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Baby S
Chapter Fifteen
Chad had been waiting on Taylor to show up all morning, when he finally saw her approaching with Sharpay he couldn't help but keep the grin off his face. Walking over to them he ignored the look of disgust that Sharpay sent his way and focused his full attention on Taylor. "What da hell do you want, Danforth." Chad sucked his teeth, at Sharpay's question, before looking down at Taylor.
"Taylor I want to talk to you…in private." He said cutting his eyes over at Sharpay who was now looking at Taylor.
"Girl you better tell this punk where to go and-." Taylor caught the look that Chad gave her and sighed. Glancing over at Sharpay she shook her head before saying.
"Shar, it's alright…I'll be fine." She whispered as Chad looked over at Sharpay smugly. Sharpay just looked at Taylor in shock as Chad reached down and gripped his hand around Taylor's wrist. Closing her eyes in pain, Taylor slowly counted back to ten before opening her eyes and looking at Sharpay who had yet to move. "Really, Shar I'm alright."
"Yeah, Barbie…she's fine, now why don't you run along and find Zeke." Sharpay just narrowed her eyes and looked back at Taylor.
"Girl you can't be serious." Sharpay said as she grabbed a hold of Taylor's arm and tugged her away from Chad. "This is Chad we're talking about…Taylor you can't be serious, especially after all the things he's done to you."
"Sharpay…I'm not doing anything but talking to him, alright." Taylor mumbled, Sharpay raised an eyebrow at her and then looked over at Chad who smiled and pointed down at his watch.
"You know we don't have that much time, Taylor…I seriously think that we need to talk."
"See I need to go." Taylor said as she removed Sharpay's arm from her. Walking back over to Chad she glanced back at Sharpay and since her what she thought was a reassuring smile, but it actually came out as a wince. "Don't worry Sharpay…I'll be fine." She called out as Chad dragged her away. Once they were alone, Chad opened the door to an empty classroom and pushed Taylor inside. She quickly turned around and faced him as he closed the door behind him. They stood there for a moment staring one another down; Chad crossed his arms over his chest and looked her over before smirking.
"So did you make your decision…I didn't get a call over the weekend…so I was just wondering about you and my offer." Taylor looked down at her shoes and then back up him.
"I did it alright." Chad clapped his hands together with a huge smile on his face.
"Good…I sincerely wish that I was there to see it. I'm sure that Bolton cried his heart out." He mumbled as he stepped closer to her and placed his hands on her shoulder. "What did you tell him?"
"I told him I was breaking up with him over what happened to Miguel." She meekly whispered back, Chad nodded his head for a moment and smiled.
"Oh but don't you think it will be a little awkward since as of now you and I are back together." Taylor looked away from him and sighed.
"It was the only real reason I could think of." She stated as she glared up at him, Chad chuckled and smiled back at her unfazed by the anger he saw in her eyes.
"Oh I guess that will have to do…cause I'd hate to think about what lone staircase he might have fallen down if you hadn't done what I told you to do." He said as he lifted one hand and brushed it against her cheek. "And what did you tell Barbie."
"I gave her the same reasons I gave Troy." Chad just smiled at her for a moment before seeing the tears that had gathered in her eyes, when one of the tears escaped and run down her cheek Chad, bent and kissed it away while holding Taylor tightly. Taylor felt her stomach jump as his lips made contact with her skin. "Oh don't cry…everything is going to be alright I promise."
"Chad please just let me go you got what you wanted." She said pushing him away from her in disgust; however Chad caught a tight grip on her so she couldn't go anywhere.
"I have you but you aren't acting like you're happy to be with me." He said lifting his head back up and pouting at her. "Now I think we need to talk about what it is you need to be to keep me happy so I won't go back on my word…cause I truly hate to do that." Taylor looked at him in shock her head.
"You promised that if I left Troy you wouldn't do anything to him, me or anyone else." She stated softly as she remembered the only reason she was even in this situation, Chad nodded his head and looked down at her.
