Chapter 27 Friends Round
Half an hour later Gabi and Troy arrived and Ryan welcomed them in, his daughter still in his arms.
"Oh Ryan…" Gabi squealed, looking at the bundle in his arms, "Can I hold her?"
"Sure…" Ryan beamed at his friends, "But a little less squealing – she's asleep…" Ryan raised an eyebrow at Gabi.
"Ok, ok," Gabi smiled and looked down at the tiny baby in her arms, "Ryan…she's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen…" Gabi whispered and Ryan blushed.
Troy cleared his throat, "Hey, what about me?" he whined, giving his girlfriend puppy dog eyes.
She laughed, "I cannot believe that you are actually jealous of a tiny little baby."
"I'm not jealous…can I hold her?" Troy asked.
Gabi looked at Ryan who nodded to confirm and she handed the baby to Troy, who smiled down at the little bundle.
"Awww Ryan…she's so small…" Troy said, picking up her little hand in his.
Ryan nodded, "She's 6 weeks early."
"I think you and Sharpay and little one here need to get to the hospital so that they can check her cos she's premature and might have problems cos of…you know…" Gabi said, not looking Ryan in the eyes. He knew full well what she was talking about, his daughter might have problems cos she was born through incest.
"I'll go wake Sharpay," Ryan told his friends, "You guys stay here and make sure she's ok," he said, pointing to the baby.
"Ok," Gabi nodded.
Ryan gently shook Sharpay and she opened her big brown eyes and smiled weakly at him, "What is it Ryan?" she asked sleepily.
"I think we need to go to the hospital," he said sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Uh, what…why?" she said, suddenly looking alarmed.
"No, no, it's nothing," Ryan said holding her hands in his, "We just need to go check that our daughter is healthy and that you are ok after the birth," he said softly.
"Oh, ok," Sharpay said getting out of bed and putting some clean clothes on, "but I'm fine," she reassured Ryan.
"I'm sure you are, but it's best that we just go get both of you checked out to be sure," he smiled as Sharpay finished getting her stuff and the two made their way back downstairs.
"Sharpay…" Gabi said, running over to her friend and hugging her tight, "You ok, what was it like, did it hurt?" she quizzed.
"It was uh, different," Sharpay nodded, "Hey, be careful, I'm still sore you know," she said pulling out of the tight hug.
"Oh, sorry," Gabi said, smiling at her friend from arms length.
"So you gonna drive us Troy?" Ryan asked.
Troy nodded and handed the baby to her mother, Sharpay just looked down at her baby daughter and burst into tears of joy. Ryan quickly was by her side, both of them staring down at their bundle of joy.
"Hey Troy, you and Gabi go start the car and we'll be out in a min," Ryan said to Troy, who nodded and he and Gabi left the Evans in peace for a moment.
"She has your nose and lips," Sharpay said happily to Ryan.
"And she has your beautiful brown eyes," Ryan smiled at Sharpay, the two kissed momentarily before they heard the car horn which meant that Troy and Gabi were waiting.
"Well we had better get going then," Ryan said to Sharpay, she nodded and they headed out the door for the hospital.