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Chapter four: Now leaving Manhattan
November 27, 2008 7:14 AM
Ryan felt the early morning sun break through the curtains of the suite. At some point they actually made it to the bed. He felt Taylor's naked body pressed against him. His mind flashed back to the night before. He cannot stop thinking about every touch and every kiss. He never experienced anything like that before.
This was not his first time. A small part of him wished it was. His first time with Kelsey was as cliché as possible. He lost his virginity to Kelsey the night of the senior prom at one of the better hotels in town. The whole experience was awkward and he was pretty sure Kelsey faked her orgasm. Now he was positive when comparing it to Taylor's reaction last night. Every time after that with Kelsey was just as awkward.
Nothing felt awkward with Taylor. He didn't need to think about what he was doing. It just came naturally to him. He felt like he was supposed to be with her. He was brought out of his musings by the touch of Taylor's lips on his shoulder.
"What are you thinking about?" Taylor asked as she continued placing little kisses on his neck and shoulders.
"I was just thinking about making love to you last night. You were incredible." Ryan said as he turned around to face her.
"Do you think what we did was a mistake?" Ryan can see the fear in her eyes.
"Not at all," Ryan said as he gave her a very gentle kiss. "Do you think what we did was a mistake?"
"I don't regret what we did yesterday or earlier this morning. It's just that we're not in the same city right now…" Taylor never got to finish that sentence, because they were interrupted by the phone. "If this is your sister calling I'm going to hurt her." Taylor said as she got off the bed to pick up his phone.
"Hello," Ryan said into the phone.
"This is Gabriella's mom. Ryan Have you seen my daughter this morning? She was supposed to meet me in the lobby 15 minutes ago. I tried calling her phone but she is not answering."
"I thought she went home last night?" Ryan asked in confusion.
"I was unable to come get her last night. So she decided to stay until morning." Ryan knew Taylor could hear the entire conversation by the way her body went completely rigid. They completely forgot about Gabriella being there. Ryan knew that they were very loud last night.
"We'll go check her room. Maybe she just overslept. We will call you back in a few minutes." Ryan said trying to end the call as quickly as possible.
"Oh my god she heard everything last night." Taylor said as soon as he ended the call. "I thought you said she left." Taylor said in a panic.
"No, I told you in the cab that she was going to leave. It's not like I can think rationally when your mouth is on my neck." Ryan said as he threw on a pair of pants and a top.
"My best friend heard us having sex." Taylor said as she quickly pulled on a tank top and a pair shorts.
"Do you realize that you refer to Gabriella as your best friend?"
"It was an accident. I meant to say ex best friend."
"I am personally going with Freudian slip. I just find it strange that you can forgive Chad and Sharpay for cheating on you; however, you can't forgive Gabriella.
"I think the major difference is Chad and Sharpay are actually repented. Gabriella has no idea she did anything wrong."
"If that's what you need to believe Taylor. Let's just go apologize to Gabriella and send her off to her mom's house."
"Fine, but I am not even kissing you until she's out of this suite." Taylor said as she opened the door to the living room.
They quickly walked through the disaster area. In their passion, they managed to break the breakfast table. Mentally Ryan was calculating how big of a tip to leave to keep the discretion of the cleaning staff. His dad was going to be mad when he saw these charges on the credit card bill.
"Did you really have to rip my top off? I'd really like that top." Taylor said as she picked up their clothing.
"I promise I'll buy you a new one tomorrow."
"You broke the clasp on my bra." Taylor said as she held up the garment.
"Okay I am definitely buying you a new one. Maybe we can go back to Lady Alexandria's Custom lingerie. This time I can actually come in the dressing room with you."
"Aren't there rules against that sort of thing?"
"Not if you leave a big enough tip." Ryan said as he knocked gently on the door. After not receiving an answer he knocked louder and started calling out her name.
"As someone who has spent several sleepovers with Gabriella, I know she is not a sound sleeper. Was there any alcohol in the room?" They were both aware that Gabriella was a heavy drinker now. There was a 50/50 chance that Gabriella could be passed out in her room right now.
