June 24. 2008:
Troy set the car seat in the back of the car. He watched as the nurse pushed his wife and daughter in the wheel chair. It had been a long journey to get to this point. He had spent many hours after school at the hospital making sure that Alicia would turn out okay.
"Are you ready to take your daughter home?" The nurse asked as she stopped the wheel chair in front of the car.
Gabriella stood up and Troy opened the back of the car. Gabriella placed Alicia in the car seat and made sure that it was buckled up just right.
Alicia was now a month a twenty days old. She weighed eight pounds which was still kind of small, but she could now eat and breathe on her own. She began to get features. Like her little bit of hair on the top of her head. This was the same color as Troy's. Though she had her moms brown eyes. Which she had just opened ten days ago.
After Gabriella checked twice to make sure that the car seat was going to stay she went in the front of the car.
Troy watched as Gabriella climbed into the 2004 used Camry he had just brought. It was a more stable car then his old one, and he knew that he would have to drive it to Boston tomorrow afternoon.
"I can't believe we can finally take her home." Gabriella said in excitement. She couldn't wait to have alone time with her daughter. In the hospital she always had nurses and doctors hovering over her. This also scared her, because if she did something wrong then she wouldn't have any nurses and doctors to calm Alicia down.
"I know. And I can't believe that I'm finally graduating today." Troy said also excited about that.
Gabriella looked out the window as the car began to move. After about two minutes worth of driving she turned around and looked at her husband. "Do you think that we are doing the right thing?"
"About what?" Troy asked confused.
"We are doing a lot in couple of days. I mean tonight we are graduating, we still have to talk to Sharpay, and then tomorrow we are moving. I still haven't even picked out my classes, and you don't know what college you're going to, we need to find jobs, and we still need a babysitter for Alicia while we live in Boston." Gabriella said in one breathe.
Troy looked at his wife and then put one of his hands on his wife's hand. The other was sternly on the steering wheel. "Don't worry. We can talk to Sharpay at the graduation today." Troy told Gabriella about Sharpay about a month ago. Surprisingly Gabriella took it well. She knew that Troy loved her, and she found out that Sharpay drugged him, and she wasn't going to blame that on the baby. "The college semester doesn't start until August so you have plenty of time to find what courses you're going to take, and I have plenty of time to find a college."
"Troy what if I was wrong? What if we need your parents there to help with Alicia. I mean they have been doing so well with her and I don't think I feel comfortable with a complete stranger watching her."
"Maybe somehow we can fit our schedule so that we don't need a babysitter, or we will only need one for a few hours. If you want we can do a whole background search on the person we let baby sit her."
Gabriella began to calm down. "I sure hope your right."
"Gabriella this is your dream college. Remember?"
Gabriella nodded her head. She had always wanted this. Ever since she was little she always wanted to go to Harvard and become a teacher. Now that she is so close to it, why was she so scared?
"It does help that we have such a good daughter. I mean look at her. She is sleeping as we speak." Troy stated looking at his back mirror. He knew better than to turn around to look at her. A car might come out of nowhere.
Gabriella looked back at her daughter who was sound asleep. That's all she basically did. The only time that she cried was when she was hungry, thirsty, or if she made an accident. Other then that she would just sit there and look around.
"I'm so glad you're my husband."
Troy smiled. He was so happy to hear his wife say that. Now if only he could hear his daughter says that to him one day.
Graduation Parking Lot:
Troy and Gabriella pulled up to their high school. This would be the last time that they would be in there as actual students. Gabriella got out and went to the back to get Alicia.
While Troy tried to figure out why his robe felt so breezy.
"Oh, look at you guys." Mrs. Bolton came over and gave her son and daughter-in-law a kiss on the cheek.
Troy went over to his wife and put his arm around her. While she was holding Alicia.
"Picture!" Mrs. Bolton said as she took out her camera and took a picture of the beautiful moment she saw in front of her.
After the picture Gabriella gave Alicia to her grandmother so she could see her parents graduate. She turned to her husband and immediately began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Troy asked kinking his brown eyebrow.
"Troy do you have any clothes under that robe?" She said still laughing. Her face had literally turned red by now.
