To Help a Friend
A/N: I want to say thank you to everyone who did review the last chapter but I was a bitdisappointed in the sudden drop compared to the other chapters before but I know people are still reading from the hits I'm getting so please review because I love reading what people are making of the story so far. Anyway please read and review! Thanks!
This chapter is dedicated to:
youknowyouloveme10 – she went through and reviewed all 33 of my stories for a contest thing I won in her story 'Picture Perfect' so I have to say thank you for doing all 33 and everyone go read her stories.
And to
Funkywatermelon - who gave me the "Top Quality Troy/Gabriella Future One-Shot" award for my one shot, 'Daddy will make it all better' so thank you for that award and I'm just glad that you liked it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot
Chapter 9 – Work it out?
It had been a few months since Troy and Gabriella had started trying for a baby and there was still nothing. Gabriella was beginning to wonder whether her not getting pregnant yet was a sign telling her that what she and Troy were doing was wrong. What kind of normal best friends sleep together anyway? It was wrong and she knew that this whole situation was getting her feelings for Troy, mixed up.
Gabriella had just finished her last appointment of the morning and was about to pack away her things when she heard her door knock.
"Come in." Gabriella sighed as Lucille Bolton walked in.
"Hey what are you doing here?" Gabriella asked as she got up to hug.
"One of Jack's cousins is in here; he broke his leg in a car accident. He's fine though. I got bored though listening to them when they started talking about basketball and Troy." Lucille rolled her eyes. "And I knew you were probably about to finish so I thought I would come see how you are." Gabriella smiled as she let Lucille sit down and sat in the chair next to her.
"I'm ok. Tired but ok." Lucille could see something was bothering her. It was just a maternal instinct knowing something was wrong with Gabriella being like a daughter already to her.
"You want to talk about it?" Gabriella leaned her head back and sighed before looking back at Lucille.
"I know you will probably say I told you so but I don't think that this whole thing with Troy is working out. I just feel that maybe not being able to get pregnant is a sign telling me that I'm not meant to have a baby with Troy because it's going to screw our friendship up and that this whole situation is wrong." Lucille looked at the woman in front of her, vulnerable, scared, confused, and sad. Lucille didn't know which one would be the right one to use. "I'm scared though in case I'm analysing the situation too much and how Troy would feel if I backed out now even though the thought of having a baby is just... I can't even describe it. I mean I should know that it can take a while for people who are trying to get pregnant and with us it's only been about 4 months."
"I think you should talk to Troy about all this. I know he would hate to think of you feeling like this when he wants to be there for you. He wants to protect you and maybe sometimes you have to let him to stop yourself from hurting yourself. I'm not going to say I told you so because I've seen how much closer you and Troy have become because of all this and I know that you two could handle this. There is one thing that I think is playing a huge part in confusing you." Gabriella looked at Lucille confused.
"What?"
"Maybe what you need to do is admit to yourself that you are in fact in love with Troy." Gabriella surprisingly didn't look shocked at Lucille when she said it. "See."
"I can't love him though. He is the one that has always been there for me like a big brother, a protector. I can't jeopardise that." Gabriella said, not exactly trying to re-assure Lucille, but more herself again.
"It's ok to change your mind but what you have to decide is what are you going to do with these feelings because they are something that won't just go away." Lucille warned her as she kissed Gabriella's forehead and left her there thinking.
Gabriella walked into the house after work that day and smiled when she saw Troy asleep on the sofa, with only his basketball shorts on. Gabriella found herself letting her eyes wonder over his perfect body and nodded knowing that he really did make her happy. Kicking off her shoes and throwing her jacket on the coat rail, she tip-toed across the floor and sat down next to Troy and couldn't help but grin as he lifted his arm up and pulled her closer, making her lean her head down on his bare chest, most likely that was still sweaty.
"Hey Brie." Gabriella kissed the side of his check.
"Hey, what are you doing down here? Why aren't you in bed because you look exhausted?" Gabriella asked worried seeing how dark his eyes were.
"We just had a tough workout that's all. I'll be fine." Troy assured her as she nodded.
"Want me to order some food in?"
"Might as well. You can choose Montez and then after we have eaten we are going to talk and you are going to tell me what is bothering you so much." Gabriella rolled her eyes as Troy. How was it that these Bolton's could read her so easily?
"How do you know there is something wrong with me?" Troy gave her a look saying 'do you really need to ask that'. "Fine." Troy watched as she untangled herself from him and walked towards the kitchen, hearing muffled her muffled voice a few moments later knowing she was on the phone. Troy couldn't help but worry about what might be making her look so worried at the minute.
Gabriella walked back into the room and saw Troy deep in thought as she lay back down to him.
"Food will be here in 20 minutes. Do you want me to do anything?" Gabriella asked as she ran her fingers through his hair softly.
"No, just stay here with me." Gabriella could tell he wasn't feeling good just from the way he spoke. "And maybe tell me what's bothering you." He added.
"Troy can we leave it for tonight? I don't feel like talking about it." Troy shook his head.
"Every time I try asking you that, all I ever get is 'can we leave it for now'. I'm bored of putting it off and worrying that there is something really bothering you and you don't feel you can come to me." Gabriella felt really guilty hearing the sadness in his voice.
"Troy..."
"Don't. I'll be upstairs if you need anything." Troy climbed off the sofa and walked upstairs leaving Gabriella's guilty face to watch him disappear from her sight. He was right, she had been putting it off and she now realized that by blocking Troy out, she was hurting him just as much as she was hurting herself.
Once upstairs, Troy grabbed his cell and called the one person he knew had been talking to Gabriella recently.
"Mom, it's me. Do you know what's up with Gabriella because we just got into an argument because she won't tell me?" Troy heard his mom let out a sigh before proceeding to tell him everything about her conversation with Gabriella earlier that day. "Thanks for telling me mom. I'll talk to you soon." Troy hung and fell back against his bed, his hands behind his head not knowing what this meant. Had they thrown away 28 years of friendship just because Troy had come up with the stupid suggestion of them having a baby together when everyone else could see it was a mistake?
Gabriella paid for the food that was dropped off but didn't feel hungry anymore. She placed it in the oven in case they wanted it later before making her way up to Troy's room.
"Can I come in?" Gabriella asked opening Troy's door, peeping her head inside. Troy just nodded as he sat up and moved over for her to sit next to him. "I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner what's been happening but I just thought if I didn't tell you, you wouldn't have to deal with it all but now I realize I have to tell you everything to make you see how hard it has been for me." She was about to start again but Troy cut her off.
"I know about everything. After I came up here I called my mom and she explained what you told her earlier. Why didn't you tell me you were starting to doubt this? I told you if you wanted to back out at any point I would understand that." Gabriella looked down at her hands guiltily.
"I'm sorry. I just... I don't know. I guess one part of me tells me it's too soon to be giving up on this since people try for years but then I question whether or not it's not happened because we aren't meant to have a baby together." Troy pulled her into a hug seeing how confused she was and how she seemed to be trying to think of both of them, not just her.
"I promise Brie, we'll work this out some way or another and whatever we do, you'll always have me here." Gabriella nodded into his chest as she held onto him firmly as the two lay down and fell asleep in each others arms.
A/N: I hope you liked that chapter. Happy New Year to you all and hope this year is good to each and everyone of you. Please review! Thanks! X
Btw I'm warning you now in advance I have my exams from the 11th - 15th Jan so no stories will most likely be updated between then or very much from now till after them since I have a lot of revision to do. X
