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Chapter 25-
Once outside the club Andrew and Nichole met up with the girls. "Happy Birthday sweet girls." Andrew said kissing their cheeks just before two silver cars pulled around the circle drive. An Audi 08 conviterable with a purple bow on the hood on the left and a similar Audi 08 pulled up to the right with a teal bow on the front.
"NO FUCKING WAY!!" the girls ran to the cars, Gabriella the one with the purple bow since she knew it was her, since purple was her favorite color, while Lizzy ran to the other one. The party goers where totally aww at the sight of the cars before clapping for the girls. After awhile everyone but the gang plus Cassie, Miriam, Alexz, Nichole, and Andrew made their way back inside. The girls hugged and thanked Andrew and Nichole for what seemed like the thousandth time that night.
Making their way back to the cars Gabriella made her way to the driver's side of hers. "Before you even ask I get to drive it first." she joked standing next to him a he sat in the seat.
"Of course. This is really nice baby." he told her with a smile as he removed the one hand that was on the steering wheel.
"It's so pretty." she said before sitting on his lap sideways so her feet dangled the side of the open door.
"You are such a girl." he laughed before giving her a kiss and resting his hands on her thigh. "So are you having a good birthday?" he asked.
"I really am. Honestly I never thought that this party would have happened in my wildest dreams. I would have been happy with everyone going to Nicky's. My dad really out did himself." she said as her eyes traveled to the pale man that was sitting down on a bench with a content smile on his face as he watched the girls even though the pain in his eyes was evident. Gabriella saw him slip his hand into the jacket of his suit and pull out a pill bottle. She let out a sad sigh as she saw him take two out and sallow them with the water Nichole had just giving to him. She let out a deep breath as he closed his eyes for a few seconds. "He just took another two pain pills. How many is that today, six now?" she asked with a sad tone as Troy placed a soft kiss to her temple. "I just wish this wasn't happening to him. It's not fair." she said resting her head on his shoulder.
"I know baby. I wish it wasn't either. Neither of you deserve what is happening." Troy said as he laid his head on hers. "At least you're enjoying the time you have left. Right?" he asked and felt her nod in agreement.
"Hey hey hey you two! You guys can crescent the car later cause god knows you will. But right now we are going back into this fabulous party!" Sharpy said brining them out of their own world. The over hyper blonde reached out and grabbed Gabriella's arm. Pulling her up Sharpay looped arms with Gabriella and took off back to the party. Gabriella smiled over her shoulder at Troy, while everyone else laughed at the two and then followed their actions.
Walking back to the party they danced and mingled for about four hours until the cords to SOS by the Jonas Brothers started to play, but it wasn't from the dj. Everyone turned to the stages to see the Jonas Brothers. All of the girls screamed and started to dance as the three boys sang. After "Hold On" and "That's just the way we roll. " Joe stepped to his mic as Nick and Kevin put the instruments down. "What's up everybody?" Nick asked as everyone screamed. "Good to hear you guys are having fun. I'm Nick, That's Joe," he said while Joe waved taking a drink from his water bottle. "And that's Kevin." he said as Kevin nodded from next to him. "So appenternly it's time for Gabriella and Elizabeth to come up here with their friends." Gabriella and Lizzy took Troy and Ryan's hand and lead the nine other teenagers to the stage. After the Gabriella and Lizzy received a hug and a kiss on the check for the three boys the other girl got a hug and the boys got a handshake.
"Just to let everyone know, this is my favorite part of a birthday party." Nick said as Nichole and Lucile rolled out a layered white cake with different black designs on it with eighteen flaming candles on the top layer.
"Happy Birthday to you..." Kevin started to lead the party as the cake was pushed in front of Gabriella and Lizzy who stood next to each other with their hands clasped together. When the song was finished the two girls blew out the candles together before hugging and whispering happy birthday in the other's ear. Claps let out around the room as each girl was handed a knife so they could cut a piece of the cake. As Gabriella and Lizzy cut enough for their friends, the Jonas brothers, and all of the parents, some of the Lava spring workers passed out pieces from the different cakes they had in the back."Okay Gabriella, since it is your birthday we want to know. What's your favorite song of ours?" Nick asked after the cake had been eaten.
Taking a second to lock eyes with Troy and sharing a smile with him, she turned back to Nick. "When you look me In the Eyes."
"Aright so as a gift from us to you we wanna play it, but before we do, anyone special you wanna dedicate it to?" Joe asked. Again Gabriella and Troy locked eyes and their smile grew she was about to say something when "Troy" was 'coughed' out from the gang.
"You all suck." Troy said as he pulled the blushing Gabriella into his arms so she could hide her face in his chest.
"Alright," Kevin said turning back to the party as the friends made their way off the stage. "This one goes out to Gabriella and Troy." he said as the three started the music.
"Oh oh oh yeah.... oh oh oh yeah" Nick hummed as the gang spilt off into the couples.
