The sound of heart moniters beeping and lung machines were enough to drive a person to the edge of insanity. Gabriella waited oh so freaking patiently in the waiting room as the operating room worked to get the bullet out of Troy, the doctor's said that 'we are fortunate that the bullet didn't get stuck anywhere else, but it did lodge itself into his spine. He may be paralyzed temporairly after the surgery.' Gabriella was scared, but paralyzed was better than losing him. She looked at Zac who was colouring with another little girl, around his age, possibly older by one year. Her mother had gone to the bathroom, asking Gabriella to watch her.
Gabriella sighed, she was scared for Troy... she loved him, she was hoping that maybe they would get married pretty soon, she didn't wanna lose him. this is one guy that won't run, this is a guy she trust, this is the only guy she has been inlove with deeply, and she didn't wanna lose him. The Doctor came out, and had told Gabriella that he was fine, and that she could go back and see him, but zac would have to stay out here, Gabriella nodded and turned to zac, "baby, stay here, mommy will be back soon." Zac nodded and continued to color, Gabriella sighed and walked into his room, she saw him laying there, she couldn't help but cry, she came over and took his hand, "oh Troy.." Troy groaned heavily, partly because he was under the anethetesia (sp?) Gabriella squeezed his hand. His eyes fluttered slightly, "Brr...Brrrriiee.." it was drawled out as he took a breath while he said it. She looked at him, "Troy, shh it's okay." Troy inhaled a sharpy breath, "Mmmy lllleeeggs, I can't feel my..." Gabriella sighed and lifted his hand to kiss his hand. "The doctor said that paralyzation is temporairy." He groaned again, his breathed labored, but still even as his eyes closed again, his arm flopped to the side and his head lulled to the side. Gabriella ran her hand through her hair, "your amazing, you shine like the stars, you're amazing the beauty you are you came blazing...right into my heart." she sang softly, knowing that he's listening. "I love you Troy."
Troy smiled, and spoke softly, but weakly, "I love you too gabi.." she kissed his lips, and she smiled at him, and he smirked a little, "so, since I am temporary paralyzed...we can't have sex can we?" Gabriella rolled her eyes, "You almost got killed and your only worried about that you probably can't have sex for awhile?" she giggled and he nodded, "yep." he simply said, "You are unbelievable, you know that?" she smiled. "That's my best quality," he rasped, chuckling but then it turned to a pained groan, he grabbed at his stomach, "I feel like hell..." "Well you look better than that that's for sure..." Gabriella said, "Zac wants to see you, is that okay." Troy looked at her, at first in shock, "He wants to see me?" she nodded, and a smile formed on his lips. "I would love to see him." Gabriella nodded, kissing him lightly on the lips and pulling away. "I'll go get him...stay here-" "Brie, I don't have a choice." Gabriella smiled, "oh yeah, sorry..." she giggled and went outside to see Zac playing with blocks with a little girl, she came over to him and lowered herself down to his level, "you wanna see Troy?" she smiled, Zac nodded with excitement, and he grabbed Gabriella's hand and went into Troy's Room, Zac carefully got onto the bed and smiled, the words that came out of his mouth was shocking, "Hi daddy.." "uhm hey buddy..." Troy said, wincing as he moved his arm to put around Zac's body. Zac smiled and pulled many papers with rainbow coloured scribbles. "I drew you this picture, it's a bunny with wings," he showed Troy a picture of a blue and yellow bunch of scribbles. Then he showed him this next picture, "This one is you and mommy," it was a blue and purple scribble 'hugging' (as Zac had said). Troy smiled, "They are really good, and what about that last one..?" Zac picked up witha pink scribble with yellow on top, he smiled, "That's Sharpay when I tied her up with handcuffs." Troy chuckled, " I wish I could of seen that.." Zac smiled, "I could do it again.." Troy smiled, "no, let's not torture the girl.." he laughed, even though how much he wanted too. Gabriella smiled, and sat down beside them. Zac smiled, "mommy, can I go back to coloring?" he asked her, Gabriella nodded, "of course." Zac smiled, and jumped down and ran to color some more, Gabriella smiled, "he really loves you Troy...he looks up to you as his father..."
"I'm glad," Troy said, looking at his pictures, "This purple scribble totally resembles you." Gabriella looked at it, and smiled and laughed. "Yeah it does...and that green moustache, it matches!" Troy chuckled, grabbing his ribs when he laughed to hard. Gabriella grabbed his hand again, "Thank you...Troy." He looked into her eyes, "your more then welcome brie.." he leaned in and kissed her on the lips. Gabriella moaned softly as he took his tongue and traced her lips. Gabriella pulled away, "will you marry me?" Troy leaned his forhead onto hers, he was breathing heavy, and he stared into her eyes, "W-What?" he breathed out, "Will you marry me? I want to be with you Troy...I wanna be with you...unless you don't wanna be marry to me...cause I am sure there is someone much better out there for you...you know forget I said anything, just kiss me." she rambled. Troy smiled, but her question still burned in his brain, but it was a good kind of burning. He touch his lips to hers and Gabriella was eager to respond. Troy outlined her lips with his tongue and she granted entrance, their tongues starting battle. However, the sound of a throat clearing made them pull apart.
