A Secret Attachment Chapter 10, a high school musical fanfic

Troy and Gabriella walk hand in hand into the hospital. They go up to the front desk. "Carson Bolton." Troy says. The lady nods, "He's with the doctors right now, the family waiting room is down the hall."

Troy nodded,"Thank you.." he squeezes Gabriella's hand, as they walked down the hall. They enter the waiting area, and Troy's eyes land on his grandmother.

Then his eyes landed on the man next to her..he recognized him as his 'Father.'

Rage. That's the only thing that Troy felt, and in the next second he was on him; lifting him by the front of his shirt and putting him against the wall.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Piper stands up, putting her hands on Troy's arms. "Troy..now is not the place-" "He's not welcome-" "Your grandfather had me call him!"

Troy looked at His Grandmother, "What for? He owes us nothing." Piper sighed, "Troy please, not right now.." Troy just kept glaring at Henry.

"Son-" Henry started, "Don't call me that! Don't!" "Troy-" "Don't" Gabriella grabbed Troy's hand, "Troy...do you want to go get some food from the cafeteria?"

Troy glares at him, Henry just looked at him. Gabriella grabs Troy's hand. "Baby, please.." Troy turns to her, "Let's go." They walk out of the room and to the cafeteria.

When they got there, Gabriella grabbed Troy's hand, he looked at her, "You okay?" "I..I just don't want him here-" "Troy I know you don't but please promise me you won't run away again..please. we just got back together, and I don't wanna be apart from you.. your here for your grandfather..he needs you."

"I'm not going to..run away again." Gabriella nods, lacing her fingers with his, "good, cause I don't want to lose you- and you don't want to lose your grandpa..now please? Make nice?"

he scowls, shaking his head and running his fingers through his hair; scratching the back of his neck. "I'll be civil...but I promise that I won't be friendly."

Gabriella sighed, "That's all I ask." Troy pulls her close, kissing her lips, "Are you hungry baby?" Gabriella shakes her head, "I just wanted you to get out of there."

Troy nods, "yeah..I understand.." Gabriella smiles, "I know what might get your mind off things." "what?" he smiles, resting her head on his chest, and looking up at him, "I just made you a daddy pretty soon."

In the waiting room, Henry is pacing the floor; his hands alternating between being stuffed in his pockets and folded in front of him. "I shouldn't have come."

Piper stands up, "no...sweety," she embraces her son, "he's just...he's angry-" "I don't blame him, mom!" Henry says, his voice raising, "God! I'm stupid! I left him ..twice! No wonder he is angry with me!"

Troy smiled, "Brie that's great.." He lifts her up hand spins her around, "I'm going to be a father!" Gabriella smiles, "Yes you are. and your going to be great!"

Troy kisses her lips, "You have no idea how happy you make me Gabriella Montez." she smiled, "You make me happy too Troy... and if this baby is your son, I want to name him after you.."

Troy smiles, kissing her with a passion that curls his toes and when he pulls away, he leans his forehead on hers. "I want to make you an honest woman." Gabriella looks at him, "Troy-" "I mean it Brie.." he grabs hold of her hands, "if we're going to do this..a baby..family..I want to do this right."

She giggles, but she can't a stray tear from flowing down her cheek, "Troy..you don't have-" "I don't have a ring yet, I know..but..Gabriella Montez..will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?"

Gabriella began crying, Troy looks at her, "Oh baby, don't cry.. I know you just had a broken engagement, and that's my fault, but-" she kisses his lips, "I'd love to.. I love you..yes." Troy smiles, kissing her passionately.

I've missed out on everything in his life Mom. Everything, I left him when he needed me the most." Piper sighed, "Oh Henry, It's fine..He turned out fine."

"Yeah. because you raised him, it wasen't yours and dad's job..it was mine.. and I didn't do that, and now he hates me.." Piper just bites her lip, he looks at her, "Do you think he'll ever forgive me?"

"Henry.." Piper says gently, "come here.." "mom-" "Son, I'm old..and I have learned many things growing up and one of them is that you're never too old for a parent's hug..come here."

She holds her arms open wide and Henry walks in, she embraces tightly and rubs his back. Henry sniffles, "you haven't held me like this since I was...eight."

Piper smiles, "It's been awhile." "Yes it has." he pulls away. Piper smiles at him. Troy and Gabriella walk into the room. "Grandma." Troy started. Piper looked at him, "Yes?" "Anything on Grandpa yet?" she shakes her head, "Nothing yet."

Troy sighed, grabbing Gabriella by the waist, "Well we have some news.." Troy smiled at her, then at his Grandma, ignoring the man that was beside her. "I'm going to be a father." he smiles proudly.

Henry looks at his son, Piper looks at her grandson, "Troy-" "before you lecture me, remember...I'm an adult. I'm in college, Gabriella is an adult." Henry clears his throat, "Are you sure you want this?"

Troy narrows his eyes at his 'father'. "Yes, Henry...I want this. Gabriella wants this-" "Troy," Piper starts, "your father-" "He's not my fucking father!"

