"She completely slapped me for no fucking reason." Sharpay said into her cell phone as she stood in front of the bathroom mirror getting dressed.
"Why?" Gabriella asked.
"I don't know, but I can't even stand to be in the same room as her and her jackass boyfriend. Mind if I come to your apartment just to chill, cause I know I'll say something that'll cause problems here." Sharpay asked.
"No, I don't mind. It'll just be me and Kayla relaxing today on this fine Wednesday." Gabriella sighed.
"You ok from last night?"
"I don't know. I just feel like I totally messed up."
Sharpay awed. "Gabs, I had a long convo with Troy last night and he won't be mad at you for too long. Trust me."
"Hopefully. I gotta go though. Kayla's gonna kill herself with a fork while trying to eat scrambled eggs. Talk to you later?" Gabriella said, laughing lightly.
"Of course, but before you go white hoodie or red hoodie?" Sharpay asked.
"What are you wearing?"
"Skinny jeans and a white tee."
"Oh, the red."
Sharpay squealed. "Thanks. Toddles."
"Bye."
Sharpay quickly shut her phone and ran down stairs smelling pancakes. 'Zeke' she thought. "Hey babe." she said planting a kiss on his cheek.
"Hello." he replied.
She sat on the far side of the table by Ryan, Kelsi and Jason while Chad and Taylor sat on the other side. 'Pathetic' she thought.
"What time is it?" Troy yawned walking down the stairs.
"10:32 (a.m.)" Ryan said.
Troy moaned and sat at the table.
"What's wrong with you?" Sharpay asked, pouring syrup over her pancakes.
"I couldn't sleep." he muttered while laying his head on the table.
"Hm, daddy dreams?" she giggled.
He looked up at her and glared at her.
She looked at him innocently. "What? Still not ready to talk about it "
He shook his head. "I talked to you last night about it."
"Well, me and Zeke are going to visit her today. Wanna come?" she asked.
He shrugged. "I'll get back to you."
"Since when did you involve me in on this trip?" Zeke asked.
"Since right now" she smiled. "So Ryan, Mother called and she said that her and Daddy have gifts for us since they weren't here during Christmas!" she squealed, clapping her hands.
Ryan raised his hands up in the air.
"What's so special about parent's giving gifts?" Jason asked.
"You remember last year? Our parent's went to New York and gave us new cars out of guilt for not being here during Christmas." Ryan smiled.
"Ugh lucky asses." Jason muttered.
"Well, I'm gonna go shower." Chad said, getting up from the table.
"Mind if I join you?" Taylor giggled.
Chad grinned and shook his head.
"Have fun getting STD's." Sharpay whispered, so that barely anybody can hear her.
"Say something Evans?" Taylor asked.
"Oh you know I'm gonna mind my own business this time. I don't wanna get bitch slapped again. After all like I said, I'm gonna allow you to be the stupid bitch." Sharpay smiled.
Taylor rolled her eyes. "Let's go." she said with Chad following her.
"Ok. What the hell's going on?" Kelsi asked.
"Nothing. I'll leave that up to you to find out."
Kelsi sighed and nodded.
"Well it needs to end. I'm not going back to UCLA in 2 and a half weeks with a bunch of bitch fights." Zeke said.
"Don't tell me. I've expressed nothing but my opinions." Sharpay shrugged.
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"Mommy, I go Shar's!" Kayla said, while Gabriella did her hair.
"Sharpay's coming over today." Gabriella replied, brushing the little girls hair into a ponytail.
Kayla clapped her hands and smiled. "We go park?" she asked.
"We'll see." Gabriella said. She lifted Kayla off her lap and set her down. "Go play or something while I get dressed."
Kayla nodded and pulled her bag of stuffed animals out of the corner of her room.
Gabriella walked to her bathroom and started the bath. One of the few things that helped calm her and she could definitely use right now. She stripped out of her clothes and slowly slid into the bath. She sighed and rested her hand against the shower wall. She felt so horrible. She couldn't sleep last night as she kept crying all through the night. All she could think about was how she lied and betrayed Troy. As much as she hated to admit it she still loved Troy. She always would. He was her daughter's father. Her first love. She also felt so guilty for what she may have costed Kayla. A father. All these questions were running through her mind. What if Troy got so mad at her that he couldn't even be there for Kayla? She wanted to push all those thoughts a side so badly but they kept coming. She'd feel even worse than she already did if that happened. The truth couldn't have come out at a worse time. He would be going back to UCLA in 16 days. How was that going to make up for 3 years if he decided to be a father to Kayla? She didn't want him to have to choose college or being a father to be honest, as bad as it may sound. Either way she'd feel awful. She wanted him to go back to college because if he didn't she'd feel as if all these years have been a waste. She also wanted him to take care of Kayla with her like a family. She was so confused. She just wanted to crawl under a rock. She now regretted the fact that she just didn't suck it up and tell Troy when she found out she was pregnant. She wanted him to know though that she didn't do it out of selfishness she did it so that he would get the opportunities he dreamed of.
