Chapter 4:
Happy Birthday Gabriella!
"Oh my god! Hide me!" Kelsi said hiding behind Sharpay.
"Yo Jason! Come here." Sharpay yelled. Jason looked over to them. And noticed Kelsi behind Sharpay. So Kelsi comes out from behind her so she wouldn't look like an idiot.
"Hi Jason." Kelsi said.
"Hey Kelsi." Jason said then pulled her into a hug.
"Ahhhhhhhh." Troy and Sharpay both said.
"Oh look. There's Chad. I hope he doesn't ignore Tay through the whole party. I want people to interact with each other." Sharpay said sadly.
"Ok. So I'm gonna go check to make sure everyone parked their cars behind the guest house." Troy said.
"Oh I saw that they did when I came in." Sharpay said.
"Ok good." Troy said looking out the window. "Oh Gabriella's here."
"Everyone! Be quiet! The birthday girl is here!" Sharpay yelled.
Troy turned off the lights once everyone went quiet.
4...3...2...1...! Gabriella walked into the house.
"Surprise!" Everyone yelled.
"Oh my god!" Iyelled.
"Happy Birthday!" Troy, Sharpay, and Kelsi yelled.
"Thanks guys!" I said. Then I kissed Troy and hugged as many people as possible. Then Taylor walked in.
"Oh my god..." Taylor said speechless. "What's going on here?"
"We're throwing Gabi a birthday party." Sharpay said.
"Oh hey Sharpay." Taylor said then they hugged.
"Wait a minute. Is this why you wanted me to go to Miami to get Taylor? So you could get ready for the party without me knowing. And so Taylor would still be here for the party?" Gabriella said starting to get the idea.
"Wow she's good." Sharpay said. Then Kelsi, Troy, and Jason laughed.
"Happy Birthday Gabi." Taylor said.
"Thanks." I said.
"I forgot that your birthday was today." Taylor said guilty.
"It's ok." I said understanding.
"Hey Zeke." Sharpay said.
"Hi Sharpay." Zeke said smiling. Then Troy wrapped his arm around my shoulders.
"Hey Gabi!" Mrs. Montez said walking up to them.
"Mom!" I yelled hugging her.
"You gave her an invitation?" Troy asked.
"Well duh. I couldn't of not invite her mother." Sharpay said smiling at them. That didn't make sense.
"Sweetie. I would like you to meet someone." Mrs. Montez said. A man was standing next to her.
"Oh hi." I said shaking his hand. "Are you one of my mom's friends?"
"Well sort of." Mrs. Montez said.
"Do you work together?" I asked. Troy and everyone else started to get an idea of who he was, and how they know each other.
"Gabriella. Me and this guy, who's name happens to be Josh are married." Mrs. Montez said. Everybody's faces dropped.
"WHAT?" I yelled. "You got married without me being there?"
"Sort of." Mrs. Montez said guilty.
"Gabi." Troy said trying to calm me down.
"No Troy." I yelled. Troy stepped back.
"Look Gabi you don't understand." Josh said.
"No don't call me Gabi! You don't even know me!" I yelled.
"Gabriella." Mrs. Montez said sternly.
"I can't believe you mom." I said. "You went and got married without your own daughter being there. My mom and Josh looked at each other with a worried face saying 'Should we tell her?'
"Actually daughters." Mrs. Montez said.
"What? Mom I'm an only child. Unless he has his own daughter." I said getting furious.
"Well..." Mrs. Montez studdered.
"What your mother is trying to say to you is..." Josh said. Everyone put their eyes on us.
"No Josh. I'm the one who needs to tell her this." Mrs. Montez says.
"Tell me what?" I asked getting worried. "Wait a minute...don't tell me. You're pregnat?"
"What? No I am not pregnat." Mrs. Montez said.
"Then what is it?" I asked.
"Gabriella... Josh... is you're father...and do have a sister." Mrs. Montez explained.
"Yeah I know that. You just got married without me there. And I understand Josh having his own daughter." I said confused. "Why did you need to tell me that twice? And make the second time more dramatic?"