"Because I am underage, the hotel management wouldn't let me have any in the room. I brought some wine from my personal stash, but that is still in our bedroom. I am sure that Gabriella has a fake ID and was able to get something on her own." Ryan's voice was laced with bitterness as he voiced his suspicions.
"Let's just go inside and see if she's OK." Taylor said as she opened the door.
Inside they saw a bed that was practically untouched except for the two pillows lying on the ground. Gabriella's things were absent from the room. Ryan quickly walked over to the closet, but found nothing inside.
"Ryan, come over here. Gabriella left us a note." Ryan quickly walked over to his- whatever Taylor was to him. She was still his friend. No matter what happens, she would always be his friend. Now there was this other element to their relationship. Was Taylor his girlfriend now? He had no ideal and was too concerned about Gabriella to be asking questions right now.
As Ryan started reading the note, he became very worried. The situation was bad. They knew Gabriella was being irrational, but he didn't think she would do this.
"Ryan where is your phone?" Taylor said breaking the silence.
"In the bedroom,"
"Call Maria back and tell her to come up here." Taylor said as she left the room.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to go warn your sister that the FMG is coming to New Mexico."
November 26, 2008 8:56 PM
"I'm kind of surprised to hear from you." Gabriella said to Mrs. Bolton. Part of Gabriella was suspicious that Troy's mom was calling her. The other part hoped it was a sign that maybe he still loved her.
"I meant to call you after the break up to see how you were doing. I was just so busy that I was unable to do it sooner. How are things right now?" That was a very loaded question. Gabriella felt like crying underneath the bed. She would probably break out in hives because of her dust allergy.
"Pretty good," Gabriella said trying to sound as perky as possible under the circumstances.
"Nobody is good after a breakup." Mrs. Bolton said in reply.
"You're right, but it's okay." Gabriella said in a whisper.
"Are you spending Thanksgiving with your mom?"
"Yeah, it's going pretty well. I don't get to see her that much because she now lives in New York City."
"I really wish you could be here for Thanksgiving. I'm sure Troy misses you." Gabriella wondered if that was possible. Considering the last time she saw Troy he pretty much told her not to come back until she was ready to accept that they couldn't have a romantic relationship anymore.
Troy said he still wanted to be her friend. However, Gabriella was not sure how sincere that comment really was. Gabriella could not help but wonder if he really broke up with her for Kim. The relationship between her and Troy was going pretty good until he started talking to his ex girlfriend again.
"I sincerely doubt that. Considering he's probably back with the love of his life." Gabriella spat out the sentence in pure anger. This is the only way she was going to find out the truth.
"You do not have to worry about Kim. It's just a fling. Eventually he'll realize that you're the one he is supposed to be with." Gabriella didn't hear the last part of what she said. She only heard the part that confirmed that Troy was back with his ex girlfriend.
She has been replaced and she felt like crying. That wasn't quite right. Troy was back with the person who preceded her. Doesn't that mean that Gabriella was the replacement? Apparently Gabriella wasn't that great of a replacement for the great Kimberly Kim.
"I have an Idea. Gabriella because of my job I have tons of frequent flyer miles. Best of all I have no blackout dates. I'm sure I can get you on a flight to New Mexico tomorrow. You'll arrive just in time to help us decorate the tree."
Gabriella remembered what decorating the tree was like last year. Mrs. Bolton and Mr. Bolton got in a huge argument about decorations. Actually the argument was about Mr. Bolton's friend Ms. Sanchez formally Mrs. Danforth being there to decorate the tree. Troy's grandmother on his father's side, left before Gabriella even got there. She left after she got in a huge fight with Troy's mother. She didn't even come to Troy's graduation because she couldn't deal with his mom. Actually, Gabriella still has not met Troy's Grandma Bolton yet.
"I don't know if Troy would want me there."
Gabriella was not even sure she wanted to be there herself. She could not take a very dysfunctional Bolton Thanksgiving again. If she called Mercedes right now she would tell her to go. She would tell her to do anything possible to get Troy back.
Taylor would tell her to do the opposite. Who is she kidding, Ryan would tell her to do the opposite. Her mom would tell her to do the opposite. She knew what they were saying was right, Troy has moved on.
