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Baby S

Chapter Three

"Man, I haven't seen you that smitten with someone since…well since her." Chad said laughing as he pushed the ball cart into the closet. Troy who had been picking up random cones that they had used for drills looked over at him and just shook his head.

"Oh come on man."

"Come on man nothing…I haven't seen you constantly looking at someone the way you were today…oh wait never mind the senior championship game brings back memories. Your father was ready to skin you alive if you looked back at Taylor one more time." He said laughing as Troy tossed him the cones. Placing the bag into the closet he looked over at Troy and smiled.

"What?"

"Man, you know you're happy she's back in town and not with that stuffy ex-hubby of hers." Chad said with a roll of his eyes. Troy just looked at him for a second before nodding his head.

"He was stuffy though wasn't he?" Troy agreed smiling; Chad nodded his head and walked over to his best friend slinging his arm over his shoulder.

"Of course the man was stuffy he wore a bowtie to his wedding…come on now a tie is a manly man's accessory."

"Yeah he sho did." Troy said as he and Chad shared a looked.

"Up there looking like a nerd." They said together smiling at their own private joke; however Troy immediately frowned as the memory of Taylor's wedding came to mind. As he remembered sneaking in with Chad that day just to watch the woman he loved walk down the aisle to marry a man that wasn't him. Chad noticed his change of expression and looked at him with concern.

"What's up man?"

"That nerd married her though." He said with a sigh as he walked over to the bleachers and sat down. "I never even got a chance to show Taylor how much I loved her…I'm sure if I had spoken out that day…she and I would be married." He said softly, Chad sighed and patted Troy on the back.

"Well maybe this is your second chance."

"She probably doesn't want to be involved with anyone right now. I mean she just got out of a divorce and she has a son…" he paused and looked up into the rafters Chad watched as he tried to control his raging emotions. "She has a son...and I don't want to-."

"Look man, just take it one step at a time…I'm sure everything will work out." Chad said as he watched Troy. "Hell I think this is you and Taylor's second chance…so you better make the most of it."

"You're right I guess." Troy said with a sigh.

"So you coming over to eat dinner with me and Gabby tonight." Chad asked as he and Troy made their way outside to the parking lot. Troy looked at Chad and opened his car door.

"Naw, man I don't want to intrude, besides I'm sure that Gabby and little C.J. would want to have you to themselves every once in a while." He said getting in a driving away, Chad watched him pulled away and then sighed before getting into his car and heading off towards home.

Taylor sat thinking about her meeting with Troy while, Lucas sat silently in the passenger seat every once in a while he would look over at her and then he would return his attention back to the window. "Mom, how do you know Coach Bolton?" He asked softly, she looked at her son, and slowly sighed not really feeling like telling him the whole story.

"We're just old friends." Lucas snorted and turned in his chair to look at his mother for a moment before speaking.

"Old friends…mom I'm not dumb…nope not dumb at all." He stated. "Coach Bolton was looking at you as if he wanted to get to know you in the biblical way." Taylor blushed and shook her head.

"I am not having this conversation with my twelve year old son." She said quickly. "And you better watch yourself young man." She snapped barely sparing him a glance. "You gonna mess around and get yourself on punishment." Lucas just shrugged and moved so he could look out the window again.

"Fine, but I don't want you seeing him."

"Sorry, Lucas but last time I checked I was the parent and you were the twelve year old child." He looked at Taylor for a moment before shaking his head. They rode in silence for a few more moments before he spoke again.

"I just don't want to see another man hurt you that's all. I don't want you to be hurt like when Jason did what he did to you." He replied softly, Taylor immediately soften at her son's words and nodded her head.

"I understand, honey but believe me…I'm not going to let anyone hurt me and besides me and Coach Bolton are just old friends. We might have had a crush on one another a while back when we were in highschool but that's it." She lied knowing full well that her relationship with Troy was anything but merely having a crush on one another. Lucas looked at her and nodded his head.

"I believe you."

"Good…and tomorrow I'm going to take you up to the school so you can get ready for the new semester and get you some classes." Lucas nodded his head in understanding and then added.

"Make sure they're all advances classes." She smiled and rubbed his head.

"That's my baby." She said beaming as she drove the rest of the way home; Lucas smiled and settles back into his seat as the tension in the car quickly evaporating leaving both Lucas and Taylor with a sense of peace.

Later on that night, Taylor found herself downstairs looking at television. She found that she was hardly in the mood for sleep lately and decided to stay up. Lucas had gone to bed tired from his practice and even though he didn't show it he was excited for tomorrow's practice as well. "So you're going to stay up more often now." Daniel McKessie asked as he entered the room, Taylor turned and looked at her father for a moment before nodding her head.

"I…sleep doesn't come that easy anymore." She murmured as she returned her attention to the screen. He watched his daughter for a moment before sitting down and looking at her.

"You're really something else, baby girl. I know that Jason has been putting you through some changes and-."

"You don't know the half of it, daddy. He hasn't just put me through changes he's put Lucas through changes as well. I mean Lucas is his son and for a father to not want anything to do with his own child…well that's just sick."

"Lucas has you, me and your mother…not to mention your two big headed brothers."

"But Jason was…is his father." She said softly. "And he was suppose to be my husband." She said as she silently began crying. Daniel immediately pulled his daughter into a hug and rubbed her back soothingly.

"This will all pass, and Jason is going to wish he had never-."

