Chapter 17

Recap

"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??!"

End of Recap

"Isn't that great?!" Jack chuckled as he kissed Carla on the forehead.

"You guys are gonna have a baby brother or sister!" Jack announced happily while Troy and Gabriella faked smiled. Troy couldn't take it anymore so he ran outside.

"Troy where are you going?" Jack asked, confused.

"I think he's going to tell our friends about the news. I'm gonna go with him." Gabriella excused quickly and ran outside, following Troy. She perfectly knew that Troy didn't ran outside to tell the news.

"Hey Gabi what's going? Why was Troy running?" Chad asked quickly.

"My mom's pregnant." Gabriella said quickly as she chased Troy. The whole gang's mouths' dropped right on the ground.

"That's messed up!" They all said in unison.

When Gabriella got out of the hospital, she saw Troy sitting in his car. She walked towards him and sat next to him inside the car.

"Troy are you ok?" Gabriella asked, rubbing Troy's back.

"Gabi how could this happen to us? Why does things keep coming up?!" Troy exclaimed, clearly upset.

"First, aunty caught us and now… we're gonna have a sibling? Can't we just be together without anything that goes in the way??" Troy said while Gabriella just stayed quiet.

"Am I that big of a devil that I deserve to go through this?" Troy asked Gabriella.

"Troy, no one deserves this and its also no one's fault." Gabriella tried to calm him down.

"Now what are we gonna do?" Troy asked her, desperately begging for an answer in his liking.

"We should get back before they worry." Gabriella smiled weakly.

"Oh by the way, these roses are for you. I actually bought them a few days ago." Troy chuckled slightly. There were three red roses. Two real ones and one fake one.

"I'll love you till the last one dies Gabi." He whispered with a smile.

"I love you too Troy." Gabriella smiled softly.

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A few days have past and Troy finally got the courage to tell his dad about his relationship with Gabriella.

"Troy are you sure?" Gabriella asked worriedly over the phone.

"100 sure Gabi!" Troy said as he approached his dad and hung up.

"Dad! Can I talk to you for a second?" Troy asked. They were in Coach Bolton's office in the boy's change room. Everyone already left except for them too.

"Sure Troy. What is it?" Jack asked his son.

"Dad I'm sure you're gonna hate me for this but… dad I'm in love with Gabriella and we've been going out for quite a while now." Troy said in one breath. Unluckily, Jack understood what he said.

"WHAT?!" Jack roared making Troy jumped a mile away.

"Dad I'm sorry!" Troy said as Jack stopped himself from punching Troy.

"How could you do this to me? I'm engaged with Gabriella's mom and you would do this to me? Troy… I can't believe this! Does Carla know?" Jack asked, trying to calm his self down.

"Yes. We told her the day before she fainted." Troy said honestly.

"Get out Troy." Jack whispered as he crumpled the newspaper that he was reading.

"What?" Troy asked, not hearing what his dad just told him.

"GET OUT!!" Jack yelled. Troy didn't need to hear anything else for he sprinted already and out the change room.

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Troy arrived home and saw Gabriella waiting for him in the living room.

"How did it go?" She quickly asked.

"Umm.. Ok I guess. He was really angry though. I think he wanted to murder me." Troy said half serious and half joking.

"My mom is still not talking to me." Gabriella sighed while Troy just wrapped his arms around her.

A few minutes later, Jack went home with an angry face and upset look in his eyes. He stared at Gabriella and Troy and just continued to walk in his room.

Jack and Carla were in their room talking about what they should do about the entire situation.

"Jack I think we need to break it up." Carla said sadly, fighting back the tears.

"As much as I hate to say this but I think you're right." Jack replied with a miserable face.

"What are we gonna do now?" Carla asked as tears started flowing silently.

"I don't know. I'm so confused. Everything became complicated when Troy admitted to me his relationship with Gabriella." Jack sighed feeling so lost and trapped.

Carla walked out of the room, crying. She didn't see where she was going and tripped over something, making her fall down the stairs. Jack heard the noise and quickly sprinted out of the room.

"CARLA!" Jack yelled, absolutely scared and terrified.

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Everyone were in the hospital again waiting for the doctor. Finally the doctor came.

"How is she?" Jack asked worriedly.

"She's fine but the baby she was carrying didn't make it. I'm so sorry." The doctor said as tears started to flow down Gabriella's cheeks. Jack bowed his head down, feeling depressed than ever.

Carla cried for days while Jack tried his best to stay strong. Gabriella was still guilty and Troy was just simply hiding his feelings inside which was as miserable as them.

"This is all my fault from the beginning. I don't know what to do." Troy sighed.

