She knew the answer this time. She knew exactly what she wanted to say. She knew the answer was yes. She would jump in his arms and the rest would be a fairy tale. She squeezed his hands and leaned him and kissed him lightly on the lips. She leaned back and bit her bottom lip.
"Is that a yes?" Zeke asked. Sharpay shrugged.
"Only if you want it to be." Sharpay told him. Zeke put his hands on her back and pulled her in and their lips touched. He picked her up and spun her around and planted her on her feet. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the box.
"I believe this belongs to you." Zeke said opening the box. Sharpay gasped and looked up at Zeke who had a huge smile on his face.
"Its beautiful." She told him. He pulled the ring out of the box and slipped the ring on her finger. She pushed her hand out and examined the ring. It was bigger than Gabriellas. She laughed and kissed Zeke again.
They broke the kiss and put their foreheads together.
"You want to get out of here?" Zeke asked.
"But we just got here." Sharpay told him. Zeke put his eyes towards the car. "Or we cant leave now." Sharpay said and took Zekes hand and ran towards the car.
Gabriella stood in the kitchen and ate a burger. Usually she wasnt a huge burger person, but tonight that cheese burger looked so good. Troy came through the back door and snuck up behind her and put his arms around her.
"Hey." He whispered. Gabriella jumped and turned around to see her husband.
"God, I hate when you do that." She told him throwing the burger down on the plate. Troy laughed as he kept an arm around her waist.
"What are you eating? Is that a cheese burger?" Troy asked. Gabriella nodded.
"It looked so good." She told him. He gave her a very weird look.
"Babe, you hate cheese burgers." Troy said.
"I know I do. But its so good." She said taking a bite. Troy laughed at Gabriella. Her hormones are so out of whack that now its starting to get a little funny.
"So when do you want to tell everyone?" Troy asked. Gabriella pulled a napkin from the table and wiped her hands and lips.
"About that." She said. "Maybe we should just tell your mom and the guys." She told him. "My mom and Bill know, I told my brother, I mean I dont see why we need to tell the world just yet." She said. Troy kissed her cheek.
"Thats perfectly fine with me." He told her.
"You sure?" She asked.
"Yeah, I was kind of thinking the same thing anyway." Troy told her. Gabriella smiled and picked up her burger.
The party was starting to die down. People were hugging Troy and Gabriella and leaving. At around 12:30 everyone was finally gone. Troy mother was inside doing the dishes and putting them in the dishwasher. Chad and Taylor stayed back to help clean up. They took the trash bags outside and started picking up all the leftover red party cups and the used plates.
Gabriella was bending over picking up the cups off the ground and the other little trash. Taylor came over and pulled her arm. Gabriella shot up and glared at her.
"What?" Gabriella asked.
"You shouldnt be bending over and cleaning like this." Taylor said picking up the rest of the cups. "You're pregnant."
"And?" Gabriella asked her. "Just because Im pregnant means I cant help clean up?" She asked. Taylor nodded.
"Thats right." Gabriella laughed and let Taylor pick up the rest of the trash. Taylor stood up and got close to Gabriella.
"Hows everything going?" Taylor asked her.
"Everything is fine." Gabriella told her. Taylor gave her the look of non belief. "Really. Im ok." Gabriella said putting a hand on her stomach. "The doctor said after 12 weeks the chance of a miscarriage is very slim" Gabriella told her.
"I just want you to be ok." Taylor told her. Gabriella nodded.
"I am." Taylor smiled and continued to pick up the trash. Troy came over to Gabriella and whispered in her ear.
"You want to go tell her?" He asked. Gabriella nodded and left her trash bag with Taylor. Troy and Gabriella walked up the steps that led to the back door which led to the kitchen. Lucille Bolton was busy washing the dishes that she didnt notice Troy and Gabriella walk in.
"Hey mom." Troy said. Lucille turned around a little flustered.
"Are you guys heading out?" She asked shutting the sink off.
"No, not yet." Troy told her. "We have something to tell you." Lucille leaned against the counter and looked at the two.
"Is everything ok?" She asked. Troy nodded looking at Gabriella.
"Everything is great." Troy told her. Lucille smiled.
"Then whats going on?" She asked. Troy nudged Gabriella for her to tell her.
"You are going to be a Grandmother in about 7 months." Gabriella told her. Lucilles jaw dropped.
"What?" She asked with a smile.