She quickly wiped the tears that were pouring down. She unplugged the tub stopper and wrapped a towel around her small body. She walked over to the mirror and couldn't help but notice how much of a wreck she looked like. Her eyes were puffy from crying so much and she just felt so awful. She put on the purple Juicy jumpsuit that still oddly fit her from when she was 16. "It'll be ok." she whispered to herself as she pulled her hair back into a bun. She didn't even bother putting make-up on knowing that it'd smere off if she continued this crying. She walked to the living room, but not without stopping to check up on Kayla. She smiled weakly as the little girl sat all her stuffed animals and dolls in a circle and it looked as if she was having a tea party with them. She turned away and walked to the small kitchen where she made a cup of hot chocolate. She sat on her couch and stared off into space while every now and then sipping her hot chocolate.
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"Troy are you coming or not?" Sharpay asked, knocking on his door.
"I don't know." he called back.
She rolled her eyes and opened the door to reveal him laying on his bed while throwing his basketball in the air. "Troy, you told me that yesterday you'd talk to Gabriella and you either follow through or I'll be forced to take matter's into my own hands."
"She won't want to talk to me after the way I talked to her yesterday. Plus, what would I say to her?"
She sighed. "Say sorry and live ever after. Now let's go. I wanna go before my 2 'o clock jam on the radio starts." she urged, stomping her foot.
He sighed. "Fine."
She squealed. "Yay! But please put some jeans on. I nor does anybody else want to see what you wear in your private time." she smiled, walking out the door.
He rolled his eyes and threw on a pair of jeans with a red "Chick Magnet" shirt. He pretended to gag as he walked downstairs to see Sharpay and Zeke making out. "Get a room." he said, sliding his wallet into his back pocket.
They quickly broke apart. "Our bad." Zeke muttered.
"Where's my red flats?" Sharpay asked.
"And this is why a girl should't have 50 pairs of shoes." Troy said.
Sharpay glared at him. "Found them." she said slipping them on. "Now let's go."
Once the 3 were in the car, Sharpay immediately began singing to "Clumsy" by Fergie. Troy groaned and fell back into the backseat.
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"We go park?" Kayla asked while she layed in her mothers lap.
Gabriella looked into her big blue eyes and sighed. "I guess."
Kayla squealed and handed Gabriella her black converse.
Gabriella smiled and slipped the shoes on for her. "Go get a few things to play with while we're there."
Kayla ran to her room giggling.
Gabriella laughed softly and dialed Sharpay's number.
"Ms. Evans speaking." Sharpay answered.
"Hi, are you still coming?" Gabriella asked.
"Yep. I'm bringing along a couple of peeps if you don't mind." Sharpay giggled.
"Who?"
"Someone special." Sharpay laughed. "Ow." she said as Troy hit her lightly on the shoulder.
"Uh ok. We're going to the park if you wanna meet us there." Gabriella said while slipping her black flip-flops on.
"Oh, okies. Talk to ya soon."
"Bye."
"Sal and Molwey!" Kayla said holding her two dolls.
Gabriella lifted the little girl onto her hip. "Very cool." she smiled.
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"This is such a mistake. She's not gonna talk to me." Troy whined as they parked in the park's parking lot.
"She does. She feels horrible Troy. She just wants to explain everything to you." Sharpay said.
"Can I get a hot dog while we're here?" Zeke asked getting out of the car.
"Of course baby." Sharpay cooed.
Troy rolled his eyes and followed the two outside.
"Stand up straight Troy. You look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame." Sharpay laughed.
"Shut up. I don't know why I came. This is gonna be such a mistake. All we're gonna do is fight." He sighed.
Zeke put an arm around his shoulder and pointed to the play set.
Troy stared at a giggling Kayla as she ran around with other kids her age. The sun brought out her natural gold highlights as her brown hair bounced up and down and blue eyes twinkled. She looked like an angel.
"Is she really something to fight argue about?" Zeke asked.
Troy sighed and shook his head.
"Go talk to her." Troy yelped as Sharpay pushed him to a bench where Gabriella was sitting.
Gabriella felt her stomach drop as she saw a blushing Troy.
"Hi." he muttered.
