I am extremely extremely sorry for having you to wait this long for a chapter! I had so many different ideas and finally went with this one. By the way, there's only going to be about 3 or 4 chapters left, do to school starting for me it 2 weeks! But enough with the chit chat, here's a new chapter! (Disclaimer: I do not own High School Musical or the song Thunder by Boys Like Girls)
The next day I woke up happy, but I felt kind of sick for some reason. I slowly got up from the bed and walked over to the bathroom. I opened the cabinet to grab some Tum's, but all of the sudden, I had to grab the toilet lid and throw up. Gross, I hate throwing up. After I was done...you know, emptying my stomach, my mouth felt gross, so I brushed my teeth and used some mouthwash. After that, I went downstairs and into the kitchen. I still kind of felt pukey, but I tried not to let it get to me.
"Hey Tay." I said as I sat down on one of the barstools while she was making breakfast.
"Hey Gabriel-" She turned around and looked at me.
"You sick?"
"Why?"
"You look like you just threw up your entire guts in the toilet, is all." Wow, she's good.
"Yeah, I still feel like shit too. Is Shar up?"
"Yep, she went out for a run though. She should be back in like thirty minutes."
"Oh. Okay." Taylor finished the toast and sat some of it by me with jelly and butter to go with it.
"So, yesterday was exciting wasn't it, Gabby?" She asked as I started eating my food. I looked up at Taylor and smiled.
"Yeah, it was. I mean, I totally wasn't expecting the kiss at all. So apparently, he's not mad at me anymore. Well, at least I hope so." Taylor came to sit down by me and she started eating her food.
"Geeze, Gabriella hungry?" She looked at my almost empty plate that didn't take long to finish off.
"Yeah, I feel pukey, but then again, I'm hungry. Maybe I'm just really hungry 'cuz I had nothing left in my stomach after throwing up earlier."
"Uh-huh. I'm sure that's what it is." Taylor said with a unfamiliar tone in her voice. I shook it off and continued to finish off the last of my plate.
"Anyway, back to the Troy stuff." I nodded my head.
"Yeah, back to that. It was just so...amazing. After he did that, I just wanted to pull him out of his car and just grab him and kiss him...a lot." We both giggled.
"Have you talked to him since then?"
"No, but I think I might call him and ask him if we could like hang out or something." Then I heard my ringtone on my cell go off.
"Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer, do you know you're unlike any other, you'll always be my thunder-" I answered it.
"Hey."
"Hey. What are you up to?" Acting as if nothing ever happened. I sighed.
"Oh nothing much. I just finished breakfast and I'm getting ready to go upstairs and change out of my pajamas. Why?" I mouthed "it's Troy" to Taylor and she nodded and smiled. I then headed upstairs and changed while I was on the phone with Troy. Hey, he doesn't know what I'm doing while on the phone with him, so it doesn't matter!
"I don't know. Just wondering if you wanted to hang out, grab a coffee or something. But if you don't want to-"
"I'd love to Troy." I cut him off mid-sentence. I heard him breathe a sigh of relief on the other end of the phone.
"Awesome. I'm sorry if me asking sounded kind of stupid.."
"It didn't Troy."
"Okay. Just making sure." He chuckled.
"So what time do you want me to pick you up?"
"Oh, you don't need to do that. How about I just meet you there?" Troy asked.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, why not?" He laughed.
"Okay, sure. We'll meet up at the Starbuck's on 5th street. Does that sound good?"
"That works for me! What time do you want me to meet you there?"
"Um..let's see here. It's eight twenty-six. So how about around nine thirty?"
"Sure, I'm already dressed so I won't take too much longer to get ready, and it only takes like ten minutes to get there, so this works!"
"Okay, that's good." There was a silence.
"I'm glad we'll get a chance to talk about everything, Troy."
"Me too. I'll let you go so you can get ready. God knows how long it takes you to get ready." He chuckled.
"Oh no. I think you're the one that's gonna take forever to get ready...geeze, diva." I emphasized the last part
"I am not! I will be there before you even show up!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah, you're probably right." I heard him chuckle on the other end.