"True but then again…like I told you before you're mine, and I expect you to start acting like it." He said as he pushed himself away from her. "Or there will be consequences…and I won't give a damn about our agreement."
"Chad."
"First off…I want you to act like you're my girlfriend from the moment we leave this room until we graduate, secondly you and I are going to the fall dance together. So you better get used to kissing me again." He moved over to the door. "You ready?" Taylor looked at him in shock and then shook her head.
"I…I can't do this…I can't pretend that I-." Chad cut her off by snatching her hand and pulling her to him.
"Pretend…damn it shouldn't be that hard, Sharpay's your friend you must have picked up some acting skills from her. Besides pretending isn't that hard, I've pretend to like you for years and no one was the wiser." He snapped harshly as he opened the door, the frown that was on his face a moment ago was gone, replaced with a bright smile. He bent and kissed her passionately not caring about how her body tensed up in horror as the bell rang signaling that it was time for everyone to head to class. Pulling away from her, he bent and whispered in her ear. "See now that wasn't so hard was it…you better head off to class…I'll see you at lunch baby, and I'll tell you some other things I want to happen in order to make this agreement work for the both of us." He called out as she hurried down the hall.
By the time Taylor made it to class she could feel everyone's eyes on her. Making her way to her sit beside Sharpay, one of the students stopped her and smiled at her. "Glad to see you back on the right side McKessie." Taylor just nodded her head and all but ran to her seat. Sharpay watched the interaction closely and once Taylor sat down she leaned over.
"What was that all about?"
"I…I…" Taylor stuttered, Sharpay watched closely as more students wandered in, and instead of the usually taunts and cold looks that they had been sending Taylor's way since she had hooked up with Troy they were sending her smiles and telling her welcome back as if she had been gone on some long trip.
"In fact what happened between you and Chad this morning, you know I hated leaving you with that guy." Taylor nervously looked at her and whispered.
"Chad and I talked some things out and well we're back together." Sharpay's mouth dropped in shock as she listened to her friend. Suddenly the whole classroom quieted down as Sharpay shouted out.
"WHAT!"
Troy sat in his desk tapping his pencil against the top. Today was the first day that Miguel was back at school, and he would have been extremely happy if his recent break-up with Taylor was looming over him. Miguel watched him silently, before reaching over and taking the pencil from him. Troy looked over at him and sighed. "Yo, Miggs give me back my pencil man."
"You wanna talk about it." Miguel said ignoring Troy's request. Troy looked at him for a moment before shrugging his shoulders.
"What's talking gonna do about it? It's not going to make her change her mind." He whispered as he leaned over and took his pencil from Miguel, who watched him silently.
"For what it's worth man…I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault…it's all Chad Danforth fault. I swear I should have-." He trailed off as he thought about all the satisfying things he could do to the man who had taken away the only woman he had ever loved. Rubbing a hand over his face, he looked at Miguel. "It's not your fault."
"I still can't believe she broke up with you."
"I know man…I mean I guess to her she did it for the right reason. She wanted to protect me but that doesn't mean that it hurts any less." He replied softly as he looked at Miguel who nodded his head in understanding.
"You don't think there's something else going on do you."
"I highly doubt it…she was too serious about it man…there's nothing else going on except her breaking my heart." Miguel just nodded his head not totally convince. Troy just looked at him and sighed. "Look I don't want to talk about this anymore alright man…it hurts to much." He said as he looked away from him and returned his attention to the teacher while trying his best to pay attention. Miguel watched his friend closely and then he too returned his attention to teacher. He hated this…he felt awful that Troy and Taylor had broken up but he couldn't shake the feeling that there was something more to their break-up then Taylor was willing to say.
Sharpay stabbed her fork into her food as she stared across the crowed lunch room at Taylor who seemed incredibly nervous at the moment while sitting with Chad and the rest of the lunatics on the basketball team that still supported Chad and his crazy antics. Zeke watched his girlfriend for a moment before looking over his shoulder at Chad and Taylor. "I know it's a little hard to believe."
