is bothering Taylor…college." Chad said nodding to his own statement.

"Are you kidding me, Chad? Taylor has the grades to get into any college she wants to…that can't be what's bothering her." Chad nodded and glanced at his clock on the nightstand as a plan formed in his mind.

"You know it's only eight thirty maybe I will go over to her house and surprise her?" he said with a smile as he thought about all the things he and Taylor could do after that.

"That's a good idea, Chad."

"Alright I'll call you later on tonight to tell you how it went…peace Gab." He said as hanging up. He checked himself out in the mirror to make sure he was still looking right before he headed downstairs. His car wasn't fixed yet so that meant he would have to butter his mother up before heading out. He spotted his mother cleaning the kitchen; she was currently cleaning the dinner dishes. Walking over to her he gave her a kiss on the cheek and smiled at her. Mrs. Danforth took one look at her son and shook her head.

"What do you want?" Deciding to just go ahead and say what he wanted he spoke.

"Mom can I borrow the keys so I can go and see Taylor…I promise I'll be back at a reasonable hour." He said putting on his charm; Joyce Danforth smiled and pointed to her keys on the counter.

"Don't be gone too long." She called after him as he walked out of the door; Chad hopped into his mother's car and sped off down the road towards Taylor's house. In less than five minutes he was there. Checking himself out in the rearview mirror he made sure his hair was in order before getting out of the car. Closing the door he paused when he saw Troy's car parked in the driveway.

"What da hell." He whispered to himself as he began thinking about why Troy's car was at his girlfriend's house. He walked up to the front door and knocked he was immediately greeted by Jackie McKessie, she smiled and embraced him. Even since he and Taylor had started going out she had become like a second mother to him.

"Chad sweetie how are you." She asked once he stepped inside while she closed the door behind herself and locked it. "So you're here to see Taylor too."

"I guess so…I didn't know Troy and Taylor were close friends." He said trying to get some information out of her. Mrs. McKessie nodded and smiled.

"Oh Troy is such a nice young man…he and Taylor have been rather close this summer, but maybe they just became friends because you and Gabriella were away at camps." Chad nodded and smiled.

"Yeah I guess so..."

"They've been in her room for a while." She said placing her hands on her hips and sighing before smiling. "Probably studying or something…you know Taylor she is forever studying." As Mrs. McKessie continued to talk Chad felt himself become sicker and sicker as he listened to Mrs. McKessie tell him how much Troy had been coming over lately.

"Yeah they're probably studying." He mumbled trying his best not to roll his eyes. "You mind if I go up there and give surprise her?" he asked, Mrs. McKessie nodded and told him to go ahead. Practically running upstairs, he went to Taylor room and threw the door opened. His heart dropped as he looked at his best friend and girlfriend kissing on top of her bed. "My god how could you?" he yelled as he rushed across the room and grabbed Troy by his collar and pulled him off Taylor. Troy hit the wall with a thud and Taylor full length mirror fell to the floor and broke. Glass was everywhere, as the room became eerily silent. Chad clenched and unclenched his fist as he tried to get the image of Troy and Taylor out of his mind. Taylor scrambled off the bed and moved to her desk as Troy stood and brushed the small pieces of glass off his shirt and pants. Chad looked between the two and then finally focused on Troy Bolton who was now his ex-best friend. "Did he hurt you, Taylor?" he asked

"Chad calm down and let me explain?" Troy said trying to reason with his friend, Chad seemed to snap at his words and rushed forward throwing punches wildly. Not wanting to hurt his friend Troy simply blocked every punch he could, however Chad did laid some good ones on him.

"Guys stop it." Taylor screamed as she watched Chad pummel Troy rushing over she grabbed Chad's arm but he ripped his hand out of her grip which cause her to fall back. Troy saw this and smacked Chad in the eye but throwing him to the side and rushing over to Taylor's side.

"What the hell is your problem man?" Troy yelled at Chad as he helped Taylor get up, Roland McKessie rushed into the room at this time and glared at the two young men.

"Get away from my girlfriend." Chad shouted at Troy moving forward to fight him again but was stopped by Taylor's father. He watched as Troy knelt down in front of Taylor and held her hands talking to her quietly.

"You okay?"

"Yes…I'm fine." She whispered back, he sighed with relief and kissed her hand, which made Chad even more furious. Roland realized what had been going on and spoke to both boys.

"I want you both out of my house right now…do you understand." He said as he looked between them both. "I will not allow my house or my daughter's room to be turned into some kind of …arena."

"Taylor what is going on?" Mrs. McKessie asked coming into the room, hand over her mouth in shock. "Chad what happened."

"Your daughter was cheating on me that's what." He said as he glared at Taylor with tears in his eyes. Troy stood and looked at Taylor he moved to say something but Taylor's father cut him off.

"I think you need to leave."

"Yes sir." Troy said as he looked one last time at Taylor and walked out of the room and headed downstairs, after he left the room Mr. McKessie let Chad go and then looked Roland turned to his daughter.

"I think you need to talk to Chad."

"But Dad."

"You need to explain to him what just happened here and I want you to tell him." He said firmly as he looked at her not even bothering to hide his disgust at the situation that his daughter had gotten into. "Your mother and I will be outside." He said as he and his wife walked outside closing the door behind them. Chad waited till the door was closed before he looked at Taylor who sat on the bed with her hands clasped in her lap. They both heard a car pull away, and that seem to snap Chad out of his trance.

"You mind telling me what the hell is going on?"