However, she really didn't want to watch Ryan and Taylor be all over each other. She also didn't want to suffer another round of interrogation by her mother. She needed to know where she stood with Troy. If He was already in love with someone else she needed to know. She needed to hear it from him and not everyone else.
"If you can find me a flight, I'll come." Gabriella said in acquiescence.
Taylor expected to spend the morning talking about her relationship with Ryan and maybe experiencing a repeat performance of last night. She really wanted a repeat performance of last night. Instead, she was trying to notify everybody in New Mexico that Gabriella was coming.
Taylor could not believe that Troy's mom deliberately invited Gabriella to Thanksgiving. Taylor had a feeling this was going to be bad for everybody involved, including Gabriella. It was going to be worse since nobody was picking up his or her phone.
"As soon as you get your bushy head from between Sharpay's legs, call me. The psycho one is headed straight for New Mexico." Taylor said as she ended the call to her ex boyfriend. She knew she shouldn't be that upset because it's 2 hours earlier there but she didn't get a response from Sharpay either.
"Do you have to make sex jokes about my sister and her boyfriend?" Ryan said in annoyance.
"It's one of my ex girlfriend privileges. I can either cry about what happened or make jokes. I just don't feel like ruining my makeup." Just then, they heard Maria Montez knock on the door.
"Gabriella is not here, is she?" Maria asked them as she made her way inside the suite.
"Let sit down," Taylor said as she pointed to the now slightly less messy couch.
"Just tell me what's going on with my daughter."
"She's not here." Ryan said solemnly.
"Do you know where she is?" Ms. Montez asked the two.
"She is most likely in the waiting area at LaGuardia or on a flight to New Mexico." Ryan said as he passed the letter to Gabriella's mother. Taylor stood there and watched the expression on Ms Montez's face go from worry too extreme anger.
"When I get my hands on that bitch I am going to kill her." For an odd moment, Taylor thought Ms Montez was referring to Gabriella until she continued. "She's using my daughter again just because she doesn't like Troy's girlfriend. What type of mother does this to her child? This is going to be a disaster even if Gabriella was still taking her medication. This is going to be Natalie all over again." Ms Montez was crying at this point.
"Who is using Gabriella and what medication are you referring to?" Ryan asked as Taylor was still trying to piece things together.
"Troy's mom for some reason hates Kim. That may have something to do with the $0.5 million that Kim's mom paid Lucy to break up Kim and Troy in high school. She succeeded two years ago and brought Gabriella in to keep Troy too distracted to find Kim and his son. You can't fight true love. They found each other again anyway. Now my daughter is the one suffering."
"I thought you transferred to New Mexico because of your job?" Ryan asked in confusion.
"That is what I told Gabriella. She was having problems at her old school. She had a boyfriend that I absolutely hated. He was talking her into doing things that she was just too young for. The doctors where we lived couldn't get Gabriella's medication correct. I was telling my college friend Lucy about what was going on with my daughter when she suggested that I moved to Albuquerque. She said that maybe a different environment would help Gabriella. The bonus factor was there was a doctor in the area that specialized in bipolar disorder. I didn't know that Lucy was planning on using my daughter."
"Why would a bipolar specialize be a reason to move to Albuquerque?" Taylor asked still not quite putting things together.
"She never told you?" That's when everything started to peace itself together in Taylor's mind.
"You say she is not taking her medication?" Ryan asked Gabriella's mom as he grabbed Taylor's hand to lend her his support.
"I think so. Her Moods have been very erratic lately. I keep getting reports of her doing things at school like locking herself in her dorm room for days or binge drinking at an endless string of parties."
"Can this strange behavior include posting a sex tape to the Internet and not realizing that it was wrong?" Why did she not notice this strange behavior earlier? They all knew Gabriella was acting out of character and they didn't do anything to help.
"She may not understand the consequences of her actions. Bipolar disorder is very unpredictable. Behaviors can change from one episode to the next. I am worried about her going to Albuquerque right now. Under normal circumstances finding out your ex boyfriend is engaged and has a two year old child could send somebody over the edge. My daughters already at the edge and holding on by one finger, anything could send her over."
