Summary: The gang go through tough times at university with family illnesses to secrets as to two members accused of cheating. They are all attending UCLA and all the girls will be sharing an apartment just as the boys will. Someone's dad gets ill and causes them to withdraw from the gang and hurt the ones they love the most. How will they cope? Two people are helping each other out but with the amount of time they are spending together their other half's start to question them. Will they all still be friends by the time they've finished? Who will suffer heartache and will the pressures of being so different finally get too much?
A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed. Finally the alerts are up again. :) I hope now they are back up people will start reviewing this story again. This chapter is a filler for the next one really. Anyway here's the next chapter. Please R&R!
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except the plot and any original characters.
Chapter 29
Back with the others
Gabriella had called and told them what she knew and promised to keep them updated. The boys were all extremely worried about Jack and wished they could be there too but knew it was impossible.
"How do you think Troy's handling all this?" Jason asked Chad and Zeke as they sat in their apartment.
"Probably worrying like anything. I just hope he doesn't do like last time when his dad was in hospital and he went into a withdrawal mode a few days later." Chad replied as the other two nodded.
"Well hopefully he won't this time since he has Gabi." Zeke said, as there was a knock on the door. Chad got up to answer it and was surprised to see Kelsi standing there.
"Can I come in?" Kelsi asked causing Jason to look back to see her walk in.
"You ok Kelsi?" Jason asked concerned as she sat down next to him.
"Yeah I'm fine I just had to get away from Taylor and Sharpay who are doing my head in with all the planning they're doing for this baby." She told him leaning her head on his shoulder.
"Sorry about those two. They get a bit excited and go into a bossy kind of way." Chad said as Kelsi laughed.
"I know. Have any of you heard from Troy or Gabi yet?" Kelsi asked.
"Chad got a call from Gabi before. He is in hospital at the minute but he should be out tomorrow." Zeke explained to her as she let out a yawn.
"Come on babe lets get you to bed." Jason said as he stood up, helping Kelsi up too. "Call me if you hear anything." Zeke nodded as the two left.
"I'm going to go to bed too night." Zeke left leaving Chad in the main room on his own. He sat down, noticing one of Troy's picture albums on the table in front of him. It was filled of the guys growing up, playing basketball with Jack and then with the girls. Chad closed the album as tears fell down his face praying that Jack would be ok.
With Gabriella
Gabriella approached a familiar front door before knocking. An old woman opened the door frowning but when she saw Gabriella she immediately smiled.
"Gabriella dear what are you doing here?" The women asked as Gabriella smiled.
"Hi Ms Darbus. Coach Bolton's in hospital and Troy's there with him and everyone else in up in California so I thought I would come surprise you." Ms Darbus opened the door for her to come in.
"So you and Mr Bolton are still together I take it." Gabriella smiled. Ms Darbus had always picked on Troy, Chad, Zeke and Jason for being into basketball.
"Yeah. We are. Hey Ms Darbus can I ask you something?" Gabriella asked as they sat down at a table in the kitchen.
"Of course you can as long as you call me Angela not Ms Darbus." Gabriella nodded.
"Ok well Angela what if you had a friend who desperately wanted her boyfriend to propose to her but knew it wasn't exactly the right time for her to tell him how she feels and she feels really selfish for thinking it but all her other friends are getting pretty serious. One friend is even married and pregnant. What should she do?" Ms Darbus smiled.
"Gabriella you don't have to pretend this situation is a friends of yours. I wasn't born yesterday." Gabriella smiled.
"Sorry."
"I say maybe you should tell Mr Bolton how you feel and I don't think he would hate you for telling him. it might in fact actually help take his mind of his dad. By the way who's married and pregnant?" Gabriella laughed.
"Kelsi Neilson or rather Kelsi Cross now, she's about a month gone. Taylor and Chad are still together and now engaged somehow. Sharpay, well Sharpay is still Sharpay and likes to be in control and Zeke just sits back and makes sure she doesn't do anything stupid. Finally Ryan, well Ryan has brought an apartment with his girlfriend Annabelle so we hardly see them," Gabriella told her.
"I would never of guesses Miss Neilson would be the first to get married and pregnant. If anything I always guessed you would have been the first one to settle down and not during college. I remember always walking into my homeroom class and finding you and Mr Bolton in some quite heavy make out sessions and some of you others friends for that matter." Gabriella blushed at the memory.
Flashback
Gabriella and Troy were sitting on their desk at the back of the room making out. Everyone in the room just carried on like normal. When the two first started doing it, people were interested but then they got use to it. A couple of rows in front of Troy and Gabriella were Chad and Taylor making out to. Troy and Gabriella were too caught up in each other that they didn't hear the bell ring.
"MR BOLTON MISS MONTEZ PLEASE STOP THAT RIGHT NOW! YOU TOO DANFORTH AND MCKESSIE!" Ms Darbus yelled as everyone rolled their eyes.
"Why don't you just carry on without us?" Chad shouted causing others to snicker at Chad.
"Mr Danforth sit down this instant or I will call your mother into school." Chad instantly sat down as Troy, Jason and Zeke laughed before receiving a slap on their arms from their girlfriends.
End Flashback
"I haven't had such a entertaining homeroom since all you left. I miss all of you. Jack and I always made a bet when we walked down the halls first thing in a morning guessing who we would find making out first from your little gang and most of the time it was you and Troy." Gabriella laughed blushing more. How's Jack doing?" Gabriella then remembered she hadn't called Troy to tell him where she was.
"He was ok before I left but I don't really know much yet." Gabriella explained.
"Well when you do see him tell him everyone at school is thinking about him."
"I will do. I better go before Troy sends out a search party for me. Thanks for talking it really helped since I don't have my mom to talk to anymore and Lisa wouldn't quite understand the fact Troy's her son." Ms Darbus' next move surprised Gabriella. She pulled her into a big hug.
"If you ever need to talk to anyone, I'm always here for you." The two walked back to the front door.
"Thanks that means a lot. I'll see you soon." Gabriella waved goodbye before walking home.
Gabriella arrived home about 30minutes later. She pulled out her key to let herself in. she walked in turning the corridor light on before heading into the living room. As she opened the door she brought her hand up to her mouth and let out a gasp…
A/N: What caused Gabriella to Gasp? Please review. Thanks!