Summary: The gang go through tough times at university with family illnesses to having to deal with babies. Will they all still be friends by the time they've finished? Who will suffer heartache and will all the couples all still be together by the time they've finished?
A/N: Hey thanks for the reviews. I'm glad you all liked the last chapter. This chapter seemed to take forever to do because I wanted to get it right. It's kind of sad just to warn you but it is one of the longest i have written, over 2100 words. Please R&R!
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except plot and any original characters.
Chapter 45
Gabriella and Troy were allowed to take the twins home a few days later and were so far coping well with the twins after two weeks. When they had first gone home Lisa wouldn't let Gabriella do a single thing because she told her she needed to rest which annoyed Troy and Gabriella because Gabriella wanted to help out and after Jack had a word she let Gabriella do what she wanted. It was now 5am and Gabriella was downstairs with Alexia, who had woke up and needed to be fed. Gabriella was sitting downstairs in the kitchen feeding her so she didn't wake any of the others up. She was completely exhausted and emotionally drained from having to keep getting up.
"Tiring isn't it." Gabriella turned carefully while Alexia carried on feeding to see Lisa stood at the door.
"Yeah it is. What are you doing up anyway?" Gabriella asked as Lisa came to sit down.
"I couldn't sleep and I heard her before but I knew you might want to get her started before I came to find you." Gabriella smiled as Alexia stopped feeding. Lisa held out her arms to burp Alexia which Gabriella happily let her do while she strapped herself back up.
"I really wish Troy could wake up to feed them." Gabriella admitted.
"Trust me there was times I wished Jack would too but then when we moved Troy onto a bottle I kind of missed doing so." Gabriella smiled.
"Do you miss Troy now that he isn't here so much?" Lisa nodded as Alexia burped.
"Yeah I do. When he first moved out it was weird not having to yell at him to clean his room or tell him he needs to get a move on because he will miss his dates with you but then again I don't miss his stupidity when he did something to hurt you. Unfortunately I don't think he will ever grow out of that." Gabriella smiled.
"Well hopefully becoming a father will do him some good." Gabriella looked down at a now sleeping Alexia in Lisa's arms.
"I think a little girl is ready for bed while her brother has just woke up." Lisa and Gabriella looked at the door to see Troy standing there holding Christian. "Trade?" Lisa watched as Gabriella took Christian from Troy and then turned to take Alexia from her.
"I'm so glad I never had twins." Lisa commented as Troy shook his head.
"Yeah because I was hard enough work on my own wasn't I?" Lisa looked at her son.
"Hard work? You have no idea. All you would do is want a basketball in your hands to play with. You were never interested in food or anything." Gabriella gave Troy a warning look.
"Don't worry I won't make these kids only want basketball and I will agree to whatever they want to do." Troy said kissing Gabriella's cheek as she fed Christian. (Ok I'm going to start putting Chris instead of Christian because its quicker.) "I'll be back in a minute." Troy said as he carried Alexia back to bed.
"How did you get him trained to do that?" Lisa asked amused.
"I didn't. He's just a natural at being a father." Gabriella told her.
"I am aren't I?" Troy cockily said as Gabriella rolled her eyes.
"How did you get back so quick?" Gabriella asked as he came to sit down next to her while Gabriella burped Chris.
"I'm quick at these father things." Troy received a slap on the head from his mom. "HEY!"
"Don't be so cocky young man. You may be a father but I'm still your mother." Lisa warned as Troy took Chris from her.
"Mom I don't need reminding that you are my mother. I have to listen to you nag on everyday." Lisa went to hit him again but he looked at her then at the baby falling asleep in his arms.
"Just be lucky you are holding him otherwise I wouldn't have stopped." Troy gave her a smile as they continued their banter. Gabriella got up and left them to it. She walked out the front of the house and just sat on the swing outside the door thinking about everything.
"You ok?" Troy asked sitting down next to her. She nodded and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Where's Chris?" Gabriella inquired.
"Mom took him up when we noticed you had left. Gabi what's up?" Troy asked again knowing something was bothering her.
"I don't mean this in a bad way but I just can't help but think of my mom whenever you and your mom talk and mess around and with the twins as well." Gabriella admitted as Troy wrapped his arm around her.
"Gabs you know its ok to feel like that. It will eventually get easier but your emotional still at the minute after having the twins so its understandable for you to feel like this." Troy told her as he felt the tears from her face on his top. "I'm never going to leave you ok? You will always have me and my family and our friends and most importantly our children." Troy pulled her into him closer and just let her hold onto him.
"Do you hate me?" Troy looked at her confused and shocked.
