Feebly, Gabriella made her way downstairs. She trudged into the family room, and curled up on the couch. After sitting there shivering for several minutes, she got up, turned the heat up as high as it would go, and curled back up on the couch with a thick comforter wrapped around her. Two weeks ago she had been thrilled beyond belief to be pregnant, but at this point she was miserable. Troy had even forced her to take some time off work to get better. Gabriella closed her eyes, and snuggled deeper under the soft blanket.
The phone ringing shattered Gabriella's sleep. Groaning loudly, she groped around on the floor next to the couch for the cordless phone.
"Hello?" she mumbled sleepily.
"Gabi? I'm sorry, did I wake up?" Sharpay asked in a concerned tone.
"No, no, it's fine. What's up?" Sharpay noted how tired her friend sounded. The blonde was getting worried.
"Just calling to see how you're doing. You feeling okay, Gabi?" Gabriella sighed.
"I still feel really sick. I feel really achy too. You didn't need to call and check up on my, Shar."
"I'm worried about you. When I was pregnant with Matt, I wasn't nearly as sick as you are. Maybe you should go see a doctor or something." Gabriella wrapped the blanket around her tighter.
"Troy put you up to
this didn't he?"
"No, I'm calling you on my own. We're
all really worried about you."
"I'm fine, it's
just morning sickness; that's all." Gabriella tried to sound
convincing even though she doubted her own words ever so slightly.
"Promise me something, Gabi. Promise me that you'll go see a doctor if you don't get better soon." Gabriella began to cough violently. "You okay?" Sharpay asked when her friend was done coughing.
"Yeah I'm fine. There was something in my throat, that's all." Sharpay wasn't convinced, but didn't wish to get in a fight with Gabriella.
"Please go see a doctor if you don't feel better soon," she pleaded.
"I'm fine Shar, really. I've gotta go. Tell Zeke that I said hi." Sharpay sighed and hung up the phone.
After Gabriella hung up the phone, she began to cough again. She grabbed her bottle of water off the coffee table, and drained the bottle of cool liquid. Her throat was scratchy, she had a pounding headache, and she felt altogether awful. She buried her face in her pillow, and let out a muffled sob before drifting back to sleep.
Later that night, Sharpay slid into bed after feeding Matt. Zeke draped his arm over her waist, and kissed her head.
"What's wrong honey?" he asked quietly, careful not to wake their sleeping son.
"I'm worried about Gabi. She sounded really sick today when I talked to her," Sharpay replied just a quietly.
"Maybe it's just the pregnancy. Some women are different than others when it comes to this kind of stuff." Sharpay shook her head, and rolled over to face her husband who was hovering over her.
"No, I think that it's more than the pregnancy. She had this terrible coughing fit while we were on the phone." Zeke gave Sharpay a peck on the lips.
"Gabi's a big girl. If something was wrong with her, Troy would be all over it." Sharpay rolled back over with a huff. "Look, I'm sorry Shar, but I honestly think that Gabi's fine." Sharpay didn't answer. Sighing, Zeke rolled over. He wasn't in the mood to fight with her.
The following week, Troy moved the last of the boxes out of the spare bedroom that would become the nursery. He figured that he should do something to help out since Gabriella was still sick. It was well after two AM by the time he crawled in bed. When he kissed Gabriella's cheek, her realized that she was on fire.
"Gabi, Gabriella, get up!" Troy hissed. Gabriella moaned, and kept her eyes closed. "Gabi, get up! I'm taking you to the hospital."
A/N: Short chapter I know…I'm sorry! Things are starting to pick up now though. You honestly didn't expect everything to be alright did you? Umm…yeah…that's it I guess. Please review!
Tina101