I knowww this took forever for me to update, I've just been super busy and not to mention super sick lately and haven't had much time for the computer.

Summary: Gabriella Montez is a single mother of a 4 year old boy. Everything is going great until Troy Bolton comes back into the picture. Will Gabi let Troy into his sons life, or will she tell him about their son at all?

Genre: Romance/Drama

Pairing: Troyella/Chayloy/Zekepay/Ryelsi. Mainly Troyella.

Rating: T/ M in later chapters.

Disclaimer: Me no own.

Chapter 4

"I can't believe you told him!"

Gabriella scoffed lightly as she heard Sharpay shriek, making Gabi move the phone away from her ear as to save her from going deaf.

"Shar, you're the one who told me to tell him!" Gabi retorted, honestly confused by Sharpay. She rolled her eyes when Sharpay scoffed on the other end of the line.

"Since when did you start listening to me?"

Gabriella rolled her eyes again as she plopped down on the couch, carefully keeping her eye on Elijah, who was currently playing with one of his power rangers action figures. Even though Gabi hadn't even wanted to tell Troy about Elijah, it felt like there was a huge weight lifted off her shoulders and the air was somehow clearer. But Gabi still had yet to forgive him about lying to her. It had only been the previous night when she had told Troy about Elijah, but she had done a lot of thinking. And it would take awhile for her to be able to trust Troy again. And it was a strange feeling for her to not be able to trust him. He was always the one person who she could believe and trust and it was weird now that she couldn't.

"Shar, I told him, everythings fine...somewhat." She could practically hear Sharpay smirk on the other line.

"What do you mean, 'somewhat'?"

Gabriella sighed and then finally remembered that she had yet to tell Sharpay about Troy lying to her and him not even having a girlfriend at this point. Gabi knew that Sharpay had yet to know or Troy wouldn't be alive at this point.

Gabriella sighed and bit her lower lip unsurely, "Well, I kinda have this trust issue with him..."

"What! What'd he do?!" Once again, Gabriella pulled the phone away from her ear before answering her best friends question.

"He lied. He doesn't have a girlfriend. He said she dumped him a few weeks ago for the captain of the basktball team."

Sharpay gasped on the other end of the line, and Gabriella could just feel her anger boiling.

"How the hell could he lie about that?! I'm so going to kick his ass!"

"Sharpay, please hold back on your need to kill him, I really don't need him dead at this point."

Sharpay let out a sharp breath of defeat.

"Fine, I won't give him what he deserves." Gabriella giggled as Sharpay just muttered angrily.

"I gotta go, Gabs, someone's at my door, I'll talk to you later."

"Bye." Gabi said simply before hitting the end button on her cell phone and putting it on the small table next to the couch. She grinned softly when she noticed Elijah had finished playing with his toys and was now trying to climb up on the couch. He finally managed to, with Gabi's help of course.

"Momma, do you have to work again today?"

Gabriella happily shook her head, thankful that today was her day off and she didn't have to worry about anything like that. Actually, she was thankful that she was basically in charge of her own schedule, but had to work twice as much seeing as Sharpay was in charge of her own schedule as well, and lets just say it's not easy sharing a business with someone who likes to take a vacation every other day.

"Nope, just me and you today."

Before Elijah could happily respond, there was a knock on the door. Gabriella got up off the couch and sauntered over to the door where she unlocked the door and opened it only to reveal a smiling Troy. Gabriella smiled softly and opened the door even more.

"Troy, what are you doing here?"

Troy just grinned wider, "Well, I heard that today was your day off, and I was just wondering if maybe, uh...you and Elijah wanted to get some ice cream or go to the park or something?" Troy asked hopefully, and Gabriella couldn't help but to giggle at his nervousness. She may not trust him quite yet, but he sure was cute when he got nervous.

"Maybe we can work something out. Come on in."

Troy smiled victoriously and walked in after Gabriella and into the living room where he saw Elijah resting comfortably on the couch.

"Hey, Eijah, you remember Troy? From last night?"

Elijah popped up on the couch and grinned profoundly at the person he had grown to love, even if he had only met him once, and saw him just a couple of times.

"Yeah! Hi Troy!"

"Hey Elijah. Listen, maybe you can help me convince your mom that we all could go to the park and get some...ice cream?"

Elijah's bright blue eyes brightened and he nodded his head immediately before looking up at Gabi with pleading eyes.

"Please can we go mommy? Please, please, please?" Elijah begged, pulling out his all too famous puppy dog pout, making Gabi melt on the spot. She always had a soft spot for that look.

"Ok, ok, we can go."

Elijah squealed excitedly before jumping off the couch and running over to Gabi, wrapping his tiny arms around her legs.

"Thank you mommy! Can we go now?" Elijah asked as quickly as possible, overly excited about going to his favorite place, the park, and getting his favorite food, ice cream. Gabriella just laughed softly.

"We will as soon as you clean up your toys and put them away neatly." Elijah pouted, but just as quickly ran over to pick up all of his toys.

Troy just grinned as he watched Elijah scramble to pick up all his toys. He had done a lot of thinking after he had gotten to his hotel room after leaving Gabi's. It was hard for him to comprehend that he actually had a son. But it didn't feel wrong, it felt completely right, to know that a part of him was in the little boy he was watching right now. But Troy could also tell that he had Gabriella in him too. He had slightly tanner skin, and his personality nearly matched both of theirs perfectly. He hadn't even known about Elijah for more than a couple of days and yet Troy loved him like he had been around Elijah's entire life.

"What'cha thinking about?"

Gabriella's curious voice brought him out of his thoughts and back to the present. He looked at Gabriella for a moment, trying to actually comprehend what she had just asked him. He just shrugged and leaned against the counter, opposite of the side she was on.