"Where supposed to wear regular clothes underneath here? No wonder I felt so breezy!" He said looking at his legs.
Gabriella gave her a kiss on the lips. "Oh my god, I love you." She said and looked at his pale, white, hairy legs. Troy Jack Bolton was very cute with his blue eyes, and brunette hair, but his legs were not his best feature. Gabriella went into the back of the car and got out a suitcase. She took out a pair of Levi jeans. "You're lucky that I packed ahead of time." She told him as she threw him the pair of jeans.
Troy grabbed the jeans and then went over to his wife and returned the kiss she gave him. "What would I do with out you?"
"You would be walking up on stage almost naked." Gabriella laughed at him.
Troy hit her on her ass and then ran inside of the school building to get changed inside of the bathroom.
Gabriella couldn't believe how good her life turned out. She was married to a guy that cared about her and could make her laugh. She had a beautiful baby girl that was good. She had gotten a full scholarship to the school of her dreams. However she couldn't help but feel sad that her mom missed out. She missed out on seeing her grand-daughter, she missed out on watching her daughter graduate, and she missed out on her daughter going to Harvard.
"Hey." A weak voice said behind her.
She turned around to find Sharpay standing there in her robe. "I was going to look for you after graduation." She tried to restrain her anger from coming out.
"You were?" She asked surprised.
"Yes, I wanted to tell you that no matter how much of a bitch you are." She paused to calm down before she continued. "I still want this kid to be inside of Troy's life."
Sharpay didn't know what to say back. She stood there for a while until she finally said something. "I haven't even decided what I'm going to do yet."
"Well, if you do decide to keep it. Troy will be inside of the baby's life. I can't stop him from wanting to see his child, and I guess that would mean that Alicia would have a half sibling, and I want her to know them."
"Why are you being so nice?" Sharpay asked suspiciously. "I mean I drugged your husband so he could sleep with me, and you would break up with him."
"Listen you fake ass, Barbie looking wanna be. If you would have gotten to know me before you decided that you hated me. You would have known that I am a nice person. The real thing that's keeping me from kicking your ass is that I already won."
"Won, what? We didn't fight." She stated the obvious.
"I have Troy, and in such a desperate attempt to break us up it back fired on you. At least when I found out that I was pregnant it might have been hard for him at first, but he came around to the idea of having a baby with me. Even if you have this baby you are not going to get Troy. So I already won, and I won so much more than the thrill of making you bleed." She replied.
Sharpay was speechless yet again. She never knew that Gabriella had that in her. The girl who used to walk the halls without even saying a word. She looked different. As if she had grown since the last time that he saw her. Not physically, but mentally. After looking at her she just walked away, defeated.
Troy walked out while Sharpay was walking in. He looked at her and then was about to stop her when she stopped by herself. He saw the tears that were in her eyes.
"I'm not keeping this baby." She said with the her ego crushed from Gabriella. "I'm having an abortion." She said and walked away from him.
Troy was confused by that whole moment. He hadn't spoken to Sharpay since that afternoon after the game. He walked outside to still find Gabriella out in the parking lot.
"Are you alright you looked a little stressed." He said hugging his wife from behind.
"I'm fine. I just had a talk with Sharpay."
"So did I, she told me that she was getting an abortion. She looked pretty shaken up. What did you say to her?" He asked putting his chin on her shoulder.
"We just had a nice woman to woman chat." She said kissing her husbands cheek.
Troy took his chin off her shoulder after the kiss and then took her hand. "Are you ready to graduate Ms. Valedictorian?"
Gabriella laughed at her husband. "Why yes I am."
Troy and Gabriella walked in hand and hand.
Graduation:
Troy had to let go of Gabriella because she had to give her valedictorian speech. He watched from behind the curtain as the principal and superintendent spoke about the graduating class. He was waiting for Gabriella's part when he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Hey, man what's up?" Chad asked putting out his hand for a five.
"Not much; I just got married, cheated, got Sharpay pregnant, and had a baby with Gabriella." He said as if it was something that happened on a regular basis.
"I know. I talk to your dad and he told me. How are Alicia and Gabriella?"
"They are both fine. How are you?"