"Bye Troy."
"Bye Ella." I clicked the phone and went to go get ready. I can't wait for this.
(Later- At Starbuck's Around 9:30)
(Troy's P.O.V.)
I stood at the table I had picked out for me and Gabriella outside of the Starbuck's and was anxiously, and nervously waiting for her to arrive. After everything that we've been through, I'm just so glad all of it's over and done with. I just am past all the secrets that had been kept from me and I've come to accept the fact that I'm Katie's father but it's still extremely shocking for me. I mean, what am I supposed to do from here? Go visit her, move in, get a house, what? I just wish someone would tell me what I should do and what's best for me. All of the sudden, I saw Gabriella's car pull up and park. She got out of her car with her sunglasses on and her purse on her shoulder. I took a deep breath as she walked over to the tables that were outside and spotted me.
"Hey you." She said as she surprisingly kissed me on the cheek before she went and sat down across from me. I then sat down in my own chair.
"Hey." For a few seconds we just sat there in silence and I watched her look around for something in her purse.
"So, wasn't there stuff you wanted to talk about, Ella?" I asked as she put her bag down and pushed her sunglasses to the top of her head.
"Yeah, I-" Just then, the waitress came up.
"So what would you two like today?" (I don't think they ever do this at Starbuck's with a waitress and all, but let's just pretend!) You two...Sounds very couple-ish...and I like it.
"Oh, I'll just have a French Vanilla Cappuchino." The waitress wrote it down and turned to me.
"Same for me, please." The waitress wrote my order down and told us she would be back with our orders in a bit.
"Okay, now we can talk." I nodded my head in agreement.
"So, what's on your mind?" I asked.
"Well, just a few things."
"Like?"
"I think we both know what we need to talk about Troy, and that is Katie. And with the whole situation of you being her...father."
"Yeah." I replied softly.
"I mean I know it's shocking and all but-"
"Its fine. I'll just need some time to warm up to the idea is all." She nodded her head.
"And don't worry Troy. I'm sure you'll make a great father." I sighed.
"I hope so." I looked down at the table and suddenly felt a warm grasp on my hands and looked back up to see Ella's hands holding mine.
"Troy-" She spoke in a soft voice.
"-You don't need to worry about this. I'll help you through it the best I can." I just nodded.
"Hold on, I need to use the bathroom, I'll be right back." I looked at her with a a confused look on my face as she ran off.
(Gabriella's P.O.V.)
What is wrong with me this morning? I don't know what I could have ate last night that could've made me sick this much. Wait, oh my God. No, no way that could be what's wrong with me. I can not be pregnant again. Oh God, but what if I am? Troy and I are just now getting back to good terms and I don't want us to be apart again. It would just hurt too much.
I walked back outside to our table and noticed that the waitress had brought us our cappuchinos.
"You okay?" Troy asked.
"Oh yeah, I'm fine."
"Well that's good." I nodded and took a sip of my cappuchino then sat it down.
"So, I've never really asked you this, but what did you do during the time I was gone, Troy?" He looked at me and sighed.
"Well, I went to UA and played basketball for them, of course. But I also studied psychology. Bet you didn't expect me to do that, huh?" I was amazed that he had done that, because I never expected him to be interested in psychology.
"Wow, Troy, I'm impressed." He nodded his head.
"What field?"
"Pediatric." I nodded in astonishment.
"But it's a backup plan in case the whole NBA thing doesn't happen, but everyone's saying it should."
"Troy, the NBA?"
"Yeah. There's several teams wanting me to come play for them, I just couldn't believe it."
"Do you know what teams?"
"Well, the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, Sacremento Kings, and Phoenix Suns."
"Wow, is there any your hoping to be drafted for?"
"I wouldn't mind Phoenix Suns. I've met some of their players and they seem like a pretty well rounded team, plus its the closest to Albuquerque. Or Denver, they're a pretty good team also."
"Wow. I'm happy for you Troy."
"Thanks. So what about you, what did you do?"
