Okay! So I've made a few mistakes with the pregnancy and you guys have fully pointed it out so give me a slap on the wrist! But, lol, there's always a but, in my defence I'm fifteen and very inexperienced so you can't really blame me for not knowing much about babies or pregnancies. Also, if I started to look up pregnancies on the internet then my mother will probably get the wrong idea and think I was pregnant…or my older sister is anyway. Sorry again, I hope you can all understand where I'm coming from. Anyway, its fan fiction and as Ineee pointed out, here on fan fiction, anything is possible!

Chapter 22 – Meeting The Parents

THE couple had barely arrived two minutes outside of the Baylor's when Damien came rushing out with two dogs at his feet. (Yeah, reading back, I forgot he had a dog named Monty lol) one extremely old looking Kings Charles Cavalier and a very excited looking Irish terrier pup.

"Uncle Troy! Auntie Gabi!" Damien said loudly and he threw himself at Gabriella first hugging her tight.

"Whoa little lightening, 'Troy said patting Damien on the head, "Watch Auntie Gabi's stomach."

"Sorry, 'Damien said moving back before he threw himself at Troy, Troy hugged the little boy as tight as he could, he surely missed him, "Quick, lets go inside."

He took them both by the hands and started leading them inside, it was quiet and dark inside the Baylor's. Gabriella felt her breath catch tightly in the back of her throat. She didn't like the darkness.

"Why's it so quiet?" Troy asked and he flicked on the lights and –

"SURPRISE!" A large group of people burst out of nowhere and Troy's and Gabriella's face broke into smiles.

"Congratulations, 'Chad said, coming on over as everyone gathered around the small couple, "Sharpay told us straight after you called her. Twins! Two!"

Taylor giggled, "He say's that as if there is no possible way you can fit two babies inside a woman."

Everyone was shaking Troy's hand and hugging Gabriella. It was just a shock. It wasn't like a dinner party but a full on party with music and party foods and cakes. It was wonderful.

The party was in full swing but Gabriella could hardly find herself enjoying it. Her mind still coursed on Richard, his cold lips on hers, his filthy hand on her breast. It sickened her.

Chad came and sat beside her and Corbin started to cry. Gabriella watched, transfixed as Chad tried to calm his son down. It definitely didn't seem to be working.

"Should I take him?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah, I'm just going to ask Taylor to come and feed him." Chad said quickly.

Gabriella took Corbin from Chad and held him to her left side as he continued to whimper and cry. Poor little guy, he seemed really upset. She shifted him onto her right side and suddenly, he fell silent. Chad looked down on his son with perplexity. Corbin lowered his head down onto Gabriella's stomach, on the right side and made babbling noises.

"What…what in the world?" Gabriella laughed.

"He's just…I…what's going on?" Chad laughed.

"I don't know, 'Gabriella replied shrugging her shoulders, "Perhaps he senses one of the babies?"

"This is so strange." Chad exclaimed.

Gabriella, feeling a little insecure and a little tired from the previous actions of the day decided she'd find a quiet room to read in. She had her book in her bag. After handing the peaceful Corbin back to his father, she made her way to the guest room that she and Troy had shared weeks ago and sat down on the bed and opened her book. She wanted to read in peace to her babies; she knew that unborn children were comforted by their mother's voice so that was exactly what she would do.

"Of course, this did not discourage Willow, 'Gabriella read, "For she was a brave hound filled with boundless strength and courage."

A knock on the door startled her and Gabriella looked up to find Kelsi looking at her, smiling. The young petite girl came and sat beside the youngster and touched her hand.

"Are you okay?" Kelsi asked.

"Yeah, I'm good." Gabriella replied putting her book at her side to sit with her friend.

"Then why aren't you out with everyone else?" Kelsi queried.

"Something…something happened today…and…it's…got me…thi…thinking." Gabriella exclaimed.

"Is it a good thing, or a bag thing?" The young girl beside her asked, pushing her glasses up her nose.

"It's definitely bad!" Gabriella said quickly.

"Um…well…are…are…you and Troy you know, okay? Is something wrong with the relationship or something?" Kelsi asked worriedly.

"No, nothing wrong with that! Will you promise not to tell Troy?" Gabriella asked.

"It doesn't seem like I'm going to have much of a choice." Kelsi said.

Gabriella stood and closed the door and came and sat down beside her friend, "I saw Richard today, 'She said and Kelsi gasped, "He kind of stalked me when Troy was in the shop."

"What happened?" Kelsi questioned.

