Gabriella, who was now nine months pregnant, was sitting by the kitchen counter, picking at her plate of pasta. Troy was sitting next to her, but, neither one of them said a word. Troy was quiet because Gabriella was in a crappy mood and had yelled at him a lot that day. Gabriella was quiet because she was ashamed because she had yelled at Troy and on top that, the baby had not stopped kicking.
The silence was broken when the doorbell rand. Troy got up and went to open the door. A minute later, he returned with Isabel and Maria.
"How's my little girl?" Maria asked going over to Gabriella.
"I don't know about little," Isabel said. She placed her hands on Gabriella's stomach. "It's kicking."
"You think?" Gabriella glared at Isabel.
"How was graduation?" Troy asked trying to get Gabriella in a good mood.
"Great," Isabel said. She had come home from graduation.
Troy noticed that Gabriella was trying to get up, and he hurried over to her. He helped her to stand up and he followed her to the living room. Maria and Isabel stayed behind.
"Troy, I'm sort," Gabriella whispered as he helped her to lie down on the couch. "For yelling at you like that, today."
"I know, Gabi," Troy said, softly as he knelt down beside her. He kissed her hand, gently and then, her bump. "Should I tell your mom and Iz to leave? Do you want a rest or something?"
"Yeah," Gabriella said. "And, tell them that I'm sorry for not being so social."
"Okay," Troy said and kissed her forehead. "I'll be right back."
Troy saw Maria and Isabel to the door and then, went back to the living room carrying Gabriella's plate of pasta.
"You're going to eat this," Troy said. "You haven't eaten properly today."
"I'm hungry," Gabriella admitted.
Troy fed her pasta and then, he went to wash the plate. He had not made it to the sink when he heard Gabriella scream. He dropped the plate and it crashed to the floor.
"Troy!" Gabriella screamed, again.
Troy rushed to the living room and knelt down beside Gabriella.
"What's wrong?" he asked taking her hand.
"I think I'm going into labour," she whispered as tears streamed down her face. "I'm scared, Troy."
Troy's face lost some colour when he saw her tears.
"No, Gabi," he said, kissing her hand. "Don't cry. I love you. I'm right here, alright? Right here."
Gabriella nodded. Troy got up and helped Gabriella up.
"Can you walk?" he asked. "Or, I can –"
"I can walk," she interrupted.
"Troy led Gabriella to the door, grabbing the bag they had packed two weeks ago. As they got to the door, it swung open and Chad and Taylor walked in.
"For once you've got a good timing, Chad," Troy said. "We need to get to the hospital. Gabi's going into labour."
"What?" Chad asked.
"Troy," Gabriella whispered. "I thought I could walk, but, I can't."
She almost fell, but, Troy and Chad caught her. Gabriella placed one arm on Troy's shoulders and the other on Chad's. They carried her to the car and Taylor drove them to the hospital.
Four hours later, Troy walked out to the waiting room grinning all over his face.
"It's a girl!" he told his friends, parents, James, Maria, Ava and Nick.
Jack gave Troy a hug. "I'm proud of you, son," he said.
"Thanks, dad," Troy smiled. "Do you guys want to see her?"
With a chorus of 'duh's, everyone followed Troy to Gabriella's room. She was sitting up on the bad with the small baby girl in her arms. Troy sat beside her and put his arm around her.
"She looks like you, Troy," Taylor said.
"But, she has Gabi's eyes," Kelsi said.
"Can I hold her?" Isabel asked.
Gabriella gave the little baby to Isabel and leant against Troy.
"I'm proud of you, Gabi," Troy said, softly so that only Gabriella could hear him.
"Thanks," she said, snuggling close to him.
"What's her name?" Amanda asked.
"Michelle Isabel Bolton," Troy said and Gabriella smiled at him.
"Yay!" Isabel squealed. "She has my name."
"We would like you to he her godmother," Gabriella said.
"I'd be honoured," Isabel smiled.
A/N Stories comiong to an end...only two more chapters and an epilogue. Anyways, I hope you like these two chapters...R & R!!!