Ohhhmyyyygoshhhhhh the feedback from the last chapter was awesome! I broke my face smiling at all the reviews. haha.
Anyways here's the next chapter.
I forgot to do a disclaimer on the last chapter. So...I don't own anything having to do with HSM or the cast/characters
Chapter 1:
Gabriella chewed on her bottom lip as she stood there sort of awkwardly while Troy, Taylor, and Chad stood there seemingly shocked and unusually quiet. But when Gabriella looked over Troy's features carefully, she could just see that the information she just gave them actually...hurt him? She scoffed inwardly and quickly looked away from his emotion-filled face. Gabriella sighed, finally getting fed up with the silence.
"Ok, I have to get back to work, so if we're just gonna stand here--" Gabriella's words finally seemed to break the gang out of their state of shock.
"Gabriella!" Taylor's sudden shriek made Gabriella jump a little bit.
"How-How could you not tell us that you have a son?" Taylor asked accusingly.
"It must've slipped my mind." Gabriella knew she was lying through her teeth, but she knew if she had called to tell Tayler, she would've leaked it to Chad, who would of course told Troy, which would lead to millions of question, which she certainly wouldn't want to deal with over the phone. So she wasn't going to risk it.
She sighed again, not wanting to push the subject any further.
"Alright, I really have to get back to work, so maybe I'll see you later." Gabriella said quickly as she rushed away from the group before they could say anything in protest.
Chad and Taylor look at each other, both wondering the same thing. Who was the father? They then looked over at Troy. Taylor sighed at how hurt and upset he looked. Taylor could easily tell he was trying to keep himself together.
Troy tried to bite back all of his emotions as he watched Gabriella walk away from them. To say that Troy was upset was an understatement. To know that she had a son basically killed him. Who was the father? Did she have a boyfriend? A husband? All these questions flooded his mind and it made him feel uneasy. He took a quick glance at Chad and Taylor and instantly envied them. They were getting married, starting a family. Chad had found the girl that he knew he was going to spend the rest of his life with. And Troy did too. But he made the biggest mistake of his life and probably lost her forever. Gabriella Montez. She used to be his. Then he had to be a freaking idiot and break up with her. Why did he have to be such a freaking idiot? He sighed, his eyes wandering over to the brunette who was currently behind the counter at the other end of the store.
"Let's get out of here." Troy said quietly as he walked towards the exit. Chad and Taylor followed silently behind after sharing a worried glance with each other.
After they left the store and were now walking on the sidewalk, Chad finally got fed up with Troy's actions.
"Dude, what are we leaving for? You came here to see her and now we're just walking away? Man, I just lied to her so we'd have an excuse to be there in the first place! And you have no idea how hard it is to lie to someone who's like your little sister!" Chad exclaimed, motioning back to the shop.
Troy stopped in his tracks, quickly turning on his heel to face Chad. His usual bright blue eyes, were now dark and stormy and filled with emotion as he glared at Chad.
"And we did see her! But she made it pretty evident that she didn't want to see me!" Troy yelled in a hushed tone as to not attract unwanted attention from people walking by them.
"She has a son for crying out loud! Probably a boyfriend or husband even. What's she gonna want with me anymore?"
Troy's voice was powerful, but it was lingering with hurt and sadness.
"Why should she want anything to do with you?" Taylor shot at him.
"I mean, you did dump her for a girl who never actually cared about you in the first place, seeing as she dumped you for a guy who's more popular and famous around campus."
Troy stuttered as he tried to find some words to argue with Taylor's. But he couldn't seem to find any because he knew she was right, as much as he hated to admit it, she was. It was his fault that he broke up with the only girl that actually cared about him for who he really was,and not just because he could play basketball. Unlike Stacy, the girl he left Gabriella for. The girl that ended up dumping him for the captain of the UCLA basketball team.
Troy exhaled quietly and spoke again, but this time not to argue.
"What am I supposed to do though?" Troy spoke in a quiet, desperate whisper, barely audible to Chad and Taylor.
"You can't just stand here," Chad finally spoke up.
"Dude, she's right in that store, go get her. So she might be married, or have a boyfriend. At least you'll know. What if she doesn't and you keep walking away? Then you'll really lose her forever."
Troy gulped slightly, but he knew Chad was right, if he kept walking away, he wouldn't ever know if he could've had a chance with her or not. He wasn't willing to lose the best thing that had seriously ever happened to him.
Troy let a small smile play across his lips as he pushed past Chad and Taylor and back into the store with reckless determination.
A profound grin lit up Chad's face, and Taylor stared amusedly at him.
"Who knew you had a speech like that in ya, Chad. Aww...my man does have a brain." Taylor grinned innocently when Chad looked at her with an expression mixed with unamusement and playfulness.
