For Gabriella, being a big girl wasn't working out for her like she planned. Being home alone for days without companion ship, she felt as if Troy incorporated his way into her daily life. Like a coffee drinker that hasn't had their cup of coffee yet, or a sick person who hasn't had their cough medicine. Everything was thrown off balance.
As the week progressed, he was home and was about to leave after being home for two days. She couldn't handle this not seeing him often. Relaxing at his new lovely apartment twenty minutes away from hers, he was packing for this longer trip away. Gabby caught a cold that was making her stay home from work, basically working from home. As for Troy being gone, he felt terrible that in her first time being sick, he couldn't take care of her. Engaging in a confusing conversation Troy chuckled as he watched his girlfriend move restless in his bed.
"You know what I mean." She said shifting in his bed dying to go pee.
"Sure." He replied sarcastically pulling something out of his closet and throwing it into his luggage. She groaned feeling comfy watch him get ready for his interview. The way he wore his clothes and how they fit him so well. His perfect tan made his suit stand out way more opposed to someone with pale skin. They caught eye contact with each other and he smiled staring into her brown orbs.
"Oh babe, I need you to go get a box from the living room." She rolled off the bed and walked over to the living room, finding a small box on the edge of his table. She walked over feeling like she had flutters in her stomach. She got scared feeling that something nerve racking was going to happen. Grabbing the box and retrieving it to Troy, she was about to go to the bathroom but he held her in a close lock. She was by now doing the dance.
"You're welcome. Let me go." She said bouncing up and down with her legs locked too. She ran over to the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Troy chuckled putting his tie on and walking over to the mirror to check out his selection. He heard Gabriella sigh loudly in pleasure as she flushed the toilet. Troy was in all laughter now as she exited the bathroom smiling. "All good!" She said and he walked over to her, kissing her sweetly. She cuddled back into bed looking out the window seeing the lovely skyline.
"You better get healthy when I get back." He said as he found himself lying next to her. She nodded and felt her stomach turn in nerves. He lowered himself down so that his cheek was touching hers. She smiled feeling him there and as they shared a moment, her phone rang showing a picture of Robert, his name and a heart next to it. Her heart dropped and she quickly got out of bed answering it. Troy sat there confused watching her leave the room.
"Hey Rob!" She said while shutting his door and walking to the living room full of boxes. She sat in the corner and made herself comfy.
"Hey love. How are you?" He asked cheerfully. She couldn't help but smile.
"I'm okay. Still resting up from the cold. How's it going down there?" She wondered as she kept checking if Troy was going to walk in on the conversation.
"It's going perfectly here! Ethan's resting up as well. He got a case of a cough. Gabriel is on the down low, but he's doing just fine." There was a slight pause. "Uhh, I have a question." He asked nervously. Her world stopped for a second waiting for him.
Hesitantly, she answered back, "Yeah, anything. What's up?"
"Well me and Sophia got married two years ago and well..." There was another short pause. "I was wondering if you'd be the godmother of our first baby girl." Her smile widened and she sighed relieved.
"I'd be completely honored." She smiled seeing Troy's bedroom door open. "But we can talk about this tomorrow. I love you." She said quickly ending the call. She looked up and saw Troy who was confused. "I'm going to take the lasagna out in a minute babe." She said smiling and standing up meeting him in the hallway kissing him sweetly. "Lie back down with me." She walked back to his bedroom and lied in his bed waiting for the strong arms to hold her tight. When she felt them, she smiled as he left kisses on her neck.
"I missed you." He said huskily lying next to her. She smirked then got angry hearing the oven beep. She groaned, her phone slipped from her hoodie, and she walked to the kitchen. Troy curiously saw her phone lying there, quickly grabbed it and searched through her calls. When he saw three guys names over and over in the call book, he freaked out. "She's cheating on me..." He thought aloud. He kept scrolling seeing these numbers appear the same time he left her.
Placing the lasagna on the stove, she pressed the button to start the fan, cooling it down. She smirked and walked swiftly to his bedroom seeing him go through her phone. He looked at her awkwardly.
"Why are you going through my phone?" She wondered crossing her arms not leaving the door way. He looked up at her and challenged back,
"Why are you talking to three guys all at once?" He asked coldly. He stood up and got out of bed as she sighed looking at him. "So want to explain yourself?" He asked strongly.
"I have three brothers. Robert, Ethan, and Gabriel." She said honestly. He looked confused. "I just never told you I had them because we weren't close in the past few months before I met you. Now were rekindling our relationship and I didn't want to tell you yet." She paused feeling her stomach growl. She turned on her heels and walked into the kitchen serving herself a plate full of food.
"I'm sorry." He said reclining against the wall. She looked over to him, un-phased by the way he was quickly apologizing. She smiled, wrapped her arms around him and kissed his chin.
"You could meet them when you get home." She smiled as he kissed her. She felt tears come on as this would be the last time she sees Troy for about four weeks.
"I promise." He smiled kissing her again.
In the fourth week of Troy being gone, Gabby looks over to her clock and Sharpay sleeping on her side. In the time being, her cold went from coughing and aching to the stomach flu. She was still working, but it wasn't all day. Last night, while skyping Troy, she was too weak so she decided to have someone over and Sharpay was her only resort. They weren't talking still, but the silent company felt like they were talking. On the other hand, Troy was coming home tomorrow night and she was ecstatic. It would be their four month and they would celebrate.