"Well, I studied Atmospheric Chemistry. It was slightly difficult to do it considering I had Katie to worry about all the time. But I did it!"
"I always knew you would study something all sciencey and whatnot." I giggled at his use of words.
"Well, I should probably go back home, Katie's gonna wake up and think 'where the hell is my mom?' " Troy chuckled.
"Okay, let me go pay and I'll be right back." I nodded my head as he went to go pay for our drinks. While he was gone, I was trying to figure one thing out, and that was if we were considered together again or something. I was confused on that aspect, so when he got back, I decided to ask him.
"So I guess I'll talk to you later, Ella."
"Okay." He turned around to leave.
"Troy, wait." He turned back around to face me.
"What?"
"So are we like...um, together again, or what?" He smiled.
"Do you want to be?" I bit my lip and smiled.
"Yeah, kinda."
"Kinda?" He laughed.
"Okay, a lot. Geeze, your making me sound desperate, Troy." He chuckled.
"So we're together now. Awesome." He said.
"And, that means I can kiss you goodbye, right?"
"I don't know..." I rolled my eyes at Troy. We both leaned towards each other and shared a sweet chaste kiss.
"I'll talk to you later, Troy."
"Bye, Ella."
"Aww that is so cute!" Sharpay said after I told her and Taylor about me and Troy's little outing together. I just smiled the whole time.
"Totally, so you guys are a couple now, am I right?" Taylor asked. I nodded.
"Just don't let anything come between you two again, because if something happens, it might be you two's last hurrah." Tayor stated.
"I know."
"I think you guys care about each other too much to let that happen though." Sharpay said.
"I think so." I said with a slightly worried tone.
"Something wrong, Gabriella?"
"I don't know. My throwing up after waking up this morning and while I was out got me thinking I couldn't just be sick." Sharpay and Taylor's eyes got huge as saucers at that.
"I knew it." Taylor stated.
"How?"
"After you came downstairs this morning after throwing up, you like wolfed down a lot of food, and you told me once that you ate a lot when you were pregnant with Katie."
"Oh my God, Gabriella." Was all that Sharpay could say. I put my head in my hands and sighed.
"What am I going to do?" I asked.
"Well, you should probably go to a doctor, to take a test to see if you really are pregnant. Even if all the signs are there, we still need to make sure." I nodded at Sharpay's statement.
"Do you want me to get you an appointment?" Sharpay asked.
"Yes, please." She walked out of the room and Taylor walked over to me and put a comforting arm on my shoulder.
"No matter if you are or not, we're here for you, Gabs." I just nodded and we sat there for a couple of minutes in silence as Sharpay called in an appointment.
"Okay, the lady at the doctor's office said someone just canceled their appointment at 11:45, so I told her that sounded good. And it's about 11 and it takes like 10 minutes to get there so, it works out fine."
"And don't worry, we're coming with you."
"Okay, but we'll have to drop off Katie at my mom's place on the way or something because I don't really want to have to take her along, because we'll have to explain everything, and that's not a good idea." They both nodded and went off to get ready while I got my mom on the phone and told her the situation.
"Wow, sweetie, well, I guess if you are pregnant or not, I'll be there for you. And I'll watch Katie while you three are gone."
"Thanks mom."
"No problem."
"Bye!" I hung up the phone and went to get Katie ready. All four of us soon left the house and dropped Katie off at my mom's house. We arrived at the doctor's office right on time and I was extremely nervous.
"It'll be okay Gabriella, I promise." Sharpay said as we sat in the doctor's office waiting for me to get called back.
"Gabriella Montez?" A nurse asked as she walked in the waiting room. I raised my hand.
"That's me."
"Okay, how about you come back with me." I nodded and looked at Sharpay and Taylor and they just smiled. I walked back with the nurse. Here we go.
Personally, this wasn't a favorite chapter of mine, but I like the next chapter! I really hope that I didnt' lose all my readers, and if I did, I'm sorry! Please, Please review, I would absolutely love it! Even if you didn't like it! It would be awesome if I could get at least 100 reviews in total for the whole story!! Again, please review!! LYA, Deidra:-)
