Spring break was the nest day. Gabriella was four months pregnant and the eight friends were planning on what to do on spring break. They were all in Gabriella's room that day after school. Nobody had any good ideas. Finally, it was Chad who came up with a good one.
"Let's take a road trip!" Chad exclaimed.
"That's actually a good idea, Chad!" Sharpay said. "I didn't know you had it in you."
"We can't go on a road trip," Troy said. "Gabriella's pregnant in case you forgot!"
"Troy, I'm just pregnant," Gabriella snapped. "I can go on a road trip if I want."
"But, Ella," Troy began.
"And, you aren't going to stop me!" Gabriella screamed.
Troy raised his eyebrows as Gabriella jumped up from the bed and ran into the bathroom.
"Don't follow me into the bathroom, Bolton!" she yelled before slamming the door shut.
"Um…what just happened?" Troy asked his friends who all looked as confused as he was.
"What's going on?" Maria asked entering the room. "I heard Gabriella yelling."
"I just said that we couldn't go on a road trip because she was pregnant," Troy said. "And, she yelled that I wasn't going to stop her from going on a road trip and then went into the bathroom."
Maria chuckled. "It's one of her mood swings," she told him. "Just go and comfort her and she'll be alright."
"Okay," Troy said, getting up from the bed.
"And, Troy," Maria said. "It's alright for her to go on a road trip if you are going, too. I trust you to look after her."
"Thanks," Troy smiled and Maria left.
Troy opened the bathroom door and walked in. he shut the door behind him. Gabriella was sitting on the edge of the bathtub.
"I told you not to come in here," she said.
"Ella, I'm sorry," Troy said.
"Troy, you can't do that!" she exclaimed walking over to him and hitting his chest. "You can't stop me from doing all the things I want to do just because I'm pregnant."
All the time she was saying this, she was hitting his chest with her fists. Troy wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. Gabriella gave into the hug as a few tears rolled down her cheek.
"I want to go, Troy," Gabriella said.
"I know, Ella," Troy said looking down at her. He wiped away her tears. "Don't cry, okay? I just have to get permission from my dad to go and if he says yes, we'll go. Your mom said that you can go if I'm going with you."
"So, ask your dad," Gabriella said, impatiently.
Troy chuckled at Gabriella's impatient face as he reached for his cell phone. Jack gave him permission to go and Troy watched as Gabriella's face lit up when he told her.
Back in the room…
"I bet you ten bucks that Gabriella will be smiling when she comes out of that bathroom," Chad told Taylor. "They will come out together and Troy's hands will be on Gabriella's waist or stomach."
"I bet you twenty bucks that she would be upset," Taylor said. "And, she'd be alone and Troy wouldn't be allowed to touch her. She was way too upset when she went into the bathroom."
"You guys are betting on our friends!" Sharpay said. "You ought to be ashamed."
"It's fun, Shar," Taylor said. "You should try it sometime."
At that moment, Gabriella and Troy walked out of the bathroom. Both of them were smiling and both of Troy's hands were on Gabriella's waist as he stood behind her.
"You owe me twenty," Chad smirked at Taylor. "They're both happy."
"You were betting on us?" Gabriella asked leaning against Troy's chest as Chad plucked a twenty dollar bill from Taylor's hands.
"Yup," Chad grinned. "I'm making money."
"Money which you will probably spend on Taylor," Troy smirked.
"True," Chad shrugged. "But, this is still an easy way of making money."
Everyone laughed. Troy sat down on the bed. Gabriella pushed his legs apart and sat down in between his legs, leaning against his chest. Troy slowly traced circles on her stomach.
"So, what are the plans for the road trip?" Gabriella asked.
"Let's go to California," Kelsi suggested. "I heard that there's a singing contest there. Shar and Ryan can participate."
"That's a great idea," Sharpay said.
"I can write a new song for you guys," Kelsi offered.
"Thanks, Kels," Ryan said. "But, we'll only go to California if everyone hear agrees."
"Anyone got any other ideas on where to go?" Taylor asked.
"Don't your grandparents live in California, Troy?" Chad asked.
"Yeah," Troy said. "I want Ella to meet them so I'm okay with California."
"Hey!" Zeke exclaimed. "I just remembered. There's a baking contest in California over Spring Break. I can enter if we go there."
"That leaves Gabi, Tay and Chad," Sharpay said. "Where do you guys want to go?"
"California's fine with me," Gabriella shrugged. "I want to meet Troy's grandparents."
"Any place is fine with me," Chad said.
