I Want You This Much

Chapter 6

Twenty years, it's breaking you down
now that you understand there's no one around
Take a breath, just take a seat
your falling apart and tearing at the seems
Heaven forbid you end up alone, you don't know why
Hold on tight, wait for tomorrow, you'll be alright

'Heaven Forbid' – The Fray

"Libby!" Sharpay called to her daughter worriedly.

"Maybe she went back inside," Chad shrugged as they walked through the parking garage.

She broke down, pulling the roots of her hair, "I this was going to happen. I never should have slept with Zeke in the first place all those years ago! I never should have kept Libby! I never should have..."

She was cut off by the churn of her stomach. He guided them to a garbage can, where she started vomiting uncontrollably from both her pregnancy and worrisome dizziness.

Chad just stood there, rubbing her back. He looked over by Sharpay's minivan and saw his niece. "Shar', I'll be right back okay?" He handed her a water bottle to give her something to settle her stomach as she nodded.

Chad made his way over to the minivan, "Hey."

"What do you want? You don't love me!" Libby said in a snobby tone.

"C'mere, Kiddo," Chad said, kneeling down and opening his arms. Libby raced into his arms and sobbed on his shoulder as he rubbed her back in continuous circles. "There we go... Let it all out... Just cry, Baby... That's it..."

He slowly stood up with her on his hip as she cried on and made his way over to Sharpay, who was sitting against a stone wall, drinking water to calm herself. Her face was covered with makeup messed by her dried tears, her ponytail had become frazzled, and her clothes were all wrinkled.

"Sharpay," Chad said softly.

Sharpay stood up, opening her eyes. "Libby," she gasped happily, taking her wailing daughter into her eyes. "Oh, Sweetheart! You made Mommy so worried!" Tears swelled in the pregnant mother's eyes as her daughter cried into her embrace. "Ohhh... yes, I know... I'm here now... Everything's all better!" She rubbed Libby's back a few times and then Sharpay and Chad took her inside to the cafeteria.

They got her a small bag of chips and some chocolate milk before sitting down to talk. Chad and Sharpay sat across from Libby as the eight year old ate slowly, savoring the taste of the milk and chips together in her mouth.

"Libby..." Chad started, taking Sharpay's hand and placing his other hand on her pregnant stomach. "You're mother and I love each other..." Libby looked up and her eyes filled with hope that her uncle and mother would get together and maybe even get married. "But not the way you want." Libby's hope disappeared at the time it takes to snap your fingers and found the chip bag somewhat interesting all of a sudden.

"Angel... Like I said, your uncle and I are only like brother and sister and will only remain best friends. We can't be together. We wouldn't want to be together. And even if we did what would your Daddy feel like? Or Auntie Taylor? Would your Uncle Ryan, Uncle Troy, Auntie Kelsi, and Auntie Gabby still talk with us? Would they resent us?" Sharpay added her two cents before Chad could continue.

"I don't care what that jackass feels like, but I do love Auntie Taylor," Libby sighed in defeat. "How much more time do I have to hate... him."

Chad chuckled, but was then elbowed by Sharpay. "Sorry," he apologized, looking at his best friend. He looked at his niece and took a chip from her, getting kicked in the shin. "Shit! Libby!"

"Chad!" Sharpay exclaimed, smacking him in the back of the head.

"Ow! Sharpay?" Chad looked Sharpay again.

"So that's where she gets her swearing!" Sharpay had caught him.

"Well it's not like bitch and ass aren't your vocabulary, Miss Perfect!" Chad exclaimed.

"Oh shut up!" Sharpay growled.

"Libby doesn't share food!" Libby yelled at Chad.

"And I know just where she gets her bitchy side," Chad said.

Sharpay glared, "What did I just tell you to do? Huh? Is that hard to just keep your lips..."

Sharpay was cut off by a pair of lips against hers. She relaxed and fell into the kiss, pushing her own pressure against the lips. A tongue slipped into her lips and she smacked Chad to stop kissing her.

Chad pulled away. "Sorry," he apologized.

Sharpay's heart was now beating rapidly, her mouth and throat were dry, her head was light with dizziness, and she couldn't breathe.

"Shar'?" Chad questioned in concern when her hand touched her temple. She started to collapse and Chad wrapped his arms around her to steady her. She wrapped her arms around him.

"Oh Chad..." she muttered.

Libby grinned. Finally. Her dreams were coming true.

"Let's go back, okay?" Chad suggested, standing up, pulling Sharpay with him. "Why am I feeling this way?" he wondered as he started guiding Sharpay through the hospital.

Libby followed behind with a huge smirk, throwing her food away.