I am so sorry!! I must be the worst fan-fic author ever. I know it's been like years since I last updated, and that's all because of school. But I'm all settled in and I know have more time to write so I don't think I should take as long to update. Here's the next chapter, I hope everyone enjoys it. The next chapter should be set a few months later, I kinda want to move on from this day after day type chapters so again I am really sorry I took a million years to update and I hope I've still got some readers out there.
Gabriella woke up the next morning to her alarm clock ringing in her ear, which didn't help her pounding headache at all. She quickly hit the snooze button and rolled over, expecting to wrap her arm around Troy, but when she realized that half of the bed was empty the thoughts of the night before came flooding back. She let out a long sigh as she thought about her and Troy's first real, full blown out fight. And no matter how hard she tried she couldn't stop thinking about how she told Troy to leave and how he just left without saying a word. She dragged herself out of bed after letting a few tears roll down her cheeks and then headed down stairs, figuring she'd find Troy sleeping on the couch, which he had only done once before after some small argument they had over the color of the living room, but to her surprise he was no where to be found. She searched the entire house hoping to find him in some room, but unfortunately she had no luck. She made her way back into the living room and curled up on the couch, trying hard not to cry. She never thought in a million years Troy would actually leave, but he was always full of surprises, only this time Gabriella wished she hadn't learned about this one. She sulked for a few minutes before pulling herself together and decided to bring her husband home. She headed into the kitchen, grabbed the phone and dialed a very familiar number.
"Hello?" a cheerful voice said and Gabriella smiled a bit.
"Hey Taylor."
"Well good morning to you, sleep late much?" Taylor laughed a bit and Gabriella rolled her eyes.
"Ha I wish it was a good morning." She sighed. She heard Taylor do the same and then some mumbling in the background. "So how long has Troy been there?"
"Well I'm not supposed to say that a certain someone is here, but I will say that the entire Danforth household was woken up at 1:30 in the morning because some strange man was parked in our driveway."
"Oh Taylor I'm sorry. I had no idea he would really leave the house." Gabriella said as she returned to her spot on the couch. "Has he said anything about coming home?"
"Yeah well you can tell me why this nameless person was here late last night later, but as for your question no, he hasn't said anything."
"Oh." Gabriella sighed. "Then just tell me everything he said last night."
"Okay well, after sitting in our driveway for twenty minutes he decided to get out of his car and sit on our front porch. We had no idea who he was so I made Chad go down and check, with a baseball bat of course." Taylor laughed a bit and Gabriella did too. "Anyway after realizing who it was Chad brought him inside. He was pretty much talking to himself, and unfortunately for us he was loud enough to wake everyone up."
"Aww Tay I'm sorry. I know how hard it is to get those two to go to bed." Gabriella interrupted.
"Its okay because I have some news you'll like. Troy was the only one of us who could get them to fall asleep again. He's really good with kids Gabby, trust me I saw him myself, he was amazing." Taylor said as a smile stretched across Gabriella's face.
"Well that's good to hear. I'll be over in a few to get him. Don't let him leave, he and I really need to talk."
"You got it girl." Taylor smiled.
"Thanks Tay. I don't know what I would do without you." Gabriella smiled too.
----------Troyella----------
The whole ride to the Danforth residence Gabriella's stomach was doing flips. She normally wouldn't let herself get nervous over things like this but this time she felt she wasn't alone.
"You're nervous too huh?" she smiled as she rubbed her stomach gently. She took a deep breath as she turned into the driveway. "It's now or never." She said out loud once she found herself knocking on the front door. She felt her self jump a bit when Taylor opened the door and smiled.
"Aww girl you look horrible." She laughed as she pulled Gabriella inside and into the kitchen.
"Gee thanks." She smiled as they sat at the table.
"Oh you know what I mean."
"Yeah, yeah. So…" Gabriella said as she looked around a bit. "Where is he?"
"Upstairs with the kids." Taylor replied as she watched the very familiar smile appeared on her friends face. "So what are you waiting for? Go up there and get him." She said as Gabriella nodded and ran out of the kitchen.
----------Troyella----------
"Hey there Jaylinn." Troy smiled as he peeked over the side of her crib and saw his best friend's daughter smiling up at him. "How's my favorite one year old doing?" he asked even though he knew she couldn't answer it.
She burst into a fit of laughter as Troy started to tickle her. He couldn't help but smile and laugh a bit too as he watched her giggle and squirm in her crib. Even though the age difference was pretty big, hearing Jaylinn squeal with laughter reminded him so much of Gabriella, and how she would do the same thing back in high school when he would tickle her.
"Man Jaylinn, I made a huge mistake." He sighed as he stopped tickling her and picked her up out of her crib. "Look I gotta talk to someone and it definitely can't be your mom or dad. And I tried your older sister but she just wanted to play dolls. So do you think you could help me out?" he said as Jaylinn smiled and cuddled into his arms.
"I'll take that as a yes." He smiled and sat with her on the rocking chair in her room. "Okay so what I'm gonna tell you has to stay between you and me. You can't tell anyone about this not even your favorite stuffed animal okay?" he smiled as Jaylinn giggled.
And that's when Troy started in on a huge conversation, one that he would normally have with adults, like his parents or Gabriella. Definitely not one he expected to have with a one year old. And even though he knew Jaylinn didn't understand one word he was saying, it still felt good to have someone just listen to him and not have something to say back.
"Jaylinn I don't know what I'm gonna do. I mean I know Gabriella wants to have a baby more than anything, and I never said I didn't want one. I always have but knowing that Gabriella is going to have our baby in six months is just too hard to believe. I hate the fact that she waited three months to tell me but I'm not upset that she is pregnant. I'm actually happy about it. I just don't know if I'll be a good dad. That's what I'm afraid of. Gabriella will be an amazing mother I know that, but I'm just not sure if I'm good enough to be a father." Troy said, not even noticing that Jaylinn was half asleep in his arms until he was finished with his whole speech. "I'm sorry Jay, I've bored you to sleep. Well thanks for listening to me, it helped." He smiled as he got up and laid her back down in her crib. "But remember you can't mention a word to this to anybody especially your aunt Gabby." He laughed a bit.
"Don't worry she doesn't have to tell me." Gabriella said as Troy whipped his head around to see her leaning in the doorway. They both looked at each other for minute before Gabriella raced into his open arms. He held her tight against his chest; they were both just happy to be back in each other's arms, even if they had only been apart for barely a day.
"How could you think you aren't gonna be a good father?" Gabriella asked as she rested her head on Troy's shoulder.
"I don't know, it just seems like you know exactly what to do, and I know you'll be the perfect mother but I'm just not sure about me. I don't want to do something wrong."
"Troy we're gonna make mistakes, that's like part of our job as parents, but we get through them just like we always have." She said as she looked at him and hugged him a bit tighter.
"And just like we always will." He smiled and kissed the top of her head.
