CHAPTER 10

((Hey everyone me again thanks for all the reviews you guys are great…it's the 10th chapter so exciting…im tired so I don't know how long this ones gonna be…it depends on when I run out of ideas…last chapter: troy's mom gives into Troy's dad, Gabby tells her mom about Troy being banned from singing, Troy escapes his dad but his dad didn't chase him, kelsi dearly wishes Troy and Gabriella were in the musical…here comes the next chapter……R&R XOXO, Christine))

Word Fire

Troy woke up in Gabriella's guest room. He had stayed there overnight because he was afraid to go home. He got up and walked into Gabby's room. Gabriella apparently had overslept. Troy walked over to the bed and gave her a wake up kiss.

"Five more minutes, mom," she moaned.

"Like your mom would kiss you like that," Troy said sarcastically.

Gabriella opened her eyes. "Troy, I forgot you were here." She looked at her clock. "Oh, crap, I overslept." She started to get up when she turned a shade of green and leaped the rest of the way off the bed and scrambled into the bathroom just in time. Troy followed her in. "I am getting good at this," Gabriella moaned.

Troy rubbed her back. "You're okay," he said. "I'm right here."

Ms. Montez wouldn't let Troy and Gabby go to school until Gabriella convinced her that she felt fine and the nausea was gone. "You don't want to throw up in the middle of class," she said.

Since Gabby was a bit weaker than usual, Troy went with her to free period rehearsal. He had told Chad to tell his dad that he would be late. Troy was going to sing for half of the rehearsal and then run off to the gym for practice. Troy and Gabriella decided today was the day that they would break Gabriella's pregnancy to Miss Darbus. Since she had been dealing with morning sickness all morning, she would have to slow down and not work as hard.

"Ready?" asked Gabby while they were standing outside the auditorium.

"Yeah," said Troy.

"Let's hope her reaction is better than your dad's," Gabby said. She gave Troy a kiss on the cheek. He put his arm around her, and they proceeded into the auditorium.

"Ah, Mr. Bolton," said Miss Darbus as they walked up to her. "I thought you were banned from the auditorium."

"I was..I mean am," said Troy. "But, I decided that my dad wasn't gonna stop me from doing this musical."

"That is true theatre spirit," replied Miss Darbus happily. "I admire that. It shows that you really care about the musical." She had a big smile on her face.

"Miss Darbus," said Gabriella, "I…we have something we need to tell you."

Miss Darbus's smile drooped slightly. "Yes?"

"Well…I don't know how to say this," said Gabriella. "Troy?"

"Well…uh…you see," he said nervously. "Um…Gabriella…well…Gabriella is…um…well she's…um…she's pregnant."

Miss Darbus's smile vanished quicker than a flash of lightning. "What?" she asked incredulously. "I knew it!" she exclaimed. "Your mission was to ruin my musicale, wasn't it?"

"No, Miss Darbus," said Gabriella. "It wasn't. I promise. It happened after callbacks."

"Well, it is a good thing Ryan and Sharpay have been focusing on their roles as understudies, otherwise you would have just ruined the performance."

"Wait," said Troy, "no, no ,no. The musical is next week. Gabriella and I can still perform. She just has to be careful. She can't work too hard. We still want to do the musical. We just wanted you to know."

"Okay," said Miss Darbus, "dear, if you need to stop and relax for a minute, you just tell me. I will gladly allow you too."

"Thank you so much Miss Darbus," said Gabriella.

"Anything for my two stars." She gave them a small smile.

Gabriella and Troy thought that nobody had heard them because the auditorium was empty when they went to tell her. Little did they know, one of the behind-the-scenes workers had heard the whole thing. He quickly ran through the halls shouting, "Troy Bolton got Gabriella Montez pregnant!" The word spread like wildfire. Within seven minutes, word had gotten through the whole school.

All of the other cast members had heard right before they walked into the auditorium. They all gave Gabriella dirty looks which puzzled her. Everyone usually was so nice to her. She was probably the most liked of the whole drama club. She suddenly felt incredibly nauseous. She bolted from the auditorium, Troy following close behind her. She ran into the nearest girls' bathroom and threw up. It was a good thing that the bathroom was vacant at the time, because Troy had followed her in there ignoring the sign.

Gabriella felt better within minutes and they returned to the auditorium for rehearsal. Troy ended up staying the whole time which was bound to earn him a nice yelling from his dad. He was to the point where he really didn't care.

When Gabriella and Troy walked into the lunchroom, the room immediately fell silent. All heads were turned towards them. Not knowing what was going on, they just stood there until Chad and Taylor rescued them.

"Let's get outta here," Chad said. They went and ate outside in a vacant area.

"Why was everyone staring at us?" asked Gabriella. Did Miss Darbus tell everyone about Gabriella's pregnancy?

"What do you mean why were they staring?" asked Taylor. "Word travels like wildfire around here. Who did you tell?"

"What do you mean who did I tell?" Gabriella asked.

"Who did you tell about being pregnant! Duh!" exclaimed Chad.

"No one," replied Troy. "Well, we told Miss Darbus, but no one overheard us."

"Somebody said that some kid working behind-the-scenes overheard you," said Taylor. "He ran off and told the whole school."

"Oh God!" Gabriella started to cry. "Now everyone knows. We didn't want it to get out this way." Troy put his arm around her and pulled her into a hug.

"it's okay," he said, "everything is gonna be okay."

"No it's not," Gabriella cried, "now everyone knows."

She threw up into the grass. Troy held her close to him. She continued to cry. "Gabby," he said, "I wanna take you home. You don't need to be here right now. Come on. Let's go." She didn't argue with him. He led her off to the office.

"Hi," he said to the secretary who just stared at them. Apparently, it had made it around the teachers' lounge, too. "You probably know about the big news flying around. Gabriella isn't feeling well, and neither am I. We would like permission to leave. As in, drive home."

"I'll have to tell your dad, Mr. Bolton, and call your mom, Ms. Montez. Please take a seat while I do so."

She stayed on the phone for a good five minutes. Fist, calling Gabriella's mom, and then Troy's dad. She stayed on the line with Mr. Bolton for a while before hanging up and giving them permission to leave. Troy and Gabriella both went back to Gabby's house.