"You have the wrong door." Taylor said shutting the door in Chads face.
"Tay. Listen to me." Chad pleaded as he held the door open.
"I will talk to you when I'm read to talk, which is not right now." She shut the door and locked it. Chad hit his forehead on the door.
"Taylor." He called again. "Taylor come on. I just want to talk about it." He said. Still nothing. He pounded his fist lightly on the door and went down stairs.
"Well?" Troy asked refilling his coffee cup.
"She wont listen." He told him as he sat down at the table.
"Dont worry man. She will come around." Troy told him. Gabriella came in with huge bags under her eyes.
"Babe, go back to bed." Troy told his wife. She shook her head.
"No I'm fine." She lied.
"Gabriella. I will watch Sophie just go back to bed." Troy told her.
"I am really tired, since someone had to come at 5:30." Gabriella said looking at Chad. He wanted to say something but he didnt. Gabriella knew that he was going to say something.
"Whats the matter Chad....got nothing to say?" Gabriella asked. Chad was furious.
"Gabriella, enough. Go upstairs." Troy told her.
"Fine." She snapped and went up to bed.
"Troy what am I going to do? She wont talk to me. I feel like a loser for not saying anything. I feel awful." CHad told him.
"Well you should. What you did was horrible. If I ever did that Gabriella would divorce me." He told him taking a sip of his coffee. Sophie started to cry so Troy got up and went out to the living room to get her. Chad followed him out. Troy picked her up and cooed her.
"I dont know how you do it man." Chad told him.
"Its not hard."
"But its scary." Chad told him. Troy sighed.
"Yeah, it is. But you know you are going to be good at it. I am so theres always hope for you." Troy joked.
"Ha ha. Very funny."
"Chad really. Just hold her." Troy handed her to Chad.
"Troy I know how to hold a kid. Im not dumb." He told him.
"Chad listen. I see the way you are with Sohpie when you come to see her. You and Taylor are naturals. There is nothing to be afraid of man." Troy assured him.
"Yeah I know." Chad said bouncing Sophie up and down as she smiled a little. "But this is not my kid."
"True. But your kid is going to be good to. You have us behind you every step of the way." Troy told him. Chad nodded and gave Sophie back to Troy.
"I have to get out of here." Chad grabbed his keys off the coffee table and headed for the front door. Troy didnt go after him or ask him where he was going. He just took Sophie upstairs to see Gabriella.
"You and Zeke are comming over for Thanksgiving tomorrow night right?" Gabriella asked Sharpay later that day. Gabriella had a note pad in front of her about to write down ideas that Sharpay had.
"Yes. We wouldnt miss it. Plus I heard theres some baby daddy drama that might get a little interesting." Sharpay said.
"Shar, dont even start." Gabriella told her.
"What did I say?" She asked her.
"Forget it. Look I will make dinner, I already bought the turkey, can you just ask Zeke if he can make something for dessert?" Gabriella asked.
"He already told me that he would. So your all set." Sharpay told her friend.
"Great. Tell him thank you." Gabriella said.
"No Problem. So how is she?" Sharpay asked. Gabriella sighed.
"I dont know. She wont come out of the room or talk. Last night she took off with my car and god only knows where she went. She came home and we talked. I didnt get much out of her. Then at 5:30 this morning Chad came over." Gabriella told her.
"WHAT?" Sharpay asked in shock.
"Oh yeah. 5:30. So I talked to him and then Troy came down with the baby and then Taylor woke up and saw him there. She looked so hurt. IT was horrible." Gabriella told her.
"What happened?"
"They got in a huge screaming fight. She went upstairs and he followed. She wouldnt talk to him so he came back down and talked to Troy. I dont know what they talked about but Chad left and we havent seen him since. You have no idea how pissed at him I am right now. You just dont do stuff like that you kno?"
"Yeah. But you know they will get over it and it will all be under the bridge." Sharpay told her. Gabriella sighed.
"Yeah I guess so. I just hope its soon."
"Try to get her out and we will go out to dinner. I mean Troy has practice tonight and so does Zeke. Girls night." Sharpay suggested.
"Yeah that sounds good. Hold on." Gabriella walked upstairs and knocked on the door.
"Hey Tay?" She asked. "Can I come in?" Taylor came over and opened the door.
"Hey. Do you want to go out to dinner tonight with me and Sharpay?" Taylor shrugged.
"Oh come on it will be fun." Gabriella urged her.
"Ok. I guess I can go out." Taylor told her.
"Ok. Go shower up and look pretty." Taylor closed the door.
"Ok we are good. How about we pick you up around 6?" Gabriella told her.
"Alright sounds good. Ill see you at 6." Sharpay said.
"Ok. Bye."
"Boys..LINE UP!" Troy yelled. "RUN COME ON LETS GO!!" The team ran up and down the court.
"YOUR PLAYING LIKE GIRLS." Zeke yelled. They were still running.
"So have you heard from him?" Zeke asked Troy.
"How did..." Troy was confused.
