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: Hey thanks for the reviews for the last chapter. I tried to get a bit of each couple in this chapter . Please R&R!
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except the plot and any original characters.
Chapter 37
Troy woke up early the next morning and went downstairs so he didn't wake Gabriella. Troy walked into the kitchen to see his dad sitting outside just sitting there looking at the basketball court looking a lot weaker and frailer.
"Hey dad how you doing?" Troy asked bringing Jack out of his thoughts.
"Hey Troy. What are you doing up so early?" Jack asked.
"Couldn't sleep and I didn't want to wake Gabi so I came down. Are you ok?" Troy noticed his dad's rather pale complexion.
"Yeah its just all the chemo and treatment make you feel so sick. I hate not being able to play you know." He said nodding his head over to the basketball court.
"I know. But hey just think when you get better you will be able to teach your grandchild to play. Don't worry about Gabriella protesting about either because I'll talk to her and make her see every Bolton has to know how to play ball." Jack smiled at Troy's positive attitude.
"You might be the one that has to do that. Troy you and I both know that I'm getting weaker each day." Troy looked away from his dad.
"You can't think like that dad. I need you. Mom needs you. Gabriella needs you more than me because she has no parents anymore and our child needs you. Heck even Chad needs you. Just think without you there every now and again Chad will lose the plot completely even though I'm pretty sure he already has." Jack laughed. "Dad you have to stay positive." Jack nodded.
"I know. Its just so hard." Troy looked at his dad sympathetically. "I think that you guys are the only things that are keeping me going. I keep telling myself I have to get better so I can be here to see my first grandchild. But I don't know if I have the strength to keep fighting. I'm going for a walk. Can you tell your mom when she gets up?" Troy nodded as his dad left.
"It's going to be ok I promise." Gabriella said sitting on the step next to him and resting her head on him.
"I know. Hey have you told the gang we'll see them later this morning to arrange something?" Troy asked.
"Yeah. They're all coming over at 11am." Gabriella told him.
"Thank you." Gabriella looked at Troy confused.
"Why?" Troy smiled.
"You are always there whenever I need someone to talk to." Gabriella smiled as she kissed him as they both pulled apart and rested their hands on Gabriella's small bump.
11am
All the gang was sitting around the back yard discussing what they should do.
"I know." Sharpay shouted as everyone looked at her. "We should go see Ms Darbus." All the boys looked at her like she had gone crazy.
"I finally got out of seeing her when we graduated so why would I want to go see her now?" Chad asked.
"I think it's an excellent idea." Gabriella spoke up. She never told anyone she went to see her just before she found out she was pregnant.
"Well unless you guys can come up with a better idea we can go tell Ms Darbus what Jason and Troy have done to me and Gabi." Kelsi said while everyone laughed apart from Jason.
"Dude I can just see it now. 'Detention both of you for getting your girls pregnant'." Chad joked as everyone laughed at his impressive Ms Darbus impersonation.
"Ok I'm worried. I'm engaged who can sound scarily like Ms Darbus." Taylor said as Chad pouted.
"But you know you love little Chaddy Waddy." Chad said in a baby tone pinching his cheeks. Everyone looked at Chad.
"I feel sorry for you Taylor. You're engaged to a 3 year old." Annabelle laughed at Chad's pout.
"Well at least I'm engaged. Zeke you and Ryan need to get on the ball and propose already. Everyone else is or for some are married and pregnant." Taylor told them as Sharpay and Annabelle looked at each other excitedly.
"When you do can we choose out own rings?" Troy looked at Sharpay weirdly.
"Why would you want to choose your own ring? I thought it was meant to be a surprise when you see the ring." Troy asked as Gabriella rested her head on his chest.
"Well if we have to wear it we might as well choose one we like." Annabelle answered.
"Don't even try and argue Troy." Ryan told him as he settled down in his chair.
"Are we going to go or not?" Sharpay shouted as everyone stood up.
"You ok?" Troy asked Gabriella who just nodded. They all decided to walk since the weather was still warm enough. They all walked in couples.
Chad and Taylor
"Tay can I ask you something?" Chad asked.
"Sure what?" Taylor looked at him confused. He seemed worried to her.
"Do I embarrass you?" Taylor smiled.
"Chad yeah I'll admit sometimes you can be embarrassing but that's who you are and that's how you have always been. I wouldn't want you to not be you. I love the fact you can make me laugh and I love you. Chad I really don't care how much you embarrass me just so long as it won't damage my future." Chad gave her a quick kiss before wrapping his arm around her waist.
"I'll try not to embarrass you too much when it comes to our wedding." Taylor laughed. She knew Chad was the only one for her.
Sharpay and Zeke
Zeke was deep in thought as he wondered about what Taylor had said earlier about them proposing.
"Zeke I'm sorry if what I was doing before was mean." Zeke was confused. "I don't care what ring I have when you propose because I will love it because you chose it for me and no one else. I guess sometime the selfish ice princess in me comes out and I forget how to control it." Zeke smiled.
"Don't worry about it, I promise one of the days I will ask you to marry me but not yet. I want to surprise you." Sharpay clapped her hands and laughed.
"And when you ask I will say yes. Hey do you think Gabi's ok? I mean she's been awfully quiet today." Sharpay asked Zeke.
"You'll find she's probably just tired. I mean she is carrying an extra person inside her know like Kelsi. They are bound to have days where they seem down." Zeke reassured her.
"I hope your right. I'm glad Troy and Gabriella are giving things another go." Zeke nodded as they carried on walking.
Jason and Kelsi
"When do you think we should tell them we know what we're having?" Kelsi asked as she held her hand over her stomach.
"I think we should wait until we've told our families before we tell them. How about just before we go back to UCLA." Jason compromised.
"That sounds good. I can't believe that in a few months we will have out own baby." Kelsi looked at Jason excitedly.
"You really love being pregnant don't you?" Kelsi nodded.
"What's not to love? I mean I'm carrying out child that we love and I get to feel it grow inside of me." Jason smiled.
"Well I'm glad you aren't going to kill me." Kelsi raised her eyebrows.
"Who said I won't kill you. I might be fine now but when it comes to the birth don't be so certain you will be alive." Kelsi threatened as Jason laughed.
"I'll look forward to see you try and do so while having the baby." Kelsi slapped his stomach as he laughed,
Ryan and Annabelle
"Hey Ryan do you think Gabriella is ok with me? I mean I asked her if she was ok and she just ignored me. Do you think they've had another fight and what happened in High School got brought up?" Ryan looked back at Gabriella and Troy who were walking close together.
"I don't think its that because they look to close and normally when they fight they walk away from each other." Ryan explained.
"Well there is something up with Gabi then because she has been too quiet." Annabelle stated.
"Try talking to her again later when she's on her own or something. Just don't push it if she doesn't talk." Ryan told her as they looked ahead to see Chad goofing around.
Troy and Gabriella
Troy was trying to figure out what was wrong with Gabriella because she wasn't talking.
"Gabriella tell me what's wrong please. You're worrying me." Gabriella looked at him and shook her head. "Ok if you don't then I'm going home right this second and I will leave you stuck with all the others." Troy warned as Gabriella's eyes watered.
"Troy I got a phone call last night." Gabriella started. "It was the hospital. When they saw us the other day at the appointment they noticed something. Troy I'm having twins." Gabriella nervously said unsure of how Troy would react.
A/N: How will Troy react? Please review. Thanks!