A Forced Reunion
A/N: Hey thanks for all the reviews but they have dropped quite a bit so please do review! I'm sorry it's taken so long to update but I've had a lot going on the past few days and I've strained my wrist so it's taking longer to write. I hope this chapter makes up for it all though. I made it longer than the others. Please R&R!
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Chapter 8 - Planning and Babysitting
A few seconds later Gabriella pulled back regretting the whole kiss knowing she may have just blown her whole friendship with Troy.
"I'm sorry Troy I shouldn't..." This time it was Troy who leaned down and kissed her as she relaxed and wrapped her arms around his neck. Breaking apart, both taking in air, Gabriella bit her lip as Troy smiled.
"Hi." Troy whispered as Gabriella grinned.
"Hi." Gabriella and Troy just looked at each other in the eye neither one breaking contact.
"That was nice." Gabriella smiled and nodded. "Do you have a problem if I do it again?" Troy asked as Gabriella shook her head as Troy kissed her again only this time more passionate. When they broke apart Gabriella spoke up.
"I better get to bed since I have to be up early for Ryan." She told him as he nodded, kissing her once more before she walked upstairs. Troy watched her and couldn't help feeling like he was back in high school and it was their first kiss all over again but this time this was so much more real.
Gabriella closed the door to the room she was staying in and couldn't help but let her fingers trace over her lips where Troy's lips had just been. She knew right now she had fallen for Troy all over again and was determined not to let him go again. Falling asleep there was only one thing on Gabriella's mind and for the first time in a long time it wasn't about Ryan dying it was about Troy Bolton. Her Troy Bolton.
The next morning Troy and Gabriella were woken up about 6am by someone constantly ringing the doorbell.
"Whoever that is at the door is dead." Troy said as Gabriella smiled and followed him downstairs opening the door to see a very excited Sharpay with two little ones.
"Troy can you please watch these two so I can go see Ryan? Gabi you can stay and help Troy to give you a break and Ryan can come back to ours and relax first before I bring the kids over to meet their uncle. Just tell me if I need to do anything." Sharpay looked like she was practically begging as she rushed everything out.
"Let me just get Ryan's medication and you have to make sure he has two every eight hours starting at 8am." Gabriella instructed giving Sharpay the tablets.
"Got it. 2 every 8 hours starting at 8am." Sharpay recited. "I'll see you two later when I come and pick these two up." Sharpay bent down and kissed her twin 6 year old daughters, Sofia and Kayla before walking back to her car as Troy guided the two inside.
"Gabs meet Sofia and Kayla Baylor. Their twins if you didn't remember." Gabriella smiled as she bent down to them.
"Hi Sofia, hi Kayla. I'm Gabriella but you can call me Gabi or Gabs." Gabriella introduced as the two smiled.
"Are you friends with our mommy and daddy like Uncle Troy?" Sofia asked.
"Yep. I went to school with your mommy and daddy like Uncle Troy." The two girls giggled as Troy turned the TV on for them and put on some cartoons while he and Gabriella made their way to the kitchen.
"Good morning." Troy wrapped his arms around her as they walked into the kitchen and he leaned down and kissed her.
"Good morning to you to. So I'm guessing we're babysitting today?" Gabriella asked.
"Yep. Trust me you get use to Sharpay dumping her kids on you when she only lives across the street but I don't mind doing it." Gabriella smiled and leaned up to kiss him again.
"Troy can I ask you something?" Troy nodded. "Can we keep this between us for a little while? I need to keep an eye on Ryan and I can't ..." Troy cut her off with a kiss.
"I know and its fine. Right now Ryan needs everyone's attention and we will eventually have to figure out what will happen when you go back to New York but as long as I know your mine then I don't care how long we keep it quiet." Troy reassured her.
"Thanks Troy. I missed this you know. Us." Gabriella told him.
"I missed this too. I never want to let you go again." Gabriella nodded in agreement as the two went back in to the twins who were still watching TV.
Sharpay had just arrived back at the Baylor's house with Zeke and Ryan. The rest of the gang was already there but they had all walked to the house so that Troy and Gabriella wouldn't know they were there.
