Last Christmas

Chapter 10 Taylor Tells Brandon about Lunch

"That isn't like you Gabriella you always on time and most times early."

"What are you talking about?" Gabriella questioned her confused on what she's talking about. Troy turns from his desk faces Gabriella looking worried that Taylor might tell her about you know what.

"What I mean is. You've completely CHANGED ever since you started dating Brandon."

"Brandon has nothing to do with it Taylor…" never got to explain to her.

"It has everything to do with him. As long as you are with him, I'm letting you see my child what so ever. And forget about you being their Godmother, that will be Sharpay." Taylor snapped at her before hanging up.

"What?" Gabriella was left confused and shocked of what just happened.

Troy asked her, "Hey. Is everything okay?"

"Do you think that I've changed since I started dating Brandon? And please don't lie."

"A little but not much. You're more confident that you were before."

"Thanks, for telling me the truth… It was the truth right?"

"Of course it's the truth, why would I lie to you? And what happened anyways?"

Takes a breath, "Taylor has banned me from seeing the baby once it's born, as long as I stay with Brandon." She shared to him frowning.

"I wouldn't worry about it. It's probably all the hormones and mood swings that made her react like that."

"I hope you're right?"

"Of course I'm right. I'm always right."

Gabriella looks at him.

"Okay, almost all the time."

Gabriella looks at him, again.

"Sometimes."

Again. Gabriella looks at him.

"Usually, when it involves Chad."

"That's more better. I was getting worried about you ego." Smiles evilly messing with him.

Troy chuckles, "Yeah, like I need to worry about that."

"I'm hungry." Gabriella commented randomly.

Troy laughs, "Yeah. Me too. Wanna go to Subways?" he asked.

"Sure, but don't you have to meet up with them?"

"Yeah, but I don't wanna go and don't really care about planning the baby shower, that was for you girls. My part is not needed until the baby is born, their first birthday and baptism."

"Being Godparents isn't that important anymore. Well, at least to us 21st Century people."

"Really, because my Aunt and Uncle make it seem as the biggest thing in the world."

"The ones that live in New York?"

"Yeah, them. But yet they always forget to say "Happy…" something every year to my parents and I."

"There still holding the grudge that your mom married your dad instead of that rich guy?"

"Yeah, my mom whole family are still holding the grudge. Well, except my grandfather, he stopped caring after my mom announced she was pregnant with me."

"Troy, you're doing it again. You're venting me all you problems."

"Sorry, it just so easy to talk to you."

"So what's the problem now?"

"What problem?"

"Troy, I know you. When you start venting, there is usually a problem behind it."

"Okay, my mom's side of the family have been trying to talk my parents into arranging an arranged marriage for me."

"Since when?"

"Since we broke up."

"That's why you were acting like that the other day, wasn't it?"

"Yeah."

"Oh. I'm so sorry Troy."

"It's not your fault."

"Of course it is. If I didn't break up with you last year this wouldn't be happening."

"It doesn't matter. My parents aren't going to agree, at least I hope not."

"Knowing them, they're not."

As if on cue, Troy's cell phone starts vibrating. Troy grabs his phone from his desk and picks it up, "Hello?"

"Troy, where are you man? Taylor is going crazy over here."

"I'm in the office. Have to work on this article, its deadline is next week." He explained, hoping Chad will fall for it.

"I understand man. But how am I supposed to tell Taylor? I'm not kidding about her going crazy." He asked him freaking out.

"I don't know but I do that you need to calm her calm down. Stress is bad for the baby." He explained.

"You don't think I know that. I've been trying to calm her down since eleven-thirty."

"Wow, that's long. Imagine, I haven't even written one paragraph for my article yet. Sorry, I can't be there."

"Well, good luck, man. I can't really help you with that article. One I can't even write a paragraph."

"And yet you work at a publishing company."

"Hey! I overlook all sports relating stuff... Hey I gotta go and calm Taylor down. Call you later, bye." Hangs up.

Troy puts down his cell phone and turns his attention back to Gabriella.

"So I'm guessing that was Chad on the phone."

"You've guessed right. She's going crazy because of us not being there."

"Hopefully, he calms her down. Stress is bad for the baby."

"Yeah, I've already told him. Apparently, he has been calming her down since they got there at eleven-thirty."

"Whoa, that's a long time even before she called me."

"So are we going or what because I'm hungry?" Troy asked Gabriella again about Subways.

"Sure, let's go. Let me just save my work." Goes over to her computer and saves the document of the article before getting out of her chair grabbing her cell phone and putting it away in her purse.

