First off, so sorry for the long wait. I am really having trouble with writer's block. I don't know why. But, I'll try hard. I really need suggestions. Which brings me to my next point. I want to give a big thank you to MarvelousMariaah for giving me this idea. This chapter is dedicated to you! Also, the name of the doctor was suggested by my friend Elizabeth when I was telling her about what I was going to do for the musical this year. A thank you goes to her as well. Enjoy the chapter everyone!
I only own the characters I made up.
Last Time, I Swear
Sharpay sat on the bench just outside the main bathroom in her house. With her were Gabriella, Kelsi, and Taylor.
Sharpay threw her hands up in the air. "Why is this taking so long!?" She looked down at the object in her hands and sighed. Years ago, she had said she was done having kids. But then, six years ago, Julian was born. She figured she would never get pregnant after that. And even after all of Zeke's protests, she decided not to get her tubes tied.
Gabriella randomly started to laugh. At first it was a quiet laugh, but then the loudness grew and grew. "What's so funny, Bolton?" Sharpay demanded. Gabriella shook her head and held up a finger, trying to sooth her laughter.
"It's just," Gabriella giggled, "so funny, you know?" She took a moment to look around at the other women. "Sharpay said that four was enough for her. Now she's on the way to having six, just like me."
Seeing the humor in the situation, everyone but Sharpay joined in the laughter. Sharpay looked around her with an annoyed expression on her face. "I don't see any humor in this," she scowled. The girls quickly became quiet. "I already have a fifteen-year-old, two twelve-year-olds, an eight-year-old, and a six-year-old! I don't think I'd be able to handle another kid, much less myself!"
"Shar, chillax," Gabriella chuckled, spreading her hands out as she said this, "Having six kids isn't as bad as it sounds." Sharpay gave her a knowing look. Gabriella put her hands up in surrender. "Okay, okay. So it's hard sometimes. But give me a break, my kids' ages range from 2 to 8. At least you would have a fifteen-year-old to help baby-sit."
Before Sharpay could carry the conversation any farther, Kelsi spoke up. "Shar!" Sharpay snapped her head up and over to her sister-in-law. "It's been more than enough waiting time, so check the test."
Sharpay nodded and lifted the pregnancy test so she could see it. On the screen, there was a small minus sign. "I'm not pregnant." From the way Sharpay said it, she sounded disappointed.
Taylor patted her friend's shoulder. "Don't get so down yet; there are still three more to check."
Sharpay nodded and picked each one up to check the results. She let out a long sigh afterwards and told them, "There are two positive and another negative! Now what do I do? I'm all out of the tests!" To make her frustration known, she let out a frustrated groan.
"Then I think it's time to visit your old friend, am I right girls?" Taylor asked.
Sharpay stood from her seat and started for the stairs. "I'll go get my bag," she muttered. Kelsi stood next and retrieved the cordless phone. "And I'll call Doctor Wrangler." The two remaining women nodded and moved to the dining room table as Kelsi waited for someone to pick up.
"Hello? Can I help you?" A polite voice answered. Kelsi cleared her throat and joined Taylor and Gabriella. "Yes, this is Kelsi Evans; I'm calling for Doctor Wrangler." The voice on the other line replied, "Of course, I'll put him on right away." Kelsi listened as the secretary put the phone on hold and waited patiently for the doctor to answer.
Meanwhile, a small cry of "Momma" filled the house. Gabriella pushed her chair away from the table and turned to Taylor. "I'll be right back." Taylor laughed and said, "Skye sure is a Mommy's boy." Gabriella giggled and agreed, making her way towards the playroom.
Peeking into the room before she walked in, Gabriella spotted her little boy crying in despair. Checking to see what the source of the boy's sadness was, the mother saw her daughter, Logan, dressing her little brother up in the supply of dress-up clothes that were stored in the room.
"Logan!" Gabriella stated sternly. The four-year-old girl looked up at her mother like a deer caught in headlights. "Yes, Mommy?" she asked innocently. Gabriella wandered over to her two youngest and squatted down to their level. She started removing the fairy princess costume from her son as she said, "Logan, what have I told you about dressing Skyler up? I don't like it and neither does he."
"But the other day I did it and…and Daddy said it was cute. He said he yiked it." Gabriella squeezed her eyes shut and ran a hand down her face. "I'm sure he said he liked it, sweetie, but your daddy isn't very smart sometimes." Logan nodded in understanding and hugged her mother. "I wuv you, Momma." Gabriella silently laughed a little bit and replied, "I love you, too, Log." It was the way Logan pronounced the little words like (yike) and love (wuv) that always put a smile on her face.
