"Alexis is…" Gabriella paused as her words failed.
"Alexis is what?" asked Troy, waiting for an answer.
"Alexis is…really happy you found her." she lied, putting Alexis down.
"Oh, I'm glad I found her too!" he smiled. "Well, I should be getting back to Chad."
Gabriella sighed, "Okay, I'll see you later then." Troy said good bye and left.
"Mommy, I want you and Troy to fall in love!" squealed Alexis.
"Shh, Alexis!" scolded Gabriella, covering her daughter's mouth. Troy smiled and continued walking; he had heard everything Alexis had said.
"I mean, it's so weird! Alexis has the same exact eyes as me! I mean, eye color and the actual eye!" cried a clueless Troy.
"Isn't the only other person with the same eyes as you your Dad?" asked Chad.
"Yeah," replied Troy.
Chad gasped, "I've got it! I know who the father is!"
"Who?" Troy asked anxiously.
"Your dad!"
"What?!" yelled Troy.
"Your dad is the father!" Chad exclaimed again.
"Chad, you have a huge head and bushy hair. Surely there must be a brain in there. That is not possible!"
"How do you know?" questioned Chad. Troy raised an eyebrow. "Okay, you're right," Chad sighed.
"I almost told him," Gabriella sighed and poked her fork into her salad.
"Gabriella, you have to tell him! Troy deserves to know about his daughter!" Taylor gave Gabriella a firm look and continued eating her salad.
"But what if he doesn't—"
"Gabriella, shush! He loves you, I know he does. Didn't you say that he loved Alexis?" asked Taylor.
Gabriella frowned, "Yeah, but what happens when he knows I've been lying to him this whole time? I mean, what if he won't accept me anymore? Or even worse, Alexis?"
"You know that Troy's not like that. He is a very kind and sensitive man! Alexis seems to have some sort of natural affection towards Troy."
"Yes, she does adore Troy." Gabriella muttered. "But Taylor, this is not easy!"
Taylor sighed, "Then why didn't you tell him in the first place?"
"Because I was scared! I didn't know how he'd take it. And to make it worse, I was stuck in Alabama when he was all the way here in New Mexico. If I'd told him, I thought he'd break up with me," admitted Gabriella.
Taylor rolled her eyes, "Gabriella! Troy would never do that! Do you know how heartbroken he was when you moved away? And, do you know how heartbroken he was when you stopped calling him? He thought you didn't care about him anymore! Do you know how you made him feel?" Taylor asked angrily.
Gabriella released hot tears in result of Taylor's outburst. "I never thought of it that way."
"I'm sorry Gabs, it's just…Troy's a very good friend of mine and I don't like seeing him get hurt."
"Did I really hurt him that badly?" asked Gabriella.
Taylor nodded, "Unfortunately, yes. Troy wasn't the only one you hurt, Gabriella. You hurt me, too. You promised you'd call me and stay in touch."
"I'm so sorry, Taylor." whimpered Gabriella, wiping her tears,
"Wow, poor Troy. After you left, Sharpay kept asking him out over and over again. She kept asking until he finally told her off, yelling. After she ran off he broke down and started crying." explained Taylor.
"I never thought I hurt him that much."
"It was like you forgot about him, Gabriella." Taylor looked at her friend with sympathy and then shook it off. "Hey, I took you to this restaurant to have fun. Now let's stop reliving bad memories and let's start making good ones!"
"Okay Chad, how many times do I have to tell you? My dad is not Alexis's father." said Troy, as he and Chad were entering the same restaurant.
"Alright, fine, I give up!" Chad hollered. "Then who is the father?"
"…No Taylor, stop it!" cried Gabriella. "I can't just go up to Troy and say 'Hey Troy, you're the father.'" explained Gabriella.
Taylor's smile faded, "Uh-oh," she muttered.
"What?" asked Gabriella.
"Turn around," Taylor whispered, waggling her finger. Gabriella slowly turned around to see Troy standing behind her. He seemed to be rendered speechless.
"Uh…h-hi…T-T-Troy," she shivered. She couldn't believe what was happening. "D-Did you hear what I just…s-said?"
Troy didn't answer, he was still in shock. "Uh, yeah I heard you." he finally implied.
"So, what do you think?" asked Gabriella.
"I think I'm going to sit down," he remarked as he almost fainted.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Troy asked angrily, pacing back and forth.
"I was afraid how you'd react. I didn't think it was the right time," replied Gabriella.
"Oh, and waiting two years to surprise me like that is the right thing to do?"
"Troy, I'm sorry. I just thought you wouldn't love me if you knew that you got me pregnant." Gabriella confessed.