"I'm fine. I'm not doing so well. I just can't get this thing off of my mind." He was referring back to Taylor's death. Nobody knew that he was the one that caused it still. All the guilt built up inside him and he eventually turned to drugs.
"I know loosing Taylor must have been hard. I mean I couldn't imagine what I'd do if Gabriella died. I would probably kill myself."
Chad had thought about doing that. Actually he had that rope around his neck about five times. It would be attached to the chimney on top of his roof, and he would contemplate on jumping off of the roof and hanging himself. Something inside of him wouldn't let him do it. "Yeah, but I found my way out."
"By doing what?"
"I changed my life around. I go to church every night. I'm thinking about becoming a priest. I asked god to restore me and he did. I am now a godly man."
"That's so good." Troy said giving him another high five.
"I can't believe you're a dad." He stated after the high five. "And a husband, and you're moving!" He said happily.
"I still can't either. I'm going to miss you, and I'm sure Alicia is going to miss her god-father."
"What?" Chad said looking at his friend like he was crazy.
"Gabriella and I wanted to ask you together, but after this we have to go to dinner with my parents. Then we have to finish packing and then we are gone tomorrow."
"I would love to be Alicia's godfather."
Gabriella got up to finally do her Valedictorian speech.
Troy looked at Chad and told him that he needed to listen to this.
Chad agreed and then went to go find his place in line.
Gabriella's Speech:
"And now I would like to introduce the Valedictorian of the class of 2008, Gabriella Montez." The Superintendent announced to the crowd.
Gabriella walked up to the pedestal and looked out at the crowd. She saw many parents in the crowd. She watched as Mrs. Bolton stood up and started screaming for her. Mr. Bolton was holding Alicia, but he stood up as well and tried to clap as best he could.
"I would like to correct the Superintendent. My name is Gabriella Montez Bolton." She stated to the crowd.
She saw all the parents as they clapped for her. She looked in the section where all the M parents stood. There was a seat missing and she knew that was supposed to be reserved for her mother. She still couldn't believe that her mother was dead.
"I have been through a lot in my past eighteen years of living. I have lost both parents, and a best friend in the course of one lifetime. However I always kept my mind on the prize, and now I have been accepted to Harvard University on a full scholarship." The crowd began to clap once more. "I have to say that out of all the schools that I have been to East High was the one with the most fun memory's, as well as the saddest. So as we embark on our new lives. I want the class of 2008 to never forget the fun times that they have had here. Whether it was your first love, your first crush, or your first time learning how to drive. Thank You." She said her speech quickly and ended.
The crowd clapped once more for her and she went to the back of the stage. She lined up with the M's because that is what they had her as. She really liked the her speech. She only had a week to do it, and she wrote it while she was in the hospital.
Troy went up to his wife and gave her a hug. "You did wonderful honey." He whispered in her ear.
Gabriella nodded her thanks and then began to walk to where the M's are when Sharpay stopped her.
"Listen. I didn't appreciate that bitchy attitude you got with me outside." She waved a finger in her face. "I don't know who you thought you were, but I'm about to put a stop to that."
"A stop to what?" Gabriella asked as she slapped Sharpay's finger out of her face. "I have never been scared of you. I'm just tired of you. I should have put you down the moment that I met you, but I didn't I let you rock."
Sharpay still couldn't believe that was sweet Gabriella. "Maybe you do not understand me. I think you should stop before you make me mad."
"Why are you wasting your time arguing with me?"
"Because I am Sharpay Evans!" She screamed. "I always get what I want." She whinnied.
"In your little world your daddy can buy you everything that you want, but he can't buy love. You have to get that yourself by being nice to people. I bet that if you had treated me with respect the moment that I walked into this school, then things would have been different. But instead you chose to try to bring me down!"
Sharpay looked at her with disgust. "You know I think that I am going to keep this baby. Just so I can stay close to Troy." She smiled evilly and walked away from Gabriella.
"That fake nose job, Barbie wanna be, bitch." She said under her breath.
Graduation Troy:
Troy waited for the Principal to say his name.
"Troy Bolton!" The principal said into the microphone.
Troy walked on stage and got the diploma from the superintendent. Then he went over to the principal and shook his hand. "Good job with basketball." He said as he shook Troy's hand.
