CHAPTER 22

((Hey everybody! Yay! Im not sick anymore! And yay! Were on chappie 22! Thanks for all the reviews! All 240 of them! Thanks for stickin with the story for 22 whole chapters! Ive had awesome ideas from people which helps keep this story going…I hope you've enjoyed everything so far…well now to the next chapter…oh and I have a little poll for you guys…this is where you will really influence the story…SHOULD TROY PLAY BASKETBALL AGAIN? PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK…Some people want him to forget about it while others want him to play…it's up to all of you…enough said…now here comes chapter 22…R&R…XOXO, Christine))

Excuse Me Miss

Gabriella and Troy refused to leave the hospital, this time. They stayed every night getting absolutely no sleep. When Haven got out of the hospital four days later, Troy and Gabriella were both a little bit sick themselves from the lack of sleep. They stayed out of school for a few days just to recover, if that's what you would call it. Haven screamed the whole time, so they basically got no sleep.

Before Troy and Gabriella knew it, they were seniors. They were walking through the halls on the first day of school. Haven was with them. They had decided that they didn't want to be interrupted by the Day Care Center again. They had both requested lockers right next to each other, and they got what they wanted. Everything seemed to be going well on their first day, until a memo about basketball appeared in his locker halfway through the day. It read,

Last Year's Team: Pre-Season workout begins today during free period. If you do not show up today, your position on the team will be jeopardized. If you show up, it means that you have decided to play. Since this workout is open to anybody who would like to be on the team, there are no guarentees of making the team except for returning varsity players. Don't be late. See you all on the court, Coach Jack Bolton

Troy sighed. "This is just great," he sighed. "Trust dad to do something like this."

"What?" asked Gabriella walking up to him seeing the upset look on his face.

"This," Troy handed her the memo. She read it and frowned. "He's never done that before. He's just trying to make it harder for me. I already promised him I would come to tryouts and everything and then make my decision. Well, if this is the commitment time and I promised him I would go to tryouts, then I'm just gonna have to break my promise."

"Troy," Gabriella said, "that won't help your relationship with him. I think you should talk to him about it."

"And have him yell at me, again? No, thanks."

Gabriella hugged him. "Go," she said. "We'll be fine. Don't break a promise to your father."

"Gabby…"

"It will just make things worse if you break your promise. He'll use that against you."

"Fine."

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Troy had his old practice uniform on. It brought back memories. Good and bad ones. He loved some of those memories, but he would give up all of them for Gabriella and Haven. He had a family, now and they were his main responsibility.

"It seems that someone has decided to play," said Jack Bolton, clearly happy with his little plan. "Well done, son." This was the first time he had called Troy son since their last major fight. Troy liked it.

"I haven't made my decision, yet," replied Troy. "Your little plan won't help in my decision. Actually, it kinda pushes me the other way."

Jack frowned. "What little plan?" he asked pretending to be puzzled. "I have no idea what you are talking about, Troy?"

Troy just stared and walked away. He began to warm up with Chad. "If he starts acting like a jerk, I'm so outta here," said Troy.

"I wish I could say that," replied Chad.

"Why can't you?" asked Troy.

"Cause I'd be kicked off the team."

"I'm not. And it's not like I've been playing regularly."

"You're different. You're the best player this school has seen in many years. No sane coach would just let you go."

"You are just as good as me, Chad. He wouldn't let you go."

"Are you feeling okay?"

"There's this little thing called confidence, Chad. You led this team last year all the way. You are one of the best players in New Mexico. You, like me, could be in the NBA next year. So don't go saying that you aren't that good."

"Fine."

Practice was uneventful. Coach Bolton intimidated all of the guys who hadn't been on his team before. This was his way of checking out the players. Who was tough? Who wasn't tough? Who could I depend on? Who couldn't I depend on? Those types of things. After practice, Troy hung around to practice some free throws. He had always done this in the past. It helped his game, and was incredibly relaxing at the same time. Gabriella came in, without Haven about five minutes after everyone left.

"Hey, Wildcat," she said flirtatiously.

"Hey," he replied, walking over to her. "Where's Haven?"

"Taylor is taking her home. We moved the car seat to her car and everything. I wanted to come see you now, and Haven just was in a bad mood. She needs a nap."

"Kay," replied Troy. "So, how's sexy mommy?" He was flirting to the max, and anyone else who would've seen this would've been like uh, weird.

"She needs a kiss from Daddy," Gabby replied flirting.

Troy gave her a nice, long, sweet passionate kiss. They were interrupted by Mr. Bolton.

"Excuse me, miss," he called just like he did two years ago, "this is a private practice. Team members only."

Gabriella didn't quickly apologize this time. "Oh, come on," replied Troy. "You have gotta be kidding me." Mr. Bolton just stared. "You know what dad? I…"

((Okay peepl, the beginning of the next chapter will start out with Troy saying if he will play basketball or not…so I need you guys to tell me if he should play basketball…it is HIGHLY IMPORTANT! Review this chappie please…next chapter is probably the day after tomorrow…im really busy tomorrow…I have musical practice and basketball practice…wow just like HSM…lol…XOXO, Christine))