To Help a Friend

A/N: I decided since I finished this chapter during my lunch break I would update now. You will all be glad to know, Troy is back this chapter so enjoy. Let's just say I don't think you will be expecting this. Please read and review! Thanks!

Disclaimer: Do you think Disney would give me them if I begged for them? No so there is your answer


Chapter 12 – Not so good news

Today was the day Troy would be getting home and Gabriella couldn't wait. She had spoken to Troy the past few days and had been careful not to let on that something was up knowing how easy Troy could read her even over the phone. Each day that had gone by had made Gabriella even more excited to tell Troy the good news after she had finally convinced herself that he would be happy even though they weren't even trying anymore and hadn't been for the past three months.

Gabriella sprang up off the sofa hearing the doorbell ring at ten am that morning expecting it to be Troy. When she got there, her smile faltered a little seeing it was just Taylor and Sharpay.

"Hey, come in." The two girls smiled as they walked in past Gabriella and through to the living room. "What are you two doing here? I thought you would have wanted to be home for when your husband's arrived home." Sharpay shrugged.

"We decided that they had deserted us for two weeks so we would desert them for a few hours to make them start appreciating us normally being there." Gabriella laughed at her two friends. Both Sharpay and Taylor had always complained of feeling used by Zeke and Chad and always made it clear to Gabriella to appreciate Troy and his ways because their partners would return home and then decide they would be too tired to do anything and go straight to bed unlike Troy who actually normally waited for Gabriella to get home since most of the time she was already at home and would make sure that they did something just the two of them to make up, even if it was just a few days, for their time apart.

"You two are awful." Gabriella laughed along with them knowing that they had set their guys up good and proper.

"Thank you very much. We're proud of being awful." Gabriella shook her head at the two.

"Oh and to make it worse for them, Chad has to babysit Ben for a few hours, as too will Zeke but he has to pick Lily-Rose up from Sharpay's parents and should be getting a phone call soon when they can be sure he will be home and Chad will be getting a visit from my cousin, who was having Ben for a few hours today to get used to being around a child what with her being pregnant." Gabriella laughed. This was why they were her best girlfriends; they could be just as evil as her.

"So moving on from our husband's, how are things going with you and Troy?" Sharpay asked.

"How do you mean?" Gabriella said playing dumb.

"Has this stupid friendship of yours advanced to the level yet it should be at?" Gabriella and Taylor rolled their eyes at Sharpay's answer.

"Promise not to tell." The two nodded. "You can't even tell the guys yet because Troy doesn't even know this yet, only Lucille. For the past six months roughly, Troy and I have been trying for a baby." Sharpay and Taylor's jaws dropped. "I stopped it around three months ago because I wasn't sure it was the right thing to be doing anymore and Troy has been so supportive through everything, as too has Lucille. The other day, I finally went to the doctors because I realized I was late and they confirmed that I was now indeed pregnant and around three months gone." Taylor and Sharpay sat there in shock. "I'm planning on telling Troy tonight or whenever he gets home and we are alone." Gabriella finished.

"Wow. Just wow." Taylor said at a loss for words.

"I can't believe you never told us sooner!" Sharpay exclaimed as Gabriella looked at her.

"Sorry. I just didn't want people to interfere because it was already complicated enough that we had suddenly gone from being best friends to like friends with benefits because we were both ready for a baby but were still single. Please don't be mad at me." Taylor and Sharpay knew Gabriella was worried about having hurt their feelings and got up to hug her to let her know they weren't mad.

"You really think we are mad. Gabi you're our best friend and you are going to be a mom to the cutest child ever. All you have to do is look at its parents to know that already. You do know this means more shopping though." Gabriella nodded and laughed tearfully as she hugged her best friends happy to know she had their support.

"Do you know how you are going to tell Troy yet?" Taylor asked.

"I'm just going to tell him. I tried to come up with something with Lucille after she told me how she told Jack about Troy but I couldn't think of anything. Plus Troy can be a bit slow sometimes so I'll probably just tell him once I see him." Gabriella answered still trying to picture Troy's reaction.

"Well we better go then because he should be home any minute now and we don't want to make you wait any longer. Good luck Gabs and congratulations." Sharpay and Taylor hugged her one last time before Gabriella let them out and went back to waiting for Troy who was already running late.

Gabriella was getting worried, it was now ten past midnight and Troy wasn't home. He should have been home at ten am and Gabriella hadn't heard one thing from him to tell her that he would have been running late. He hadn't even been home before if he had gone somewhere which is what he normally does. She had called both Taylor and Sharpay and they told her Chad and Zeke got home around ten past ten that morning and had been in all say after the trick the two played in making them babysit. Both Chad and Zeke had said that Troy told them he would just be going home after they landed. Being worried that no one had heard from him, Gabriella couldn't help but fear that something bad must've happened and all she could do was wait knowing she wouldn't have any idea where he would be.

Around two am, Gabriella gave up and decided that if Troy wasn't back in the morning and she couldn't get hold of him then she would go looking for him and if she still couldn't find him, she was calling the police. Gabriella had just turned the lights all off when she heard the door downstairs open. Jumping out of her bed, she dashed downstairs once she saw Troy at the bottom of the stairs.

"Hey!" Gabriella squealed in delight seeing him. Then she smacked him. "That's for not calling."

"Hey, sorry I'm late and haven't called. I went out somewhere straight after we landed and didn't think I had to." Troy said slightly annoyed.

"Oh ok. It's just Chad and Zeke both said you were coming straight home." Gabriella told him as he shrugged.

"I changed my mind. I am allowed to do that you know. I'm twenty eight for god's sake Gabriella. I can't believe you disturbed our friends just so you could check up on me and find out where I was. I don't have to tell you everything I do, ok?" Troy exclaimed as Gabriella stepped back, taken aback by Troy's hurtful words.

"Troy, is something up?" Gabriella asked quietly worried he might snap again at her.

"I'm actually not sorry I didn't call. I don't have to report what I'm doing or where I'm going to you or anyone. That's all it feels like you ever do. You just can't handle the fact that you can't cope without being in charge of me and being so involved in my life." Troy shouted. Gabriella didn't understand why Troy was being like this. This had to be their worst argument ever. Gabriella couldn't help but wonder whether she had caused all this through her stupid idea of wanting a baby and then changing her mind?

"Where were you then?" Gabriella felt herself welling up at the thought of Troy being annoyed with her. She hated it when Troy was mad at her.

"You want to know the truth, fine. I was out with my new girlfriend for the day. I spent the day at her house just enjoying being with her and not having to worry about my best friend trying to butt into my relationship." Gabriella's heart sunk. Girlfriend?

"I'm sorry." Gabriella whimpered and with that, she took off upstairs, slamming her door behind her and locking the door before sliding down the door sobbing in tears knowing that her friendship with Troy seemed to be dying each day and it had all been because of this baby. Knowing what she needed to do, Gabriella grabbed her suitcase, packed her stuff and once she heard Troy's door close, hurried downstairs and grabbed her car keys before taking one last look around and leaving. This was her only choice if she wanted to be happy and to keep her baby safe. There one question bugging Gabriella, how could everything that had been so perfect go so sour so quick?


A/N: I told you that drama was coming up. I know you may all hate me but trust me things will get better... hopefully. Please review! Thanks! X