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Chapter 29 - Pregnant?

Troy woke up at 9:30am by another nudge from Gabriella. All night she had been tossing and turning, waking him up five times. He sighed, stroked her hair softly and whispered in her ear that everything would be ok, no matter what happens he would be there for her, all the way. She settled into her pillow and sighed in her sleep. Realizing he wouldn't go back to sleep now he got out of bed and decided to go ring her doctor's surgery.

Troy walked downstairs in his boxers and saw Michelle putting her jacket on.

"Your up early Troy" she stated the obvious.

"Yeah, Gabriella was restless last night and just woke me up by nudging me so thought I'd get up, where you off to?" He explained.

"Just going to meet Louise from work, why was Gabs restless? Is everything ok?" She asked concerned.

"Yeah, just a restless night, we all get them" he smiled and she nodded, leaving. "At least I hope it is" he mumbled to himself.

He dialed the doctor's surgery and after a few rings the secretary answered. After saying her line to answer the calls Troy spoke.

"Hello, I am ringing to make an appointment for Gabriella Montez, as soon as possible please" he said politely. (Troy/Secretary)

"Ok, may I ask who is making the appointment for her?" The secretary asked, Troy could hear her on a computer.

"Her boyfriend" he answered.

"Ok, well the doctor can see her at 1:00pm this afternoon?"

"That is great, thank you" he hung up and decided to make Gabriella breakfast in bed, try and calm her a little.

He made scrambled eggs, toast and some fresh coffee. He also took up a jug of freshly squeezed orange juice. He put it on a tray with a single flower in a thin base. He walked upstairs and into the bedroom. She was still asleep and he thought about leaving her but decided against it. He had to inform her when the appointment was.

"Brie" he whispered after placing the tray on the bedside table. He stroked some hair out of her face and she mumbled his name in her sleep. "Baby, wake up, I've made breakfast" he kissed her cheek and she stirred. She opened her eyes and noticed his blue one above her.

"Hey" she whispered, pulling him down for a kiss.

"Good morning beautiful" he smiled, stroking her cheek.

"Why are you up this early?" She asked, sitting up slightly to lean against the headboard.

"You nudged me for like the sixth time" he chuckled.

"Oh babe I am sorry, was I fidgety?"

"Just a bit but don't worry, I called the doctor whilst you were asleep" he informed her.

"And?"

"You have an appointment at 1:00pm" he told her.

"Today?"

"Yeah, thought it was best to get it over with yeah?" She nodded. Troy took the tray and placed on her legs.

"Troy this smells lovely but I don't think I can eat anything right now" she tried to push it away but he shook his head.

"Brie, you need to eat baby, even if you just have a slice of the toast" she nodded and took a piece of toast. She nibbled on it and then Troy fed her some of the eggs. Gabriella in turn fed him some of the food and after twenty minutes they were led down together, holding each other close.

"Troy, what are we going to do if I am, you know?" She trailed off.

"Deal with it, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it ok baby?" She nodded against his chest.

"I'm scared" she whispered.

"Me too baby, but I'm here ok?" She nodded again and gripped him harder, not wanting to let go. "Shall we get ready?" He asked.

"Yeah, I guess" she got up and went to her dresser. "You don't mind me not bothering with what I look like today right?" She asked him quietly. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"Babe, you look gorgeous to me no matter what you wear" he kissed her shoulder and went for his shower.

Twenty minutes later he walked in with a towel wrapped around his waist, his hair wet and floppy. Gabriella thought he looked gorgeous. She walked up to him and kissed him softly before taking her clothes into the bathroom for her to have her shower. Twenty minutes later she got out of the steamy shower and dried herself. She put on her underwear before putting on her green joggers. She put on her black T-Shirt with a white tribal pattern on the front and her white sneakers. She tied her hair up in a loose bun before leaving the bathroom.

Troy had put on some dark denim jeans with a dark navy thin sweater. On his feet he had some tennis shoes and he left his hair floppy. He turned to her and opened his arms. She immediately ran into them and gripped his sweater in her hands.

"It'll be ok baby, I promise it will" he reassured her.

"How do you know that Troy? I feel so stupid, I can just imagine my parents now, all I ever wanted was to make them proud and now here I am, 18 and might be pregnant" she rambled as she pulled away from him and walked around the room. "God Gabriella you are so dumb!" She shouted at herself. She looked at her reflection and threw the nearest thing to her at the mirror. Luckily it was a teddy so the mirror didn't break.

