Kyle Bolton
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Chapter 31 - The Hurtful Words
Gabriella woke up the next morning and found herself wrapped in someone's arms. Turning around she found herself looking up into a pair of very familiar blue eyes.
"You know this is becoming a bit of a habit Mr Bolton waking up in bed with you." Gabriella pointed as he laughed and shook his head.
"Well for your opinion I have no problem with that because there is no one I would rather be in bed with then you." Gabriella smiled as she sat up and leaned against Troy.
"Do we really have to talk to my dad and brother again?" Gabriella asked as Troy tightened his grip on her.
"It'll be better if you do. I can be with you if you want while you do talk to them." Troy offered.
"Oh I already planned on you being there if I am going to have to face them." Gabriella told him as he shook his head. The two of them were just looking at each other both starting to unconsciously lean in when someone knocked on the door. Troy and Gabriella broke their stance. "Come in." Gabriella called as Kyle walked in.
"How can you two just be in bed together and not feel awkward?" Kyle asked as he came and sat on the bottom.
"What do you want Kyle?" Kyle shrugged at Troy.
"Mom and dad were talking about what happened with Gabi's dad and brother and I was wondering if you could tell me why you don't get on with them or at least didn't." Kyle queried.
"You don't have to tell him." Troy said glaring at his brother for bringing it up.
"No its fine Troy. I want to but Kyle you can't go mad like your brother did when he found out." Kyle nodded. "When I was 8 my mom found my dad cheating on her. After she did she kicked him out and my brother who was 13 at the time starting becoming really moody and bullied me because he didn't like the fact my mom had kicked my dad out since the two of them were so close. Whenever I had to stay home alone with him he would start hitting me or yelled something at me if I so much as breathed. When my mom eventually found out what he was doing she sent him to live with my dad and that's when mom asked to be transferred. We kept moving around from then on until we finally settled here in Albuquerque. We never spoke to either of them again. To me they were both dead." Troy was rubbing Gabriella's back trying to keep her as calm as he could while Kyle sat there in shock. Gabriella hadn't even told Sharpay or anyone in the gang about her dad or her brother. She always, thanks to Troy sometimes too, skirted around the whole family issue.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that Gabi." Kyle told her as she smiled.
"It's fine. I'm fine now. I just didn't want everyone to know. The only people who know the truth are Troy, my mom of course and now you. We didn't want everyone knowing our past." Gabriella explained.
"Well if you need me to beat anyone up since Troy isn't in any kind of shape to do that let me know." Gabriella rolled her eyes as Kyle walked out and left the two alone for them to get up and dressed. Gabriella had to help Troy partly since he couldn't balance himself without his crutches but neither one bringing up the whole incident that was happening before Kyle walked in.
Troy and Gabriella were sat in the hospital room with Maria.
"So have you two made any decisions about what you are going to do?" Maria asked as Gabriella shook her head.
"We're taking things a day at a time and just getting use to the fact we are having a baby before we make any final decisions. I think the only one we have right now is we both want this baby and we want to do it together." Gabriella explained as Maria smiled.
"You know I don't think I've ever seen you so happy mija. Well not since High School and Troy." Maria commented; Gabriella looked away blushing, which Troy noticed, a stupid grin appearing on his face.
"Maria? Gabriella?" the three looked at the door and saw Richard and Paul standing there. Gabriella nodded for them to come in as she walked round to sit on the bed next to her mom and be close to Troy.
"Come in." Troy could see the uneasiness in both Gabriella and her mom.
"How you feeling?" Richard asked as Maria forced a smile.
"Ok. Look cut the rubbish, what are you two doing here?" Maria asked bluntly as Gabriella looked at Troy who smiled at her reassuringly.
"We made huge mistakes before and when we got a phone call telling us you were in hospital it gave us a reason to come and find you and try and make things up to the two of you." Richard explained.
"I want to be the older brother to Gabriella that I once was before he got lost somewhere inside of me." Paul added.
"How can you just walk back into our lives and expect us to forgive you?" Gabriella angrily asked. "If you'd have really wanted to be there for us why has it taken you so long?!"
"Gabs calm down." Troy told her as Maria rubbed her back.