No one talked to anyone for days. The whole week have been the week of depression. Everything was revealed in one week. Everything changed and will never be the same again.

"This depression is killing me. I'm gonna go for a walk." Troy said as he stood up.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Gabriella offered but Troy just shook his head.

"Its alright Gabi. I just want to clear my mind." He said as he kissed her on the lips quickly.

"I love you Gabi!" Troy said with a smile.

"I love you too Troy!" She replied with a grin.

Gabriella just sat on the couch flipping through the channels. She still not over the fact that her mom was still upset with her and there was nothing she could do for her.

"Gabriella I need to talk to you." Carla said to her daughter for the first time in days.

"Sure mom." Gabriella said, following her mother to her room.

"What's going on?" Gabriella asked as she shut the door behind her.

"I've been transferred again Gabi." Carla said calmly while Gabriella's jaw dropped right on the ground.

"I thought they're not transferring you till I graduate!" She protested.

"I know that. I'm the one who took the offer." Carla said while Gabriella just stared at her mother in confusion.

"Why mom?" Gabriella asked.

"Gabi don't you get it? All of us are hurt and this can't continue like this. We have to move out of here! I already talked it over with Jack. Its final!" Carla said. She could see the hurt in her daughter's eyes but she tried to ignore it because she was hurting inside too.

"But mom I don't want to move!" Gabriella said as tears started to roll down her cheeks. Something that she'd been doing a lot lately.

"Gabriella, this is the least you can do for me after what you've done." Carla said as calmly as she possibly could. Gabriella couldn't argue anymore because she knows that she was the one at fault and not her mother.

"When are we leaving?" She asked through tears. She could also see that her mother was hurting badly and only time could heal it.

"The cab is waiting for us outside. We're leaving now Gabi. " Carla said while Gabriella just blinked her eyes, trying to figure out if she heard her mother right.

"Now??!! How about my things?? How about my friends and Troy?! I just can't leave Troy like this!" Gabriella exclaimed as more fresh tears came pouring down her eyes.

"We're leaving everything behind Gabi. We're not staying in contact so we can forget everything. If you and Troy are really meant to be, destiny will find their way." Carla said as she walked out of the door.

Gabriella quickly grabbed a pen and paper to write a short goodbye note to everyone and to Troy especially.

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Troy walked through the park. He was sitting under his favourite tree.

"Why is my life so messed up?" He thought as he chucked a pebble away, nearly hitting a man passing by.

"I should go home. Its getting late." He whispered to himself and started to walk home.

After a few minutes, he finally arrived at his house.

"Why is it so quiet in the house? Where's Gabi?" Troy though confusedly as he looked around the place. There was no sign of her anywhere.

"Gabi? Gabs??" Troy called out. He was getting a little worried. An idea struck him so he quickly grabbed his phone and dialled Gabriella's number. He heard a ringing upstairs and figured that Gabriella's phone was in her room. He jogged to her room only to find it empty. He walked over to her desk and found a note.

"What's this?" He asked himself. He opened it up and figured out that it was Gabriella's writing.

Dearest Troy,

I'm sorry to say this but I'm leaving. I really don't know where we're staying. My mom's company transferred her again. My mom said to leave all my stuff here and everything behind. I can't stay in contact. I'm leaving you which is the hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life. Troy always remember that I love you and if we meet again, I hope you still remember me and still loves me because I'm sure that I can never love anyone as much as I love you! I wish I could stay but I can't. I'm really sorry Troy!

Love you always,

Gabriella

Troy dropped the note on the ground. He couldn't believe what was happening.

"Damn it!" Troy shouted as he punched the table making a whole in it, covered with blood.

"Why the hell is this happening to me??" Troy said helplessly. Tears were now flowing down is cheeks. He never cried and the last time he cried was when his mother died.

He turned around and saw his dad standing on the doorframe, watching him, a little surprised and sad.

"Dad, why do I have to see my whole life fall apart right in front of my face?" Troy said as he continued to cry.

"I'm sorry son." Jack said apologetically, bowing his head.

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Gabriella cried as she sat in the airplane. Her mother have been transferred to Australia which made Gabriella think that it would be impossible to see Troy again, unless she comes back to Albuquerque.

"I miss Troy already. I wonder if he read my note yet." Gabriella thought as she took out the rose that Troy gave to her in the car.

"I love you Troy." Gabriella whispered as she finally drifted to sleep.

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I know that it's a sad chapter but it will get better! I'm sorry that Carla's baby have to die. The baby just had to, unless you want Gabriella and Troy to officially break up. I hope you still like this chapter and I'm really glad that you like my story! Please review.