"Ryan, can you get us three tickets to Albuquerque for today?" Taylor asked him.
"Probably, it's going to be expensive. However, since I was a good boy this year I get to spend the weekend with the black card."
"Good because we are going to an intervention."
Last night going to Albuquerque seem like a good idea. Now Gabriella was not so sure. Was she really going to fly halfway across the country for a person who was in love with someone else? She kept crying the entire time. The Flight attendants were convinced that she was going to a funeral. Maybe in a way she was.
On the second plane, she was sitting next to this older woman named Karen who was really nice to her. She was flying out to see her son and grandson in Albuquerque. They started talking about why Gabriella was flying halfway across the country. She told her all about the situation with Troy and Kim. Although she didn't give any names to protect the guilty.
"Do you realize that his mom is using you?" Karen asked to Gabriella in a very stern voice.
"I doubt she would do that. She actually likes me." Gabriella said to the older woman.
"That may be the problem. She actually likes you, but not the girl that he's in love with. She's using you to manipulate his feelings. Probably in her mind, she thinks that if he sees you again he will leave the other girl. I can understand. I absolutely hate my daughter in law. If I had my way, I would have set him up with his best friend Caroline years ago."
"Why do you hate your daughter in law?"
"You mean other than the fact I'm almost positive she is cheating on my son. They were not a good match. Before they got married, they never talked about what they wanted from their marriage. She wanted a career and felt that children would get in the way. He wanted a huge family. He loves children, which is why he is a high school teacher. The one child they had was an accident and after that she had the female sterilization procedure performed without telling my son." At this point Karen was practically yelling.
"Okay, I understand why you don't like her. Did you ever talk to your son about this?"
"I tried to tell him years ago that his wife was nothing but trouble. He never listened to me. Before they were married, he was to in love to see what was really going on. Young love makes fools of us all. I feel that love is making a fool of you. Do you really think seeing you again will make him change his mind?"
"No," Gabriella said in a barely audible whisper. It was the first time she admitted to herself that things were truly over with her and Troy.
"There isn't anything his mother is going to do to change his mind. Gabriella she is using you. In this situation you're the only one who's going to get hurt."
"I really thought that he loved me. When we were together he did all these great things for me. Now everyone keeps telling me he's with Kim. She is supposedly the one that got away. " Gabriella said as she started to cry again. Karen quickly gave Gabriella another tissue.
"I know losing your first love can be difficult. However, did you ever think that maybe this really isn't love? Maybe it's just high school infatuation? You told me yourself, that you knew nothing about his previous relationship. That tells me that the two of you really didn't talk to each other. I have a feeling that there are a lot of things you kept from him."
Gabriella knew that Karen was right. There was a laundry list of things she never told Troy. This included the real reason why she left Lava Springs that summer and where she went after school on Wednesdays.
"You're right about the last point. There are a lot of things that we never talked about. Then there's the fact I broke up with him last summer because I couldn't deal with a long distance relationship. I never told him that there were other things going on. I was sure that he loves me because he drove to Stanford just to keep me from breaking up with him. We never really talked about why I broke up with him in the first place. Despite everything I know that I love him."
"How do you love him? Is this the type of love that's based on sex and good looks? That love fades away with time. Do you love him because you need him or do you need him because you love him? Is what you feel just infatuation or lust? If you couldn't handle doing a long distance relationship, maybe you don't love him." Karen's questions felt like a slap in the face to Gabriella. She didn't want to answer them, because if she did she may need to reevaluate her entire relationship with Troy.
"Of course I love him and I know he loves me because he went to school at Berkeley just so he could be near me. The problem is now he has Kim. Now that he has his precious Kim back he doesn't want me." Gabriella spat out the name with as much vehemence and hatred as possible.
Gabriella blamed Kim for this entire fiasco. Gabriella was already planning on decking the girl as soon as she got to New Mexico. The thought of punching Kim and pulling all of her hair out made Gabriella stopped crying.