"Why would I hate you?" Troy asked her.
"Because all I do is take from you." Troy was even more confused than ever.
"Ok I'm seriously confused. What are you on about?" Gabriella moved so that she was sitting up right.
"All I ever do is ask you to do stuff for me. You never ask me to do stuff for you. I have to use your family if I need something and I never give you chance to be on your own. You can't be on your own when we come back because I have nowhere else to go and I hate being so dependent on you. " Troy knew something had obviously happened to make her this upset.
"Gabriella Montez you listen to me. I could never ever hate you. You hear that. NEVER. I love you so much and now you are the mother of my children and I could never want anything else. You are giving me everything I could ever want by marrying me and being with me forever. I don't care if you never feel you give me time to my self because being with you is so much better than being without you. My parents and family don't care if you lean on them. In fact they like it because they feel then that they are being helpful and I like you coming back here with me all the time. That way I don't have to wonder what you are doing or if your ok. Gabi I want you just the way you are and never want you to change." Troy told her as he pulled her into a hug. He knew his mom and dad where behind him just watching the two of them but didn't say anything.
"I hate feeling like this." Gabriella muttered in Troy's chest.
"Feeling like what?" He asked as his parents came and sat opposite them.
"That I'm the loneliest person in the world." He looked at his parents knowing he couldn't handle this situation himself.
"Gabriella you are not the loneliest person in the world. You are someone we love very dearly and we hate seeing you upset. Gabriella if you think you aren't loved, trust me you are and by everyone around you. You have Troy, us, Chad in some weird way, all your friends and their families and your children love you right now whether you like it or not." Jack reassured her as Lisa walked in the house.
"But why do people want to be there for someone like me?" Troy threw his head back as Jack moved next to Gabriella as Lisa came back out.
"Gabriella you can't think like this ok? You are a very special young lady and nobody likes to see you hurting." Jack told her as they sat there in silence, Troy holding her close to him.
"THERE BETTER BE A GOOD REASON AS TO WHY I'M UP AT 6AM FOR SOME EMERGENCY!" Chad shouted angrily as he walked up but his anger was immediately replaced with concern when he saw Gabriella. "Gabs what's happened?" Chad asked kneeling in front of her and looking at Troy. Jack and Lisa nodded over to the side and stood up and explained everything to Chad about what happened.
"Mom dad can you go sort them please?" Troy asked his parents as the twins started crying. They nodded and walked in leaving Chad with the couple.
"Gabriella, look at me." Chad softly demanded as she turned slightly to see him kneeling in front of her. "You are the most amazing person in this world and since the day you agreed to go out with this Muppet I call my best friend you have not only made his life better but mine as well and the others. You helped us all get together and you really are special. No matter what has happened to you in your life you have always bounced back even stronger than before. I love you, don't worry dude in a sister way, and so does Taylor and the others and now you have 2 little kids with this doofus unfortunately who will help you through." Gabriella smiled.
"He might be a doofus and a Muppet but he's mine." She said squeezing Troy closer to her.
"See that's the Gabi we love. The one to put me in place. You going to be ok?" Gabriella nodded as she kissed Troy.
"Yeah I think I will. Sorry for this." She apologized as both guys shook their heads.
"Gabi you are allowed to have some kind of breakdown. To be honest I would have expected this sooner. You've got no family and you have literally 2 weeks ago given birth so you need to let everything you had bottled up out so don't be sorry." Troy told her as she smiled.
"I'm still sorry. Thanks for coming over Chad but I think I'm going to go lie down." Troy nodded as she gave him a kiss before walking in while Chad sat next to Troy.
"What happened to being that on?" Chad asked once she had gone.
"I have honestly no idea but whatever it was really brought all her emotions out in one go." Troy told him.
"Well just make sure you keep an eye on her because we don't want her to do anything stupid. I'm going to go so I can go back to bed for a bit. I'll come round later to see how she is." Troy nodded as they both stood up and said goodbye.
Troy walked in and saw his parents playing with the twins.
"I'm going to go see Gabi is ok so will you be ok looking after them?" Troy asked his parents who nodded. Troy walked upstairs to see Gabriella already asleep on the bed. He smiled as he lay next to her and wrapped his arms around her as she shifted closer to him. "I love you Gabi forever." Troy kissed the top of her head before falling asleep next to her.
A/N: Ok I know that chapter was depressing but I wanted to try and show Gabriella struggling with all her emotions. I need ideas for how Zeke will propose to Sharpay so give me ideas and I'll be sure to credit you if I use them. Please review. Thanks!