"We are having a baby." Troy said. Lucille almost automatically started to cry. She hugged both Troy and Gabriella and looked back at them.
"I cant believe this." Lucille said. "My baby is having a baby." Troy and Gabriella smiled. "God, a grandchild and the NBA in one day. Thats a lot to take in." Lucille said. Troy smiled.
"We wanted you to be one of the first to know." Troy told her. Lucille smiled.
"How long have you known?" She asked.
"About two months or so." Gabriella said. "We went to the doctors last week and they said I was 10 weeks so next week Ill be three months." She told her. Lucille hugged them again.
"You have no idea how happy I am for the two of you." Lucille said.
Troy kept a arm around Gabriella as they left his mothers house around 1 in the morning. Gabriellas head felt heavy as she rested in on Troys shoulder.
"You tired?" He asked. She nodded. "We shouldnt be keeping you up this late." He joked. She lightly slapped his stomach.
"Shut up. Its your baby thats making me tired." She told him as they got in the car.
"Hey what happened to Sharpay and Zeke?" Troy asked opening the car door. "I didnt see them at all tonight." Gabriella swopped in the car and pulled her seatbelt on.
"I have no idea." She yawned. She didnt feel like telling Troy the entire story about whats going on with them. Its going to take way to long to explain and right now she just didnt have the energy.
Troy smirked.
"Yes you do." He told her. She opened her eyes and gave him the death stare.
"Can you just drive the car home please?" She asked. Troy put the car in drive and pulled out of his mothers driveway.
The twenty minute drive to the house was enough to put Gabriella to sleep. Troy sighed as he stepped out of the car. He opened Gabriellas side of the car and gently pushed the seatbelt off of her. He slid one arm under her back and one under her legs. He pulled her up off and seat and she started to stir.
"Shhh." Troy soothed her. "I gotcha." He gently walked her into the house through the sliding back door. He closed it and walked his wife upstairs. He gently laid her down on the bed and she opened her eyes a little.
"Thank you." She said sleepily. Troy kneeled down next to her and stroked her hair back and she closed her eyes. She was so beautiful, Troy thought. Her skin was like silk, and her curls were still in tacked. Gabriellas right arm was a little above her head as Troy leaned over and kissed her stomach. Gabriella moved her right arm and put her hand on top of his head. She opened her eyes a little and she caught his.
"I love you." He whispered to her. She smiled slightly.
"I love you to." She whispered back. He kissed her stomach again and pulled the covers over her.
It felt like her stomach was pushing up her throat. She curled up in the pain but then she felt it start to escape through her mouth. She jumped out of bed and opened the bathroom door. She ran over to the toilet and let it all out. She coughed hard as it all came spewing out of her mouth.
He rolled over and looked at the time. It was 7:15 on sunday morning. His eyes shot open when he heard Gabriella in the bathroom. He got up out of bed and rubbed his eyes. He gently pushed open the door.
"Ella?" He asked. The door opened more and appeared, Gabriella. On her hands and knees throwing up her entire stomach in the toilet. Troy rushed over and pulled her hair back and rubbed her back. After about five minutes Gabriella flushed the toilet and sat up.
"Not so fast." He told her. Troy took her left arm and an arm around her waist and hoisted her up onto her feet. Gabriella still looked half asleep. She was still in her dress from the night before. She never got changed out because she was too tired when she came home.
Troy led her back to bed and went to get her a glass of water. He came back in and placed the water on the nightstand next to the bed. Gabriella hand both arms holding her stomach, which made Troy a little nervous.
"You alright?" He asked. Gabriella nodded slowly.
"My stomach." She groaned. "It just really hurts."
"Do you want me to get you anything?" He asked. She shook her head no. She put her left hand out and got Troys arm.
"Can you just come and lay with me please?" She asked in the tiniest voice Troy had every heard. He walked over to his side of the bed and put his arm around her and pulled her close to his chest.
By 9:30 Gabriella had gotten out of bed to throw up a total of 4 times. The first time she emptied everything out, the rest was all bile that made Gabriella even more sick to her stomach. She collapsed on the bed next to Troy and breathed heavy.
"This really sucks." Gabriella whined to Troy. Troy felt bad for his wife. He knew how much she hated throwing up. He pulled her close and put a hand on her stomach and stroked it softly.
"I know babe, I know." He said to her. She put her hand on top of his and they both laid in bed for a little while longer.