"Did you ever think he could be just going for the school? You did mention he is receiving a full scholarship. My grandson goes to Berkeley as well. He's a drama major and from what he told me I know the school is pretty good. I know most young girls want to see what he did as some grand romantic gesture, but maybe he went to Berkeley for him not you." Gabriella chose not to listen to the woman's words. She needed to hold onto the illusion that Troy went to Berkeley just for her. It was the only thing keeping her from crying again.
"My ex Troy is also a drama major. Maybe they know each other?"
"Your former boyfriends name is Troy? Gabriella noticed a strange expression on the woman's face."
"His name is Troy Bolton. By the way I am Gabriella Montez." Gabriella said finally introducing herself completely to Karen.
"What high school did you and your boyfriend go to in Albuquerque?"
"We went to high school at East High where Troy was the captain of the basketball team. What high school does your grandson go to?"
"He went to East High as well." Karen said quietly.
"Maybe I know him?" Gabriella asked with a smile.
"I'm sure you do, just not as well as you think." Karen said cryptically as visions of murdering her daughter in law danced in her head. This whole conversation gave her another reason to hate Lucy. Karen was very happy that she forgot to tell Gabriella her last name is Bolton. She would be yelling at her grandson for not telling him about this Kim girl. Of course Gabriella knew none of this.
Ryan couldn't believe Taylor talked him into flying halfway across the country on the busiest travel day of the year. It probably had something to do with where Taylor strategically placed her hand. The fastest way to get to Albuquerque was to catch a flight from New Jersey. From her letter Gabriella was supposed to arrive at Albuquerque around 1:45 PM local time. Because he, Taylor and Gabriella's mother were taking a much shorter flight from Newark, they should arrive in New Mexico around 2:20 local time.
During the entire ride to Newark, they were trying to call his sister and her boyfriend to let them know they were coming. For some reason they still weren't picking up. This led to several nasty messages being left by Taylor on their voicemail.
Unknown to Ryan and Taylor, Chad and Sharpay cell phones were destroyed in unrelated accidents the night before. If Ryan thought to call the land line at his parents' house or even his father cell this entire mess could have been prevented. Ryan and Taylor were too busy being mad at Chad and Sharpay for not picking up their phones to realize that something else was going on. They also never thought to warn Troy that his mother was bringing his ex girlfriend to break up his relationship with his current girlfriend. They never even considered calling Coach Bolton to let him know his wife was going to turn his family dinner into a bloodbath.
2 hours later after navigating the chaos of the airport, they were up in the sky making their way to New Mexico. Taylor currently had her head lying in his lap.
"Am I a bad friend?" Taylor asked him.
"No, you're the best friend I ever had." Ryan said as he leaned down and gave her a tiny kiss on the lips.
"I met with Gabriella. I didn't know she was unwell. I was so preoccupied with my own problems that I didn't see what was going on. We all assumed she was just evil. We never tried to find a reason for why she was acting differently. In addition, are you and me still friends after everything that happened last night?
"You didn't know what was going on with Gabriella. How could you have helped her? She didn't tell you what was going on. You made a rational decision based on the information you had on hand. No one in your situation could have done anything differently." Ryan reassured her as he ran his hands through her hair.
"What about you and me?"
"No matter what Taylor, we're still friends." He said kissing her on the forehead.
"What are we now?"
"What do you want us to be?" It's never good when you answer that question with a question.
"I don't really know. I just don't want to try a long distance relationship again. It didn't work out that well last time. I don't want to come visit you in NYC, just to find you riding the new girl."
"I doubt that is going to happen."
"You say that now, but what about in six months. I didn't think I would see video footage of my boyfriend sticking his tongue down your sister's throat, but I did.
"I'm not Chad. Don't blame me for what he did to you." Ryan is going to take Chad up on his free punch as soon as he gets to New Mexico.
"I'm not blaming you. It's just you're hot and you're 18. At this stage we think more with hormones than anything else. Let's be honest I could just as easily be the one who cheated on Chad. My relationship with Chad didn't exactly have a very strong foundation at the time. Chad and I talk to each other more now after we broke up then when we were actually dating."
"Do you think last night was just hormones?"