Troy bit down hard on his lower lip as he once again entered the shop, looking around desperately for Gabi. But his search came to an abrupt stop when he heard a very familiar voice come up behind him.
"Well, well, well. Troy Bolton. Gabi said you stopped by. Then left. What on earth would a macho man like you want in a boutique store?" Sharpay stated sweetly as she crossed her arms tightly over her chest.
Troy rolled his eyes and turned around to face Sharpay, who honestly, hasn't changed a bit. Her clothes were still completely sparkly and bedazzled, and her hair was placed up in a way only Sharpay Evans could pull off.
"I'm looking for Brie. I need to talk to her about something." Troy asked absently as he looked around once again for Gabriella.
"She's in the back, with Elijah. They should be out soon. And if you're lucky, Gabi might not saw off your neck with a pen. I would've after what you did to her." Sharpay pulled off her sweet tone once again and trotted to leave behind a slightly annoyed Troy.
He just shook it off and stuffed his hands into his pockets anxiously. He wasn't quite sure what he was going to say to her, she made it pretty clear that she didn't exactly wanted to see him. But he needed to know. Because if there was anything in this world that he wanted, it was Gabriella. And he just had to know if there was another guy or not.
Troy train of thought was broken he heard the sound of a little boy giggling. He felt a small smile tug at his lips when he saw Gabi, and who was obviously her son, walking out of the back room. Gabriella finally noticed Troy standing there and she kneeled down the Elijah's level and whispered something in his ear. Troy just saw Elijah nod his head and run off giggling.
Troy watched Gabriella carefully as she stood up and walked closer to Troy, her arms firmly crossed over her chest.
"I thought you left." Troy bit his lip at how emotionless and empty her voice was. Not like the bubbly Gabi he used to know. Of course, it was his fault that she was treating him like this anyways. So he looked at it as his responsibility to get her back to liking him again.
"I-I did, but I, uh, came back to see...um...you." Troy said lamely as he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, out of nervous habit.
Gabi just raised her eyebrows at him.
"Why would you come back to see me? I figured your girlfriend would keep you pretty good company." Gabi shot at him bitterly, making Troy's hear wrench at the mention of his girlfriend, or ex-girlfriend for that matter. He inwardly groaned. She was bound to get pissed off once she found out he had been lying to her.
"Well, uh, she's...sh-shopping." Troy inwardly groaned, he hated lying to her, but the truth would come out eventually, as long as Gabi gave him the time of day.
"But I was just, uh, hoping we could like, go out for coffee or something...later?" Gabriella noted his nervousness and let a grin play across her features. Troy was always really adorable when he was nervous. Gabriella quickly caught her thoughts and shook them away. She couldn't think like that. He had a girlfriend. Gabriella sighed, knowing she had to answer his question. But she honestly didn't know. Could she still be just friends with Troy Bolton? The true love of her life? The father of her son? She inwardly groaned. If she were to go out with him, he was bound to ask who Elijah's father was. She wouldn't be able to get herself out of that one. But when she took one look into his hopeful, big blue eyes, she couldn't resist. So with a defeated sigh, she nodded her head.
"Alright, my lunch break's in an hour, so meet me at the coffee shop down the street, 'kay?" A huge grin erupted on Troy's face and he nodded his head excitedly.
"I'll be there." Troy said with his brightest smile before running out the exit. Gabi just giggled softly at his excitement, a childish trait that Troy always seemed to have.
"Mommy, who was that?" Elijah's question brought Gabriella directly out of her thoughts. Gabi sighed as she started out the exit in which Troy just walked out of, before glancing down at her son.
"Just a friend of mine." Gabi chose to ignore the ache in her heart at the word 'friend'. Elijah's face seemed to light up.
"Ohh I wanna meet him! Can I meet him, mommy?" Elijah begged, and instantly Gabriella recognized the excitement in her sons as the excitement she saw in Troy's just mere minutes ago.
She giggled softly, "Maybe sometime later, but I have to talk to him first, alright?" Elijah's excitement seemed to turn into slight disappointment, but he still nodded his head.
"Ok, mommy."
"Hey, Shar, I'm going out for lunch today, do you mind watching Elijah?" Gabi asked, rummaging through her purse, double checking to make sure she had everything.
Sharpay scoffed as she walked over to Gabi with her usual smirk and raised eyebrow.
"Ohhh let me guess, you have a date with...Troy-Boy?" Gabi instantly stopped going through her purse so she could glare at Sharpay.
"It's not a date. He just asked if we could go out for coffee." Gabriella stated as if it was no big deal. Sharpay just let out a soft, disbelieving laugh.
"It all starts with coffee, Gabs." Sharpay smiled brightly at her knowledge of boys and dates.
"Ok, does the word 'girlfriend' mean anything to you?" Gabi asked, getting rather annoyed at how Sharpay thought she knew absolutely everything. Sharpay just continued smirking.
