The Results

After school, Troy walked me home. I told him everything. How mad my parents had gotten at each other, meeting Allison and Heather, and the paternity tests. I sort of wanted Troy to come along with me, but I knew it was something I needed to do alone.

The thing was, Troy and I hadn't spent much quality time together recently, but I promised him that I'd call him as soon as I got back. There would probably be time for the two of us to go for dinner when I got back.

"Well, I guess I should go inside, Troy. We need to leave in a couple of minutes."

"Don't worry about it, Gabi, everything will turn out ok. You'll see."

Troy gave me a hug. I felt so safe there in his arms. We hugged for like 5 minutes. Then my mom came out.

"Uh, Gabriella, it's time to go. Sorry, if I'm interrupting anything."

"That's ok, mom," I said as I released Troy from my death grip, "We were just finishing up. Bye Troy," I added, "I'll call you when I get home."

He smiled and I blew him a kiss. Then we got into the car.

When we got to the doctor's office, we were brought into a little waiting room. I sat down on an uncomfortable chair, fidgeting nervously. A couple minutes later, the nurse brought my dad into the room as well. We all sat in an awkward silence. After about five minutes, the doctor walked into the room.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Montez, Gabriella. I understand you are here for a paternity test, to find out if Mr. Johnson is Gabriella's father?"

We all nodded in unison.

"Ok then. I will just need to take a little bit of blood from each of your arms, and we will run some tests. We should have the results in an hour or two." (A/N: I know that the results probably don't come that fast and that might not be how they do the testing. I am not a doctor so don't get mad at me if I'm wrong!)

The doctor stuck a small needle into my arm and withdrew maybe a teaspoon of blood or so. I get really grossed out by the sight of blood so I quickly looked away. Next she took some from my dad. Then she left the room, promising to return as soon as the test results were finalized.

We sat for a few minutes in an uncomfortable silence. I decided that the best thing to do to pass the time would be to take out my book. After the first page, I became so absorbed in it that nothing could tear me away. I barely noticed when the doctor came back, but when it finally hit me I snapped back to reality very quickly. I putted down my book, and took a few deep breaths to compose myself.

"OK, I have the results here. Would you like Ms. Montez and Gabriella to hear the results with you or do you want to hear them first?"

"I have nothing to hide," he explained. "We'll hear them together."

"Fine then. Mr. Johnson, Gabriella is your daughter."

I let out a sigh of relief, ad so did my mom. Mr. Johnson smiled a little and leaned over to give me a hug. It felt a little awkward hugging my teacher, but I guessed he was more than then. He was my father.

We headed out of the office towards the parking lot. My parents were talking about me. I hated when they talked like that, as if I wasn't there.

I walked a little faster so I wouldn't have to listen to them argue. I knew they were fighting over who got to spend more time with me. It sucked.

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My uncle owns a big law firm, so my mom was able to schedule an appointment for the three of us that evening. I was scared. I didn't know what was going to happen. When we got home from the doctors office, I went to my room for awhile since we didn't have to be at the lawyers. Once I got to my room, I closed the door and dialed Troy's number. He picked up after one ring.

"So, Gabi, what happened?" He blurted out.

"Don't I even get a hello?" I pouted.

"Hi Gabriella," he consented.

I smiled, even though he couldn't see me.

"Thanks Troy," I said. "Ok, here's the scoop. He is my dad. We're going to the lawyers in an hour or so, so my parents can argue over who gets custody. It really sucks, Troy," I said, my voice cracking.

"It'll be ok Gabi. Stay strong. Do you want me to come over now?"

I sniffed a little.

"Thanks for the offer, Troy, but I have to go soon. We can talk tomorrow, and maybe go for a coffee or whatever after school. Ok?"

"Ok. But remember, if you need to talk, just call me." I smiled.

"Ok. Bye. Love you."

"Love you too."

I fell asleep, emotionally exhausted. My mom came into the room about an hour later and woke me up, explaining that it was time to go to the lawyer's.

Once we got there, I had to wait outside while my parents battled it out in the lawyer's office. I flipped through a Reader's Digest, occasionally hearing swearing coming from the door. Finally it opened and my parents came out, both of them looking a little mad. They motioned for me to join them.

We went back into the office, and the lawyer spoke.

"Gabriella, we have decided to give half custody to your father and half to your mother. You will alternate weeks at your parents' houses. You will say with your mom for the rest of the week, then next Monday you will go to your father. Ok?" I gulped and nodded. This sucked. I wanted to stay with my mom. As soon as we got out of the office, I burst into tears.

Later on I was in my room studying when the phone rang. I ran out to answer it but my mm had already got it. I heard her say hello, and then the person on the other end of the line said something. All the color drained out of her face and she looked like she was about to faint.

REVIEW PLEASE! And I've started a new story, Summer of Surprises, so please check that out too. I'll probably only be updating once a week now with school and all, so yeah. Just a warning.

-freakymathgirl