It was Gabriella's Mother, she smiled, "umm I didn't mean to walk in..um..i...How are you feeling Troy?" she tried to change this awkwardness feeling, Troy chuckled, "i'm ok, I'm just a little sore." Gabriella felt weird, she was upset that troy didn't give her a straight answer, so she need to get out of there, "Um I'm gonna go check on zac." she quickly rushed out of the room. Gabriella's Mother sensed something was wrong, "Is there something going on?" Troy sighed, leaning his head back on the pillow. His words drawled out and lengthened as he spoke, "Gabriella asked me to marry her..." Laina stood there shocked, her mouth slightly open, as she moved to sit in the chair that her daughter was sitting in previously. Suddenly she smiled and burst out in laughter, Troy looked up suddenly and lifted an eyebrow. "Uhm what's funny about it? It's a very serious question..." Laina smiled and looked at him, "Troy, my daughter is and always has been and will be a stubborn and straight forward woman, she knows what she wants." Troy smiled, "Well it's not like...i'm not flattered...but I'm a traditionalist...and uh," he leaned in slightly and motioned for Laina to do the same. "I was going to ask her yesterday, but...uh...turn of events happened and yeah."
Laina smiled, "Tell me, are you ready to settle down and committee? ready to be a father to that little boy? cause It's hard, I'm not gonna lie, it's hard Troy.. Gabriella has been taking care of him for 4 years. she got a letter from Stanford, one of the most biggest school's worldwide..." her mother looked down, "she really was excited to go." "what happpened? why didn't she go?" Troy asked. "she found out she was pregnant with zac, and Stanford wouldn't accept it...she wanted to go and become a teacher, but instead, she has been working at a Chinese Restaraunt for 4 years of her life because she had to take care of zac...I know I'm making it seem like her life is misrable, but it was before you showed up...I"m just asking, are you ready too settle down, and have a family?" He thought for like, a second before he smiled and the spark returned to his eyes. "Laina, I'm ready...trust me, I fell in love with Zac when I first saw him." Laina smiled, Troy continued, "and if Brie still wants to go to stanford, then she'll go, I can work my company from anywhere, and I can help with Zac. I'll be happy too." Laina smiled, "It's all sounds so great, but Gabriella won't go to Stanford.." Laina laughed lightly, "why not?" Troy asked, "Cause Gabriella is stubborn...she'll say no and say that she needs to take care of Zac...she's stubborn I tell you...stubborn.." "Well so am I," Troy said, Laina smiled, "well that's a battle waiting to happen, Troy marriage is a lot of battles. There's no such thing as 'no man's land'..." "Why are you using war tactics?" Troy asked, Laina laughed again, just then Zac came running into the room, "NANA!" Laina turns to pick him up, "aww there's my little boy." Zac smiled, "I drew a picture.." he lifted it up, and Laina looked at it, and raised an eyebrow, "who is the Blonde Girl with the witch broom and Witch Hat?" "That's Sharpay.." Troy bursted out laughing then held his rib, "ow.. ow..it hurts so much.." Gabriella stood against the door frame sighing. "Momma, can I go with Grandma to the park..pwease mommy!" he begged, Gabriella giggled, "well I can't say no to that face." she lifted him up and kissed him multiple times, "mommy, stop it." he wiped his face, "how dare you wipe mommy's kisses off.." she gasped, and smiled at her mom, "I love you mom, let me know when your coming back." they hugged, "love you too gabi, and I will." and with that Laina and Zac left the room.
Gabriella went to sit beside Troy again, but before she could sit in the chair, Troy grabbed her wrist and pulled a little ways to the bed. "Sit with me." he said, she smiled and sat on the bed, tangling her legs with his and he rested his head on top of hers. It was quiet for a moment, Gabriella looked up at him through her lashes. "I can hear your heart beat." she said, with a smile on her face, Troy smiled and kissed the top of her head, "It beats for you love, it beats for you." She lifted her head and kissed him chastely on the lips, her fingers playing with the button of his jeans. He groaned and grabbed her wrist, pulling away to smile, "I suggest we wait till I'm better okay..." she sighed disappointedly, but smiled anyway, "yeah, but still...we can play games can't we?" Troy smirked, "oh your evil Bolton-" his eyes widened when he caught what he said on his lips, Did I just say...oh god, I'm sorry-wait why did I just say 'I'm sorry' in my head? Gabriella's eyes were wide too, and then she let her mouth gape slightly, then she closed her mouth and smiled as she rested her head on his chest, fluttering her eyelashes. "Anything on your mind honey?"