Troy placed toast in front of his wife at the breakfast table. Her head was pounding so she held it in her hands. She moved her head out of her hands and looked down at the jelly toast. She pushed the chair out from the table and rushed to the bathroom. She came back out a few minutes later and sat back down on the couch.
"Im going back to bed." Gabriella told Troy. He laughed at his wife.
"You cant get there if you are laying down on the couch." He told her. She groaned from the couch and Troy walked over and helped her up. They both walked over to the stairs.
"Gab, just get a shower and you will feel as good as new. I promise." He told her. Gabriella broke free from Troy and walked upstairs. Troy recruited back to the breakfast table and ate the toast he made for Gabriella. It was the thought that counts.
The phone vibrated on the counter and Troy walked over to answer it. He answered the phone.
"Bolton." He said.
Troy growing up always wanted to be able to answer the phone like that.
"Troy, Its Nick." Nick said when Troy answered.
"He man, Whats up?" Troy asked taking a bite from Gabriellas toast.
"I talked to the editors of Sports Illustrated and they want to do a spot light on you." Nick explained to him.
"What the hell is a spot light?" Troy asked him.
"Theres a huge article on the top NBA picks and they chose one player to do a full out interview with, and that player was you." Nick explained more.
A interview with Troy? About the NBA? About him being in the NBA? This was huge.
"Oh man Nick, thank you so much." Troy told him. "When do they want to do the interview?" Troy asked him.
"They want to get it out in the next issue. Can you be out here in three days?" Nick asked. Troy brushed the crumbs off of his fingers.
"You bet man." Troy said.
"Alright. Ill talk to you soon." Nick said hanging up the phone. Troy dropped his phone on the table and pounded it with excitement. He ran upstairs to tell Gabriella. He heard the shower on so he ran into the bathroom.
"Gab, guess who just called?" Troy asked. Gabriella poked her head out of the shower.
"I dont feel like playing games Troy." She told him. Alright, She still wasnt in a good mood.
"Nick called and Sports Illustrated wants to do an interview with me." He said excitedly. Gabriella smiled wide.
"Oh baby thats great." She told him. "Now can you get out." Gabriella told him. Troy pulled off his shirt.
"Or I can just get in with you." He said to her taking off his pants. Gabriella smirked.
"Oh Troy Bolton." Gabriella told him. Troy pulled off the rest of his clothes and stepped in the shower with Gabriella.
The fingers gently stroked her shoulder as they laid in bed. Their clothes scattered the bedroom floor. The sheets were covering both of them. Her hand laying on his stomach as they both rested.
"Do you think we can just lay here for the rest of the day?" She asked her new fiancE.
"I wish we could." He told her. "But we have to go back out to the rest of the world." He gently placed a kiss on her forehead. She pushed herself on the side and put her right hand on the back of her head.
"I love you." Sharpay told him. Zeke turned to her and smiled.
"I love you too." He leaned in and kissed her. Sharpay ran her hand behind his head and kissed him more.
Halo started to play from the cell phone that rang in the bag next to the bed.
"Dont answer it." Zeke told her mid kiss. She kissed him and then broke it.
"I have to." She told him as she reached down and pulled it out of her purse. She rolled her eyes and groaned.
"Taylor." She said under her breath. She clicked send and answered the phone.
"Hi Tay." Sharpay answered bubbly.
"What the hell happened to you last night?" Taylor asked pissed off. She had every right to be. Troy and Gabriella were celebrating two life changing things, and two of their closest friends were a no show.
"Something came up." Sharpay said playing with the sheets on Zekes bed.
"Something thats more important then your friend getting drafted into the NBA?" Taylor told her. "And where the hell are you. You didnt come home last night." Taylor said to her.
"I went to the party. Really I did. But I met up with someone and we just left." Sharpay explained with a smile. Taylor couldnt see it but she was smiling.
"And were did you go?" Taylor asked her. Sharpay had enough.
"Ok...Mom." Sharpay told her. "I dont have to tell you what I do or where I go. So please back off. Ill talk to you later Thank you." And Sharpay cut Taylor right off and threw her phone on the floor.
"Little harsh." Zeke said to her. Sharpay quickly spun around.
"I dont want to tell her just yet." Sharpay explained to him. "We have a good excuse for not going to the party. We got engaged and came home and well, had amazing sex." Sharpay said with a smiled. Zeke kissed her again.
"When will we tell them?" Zeke asked her.