"Gabs." Sharpay said fully awake looking at her.
"What." Gabby said sitting up feeling like crap.
"Can we talk?" She asked adult like. Gabby looked at her then her clock.
"We can go out for lunch later. I promise." She said, getting changed, throwing her hair up in a bun. Gabby nodded and looked at her feeling sick. "Just go. I'm late." Sharpay nodded leaving the same time Gabby did, dropping her off at work.
While sitting in a meeting not too long from the start of the day, Gabriella wasn't in her best condition. Her stomach wasn't all agreeing with her and neither was her mind. She knew she shouldn't have come to work today from the start. Although she had the nauseous feeling, she didn't have to throw up so she sat through the whole meeting with the consistent nauseous pangs.
When the meeting filed out and she stood up, it hit her all at once. She walked in a fast pace to the bathroom and sat there by the toilet, waiting for her vomit to come up. She hated when she got sick. She couldn't stand it. Finally after the longest time, she threw up a little amount of her stomach. Groaning and toughening it out, she went back to her office looking like complete shit.
"Wow, someone is really hung-over." Carter said as she sat down. She flicked him off angry at her own stupid fault of not taking care of herself well. Plus Troy had no idea she was vomiting, but it wasn't too bad.
"For your information, I only drink a glass of wine when I need it. Troy's pulled me off the hard stuff because he's concerned about my drinking. We went over this!" She shouted annoyed. She really could go for that drink now. But it would to be early to waste a glass.
"Fine fine. But you should go home. I mean, you need to regain yourself." He said honestly as she felt her stomach not agree with her again. She nodded looking over to the clock.
Next thing she knew, she was at Pandera with Sharpay. Gabby's face was flushed, her long tresses thrown back in a pony tail. She was weak, tired, and not ready to socialize. She was getting better, but just not as well.
"Babe." Sharpay said sitting down handing over a sprite and a bowl of soup. She looked up and started to drink the soda, calming her nerves. "I think you should get a pregnancy test." Gabby looked up from her soup and laughed in her face.
"You really think I should?" Gabby asked jokingly.
"Well, you've been very sick lately, I just figured." Gabby laughed in her face.
"I'm getting my period soon. I feel it." Sharpay nodded and continued on with her lunch. "Besides, we've been very careful. I wouldn't be." Gabby said hoping she was right.
"Whatever floats your boat." She paused eating a spoonful of soup. "So before you and Troy go out to dinner tomorrow night, would you like to stop by the bar for a few drinks?" Gabby smiled feeling something to pull her away from the anxiety. She was willingly able and ready to drink her ass off.
"With pleasure." An evil smile curled up on her face. Sharpay rolled her eyes, continuing to eat her food.
Getting off of work a little late, and having to stop at the grocery store to get some things for the rest of the week, Gabby was running around town frantically. Plus Halloween was in two days and she still didn't buy her costume. Her phone rang and she smiled seeing Troy's face as she ran up the stairs to her apartment.
"Hey babe." He said and she smiled but quickly became annoyed with her keys as she struggled to open the door.
"Hello." She said but he quickly cut her off.
"Are you coming over in twenty minutes?" He wondered as she heard car horns faintly in his distance.
"Yeah, I will be over to your house. I'm just stopping by my own." She said hiding something from him.
"Sweet. I can't wait to see you. Our four month will be fun. I promise." He said sexily.
"Oh pure fun." She added sarcastically trying to open up her door frantically. She wanted to end this phone call as soon as possible with him, but he enjoyed talking to her while he was away. They haven't seen each other in a week and they both wanted that emotional support in their life. Phone calls weren't cutting it.
"You sound annoyed. Spill." He said with noise in the background. She figured he touched down from his flight home or was outside trying to hail a cab. She smiled feeling nervous energy and succeeding at opening the door.
"It was a long day at work you know." She groaned taking her shoes off and placing her groceries on the kitchen counter. "I will see you later. Bye babe." She hung up before he could answer. She knew by know that he thought she was going to break-up with him with all the distance between them. Taking a deep breath, she took a bag to the bathroom with her.
She couldn't believe she was doing this right now. She couldn't understand why she was taking a pregnancy test, let alone think she was in this situation. She knew she wasn't pregnant so what was the point of taking the test? She knew her and Troy were always careful...Well she thought. She tried thinking back of all the endless times they made love which made it harder to figure out if they forgot the one importance of sex. Opening the box a little worried, she read the directions, tinkled on the stick and waited for the result. Placing it on top of the bowl, she washes her hands staring at herself in the mirror.
"You can't be a mom Gabriella." She said to herself feeling the guilt. "You're twenty-four, unmarried, and can't be a mother." She sighed looking at her watch. She was running late to his house and this whole pregnancy scare was testing her nerves. She ran to her room to grab her shoes, then came back and realized the test was ready two minutes ago. "It's now or never." She sighed. Walking up to the test, she lifted it up and read the indicator. She sighed throwing it away, grabbing her purse and leaving her lonely apartment.
Mwahahahahah. Leaving it at a cliffhanger ( : Review! and I also would like to say, I won first place at a journalism conference for news writing! I gotta nice huge medal that I'm displaying! ( :