Chap 10
Troy was avoiding Gabriella all morning, when she walked out of her 3rd period class he wasn't there waiting for her. She thought he would have started thinking clearly by now but he wasn't. Instead of eating she went and his in her homeroom class and did some homework.
"May I ask why your in here Ms. Montez, instead of spending time with your friends," Ms. Darbus asked.
"I didn't feel like eating…I'm kinda hiding from someone."
"This doesn't happen to be Mr. Bolton you're hiding from, does it," she asked.
"Yeah, we're kinda in a silent fight."
"What for?""O nothing, he just is being stubborn and he doesn't listen to me, I tried to tell him that I love him and David different but he didn't listen," Gabriella said rambling on. Ms. Darbus had no idea what Gabriella was saying.
"Aw well I think you guys are too old to be acting like little children. First of all, you shouldn't be hiding from him you need to go find him and work things out."
Gabriella really wanted Troy to come find her and she wanted him to apologize for what he said. I guess they both were being stubborn. She got up from her seat and walked out of the classroom to go find him. The rooftop was the first place she looked and sure enough he was there.
"I thought you'd be up here," Gabriella said making Troy jump. He didn't say anything he just sat there.
"So I guess your still mad at me," she said. He was still silent.
"Why aren't you talking to me?"
She walked over to him and sat down on the bench next to him. They sat in silence for a while longer.
"Why aren't you with him," he finally said.
"Who, David?""Yea."
"We both realized that we weren't right together, we always know it; I never felt the same way with him as I do with you," she said.
"Then why is he still around?""He's Lissy's father, he's always going to be around," she answered.
"But that's in Lissy's life not yours."
"Lissy's life is my life…..What's really up with you cause I know it has nothing to do with David," she asked.
He didn't say anything, he just stared at his feet; Gabriella rolled her eyes at him.
"Fine….I'll see you tonight maybe by then you'll actually make some sense," She said then walked away.
While she was at her locker Chad came up to Gabriella. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and said, "Hey Gabby, how's the new mommy?""I'm fine,: she said shaking his arm off her shoulder and closed her locker.
"You don't look fine."
"Will you do me a favor," she asked.
"Yea sure anything."
"Will you go talk to Troy, see what's up with him because he wont talk to me," she said.
"Yea, no problem; Is he on the roof?""Yea."
He gave her a quick hug then ran off towards the stairs.
Gabriella had a feeling that Chad could figure out what is really wrong with Troy. She went to the bathroom for the 20th time already and then decided to go to her 4th period class early.
After the bell rung signaling the end of the school day, Gabriella just started walking home, not even caring if Troy was waiting for her. While she was walking he called her two time, then he found her.
"What are you doing," he asked following next to her.
"Walking.""Why didn't you come find me, I'm your ride?""Because I didn't want to," she said.
"Come on get in."
"No thanks."
"I'm not letting my pregnant girlfriend walk home," he said.
"Shh! Don't say it so loud."
"Please Gabriella get in the car," he said.
She took a deep breath, "Fine." The while way there it was quiet all you can hear is the rumbling engine of Troy's truck. Gabriella was so fed up with his attitude so she thought she should give him a taste of his own medicine. Right before she got out of the truck Troy said, "You were right?""About what?""What I'm mad at," he said playing with his thumbs, "I was never mad at you or David. It's just my dad he's blowing everything out of proportion, the only reason I'm still living is because I can dunk a basketball. He's threatening taking away college money, he told me that I needed to leave you to tell you that I didn't want to be apart of the baby's life…He wants me to continue on like nothing has ever happened."
She gave him a hug.
"Tonight he's gonna try to convince you and your mom to get rid of it so that we can just go back to normal."
"Is that what you want," she asked.
"I don't know, maybe…I mean it would make our lives easier, we both can go for our dreams." Gabriella knew it would be easier but she would never do it, she would never get an abortion or give up her baby especially since she did give Lissy away to strangers. She wanted Troy to do whatever he thought was the best thing for him. She doesn't want to make him stay if he didn't want to. She had to admit that she was a little mad about him wanting to get rid of the baby, she thought he was fine with the whole thing.
