One Month Later:
Troy looked at his eight months pregnant wife. "Are you sure you don't want to go to my championship game?" He was asking and begging at the same time.
Gabriella sat on the couch and turned to look back at her husband. "I'm sure. I don't want to go anywhere looking like an elephant. Especially to a game where everybody can see me."
Troy went over to the ouch and rubbed Gabriella's stomach. "You don't look like an elephant. You look like your eight months pregnant with a beautiful baby girl."
"Your just saying that because your the one that got me pregnant."
Troy kissed his wife and then walked over to the door. "I'll be back soon. Try not to have to much fun without me?"
"Trust me I'm not going to have any fun with this baby weighing me down, and I still have a whole month to go."
School Championship Basketball Game:
The guys were huddled up in a circle and there was one minute before the game actually started. "We don't have one of our star players." Frankie one of the starting forward's said nervously.
Troy looked around to see who wasn't here. "Where's Chad?" He asked out loud.
The coach came inside the huddle. "Unfortunately Chad is unable to play with us anymore. He failed the drug test that we had last week." Jack told the boys the bad news.
Troy stood there in shock. Chad's doing drugs? He asked himself.
"But we don't have time to worry about him." Jack shrugged it off. "For all of you seniors this is going to be a big game for you. There are a lot of scouts out there waiting to see what you guys can do."
Troy shook the thought of Chad doing drugs out of his mind. He needed to focus on the game. This would be his last time ever on the court as an East High Wildcat.
"I want you guys to go out there and give it your all. If we win we are the State Championships for the seventh consecutive time in a row."
"And if we loose?" One of the guys said.
"There ain't no such thing as loosing in the Wildcats vocabulary." Coach Jake replied.
The shot clock buzzed indicating for the Wildcats to sit down and begin there starting line up.
They all sat down and the five men that were starting took off there practice jerseys.
"Hello, and welcome to the State Championship. Today our East High Wildcats are versing their rivals the West High Bobcats." The announcer said as the crowd settled down. "And now for our starting line ups.
"For the West High Bobcats we have: Senior: Bobby Sims as point guard, Senior: Steven Code as guard, Junior Fred Cuppins as guard, Senior: Johnny Davis as forward, and Sophomore: Lamont Jefferson as forward."
After they announced the starting line up for the guests the lights went out, the music began to play, and the crowd went wild. They put a spot light out at the center of the floor.
"And now for our East High Wildcats!" The announcer shouted in excitement over the crowd. "As a guard we have: Senior Mark Letterson, as guard we have freshmen: Garry Louis, As forward we have Senior: Franklin aka Frankie Andrews, also as forward we have Sophomore: Larry Thomas." The announcer paused and the crowd began to go wild.
"And know for the point guard. His last game as an East High Wildcat. He's been on Varsity since eight grade. The one, the only Senior: Troy Bolton!"
Troy ran out there with a smile on. He heard the crowd screaming his name. He could feel the energy from the crowd. As he went and shook the opposing teams hands, and looked them into the eyes. He could see that they were intimidated by him. As he went over to his team he knew that they had this game in the bag.
He stood there as the announcer said the pledge of allegiance and all he could think about was his wife back at home.
Bolton Apartment:
Gabby was sitting at her house when she heard the phone ring. She really didn't want to get up, but she had a feeling that whomever was calling was important.
It took her five rings on the phone to get up off of the couch. She was getting so tried of being pregnant. Her feet were swollen, and her back always hurt.
"Hello?" She answered when she finally got to the phone.
"Gabriella?" A whispering voice asked on the other line.
"Yes, that's me. Who is this?" She asked the person on the other line.
"It's your mother." She replied happily.
"Mommy? Your alive?" She asked surprised.
"Well, yes, but not for long." She replied sadly.
"What?"
"Gabriella, they found me."
"Who?"
"The cops and they sentenced me to death. And before I went I wanted to hear your voice."
Gabriella could feel a big lump form in her throat. "Why, because you killed Antonio?"
"Gabriella, I never told you this, but the reason we were rich was because of some of the things I did. Before you were born and I met your dad I lived a hard life."