"He kind of rammed me up against the car and he sort of threatened me. He groped me a little and said he was going to get his revenge. Then he kissed me and walked off. Troy didn't see." Gabriella told her friend.

"What are you going to do?" Kelsi asked standing up.

"Nothing, I can't do anything. I just have to be alert." Gabriella replied.

"I think…I think you should tell Troy." Kelsi stated.

"I can't…he'd flip." Gabriella said shaking her head.

Kelsi sat back down and took Gabriella's hands, her warm brown eyes met Gabriella's and she gave her a gentle smile, "Troy has every right to know. Troy has every right to flip out too. You're his family now Gabriella and so are the babies. He has a right to protect his family. Don't you see that?"

"Of course I see that but I love him so much and in truth…Troy frightens me when he's angry." Gabriella answered diffidently.

Kelsi squeezed Gabriella's hand tighter, she knew how scared her friend was and she knew that Gabriella was still expecting Troy to smack her across the face or kick at any minute of the day. Troy certainly wasn't like that but it was what Gabriella had grown accustomed to. She was not used to a loving relationship and so Kelsi understood Gabriella's fear of Troy's anger.

"Hey, he'd never turn that anger on you. Not intentionally." Kelsi said rubbing Gabriella's arm.

"Promise me you won't say anything Kelsi! Please, if anyone should tell Troy it should be me and I'll do it in my own time." Gabriella pleaded.

"I promise I won't say anything but I do expect you to." Kelsi promised.

"Thank you." Gabriella said and she hugged Kelsi, knowing that sooner or later she would have to tell Troy what had happened…and it frightened her!

THE next day Troy woke to find Gabriella's side of the bed empty. He sprinted out of bed not bothering to put on his shirt and dashed downstairs. He burst through the kitchen screaming.

"Gabriella!" He called.

His breath regulated when his eyes fell on Gabriella who stood by the kitchen stove looking busy.

"What are you doing up so early?" Troy asked coming to stand beside her.

"I couldn't sleep. I decided to make some cookies. Their nearly done." Gabriella said brightly though Troy saw coldness in the depths of her chocolate brown eyes.

"Well, you can bring them to Castell Grove with you." Troy said softly.

"What's that?" Gabriella asked.

"My parents house, 'Troy said and Gabriella looked up at him, "They want to meet you."

"When?" Gabriella queried.

"Today." Troy replied and he took her hand and kissed it tenderly.

"I don't know Troy, what if they don't like me." Gabriella said pulling her hand out of Troy's and walking over to Lupin who was meowing gently on the chair by the table, begging for attention.

She picked up the faithful feline and he started to purr in her arms as she stroked him and loved him. She whispered gentle words of love to her little hero and in returned he rubbed his head against her chest affectionately.

"What are you talking about Gabi, they'll love you." Troy said leaning against the cupboard.

Gabriella sighed, "What time are we going?" She asked.

Troy smiled, finally she had given in. He was pleased, he walked over to her and took Lupin out of her arms, the cat crawled up his arm and onto his shoulder and there he lay purring contently.

"As soon as you're ready." Troy told her.

Gabriella moved away from her partners tantalizing body and made her way to the stairs where she could get dressed.

"I won't be long." She sighed and she went upstairs, her shoulders slumped, her body lifeless, her hair limp and her eyes dull.

Troy couldn't help but worry, she was regretting being with him! That just had to be it!

GABRIELLA and Troy left at least an hour later and needless to say, Gabriella was not looking forward to meeting the parents. She did know that she'd have to tell her mother about the babies and that she had left Richard was living with Troy. Part of her couldn't wait for that!

"Gabriella? Are you alright?" Troy asked gently.

"Hmm, 'Gabriella turned to look at him, "What, did you say something?"

"No, nothing." Troy replied shaking his head, disappointed.

They were almost there and Troy could tell Gabriella was nervous. When he had girlfriends in the past he had always hated meeting her parents, especially her father! He could tell by Gabriella's tensed up body that she was nervous. He noted the change since yesterday! Just before the scan was when she started acting very unnatural. He was sure that it was nothing to do with the scan; he knew he had to get it out of her and he would eventually.

They had just pulled up outside a very large, very exquisite house! Gabriella gasped and looked at Troy who smiled and shrugged his shoulders, "Hey, their my parents. I'm going to take care of them."

He got out of the car and came to Gabriella's side. He helped her out of the car and he took her hand and led her up the path towards the large, magnificent purely white house.

The large doors suddenly swung open and a woman with sandy brown hair, and bits of grey through her strands came rushing out to greet them.

"Troy! Honey! I thought you weren't coming." The woman laughed hugging her son.