"Hi." she said softly, turning away from him. All of the sudden her regret turned to anger toward him. "Is there something you need? Or did you come here just to start yelling at me again?" she asked.
He sighed and sat next to her. "I'm sorry." he said. "I was just frustrated about everything."
"So instead of letting me explain, you decide to go off on me? Wow." She saw that Sharpay was playing with Kayla while Zeke sat at a nearby bench eating a hot dog.
"Gabriella look, I said I'm sorry. Can we just talk about it?"
"Talk about what?"
"What kind of question is that? You know what."
She turned to him and sighed. "I explained or at least tried to explain everything to you last night. You heard what I had to say."
He shook his head. "I know why you didn't tell me, but what I don't understand is how you thought that'd help me."
"Troy, I was 17 when I found out I was pregnant. I was scared. And then the one time I tried telling you, you showed up with your scholarship. Like I've said I couldn't mess it up. You worked too hard for it." She quickly swallowed the lump in her throat.
"I was up all night thinking stuff over Gabriella. I..I wanna be a dad to Kayla. A good one. But how am I supposed to do that when I'm living in California?" he said softly.
Her anger changed back to happiness and sadness as she heard the words 'I wanna be a dad' come from his mouth. She smiled weakly. "You can start by just being a dad to her and not even thinking about the future. Like you've said, 'Here's to right now.'"
He laughed lightly and nodded. Soon, the two were caught in a silence. Neither could think of what to say. But as always Sharpay was the one to break the silence as she came toward the bench whining. "Oh shit. This is why nobody should wear their designer flats to a park. They're all muddy now." she cried, sitting in between the two.
"Did you fall into a puddle of something?" Troy asked.
"No, your guy's way to energetic daughter pushed me into a puddle while she thought it'd be funny to jump on my back and take me down." Sharpay said, groaning.
The two began to laugh hysterically.
"Haha, so funny I just contain myself." Sharpay said sarcastically. She gasped as she saw Kayla throwing sand onto Zeke's hot dog.
Troy and Gabriella were still too busy laughing so notice, until Sharpay hit them on the side of their heads. "She terrorizing Albuquerque City Park!"
Gabriella gasped and ran over to Kayla. She quickly lifted the toddler onto her hip and walked over to the bench. "You were not being very nice Kayla Isabelle." she scolded.
Zeke was behind the two weeping. "This hot dog cost me $4.50." he said simply.
"I'll buy you another one." Gabriella sighed.
"I go potty." Kayla said bouncing up and down.
"Troy, could you please take her to the restroom?" Gabriella asked.
Troy looked at her confused. "Err which one?" he asked.
"The girls." she laughed.
Kayla jumped on his back and giggled. "Potty."
He sighed and carried her to the ladies room.
"You guy's worked things out?" Sharpay asked.
Gabriella smiled and nodded. "I think we'll be ok."
Sharpay sighed in content. "My work is finally done...Wait no it's not. I still have to get you two together."
Gabriella glared at her.
"Ok, geez. I'm just joking." Sharpay said. She quickly turned to Zeke and mouthed 'no.'
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"Do I just wait outside?" Troy asked as they came across the ladies room.
Kayla shook her head and grabbed his hand leading him into the ladies room.
He quietly let out a 'yes' as no women were in there.
Kayla made his stand in front of her stall. "Stway there." she said, while walking into the stall.
Troy sighed as she reminded him of Gabriella. She had a little bossy in her. He groaned lightly as he stood there for what seemed forever. "Are you ok?" he asked.
"I go pee-pee!" she yelled.
"Kate, look there's a boy in here!" A teenage girl giggled, walking into the restrooms.
"Isn't he on that one team James is obsessed with?" Kate asked.
The other girl shrugged. "I don't know, but he's cute."
Troy rolled his eyes and knocked on Kayla's stall. "You almost done?" he asked.
"I go pee-pee!" she yelled once again.
"Sir, is there a reason that you're in the ladies restroom?" a worker asked.
"Um, I'm waiting for my daughter." he said. It sounded so weird to him to say my daughter.
"All done." Kayla said. "Wash hands." she held out her arms to Troy, meaning for him to lift her over to the sink.
He lifted her up and set her on his knee.
"Done Daddy." she said, reaching for the paper towels. She didn't even relize that she called him Daddy.
He looked at her and smiled. Maybe everything was gonna be ok.
A/N: I can't say that I'm a huge fan of this chapter, but it's ok I guess. I hope you all enjoyed it though. Please review!!! All your guy's reviews and alerts were very much appriceated from the last chapter. Btw did anyone see Vanessa Hudgens cover and stuff for Seventeen? Oh snap! I am soo getting it! Haha. Peace:)