"It's impossible to believe…Taylor doesn't love him, and he's an abusive freak that hurts her on a whelm there's no way in hell that Taylor would returned to that willingly." She muttered as she pushed her peas around. Zeke looked at his girlfriend and sighed.
"Well they are together so-."
"He's doing something to her…he has something over her and I know it. He's such a bastard." She snapped out as she continued to glare daggers at Chad. She continued to watch until Taylor excused herself from the table. Zeke watched as well as she disappeared down the hall and then he slowly looked at Sharpay.
"You better go." She immediately got up and left the lunch room as well, she immediately saw Taylor at the water fountain and grabbed her arm.
"Hey!" Taylor exclaimed as Sharpay yanked her into the bathroom. Sharpay ignored her as she called out to the girls that were crowded around the bathroom mirrors.
"Alright I need you all to get lost." She snapped out, they all looked at her and quickly made their exit. Taylor crossed her arms over her chest as she watched Sharpay usher the girls out. Once they were alone, Taylor said.
"Just what do you think you're doing?"
"I should be asking you that…after the way you cried this weekend over your break up with Troy…you're here today with that." She shouted as she looked at her friend. Taylor narrowed her eyes at her and shook her head.
"It's complicated you wouldn't understand."
"You're right I don't understand giving up someone who loved me for someone that openly disrespected me." She snapped back as she looked at her. "I don't understand that because it's absolutely crazy and I pride myself on being smart, and up till now I thought you did too."
"Sharpay, please just let it go." She mumbled, Sharpay watched her closely and walked over to her and grabbed her hands.
"What is really going on…I'm not stupid, I know you're miserable, I know you loved Troy so what is really going on here."
"Sharpay please it's not that serious. I'm just with Chad."
"And you claim that's not serious." Sharpay shouted. "That boy doesn't love you…he just uses you and you think I'm just suppose to let you do this…I'm your friend…I care about you and I can't let you do this, Taylor. I can't let you put yourself in a situation where I know you'll be hurt."
"Then maybe…then maybe you should just forget about me." Taylor whispered, Sharpay gasped at her words and shook her head.
"You don't mean that."
"If you can't accept my…my relationship with him then I don't think we can be friends." Taylor whispered as she looked at the hurt expression that suddenly appeared on Sharpay's face. Stunned into silence Sharpay barely noticed Taylor moving around her and opening the door. Taylor slowly made her way back to the lunch room and sat down next to Chad who watched her silently before looking across the room at Sharpay who had just entered crying. With a small smile he looked over at Taylor and chuckled.
"I guess I don't have to ask huh." Taylor glared up at him and shot up from her seat and left, Chad said something to his friend before following after her. He caught her in the hallway and grabbed her hands within his tightly. "Did you end your friendship with Sharpay?" Taylor lifted her eyes and he saw the tears in them.
"Yes damn you. I did it."
"Good…I always hated it that you were friends with her, now with her out of your life. I don't have to worry about her whispering things in your ear. Now be a good girlfriend and come and finish lunch with your boyfriend."
The rest of the day was absolutely horrible, Taylor caught trying to catch Sharpay but she avoided her like the plague not that she blamed her. The only thought that consoled Taylor throughout all this was the thought that she was protecting Troy from getting hurt. When the finally bell rung, Chad was by her side almost immediately. Looking up at him, she frowned. "What are you doing?"
"I thought I walk my girlfriend out." Taylor lowered her head and spoke up softly.
"Please don't…Troy is picking me up, he doesn't need to see you and me together, it will hurt him Chad. Please don't do that." Chad looked down at her and then shook his head for a moment before bending his head and whispering in her ear.
"I'll do whatever the hell I feel like doing, now let's go." He said as he stood up and grabbed her book bag. Taylor lowered her head as he led her out of the school. Chad scanned the parking lot until he saw the van that he knew Troy was driving. Walking over he grabbed Taylor's hand and together they walked to the van.