"Great!" Taylor exclaimed. "We're going to California for Spring Break."
"There's one problem guys," Ryan said. "We still have to get permission from our parents."
"They'll send us," Troy said, brightly. "Ella and I can go. My dad gave us permission."
"How about you call your parents and ask them, now?" Gabriella said. "We still have a lot of things to discuss."
Everyone got permission to go one the road trip. Their parents trusted them.
"First things first," Gabriella said. "How many cars do we take?"
"How about two?" Sharpay suggested. "We can take mine."
"How about yours, Troy?" Chad asked. "It's pretty big. We can put our bags in it easily."
"There's a problem with the engine," Troy replied. "I've taken it to a garage to repair. It's not going to be done for another week and Spring Break is starting tomorrow."
"We can take mine," Gabriella offered. "Troy, you can drive it. I don't really feel like driving lately."
"Sure," Troy shrugged.
"Okay," Gabriella said. "That's done, then."
"We need places to stay," Gabriella said. "It'll take around two days to go there." (A/N I don't know if any of this about the distance and locations and everything is true or not, so just go along with it)
"We can camp out," Troy said. "It'll save us money."
"Camp out?" Sharpay asked. "No way!"
"Come on, Shar," Taylor said. "It'll be fun."
"Yeah," Ryan said. "Lighten up, sis."
"Think of all the things we can do while camping," Chad said. "S'mores."
"But, there're animals and other things," Sharpay shuddered.
"I'll protect you from everything," Zeke said kissing her cheek.
"Fine," Sharpay sighed. "We'll camp out."
"What else, Gabs?" Kelsi asked. "You're the most organized one here."
"That's not true," Gabriella said. "Taylor's way more organized."
"Never mind that, then," Kelsi said. "What's next?"
Gabriella laughed. "We don't need any food or anything," she said. "Just some bottles of water would do. We can buy anything we need on the way. But, we will all need to take a certain amount of cash each."
"How about one of us take the cash?" Taylor said. "And after the trip is over, we can divide all that we have spent and then we can all give the cash to that person."
"That'd be better," Gabriella agreed. "Who'll handle the cash?"
"You're better at Math," Taylor told Gabriella.
"Okay," Gabriella said. "I'll do it. I did save up a lot of money when I got a part time job when I first moved here and my pocket money isn't bad. Having a designer mom has got its advantages."
Everyone laughed.
"Shar," Troy said. "Make sure the gas tank is full and that there aren't any problems in the car, alright?"
"Why aren't you telling Gabi to make sure her car's aright?" Chad asked.
"Because, I'm not going to let her do that," Troy said. "I'll be doing that. And, Ryan, I think you should check Sharpay's car – just to be on the safe side."
"Very funny, Bolton," Sharpay smirked.
"Where shall we meet?" Gabriella asked.
"How about here?" Troy asked. "We need to start as early as possible, so that we can get there, quickly."
"Let's meet here at half past five," Taylor suggested.
"In the morning?" Sharpay shrieked.
"Shar, this is a road trip," Taylor said. "You will have to put up with certain things."
"I have to agree with Shar this time, Tay," Kelsi said. "Half past five is too early. It would still be dark out."
"We can make it half past six," Gabriella said.
Everyone agreed.
"Ella," Troy said as he checked the brakes in her car. "Are you sure you want to go?"
"What are you talking about, Troy?" Gabriella asked, puzzled.
"People will see us," Troy said. "And you don't want to be seen together."
"Most people are on vacation," Gabriella pointed out. "Besides, I don't care if people finds out about us. At least, I think I don't."
"Huh?" Troy looked confused this time.
"I mean, even if people know that I'm dating you, I still want to go on this trip," she explained. "But, it's better if they don't know."
"Oh, okay," Troy said, wiping his hands on a cloth. "I'll go home, now, okay?"
It was late that day. The sun had already set. Everyone had gone home earlier, but, Troy had stuck around to hang out with Gabriella and checked whether everything was in order with her car.
"Okay," Gabriella said. "I'll see you tomorrow morning."
Troy spotted Maria watching them from the kitchen window.
"Night," he said kissing her cheek.
"Troy," Gabriella said as he turned to walk away. "Are you mad at me?"
"Why would you think that?" Troy asked.
"You didn't really kiss me goodnight," she said.
"Your mom's watching," he said, chuckling.
"Oh, I wouldn't mind," she smiled.
"Okay, then," he grinned and kissed her gently on the lips. "Night."
"Goodnight, Troy," Gabriella giggled before turning to go back into the house.
A/N hope you like it =)