"Sharpay told me."
"Right. No he took off this morning. I hope hes alright. He better not do something stupid." Troy told Zeke blowing the whistle.
"Yeah. Because we all know when Chads in a bad spot, it doesnt usually end well." Troy gave him a look and went back over to the team.
"Alright ladies. Your done. Have a happy Thanksgiving." He told them.
"Hey coach." One of the guys called. Troy turned around.
"Brandon." Troy said.
"You said that I can talk to you about the basketball thing if i need to right?" He asked him.
"Yes I did. Do you want to talk in my office?" Brandon nodded and they walked back. Troy's phone on his desk was beeping green twice. He had two new messages.
"Alright. Whats going on?" Troy asked sitting on his desk as Brandon took a seat.
"I dont think I want to take the scholarship Coach." Brandon told him. Troy was shocked. If he took either of the scholarships it was a free ride.
"I thought you wanted to play ball?" Troy asked him.
"Well yeah I did, but I dont think I want to play it for the rest of my life." Brandon told him.
"Well what do you want to do?"
"Sports managing. Im taking a class right now and I really like it. Im good at it coach." He told him. Troy nodded.
"Do your parents know yet?" He asked. Brandon shook his head.
"Im telling them tomorrow night. I wanted you to be the first to know." Brandon told him. Troy put his head down and thought for a minute. He brought his head up and looked at Brandon.
"You know, you just did something that a lot of people dont figure out until later in life." Brandon looked at him confused.
"Listen. You had options and you chose the one that you thought was the better way to go. A lot of people figure that out a lot later." Troy explained to him.
"Coach I really want to thank you though for bringing those scouts out to see me." Troy smiled.
"No problem Brando." Troy stood up and walked out with Brandon. He looked at his phone on his desk and the beeping colors. They can wait till monday.
"There she is!" Sharpay shrieked when Taylor stepped into the car
"Hey Shar." Taylor hugged her. She missed her friend.
"Congratulations on the baby!" Sharpay told her rubbing her back.
"Thanks." Taylor told her.
"So how far are you?"
'"Five weeks."Taylor told her. She really didnt want to talk. She didnt want to go out.
"Ok. Well we are going to drop Sophie off at Troy's moms and then we are going out." Gabriella started to drive off and they got to Mrs. Boltons. Gabriella told her that she will be back to pick her up at 9.
"Hey Gabs when you were inside your phone rang." Sharpay told her.
"Thanks." Gabriella took her phone out and listened to the message.
You have 1 new message.
"Gabs, its me." Chad said over the phone. "I tired calling Troy but he didnt answer. Im in trouble. Can you come down and help me. Im in jail."
"GOD DAMIT."Gabriella shouted.
"Whats wrong?" Taylor asked her. Gabriella didnt have the heart to tell her.
"Nothing." Gabriella told her pushing a fly away out of her face. "Um I just have to stop home and talk to Troy for a second thats all. Everything is fine." Gabriella pulled out of the driveway and drove back to the house. Troy was home so Gabriella pulled up.
"Ill be 2 minutes." She told the girls and stepped out of the car.
"TROY!" Gabriella yelled when she came in.
"Whats wrong?" Troy said in a panic. Gabriella started to cry.
"Honey whats wrong?" Troy asked her pulling her into a hug.
"Chads in jail." She wimpered.
"What?" Troy backed up and looked at her. Tears were streaming down her face.
"Hes in jail.. he left me a voicemail. He said that he tried to call you at work but you didnt answer." Gabriella explained.
"shit." Troy ran his hand through his hair.
"Troy how am I going to tell Taylor. Shes heart broken already. Knowing Chad he probably beat the crap out of someone and is going to be sentenced. I cant let that happen to Taylor." Gabriella went off.
"Calm down. We dont have to tell her just yet." Troy told her.
"Im taking her out to dinner. I cant sit through dinner and lie to her the whole time." Gabriella told him.
"Ok. Ill go take care of him." He told him. "Where is Sophie?" He asked her.
"At your moms." Gabriella told him
"This is crazy. We have to tell Taylor." Gabriella spoke up. Troy nodded.
"Ok." Troy got his coat and keys and put an arm around Gabriella and headed out to the car.
"Hey Tay. We need to talk to you." Troy told her when they got in the car.
"Gabs, were you crying?" Taylor asked her. Gabriella shook her head.
"No hun Im ok." Gabriella told her. "But we have to tell you something."
"Whats going on?" She asked.
"Chads in jail." Troy told her.
"WHAT?" She yelled.
"Now we dont know what happened but we are going to find out. Troy is going to go down and take care of everything we just wanted you to know." Gabriella explained to her.
Taylor shook her head. "No. Hes my husband and I have to take care of it. I may be hurt and upset but I love him and I need to do this." Troy and Gabriella nodded.
"Do you want us to go with you?" Sharpay asked Taylor. Taylor sniffled.
"I need to do this myself." She told them. Gabriella handed over the keys.
"Go get him."
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