"I made you pregnant? Hey, you were involved too!" he ejaculated. Gabriella chuckled. Troy sighed, "Gabriella, why did you think I would stop loving you? You know I'm not like that!"
She took a deep breath, "I wish I'd known that. I was just so scared. I was only sixteen,"
"Hey, I think everybody would be nervous if they got pregnant that young." Troy took a seat next to Gabriella on her couch. "I was starting to think Walter was the father."
"Walter? EW!" she sputtered.
"I thought you loved Walter!" cried Troy.
"So did I, but I'm kind of falling for somebody else right now." explained Gabriella.
Troy's smile faded, "Oh. Well I'd rather have you date that person than Walter."
Gabriella hid her smile, "I'm sure you would."
"I'm still angry at you for not telling me. I want to be a part of Alexis's life too, you know?"
"I understand, Troy. I wanted you to be a part of our daughter's life, but I couldn't face telling you." Gabriella wiped the last of her tears.
"Gabriella, can I ask you something?"
"Sure, ask anything." she answered.
"Why did you stop calling me?" he asked, looking at her with his soft blue eyes.
Gabriella looked down at her hands, and then back at Troy. "Oh, I don't know." She gazed into Troy's sad eyes. "I didn't want you to know about Alexis, so I stopped calling."
"I thought you forgot about me and found somebody else," whispered Troy as his voice was breaking down.
Wow, I hurt him that much,thought Gabriella. "I never forgot about you, Troy. How do you think I could forget you when there is so much of you in Alexis?"
"Really? Like what?" Troy questioned.
"Well, she's getting hooked on basketball," she informed him.
"I can see that," replied Troy.
Gabriella chuckled, "And, she loves to sing in front of people, she's allergic to mushrooms, she has asthma, just like you, and she loves to show off."
"Hey!" Troy whined. "That's not fair!"
"Listen, Troy, even though our apartment is pretty small, would you like to…stay with us for a while? You know, so you can get to know Alexis a little better?" she asked him.
Troy gulped, "I don't know," he answered.
"Please? Come on, Alexis would love to spend more time with you!" pleaded Gabriella.
"What about Walter? What would he think of me staying here?" inquired Troy.
"Oh, I'm sure he'll be fine with it." Gabriella reassured him.
"If Walter's okay with it, I'll stay." he replied.
"Thank you so much, Troy!"
It was two o'clock in the morning, and Gabriella rolled to the other side of the bed. It was empty, since Troy was sleeping on the pull-out sofa bed in the living room. Alexis started weeping and Gabriella groaned. Three minutes later, she rolled out of bed and slowly walked over to Alexis's room. She peeked in to find Alexis on Troy's lap.
"What's wrong?" Troy asked quietly, stroking the young girl's dark curly locks.
"I have bad dream," Alexis complained. "They cancel Barney."
"It's okay, it was only a dream." he whispered as he placed Alexis in her bed. "Try to sleep, okay?"
"Okay," answered Alexis. Gabriella chuckled from the hallway, she knew she had done the right thing.
A/N: Aw, cute! Anyway, below, I posted the lyrics to the song We'll Be Together. In parentheses, it explains how this fic follows the storyline of the song.
Gabriella's POV
I'm not alone
Even when we're apart I feel you
In the air (Gabriella can feel Troy's presence when she's around Alexis.)
I'm not afraid
I know what you're thinkin'
I can hear you everywhere (Troy's voice rings in her head.)
Some people say it'll never happen (Like Walter.)
And we're just wasting time
But good things come when you least expect them (Like Alexis.)
So I don't really mind
We'll be together, come whatever (Through any obstacle, like Walter, again)
Not just staring at the stars (She's not getting caught up in her own thoughts.)
Just remember
That no one else could tell us who we are
We'll be together so don't ever
Stop listening to your heart
Cuz I can't turn mine off
I can't pretend
This is a rehearsal for the real thing
Because it's not (Meeting Troy again.)
And I know we're young (Being eighteen and having a two year old daughter.)
I can't help feeling what I'm feeling
And I won't stop
Some things are meant to be and will be there
When the time is right
Even though I know that
I swear I wish it was tonight
We'll be together come whatever
Not just staring at the stars
Just remember
That no one else could tell us who we are
We'll be together so don't ever
Stop listening to your heart
Cuz I can't turn mine off
Ooooh yeah
I like what's happening to me
Ooooh yeah
Nothing else to say
Ooooh yeah
Somebody finally got to me
And carried me away
We'll be together come whatever
Not just staring at the stars
Just remember
That no one else could tell us who we are
We'll be together so don't ever
Stop listening to your heart
Cuz I can't turn mine off
I'm not alone
Even when we're apart I feel you
A/N: Everything else in the song is pretty self-explanatory! Ha! Please review! No flames!