Chapter 11

Gabi looked up and saw...

Everyone!

Jason, Kelsie, Hannah, Chad, Zeke, and Taylor.

"I came back!" Taylor said hugging Gabi. "Sorry, but I kinda slipped to everyone."

Kelsie was holding a little boy in his hand. "This is Teddy. His real name Theodore, but we call him Teddy or Ted."

"Hey, Ted," Gabi cooed. Chad and Zeke engulfed Gabi in a huge bear hug.

"We missed you," Zeke said. Chad nodded, ticking Gabi with his curly hair.

"Guys...c-can't...breathe." Gabi managed to say.

"Oh, sorry," Chad said, letting go. Zeke dug through his bag and handed Gabi a plastic bag full of chocolate chip cookies. "I'm glad I finished baking them this morning. I was taking out my last batch when Taylor called me."

"Hey, Izzy!" a black boy called out. Isabella looked up at him and said, "Hey, Jay!"

"My parents came to see your mom," Jay explained. "So I decided to come to."

They ran up to Izzy's room.

Trevor stood up from the sofa to go to his room. When he stood up, everyone but Taylor and Gabi gasped.

"Is this Trevor?" Hannah said. She hugged him against her pink leather jacket.

Trevor looked at his mom. "Mom, can I go to my room?"

Gabi nodded, not bothering to correct him. Trevor walked up the stairs.

Hannah patted Gabi's arms. "We're so sorry ypou have to suffer like this, Gabi. Did you tell them everything?"

Gabi nodded. "I'm actually surprised I remember everything."

Chad, Jason, and Zeke looked at each other. They were all thinking the same thing.

Troy remembered everything, too.

"Well, um, do you mind if we go play basketball?" Chad asked.

Gabi shook her head. "Go ahead. The basketball court is in the backyard."

Chad nodded and said, "Come on." The boys ran towards the back yard door with Jason taking a basketball out of his backpack.

The girls sat down on the couch.

"We've missed you," Kelsie said. "Zeke said he missed his food tester."

Taylor smiled. "Gloria and Ryan told us to say hi. They couldn't come because they had to attend an important meeting of something."

Gabi smiled. "How are you guys doing? Anything new happened?"

Kelsie nodded. "Oh, tons! Hannah got a recording contract..."

"Wow, congratulations!" Gabi exclaimed.

"I'm a piano teacher," Kelsie continued. "And Chad, Jason, and Zeke are all on the LA Lakers with..."

She stopped. But Gabi didn't need to ask why.

She knew what Kelsie was going to say.

"With Troy," Gabi whispred.

Kelsie sullenly nodded.

"Well, he got his dream," Gabi said. "What else is new?"

Hannah cleared her throat. "Well, um, with Sharpay and Troy, see the thing is..."

"Oh, we might as well tell her!" Kelsie shouted. "Troy and Sharpay are married and they have a son named Ron!"

Everyone stared at Kelsie. Then they looked at Gabi to see her reaction.

At first her face was blank. Then she looked at Hannah, Kelsie, and Taylor.

Suddenly she burst into tears, wailing, "I knew this was gonna happen!"

Hannah and Kelsie patted her back. Taylor hugged her.

Then suddenly someone walked in, saying, "That's right, Montez. Troy and I are married."

It was Sharpay.