Piper sighed, "Troy.." "No Grandma." Henry sighed, "Troy, please listen-" "No.. I'm through listening to you." "Troy please-" Gabriella said hugging his arm.

"Do you have any expierence with children-" "Hell! do you?" Piper sighed, "Henry, Troy-" "Do you know how your going to raise this child Troy?"Henry asked.

"You know what?" Troy hisses, grabbing his father by the front of his shirt, banging his back into the wall, "you're one to talk about raising kids! You ditched yours!" "I did what I thought was best!" "Like hell! You didn't want a kid so you ditched him!"

Henry shakes his head, grabbing Troy's arms and shoving him away. "I don't want to hurt you Troy-" "like fucking hell you don't!" "Troy!" Piper yells, "be quiet! Right now! This is a hospital!"

Troy glares at him, pushing him away. He grabs Gabriella's hand, "Let's go out into the hallway." Gabriella nods. They walk down the hallway and find two seats against the wall. Gabriella looks at him, "You okay-" "I Just hate him.."

"Troy-" "No. He's trying to control my life.. trying to act like a dad and tell me what I'm suppose to do with my life!" Gabriella, sighed, "Troy.. are..are you sure you want to have this baby? are you sure we're ready?"

He looks at her, "Brie what are you-" she sighs, resting her hand on her belly. "Troy, all I'm saying is that...if your father is willing to ...try to be a figure in your life now...you shouldn't be angry at him." "Are you mad?!" Troy says, a little louder than needed.

"He left me! A little baby, he left me-" "and now he's back!" Gabriella yells back, "doesn't that count for something?" "Tell me something," Troy says, "if your father is to walk in right now..after all this time...after what he told you two years ago...would you still take him back?"

Gabriella looks at him, for a second before she shakes her head in thought and looks at him icily, "I'd have gotten over everything. He's my father, like Henry is yours.."

Troy looks at her, "Brie, I can't just have feelings for someone I don't know." Gabriella rubs his shoulders, "Troy, I'm just saying.. I would like to give this baby a better life then mine, A life that has a father and a mother."

"And it will have both." "Troy what if...what if you.." "If I what?" She bit her lip, "What if you walk out on me? when it gets to hard?"

He looks at her, watching, his lips twitching. "You...you really think that I'd-" "Troy, I don't know what to think." her voice is barely above a whisper, he looks at her again. "Brie-" "I think you should talk to your father." "He isn't my-"

"How would you feel if this baby kept behaving this way toward you? Kept saying you weren't his/her father? You'd be hurt Troy, you'd do everything in your power to be in this baby's life...and that's what Henry is doing! So why can't you just take you pride- your stupid, male pride- and shove it up your ass and get over what is in the past!?"

Troy looks at her, "I guess your right." He pulls her close to him, and crashes his lips on hers, "But Don't EVER..think I will leave you and this baby..you hear me? get that thought out of your head, because I'm not going anywhere."

Gabriella nods, "Okay. I love you Troy." He kisses her again, "I love you too. Don't ever forget that either." Gabriella smiled, "Your my everything Troy. I just want you happy, I want what's best for you."

Troy smiles, "I promise, I won't anywhere. I'm never letting you go again. I was stupid before-" Gabriella kisses his lips, "Yes, you were." she giggled, "But we're together now. and that's all that matters. I decided on names for the baby.."

Troy smiled, "What are they?" Gabriella smiles, "Boy. Troy Jackson Bolton ll...Girl. Kylie Nicole Bolton...do you like them?"

Piper rushed into Troy's arms, Troy stood there, "G-Grandma..he..he can't be.." Piper nodded, tears rolling down her cheeks, "He..He's gone." Gabriella covered her mouth, and began sobbing hysterically.

Henry rushed over, "Mom..Mom come here.." he pulled piper in for a hug, and rubbed her back. You could tell in his eyes that he was trying to hold back the tears.

Troy looked from them to Gabriella who was sobbing. He pulled her close to him, and she buried her face into his chest.

"It'll be okay..." he whispers comfortingly, Gabriella buries her face in his chest more, sobbing and with her hand rubbing her belly. Henry looks up from his mother's shoulder, seeing the young couple;instantly he's reminded of himself and Troy's mother.

He sighs, looking down at his mother, "Mom...it'll be okay." "I-I..." she shakes her head against Henry's chest, "I've lost your father...the only man I've ever loved."

A few days after the hospital, Troy and Gabriella were in her room, She had on a small back hat, with black leggins with small black boots with a black long sleeve shirt. Gabriella walked up to Troy fixing his tie. Troy looked at her sadly, "Are you okay?"

Gabriella looked at him, "I'm fine..But I should ask you how your feeling. He was your Grandfather-" He pulls her close, "He was OUR Grandfather. He thought of you as a daughter already." Gabriella smiled sadly, kissing his lips, "He would be proud of you." she whispered.

"I miss him.." he whispers, holding her tightly, "Brie, he was the closest thing to a father that I have-had." Gabriella cups his face in her hands, looking into his eyes that are a dark blue, grey colour.

