Author's Note- I do not own anything related to High School Musical. This is my plot.

Chapter Six-

Time was slow. It felt like it had been lingering on the same hour for several hours. The wet and tired eyes had been watching the small hand slowly make its way around the clock. Just a few more minutes and she would be free. Just a few more minutes and she could leave. She wouldn't have to be sitting here scared and in pain. She would be free.

"And that seems to be everything then. We'll just draw up the forms and documents and the papers will be sent to you both and then all you have to do is sign."

Gabriella looked to where the soft and old voice was coming from and sent a thankful look to Richard Donaldson. His years of law and knowledge were keeping her away from a messy divorce and was thankful that Sharpay had suggested him and was paying for his services. As soon as she and Chad came home that evening of her scan, Sharpay had told her that he was willing to help in anyway and that he was going to make it as quick and easy as he could. Gabriella couldn't be more thankful to him.

Gabriella could feel the intense stare of the pair of cerulean eyes that had been watching her for the past hour and felt a shiver run down her back. She knew he was waiting for her to look at him, just once, but she kept her gaze away from his and kept her head down low when she didn't need to respond to the attorney's questions.

A week had passed on since the day she had walked into what she believed was her sanctuary and found Troy cheating on her. Now her home felt like a four walled dump. A lie based on another lie.

For the past week Troy had tried calling her cell everyday. He called at least five times and she would always reject it. He even dared to call the house phone, which he stopped as soon as Chad yelled his lungs out at him and hung up on him. For Gabriella, she knew he was trying and making an effort, but she felt like he was only hurting her more. She still continued to cry herself to sleep sometimes and now that she was around eight weeks pregnant she was more hormonal than before.

"Well that's it. My client doesn't want any of his belongings and she just wants this to be over with. With everything settled and their possessions divided with their rightful owners, this should all just be finished with as soon as the papers come in." Mr Donaldson packed up his belongings and assisted with Gabriella's stuff also. "We'll be seeing you again soon at court to finalize it before a judge." He was well aware of Gabriella being pregnant. And was unsure why she wouldn't tell the Father now so they could sort out whatever needed to be sorted, but knew it wasn't his place to say anything so he got out of his chair and helped Gabriella from hers and walked her to the door of the small meeting room.

Gabriella smiled kindly towards Mr Donaldson and gave him a thankful hug. "Thank you so much Richard. Having you represent me has been very helpful. Thank you, again."
"Think nothing of it my dear. I've known the Evans for years and it was my pleasure to help you with this unfortunate event."

Gabriella looked up to the older man and noticed his greying hair was thinning and his grey-white moustache was in need of a small comb through. She gave him another thankful smile and left before she could bump into Troy or his attorney.

Gabriella made her way to the metal doors and patiently waited for the elevator to reach her floor. She heard the small ding and watched as the doors slide open moved to the side when a few people got off. She made her way into the empty lift and pushed the button for the lobby. She thanked God that she could have a few seconds to herself and let out a heavy sigh.

Her moment of peace was quickly interrupted when a large hand caught the closing doors and pushed them to open up again. Gabriella looked up and fear and anger filled her whole body. It was then her eyes finally met the ones she had loved for so long. Blue met brown.

Troy made his way into the elevator and kept his eyes locked onto hers until she quickly looked down and stared angrily at the ground. He heard her breathing quicken up and knew he was at fault.

"Gabriella-"

"Don't." Gabriella finally turned back to him and saw how drained he really looked. There were small bags under his eyes and his hair was dishevelled in every direction. His tie hung loose around his neck and white cotton shirt. His skin was a shade lighter in his face and he looked like he had been crying. "Just…don't Troy."

Gabriella turned away and kept her gaze frozen on the doors before her. Her body shook in fear as soon as his hands grabbed her shoulders and pushed her against the wall of the lift. Her terrified eyes watched as he kept one hand on her frozen body while the other went and pressed the emergency stop button. Both lost their balance a little when it abruptly stopped, but she was still being held by his demanding hands.

"No. I can't not be in the same room as you and not at least try and get you to talk to me." Gabriella saw the determination in his eyes and felt herself giving in.

"Troy, please. Just leave it. We have nothing else to say to each other."

"That's not true and you know it. I have everything to say to you. Please, let me explain."

"Explain what Troy? Explain how I wasn't good enough for you anymore you had to go stick your dick somewhere else."

"No. It wasn't like that." Troy felt her body tense up when he yelled out at her, the last thing he wanted was for her to be scared of him. "It wasn't like that Brie. It was just…"

"Troy. Sharpay's told me. Chad's told me. You told me. You're in love with another woman and I was just the schmuck who believed I was the only one in your heart." She felt the edge of her eyes fill up with her betraying salty tears and tried her best not to fall for his lies anymore. "There's nothing to say after that."

