"Gabriella? Is it really you?" Gabriella shifted in her seat uncomfortably, she giggled nervously.
"Is it hot in here, or is it just me?" She asked, still shifting in her seat, unable to find a comfortable position.
"I think it's just you." Celina snapped.
Troy just stood there, he was surprised, no doubt about that. Of all the places to run into your ex why did it have to be here?
"So uhh… let's get on with this shall we?" Gabriella stated, trying to be professional. She cleared her throat as Troy stood up to take off his jacket. "The process of IVF is fairly slow. It involves frequent blood tests, frequent ultrasounds and medications. These medications are to help you produce several eggs in one cycle, these medications also control when you ovulate so we can plan ahead in your IVF treatment. Some of these medications are delivered by injection, but don't worry Celina we will teach you and Troy how to administer them appropriately." Troy and Celina were listening extremely carefully hanging off every word she said, Grace sat in the corner reading the book she always had in her bag, Twilight (A/N omgosh!! I'm reading Braking Dawn atm. I don't want to finish it!) "It is vital that you administer the correct dosage otherwise the whole thing could be thrown out of whack."
"I won't go into these next steps in detail until we are closer to it becoming necessary. After we have all that under control we will go in and surgically remove the eggs, an embryologist will then mix the sperm and the eggs; if this process is not successful ICSI will be recommended. The embryologist will keep an eye on the fertilization of the eggs for 2-5 days. The embryos will then be transferred into the uterus and should implant into the lining of the uterus, any questions?" Gabriella sat, waiting for any questions, when Celina spoke up.
"After the embryos have been transferred and implanted on the lining of my uterus, how long will it take to show up on a home pregnancy test?" Celina felt a tad embarrassed asking these questions in front of her thirteen year old daughter.
"It should be approximately two weeks before you take a test hoping for a positive result. Now I've booked you in for your blood tests and medication info for Friday. Is that okay?" Celina nodded her head, slowly rising.
"Well, we'll see you then." Celina headed for the door followed by Troy.
"Come on squirt." Grace rose, glancing at the doctor her father seemed to know, and followed her parents to the car park. She hopped into her fathers car strapping herself in as she watched her parents have some sort of discussion in front of the car. Celina was using big hand gestures and Troy had one arm placed on the bonnet of the car supporting his weight. Grace could tell by these actions they were fighting, her guess it had something to do with that doctor inside.
"Celina, would you just relax? It's not like I'm still dating her!" For some reason, unbeknown to Troy, Celina had a problem with the fact that Gabriella (his ex) was her 'girly' doctor.
"It's not that Troy! It's that of the thirteen years of Marriage, and all the discussions of ex's in the world, she never came up. Not once!" Celina was close to blowing a fuse.
"Maybe there's a reason I left her anonymous. Maybe it's something that I don't want to relive again. Maybe it's none of your God damn business." Troy hit the bonnet of the car, causing it to shake. He came around the driver's door "And maybe I need some space." He got in the car, leaving Celina standing in the car park slightly confused at her husband's behavior.
Troy was currently on the freeway, driving just for the sake of driving. Grace in the front seat, wanted to question her fathers behavior but couldn't find her voice. She had no idea where he was taking her, or if he even knew she was still there but one thing she did know was that he knew where he was going.
The car came to a rolling stop outside one of Troy's favorite places, Lava Springs Country Club. Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Ryan, Martha, Jason, Zeke and Kelsi would spend endless hours here during the summer.
"Uhh…Dad? Where are we?" Troy looked over at his daughter before looking out at the open fairways.
"Gracie here is the place where I met that Doctor back there."
"How do you know her? The Doctor I mean." Troy laughed at Grace stating the obvious.
"Me and her, we kind of had a thing." Troy sighed. "Want to go in and have lunch?" Grace nodded. They both got out of the car and headed towards the restaurant of the country club. They were shown to their table by a waitress named Stacy, she handed them their menus and went to prepare their drinks. Two ice teas, the Lava Springs specialty. She returned a few minutes later, placing the drinks on the table before leaving them to decide their food choice.
"Dad how did you and umm…Gabrielle meet?"
"Gabriella. Gabriella Montez, boy was she something."
Flash Back.
"Troy, straighten your tie." Lucille Bolton ordered her seventeen year old son.
"It's as straight as it's going to get." Jack Bolton laughed at his son's behavior before fixing Troy's tie to his wife's 'standards'
"Troy, I'm not asking much, just that you look nice. The family only meets once a year." Lucille, Jack and Troy made their way over to a large table in the middle of the restaurant. Troy was met with a chorus of 'oh my look how handsome he's gotten' all he did was smile before making his way over to the table that was filled with his cousin's.