"Hey, hey, hey" Troy said quickly pulling her into his embrace. "You are not dumb or stupid, and your parents are still going to be proud of you, I don't want to hear you say anything like that again ok?" He pulled away and looked in her eyes that were filled with tears.

"Why don't you hate me Troy?" She asked quietly.

"What?" He was shocked.

"Why don't you hate me? I could have just ruined your life, you could be about to be a father and you are still here" she said in disbelief. "Why don't you just leave me while you have the chance?" She mumbled.

"Stop it!" He snapped. "Just stop it ok? I am not leaving you because I love you, it took two of us to make that mistake Gabriella, your saying all this before you even know the facts!" He shouted.

Gabriella broke into sobs and he hugged her. He whispered soothing words to her as he stroked her back and she clung to him like a child to a safety blanket. After ten minutes she calmed down enough to speak.

"I'm sorry, your right, I shouldn't freak until I know" she whispered.

"It's ok, your scared I get that, I just want you to understand that I am not going to leave you ok?" She nodded and he kissed her head.

Troy then looked at his watch and realised it was time they left. The appointment was one o'clock and it was now quarter to twelve. He pulled away and she smiled faintly.

"We better head out babe" he told her. Gabriella nodded, picked up her sunglasses and cell phone before walking out her room behind him.

They got in the car in silence. Drove the half an hour drive to the doctors in silence. Both in their own thoughts. Gabriella was terrified now. She was 18 and could be pregnant? She could be becoming a mom? What? She asked in her head. She took a breath and realized it could not be that, the test could come back negative.

Troy wasn't just scared for him, he was scared for Gabriella. She would be so disappointed in herself, she would beat herself up if this turned out the way they hoped it wouldn't. Yeah at the cabin he remembered thinking about marrying her and having children with her but he didn't mean now. He was very willing to wait a few years.

He parked outside the surgery and got out the car. He opened her door and they held hands the whole way to the door. They didn't want to let go of each other.

"How may I help you?" The secretary smiled.

"I have an appointment with Dr Smithson" Gabriella said quietly.

"Name?"

"Gabriella Montez, my boyfriend called this morning" she explained.

"Ahh yes, your appointment was for 13:00?"

"Yes it was" she answered politely.

"Well if you want to go in now you can, he has just had a cancellation and your boyfriend explained your was urgent?"

"Yes, that would be great thank you" they walked through the doors to the waiting room and straight into the doctors office.

They sat across from him in the two seats and he smiled at her.

"Gabriella, it is very nice to see you" he smiled.

"You too Dr Smithson" she smiled politely. "This my boyfriend Troy" she told him.

"Nice too meet you young man" they shook hands then he turned to Gabriella. "So what can I do for you?"

"I need a pregnancy test" she mumbled. Embarrassed.

"Ok, that's fine, I need to ask just a few questions" she nodded, gripping Troy's hand tighter. "How long have you been sexually active?"

"Umm..." she thought back. "About a year" she said hesitantly, Troy was not her first time.

"Ok, and how many sexual partners have you had in this time period?"

"Two" she said quietly.

"Ok, if you would like to follow me" she got up and Troy smiled at her.

They walked into a room connected to the office where the doctor opened a cabinet. He took out a container and asked Gabriella to get him a sample. He then left the room and she sighed. She did her business, filling the container to the red line then cleaned herself up. She walked back into the office and handed him the container.

"Ok, it will take five minutes, if you could wait in the waiting room" they nodded and left the office.

They sat in a corner and Gabriella lay her head on Troy's shoulder. He wrapped her in his arms and offered her support and comfort. He stroked her back softly and neither of them spoke. They didn't know what to say. They could be about to become parents. Five minutes later, that to them felt like hours, the doctor called them back into the office and he smiled as they sat down.

"Ok, so I have your results" he started, Gabriella took a deep breath and gripped Troy's hand with hers. "It seems you are indeed pregnant Gabriella" she gasped and froze in her seats.

The room started spinning, she felt like her lungs had stopped working, she couldn't breath. Why could she not breath? She started gasping, trying her best to get the much needed air in her lings. She felt all panicky and numb. She could faintly feel Troy putting her head between her knees and she could hear the doctor telling her to calm and just breath deep and normal. After five minutes the air was in her lungs and she felt a little better. She sat up and realized she had just had a panic attack.

"Are you ok now Gabriella?"

"Yes, so I'm pr-pregnant?" She whispered.