Troy saw them coming, and he immediately felt as if his heart had been stabbed repeatedly. He watched them silently as they came over to the car. His eyes focused on Taylor who hadn't look at him yet. The side door opened and Chad helped Taylor inside but not before giving her a kiss on the cheek. The gestured cause Troy to grip the steering wheel, tightly as he forced himself to look away them, Chad smiled at the tense look on his face. "Hey Bolton…I hope your friend is doing okay. I'm sorry about what my friend did, that truly was a damn shame." He said with a shake of his head.
"Whatever. You ready?" he bit out as he looked at Taylor who just nodded her head, Chad closed the door with a bright smile on his face as Troy pulled off. He couldn't help but smile as he made his way back inside. It felt good to finally make Troy lose his cool, it felt great to know that he was hurting him just as much as he wanted too, and it felt damn good.
Troy could hardly keep the frown off his face as he continued to drive looking over at Taylor he snapped out. "So that's the real reason you broke up with me huh…you broke up with me to get back with that damn fool."
"Troy?"
"I should known you'd be no better than those others East Highers…I should have known better than to let myself feel anything for you." He replied sharply as he looked at her. Taylor looked down at her lap and sighed.
"I know you're angry but things are complicated and-."
"Angry…I'm furious…damn it Taylor I loved you…I still love you and you're with him now. I…I can't believe this." He snapped out. "After all he did to Miguel…I can't believe this." He muttered.
"Troy I."
"Don't talk to me alright…just don't say a thing." He snapped as he continued driving. "I don't want nothing to do with you ever again, McKessie." He said harshly, Taylor looked away from him as he used her last name. The way he used her last name, it hurt her worst than anything Chad could have ever dish out. Lowering her head, she tried her best to not cry in front of him.
The rest of the week for Taylor pretty much went to same way, however there was one difference, she asked Mrs. Jackson for the rest of the week off. She couldn't handle everyone down at the center looking at her like she was dirt on the bottom of their shoes, and since Chad had forced her to make Sharpay get out of her life. She was now totally dependent on him and he seemed to enjoy every minute of it.
"You know I was thinking…about you and your family coming over this Saturday for dinner." Chad said as he drove to her house, Taylor lifted her head at the sound of his voice and looked over at him.
"Dinner? I don't think that is a good idea." Chad looked over at her silently for a moment before giving her a smile.
"Oh I'm sorry did you think I was asking you," he snapped. "Cause I wasn't…I was just saying that this Saturday would be a good day for your family to come by and have dinner with mine. You have to rebuild your image to my parents."
"My image?"
"They think you left me for Bolton which you did." He said looking over at her. "However you realize the mistake you were making and you begged me to take you back which I did because I love you so much."
"I don't know if-."
"My mother already called yours…and she agreed, she thinks it's a good idea." Taylor sighed and shook her head. "And so did my parents…now I can't wait to see you on Saturday." He said as he pulled into her driveway. Taylor looked down at her hands and slowly nodded her head.
"Fine."
"Good…I am glad we discussed this. I can't wait to see you on Saturday…oh and wear something modest I don't want you looking like a slut. You know like you looked everyday you were with Bolton." He said as he parked the car outside of Taylor's house and watched as she quickly got out of the car. He chuckled as she rushed inside shaking his head he pulled off. Taylor entered the house and headed towards the kitchen where her mother was.
"Mom!" she called out
"I'm in here sweetie." Taylor entered the kitchen; her mother noticed the look on her face and stood up. "What's wrong?"
"Did you agree to a dinner with the Danforths?" Mrs. McKessie nodded her head and looked at her for a moment.
"Yes and what's the problem with that…Chad's your boyfriend isn't he." Taylor just shook her head and sat down at the table with a sigh.
"He is, but mom…why didn't you talk to me about it. I could have had something planned and-."
"I'm sorry sweetie I didn't think about that." She said softly. "Do you want me to cancel?" Taylor just shook her head as she thought about all the things Chad might do if she asked her mother to do something like that. She still had bruises on her arms from refusing to kiss him the other day. Rubbing her arms she looked at her mother and just shook her head.