"Last night wasn't just sex. You are my best friend. I don't want that to change. At the same time, I have the sudden urge to drag you in the back and join the mile high club. I'm not sure what that makes us."
"For now let's just be Friends with make out privileges?"
"I can do that," Taylor said as she lay back down on his lap.
The car ride to the Bolton house seemed to last forever. Maybe that was because Troy's mom was 30 minutes late to pick her up from the airport. By miracle of miracles her flight was actually on time. Karen offered to share a cab with her but Gabriella turned her down.
Then again maybe the car ride seemed to last forever because all Lucy talked about was Kim. Lucy absolutely hated Kim. Gabriella hated Kim as well, but mostly because the wicked voice inside her mind told her that Troy actually loved Kim.
Gabriella kept thinking about her conversation with Karen. She was starting to agree with Karen that Lucy was using her. Lucy brought her here as a tool to break up Troy and his new girlfriend. Gabriella hated being used.
They were running through the airport trying to get a cab. From the moment they got off the plane Taylor started calling everyone she could think of. She even tried Amanda and couldn't get a hold of her. They were in the middle of an emergency and nobody was picking up their cell phones.
So desperate Taylor actually called the landline at The Bolton House and ended up speaking to Troy's five-year-old cousin. Taylor doubted Jordan would pass the message on to Troy. At least Taylor found out that Lucy left the house a little less than an hour ago to pick up a relative at the Airport. Due to Ryan's genius at picking out flights, they managed to catch up with Gabriella.
Gabriella's mom was currently on the phone with Gabriella's former doctor to see if she would meet them at the Bolton house. On the plane, they decided the best course of action was to get Gabriella in the hospital to be put back on her medication. Maybe if they can convince her something is seriously wrong she would go willingly.
So preoccupied with the Gabriella situation and her very confusing feelings about Ryan she practically missed seeing Ryan's dad get out the car at the Airport.
"Dad what are you doing here?" Ryan asked his father in complete surprise.
"I was flying out to surprise you. I guess that's not necessary since you and your girlfriend decided to come here." She and Ryan were too shocked by his statement to deny it.
"How did you know?" Taylor asked as she regained her composure.
"I receive the most interesting video file yesterday. Actually it was Sharpay that receive the video file of you and my son making good use of your hotel room. I just accidentally opened the file. Sharpay's cell phone is currently at the bottom of the lake at Lava Springs." At least they now know why Sharpay was not answering her phone.
"That evil little witch. We fly halfway across the country to keep her from freaking out over the Kim thing and this is what she does. You know what; she can have her nervous breakdown without me." Taylor said this as she walked away from the other three. Instantly she felt Ryan hand on her shoulder trying to get her to stop.
"Taylor don't be like that. This is not all about Gabriella. All of our friends are involved in this. What if Gabriella decides to attack Alex instead of a plasma television." She knew Ryan had a very valid point.
"You are never going to forget about that are you?" Taylor asked coming out of her anger.
"No one is ever going to forget about that." Ryan said as he grabbed her hand.
"I'm the one who had to pay to replace it." Taylor heard Mr. Evans mumbled under his breath.
"Fine let's go stop the FMG from killing anybody."
"What does FMG stand for?" Ms. Montez asked as they got into the cab. Ryan and Taylor decided not to tell Gabriella's mother what the F in FMG stood for.
When they arrived Gabriella asked herself why she was here. Why was she trying to hold on to somebody who has obviously moved on? Did she come here to get Troy back or to let go of him once and for all. Was she really going to let Lucy use her to hurt Troy? Despite everything Gabriella still cared about him.
She couldn't bring herself to walk into the house and see the happy couple. Instead she walked to the back of the house passed some of the aunts and uncles standing outside mingling. They all remember her from last Thanksgiving and graduation. Most of them still thought she was Troy's girlfriend. She just didn't have the emotional energy to correct them. She was sure when they saw Troy making out with his new girlfriend they would realize that Gabriella was no longer the object of Troy's affections.