"Hey Mom, 'Troy said kissing his mother's head, he pulled away from the older woman and Gabriella stepped towards his mother and held out her hand, she balanced in her other hand to trays of cookies and cakes that she had finished making "Mom, this Gabriella Montez. My girlfriend."

"It wonderful to meet you Mrs Bolton." Gabriella said politely.

"Oh Gabriella, 'Mrs Bolton laughed throwing her arms around the young woman, "We don't do handshakes darling. You're family, and by the way, I'm Sarah, not Mrs Bolton. You'll make me feel like an old woman." Mrs Bolton giggled enthusiastically.

Gabriella laughed, she really liked Mrs Bolton, she was sweet.

"Come on in, Jack's just making some tea." Mrs Bolton said and led them inside.

The house inside was beautiful, crystal chandeliers dangled everywhere, the best china sets hung on the spotless walls, the floors shone so bright you could see your reflections through them and the furniture was amazing and in impeccable condition.

"You have a wonderful home." Gabriella said truthfully.

"Thank you Gabriella, it's all down to Troy. If he had anymore money we'd be living in a mansion." Mrs Bolton laughed.

Troy's mother led them through to the kitchen where a man in his late forties was standing. He smiled at the trio who entered and stood. Mr Bolton's hair was grey and (okay so just say it's grey, okay) he looked older than his wife but his smile was gentle and his eyes were young.

"Oh Troy, how's my favourite son!" Mr Bolton asked as he affectionately ruffled Troy's hair.

"I'm your only son dad." Troy chuckled.

"And who may I ask is this attractive young lady?" Jack asked motioning to Gabriella.

"Oh, this is Gabriella Montez." Troy said.

"It's wonderful to meet you Gabriella, 'Mr Bolton said hugging her, Gabriella expected this, "I hope my son has been behaving himself around you?"

"He's a perfect gentlemen sir." She replied.

"Good, that's what I want to hear." Mr Bolton said as they all sat down.

Mrs Bolton poured the tea and Gabriella set out the cookies and cakes.

"Did you make this yourself Gabriella?" Mr Bolton asked.

Gabriella nodded blushing as she sipped her tea, Mr and Mrs Bolton looked terribly impressed, "Wonderful. Troy needs a woman around who can cook. The last time I trusted him in my house with the cooker was when he was twenty one and let me tell you, never again!"

Gabriella giggled, "What happened?"

"Well let's just say the house ended up black and our family ended up staying with relatives for at least half a year." Mrs Bolton exclaimed looking across at her husband affectionately.

"You set the house on fire?" Gabriella asked, incredulously.

"Hey in my defence I was making them an anniversary dinner." Troy laughed.

"Anyway, is there any reason why you have decided to come down? You seemed pretty eager to come down on the phone." Mr Bolton asked stirring his tea.

"Hey! You told me they phoned you!" Gabriella said smacking Troy's arm and he laughed.

"Well I wanted them to share our good news. I knew you were nervous about meeting my parents." Troy answered.

"Well, as much as I'd love to listen to you to arguing all day, why don't you tell us the news?" Troy's father said looking half amused, half exasperated.

"Well…um…we've been…we've been in a relationship for a while now…and…well...I don't know how to say this so I'm just going to come out and say this…Gabriella's pregnant." Troy said and Mr and Mrs Bolton's face's dropped.

Troy noting the looks on his parent's faces said, "Is that a bad thing?"

"No…No, it's not a bad thing at all, 'Mrs Montez said her face breaking out into a smile, "We're going to be grandparents, and we thought you'd never find someone you'd want to start a family with."

"Oh, well it was kind of unplanned actually." Gabriella exclaimed.

"That doesn't matter. This is amazing news. How many months?" Mrs Bolton replied enthusiastically.

"A month and we're having twins. A boy and a girl." Gabriella told them.

"Oh two, whoa, this is fantastic. A real family. I'm astounded." Mr Bolton said looking surprised.

"Wow, I didn't expect you to take it this well." Troy said smiling.

"No! I can't believe it, grandparents of twins. It's very exciting." Mrs Bolton said softly.

Their conversations continued well on into the afternoon and Gabriella smiled, perhaps meeting the parents hadn't been that bad after all.

EEK! I hated that chapter; I thought it was really boring! Once again guys I'm sorry about the pregnancy thing, I'm a really naïve fifteen year old lol, I know how babies are made lol but don't ask me much about pregnancies. Its not my thing lol:D

xoxMusicalxox, review and tell me that you hated it lol, nah just review and come and read my next chapter, 'Men Are All The Same'