"We're sorry it has taken this long for us to realize what we lost and we want to be a part of your lives. I mean you're my 23 year old daughter and I know nothing about you. The only thing we know is you're pregnant with your best friend from high school and one of the biggest basketball players ever baby. I mean you're pregnant with THE Troy Bolton's baby. I know nothing about what you do or anything." Paul calmly answered.
"Who cares if you know nothing about me and if I'm pregnant with Troy's baby? It's our lives and Troy isn't just big basketball player to me he's my wildcat but you of course wouldn't understand any of that because you don't know me and I don't want to get to know you!" Troy had pulled Gabriella closer to him and was rubbing her back trying to get her to calm down.
"Gabs don't get so worked up because you have to think of keeping yourself stress free for the baby." Troy sternly told her as she sighed.
"Can't you see the distress you are bringing back into our lives? We moved on from the two of you when you made your decisions." Richard sat next to Maria.
"We know we made the wrong decisions at the time but please we want to make it up to you." Richard pleaded as he looked her in the eye.
"I don't know if I can or Gabriella can just forgive you." Just as Gabriella went to talk again the door flung open and a very out of breath Kyle came running in.
"Hi Maria." He managed to breathe out.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were grounded for the next 2 months." Troy pointed out as Kyle smiled.
"This is me. I can get out of anything besides I need advice from Gabi now!" Gabriella looked at Troy who shrugged.
"Why don't you go talk to Kyle Gabi and calm down and come back in a bit." Maria suggested.
"Fine. Will you be ok Troy?" Troy smiled.
"I'll be fine. Kyle I'm holding you responsible for what's happening with Gabriella." Troy warned as Kyle nodded and left the room with Gabriella.
Kyle and Gabriella walked down to the cafeteria in the hospital.
"So what's so important you need my help?" Gabriella asked as Kyle sighed.
"Yesterday at the airport I saw Melissa who had obviously caught the same flight back with her family and I tried apologizing for what you and Troy did the other night. After I did she said it was fine because she knew you were only messing and that someone like me would never date anyone like her. I really like her Gabs and I don't know what to do." Kyle confided in Gabriella as she watched him put his head down on the table.
"First off I'm sorry if I messed up." Kyle shook his head.
"If anything at least I know how she feels."
"You need to talk to her Kyle and make her realize that you aren't judging her because of her status. I know how it feels to have people judge you because you are clever and its not nice. Make her see you are interested in her and talk to her. Do something together whether you just keep it causal and hang out somewhere or go straight in and ask her out. Make up your mind how you want to play it but don't hurt her Kyle because it will ruin any chances the two of you have." Gabriella advised him.
"So what your saying is make her see she is wrong about how she thinks I am and show her the true me?" Gabriella nodded.
"Trust me being yourself is the most important thing and I know that's what I liked about you when I first met you." Kyle smiled as he and Gabriella stood up and exchanged a hug. "You think you can manage all that while being grounded?"
"I may be grounded and have been banned to the house but they never told me I couldn't invite anyone over." Kyle cheekily said as Gabriella smiled.
"You know Kyle you're in love." Gabriella said before taking off not giving Kyle a chance to answer.
"Yeah I am." Kyle whispered to no one in particular as he made his way out of the hospital and back home.
Back in the room
Gabriella left the room leaving them in silence before Maria spoke up.
"If I agree to let you two back into our life do you promise you won't hurt Gabriella again because she doesn't need any of this extra pressure?" Maria asked.
"We promise we won't do anything to hurt Gabriella or you because we miss you two." Paul told her.
"Fine. The three of us can try and work something out. Troy can you try and work on Gabriella into at least talking to them." Troy nodded.
"I'll get Kyle too if I can't get through to her since the two of them have a very weird relationship." Troy told her.
"There is one thing I don't understand though. Well actually two. One how come Gabriella seemed to be actually trying last night to talk to us and hear us out but today she won't and two how she and Troy are having a baby." Paul spoke up confused as Maria nodded at Troy to take it.
"Well to answer the first one, one word: Hormones. Trust me one minute she can be fine the next you don't want to upset her. To answer the second one, me and Gabriella were together for 3 years in High School. The nickname she used earlier, Wildcat, is from there. I was captain of the team and we were the Wildcats and when we got together she said I became her wildcat. Well just before graduation I broke up with her for a stupid reason." Maria interrupted.
"A very stupid reason that only a guy would do." She added.