"There is. Brie, I love you. I love you with all my heart-"

"No. You don't. How can you when you're in love with someone else? Don't stand there and bullshit me Troy. I'm not taking it anymore. Now let me go." She pushed him off of her and pressed the emergency button to get it going again.

Troy looked around frantically and tried to think of something that he could say to at least get her to listen to him. He pressed the button again and grabbed the banister for support when the lift suddenly stopped again.

"Troy stop it. Sharpay and Chad are waiting for me in the lobby and if I'm not down there in five minutes they'll know it's because of you." Gabriella went to go press the button again but Troy stood in front of it and blocked it from her reach.

"No. I don't care if Chad beats the crap out of me again. I'm not letting you go till you listen to me."

Gabriella saw the anger in his eyes and sighed to herself. She was breaking and hurting by just being this close to him and now she was going to allow him to talk his way out of his lies. She didn't want to, she wanted nothing more to do with him. But he was making it so difficult for her. "You have five minutes to say whatever the hell you want and that's it. After that I press that button and I never see you again."

Troy reluctantly nodded his head and thought of something to say to her that wouldn't have her rolling her eyes or scoffing in disbelief. He wanted to make things right. This was the only chance she was going to give him to explain himself and his actions.

"Look Brie…I know no matter what I say you're not going to believe me…but I really do love you. I do. I've loved you for years and I didn't do this because I was over you or bored with you…I did this because I was stupid. I never meant for it to continue on for so long. The first time was a mistake and something I regret but…"

"But what? You fell in love with her Troy. That's not something I'm going to take easily."

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. If I could take it back then I would. It only happened because of that night we had that fight about starting a family. When I stormed out I went to the party as planned and got completely shit faced. Next thing I know, I'm waking up in my office with Delysia."

Gabriella narrowed her eyebrows when he mentioned his mistress's name. "I don't want to know who she is Troy." He actually thought it was ok for him to mention her? To say her name out loud. Every word he spoke was hurting her more and more. She didn't know how much more she could take. "I don't ever want to know the woman who slept with my husband is."

"Brie…please." Troy didn't mean to say her name. It was a slip. A bad slip.

"No Troy. Don't you understand that this is killing me?" Gabriella felt her body betray her once again when the tears slid down her already tear-stained face. "Being here with you while you talk about her. Knowing that you went to her every time. Knowing that you preferred someone else. Knowing that you're in love with someone else that isn't me. Do you have any idea how the fuck that feels Troy? It hurts so much. I never thought you would be the person to break my heart or the person who could make me feel so…fell like this. I hate it. I hate it Troy. I…hate you." Gabriella saw that he had his own tears falling from his eyes and knew her words were hitting him just as painfully. "I hate you for making me feel so unloved. For feeling so alone now. For feeling so stupid. I believed every lie. I believed every promise. I believed you. I…loved you and you just…" her sobs over took her heartbreaking outburst and she couldn't piece two words together anymore.

Troy watched as she stood there crying to herself. All he wanted to do was take her in his arms and hold her. He took a daring step towards her and gently placed a hand on her sobbing figure. As soon she registered his touch on her she moved away from him and took two giant steps back.

"Don't touch me. Ever. You lost that right the day you came home and didn't tell me you slept with someone else."

"Gabriella. I'm sorry. But please, believe me. I still love-"

"Stop it!" Troy stepped back once he saw her body go rigid and straight. "Stop telling me you love me. I hate you. Don't you get that? I hate you Troy. I hate you so much. And the stupid part of it all is that…no matter how much I hate you…I still love you." Gabriella tore her gaze away from his intense one and slid to the ground where she leaned back on the wall and cried her sore eyes out.

Troy felt the anger in himself for hurting the one person he promised he would never hurt cry to herself. He watched as she rocked her small body back and forth. He listened to her loud sobs and felt his heart break more. Troy looked to the panel of buttons and pressed the emergency button one last time. He felt the elevator start with life again and soon felt it stop as it finally reached the lobby. He heard the small bell ding and then a loud gasp from outside the small moving room.

Gabriella looked up and saw a frightful Sharpay and a very angry Chad. She felt Sharpay's tight embrace grab a hold of her and cradled her like she was a baby. She saw Chad push Troy and then slam his shaking body into the wall. She saw the action being repeated a few times until the security finally pulled Chad off of him.

"Please…take me home Shar. Please." Her sad sobs came again and she was pulled up by her supportive best friend. She could feel her body being pulled to the main entrance and away from the drama that was behind her.

"You ever touch her again and I'll kill you Troy." Chad tried to get out of the grips from the security guards just so he could throw in another punch to Troy's face, but their hold was strong. "I mean it Troy. Stay away from her. She doesn't need this and she definitely doesn't need you. You hear me Troy? Stay away from her."

