A few more months have past and Gabriella was already showing. Everyone could tell that she and Ben would be amazing parents. Ben never left Gabriella's side, even when the girls went baby shopping. Everyone could tell that even though he was young, Ben was ready to have a baby. His sister had come to visit a few weeks ago and Gabriella saw how great he was with his niece. Luckily, he sister was ok with them having a baby and told them that if they ever needed parent advice, they could always call her. Every night, Gabriella would ask herself how she got so lucky.
Gabriella's mom had not tried to get in touch with Gabriella and it worried Ben that Gabriella was upset but wouldn't admit it. Not even to him. One night, while Ben and she were lying on the couch together, he had to ask her why she was so quite. Usually, she couldn't keep her mouth shut about getting everything they needed for the baby.
"Gabi, what's wrong?" he asked, looking deep into her eyes.
"Nothing" She answered, trying not to look at him.
"Gabi, do you really think I would believe that?" he asked.
She finally looked into his eyes, tears leaking out from hers, "Why can't my mom accept the fact that I'm pregnant? It's been nearly six months since I have spoken to her. Why did she have to believe Troy?"
Ben hugged her tightly and soothed her until she had stopped crying. He wiped her tears away and said "She'll come around. She just needs time. You are her only daughter; obviously it will take her a lot of time to get over it. We just have to be patient."
"I love you so much." Her voice was muffled because she hid her face in his well toned chest. She hugged him tight and never wanted him to let go. He hugged her back, enjoying the feeling of her body close to his.
"I love you both." He whispered into her ear. Then suddenly, they jumped away from each other, their eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their heads.
"Did you- I mean did she-" he tried to get the words out of his mouth. Gabriella just nodded with her face brightened with happiness.
"She kicked." Ben whispered. He delicately put his had on her pregnant stomach and waited a couple seconds. After what seemed like hours when it was actually a minute, he felt her kick again.
"Wow" was all he could say.
"I know" she replied.
After the whole baby kicking incident, Gabriella stopped being depressed. Something about feeling your baby kick for the first time gives you this immense amount of happiness that you can't describe.
A few days had passed and the girls were still talking about Abby's kicks. This time, they were at Ben's house, waiting for him to pick Gabriella up so he could take her to the doctor for their appointment. He and Sharpay had to go and do an errand before Ben and Gabriella left for the hospital. Gabriella had no idea what it was but apparently it was important.
"How did it feel?" Taylor asked,
"Amazing but in a strange weird way." Gabriella replied.
"Did it hurt when she kicked?" Kelsi asked,
"No, it didn't. What's with all the questions?" Gabriella gave them a curious look. "One of you isn't-"
"NO!" both Taylor and Kelsi said simultaneously,
"We're just curious." Kelsi reassured Gabi.
While they continued talking about things, Ben and Sharpay were at a jewelry store. Actually, it was the fourteenth one they had been too. Sharpay loved to shop and could live at the mall if she wanted too but this was getting ridiculous.
"Can you just pick one!" she said in her Ice Queen voice.
"I can't! None of these rings look like the one." He sighed and leaned against the wall, "This is hopeless."
The nice Sharpay started to show again, "Don't say that. You'll find one. You don't have to find it today." Her reassurance made him feel a little better.
"Yeah but-" he suddenly stopped, something had caught his eye. He walked toward the glass window and whispered, "That's the one."
"What?" Sharpay asked, confused.
"Sharpay, that's the one. Look at it. It has Gabriella's name written all over it. That's the ring, I can feel it."
When Sharpay saw the ring on the window she gasped.
"Ben, it's beautiful!" Even though it all her patience to wait for him to find the ring, she knew it was worth seeing his face when he found the right ring. After gazing at it she looked at the price.
"Ben, look at the price tag." She said but he was already in the store, asking the jeweler if he could see the ring.
Once he had the ring in his hands, he was certain it was the ring he wanted. It was a simple yet beautiful ring. It was sophisticated yet noticeable.
"I'll take it." he told the jeweler.
"Would you like me to engrave it?" the jeweler asked.
"Yes" Ben wrote down what he wanted to be engraved and showed it to Sharpay for approval. When she nodded, he paid for it and the jeweler told him to come back in a month. It would be ready by then.
Ben reached his house and Gabriella was already waiting outside for him. Sharpay left drove off with Kelsi and Taylor to who knows where.
"So what did you and Sharpay buy?" Gabriella asked,
"Nothing" Ben replied, trying to act cool.
"Really? Because Sharpay had her 'I just bought something amazing' face on"
"Well, you must be mistaken because Sharpay and I did not buy a thing. If we did, we would have brought back a bag at least." He made a good point but Gabi was still suspicious.
Once Gabriella and Ben reached the hospital, Gabriella changed into a hospital gown and did her regular check up. Dr. Patterson came in and did a sonogram. One of the nurses came in and asked the doctor if she could speak to her outside for a moment. Something about this made Gabriella and Ben uneasy. When Dr. Patterson came back, her expression was very serious. Ben knew something was wrong because Dr. Patterson usually had a smile on her face but he didn't want to scare Gabi until he was certain.
"What's wrong?" Gabi asked, apparently she sensed trouble as well.
"There is a problem with the pregnancy."
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