Chapter Ten
"Oh my God!" Mia said "Look at the snow!"
It was now approching the end of February and Mia was fourteen weeks, she was fine most days once she'd had her morning sickness
Troy sat up and saw the snow through the window, he let out a low whistle "That's a lot of snow"
"Guess we won't be talking to the Dean about our situation today" Mia said, getting back in bed
"It'll be nice to lay in for a change" He brought her closer to him
Kelsi poked her head around the door "Do you guys want breakfast?"
"Not right now" Troy said
"I'm making pancakes"
He sat up fast "I'm up! I'm up!"
Mia smiled at him "Thanks for the cuddle"
"Sorry" He kissed her head "But I want pancakes"
"Go on, get up. I'll be out in a sec"
Troy headed out to the kitchen and got apple juice out the fridge
"You got it?" Kelsi said
"In my underwear draw" He said
"Please tell me it's in a box"
He rolled his eyes "Yes it's in a box"
"You got a plan?"
"Taking her to where we had our first date, in that burger diner then...the rest I'm not telling"
"Oh come on!"
"No, it'll sound better when she tells you later"
"When who tells who what?" Mia said
"Er... When I tell you I'm taking you to our diner for dinner" He said
"Hmmm, I don't know if the baby'll be able to cope with all that fat" She put a hand on her bump "I'm trying to be good"
"One fatty meal won't hurt" He patted her bump "Will be bigger then"
"Actually I'm a lil big for fourteens weeks" She said
"I'm a guy, I don't know these things" He drank his juice "Still thought you'd be bigger"
"Wait a few weeks, I'll be huge" She put some bread in the toaster
"I don't know what I'll think of that" He said
"Some guys find it a turn on" Kelsi said
"Hmmm, well I like this bump" He put his arms around her "Hopefully I'll like your bump big" He kissed her
"We'll just have to wait and see"
...
Troy took Mia's coat off as she sat down at the booth
"Thanks" She smiled
He slid in next to her "So what do you want to order?"
"Hmmm, I don't know, let me look"
"We could share something?"
"I'm eating for two" She smiled "Need my own"
"Ok" He smiled "Have whatever, I'm buying"
"No, we split the bill..."
"Tonight's my treat" He said "Have anything, have the desert we usually share"
"I'm eating for two not twenty, that we're sharing"
"Ok, well have whatever"
They flipped through the menus and had the same thing, just like they always did. Then split a sundae
"So what's with the treats?" She said
"Just thought I'd treat you" He said "We haven't been out since you got pregnant, I thought you desvered it"
She smiled "Thanks" And put a spoon of ice cream in his mouth
"I was thinking we could go have a walk around Central Park" He said, swallowing it
"Really? In all that snow?"
"I thought it'd be kinda nice" He said "The snow, the moon, the stars"
"Oh, it'll be nice, I just thought you'd forgotten about the snow"
"No" He got his wallet out his jacket pocket "I'll go pay for this then we can get going"
...
It was snowing lightly as they stepped out the diner, Troy put an arm around her and they headed across the street
Mia looked up at the sky "It's nice like this"
"Yeah" Troy replied
As the snow crunched benethe their feet, Troy's nerves started to settle in. What if she said no? How awakard would that be? Just because she was pregnant, didn't mean she would say yes. He was starting to feel sick
"Troy?" Mia said "Are you ok?"
"Honestly...no, but I'll be ok"
She sat him down on a bench "We can just sit for a moment, it's ok"
He shook his head "It's not ok, I've ruined my plan..." He muttured "...stupid nerves" to himself
"What plan?" She frowned "What are you talking about?"
He sighed "When we were half way home, I was suppose to give you my gloves as your hands were cold, and in the glove is a ring..." He looked in her the eyes "I'm asking you to marry me"
Tears suddenly sprung from her eyes "Really? And it's not just because I'm pregnant?"
"Of course not. It's because I love you, but the baby does help"
"Oh Troy" She went to kiss him but stop, putting both hands on her bump in shock "Oh my God"
"What?" He said "Is it the baby?"
She put his hand where one of hers had been, the baby was moving for the first time. He smiled and kissed her tenderly.
As they broke apart, she said "We have to sort everything. College, where we're gonna live..."
"We will" He kissed her nose "Just forget about that stuff for a couple of hours, be a couple of love sick teenagers..."
"It'll be hard for me to forget I'm pregnant" She held her bump again as the baby kicked again "Especially now"
"Well, we'll remember the baby, just forget all the hard stuff"
She nodded "Ok"
"Tomorrow" He said "When we meet with the Dean"
She put her hand in his "Tomorrow"
...
They sat waiting for the Dean in his office, Troy squeezed her hand
"Don't look so scared" He said "He won't be mad"
"I'm nineteen years old, I'm pregnant, I'm here on schloarship, how ungrateful do I look?"
"He'll understand, I'm sure you're not the first"
"I'm just panicking" She winiced "And the baby isn't helping"
"It'll be ok" He whispered as the Dean walked in behind them
"Troy Bolton and Mia Knight" He smiled "I haven't had chance to tell you how great I think you two were in the freshmen musical..." He saw Mia's bump "...But I don't think you were pregnant then. Is this what you wanted to talk to me about?"
Mia nodded "I'm really sorry but I want to drop out to take care of our baby. I'm really sorry, just looking after the baby is really important to me"
"I can understand that" He said "I think its actually good that you're doing that, you may find it too hard to cope, juggling your school work and a baby. So do you want to drop out now?"
"I think that'd be easier"
"Ok" He turned to Troy "Will you be continuing your studies here?"
Troy looked at Mia
"It's up to you" She said
"Ok" He sat up in his chair more "We want to raise the baby near family and because Mia was in care, the only family she has is my family, so I'm gonna need to transfer to U of A"
"I think that's reasonable enough" The Dean cleared his throat "When would be best for you?"
"I think the week before Spring Break" Mia said "I can fly later than that but they don't really recommend it"
"I'll make some phone calls to U of A" He said "You'll be moving in with the family?"
"Yeah, until we find somewhere"
"Alright" He picked up his phone "I'll let you know"