In the meantime, Troy is grabbing his phone and stuffing it into his pockets. "Let's go." He said leaving the office with Gabriella in front of him.

Later on back in the office. Troy and Gabriella have already ate their lunches. Are now talking about the article they're writing until Troy's phone starts to vibrate again.

Troy looks over at his cell phone, "It's a text from Chad." He told Gabriella while checking what and who it is. "Taylor is mad at both of us for not showing up, mostly you."

"I'm guessing he hasn't calmed her down yet."

"Guess so. And I'm no longer the Godfather, no matter how much he begged.

"He didn't beg for me?"

"Who knows."

"You know I just realized something."

"What is it?" curious about what she is talking about.

"That we were going to be the Godparents and we were dating."

"Wow, that puts a whole new meaning to the Parents part."

"Yeah." Giggles.

"Aww, looks who giggling. I haven't seen you giggle in a long time."

"I haven't really giggled in a long time; Brandon thinks it's childish."

"It's not childish, it's cute."

Gabriella starts to feel a bit uncomfortable, and Troy notices. "No, I didn't mean it like that. What I meant was giggling in general is cute."

"It's okay. I'm just going to go back to work." Changing her attention to the computer whether than Troy.

"I didn't make you feel uncomfortable did I?"

"No. I just need to work on the article. There is still so much left to do." lying to him hoping he won't notice the awkwardness she is feeling.

"Oh. I guess I'll go back to work too." Going back to his computer.

Meanwhile in Taco Bell with Sharpay helping Chad out with Taylor, trying to calm her down.

"Taylor please try calming down. It's bad for the baby?" Sharpay told her.

"Don't tell what bad for the baby. I've read all the pregnancy books, I know!" Taylor yelled back at her causing a scene.

"Babe, its true. Please calm down." Chad says rubbing her back softy.

"I will not calm until Troy finally comes."

"What part of 'bhe's busy writing' didn't you get?"

"The writing part. It doesn't take that fucking long to write!" still yelling.

Chad looks down as his watch, "Oh, look I have to get back to work. Bye." He said informs them running out and into his car leaving as fast as he can so Taylor doesn't go after him.

Sharpay looked at Chad out the window awkwardly before looking at Taylor. "So Tay. I think it a good idea for us also to get back to the office." She suggested.

"Okay." Taylor simply said without any angry in her anymore.

"Are you feeling better?" she asked wondering.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry for the yelling." Taylor told her as if there never was a problem before.

"Okay. Here's the key to my car and just go inside. I'll be there in a sec." Sharpay told her giving her the key.

She then goes over to the register, "I'll have an extra large coke please." She tells the guy giving him the money. "Oh, and Sorry about my friend, she's pregnant. I think she might be carrying twins for how crazy she has been getting."

"It's fine. Here's your coke, and thank you and have a nice day, hope you'll come back soon." He tells her giving her, her extra large cup of coke.

Sharpay grabs the coke and leaves the restaurant going straight to her car. "Are you still feeling okay?" she asked Taylor again.

"Still fine, thanks for asking."

"Okay, time to head back to work." Sharpay said talking a sip of her coke.

Later on in the Lobby.

"Hello Mrs. Danforth and Miss. Evans." Brandon greeted them while they were walking in.

"Oh, hello Brandon." Taylor greeted him back.

"I'll just get going, so much work to do in so little time. Bye." Sharpay told them going straight to the elevator with her extra large cup of coke leaving the two talking.

"So how was your lunch. Did you decide anything. Sorry, Gabriella told me this morning about it."

"It's okay. We really didn't decide on anything since Gabriella, nor Troy showed up. Gabriella, she came up with the lamest excuse in the world." Taylor vented to Brandon.

"What was it? The excuse I mean?"

"I called her at about twelve o'clock asking why she wasn't there yet and she said because she lost track of the time."

"Lost track of time. That isn't like her."

"I know. Wait, she wasn't with you?"

"No, she told she was going with Troy to meet you all for lunch. I asked if I could come but she said no."

"So she wasn't with you."

"Wait, you said Troy didn't show up either?"

"Yes. Troy said he was busy writing an article that was due next week and had just started." She explains to him."

Brandon starts to get suspicious so he tells Taylor, "I gotta go, I have a meeting with my father in about 10 minutes." He goes to the elevator going to the tenth floor to take a beak of Gabriella's and Troy's office. He sees them talking while typing on their computer's keyboard.

"I told you to watch it Bolton. But now you've asked for it." He muttered under his breath angrily so no one will hear. Thinking of a plan, but then remembers his meeting with his father and already knows what he is going to do.