Gabriella found herself climbing the steps to the tree house. Nine months ago, they were up here together holding hands and making promises. Now she was alone and those promises fell apart. As Gabriella went to sit down on the old sleeping bag, she remembered what Taylor told her about Troy sleeping with Kim in the tree house. Gabriella had the sudden urge to spray everything down with Lysol.
Just as Gabriella was about to go downstairs and face Troy she saw him coming out of the house with a beautiful little boy that looked exactly like him. Behind him was an Asian girl that also looked like the child Troy was holding. When the girl quickly kissed Troy on the mound, Gabriella knew the girl was Kim. The scene made Gabriella want to cry.
"Are you okay?" Kim asked Troy as they went to sit underneath the tree house.
"You just survived being yelled at by my aunt Julia. I should be asking you that question." Troy said as he put his arm around Kim.
"Maybe accidentally showing my new driver's license was a really bad way for your family to find out my new last name was Bolton." They were married. She and Troy have only been broken up for a month and he was already married to someone else. Gabriella was going to kill him. Kim's next sentence stopped her from attacking Troy, "I just have to deal with telling your family about us and Alex. You're the one who has to deal with the divorce and the whole Caroline situation."
"I don't want to talk about my dad's new girlfriend, especially when he is still technically married. Considering what mom did to dad and us, I never want to see her again. I'm furious about what she did to Gabriella. How could she use Gabriella like that? Even though you and I are back together I still care about her. I don't want to see her hurt like this."
What Troy said made her feel a little bit better. Gabriella would really like to know what Lucy did involving her. So caught up in her musings she didn't see Karen from the plane approach Kim and Troy. What was Karen doing their?
"Kim, do you mind if I talk to my grandson for a little while? We didn't get to finish our conversation from earlier." Troy was Karen's grandson.
"I will go back inside and let your hypocritical mom yell at me again. I personally can't wait to she finds out about what her husband or rather who her husband did last night. Do you want me to take Alex back inside with me?"
"I know that being a dad is new for me, but I can take care of Alex for a few minutes. Kim he is my son too." Gabriella was in too much shocked to hear the next few minutes of conversation. Not only was Troy already married to someone else they have a child together. A child that Troy never told her about.
As Gabriella started to come out of her shock she heard Troy tell his grandmother everything from the beginning of his relationship with Kim to the present. Gabriella heard all about Kim and Troy being in love with him at 15. She heard all about Troy's mom purposely tried to break them up. She heard about Kim's mom paying her half a million to do so. She heard all about Kim being too afraid to tell Troy about the pregnancy. She couldn't be mad at Troy for not telling her about Alex because he only found out a few weeks ago.
The thing that truly sent Gabriella in a true rage was when they started talking about Lucy. Lucy purposely used her to keep Troy and Kim apart. Lucy was even responsible for Gabriella moving to Albuquerque in the first place. It turns out that her chance meeting with Troy during karaoke at the ski lodge was completely engineered by Lucy.
Before she even knew what she was doing Gabriella was down the stairs of the tree house. She didn't even register Troy's gasp a surprise. She was too busy running straight for the one woman she hated more than anybody else. Before anybody could stop her, the dark hair woman that destroyed her life was out on the floor. Blood was dripping from her nose and the cookies she was holding were scattered to the floor.
"How could you do that to your own son? How could you do that to me? I really loved him and you used me." Gabriella was screaming at Lucy as her tears streamed down her face. She was now shaking with anger and pain. Within seconds, Gabriella collapsed to the floor in rage and sorrow.
Taylor and Ryan quickly ran from the cab to keep Gabriella from completely flipping out. So concerned with everything going on Taylor didn't even have time to questioned her brother's presence at the Bolton house.
As Taylor saw the bloody Mrs. Bolton lying on the floor, she realized they were too late. Taylor ran to a crying Gabriella who was being held by Troy and a woman who was probably Troy's grandmother. Taylor quickly pulled Gabriella into a hug.
So caught up in trying to comfort Gabriella, Taylor didn't hear the verbal fight going on between Troy's mom and Gabriella's mom. Taylor didn't turn around until she heard Ms. Montez slammed Mrs. Bolton up against the wall. It took six cops and a train psychiatrist to break up the fight.