Past, Present, Future:
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You'll Do Fine:
Alex sensed that the new parents need their alone time, so she left quietly.
"How's she doing?" Gabriella rushed to Alex after she exited.
"She's doing okay considering," Alex answered sadly, "She lost the baby girl, but the baby boy seems to be doing good."
"I guess that's good," Sharpay said sadly as she leaned into Kalvin.
Gabriella nodded, but didn't say anything; Troy wrapped his arms around her tightly.
Alex quickly paced to Ryan and hugged him closely.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you before," Taylor apologized again, "It's just you had just found out about Jaden and I didn't want to hurt you, her or Alex. Then you found out about your scholarship and I didn't want you to loose it and, my God! I can't go back home! My parents will kill me…"
Chad's lips against hers caused her to stop talking, "Baby, you don't have anything to worry about. I'll call my parents and tell them everything and I'm sure they'll help us. And about Jaden, I'm still gunna be there for her and Alex and I'll be here for you and Oran. I may not be the best father in the world, but I will try. I love you, Taylor Annabella McKessie. And I'm not goin' anywhere."
Taylor smiled slightly, "I love you, too, Chad Michael Danforth."
There was a comfortable silence over the couple, but Chad broke it, "Well, I'm gunna go call my parents and tell the gang how you're doing."
"Just tell the girls to come see me," Taylor told him with a small grin.
"I will."
Chad left the room quietly and he found Adrian, Kalvin, Ryan and Troy holding on to each of their sad looking girlfriends, "She wants to see Lexi, Shar, Kels and Gabster."
The girls removed themselves from their boyfriends and walked towards Taylor's room.
"How ya holdin' up?" Troy clapped Chad on the back.
"Okay," Chad said swallowing hard, "I need to call my parents."
Alex knocked lightly before opening the door quietly, "Hey, Bella."
"Hey," Taylor said weakly with a smile.
"How ya doin', Hun?" Sharpay paced to Taylor's bed.
"I hurt all over, but I'm happy," Taylor said with a soft grin.
"She has the motherly glow," Alex beamed.
"What happened, Tay?" Gabriella asked.
"My mom," Taylor's happiness faded, "she pushed me down the stairs and now I've lost my baby and the other one is barely holding up…" she began to sob.
"Shh, Bella," Alex comforted her, "it'll be okay."
After a few calming breaths, Taylor pulled away from Alex, "How'd you handle it with Keegan?"
"It was really hard for the first few months, but, sometimes, you just gotta let go and let God," Alex smiled wiping away her friend's tears with her thumbs.
"What would I do without y'all?" Taylor asked motioning for the other girls to join her and Alex.
Sharpay, Gabriella and Kelsi made their way to the bed. Sharpay sat next to Taylor's shoulder, Gabriella sat a little further down and Kelsi stood between them.
"You'd be lost," Kelsi giggled.
"Probably," Taylor smiled taking Kelsi's hand in hers.
"We love you, Tay-Belle," Sharpay leaned down and hugged her friend.
"Yep," Gabriella smiled and patted Taylor's leg.
"Thank you guys," Taylor paused wiping happy tears from her eyes, "for everything."
"That's what we're here for," Alex grinned down at Taylor.
Chad inhaled raggedly as he dialed his house number, "Hey, Dad."
"Hey, Chad, what's wrong?" Paul sensed his son's stress.
"It's, uh, um, Taylor," Chad stuttered.
"What's wrong with Taylor?" Paul asked quickly.
"She, um, she's in the hospital," Chad sighed raggedly as he sat down on a bench.
"What happened?"
"Her mother shoved her down the stairs and she was out for a while," Chad began.
"Well, is she okay?" Paul rushed his son.
"She had to have an emergency C-section," Chad cut the point.
"What?" Paul was shocked to say the least, "She was pregnant?"
"What?" Chad heard his mother's voice.
"She hadn't told me. I swear y'all would've been the first to know, if I had known," Chad rambled.
Darlene snatched the phone from her husband, "Is she okay? How far along was she? The baby?"
"Um, Mom?" Chad was bit confused, but regained his composure and continued, "Taylor's fine. The surgery went well. She was only a little over five months along and we lost one baby, but the other is going to be okay."
"There was two?" Darlene questioned, but didn't leave enough time for Chad to answer, "We'll there in a few minutes!"
Darlene and Paul quickly left.
"Excuse me, Miss McKessie," a nurse came in the room, "we need to run a few test to make sure everything is back to normal. Could y'all excuse us?"
Alex, Gabriella, Kelsi and Sharpay nodded and left the room.
When they got out there, they saw Chad's parents approaching. Darlene quickly hugged her son before asking, "Where is she?"
Chad pointed in the direction of the room Taylor was in; Darlene started towards it, but Alex stopped her, "They're running some tests."
"Oh, okay," Darlene said quietly, "Can we see the baby?"
"Yeah, that's what we were on our way to do," Alex told her.
They gang made their way to the NICU. Alex noticed Chad lagging behind and she snuck to go to him, "Hey, Chad-dy."
"Hey, Lex," Chad was definitely distracted.
"Watcha thinkin' about?" Alex stopped him from walking.
He gazed down at her, "Everything," he ran his hand thru his hair, "Taylor, the baby, how we're gunna raise it, where we're gunna stay, Jaden, you…"
"Chad," Alex touched his cheek lightly, "don't worry about me and Jaden. We'll be okay. Taylor and Oran need you now…"
"No!" Chad almost yelled, "I'm not walking out on her! I love the little girl more than anything and I can't leave her! I just have to figure out how everything's gunna work!"
"I'm sorry, Chad," Alex told him quietly.
"About what?"
"About just jumping into your life, about Taylor, about Oran," Alex told him.
"I'll be okay," Chad rubbed his face stressfully.
"We're here for you, for all of y'all," Alex told him and hugged him tightly, "And you'll do fine. I promise."
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