"Troy, he will be proud of you right now...for how strong you're being. But...he also will be proud of you by talking to your father; welcoming him back into your life-" "Brie-" "No, Troy..I'm not talking about going camping and such...I'm talking about...just talking to him. Forgiving him."

Troy sighed looking at her, "I'll talk to him. but I'm only doing it for you and our baby." Gabriella kissed her cheek, "I won't let anything bad happen to either of you."

Gabriella smiles, "Your just so sweet.." she giggled, "We uh..we should get going?" Troy nodded, "Yeah, let's go."

At the funeral home, Troy and Gabriella had just walked inside, the soft sadness of music played, and people talking, whispering to each other about whatever. Piper was already on the couch sobbing.

Gabriella bit her lip and looked at Troy, "I'm going to check on her and see if she's okay? you going to be alright?" Troy nodded, kissing her forehead, "Yeah, umm when your done checking on her, we'll go up to the casket." Gabriella nods, and kisses his cheek and goes over to hug Piper.

"Troy?" Troy turns around to face Henry. Henry sighed, "I..I'm sorry for Papaw.. I know you two were close.."

Troy promised Gabriella. "Yeah..Thanks. He was important to me." Henry looks at Gabriella who is comforting Piper, "I'm glad you found Gabriella.. she's good for you."

Troy nods, "thanks..." Henry nods without word, looking at his feet and Troy does the same thing, pursing his lips and scratching behind his neck. "I'm going to go check on grandma..."

Henry nods, "yeah.." Troy takes two steps, but then Henry calls him and he turns around slowly. "What?" "I...Troy, I'd like to talk- that's it, just talk."

Troy looks at him, "Not now." "Troy-" "Just not now." Henry sighed, but nodded, Troy walked over to his Grandma Piper and rubbed her back, "Grandma..it's okay." Piper had tears streaming down her face, "He was my first love." she whispered.

Gabriella sighed, resting her head on her shoulder, "shh..it's fine. Piper your going to make yourself sick over this, and I'm sure Carson wouldn't want this..he loved you, he wouldn't want you to suffer like this."

Piper looked at her, "Are you sure?" Gabriella nods, "I'm positive, It's okay to be upset.. you just have to think about the memories you had with him. And you still have me and Troy."

Troy smiled at Gabriella sadly, and he kissed his grandmother's forehead, "We'll be right back Grandma." Piper nodded, and Troy grabbed Gabriella's hand going over to the casket. Gabriella hugged his arm. "You okay? you ready?"

Troy nods, "Now or Never? right?" Gabriella smiles sadly, kissing his lips, and walking infront of the casket. Gabriella looked at Carson's Corpse, Gabriella looked up at Troy, He was frozen, just staring at him. Gabriella sighed, "Troy.."

He is nervous, his hands shaking and his palms sweating. He swallows, cracking his knuckles, he just stares at him. "Troy...are you okay?" "uhm..." he mutters, still staring at his peacefully resting grandfather, his vision becoming blurry, but he wills himself not to cry.

"Troy-" his shell is so to cracking. He takes a step back, feeling as if he's suffocating. "Troy-" turning on his heel, he walks briskly outside the funeral home, , not noticing Henry quietly following him.

He's out in the parking lot, letting his tears flowing freely down his face as he falls to his knees. Henry runs up to him, "Troy..." "He left...everyone leaves." "Troy." his body shakes with distraught tears, "Troy..come on, let's go for a drive."

He doesn't protest, he lets his dad drag him to his car, setting him in the passenger seat and then going to the driver's seat.

They were driving down the road, Troy looked out the window. Henry let his eyes look over at his son, he sighed, "So.." Troy didn't answer, "Have..Have you decided any names for the baby?" Troy looks at him, then looks out the window. "Son, I"m sorry about Papaw..and for everything else."

"I don't need an apology, sorry doesn't bring Grandpa Carson back, does it?" Henry sighed, "Troy-" "I can be a good father you know? a better father then you were." Henry sighed, "I know how you feel about me, about that whole situation, but you have to believe I thought I was making the right choice, but I do love you son."

He shakes his head, looking out the window still. He bites his lip to keep it from trembling. Henry sighs, reaching for the radio; turning it on to the station he usually has it on.

Awake and Alive by Skillet plays, Troy instantly looks up; his eyes wide as he looks from the radio to his dad- who is mouthing the lyrics to the song while tapping his thumbs on the steering wheel. "You...you like Skillet?"

Henry turns, he chuckles, "yeah...always have. It's a good song. Makes me...feel better when I'm down. I've been listening to it a lot." huh. "Why?"

Henry sighs, "Because son, of everything that's been going on ...with papaw...and you."

Troy looks at him, and to the window, "What about me?" Henry looks onto the road, making a U turn to go back to the funeral home. "Messing things up about being a father.. I'm sorry for that Troy, I really am..I don't blame you for not forgiving me."

Troy looks at his lap, "It'll just take time.." Henry looks at him, "Your a grown man, you can make your own decisions for yourself, but just remember I do love you son."

Troy nods, as they pull up to the funeral home, "Yeah I know." Troy said getting out of the car and going inside to the funeral home.