"You don't have to worry about having any little kids around you straight away because I took them over to Troy's this morning so that we could get planning." Sharpay told Ryan as she and Zeke helped him into the house.
"You didn't have to do that Sharpay." Ryan said as he sat down.
"No, we know but at least if they are over there they will keep Troy and Gabi distracted and keep them out the way while we plan a way of getting them back together." Sharpay told him.
"You really are still just as devious as before." Ryan commented as Sharpay just shrugged.
"So anyone have any ideas yet for what we are going to do?" Jason asked as Taylor brought out a notepad to right possible suggestions down.
"I've thought of one but I need your help setting it up." Ryan started as he explained his plan which left them all grinning knowing that there was a good chance of it working.
Troy and Gabriella were sitting outside wrapped in each other's arms while Sofia and Kayla were playing with their dolls that they had brought over. Sharpay hadn't been to collect the twins yet and it was after 8pm so Troy knew they would be getting tired soon.
"Uncle Troy?" Troy who had been in a world of his own just gently stroking Gabriella's arm was pulled from his thoughts when Sofia spoke. He looked to the side and saw both Sofia and Kayla standing by him.
"What's up?" Troy and Gabriella turned their attention to them.
"Do you love Gabi like mommy loves daddy?" Kayla asked while Gabriella blushed at the question and Troy smiled.
"Uncle Troy loves Gabi a lot like mommy and daddy but can you keep a secret?" The two perked up and nodded eagerly. "Let's not tell mommy and daddy or anyone else this yet ok. Can we keep it between us and let it be out little secret?"
"Like the secret we didn't tell mommy when we got ink on her favourite bag?" Gabriella shook her head knowing that was so Troy. Too scared to tell Sharpay anything.
"Yeah like that secret Kay." The two giggled.
"Ok Uncle Troy. We promise we won't tell mommy or daddy or any of our aunties or uncles that you love Gabi. Gabi do you love Uncle Troy? We won't tell him." Sofia asked as Gabriella grinned.
"Come here you two." Gabriella bent down to whisper to the two of them. "I love Uncle Troy more than anything because I always have but remember shh." Gabriella admitted to them as they giggled while Troy watched them suspiciously.
"What did you say?" Troy asked as Gabriella smiled. "Fine don't tell me but I'll just have to do this." Troy grabbed the twins and started tickling as they squealed. "Are you two going to tell me what Gabi told you?" the two carried on giggling as Gabriella grinned. Troy looked up at her and for the first time since they had met up he saw a sparkle that hadn't been in her eyes was there.
"Stop uncle Troy." Sofia exclaimed as he stopped. "Gabi told us..." She leaned up and whispered what Gabriella said, a goofy grin appearing on his face.
"So much for it being our secret." Gabriella said smiling.
"What secret?" Troy and Gabriella turned around quickly to see Sharpay standing there.
"Ok how did you get into my house?" Troy asked confused.
"Chad gave me his spare key when I asked him the other day." Sharpay explained. "What secret?"
"Doesn't matter Sharpay. It was nothing anyway. How's Ryan?" Gabriella asked changing the subject.
"I left him at home with Zeke resting. Do you wanna come over and see him?" Gabriella nodded as she got up.
"Troy you coming?" He shook his head.
"I have a feeling he will probably be too worn out with you and meeting the twins so I'll go see him tomorrow." Troy told her as she smiled at him.
"I'll be back in a bit then but I don't know how long I will be." Troy watched Gabriella walk back in the house before falling back on the chair he was on.
Ryan was lay down in his room when he heard commotion coming from downstairs before the noise made its way closer to his room.
"Knock Knock." Gabriella knocked on the door before peeping her head round. "Hey how you feeling?" Gabriella asked sitting down next to him.
"I'll be ok. What about you? How's staying with Troy going?" Ryan inquired.
"I think the best word would be... interesting." Ryan didn't have a good feeling about this now from the way Gabriella spoke.
"Did something happen?" Gabriella shook her head trying to make sure he couldn't tell she was lying.
"No we just are still a bit awkward and things just aren't right." Gabriella explained as the door opened and two little girls came running in.
"Gabi mommy said this is her twin brother. Is that true?" Sofia asked climbing onto the bottom of the bed as Ryan looked at the two little girls who were his nieces.