"Mom, what are you talking about? You told me that we were rich because you were educated and..."
"Please, just let me finish. Your grandmother was always drunk and I never knew who my father was. We lived in a neighborhood where the only way to survive was selling drugs. I got caught up in that, but I was smart. I invested the money in some banks and I used it very well. I went to college off of that money and started a family." She stated as fast as she could. She only had a couple of minutes to talk.
"You told me my grandparents were dead. You told me that they were rich and got into a plane crash when you were eighteen, and you got their money because you were their only child."
"I lied, and I am so sorry for that. For all that I put you through. When I met your father I changed. We had you and then when he died I just lost it, and I'm sorry." She began to cry. "I'm sorry that I put you through all of this, and lied. I should have told you all of this, but I wasn't sure you could take it."
"So why now?" Gabriella screamed dramatically in the phone. "Why would you tell me this now?"
"Because tomorrow at 5:00 I'm dieing. They found out about everything that I had done back then as well. The judge and jury weren't really that pleased with everything that they heard about me."
"Mom, why?" She cried. "Why would you do this to me?"
"Gabriella, I did all of this for you. I did it to protect you, and one day I hope you can forgive me."
"I have one question."
"What is it?"
"All those times we moved when I was younger. Was it because of your job or was it because you were hiding from the police?"
"I was hiding. I never really did have a set job. I just always used all the money I got back then."
"Mom..." Gabriella cried.
"I have to go. This is my last time ever speaking to you. I love you, and I want you to tell my grand baby that I love it too."
"Mom..." She cried again. She wasn't sure what to say.
"Bye, Gabriella. I love you."
"Mom..."
Game:
There was fifty seconds left on the clock. West High Bobcats were up by four. It was Wildcats ball. The crowd was screaming "Go Wildcats!"
Larry passed th ball in to Troy. Troy dribbled up to the half court line when the defense began to trap him. He passed the ball to Mark who held the ball for a couple of seconds to decide what he was going to do with it.
The defense shifted over to go trap Mark which left the whole other side open. Troy ran to the left side and waved his hand for the ball. Mark made a great over the head pass to Troy. Troy stepped to the ball and shot it in one of the Bobcats face.
The crowd went wild as the shot sunk in. "There is a great three point play by the East High Wildcats!" The announcer screams in excitement.
The score was now 53 for the Wildcats, and 54 for the Bobcats. It was now Bobcats ball.
Troy went up to play full court defense. He had Bobby Sims who was also rated as he was. He kept his eye on the ball and waited for Bobby to mess up, but he didn't.
Before he knew it Bobby had pushed him all the way to half court. There was 15 seconds left on the clock. Bobby passed it to Steve Code. Steve shot the three pointer, and he...
missed!
Frankie caught the rebound with 10 seconds left to go in the game. He passed it to Troy who went speeding down the court. He looked in front and there was Frankie wide open for the lay-up.
Troy passed it and Frankie went up for the lay-up, but got blocked with 3 seconds left to go. Troy got Frankie's block and went up for the lay-up.
He was hit and fouled with .2 seconds left to go in the game. He had missed the lay-up which would have made them win the game, but he had two fouls shots.
The crowd went wild in excitement. "Troy...Troy..Troy" They chanted.
Troy went to the foul line and looked at the hoop. He took deep breathes before the ref. gave him the ball. The sweat was running down his head. He took another deep breath and then shot the ball.
In!
He smiled. Now the score was 54 to 54. All Troy had to do was make his second free through and then the Wildcats won. If not there was always overtime.
Troy got the ball from the ref. and looked at the hoop again. He took a couple of deep breathes and then shot again...
In!
The crowd began to scream happily. The Bobcats took the ball out quickly and gave it to Bobby. Bobby tried for the full court shot, but it was unsuccessful.
All the fans came down on the court and hugged all the team members.
Sharpay went over to Troy and whispered in his ear "I'm pregnant."