"Sure does, and Troy's soon-to-be should be classified under your name." Gabriella glared, giving up as she shook her head and put her purse over her shoulder.
"Just watch Elijah for me." Gabi stated annoyed as she walked out of the store.
"Have fun!" Sharpay called after her, amusement ringing in her voice.
Gabriella sighed as she walked down the street to the coffee shop. She was rather nervous about this, though she had no reason to be, except for the fact that Troy was bound to ask about Elijah and everything else in her life But of course that gave Gabriella permission to ask about everything in his life. So with a deep breath, she walked into the coffee shop.
She smiled softly as she walked in, only to find that Troy was already there. She sighed softly, bracing herself for what was about to come as she walked over and sat in the seat opposite of Troy. His handsome face instantly lit up as soon as she sat down.
"You're late." He said with one of his cheeky grins. Gabriella smirked.
"Or maybe you're just abnormally early." Troy laughed softly at her reply before an awkward silence came over the pair. Gabi was the first to break it.
"So, any particular reason that you wanted to come here with me, of all people?" Troy grinned softly.
"Well, ya know when we met up with you and found out about your...son," Gabi noticed that Troy seemed to struggle with that word. "..and I realized how much we all missed, and figured we should catch up."
Gabriella bit her lip and nodded. "Ok, but since this was your idea, you can go first." Gabriella smirked, but Troy's smile somewhat faltered as he nodded his head.
"Ok, ask away." Troy said, sitting up a little bit so she had his undivided attention. Gabi smirked and pondered on what she should ask him first.
"So...why are you here? In Albuquerque I mean. Why aren't you living it up in L.A. like most college ball players would?" Gabi watched him curiously as his smile faded even more from his features. He seemed to hesitate for a moment.
"Well, I guess I was just, uh, taking a break from it all, I guess. And I wanted to come back and see...my parents." Troy lied, and gave Gabriella a forced smile. A smile which Gabriella saw right through.
"OK...so how about we try going with the truth now, Troy." She raised an eyebrow at the look of shock on his face. "Troy, even after all these years I can still read you like a book. Now answer my question...honestly this time."
Troy just sighed. He couldn't tell her the truth. That would screw everything up. He couldn't tell her that he was really here to see her. That he missed her. But he could tell a million lies and she would see right through every single one of them.
"I can't tell you." Troy said quietly, looking away from her, and instead at the half drunk cup of coffee sitting in front of him. Gabriella's face fell at his words.
"Why not?" She asked in a slightly confused and hurt tone of voice.
"I just...can't." Troy said with a shrug, still looking away from her. This made Gabi even more frustrated with him.
"You can't tell me? I thought we were friends, Troy. Why can't you tell your friend something as simple as why you're here?"
This seemed to push Troy over the edge. His head snapped up so his furious gaze could meet hers.
"Because we are friends! And that's the problem! The real reason I came here is because I freaking missed you! It killed me to know that I was so far away from you for so long!" Troy shouted in a hushed tone, but curious onlookers still turned their heads towards the commotion.
Gabriella just sat back in somewhat shock at his words. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"You missed me?" She asked quietly, and Troy nodded his head. "But why? You have your girlfriend." Gabi was beyond confused and more so when Troy shook his head, visibly calming down.
"No...I don't." Troy had to get it off his chest, whether she got mad at him for not for lying.
"She dumped me three weeks ago for Trevor Daniels." Troy said almost sadly. Gabriella nodded her head, knowing that Trevor Daniels was probably the biggest basketball superstar at UCLA. But then her eyes widened in realization and disbelief.
"You lied to me?" Her voice was filling with anger as she hoped he really hadn't actually had the nerve to lie to her. But when she saw Troy nod his head, she felt overwhelmed with anger. But she also felt upset at the fact that Troy didn't feel like he could trust her.
"How could you lie to me and be absolutely ok with it?!" She asked angrily. Troy didn't seem happy at all about her words, or her tone of voice.
"You seemed ok with lying to me about having a son?!" Troy shot back in an equally pissed tone.
Gabriella gaped at him. "Don't you dare bring my son into this! I didn't have the chance to tell you seeing as you were off fucking another girl!"
Gabriella shot at him, making Troy's eyes widen. She had never said anything like that before. Now confusion was washing over him.
"Wait...you knew about being pregnant...before...I broke up with you."
Gabriella stood up shocked and grabbed her purse.
"Gabriella don't--"
"Stay away from me, Troy. Just please, stay far far away."
Gabriella said through clenched teeth and stormed out of the coffee shop. Troy didn't even care that everyone in the shop was looking at him. All he cared about was what she had said. Did she sleep with another guy while she was dating him?
I think I quite loved this chapter. I dunno why, I think it turned out pretty well.
What about you...do you like it????
So if you want another chapter that came as fast as this one, I suggest you review. Pleaseeeeeeee?
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