As this was going on, Kelsi heard the phone being picked up. "Kelsi!" she heard Doctor Wrangler shout with glee, "how good to hear from you again! My, has it been a while." Kelsi giggled. "It's good to talk to you too, Doctor."
"Yes, of course, of course…" he trailed off slightly before getting back to the conversation, "And what have I told you? Call me Mike." Kelsi nodded and said "ok" when she remembered he couldn't see her. "So how are the twins and Elliot?" Mike asked.
Kelsi smiled. He always liked to know how all the kids were doing. It was odd for the closeness of the families and Mike, but because of all of the visits, he became a family friend. "They're doing great. Brianna decided last year that she would like to go by her middle name, Jaiden, because everyone was always mixing her and Brian up. Those two aren't as close as they were before, but still very close. But, hey, preteens are preteens, right?"
Mike laughed. "Ah, yes. Pretty soon, you and Ryan will be experiencing the joys of raising twin teenagers. But you have it easier than most because of Ryan being a twin."
Hearing this and seeing Sharpay strutting down the stairway, Kelsi decided to get to the point. "Um, Mike? Speaking of twins, Sharpay is the reason I called." Mike agreed and cleared his throat, getting into his business voice. "What's the problem?" he asked. "She thinks she might be pregnant again. She's taken four tests and half of them are negative, half are positive."
Doctor Mike Wrangler gave a deep sigh and said, "Well, I have an opening in half an hour so bring her down and we'll take a look-see." Kelsi agreed and before Mike hung up, he said, "I knew she should've listened to Zeke's advice." Kelsi laughed and pressed the end button.
As Kelsi set the phone back on the home station, Gabriella came into the kitchen carrying Skyler. Walking next to Gabriella, with a firm grip on her mother's shirt, was Logan. Sharpay smiled and rushed over to pick up Logan, who giggled happily. "How are you, precious?" Logan gave her Aunt Sharpay her dazzling smile and answered, "I'm very good." The four adults laughed at Logan's response.
Sharpay stroked Logan's beautiful blond hair. "How is it that Logan has blond hair, but the rest of your family has brown hair?" Gabriella shrugged and the group started out the front door towards the van. As Gabriella strapped Skyler into his car seat, she finally responded to Sharpay's question.
"I'm not positive on why she has blond hair, but we think it might be a genetic thing. I mean, my dad had blond hair. And Troy had blond hair when he was younger. It's weird though."
Taylor's eyes widened as an idea came across her. She turned from her spot in the passenger's seat and looked back at Gabriella and Sharpay, who were sitting in the middle section. "Gabi, did you sleep with someone else-"
Gabriella didn't even let Taylor finish the thought before her face was painted with disgust and she shouted in a whisper, as to not let her kids hear, "Oh, God no!" Then, she brought her voice back to her regular volume level. "Logan is definitely mine and Troy's baby girl."
The drive to the hospital didn't take long and they were there within ten minutes. "Kels, you take Sharpay to the front desk to sign in, and Gabs and I will take the kids to the cafeteria to grab a snack," Taylor directed. She checked her watch and added, "Maybe we'll have lunch; it's past one in the afternoon."
Everyone nodded and separated. When Taylor and Gabriella reached the cafeteria, Gabriella's phone rang. Checking the Caller ID with her free hand, she saw Troy was calling. "It's my worry-wart husband calling." Gabriella laughed with Taylor. "I'm going to have a little fun," the brunette said. Taylor just shook her head and took Skyler off of her.
Gabriella went to the nearest man while the phone was still ringing and kindly asked him to answer the phone briefly. The man agreed good-naturedly and grasped the tiny cell phone in his big hand. Clearing his throat, he pressed the little green button and spoke, "Hello, this is Robert speaking." Soon after the greeting, Robert kindly handed the phone back to Gabriella.
Putting the cell phone up to her ear, she wandered back to her friend and children while listening to Troy babble, clearly confused. "Wait, I could've sworn I dialed my wife's number. I am so sorry sir for-"
"For dialing the right number?" Gabriella finished for him. "What?" Troy replied. Gabriella giggled and answered, "That was just a little joke, honey. So what did you call for?" She followed Taylor and the two youngsters to the line and mentally decided what she wanted to eat.
"We just got back to Baylor's place after dropping the kids off to school, and nobody's here! And Presley wants her mom. Where did you disappear to?" I rolled my eyes at his panicking and sarcastically remarked, "We ran off to Vegas and I married some bar tender. Logan was the flower girl and Skyler was our ring bearer. Do you want pictures?"
From the sigh that escaped her husband's lips, Gabriella could almost see the look on his face that read 'this isn't funny so tell me the truth'. "Alright, alright. We're at the hospital. Does that make you feel any better?"