"No you don't get it. Josh is your actual father. He is your father by blood. We we're married and had you. And we also had another daughter named Caitlyn." Mrs. Montez said hoping she wouldn't burst.
"What?" I asked. I looked at Josh. Then I looked back at my mom. Then I looked at Troy. Then I ran into my room. And unfortunatly my mom followed me.
"Wow. I can't believe you guys didn't tell her this." Sharpay said. Then we started closing in on Josh.
"Well..." Josh studdered.
"Why didn't you tell her?" Troy asked Josh.
"Because we didn't want her to hate us." Josh said.
"Well how do you think she feels now? I mean you told her on her birthday." Sharpay said. "How pathetic is that!"
"It's her birthday?" Josh asked.
"You don't even know her birthday?" Troy yelled. "Now that's just wrong."
In my room.
"I can't believe you didn't tell me." I yelled at my mom.
"We were going to tell you when you were 8 years old." Mrs. Montez explained.
"Then why didn't you when I was 8?" I asked.
"Because we were scared." Mrs. Montez. "We were scared that you were gonna hate us."
"Well how do you think I feel now?" I asked. Then I ran out of the room.
"Gabi!" Mrs. Montez yelled. "Oh forget it."
Back down stairs.
"So what did you say?" Troy asked.
"You know what I don't want to talk about it." I said. "It's my birthday. And I'm having a party. Now let's enjoy it. Come on let's go dance."
We go and dance to a few songs. Then we go and sit down at a table.
"Ok so your mom said you have a sister." Sharpay said.
"Yeah. And she told me that they had her when I was 24 without telling me." I said up set.
(She really did tell her I just didn't tell you)
"Wow. Harsh." Sharpay said.
"But look on the bright side. You have a little sister. I mean...hey. That's awesome." Troy said trying to cheer me up.
"Yeah. I bet I won't even get to meet her ever." I said sadly.
"Well then who's that girl your mom's holding?" Troy asked looking over to my mom and Caitlyn.
"Oh my gosh." I said looking at how adorable Caitlyn is. Then my mom walked over here.
"Caitlyn. This is your big sister Gabriella." Mrs. Montez said pointing to me.
"Hi." Caitlyn said.
"Hi." I said.
"Yeah. Well Gabi, this is Caitlyn. You're little sister." Mrs. Montez said.
"Yeah. The little sister that I never knew, cause my parents didn't tell me that they went off and had a child." I said still mad.
"I'm sorry Gabi. But at least spend some time with Caitlyn." Mrs. Montez said. "Ok?"
"Ok." I said smiling. Then my mom handed me Caitlyn.
"Hello again." I said.
"Hi." Caitlyn said shyley.
"Ohhhhhhh. She's so cute." Sharpay said adoring her.
"Yeah. She is adorable." Troy said.
"Ok Caitlyn, this is Troy, and Sharpay." I said looking at them.
"Hi." Troy and Sharpay both said.
"Hi." Caitlyn said waving a little wave.
"Well today is my birthday." I explained to her.
"What's that?" Caitlyn asked.
"Well I was born exactly 28 years ago." I explained.
"Wow. That's old." Caitlyn exclaimed.
"Well it's older than you." I said.
Troy and Sharpay laughed.
"Hey guys." Taylor said when she walked over to our table.
"Hey Tay." Me and Sharpay said. Troy was a little mad at Taylor for leaving Chad.
"Who's this little girl?" Taylor asked noticing Caitlyn.
"This i..." I said but Taylor interupted.
"No way! You had kid? Without telling me..." Taylor yelled then it was a madness voice.
"I didn't have a kid...yet. I'm pregnat. And this is my little sister Caitlyn." I explained to her.
"What?" Taylor said speechless.
"This is Caitlyn. Caitlyn this is Taylor." I said laughing at how Taylor was reacting.
"Since when have you had a sister?" Taylor asked.
"Well I didn't know about her until today, when my mom came with her." I said still mad at her for that.
"Hi." Caitlyn said sweetly.