"What kicked me and Lucas out for his new family…he seems happy in the papers, Daddy. I'm sure he regrets his decision." She said ending the last part on a sarcastic note. Daniel sighed and leaned back so he could look at Taylor's face.

"He will wish sooner or later that he never did it…and then you and Lucas will have the upper hand and I hope you both forgive him."

"I'll never forgive him." Both adults turned around and saw Lucas standing on the staircase looking down on them. "I'll never forgive him." Taylor brushed the tears off her face and looked up at her son.

"Lucas, sweetie that's your father."

"And he hurt you, mom…I'm sorry but there are just certain things I can't forgive." He said moving away from the stairs. Both Taylor and her father winced as they heard the door slam. Daniel looked over at his daughter who had covered her mouth with her right hand while her left hand was on her hip.

"Maybe I should go talk to him."

"He's still hurting too, Taylor…give him time to cool off alright. He'll come around now come on let me take you upstairs so you can get some rest. Your mother scheduled you a meeting with East High in the morning."

"She what?"

"She scheduled you a meeting or an interview for a substitute teacher at East High until you get your teaching license." He said as he pushed her up the stairs. Once they reached the top Taylor glanced down the hall at the door to her son's room and sighed.

"Tell momma I said thank you." She said opening her door and going inside. Daniel McKessie waited till he heard the door click shut and then wandered down the hall to his bedroom.

Taylor sat down on her bed, and fingers the locket around her neck; slowly she took it off and looked down at it for a moment before sighing and setting it on her nightstand. She turned off the light and climbed into bed not bothering to drape the covers over her body; instead she laid on her bed and looked out the window. As she looked out the window she remember some of the times she and Troy had shared there, and silently wondered what would have happened if she had stayed with Troy instead of going to Harvard. Not knowing that across town someone was doing the exact same thing.

Years ago…

"I don't want you to go all the way to East Coast, Taylor…I mean how will we be able to talk to one another if you're all the way out there." Troy Bolton said as he entered her bedroom. Taylor nervously looked between him and her bedroom door.

"But Troy, Harvard is going to challenge me…I thought you'd be happy. If anyone would know that going to Harvard was my dream that person should be you." She replied sharply ignoring the look he sent her way. "I…they have a great chemistry department and I have to be apart of that."

"Chemistry department…Berkeley that's on the West Coast has a great chemistry department too." He countered back, and judging by the look on Taylor's face he could tell he had surprised her quite well with his knowledge.

"You think it's easy for me to pick Harvard…I know you're going to be on the West Coast and I know we might not see one another like we want too but we love each other right and we can make this work."

"No we can't." Troy said firmly. "I don't want to be away from you…and Harvard is too far."

"Troy that's my dream…you know that. Why are you doing this?" she cried shaking her head in disbelief…she thought Troy would be happy for her.

"Because I love you and…and I don't want to be away from you." He shouted.

"Will you keep your voice down, Troy my parents are sleeping?"

"Well maybe they need to wake up so that they can help me talk you out of this decision. Cause they know I love you…and I don't want you going to the East coast."

"They are my parents and they know that Harvard is my dream." When Troy just crossed his arms and glared at her for a brief moment she looked at him and shook her head. "Troy, I love you and we can make this work." Troy took a deep breath and sighed.

"You know what," he said walking to the window and climbing out of it. "Sometimes love isn't enough." And with that he left, Taylor sat on her bed in tears and soon after she cried herself to sleep, but she decided to go to Harvard because she wasn't going to miss out on her dream.

Troy awoke with a start, groaning he rolled out of bed and looked over at his clock frowning when he saw what time it was? "2:30." He moaned. He hadn't thought about that night in years and here he was only having seen Taylor today and he was back to having that dream. If only he hadn't been so immature. He knew he and Taylor could have worked out that long distance relationship but he had only been focused on trying to make her stay on the West coast. He didn't want her to leave, but by doing what he did that night. He was the reason she left, he was the reason that they fell apart, and now as a man he knew what he said to her that night was wrong. Love was enough.

Taylor awoke the next morning feeling very drowsy and a little sad since she had dreamed about that night when she and Troy had broken up. Even though she loved him she should have tried to fight for him and their relationship but she hadn't. She left for Harvard and met Jason Scott and she had gotten pregnant with Lucas. To her any chances she had at getting Troy back as over as soon as she found out about Lucas, but she would never regret having her son. Yawning she stretched and jumped when she heard a knock on the bedroom door. "Yes." She called out.

"Ma, you dress right."

"Yeah sweetie come on in" Lucas opened door cautiously and walked inside the room, Taylor looked at him and saw that he was dress in a collar shirt and black blue jeans. He looked rather handsome. Smiling she shook her head and motioned to his attire.

"Lucas we're just going to East Middle for classes and then I have to go to East High for that interview."

"Doesn't matter I still have to dress accordingly…what if I meet some honey out there and I'm looking like a bum." He said with a laugh once he noticed Taylor's face. "Just playing ma…so you think you're going to get this job."

"I hope so..." she trailed off and sighed. "When's your practice."

"Around three this afternoon, I hope that's okay." He replied softly, Taylor nodded her head and looked at him for a brief moment before speaking.

"Just make sure you have your gym bag."

"I already got that together." She smiled and motioned towards the door.

"Alright well you gotta leave so we won't be late…to your appointment and so I won't be late for the meeting." Nodding his head he walked out of the room, Taylor smiled and got up going over to the closet and started to get ready hopefully she was going to get a job today.