"Whenever we feel like it." Sharpay kissed him again. "But for right now we really need to get up." She told him jumping out of bed and running into the bathroom to take a shower.
Dinner.
This group of people settle everything over a nice dinner in a expensive restaurants that require you to get all dressed up for a night on the town.
She pulled out her diamond stud earrings and poked them into her ears. She placed the necklace that Troy got her for her birthday a few years ago around her neck and dawned her little black dress. The few strands of hair that were never able to tuck behind her ears were pulled back behind her head. And she finished with a little bit of makeup.
"Ella can you?" Troy asked entering the bathroom with the tie around his neck. Gabriella turned toward her husband and fixed his tie for him. Troy never knew how to tie his own tie, he always depended on her to do it for him. The time they spent apart Troy had to ask someone to do it for him before a big dinner or event. Mostly Chad did it for him.
"There." She said patting the tie and turning back to the mirror.
"Wow." Troy gasped. Gabriella turned her body around.
"What?" She asked. Troy pulled her close to his body.
"My wife is smokin." He joked with her. She gently hit his chest.
"Oh stop it." She said told him.
"I mean it." Troy told her looking into her eyes. "You look beautiful." Gabriella pushed up on her toes, she had yet to put her heals on, and kissed him.
"Thank you." She whispered to him. "You better remember this because in a few months I wont be able to fit into a dress like this." She joked with him turning back to the mirror to finish her makeup. He wrapped his around her little baby bump and kissed her neck.
"Even then you will look beautiful." He told her. She closed her blush and threw it back in the bag. She turned around and kissed him then gently pushed him off so she could get her shoes. She slipped them on her feet and they were on their way.
Troy and Gabriella parked on the street and walked up to the front door of the restaurant. Chad and Taylor were waiting outside when Troy and Gabriella arrived.
"Hey you guys." Taylor greeted Gabriella with a hug. She stepped back and took a look at Gabriella.
"Mama Mia!" Taylor let out. Gabriella took her wrap and covered herself.
"Stop it." Gabriella told her. Taylor smiled.
"Girl you are hot as hell." Taylor told her. Gabriella kept the wrap tight.
"Its a nice restaurant." Gabriella snapped. "Plus I wont be able to wear this in a few months." She told her.
"Whatever you say girl." Taylor told her looking down at her watch. "Ok, they said 730, we are here and its 740."
The four stood outside a little while longer waiting for them. The New Mexico winds were picking up and as the sun slowly started to go down, they started to get cold. They walked inside decided to not wait for them any longer. They walked in and said that the party for Baylor was here. The seating hostess guided them to their seats and gave them menus. Gabriella pulled her phone out of her purse and called Sharpay.
"Hello." The bubbly blonde answered.
"Where the hell are you?" Gabriella asked her putting her other hand on her ear to block out the noise. "We are waiting."
"Im sorry. We got stuck in traffic. We are five minutes out. Just order wine for the table and we will be there soon." Sharpay told her. Gabriella hung up and phone and put it in her bag.
"She said they got stuck in traffic and to order wine for the table." Gabriella told the group.
"You didnt tell her you were pregnant yet." Chad said to Gabriella.
"I havent seen her." Gabriella said as an excuse.
"You just dont want to tell her." Troy spoke up. Gabriella glared at him.
"Excuse you, why do you think I dont want to tell her?" Gabriella asked. Troy took his eyes off the menu and looked at his wife.
"Because you know that she wants one now, and you dont want to hurt her feelings. You're to nice of a person Gabriella Bolton." Troy told her. Gabriella sat up straight and picked up the menu.
"Thats not why." She mumbled and the table became silent. The waiter came over in black pants and a black shirt with a white tie. It kind of looked ridiculous.
"Can I start you off with anything to drink?" The waiter asked.
"Just wine for the table please." Gabriella said. "Oh, and a glass of water." She ordered.
"Right away ma'am." The waiter turned on his heels and walked away. Gabriella continued to look at the menu. Pregnant women were supposed to be hungry all the time, but nothing on this menu sounded appetizing to Gabriella.
They walked up to the front door of the restaurant. Sharpay reached down on her left ring finger and pulled the ring off and slipped it in her bag.
"What are you doing?" Zeke asked. Sharpay closed up her purse and slung it over her shoulder.
"If the see the ring, they will know." Sharpay told Zeke.
"No Really? You think?" He asked sarcastically. Sharpay shot him a dirty look.