"I'm sorry." Troy watched as his best friend, well ex-best friend, struggle to get away just so he could hit him again. "I never meant to hurt her."

Finally after the guards thought Chad had calmed down they let him. Chad brushed out his clothes and turned to death stare his old friend. "I mean it Troy. You fucked up. Now live with it. If I have my way…you'll never see her again. You'll never see any of us. You don't deserve her. You don't deserve what's going to happen. And I'll die before I let you fuck that up too. You don't deserve them."

Before Troy could ask who 'them' was, he saw Chad once again storm away from him and out of his life.

Troy let out a loud grunt of pain when he leaned on the back of his front door. He had finally arrived home after a small talk with security and a passing by police officer that he wasn't trying to hurt Gabriella, just try to talk to his wife.

He knew they felt disgust and pity in him for trapping a woman like he did, but he did what he had to do to get her to talk to him.

Troy pushed himself off of his door and made his way into the lounge room. He took a seat in the nearest chair and carefully sat down while not trying to upset his bruises. He closed his eyes and was met with Gabriella's crying figure and snapped his eyes open to rid of the image. He didn't want to hurt her. He didn't want her to go through that…and yet he did it to her anyway.

Troy never saw himself as that kind of guy. He never wanted to be that guy. But he was. And he had been for six months. He didn't feel better that everything was now out in the open. That all his lies finally caught up with him. He didn't feel relieved that he didn't have to hide or lie anymore. He felt worse than he's ever felt before.

Troy looked around the room and came across a photo frame that held a photo of Gabriella and himself. It was their wedding day. Ironic to find a picture of the day the two wed when it was the day he met to divorce her.

Troy leaned back in his chair and remembered the day well. It was Autumn. They were around a big oak tree that was in the local park of Gabriella and Sharpay's hometown. The leaves were gracefully falling to the ground, but some were still locked onto the old tree and waved while the wind softly blew them.

There were only twenty white chairs bunched together. Ten on each side of the aisle. Neither wanted a big show-off wedding. They only invited close friends and family. It was intimate. It was perfect.

The shade of snow white was seen easily amongst the natural colours of the park. The light browns, soft reds and gentle oranges mixed together well. The long aisle-way was paved by a clear white narrow sheet of silk material. The ending chairs at each row had a beautiful white bow tied to them each. And right at the end of the aisle was a small archway cut out of hedges. And placed in small areas were white lilies. Gabriella's favourite.

Troy remembered as she elegantly walked the short distance towards him and the priest. He remembered her blushing like mad and winked at her to calm her nerves. Both were twenty-two at the time and both were so sure that that was the right step to take. That they were going to be together forever. Until he went and blew it.

Troy was pulled out of his happy and blissful memory when he heard his house phone ring. He didn't want to get up. He didn't want to do anything anymore. He felt so low and so despicable with himself. He hated himself.

Although the idea of getting up and going through a few stabs of pain to answer his phone was disagreeing, he wasn't able to stop himself when he got up and walked to the small bar in the corner with a load of alcohol. Troy reached for a glass and pulled the bottle of scotch towards him. He poured himself a glass and gulped down as much as he could. With one swing the glass was empty.

He finally heard the phone stop and poured another glass of the strong and burning liquid. He could hear the machine receive a message and was vaguely listening to it. Troy went to swallow the glass's contents again, but stopped dead still when he heard the one thing he would never forget.

"Good day Mrs Bolton. It's Stacy from the medical clinic. Just standard procedure to call and remind you of your next appointment. It's just the regular check-ups to see how far your pregnancy is going. Hope to see you Thursday evening. Goodbye."

Troy felt his eyes widen in shock and accidentally let the glass slip out of his grasp. Gabriella was pregnant. She was pregnant. She was carrying his child. He was going to be a Father. Then the reality hit him. She hadn't told him. Gabriella didn't tell him he was going to be a Father. Was she planning to? Was she ever going to let him know? He felt the anger rush through his veins and in one swift movement he was out his front door and in his car. He wanted answers. And he wanted them now. And he wasn't going to let Chad, Sharpay or even God himself stop him from getting them.

Before Troy could register anything else going on around him, his clenched fist was banging loudly on the Danforth/Evans front door waiting impatiently for the answers he was seeking. And then as soon as the front door was quickly pulled open he pushed himself past the confused and slightly scared brunette and quickly turned to see her shaking form.

"Troy what are you doing here? If Chad-"

"I don't care."

Troy felt a small rise of guilt when his raised voice made her jump a little, but he quickly pushed it aside. He could feel his teeth grinding together and knew he was talking through them. A clear sign to his wife that he was pissed.

"So Gabriella…when were you going to tell me you're pregnant?"

He knows! Finally. Thanks so much for all your support and I can't wait for you guys to read the next one. :) Tell me your thoughts or hate for Troy. Lol. Reviews? Cheers.