"Thank You!" He nodded and smiled as he said it because he knew that his mother was either video taping, or taking a picture of every moment that he was on stage. He quickly moved to the back and he was on the same line as he was before.
Graduation Gabriella:
Gabriella smiled at the thought of finally having her diploma in her hand. She had technically graduated a few months before, but her and the principal both decided that she should graduate with her class. She was also aloud to go to senior prom, but she was to busy in the hospital recovering from her C-Section to go.
"Gabriella Montez!" The principal stated in the microphone.
Gabriella rolled her eyes at her former last name. Her new name was Gabriella Bolton. As she walked on stage she could hear the Bolton's cheering and taking pictures. She was so glad that they were there to support her.
She took the diploma from the superintendent and went over to the Principal to shake his hand.
"Congratulations on Harvard." The principal whispered as he shook her hand.
"Thank You!" Gabriella said as she walked to the back of the stage.
Both Graduate:
"Introducing the East High Class of 2008!" The principal screamed into the microphome.
All the students screamed in excitment as they thorugh their hats up in the air. Troy took his arm and wrapped it around his wife and gave her a short, sweet, kiss on the lips.
Kelsey and Ryan went over to Gabriella and Troy while they were holding hands? "Are you two going to the party afterward?" Kelsey screamed over all the comotion.
Troy and Gabriella looked at eachother. "No, I think we are just going to have dinner with my parents!" He screamed back to them.
"Are you two dating?" Gabriella asked still atached to her husband.
Kelsey looked at Ryan and they both began to smile. "Yes!" He said happily.
After they left Gabriella and Troy began to laugh. "I thought he was gay?" She told him in his ear.
"I thought so too, but maybe he is just a little girly?" Troy replied back to his wife.
Mrs. Bolton ran over to her son and gave him a hud and a kiss on the cheek. "You did it baby!" She said after she got off of him. "You got your diploma." Then she gave her daughter-in-law a hug. "And you Ms. Valedictorian, I am so proud of you."
"Thank you!" Gabriella said to her mother-in-law. She really felt like she was part of the family know, and she really needed that.
Mr. Bolton came up holding Alicia. "Are guys ready to go to dinner?" He asked.
"Yes" Troy said as he went to his father and took Alicia from him. He hadn't had much time to hold his daughter since she got out of the hospital, and with Gabriella hogging her.
The Next Day:
Gabriella re-checked the car seat that Alicia was in. She was always worried about being in a car ever since Taylor died. She definaltley didn't play when her daughter was in that car.
Troy came running in with the baby bag. He put it in the back with his daughter.
"She should fall asleep by the time we get on the highway. She didn't get a lot of sleep last night." Gabriella told her husband.
Troy nooded his head in understandment and then closed the door in the back. Then he looked at his wife who was looking at the house that they used to live in. He went over to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
"I can't believe that we are leaving." She said looking up at the apartment that was on top of the house. "Did you tell your aunt good-bye and thank you for letting us stay here."
"Yeah, she sobbed and kissed Alicia uncontrollably." He replied.
"This is where you proposed, and we started our family." Gabriella said putting her head on Troy's chest. She hadn't gotten much sleep last night. Alicia wouldn't go to sleep because she wasn't familiar with the place. She was so used to th hospital.
"I know, but if we don't leave soon we are going to be in for a lot of traffic." He told his wife.
Gabriella kissed her husband on the lips and then entered the passengers seat to the car.
Troy watched as his wife went into the car and then looked back at the house. There were a lot of good memories, and bad memories in that house. He stared at it for a few more minutes.
"Are you coming?" Gabriella screamed out of the window.
Troy glanced at the house once more and then ran to the opposite side of the car. He entered the drivers seat and turned on the music. "When You Look Me In The Eyes..." By the Jonas Brothers came on. He turned it up and hit the gas.
Gabriella looked back at the house until she couldn't see it any longer. Then she looked at her daughter who was sound asleep in her car seat. Then she listened to the song that was on and fell asleep.
Troy looked at his two favorite ladies who were fast asleep. He could tell that Alicia was going to be just like her mother.
Look out for my sequel. I don't know what the name is going to be, but it the summary will say Sequel to High School Drama so you guys should know.
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