"Hey Sam! What's up?" Troy greeted his cousin who was a year older than him. Troy was the youngest of all his cousins, and all of them where boys except one, but she was thirty so she was at the other table.
"Nothing much. Did you see the waitress us boys got?" Troy shook his head "Well you better watch out 'cause boy is she fine." Troy laughed taking a seat.
"Man am I thirsty?!" Troy stated as he slid his chair closer to the table.
"Well are you?" Troy just looked at Sam and shook his head laughing.
"You are a piece of work, I'll tell you." The waitress was weaving her way through the crowed of people.
"Yo Troy hot waitress at two o'clock." Troy turned his head in the direction Sam mentioned and sure enough there was the most stunning girl he had ever seen. Brown curls cascading down her back, framing her pale face, brown eye's that glittered in the light, a smile that well lit up the whole room. She was dressed in black dress pants and a white shirt with a black waist apron, all waitresses dressed the same yet she stood out. She approached the table with a smile on her face, eye's sparkling, and note pad ready.
"Can I get you boy's anything to drink, eat maybe?" Her voice was so soft like the wind whispering in the trees. Troy just sat there captivated by her beauty. Sam waved a hand in front of his face
"Hello? Troy? Anybody home? Sorry about my cousin, I think he may have slipped and hit his head earlier today, you know clumsy kids." The waitress laughed bringing Troy back to earth.
"Umm…ahh…Pardon?" Troy had know idea what they were talking about.
"Any drinks?" Troy nodded his head eagerly.
"Just water, for now." She nodded her head jotting it down on her note pad.
"I'm Gabriella by the way. If you need anything tonight just call." She left to go and retrieve his water.
The night was coming to an end, and all branches of the Bolton family would soon be heading their own ways.
"Quick give me your tip money for Gabriella." Sam ordered. Troy handed him the money before placing it on the money tray. The families started to leave but Troy stayed behind. He grabbed a napkin and a pen from a passing waiter, and wrote:
Gabriella, It was nice meeting you this evening,
Maybe we could hang out a little more?
What do you say we catch a movie?
Eight o'clock, I'll pick you up
My number is:
04691 7521
Call me ;)
Cute guy at table 9
(a.k.a Troy)
End flash back
"About two hours later I got a call confirming the date, and we just went from there." Grace put the last hot chip into her mouth.
"How long did you two last?" Grace was truly intrigued, her father had always said never lie to the ones you love, yet he didn't inform Celina about Gabriella and there had to be a reason.
"We broke up just before she left for college."
"Why?" Grace was determined to find out why he hadn't told her mother about this Gabriella girl.
"That's not important. I think we should head back, your mother will be worrying."
Troy paid the bill and headed out to his car. He took a deep breath of the fresh air looking out over the grounds that held many memories of his youth. He took one last look before getting into his car and making his way back home to Celina.
"Shoot!" Grace jumped, after sitting in silence for most of the trip she wasn't expecting any type of noise.
"What?" Grace asked in a panicked tone.
"I left my jacket at the doctor's office." He turned on the indicator and did a u-turn heading in the direction of the private practice. He pulled into the same empty spot as before. He grabbed his kets from the ignition, jumping out and heading inside, grace hot on his heels. The same nurse was behind the counter.
"Look dude, your wife isn't in there." Troy gave her a strange look.
"No I know. I was wondering of it was possible to pop in and see Dr. Montez?" The nurse nodded her head and waved them through. Troy knocked on the door, being polite and waited to be granted access to the room. He heard a faint 'Come in' before he turned the handle and entered.
"H-Oh Troy. What are you doing here?" She asked a little shocked
"I left my jacket." He pointed to his black jacked which was positioned over the arm of the couch.
"Oh okay well here." She handed him, his jacket. There was an awkward silence before grace broke it.
"I don't believe my father or mother introduced us." Troy took this as his cue to jump in.
"Gabriella this is my daughter Grace, Grace this is Gabriella." Gabriella's face had horror written all over it. She shook Graces hand before she broke out into sobs. Troy stood there helpless.
He didn't know how to comfort a crying woman let alone a crying ex.
A/N- Omgosh. Its midnight here (so sorry of there are mistakes). I haven't studied for my science test (which I have period one) but I really wanted to get this finished because well I have nothing else to do. I just thought I'd warn you all in advance, my subject selection for year ten is coming up and I need to get that done, so… If chapters take longer to come out I'm doing all I can.