"That I can't believe that Elijah's my son. It's just weird, but in a sort of...good way...I guess. I dunno how to explain it."

Gabriella bit her lower lip, "Kinda like, you know he's yours and you can see some of your qualities in him, but it's just weird to think you created something so amazing?"

Troy smiled and nodded his head, "Yeah, like that. How'd you know?"

Gabriella just grinned and leaned against the counter, her elbows supporting her as she looked softly at Troy.

"Because I get that feeling every day."

She said softly and looked over at Elijah, who was hustling to get the last of his toys into his toy box.

Troy sighed and looked as Gabi watched their son with so much love in her eyes that it shocked Troy, but he knew how she felt. He bit his lip anxiously and looked at Gabriella as he tried to decided how to put his words.

"Gabi...has Elijah ever...asked...about me?" Troy asked nervously, and Gabriella snapped back to reality at his question. She slowly nodded her head.

"Yeah...he has. All the time."

"What'd you tell him."

Gabriella was hestitant about answering him, and Troy had to have noticed. Every time Elijah asked about his father, she always tried to avoid the subject. How was she supposed to tell Troy that she never even said anything about him at all, just avoided talking about him. She was sure that wouldn't go over to well with him.

"I didn' tell him anything."

Gabriella bit her lip and felt guilt wash over her as she saw hurt flash through his eyes. Even now, she hated hurting him, even if it was rare for her to. But she just hoped he could see where she was coming from with this, that she was hurt that he had left her and really didn't want Elijah to know that his father did something like that.

"Nothing? You just avoided anything about me altogether?" Gabriella closed her eyes at the hint of anger and hurt lingering in his voice. Her breath quivered as she breathed out an answer.

"I didn't think you were gonna come back."

Troy was a little taken aback by her words, of course, he could see how she could come up with something like that, seeing as what he did. But it still hurt to hear that she had given up on him.

"But you couldn't have told him at least who I was?"

"I didn't want him knowing that you had just left. Even if I were to tell him that you didn't know about him in the first place, he would automatically think that you just didn't care enough about him."

"And how do you know he would do that?" Anger was rising in Troy's voice and Gabriella was thankful that Elijah was in his room straightening up his toys.

"Because he's my son, and I know a hell of a lot more about him than you do." Anger was rising in Gabriella's voice as well.

"Well it's not my fault that I never got a chance to see the first years of his life now is it?!" Troy's voice was getting louder now, and it was starting to make Gabriella feel uneasy especially after the words that left his mouth.

"But it is your fault that you didn't give me the fucking chance to tell you about him in the first place."

Troy sighed and stepped back from the counter a little so he could glare at Gabriella, who was fuming right back at him. He knew she was right, but the stubborness in him wouldn't let her be, not without a fight anyways.

"Oh right, because I was too busy fucking another girl, how you so nicely put it. Well maybe if you weren't such a bitch I would've stayed with you in the first place." Troy instantly regretted his words when he saw that anger in her eyes instantly be replaced with complete and utter hurt. She stepped back away from her position at the counter and shook her head.

"Oh, shit, Gabi I didn't meant that I swear to God, I was just--"

"Get out." Gabriella's voice was low and and filled with pain that he was he could just take away.

"Gabriella, please, I really didn't mean it."

"Just. Get. Out." Gabriella released shakily. She was hurt and couldn't believe that those words came from Troy's mouth. He had never been so cruel and mean and so careless of her feelings. All the trust she had gained over the past couple of days was gone in an instant. Tears threatened to fall, but she did her best to hold them back until Troy was gone and out of her life. And this she hoped he wouldn't ever come back again.

"No! Not until you let me beg and plead and hurt myself for saying that. Brie, I didn't mean t--"

"Don't call me that. You can't ever call me that again! I want you out of my life and out of my sons life forever, Troy. Everytime we're on even ground you make us fall again because of your stupid ego. I can't stand it anymore! Just leave!"

Gabriella couldn't help it, she burst and her tears came several at a time, and she could no longer keep herself composed. She wanted to love him again. Wanted to be able to trust him with all her heart and she wanted her happy ever after with him. But she knew she couldn't get it because he always managed to hurt her even when he didn't want to or was too caught up in a fight. And she didn't want to fight with him either. She wanted to love him, not fight him. But he always got so defensive and she was sick of him thinking he was always right.

She tried to choke out a few more coherent sentences but that sobs that racked her body stopped her from doing so. She tried to stop the tears and the sobs but they refused. The built up pain that had come from him was finally coming out. Everything that she had held in from all the words, and the looks and the shouts that came from him were finally weighing her down and she just couldnt' stop herself. It was out of her control.

Troy couldn't stand seeing her like this, knowing he was the one to cause it and he felt like the worst person on the planet. As he watched her sob helplessly he couldn't hold himself back and he grabbed her arms and pulled her to him tightly, not giving her a chance to escape. She fought for a moment but finally gave into him and wrapped her arms around his middle and sobbed against his chest and kissed the top of her head comfortingly.

"I'm sorry, baby, I'm so sorry." Troy sighed and rested his chin on the top of her head and held her to him, not letting her escape from his grasp. He had to get her back. He couldn't and wouldn't do anything more in his life without her. He needed her, whether she liked it or not.

Ok, so I dunno if that was worth the wait or not, I wasn't liking this one all that much. I have a small case of writers block and this chapter just bugged me a little, and I couldn't figure out a way to change it to where I did like it. It went from happy, to angry, to hurtful real quickly. So I'm definitely not proud of this chapter, but if you like it, please let me know, I'm open to all of your thoughts on this.

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