Troy sighed, "I was talking to your mom, and she was telling me some stuff...' Gabriella's eyes widen, "o-oh...um really...like...like what?" she stammered, Troy looked down at her, "That you got accepted into Stanford, and you couldn't go cause you had to take care of zac.." Troy spoke softly, Gabriella sighed and bit the bottom of her lip, "They wouldn't let me get in because I was young and pregnant...they couldn't let pregnant people go to stanford..." Troy sighed, "and other things were brought up as well," Gabriella tilted her to the side, exposing the sweet spot on her neck that Troy loved to kiss. He played a stray curl, "Like what?" Gabriella asked, Troy looked at her, "oh uhm just that, how stubborn you are, how stubborn I can be and...me planning on"-he mumbled the last part, but Gabriella still heard it and didn't say that she heard it. -" asking you to marry me one day." Gabriella's eyes widen, she couldn't believe he was really thinking about marrying her, "R-Really? you want to marry me?" she stammered, Troy nodded, "Gabi...you are the one that I wanna be with, you are the one I want to wake up to every morning...you are the one I want to make love too...your everything to me Gabriella.." she had tears in her eyes, and smiled, "I feel the same way Troy.." Troy smiled, his hands going to the back of her neck, and bringing her up to meet his lips. It was a slow kiss that built into something bigger...something passionate...something...heated. Gabriella moved her legs, so she was straddling him and her arms wound themselves around his neck. He moaned and cursed the fact that he was temporairly paralyzed. damn damn damn. his fingers rested on her hips, they got into their kiss, they didn't notice the doctor come in with a clip board and a nurse behind him with a needle. The doctor cleared his throat.
Troy and Gabriella both pulled away staring at each other for a second, then turning to see a doctor and nurse, "Umm Mister Bolton...It's time for your shot.." The nurse held the needle up, Gabriella's eyes widen, "N-Needle..." she was deadly afraid of needles, if you got one near her she would flip out, "It's gonna help him with him being paralyzed." The Doctor explained, Gabriella whimpered, "I-I don't like needles Troy..I don't like to even look at them..." Troy looked at her, "it's okay," he rubbed her back, "just don't look at them, look at the window." Gabriella nodded and closed her eyes turning her head toward the window, Troy motioned the doctor and nurse forward. He held out his arm, and the beesting prick that came from the shot came and went, the nurse put the only bandaid she had on it, Hello Kitty.
"oh my god, this is so gay.." Gabriella turned and laughed, "aww that is so cute.." she smiled, "aww." Troy laughed, "ha ha very funny.." he looked at the band-aid.."Troy.." she asked, "he looked at her, "yeah brie.?" he replied, "about the earlier question?...do you have an answer?" she blushed as she asked this question. "Well," Troy said, pursing his lips, "it depends on your answer to my question." gabriella pursed her lips, "but you asked the same question, troy laughed, "All the more reason to answer, give me yours and I'll give you my answer. Deal?" Gabriella paused then asked, "but what if I give the wrong answer-" he placed his finger onto her lip, "just answer gabs..." he smiled. and she smiled back and nodded, "Troy Bolton...I will...yes..I will..there, what's your answer?" he smiled, "There was that so hard?" he teased, gabriella rolled her eyes and kissed his finger, "your answer?" Troy answered with out a thought because he knew it was the right one, "yes but on one condition..." "What is it?" "Me you and Zac go to california, and you go to stanford." Gabriella laughed, "ha! I dont' wanna get married that bad.." she laughed. "Oh now I'm hurt Montez," he pouted and turned his head. "I'm wounded...you are gonna kill me," Gabriella giggled, "i just have to take care of Zac-" "I can help with Zac, Brie, my company I can work from anywhere and I would love-" "Troy, I just-" "Your mom said that you're stubborn." Gabriella narrowed her eyes, and smirked, "I get it from her." Troy chuckled, "I'm sure you do Brie...Come on.. please, don't do it for me...do it for yourself, and Zac... " Gabriella sighed, "I don't know Troy..." Troy kissed her lips, "please...you'll regret it someday..." Troy told her, Gabriella sighed, "If I don't do this, will you ever shut up about it?" she giggled. Troy smiled proudly and hugged her against him but not enough to hurt himself further. "Nope." he said, popping the p. Gabriella giggled, "yes, I will..I'll go,, but only because you won't shut up." Troy smiled and chuckled, "legitimate reason."
Gabriella nodded and huffed, "I hate you so much Bolton..." Gabriella giggled, and Troy kissed her with passion..."you love me.." he smiled, "nope, I don't.." she giggled, and he chuckled, then got serious, "I Love you Gabriella." he put one strain of hair behind her hair, "I love you too Troy." and they kissed passionately, and kept kissing, but what Troy didn't know was that Gabriella was hiding something from Troy...but what was it?