"Ok a very stupid reason which I knew was wrong. We lost touch until a few months ago. Kyle, my brother who just came in before, is one of Gabriella's students know where she teaches at our old High School. People around us tried to push us together."
"Trust me we tried hard to get the two back together because they are perfect for each other." Maria once again injected.
"Well we had a few fallings out because of other people getting involved." Troy looked at Maria as he said this who just smiled. "Then one night Kyle went mad and threw a wild party when my parents were out of town and we had to break it up. After cleaning up we just talked and well one thing led to another." This time rather than Maria interrupting it was Richard.
"So you're saying you slept with my daughter even though neither one of you were in that relationship and weren't married?" Maria rolled her eyes.
"Yes but trust me they were a lot more active back in High school." Troy blushed as he saw Paul staring at him.
"As I was saying, we both knew we still had feelings that were reappearing but we agreed nothing else would happen and that we were fine with that and last week I found out Gabriella was pregnant." Troy finished.
"So you didn't know she was pregnant?" Troy shook his head at Paul's question.
"I didn't know till a few days before Troy knew either. Only Troy's brother Kyle and her best friend Sharpay knew. Gabriella was worried about telling anyone." Maria added as Richard and Paul took in everything.
"Wow. Who would have thought our little Gabriella has grown up and is now having her own baby." Richard said amazed.
"You would have known about her growing up if you were around and tried to make contact with us." Maria snapped at them as Gabriella reappeared smirking.
"What did he do this time?" Troy asked knowing his brother.
"I'll tell you later." Gabriella said sitting on his good leg while Troy wrapped his arm around her.
"Oh by the way we're even now." Troy whispered as Gabriella looked at him confused.
"Even?" Troy nodded.
"You had to tell my parents about us and what happened and I've just had to do the same but I think I got it worse since it was your dad and brother who don't know me. At least my parents adore you and think it's the best news ever you getting pregnant with my child." Troy explained as she smiled at him.
"Well it is kind of your fault I'm pregnant so you should have to do the harder ones who need to know." Troy shook his head. Unbeknown to the two Maria, Richard and Paul were all watching the two closely.
"I don't think you can just let you blame me for this. You took part in what we did too and you know you wanted it as much as me." Gabriella smirked.
"Yeah but can I let you in on a secret?" Troy nodded as Gabriella got even closer to his ear before whispering. "You lost some of your magic since high school." Troy pulled away and looked at her.
"You did not say that." Troy stated teasingly.
"I think I did Mr Bolton." Troy suddenly started poking her as she squealed.
"Troy Bolton stop poking my daughter. She has too higher pitched squeal. Trust me I heard it enough times before." Maria told them as Troy and Gabriella turned to her, Gabriella gasping at what her mom said as Troy smiled, both embarrassed.
"I think you embarrassed them good and proper mom." Paul commented as Gabriella refused to look at him or her father still.
"When it comes to Troy and Gabriella it's easy to embarrass them because you only have to bring up high school." She told them. Gabriella could tell her mom was already starting to forgive them but she knew she wouldn't.
"Oh please. High school is in the past and I believe you should never revisit the past. Everything that has ever happened to me in the past has meant nothing to me." Gabriella said glaring at her father and brother. What she couldn't see which the other could was the disappointed look on Troy's face knowing that there was no way they could ever be together knowing that's how she felt. Maria gave Troy an apologetic look but he just shook it off. Gabriella seeing her mom give Troy that look turned and saw the hurt she had obviously caused him by saying that. "I'm sorry Troy. I didn't mean that our relationship has never meant anything to me..." Troy cut her off.
"It's ok. I know what you meant. I think I'm just going to go for a walk." Gabriella nodded as she moved off Troy and sadly watched him walk out the room.
"You hurt him mija." Gabriella looked at her mom.
"I know. I didn't mean what I said about everything. Just anything involving these two and once again they've not been back in my life 24 hours and they've just made me screw up everything. I'll come see you tomorrow mom when they aren't here." Gabriella angrily stood up and walked out.
"Give her time. She's pregnant and still so confused with all her feelings about Troy. Trust me she will forgive you in time." Maria assured them as they smiled.
Both Troy and Gabriella went back to their own homes neither one speaking to the other again that day both unsure of what this meant for the two.
A/N: I know that you probably hate me now for that but I had to do it. Please review! Thanks!