Hey, I'm back...I have been SO busy. I went to SAT camp for a week, went on a mission trip to Tulsa for a week, and went back to SAT camp for another week. And at 6:30 this morning, I got back from Florida, we drove in a charter bus with 50 other people. It took 17 hours. Now I'm sleepy.

Chapter 24

Troy's POV

I walked into the living room and saw Gabriella sitting on the couch reading her book.

"Hey," I greeted.

"Ugh," She said.

"What," I asked.

"Reading..." was all she said.

"And you can't talk because of that," I asked.

"Precisely," She said.

"Well, if you won't talk, can you listen," I asked.

"Uh," She said.

"Well, guess what," I asked.

"Huh," She asked.

"We're going to the Championships," I told her.

"Oh my gosh, that's great," She said looking up smiling at me.

"Yea, do you think you'll be able to go," I questioned.

"Where and when." Gabriella asked.

"Pretty close to Orlando, and it's in 2 weeks." I answered.

(Gabriella is now around 6 months)

"Hm, maybe I'll be able to go," She said. "I'll be almost 7 months by then though." She said looking at me. "I'm not supposed to travel after 6 months." She told me.

"Well, we'll talk to your doctor." I said.

"Ok," Gabriella said picking up her book again.

I walked into the room and grabbed my phone. I dialed a familiar number and after a few minutes hung up with a smile on my face. It was possible, but Coach was probably going to have to do a whole lot of convincing.

My phone rang and I grabbed it, "Talk to me," I greeted.

"Hey, get Gabi out of the house for the next 2 hours." Sharpay ordered.

"The gang and I are on our way over to decorate for the baby shower." She said hanging up the phone.

"Hey, let's go to the mall," I suggested to Gabriella.

"I wanna read my book," She whined.

"There's a sale at the shoe store," I told her using the words I hate saying to her. We'll end up spending hundreds of dollars.

"Why are we still sitting here," She asked getting up and running to the door.

We went to the car and drove to the mall.

2 hours and 500 later we were driving back home. Once we got home, I sent Gabi inside and started bringing the shoes in.

I heard her scream and I smiled.

"What are you guys doing here," She asked.

Gabriella's POV

"We had to give you a baby shower", Taylor said.

"Ok, it's time to play games," Sharpay yelled. Everyone one sat in the chairs and Sharpay grabbed a few rolls of toilet paper and stood in the middle of the room.

"Ok, what we're going to do is guess how many squares it takes to wrap around her stomach." She instructed.

Taylor guessed 11, Sharpay 13, Evanne 16, and many other people we knew.

As Sharpay walked up and wrapped the toilet paper around my stomach. "16" She declared.

"Yay," Evanne squealed. "I WIN," She yelled running up.

"Hey did anyone else guess 16," Sharpay asked. 1 hand raised. She took a small bag to her.

"Evanne, I'm going to take you to get something later ok, there's nothing here you would like," She told Evanne.

"Ok," Evanne said going to play the Wii in the TV room.

"So, Gabi, are you having a girl or a boy," Everyone kept asking me. Me and Troy knew what it was, but weren't sure if we wanted the others too yet.

"Um, we want to keep it a surprise," I told them.

"What, you can't keep something this big from me," Sharpay whined.

"Get over it," Taylor told her.

Troy's POV

I was forced to go to Chad's while the shower was going on.

"Hey, I talked to coach this morning." I told him.

"Why," Chad wondered.

"Gabi can't go to the championship game if it's in New York. He's going to try and see if he can get it moved to here." I explained.

"Oh, that's a good idea," Chad said.

"Yea," I said.

I walked over to Chad's computer and opened Internet and myspace was the first thing that popped up. For some reason, I signed on my old account. I had a bunch of new comments and messages.

I checked through them and the most recent one was from yesterday. It was spam though, they all were. I looked through my comments and had a bunch of 'where are you' 'log back on' etc...I was thinking, how would I get the messages telling me to get back on when I never get on.

I was thinking about that when my phone rang. It was coach.

"Hello," I said anxiously.

"It's all good," He said.

"So you mean..." I said.

"Yep, the game is here," He told me.

"The coach of the Blue Jays (the team their playing) has a few kids himself and she had to miss a few on his away games so he knows how it feels and I guess not too good." He told me.

"That's awesome." I said ecstatically.

"Yea, but since we had to move around everything, we better win." He said.

"Ay ay captain," I said jokingly.

"Did you do the hand salute thing," He asked.

"...maybe," I said.

"Goodbye Troy," He said hanging up before I could reply.

"Who was that," Chad asked.

"Coach," I replied.

"What did he say," He asked.

"We better win the game, since me switched locations and all." I told him.

"He got it," Chad asked, "How," He asked.

"The Blue Jay coach has kids and his wife had to miss a few on his away games when she was pregnant, so he knows how it feels and wouldn't wish that feeling on anyone." I explained.

"That's great," HE said.

"Hey, I'm leaving to go give her the good news." I said leaving.

I ran down the street to our house and ran inside while a bunch of people were leaving.

"Hey, Brie," I said.

"Huh," She asked.

"Coach got the location for the championship moved to here," I told her.

"How," She asked.

"The coach of the other team has kids yadda yadda yadda," I said.

"Great," She said yawning.

"Ok, time for bed," I ordered.

Trivia--

In the second movie, who is the poolside celebrity?