"Yep this is your Uncle Ryan. You have to be careful though because he is sick so he can't do much." Gabriella told them as Kayla moved and sat next to Ryan, hugging him.
"Uncle Ryan do you know my name?" Kayla asked as he shook his head and Sofia moved up to sit on the other side of him. "My name is Kayla Michelle Baylor." She told him proudly.
"My name is Sofia Leanne Baylor." Sofia added as he smiled and wrapped an arm around both of them as they wrapped their small arms around him. Gabriella watched with tears rolling down her face as she heard a sob come from the door and saw Sharpay walk off.
"You two stay there with Uncle Ryan and look after him for me while I go talk to mommy." Gabriella instructed as Ryan smiled and distracted the twins.
Sharpay sat in her room sobbing when she heard the door open and saw Gabriella walk in instantly walking over to her and wrapping her in a hug.
"It's not fair. Ryan doesn't deserve to die. He should be here to watch his nieces who he never knew existed for 6 years grow up. He should be the one to tell me when I'm getting too excited about something. Gabi he's my brother and I love him. I can't let him die." Sharpay sobbed heartbroken as Gabriella unsuccessfully tried to stop herself from crying too. The two of them held onto each other and just cried for Ryan and for themselves.
"I promise Sharpay I would do everything I could to stop it happening so soon but there is nothing more I can do apart from be there and you have to just be there for him now." Gabriella told her as Sharpay nodded.
"Thanks Gabs. I'm sorry about this. I must look a mess." Sharpay weakly smiled.
"It's ok Sharpay to let everything else because it does you good and I know this is hard. I couldn't stop crying when I found out because I knew it wasn't fair. I want you to know I'm here for you Sharpay. If you want to scream at someone, just someone to talk to or confide in I'm here." Sharpay hugged Gabriella again before standing up.
"Come on I think I probably need to save Ryan from my two devils I call children." Gabriella laughed as they walked back to Ryan's room only to find him asleep and both twins asleep too leaning against him. Fresh tears ran down Sharpay's face but this time Zeke had appeared and wrapped her in a hug when he saw the sight.
"Tell Ryan I will be over in the morning for his assessment and if you need anything in the night just call me." Zeke nodded as he held Sharpay and watched Gabriella walk back downstairs and let herself out.
"It's not fair." Sharpay cried into Zeke's strong chest.
"I know. I know." He soothed rubbing her back.
Gabriella walked back over to Troy's and rang the doorbell since she had no other way of getting back in. As soon as Troy opened the door and saw Gabriella's tears he wrapped her in a huge hug.
"Why did it have to happen to Ryan? Why? He has never done anything wrong and Sharpay's right he should be there to watch his nieces grow up. He was supposed to be with me when I eventually found the perfect guy to marry and walk me up the aisle like he promised all those years ago. He can't break me." Troy just held her close letting her cry while leading her into his house.
"I'm not letting you break with all of this because you are a strong person Gabriella Montez and you have to look on the positive and think that these next 6 months are going to be the best of your life with Ryan." Troy told her as she nodded.
"Why are you doing this Troy? I mean I've coped with all this on my own for the past 2 years. I shouldn't need anyone else's help!" Gabriella exclaimed as she stood up only to be held once again in Troy's arms.
"You have been bottling up and hiding all your true emotions Gabi over the past 2years and you have to let them out. You have too." Troy sternly said. "Come on let's get you to bed, you're tired." Troy offered her his hand to take as he helped her upstairs and towards the room she was staying in but she stopped him outside his room.
"Let me stay with you tonight because I need you to hold me." Gabriella admitted as Troy smiled and opened his bedroom door. Gabriella went to change quickly while Troy took off his pants which left him only in a t-shirt and boxers. As soon as Gabriella got back she climbed into the bed next to Troy and just let him hold her and give her some sort of comfort. Gabriella was finally ready to admit she needed help and couldn't cope with Ryan on her own anymore.
A/N: I hope you all like this chapter. Once again I'm sorry it's taken so long to update. I'll update 'Kyle Bolton' later and try and update 'Accepting Change' over the weekend. Please Review! Thanks!