"Yes" he smiled. She started to cry and Troy hugged her. Troy thanked the doctor before pulling Gabriella up and supporting her out of the office. They walked through the waiting room and outside to the car. He sat her in the passenger seat then got in the drivers side.

He turned to face her and cupped her face in his hands so that she looked at him.

"Are you ok?" She shook her head. "It will be ok" he hugged her and she sobbed into his chest.

"I can't be pregnant, I can't be" she kept repeating through her sobs. After twenty minutes or so she calmed down and Troy pulled away.

"We can do this Gabriella" she nodded.

"We need to discuss it" she announced.

"Yeah, let's go for a walk somewhere yeah?" She nodded and Troy started the car.

He drove the car back to the house and parked it in the drive. They then got out of the car and walked back to the sidewalk. They walked in silence until they reached the cliff face. They walked along the cliffs, holding hands and both just thinking their own thoughts. They sat on a bench on top of the smaller cliff and then Troy spoke.

"So..."

"Yeah, what are we going to do?" She asked looking at him.

"Well, first of all do you want to keep the baby?" She touched her stomach when he said that and looked ahead of herself in thought.

Was she ready to be a mom? Was he ready to be dad? Could they actually have a baby and become parents? All these thoughts ran through her head.

"Do you want to?" She asked him quietly.

"It is your body Gabriella" she then looked at him.

"But it's your baby, it's our baby" she said. "You have a right to say what you want" truth was she knew what her answer was, she just wanted to know if they were on the same page.

"Well, it is a shock, and we totally could have waited a few years before any of this happened babe, but I think I want us to have it, we can do this" Gabriella smiled at that.

"I agree, I can't kill it Troy, he or she is ours, all ours no one else's" she smiled as he kissed her passionately. They pulled away and smiled at each other.

"So we are really doing this?" he asked.

"Yeah, we are having a baby" she smiled. He hugged her and kissed all over her face as she giggled.

"I love you Gabriella" she could have cried with how much it showed in his words.

"I love you too" then she touched her tummy and looked down. "And you too bump" she rubbed it as Troy placed his hand over hers. They stayed like this for a few minutes until they heard voices behind them. Gabriella's head whipped round and saw it was Levi and Ryan, Anna and her boyfriend Ste, Jay and Sharpay.

"Oh Hey guys" Levi then noticed their position and gasped. Troy quickly moved his hand as Gabriella did the same. They stood up and held hands.

"Hey Le, you ok?" Troy asked.

"Are you... are you..." she trailed off. "Gabriella are you pregnant?" She whispered. She inhaled a breath and closed her eyes as she nodded. "Who's is it?"

"Troy's!" She exclaimed in shock. "Who else's could it be?" She was a little hurt at the question. She saw Levi shoot a look at Jay. "What?! Me and your brother didn't even do what caused this to happen!"

"That's not what he said" she mumbled.

"Well he is a liar, he was to busy shagging my best friend to do that with me!" She shouted, glaring at Jay and Sharpay.

"Brie, calm down, let's just go babe" she nodded and he placed his hand on her lower back to push her forward.

"Gabriella I am sorry"

"Leave it Levi, I'll call you later maybe" and with that they walked off.

They walked home in silence again. As they reached the house they noticed another car in the drive which meant Michelle was home, but her friend was with her. They walked in and saw the two in the kitchen.

"Oh hey guys" Michelle smiled. "Where have you been?"

"We just went for a walk" Gabriella said quietly.

"Are you ok Gabs? You look a bit queasy?"

"I feel nauseas again, excuse me" and with that she ran upstairs and went to the bathroom. Troy followed her and rubbed her back. When she was done she cleaned her teeth and as they left the bathroom they saw Michelle standing outside the door.

"What's going on guys?"

"Where's your friend?" Troy asked.

"She left, now what is going on?" She asked again.

"We went to the doctor's today, it can't still be food poisoning" Gabriella started, her eyes filling with tears.

"Oh god what is it?" Michelle asked as Troy hugged Gabriella.

"Aunt Michelle, just stay calm ok?"

"Troy Bolton just tell me!" She shouted.

"Brie, is..." he closed his eyes and took a breath. "We found out she is pregnant" they both looked at Michelle.

So there you go. Gabriella is pregnant! I know a lot of you would have guessed that anyway but please carry on reading and don't stop reading thinking it is a predictable story because I promise it isn't=] What will Michelle say? Will she be angry? Will she be happy for them? Will she stand by them or make them leave? Only one way to find out... read chapter 30 of 'Dance With me'=]=]

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