"How would that make me feel any better?" Troy's panic-stricken voice reappeared, "What happened to you? What happened to my babies?"
"Oh, nothing," Gabriella smirked, "Skyler just fell off the roof. I swear that's all." Even a pig would be able to sense the sarcasm in her voice. "We're all fine, babe," she continued before Troy could blow up again, "Sharpay had a little situation that needed to be confirmed."
"You mean they finally realized all those sparkles went to her head and she's been deranged for years?" the blue-eyed man laughed at his own joke.
"No…" She paused. "Shar thinks-" Gabriella was cut off when Taylor told her she was almost up to order. Gabriella told Taylor about Presley before returning to Troy. "Troy, I'll tell you later, I have to go. And Taylor said to tell Chad to drop Pres off on his way to get some basketball shoes for Blake. Now."
"Fine, fine. Tell my babies I said hi." Gabriella ended the call after agreeing to her husband's wishes.
"What can I get for you?" asked an older lady as Gabriella appeared at the front of the line. Taylor had already ordered for her and Logan so Gabriella needed to order for herself and Skyler.
"Um, I'll have a cheeseburger, fries, and some zucchini instead of pickles please." The lady served her the meal and Gabriella continued, "And he'll have a grilled cheese and fries. Thanks." Skyler's meal was placed on Gabriella's tray and they continued down the line to get drinks. After getting milk for Skyler and a diet coke for herself, Gabriella wandered over to where Taylor and Logan were sitting.
"Logan, Skye, Daddy says hi," the mother told her kids, watching smiles appear on their little faces.
"So, after we finish eating, I say we go out to the waiting room where Kels said she would be with Presley," Taylor suggested. "I called her after Chad said he was on his way," she added.
"Agreed," Gabriella replied, cutting Skyler's crusts off.
"Log, slow down!" Gabriella ordered. Logan was running into the waiting room where Kelsi was sitting with Presley Danforth. Eventually, Gabriella, Taylor, and Skyler arrived to the seats.
"How long will it be until we can find out the results?" Taylor asked, settling down into the chair next to Kelsi.
"Well, Sharpay's taking the tests right now and they said either they would call her at home or they would tell us sometime after she was done," Kelsi answered.
Presley waltzed over to her mother at that moment and tugged on her pants. "Mommy?" Taylor moved her eyes from Kelsi to her daughter. "What is it, sweetie pie?"
"I'm hungry, Momma," the little girl announced. Taylor stood up, taking her four-year-old into her arms, and said, "Okay, sweetie. Do you want lunch or a snack?"
"A just wanna snack, Momma." With that, Taylor walked off towards the nearest vending machine.
"Where's she off to?" Everyone brought their gaze towards the double doors to find Sharpay standing there. "Vending machine," Kelsi answered. "Presley was dropped of by Chad and she's hungry," she added before Sharpay could ask. The blond just nodded and began making her way to the others.
"Aunt Sharpay!" Logan squealed, rushing toward her. Sharpay laughed and scooped the energetic four-year-old into her arms. "I missed you," Logan continued.
"I missed you, too, sweets." Sharpay sat down with the young girl nestled in her arms and turned towards her friends.
"The bond you share with my daughter really means a lot to Troy and I. She needs a good role model like you." Sharpay smiled at Gabriella's words and thanked her. The conversation sprouted out to how the kids were doing in school and the crushes some of the kids had.
"So Shar," Taylor's voice rang out as she walked back with Presley a few minutes later, "when do we find-"
"Sharpay Evans?" a nurse interrupted, "Doctor Wrangler has the results if you and your friends would like to know."
"Out," Taylor finished, although it was unnecessary.
The nurse led them to a back room and told them the doctor would be there soon. Moments later, they were joined by Doctor Wrangler. "Hello ladies," he greeted, "Hello to you too Logan and Skyler. My have you grown," he noted. Gabriella's face filled with pride.
"So, Mike," Kelsi caught his attention, "what are the results?" Everyone eagerly awaited the answer as Mike looked down at the clipboard in his hands.
"Well, Sharpay." The woman looked at him when he said her name. "I believe congratulations are in order. You are most definitely pregnant."
Sharpay smiled and squealed. "What do you have to say Shar?" Taylor asked.
"This is the last time, I swear."
So Sharpay is pregnant again. How about that? I already have a gender in mind, but it could always be changed so don't be scared to give ideas!! A chapter suggestion would also be nice. I enjoy all the reviews you give me and I really appreciate them.
I have also put some stories on Hiatus so if you'd like an update for either Why I Choose to Live, Silly Little Thing Called Love, or Our Special Little Game, I need IDEAS. Please help! Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!!