"Oh I'm sorry. Hi Caitlyn." Taylor said smiling. "Now. Back to the subject. You didn't know about your own sister?"
"No. My mom and dad kept her from me for 4 whole years." I explained.
"What, wait a minute. Your mom and dad?" Taylor asked confused.
"Oh yeah. And my mom told me that my dad was still alive and I met him today. For the first time." I explained sternly.
"Wow. That's a little odd..." Taylor said. "So how old are you Caitlyn?"
"4." Caitlyn said.
"Well Tay aren't you gonna go talk to Chad?" Sharpay asked.
"Who?" Taylor asked annoyed.
"Chad. You know you want to talk to him." Sharpay said.
"No Sharpay. I don't want to talk to him if he doesn't want to talk to me." Taylor said. "And plus he's been ignoring me since the reunion."
"Oh come on Taylor! I can't take the sadness any more! You need to talk to Chad and make him understand that you have moved on. But just don't let him down hard. Tell him you still want to be friends. Do anything to stop the madness." Sharpay whined.
"You know Sharpay's right. You should talk to Chad about this. You're the one who broke his heart. So he's mad. You need to talk to him." I said.
"Yeah. But don't let him down hard. Chad is my best friend. And I don't want his old girl friend to dump on him like he's a very old basketball that is flat with a hole." Troy explained.
"Who's Chad?" Caitlyn asked.
"No one." I said. "Just please talk to him?"
Taylor just sat there for a few seconds.
"Fine! I'll talk to him." Taylor said then got up and went looking for Chad.
10 minutes later.
"Attention! Attention everyone! Attention!" Sharpay yelled into the mike. Everyone put their eyes on her. "Ok. Everyone here hopefully knows it's Gabriella's birthday. So Gabriella? Gabriella can you come up here?"
I walked onto the stage.
"Hi." I said into the mike.
"Ok well Gabriella...do you remember in high school when you and Troy Bolton starred in our school's winter musical?" Sharpay asked.
"Yes." I said wondering why she was asking me a question from 12 years ago.
"Well do you remember the song you and Troy sang at the callbacks?" Sharpay asked.
"Yes. It was Breaking Free." I explained.
"Well do you remember how it goes? Cause I was thinking of..." Sharpay said but then I interupted.
"Oh no Sharpay. I'm not singing." I told her sternly. Then I covered the mike. "What are you doing? I'm not gonna sing in front of all these people."
"Oh come on Gabi. You sang in front of more people than this in high school and you were fine." Sharpay said. Then I looked at her with a weird face. "Once you got going."
"Well I'm not going to sing in front of all of these people." I said.
"Oh come on." Sharpay said. Then motioned for Troy to come up to the stage. And he did.
"Troy please tell her that you don't want to sing up here with me." I pleaded.
"I'm sorry but I think that's a great idea." Troy said grabbing a mike.
"Great!" Sharpay said. "I'll start the music."
"What? No." I said but then Sharpay had started the music.
We're soarin
Flyin
There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach
If we're tryin
So we're breakin free
You know the world can see us
In a way that's different than who we are
Creating space between us
Til we're seperate hearts
Watch your faith
It gives me strength
Strength to believe
We're breakin free
We're soarin
Flyin
There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach
If we're tryin
Yeah we're breakin free
We're runnin
Climbin
There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach
If we're tryin
Yeah we're breakin free
We're breakin free Ooo yeah
More than hope
More than faith
This is truth this is fate
And together
We see it coming
More than you
More than me
Not a want
But a need
Both of us breakin free
We're soarin
flyin
There's not a star in heaven that we can't reach
If we're tryin
Yeah we're breakin free
We're runnin
Climbin
To get to the place to be all that we can be
Now's the time
Now's the time
So we're breakin free
Oh we're breakin free
You know the world can see us
In a way that's different than who we...
Are...
Everyone starts cheering loudly. Me and Troy hug and kiss.
"Thanks for doing that with me." I said as we broke apart.
"No problem." Troy said. Then we walked off the stage.
"You guys that was great!" Sharpay and Taylor said giving me a hug.
