Chapter 16

Recap

Gabriella quickly pushed Troy away from her as soon as she heard her mother's voice. The voice that she didn't want to hear that exact moment.

"This is completely stuffed up!" Troy thought as he stared at Carla, his heart racing like hell. Gabriella on the other hand was so pale that it looked like she was gonna faint right on the spot.

"Mom???" Gabriella said, nervous, scared and most of all, guilty!

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"Gabi, what is going on with you?? Are you out of your mind?!!" Carla asked, angry and absolutely shaken. She lost control and slapped Gabriella right on the face.

"Aunty its not her fault." Troy quickly butted in, standing in the middle of Gabriella and Carla.

"How could you do this to me, Troy? Especially to your dad. What are you thinking?" Carla exclaimed, shaking her head.

"Mom, I'm sorry." Gabriella mumbled, as tears started to roll down her cheeks.

"Aunty I love Gabriella and I forced her to go out with me." He exclaimed bravely even though inside, he was freaking out.

"How long have you been dating?!" Carla asked bitterly.

"A few day's after you guys moved in." Troy whispered.

"Gabi what did I do to deserve this?" Carla asked, calming a little bit.

"Nothing mom. I'm really sorry but I love Troy." She admitted, biting her bottom lip.

"I can't believe this is happening!" Carla exclaimed loudly and stormed out of the kitchen, into her room. The whole house shook as she slammed the door shut.

"I hurt my mom Troy! I hurt her badly." Gabriella said, feeling guilty. The tears still wouldn't stop.

"We can get through this Gabi." Troy said softly, wrapping his arms protectively around Gabriella.

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The next morning, everything was so quiet. Carla still haven't said anything to Jack about what she found out.

"I'm sorry mom." Gabriella said as she stepped in the kitchen where her mother was preparing dinner. Her mother didn't say anything making Gabriella sigh.

Troy and Gabriella finally arrived at school. They haven't said anything to each other and the silence was killing Troy.

"Gabi are you mad at me?" Troy finally asked.

"What? Why would I be mad at you?" Gabriella said, a little surprised.

"Coz you're not talking to me." He replied.

"Sorry Troy. Its just that, I'm confused and I can't read my mom's mind. We never had a fight this big before." Gabriella explained, as tears started to form in her eyes but she stopped them immediately.

"We'll sort everything out. My dad still doesn't know anything though." Troy said as they got out of the car.

"Hey guys!" The whole gang greeted happily. When they saw their miserable expressions, their faces immediately dropped and was changed into concern ones.

"What's wrong?" Sharpay asked worriedly.

"My mom found out about me and Troy." Gabriella mumbled, trying to be strong this time. She didn't want to cry, especially in front of her friends.

"Oh my gosh!" The girls exclaimed while the guys' jaws just dropped.

"How did she find out?" Chad asked.

"Umm.. She saw us.. Kissing in the kitchen." Troy said, rubbing the back of his neck. The girls wrapped their arms around Gabriella while the boys just stared at the pair sympathetically.

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Everyone was so gloomy that day that they barely talked. Troy was in his maths class while Gabriella was in her chemistry class.

"Dude, so what was Ms Montez' reaction?" Chad asked.

"Not good. She slapped Gabriella right on the face." Troy said as he bowed his head down.

"Oh my gosh! What did you do?" Sharpay perked up.

"I just stood in the middle of them. I don't want to see Gabriella get hurt in front of me again and I didn't want to hurt aunty either." Troy said, sadly.

"I feel so sorry for Gabriella." Ryan said, shaking his head sadly.

"Does coach know about it?" Chad asked curiously.

"No. I'm really surprised that aunty haven't said anything to him yet." Troy said, also curious of what's playing in Carla's mind.

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Gabriella couldn't concentrate at all and Taylor was getting really worried.

"You know that you'll always have the gang and Troy right?" Taylor suddenly spoke up, making Gabriella jump a little since she was too busy in her own thoughts.

"Thanks Tay. Its just that, I feel so guilty and I really want to make it up to my mom." Gabriella admitted sadly.

"But you don't want to break up with Troy either." Taylor said.

"I don't know what to do Tay! I'm so confused." Gabriella said and started to bang her head on the table.

"What are you doing Gabriella? That's not gonna solve anything!" Taylor said, quickly stopping Gabriella as the teacher stared at them for a moment.

"I don't want to loose my mom and Troy. I love them both and I've gotten close with Uncle!" Gabriella exclaimed, attracting other's attention but she didn't care anymore.

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"Hey! How you doing?" Troy asked when school finally ended. They were now in the car and was heading home.

"I'm ok.. I guess." Gabriella replied.

"Look Gabi, I know its hard for you but its harder for me to see you like this. Its really hard." Troy said with a concerned expression.

"I'm sorry I dragged you into this Troy." Gabriella said.

