Forever Loved
Chapter Ten:
The day had finally come. Lauren was going to be arriving later this afternoon. Brittany was extremely excited to see her mother.
"Dad, I'm going with Thomas to pick up my mom in a bit." Brittany told her father as he walked by her on his way out.
"Oh. Well, I'll be at the gym. Bye, sweetie." Troy said. He was wearing a pair of shorts and a tanktop.
Brittany nodded and went upstairs to change. She was wearing a track suit right now since Troy and her just got home from a jog.
She went into her closet and decided on a white and pink sundress and a pair of white strappy sandals. She put her long bleach-dyed blonde hair in a ponytail and did her makeup quickly. She grabbed a pair of sunglasses and a purse before heading outside where Thomas was waiting.
"Are you ready?" Thomas asked.
"Yep, Tom. Let's go." Brittany got into the passengers seat.
They drove across town to the bus depot and Brittany waited where the bus from LAX will be arriving. Lauren took a plane from Miami to Los Angeles and was hopping on a bus the rest of the way to San Francisco since they couldn't find a flight to Oakland Airport.
Brittany spent the drive watching youtube videos on her phone.
They finally arrived in front of the bus depot. Brittany got out and ran to where Lauren's bus was going to be at.
She watched as the bus pulled into the parking lot. Extremely excited she took out her camera to take a photo of her mom getting off the bus. She watched as tons of people unloaded off the bus, her mother still hadn't come. Pretty soon the bus was empty. No sight of Lauren.
Brittany felt herself begin to cry. Her mom had stood her up. She threw her camera to the ground and began to cry more louder.
She was so excited for this day to come. It came. She thought she was seeing her mother, yet Lauren stood her up.
Brittany finally returned back to the Range Rover and got in. Thomas glanced at her. "Where's your mom?"
"She stood me up. She didn't come." Brittany finally said.
"Oh. But you were so excited, Britt."
"I know. Whatever, drop me off at Chapters Indigo. But stop at the ATM machine first." Brittany demanded.
Thomas obeyed and drove to the ATM machine where Brittany took out sixty dollars. He dropped her off at Chapters.
Peyton tossed her BlackBerry on her bed as she paced around her bedroom. Gabriella was going to be home soon and Peyton accidentally broke Gabriella's 'T' necklace while she was looking for earrings. She wasn't worried because it was just a necklace. And Gabriella seemed to not even want Troy anymore.
"Pey? I'm home!" Gabriella Montez hollered up the staircase. She had just gotten home from work.
"I'm up here!" Peyton yelled back.
She sat back on her bed and stared at the broken necklace sitting on her dresser.
Gabriella came up to Peyton's bedroom. "Peyton...hey."
"Hi, Mom," Peyton smiled gave a fake smile. "How was work?"
"The usual..." Gabriella glanced around. Her face dropped at the sight of the broken necklace on the dresser. "Please tell me that isn't my necklace."
"I'm sorry, Mom." Peyton apologized.
Gabriella took a breath, and carefully chose her words. "Peyton Mackenzie Montez...do you have any idea how much that necklace meant to me?"
"It's just a necklace, I'm sorry. You got it in like high school, it was getting old anyways." Peyton said.
"You know who gave me that right?" Gabriella asked as she picked it up.
"Yeah. Troy Bolton. You guys aren't even together anymore!" Peyton said softly.
"He gave it to me the end of grade eleven in high school. I had this for more than fifteen years." Gabriella said.
"Does it matter? You act like you don't even want him anymore! You don't really care for him anymore." Peyton said.
"Peyton, I love Troy. He was my first real boyfriend. I love him." Gabriella declared.
"Why don't you try to get him back then?"
"It's complicated." Gabriella said sitting on the bed.
"How?"
"He's your...um, father."
Peyton's mouth dropped.
Regionals were the next day. Brittany and Peyton were both off their game. Troy was uneasy about everything. And Gabriella was still thinking about what she told her daughter the day before.
"Troy," Christie came up to Troy's seat in the audience. "Brittany is about to go on now. What's wrong with her?"
"Lauren." Troy said.
Christie shook her head in confusion. "What about Lauren? Isn't she here?"
"No. She didn't come." Troy said finally.
"Excuse me." Christie walked down the bleachers and out the door.
She watched as moms and fathers entered the venue to watch their children dance.
She dialed Lauren's number.
"Hello?"
"Lauren? This is Christie."
"Hi, Christie. What's wrong?"
"I can't believe you! God Dammit! Brittany was so excited to see you!"
"You don't under..."
"You stood up your own daughter! What's wrong with you?"
"Christie, let me ex.."
"Brittany was so excited to see her mother and you didn't even show up!"
"Troy kept me away. He threatened me."
"That doesn't make any sense."
"He didn't believe I was clean for the past few years. He told me if I came near Brittany I would get arrested. If I called her I would get arrested. I can't risk that. I wanted to come see her dance, believe me, I did. I was so excited. Troy was the one that kept me away."
"He threatened you?"
"Yeah. But I have to go. I'm so sorry,"
Christie hung up the phone. She stomped her foot angrily on the ground. She then sent Troy a text message telling him to come to the front entrance of the venue.
Troy arrived moments later.
"Christie? What's wrong?" He asked trying to hug his girlfriend.
"What's wrong?! What's wrong?" She said pushing him away.
"What is it?" Troy asked again.
"You threatened Lauren.." Christie glared.
"That's not exactly what happened!" Troy argued
"You said if she came near you two that you would have her arrested! What the hell, Troy?!" Christie threw her hands up in the air. "Your daughter was so excited to see her mother!"
"You have no idea what Lauren had put us through!"
"Whatever. I'm leaving," Christie turned away. "Goodbye, Troy."
"Well, first place. Nice job, ladies." Celene said as her team entered the dressing room.
Brittany sluggishly walked to her mirror. She looked in the mirror. She just couldn't wait to get home and just be home.
"Brittany, you did great." Troy said as he entered the dressing room.
"Where's Christie?" Brittany asked.
"She left." Troy said as he took a sip of his waterbottle.
"Wait...what."
"Isn't that what you wanted, Britt? Just us again." Troy asked.
"She promised she would always be here for me, Daddy." Brittany said as took off her gold medals and placed them on the counter.
"Princess...we can be Team Bolton again." Troy told his daughter. Brittany hadn't mentioned anything about their team since Christie entered the picture.
"I can't right now," Brittany picked up her dance bag and tossed the medals at her father. She handed him her trophies and left.
"I want to know everything." Peyton demanded. Gabriella and her were just getting inside their home after the competition.
"Fine. Have a seat." Gabriella nodded to their couches as she took off her trench coat.
Peyton sat down by the fireplace.
"Where did you guys meet?" ~Kyrra
"At a ski resort."
"When did you first start dating?"
"January. 2006."
"Were you together the whole time until you got pregnant with me?"
"Mostly. I broke up with him in the summer time. 2006. And again during senior year."
"When did you get pregnant with me?"
"It was after we had a date night. It was the first time in a long time. We ended up, you know. I found out I got a job at a firm in Houston and Troy was just discovered by a sports manager the same time. I didn't want to hold him back so I just left."
"You didn't even bother to tell him?"
"I didn't know I was pregnant until like two weeks later, okay?"
"Do you love him?"
"I did. I still do."Sorry for the short chapter. Next chapter will make up for it. I just have serious writers block.
I just got home yesterday. I will update by Christmas Day, at the latest. I've had access to my laptop during the trip but I was mainly focused on my new PLL fanfic. It made me totally forget what I had planned for this one.
I will make it up to you! I swear.
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I missed you guys, xo.