"If the heart is always searching can you ever find a home?" Joe sang as Troy pulled Gabriella tightly against him and buried his face in her neck. As the song flowed around them Gabriella laid her head on his shoulder and kissed it every now and then. Troy's soft voice sang into her ear in time with the band on the stage. Any girl would kill to have the Jonas Brothers dedicate this song to them, but instead all Gabriella heard was the love of her life whispering it to her and only her, every time the chorus said "and tell me that you love me." he kissed that soft spot behind her ear that always drove her crazy and lead to him doing whatever he wanted to her body. As the song came to its last chorus he pulled away and sang it to her while staring into her deep cholacte eyes before the two met in a passionate kiss. The world around them seemed to fade away, she vague heard Joe ask Lizzy her favorite song and heard Lizzy reply with Hello Beautiful. As the tune to Hello Beautiful started to play Gabriella felt all the stress and worry that had taken over her body from the night she found out Andrew was sick leave her body as Troy kept one arm tight around her back and the other slip to her neck, creasing the soft skin there as he brushed his tongue though her teeth and meeting hers. When the need for oxygen became to much for them to ignore they pulled away from each other and Troy reattached his lips to her neck. She moaned softly when he bit into her flesh.
Opening her eyes to see that her mother was walking to the stage she pulled away. "Later." she said kissing the pout that had formed on his lips after he groaned like a little kid is told they couldn't have ice cream before dinner. Nichole walked over to them.
"Sweetie your dad's not feeling to good, so the Jonas Brothers are gonna do one more song and then the dj is playing butterfly kisses okay?" Nichole asked.
Gabriella nodded knowing that she had promised to dance with Andrew during that song. After the Jonas brothers played "Games", they promised to stick around long enough for pictures after Gabriella danced with her dad. Now that the floor was cleared except for Gabriella and Andrew, the song started around them.
"Hi princess." he said kissing her forehead.
"Hi Dad." she said with a smile. "How are you feeling? I saw you take your pills earlier outside and no Mom said you're not
feeling good." she said looking at him as the swayed to the music.
"I don't want you to worry about that tonight. I wanted you to have you dream birthday party. Are you?"
"Are you serious? Avril Lavigne, The Jonas Brothers, the car, everything. I would have been totally content with just a party at the house or at Nicky's with everyone. I never would have thought this would be my eighteenth party. It's more then I could have ever asked for." she gushed.
"I just wanted you to have fun tonight and get everything you ever wanted."
"I did." she said smiling at him. She kissed his cheek before looking into the eyes that mirrored her own. "You're here with me. I know I was a bitch the first time I saw you..."
"Gabriella..." he tried to cut her off.
"Dad I need to tell you this." she said and he nodded. " I know I was horrible and mean and a total bitch that night I saw you at the theater and I never did try to get in touch with you and for that I am so sorry. These past couple of months have been amazing. Growing up with mom I thought you were just some idiot that never cared about me, but I was so wrong. It's not fair that this is happening to you." she said placing a hand on his stomach where he often held when he doubled over in pain.
"I'm gonna miss you so much daddy." she said while some tears fell from her eyes.
"Oh princess I'm gonna miss you too." he said pulling her into a hug as the verse around them mentioned the daughter turning sweet sixteen. "I want you to know that you did nothing wrong. I should have seen you sooner. I was scared. You know that I thought about you all of the time, but I was scared to be a dad. I promise you even after I'm gone, I'm gonna be with you. Okay I'm gonna be in your heart and I'm gonna look in on you. I'm gonna be there on the day you marry Troy. We both know he's the one for you. I'm gonna be there on the day you have your first baby. I'm always gonna be with you baby girl." he said kissing her temple.
"Promise?" she asked looking at I'm as he dried her tears.
"I promise." he said looking in her eyes, knowing she didn't take the word promise lightly. Pulling her to him again he ignored the pain that was shooting though his body like a million knives and the head ache he had from the strong pain patch and pain pills he was on. He just wanted to enjoy the dance with his daughter. Once the song ended he returned her to Troy's arms. After a kiss and another thank you from both Gabriella and Lizzy and a promise that they would join him for lunch the next day since the teens were staying the night at the club. He left with Nichole back to his apartment.
"We have to tell her it's spreading Andrew." Nichole said once they were on the road. Glancing at the man she once loved and pictured herself spending her life with. The two had became friends for the sake of Gabriella, they would always have some type of feelings for each other since they did have a daughter and both wanted the best for her. They also knew that they no longer had or wanted the romantic spark they once had.
"Nichole don't start." he said.
"No Andrew I am gonna start. You say you want what's best for her. Well then we need to tell her that it's no longer just in the pancreas. She can tell that you're getting worse. The other night she cried herself to sleep in Troy's arms because she knows you're getting bad but won't tell her how bad." Nichole said as they drove down the high way.
"I will. I'll tell her soon, but not this weekend. It's her birthday." he said closing his eyes as nausea and pain took over his body.
Looking at him again then the clock Nichole sighed. "It's been four hours do you need another nausea and pain pill?" she asked.
Shaking his head no he said "I'll wait till I'm in the apartment so I can just go to bed."
"Have they said about how long?" she asked.
"Four months tops." he answered closing his eyes.
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