My Best Friend's Baby
Chapter 9
A/N: Okay so this chapter goes out to a reviewer hsm-zanessafanforever who gave me the idea of having Gabriella meet a new guy that drives Troy crazy and brings him to his senses. HOPEFULLY! As she said, maybe this will make him stop playing around and realize what he's missing out on, even if he doesn't quite realize it yet. So thanks to her(and i assuming you are a she and if you're not, I'm srry, but I just figured you were because it's a majority girls on this site, with the exceptions of a few guys. And if you're not a she then dude, I'm sorry lol). Anyway enjoy the chapter. Oh and sorry if they're any spelling mistakes I started working on this chapter and my fingers flew across the keyboard and I was kind of rushing to get this out. =)
Troy walked into school Monday morning with a killer hangover from the night before. He knew he shouldn't have gone out drinking on a school night, but he couldn't resist it. And to make matters worse he had slept with some random girl yet again. It was become such a habit now to sleep around that even he was getting tired of it, but somehow he couldn't pull himself to stop.
He rubbed his head as he walked down the halls with his binder in his hand and backpack slung over one shoulder. He knew today was going to be a long enough day already with him feeling like crap and when he turned the corner near his locker and saw Gabriella, it just made him feel even worse.
She was standing at her locker with some guy. Troy could instantly put two and two together when he saw Gabriella giggling and the guy grinning. His hands balled up at his sides and he inwardly imagined walking right up and knocking the kid out right there, but he kept his cool and walked over to them, interrupting not so subtly but not exactly caring.
"Hey, Gabs, what are you up to?" He said, giving Gabriella his full attention and purposely cutting off the guy in the middle of talking.
"Oh, uh hey Troy. Um this is Travis. Travis Parker. He's in my English class."
"Uh huh, so you up for hanging out this afternoon?"
She looked at him, slightly confused and then looked back at Travis who was looking slightly annoyed, but waited patiently. "Actually, Travis was just…"
"Great, my house at 4, see you," he said kissing Gabriella on the cheek and walking off swiftly. That was sure to make pretty boy run away.
He heard Gabriella make a quick apology to Travis and promise to catch up later before he heard her footsteps behind him.
"What the hell is wrong with you Troy?" She snapped at him. He stopped and turned around, causing her to slow down so she wouldn't bump into him.
"What's wrong with me? I should be asking you that question. What was that?" he asked, motioning to Travis' retreating back.
"I was talking to a friend. Is there a problem with that?"
"You're pregnant…"
"No shit Sherlock! So what, that means I can't have friends now?"
"Not male friends."
She looked at him in disbelief. "Excuse me!"
"You heard me." He replied, not standing down, which infuriated her even more.
"You are such a hypocrite!" she screamed at him. "You can go and sleep with every girl that has a pulse, but I can't have a friend that happens to be a guy?"
"That's not what I mean…"
"That is what you mean! I mean what is it with you these days? One minute you pretend to care and then the next minute you don't. You'd think it was you having the mood swings and not me."
"I just don't want you to get hurt okay," he snapped, but she wasn't cowering away, not yet. Not until she got some answers.
"I swear to God! You're making me dizzy with the way you're acting Troy. Why don't you just go do what you do best and leave me the hell out of it."
He scoffed. "So what now. Are you going to go sleep with that Travis kid?"
"I was just talking to him," she stressed. "I'm not you! I got pregnant by accident Troy, one time! How about before you come trying to give me advice on my sex life, you fix up your own."
With that, she walked around him and down the hall, ignoring the stares that they had brought with their argument. And for once in his life, all Troy could do was stand there and watch.
"So word around town is you've dumped Troy and moved on?" Taylor asked Gabriella later that day as she and Sharpay found her in the library.
Gabriella rolled her eyes. People had been staring at her all day and whispering during every class. Her argument this morning with Troy had brought a lot more attention to herself than she'd expected. "Troy and I were never together, so dump isn't the right word."
"She means as a friend," Sharpay cleared up. "People have been talking and gossip says you and him are no longer friends."
She shrugged. "I don't know."
"Well what happened."
She shook her head. "He got on me about talking to Travis this morning..."
"Travis Parker?" Sharpay perked up. "The cutie in your English class?"
She nodded and Sharpay smiled. "Gabi! I never thought I'd say this but way to go."
She giggled. "It's not like that. We were just talking. Travis had mentioned he heard a lot of rumors about me being pregnant and he wanted to let me know that if I'd ever needed someone to talk to, I could call him."
"He gave you his number!" Sharpay screeched, causing the librarian to hush them.
"Jesus Shar, yes okay. It's not even that serious. He's a friend and Troy goes all ballistic on me."
Taylor looks at her knowingly. "Didn't I tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"That he'd come around."
"Tay, I would hardly call that coming around. He was being a complete hypocrite. I can't even talk to a guy, yet he can go around and sleep with every girl he pleases?"
"Gabriella, you don't get it."
"What am I not getting?" she looked at her friends confused.
Sharpay smiled. "He likes you."
"What? No. And if he does he has a funny way of showing it."
"Yes! Gabi, he's jealous that you're talking to other guys. Either he's just really possessive or he likes you and I bet it's the latter."
Gabriella shook her head. "Whatever. That's good for him I guess. I'm tired of chasing after him. I'm tired of waiting for him to notice me as more than just a friend. So I'm done being the quite best friend with the crush. I might as well move on. And no that doesn't mean I'm going to date Travis. I'm just getting over Troy."
Taylor looked at Sharpay and Sharpay looked back. They both smiled and then let out a cheer.
"Finally! I was waiting for the day you'd notice that he's a complete douche bag who doesn't deserve a girl like you salivating over him."
Taylor nodded her head in agreement. "You deserve so much better. Someone who can take a hint. Someone who won't play with your heart."
Gabriella rolled her eyes yet again. "And I supposed you two think that guy is Travis?"
They both nodded enthusiastically and she giggled at them.
"Maybe, just maybe. We'll see okay, because there's still the baby and I don't want to get too involved or serious about anything right now."
"So what does think mean with Troy?" Sharpay wondered. "Are you going to tell him it's his?"
Gabi shrugged, glancing at the wall. "I don't know. It's not like he'll care anyway, so what's the point. Plus in 4 months the baby won't even be mine. Who knows if I'll ever see it again?"
Taylor shrugged. "Well, in case you decide that he should know, which I think he should regardless of whether you guys are on speaking terms or not, don't wait too late to tell him. Things could get really messy."
"IF she tells him," Sharpay says. "Right now, he's not exactly showing that he's father material, so Gabriella has no obligation to tell him anything."
"Well that's Gabriella choice," Taylor replied and they both looked at her.
She sighed. It was her choice and it was an extremely difficult choice. And then there were those ugly thoughts. Would he be angry? Sad? Would he ever listen to her or talk to her again? Would they ever get on speaking terms long enough for him to even tell him? She had a strong feeling that this was not the end of the drama, as much as she wished; she still had a long road to go.
R&R! I have no idea when I'm going to be able to update again. I'm going away for a month and I'm bringing my laptop, but I'm not sure if i'm going to have internet access where I'll be at. So in the off case that I don't, this might be the last update for a little while. But I guess if I can't post, I'll have more time to write, so by the time I can post, i'll have plenty to give you guys :) enjoy ur summer vacation DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE MTV AWARDS TONIGHT! oooh I cant wait, hope we see some Zanessa!
~Troyellaishottndsexy~