"No…its okay, I'm okay with the dinner. I just hope next time that you at least talk to me before you make plans that include me as well." Her mother nodded her head and gave her a small smile.
"I will sweetie." Taylor just nodded her head and slowly headed upstairs to her bedroom. Lying down on the sheets she closed her eyes as she started crying. She was absolutely alone; she was with a man she hated. Her best friend wasn't talking to her, and the man she loved hated her. As soon as the thoughts entered her mind, an image of Miguel in a hospital room flashed into her mind, shaking her head she knew it was worth it. She was protecting Troy from the same fate, and that made this personal hell worth it.
"We are so glad that you and your daughter decided to come by this evening, we wanted to have a dinner with you and Taylor but most importantly Taylor." Gerald Danforth said as he set his fork down on the edge of his plate. "We were seriously concern when our son said that he was going back out with Taylor especially after all of the things that have happened this past year so far." Taylor looked at him in shock, before shaking her head.
"I don't think that-." She was immediately cut off by Chad's mother Alice who reached over and grabbed her hand.
"Oh Gerald you can't really blame her she was just confused weren't you, sweetie." She stated as she looked over at the girl. Taylor and her mother shared a look, before she caught the look that Chad was sending her. Slowly nodding her head she gave Mrs. Danforth a smile and sighed.
"You're right I was just confused." Chad cleared his throat and looked over at his mother.
"Mom, why don't you tell Taylor about what we discussed I'm sure she'll love it." Taylor looked from Chad and back to Mrs. Danforth who was smiling at her.
"Like what, Chad." She asked nervously. Chad leaned back in his chair and pointed towards his mother.
"It was your idea mom, why don't you tell her…besides I'm sure she'll be happy." He said with a small smile. Taylor nervously turned to look at his mother who in turn looked at her with a smile on her face.
"Well, Taylor…Chad and I were talking about the upcoming fall dance, and well I suggested that we should go out together…you know I could help you shop for a dress. We never really spent that much time together and I always have free time."
"I don't know-."
"That's really a wonderful idea, isn't it Taylor. It's really thoughtful." Chad said speaking up, Taylor immediately got the idea that she was suppose to say yes. Gulping she looked back at Mrs. Danforth and nodded her head.
"I…I guess that would be fine."
"Oh goody, Taylor. I think we should go this next Saturday how does that sound." Taylor placed her hands on her lap and looked at her before saying.
"That sounds fine I don't have any plans next weekend."
"Good, I'm certainly going to look forward to it." Mrs. Danforth said with a bright smile. Taylor looked over at Chad, who sent her a smile as well and Taylor suddenly felt sick to her stomach.
That Monday at school Taylor was surprise when Chad pulled her aside into another empty classroom. He didn't bother to close the door he just pushed her down into a seat. "I wanna talk to you about when you go out with my mother this weekend." Taylor lowered her head and sighed.
"Chad please I'm not going to do anything."
"You're damn right you're not…you're going to be on your best behavior." Taylor rolled her eyes and sighed.
"I'm not your child, Chad."
"Taylor…as of right now I own you…unless you want something to happen to Troy, you better do everything I tell you too. Cause frankly I'm getting sick of this attitude in private."
"Well what do you expect I don't want to be with you…I'm only doing this to protect my friends and Troy alright." She snapped out, Chad narrowed his eyes at her for a moment before shaking his head.
"I'm only going to say this one last time," he stated coldly. "Be on your best behavior for my mother…I'd hate for you to see what would happened if you pissed me off."
"Look, I'm not going to do anything, Chad. Geez, I haven't told anyone about our deal…I'm doing everything you've asked me to do so stop threatening me." She snapped, Chad just looked at her for a moment before sighing and walking out of the room. Taylor sighed and lowered her head into her hands. God how she hated him with a passion, she sighed as she heard footsteps. "What is it now, Chad?"
"I knew something was up…I just knew it." Taylor jerked her head up and gasped as she saw Sharpay standing in front of the door with her hands on her hips and glare on her face. "Now you better tell me what's going on right now or else."