"Thanks." I said.
"That was really good Gabriella." Caitlyn said walking up to me.
"Thanks Caitlyn." I said then I picked her up. Then Caitlyn hugged me.
"Ahhhhh." I said then I hugged her back.
"Ahhhhh, that's so sweet." Taylor said.
"Gabi. That was great." My mom said running over to me and giving me a hug. "You did great. And so did you Troy."
"Thanks." Troy said.
Troy's POV:
Ok I have the ring. I got the love. And I got the perfect spot to ask her it. I think I've decided what I want to do. I want to marry Gabriella. Because I love her more than anyone in the world. Ok.
Caitlyn's POV:
I hope Gabriella likes me. I mean I really like her, and even though she doesn't know me and I don't know her, I still hope we can be the kind of sisters that are best friends.
Gabriella's POV:
"Yeah. That was awesome." Josh complimented.
"Thanks Josh." I said. I don't know if I should call him dad yet.
"Oh you can call me dad." Josh said.
"Ah huh." I said. Then I walked away. Then my mom looked at me with a annoyed face.
"Ok Sharpay. I need you're help." Troy said.
"Why?" Sharpay asked.
"I'm gonna ask Gabi to marry me tonight. And I need to find the perfect way." Troy explained to her.
"You're what?" Sharpay, Kelsi, and Taylor yelled. Taylor and Kelsi were eavesdropping.
"Ok. Well I guess I need all of you're help. I need you guys to help me find a way to ask Gabriella to marry me." Troy explained again.
"Wait. Hold that thought." Sharpay said. Then she grabbed Caitlyn. "I think Caitlyn here has the right to help you decide her sister's proposal."
"Good thinking." Troy said.
"What?" Caitlyn asked confused.
"Where do you think Troy should ask your sister to marry him?" Sharpay asked.
"Huh?" Caitlyn asked confused.
"Well Caitlyn. I want to ask your sister to marry me." Troy explained slowly.
"Why?" Caitlyn asked.
"Cause I love her." Troy laughed.
"Ewe gross...but I'll help." Caitlyn said.
"What's so gross about love?" Sharpay asked.
"I don't know." Caitlyn giggled cause Sharpay tickled her.
"Well why don't you ask her on stage?" Taylor suggested.
"Well that's a good idea Taylor...but she didn't even want to go sing up there. I don't think she'd want to be proposed to up there." Troy explained.
"Oh come on that's a perfect idea Troy." Sharpay said.
"Yeah." Caitlyn agreed.
"It is a really good idea. And Gabriella won't be embarrassed. Trust me." Kelsi said.
"Fine." Troy finally agreed.
"I'll go find her." Sharpay said.
"Ok I'll be up on stage." Troy said leaving up to the stage while Sharpay and Caitlyn went looking for me. Then they found me.
"Gabriella!" Caitlyn yelled when she saw me.
"Yeah Caitlyn?" I asked.
"Troy wants you up on stage now." Sharpay said pushing me up there.
"No! I'm not singing another song!" I yelled stopping.
"You aren't singing another song. He just wants you up there." Sharpay said then she pushed me onto the stage.
"Hey Troy." I said.
"Oh hey." Troy said.
"Sharpay! Come here!" Troy demanded. Sharpay came up on stage.
"Yeah Troy?" Sharpay asked.
"I need you to quiet these people down." Troy explained.
"It'll be my pleasure." Sharpay said then faced everyone. "Everybody quiet!"
Everyone goes quiet.
"Thank you." Sharpay said then left the stage.
"Ok I would like to make an announcement." Troy said. What is he up to? "Ok well I would like to first thank you all for coming to celebrate Gabriella's birthday. And I would like to thank Gabriella for going to Miami to visit her friend Taylor so we could get set up for her surprise party without her knowing."
I laughed a little about the fact that I actually fell for that.
"And now for the final thing." Troy said then turned to me. Then knelt down. And took out a ring. "Gabriella Montez, will you marry me?"
Then I started to tear.
"Yes." I said. Then we hugged and kissed and everyone started cheering.