"I want to surprise them. Now come on." She said taking his hand and pulling him through the doors. She flipped her hair and put her right arm on the little table.
"Hi." Sharpay said softly. "Table for Baylor." The seating hostess turned on her heels and guided them to the table were the rest of them were waiting. Sharpay and Zeke hugged and kissed everyone with a greeting and finally took their seats. They opened the menu and the waiter came over and took their orders. When he left Sharpay could barely sit in her seat, she was so excited to tell everyone the news.
"You guys, me and Zeke have some news." Sharpay announced. The gang sat motionless and all eyes were on Sharpay and Zeke.
"We have a good reason for not being at the party the other night." Zeke told them. They all nodded. Their plan was to build the engagement up but leave it up to Sharpay to ruin it.
"Sharpay and I met up...." Zeke was quickly cut off by...
"WE GOT ENGAGED!" Sharpay yelled excitedly.
"OH MY GOD!" Taylor and Gabriella squealed. Sharpay pulled the ring out of the bag and put it on her finger. Taylor and Gabriella examined it.
"Its gorgeous." Taylor awed. Sharpay smiled.
"I know!" She said.
The three men nodded toward each other.
"Congratulations man." Troy told him. Zeke nodded and Chad and Zeke highfived like they did in high school. Taylor held up her glass high and projected her voice.
"A toast." Taylor announced. "To Sharpay and Zeke. We are so happy for you guys. Congratulations." The gang clinked their glasses together and took a sip of the expensive wine. Sharpay noticed that Gabriella was drinking water. Sharpay put her glass down and looked toward Gabriella.
"Gab why arnt you drinking?" Sharpay asked. Gabriella swallowed her water hard down her throat then smiled toward Sharpay and Zeke.
"Actually we have been meaning to tell you something." Gabriella told her. Sharpay sat back a little nervous.
"Everything ok?" Sharpay asked concerned. Gabriella reached across the table and put her hand on Sharpays.
"Honey everything is fine." Gabriella told her. "Actually, things are great." Gabriella turned towards Troy and smiled. Sharpay was still very confused what was going on.
"Troy and I are pregnant." Gabriella dropped the bomb. Sharpays jaw dropped in shock.
"What?" She asked. Gabriella wasnt sure if that was a good or bad what.
"We are having a baby?" Gabriella wasnt sure what Sharpay was thinking. Sharpay stood up and hugged Gabriella.
"Im going to be an aunt." She cried. Gabriella let out a breath. Thank god she was happy. Zeke hugged Gabriella then Sharpay hugged Troy.
"Its about time." Sharpay whispered in his ear making Troy laugh.
The last of his shirts were being packed up in the suit case. He sipped it up and pulled it off the bed. He put it at the bedroom door and knelt down in front of a sleeping Gabriella. His flight was leaving at 9 and it was now around 7. He stroked her hair and kissed her forehead. Gabriella winced and opened her eyes.
"Hi." She whispered.
"Hi." He whispered back. Gabriella slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"You're leaving?" She asked him. Troy sat on the bed with her.
"Yeah, I didnt want to wake you up." He told her. Gabriella shook her head.
"No, I wanted to say goodbye." She told him. He smiled and kissed her once more. God, still when he kissed her, it was magic.
"I have to get going." He told her. Gabriella leaned in and kissed him again. She wanted to tell him not to go and stay here with her but she didnt want to make herself sound selfish. She didnt want him to go at all.
"Im going to miss you." She told him quietly.
"Im going to miss you too." He said. "But its only for five days. Plus since school is starting up again you wont even notice Im gone." Troy told her making her laugh a little. It was the end of August beginning of September and Gabriellas role as a teacher was starting up again.
"No, Ill notice." She told him. He smiled as he stood up slowly.
"Ill call you when I land." Troy told her. Gabriella pulled the covers off of her. Troy stopped her.
"Stay in bed." He told her. "Just rest." He leaned down and kissed her stomach. "Bye baby." He told her stomach. Gabriella smiled as Troy did this. He looked back up in her eyes and kissed her hard once again.
"Ill see you later." He told her. He picked up his suit case and walked out of the room. Gabriella laid her head back down and sighed.
Troy leaving to go on these trips like this, she didnt like it at all. Him being in the NBA was a blessing, but is he going to be there for her when the baby comes. She wanted him home all the time. She wasnt sure that she likes this anymore.
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