Bolton Apartment:
Gabriella went into the bedroom and began to pack. She needed to do something to get her mother off of her mind. The weird part of the matter was that she hadn't even cried, yet.
The truth was Gabriella knew that her mother wasn't always that trustworthy. So why should this be any different? Her mother was also never in her life. The only good memories she had of her mother was when she was a child.
So living without her mother wasn't going to be that hard. She knew she could do it. Plus in about three months her, Troy, and the baby would be moving to Boston anyway.
She was no where near ready to move so this gave her time to pack everything. She was packing her shoes when she felt a very warm feeling go through her body.
She held her stomach and went into the bathroom. She put down her pants and an unusual amount of blood was on her panties. "Oh My God." She said out loud to herself.
Back At The Game:
Troy was just coming out of the locker-room when he met face to face with Sharpay. "What do you want?" He asked trying to walk past her.
"You heard me. I told you that I'm pregnant. You can't just walk away from me." She said annoyingly.
Troy kept walking. "Yes, I can because I have to get home to my wife."
"Troy!" She screamed.
He turned around and looked at her. He could tell that she wasn't lying because she had been crying. Her make-up was running down her face.
"I'm scared." She cried. "I have no idea what to do."
Troy went over to Sharpay and whipped the tears from her eyes. "Listen, I will be here for whatever you decide." He said looking at her. "But, I'm not in love with you, and just because you are having my baby doesn't mean I have to be in love with you. I will be here for this baby, but us as a couple is never going to happen."
"Why?"
Troy took his hand off of Sharpay's face. "Because I love Gabriella with all of my heart, and I'm going to love this baby if you decide to have it."
Sharpay started to cry even more. "I want to be Gabriella. I want you to be married to you." She cried.
"But your not, and I'm not in love with you. I will pay child support. And the baby can come over and visit whenever he or she likes. It could meet it's older sister."
Sharpay looked at Troy confused. "How do you know that I'm not lying?"
"Because Sharpay I have known you for a while and you never cry. Not even when your grandma died in fifth grade. When I saw your make up running I knew that you weren't lying."
"Troy, I'm sorry." She stated sadly.
"For what?"
"I was so mad when you told me that you married Gabriella. SO to ruin your marriage I drugged you."
Back At The Apartment:
Sharp pains began to hit Gabriella in the stomach. "Ow!" She cried in pain. She tried to get to the phone, but the pain hit. She fell on the cold floor.
"Somebody help!" She screamed.
"Please!"
Back At The School:
"You, what?" He asked as if he didn't hear her.
"I drugged you so you would sleep with me, and Gabriella would break-up with you."
"How could you do something like that, after I trusted you?"
Sharpay began to cry even more. "My plan back fired. I never meant to get pregnant. That was not my way of trying to get you back."
"You know what Sharpay don't even talk to me."
"But what about the baby?"
"Listen, I don't want to ever see you or that baby near me, ever." He screamed out of rage. "If you ever come anywhere near my family I will call the cops and I will sue your ass for drugging me."
Sharpay began top cry even harder. Her face was turning red. "I know that I was wrong, but don't blame this on the baby."
"As far as I'm concerned your not even alive anymore." He said coldly and walked away from Sharpay.
"Troy..." Sharpay screamed. "I'm sorry!" She screamed even harder. She was so devastated that she began to cry even more. She slowly made her way down on the floor as she cried.
Back At The Apartment:
Gabriella was on the floor out. She was out of conscious.
Troy walked in with a smile on his face. He couldn't wait to tell his wife about the game. "Gabriella, we won!" He said as he walked in.
As soon as he walked in he saw her on the floor. "Gabriella?" He said running over to her. As he looked at her pale face he saw all the blood that was coming out of her.
"Gabriella?"
Gabriella came back and looked at Troy. "Troy? The baby.." She cried.
"Your going to be fine, and this baby is going to be fine." He said lifting her up from off of the floor.
As soon as Gabriella was in Troy's arm she went back to being un-conscious.
"Gabriella?" Troy asked worried. He put her in his arms and then carried her outside. "Don't worry you'll be fine." He told her and put her inside the car.