"I'm already dragged from the start." Troy smiled weakly.

"How about we forget everything for now and go to the park and eat ice or something." Troy grinned, hiding every sad emotions inside.

"Troy we can't just forget it! We're hurting mom right now by being together!" Gabriella exclaimed.

"So you don't want to be together?" Troy questioned with a scared look on his face.

"Troy that's not what I'm saying. I meant that mom is hurt and I care about her so much. Don't you care about anyone??" Gabriella asked.

"Gabi to tell you the truth, you're the only one that I really cared about. As long as I'm with you, I'm not to sure if I worry about anyone else." He admitted. He knows that it wasn't right to feel like that but he couldn't help it.

"So you just hurt people?" She exclaimed, a little shocked.

"Gabi, I'm a devil from the start and I'll be a devil to the end." Troy said as he sped home while Gabriella just sighed.

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When they arrived home, everything was so silent. They went in the lounge room and saw Carla talking to someone on the phone.

"I wonder who she's taking to." Troy whispered to Gabriella.

"She looks pretty serious. It must be something important." Gabriella whispered back. Finally, Carla ended the phone call.

"Hey mom!" Gabriella greeted, trying to make it up to her mother. Carla smiled weakly.

"Gabi I need to tell you something." Carla walked over to them while Troy just stayed where he was. He wasn't sure if he should leave the mother and daughter alone or just listen.

"What is it mom?" Gabriella asked, getting a little worried. Before Carla could answer, her knees gave up making her fall. She was unconscious and no one knew what was going on.

"MOM!" Gabriella exclaimed in terror.

"Auntie!!" Troy sprinted to them and kneeled beside Gabriella.

"Mom, wake up! Please wake up!" Gabriella said, as tears started flowing down her cheeks.

Troy picked Carla up and ran to his car while Gabriella ran right beside them.

"Why did she faint?" Troy asked, as sweat started to roll down his face. Just seeing Gabriella so scared making him scared too.

"I don't know." Gabriella answered through sobs.

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In less than five minutes, Troy, Gabriella and Carla arrived at the hospital. The nurse in the counter saw Troy and immediately paged and begged a doctor to come. She was the same nurse that Troy unconsciously yelled to when Gabriella was pushed down the stairs.

"We need a doctor! Now!! Please someone come now!!" The nurse begged and finally a doctor came up.

"Thank you!" Troy called out and the nurse sighed in relief. She really didn't want to be yelled at by Troy again.

Jack immediately came to the hospital when he heard about the news.

"What's going on?" Jack asked Gabriella and Troy.

"We don't know. She was on the phone and when she came up to us and tried to tell us something, she just fainted." Troy explained as he comforted Gabriella.

The whole gang also came when they heard about Carla.

"What's taking them?" Gabriella said, as tears continued to flow out of her eyes.
"She's gonna be ok Gabi. Just think positive!" Taylor said. There was a real silence around the waiting room. No one didn't have anything to say to make everything feel better and normal again.

"They are so slow!" Troy said frustrated. He was worried about Carla too and everyone could tell.

"What's taking the doctors? I don't want to see Gabriella cry!" Troy thought. He looked around the place and saw the nurse staring at him, waiting if he's gonna do something stupid again or blow out and punch someone. The nurse quickly looked away when she saw Troy's piercing eyes.

"That boy scares me all the time!" The nurse thought as she continued to work.

Half an hour have past and all of them were still waiting. Finally the doctor came out.

"Ms Carla Montez?" The doctor said and the whole lot stood up, surprising the doctor a little.

"You guys are all here for Ms Montez?" The doctor asked.

"Yeah. We're her family though." Jack said, pointing to Troy and Gabriella.

"I need to talk to the whole family first. Ms Montez is awake now so we can discuss this in her room." The doctor said as Jack, Gabriella and Troy all followed the doctor. The gang on the other hand just waited patiently. They know that its out of their business.

Carla saw her whole family enter her room. She smiled weakly to them as they approached her.

"Why did she faint doc?" Jack asked, taking Carla's hand in his.

"Depression and Exhaustion. Its nothing serious." The doctor smiled. Gabriella and Troy sighed in relief.

"Is that all?" Troy asked curiously because the doctor was still checking something in his notepad.

"There's one more thing. You don't need to worry about the foetus in her stomach. Its perfectly healthy." The doctor smiled as Troy and Gabriella looked at each other, absolutely and completely shocked.

"Oh my gosh!!" Gabriella thought and gasped. Troy felt like he couldn't breathe. The news was just shocking and he felt like he was paralysed on the spot.

"This cannot be happening!!" Troy thought, too surprised to say anything. Even Carla's mouth dropped too. Only Jack was the one who was grinning non stop because he didn't know anything about Troy and Gabriella.

"I--I.. I'm… I'm… I'm pregnant??!"

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