Chapter 14: Why

Part Two

Sharpay's POV

"Sharpay, are you pregnant?" Troy asked me, knocking me senseless. I stopped in my tracks completely and stared at him for a second.

"What?" I asked.

"Are you pregnant again?"

"No, why would you think that?" I said, looking back down the stairs and silently telling Jimmy not to come up. I did not want him to hear what we were talking about. This was private.

After deciding to go out for the day, he took us out to the fair. It was really nice because I hadn't been to one in a long time and it was Anna's first time. We were there for hours and Anna had so much fun. On the few rides we did get on- the Ferris wheel and a thing like the tea cups at six flags- she laughed her little head off and she couldn't get enough of the cotton candy, though I stopped her at one. That's the main reason I had come upstairs, to wash and change Anna before I sat back down with Jimmy to catch up some more, but Troy had stopped me with this out of the blue question.

"Um, maybe because Chad dropped off this pregnancy test at your room door."

Well, maybe not totally.

"Oh that."

"Yea."

"I'm not pregnant. The test is for Taylor. She's been worried about it for the past few weeks so she had Chad go get her them."

"But why would he leave them at your door?"

"We were going to go by later to be with her while she took them. He was going to come and wait for me, but I don't know why he didn't or why he just left. He should be coming back later anyways so it doesn't matter." I shrugged.

"So you're not pregnant?"

"No, so stop your worrying. You're not gonna have another kid anytime soon. If I thought I was pregnant, I would tell you." I walked past him into my room. He followed. "But you still didn't answer my questions. What are you doing back so early?"

"My dad finished almost a whole week early so I got to leave. I came here as soon as I had the chance to come and see my favorite girl."

I smiled. "Aw. How sweet of you."

"Oh, I was talking about Anna." He looked pass me and grabbed Anna from my arms. I hit him on his arm and he laughed before I took Anna back from him, cleaned her, and put her in her crib. She was out like a light in under two minutes.

"So you didn't miss me at all?" I crossed my arms over my chest.

"You know I missed you so much." He moved over to me, wrapped his arms around me, and lifted me off the floor. "I missed you the most." He whispered before kissing me.

"I missed you too." I kissed him before he spun me around and I was laughing.

"Aw, how sweet." I heard and looked up and saw my sister standing at my room door smiling at us. I immediately felt Troy's arms tighten around me, but they relaxed just as fast so I really couldn't tell that it really happened.

"Hey Gabby! How was your flight from Maine?"

"Good. It was really relaxing. I'm just glad I'm home with family and the ones I love." She left after that statement and I was so confused because Troy was acting so weird. I could feel the tension in his arms again and in his shoulders. It also showed in his face when I looked down at his face, he still had me off the floor.

"Um, Troy?" I said and he snapped out of whatever mood he was in.

"Oh, sorry. Here." He sat me back down on the floor and grabbed himself a shirt and some more pants.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just going to go...take a quick shower."

"O...k?" I said, even more confused than earlier. He left me standing in the middle of my room wondering what was up with him.

I shook my head and went back downstairs. Jimmy was sitting on the couch watching TV when I got there, but quickly turned it off when he saw me. I went and sat next to him.

"So, that was your boyfriend?"

"Yeah."

"How long have you been with him?"

"A little bit over a year." He nodded and we talked for a little while longer until he had to go to work. It was nice. It helped me remember his good traits whether than the bad part of our relationship. He was such a good listener and he was so funny, I really forgot how much fun it was hanging out with him.

I was now sitting on the couch, waiting impatiently for Chad to either return my text or knock on the door. I really wondered why he left the test at my door knowing that someone might spot it, not specifically Troy, but someone. It could have been my mother! She definitely wouldn't be happy if she found it that I could be with child again. This wasn't like Chad. He was usually a lot more precise with what he did. He must have been surprised by something, that was the only reason I could guess. Otherwise, he would have stayed here and waited for me to get back. So I wondered what could surprise him...

This was around the time that Gabriella walked into the living room wearing her favorite purple tank top and her jean shorts. Normally, I'd be okay with that, but her shorts were a little too short and her shirt a little too tight for my liking.

"Why do you have that on, Gabriella?"

"Oh, this? Well it's hot outside."

"But don't you think it's a little inappropriate wearing that around your sister's boyfriend? Troy is here."

"So? Why would he even care if I dress like this? He loves you, so it doesn't matter." I saw a flash in her eyes but it was gone before I could tell what it was.

"It does matter. Gabby, you're hot. Any man would be crazy not to look."

She smiled at me. "Thanks, but I still don't think I catch your drift by you saying that. What does any man have to do with with my clothes?"

"This is what I mean: Troy's a man. It doesn't matter if he is in love with me or anything else. He is a man which means he will look regardless and I don't want him looking at you like that. I trust him, and you, completely but I don't want him to even have the temptation."

"Oh, Shar," She said, wrapping an arm around my shoulders "don't be so insecure and worrisome. Troy will never look at me with that intention." Her original smile changed only slightly but it made a huge difference. One I couldn't really decipher. "But to make you happy, I'll go change." She turned and went back up to her room.

It was weird. Our little conversation made me resent the fact that mom let her take a break from college. I had never resented Gabby in my whole life, well maybe just a little because of what happened with our dad though it wasn't her fault, and it was just so different that I felt this way.

Finally, after waiting almost half an hour for him, Chad finally came and knocked on our door. I jumped up and went to answer it.

"Chad!" I hugged him and pulled him inside the house. "Where have you been? I've been waiting for you."

"Sharpay, there's something I need to tell you-" Before he even got to finish what he was saying, Troy came downstairs fully dressed.

"Hey Chad, you mind if I speak to you over here for a minute?" Troy said kindly, which I found a little strange. Chad and Troy never talked unless it was either important or I made them. Another strange thing: Chad willingly went with him. It really made me wonder what was going on around here.

Maybe there was something in the water.

No One's POV

'Oh man.' Chad thought as he slowly followed Troy into the kitchen and closed the door. He already knew this was coming. He had known the moment he had saw him walk down the stairs that Troy knew he had saw him.

He'd been on his way to deliver the pregnancy test to Sharpay, expecting her to be in her room with Anna, when he walked on something he didn't expect.

Troy and Gabriella having sex.

It wasn't a sight he had wanted to see at all. His best friend's sister, though she was very hot, and his best friend's boyfriend. He really didn't think that would happen, but he had seen it and was surprised. So surprised that he dropped the bag in his hand. The moment it left his hand, he was off. He didn't want Troy to have the chance of knowing that he knew. He wanted Troy to be blindsided by justice when Sharpay broke up with him after Chad told her.

"Listen-" Chad started but was interrupted by Troy, who put his arm across his neck and slammed him quietly against the wall next to the door.

"No, you listen." Troy said in a low whisper that could make big football players tremble with fear. He focused his cold blue eyes on Chad and gave him the most menacing glare he could. "Whatever you saw upstairs, whatever you think you saw, didn't happen. You didn't see me, you didn't see Gabriella, you didn't see nothing. I've worked too damn hard and I love Sharpay too damn much to let this stupid thing make her angry at me."

Troy was scary, but he wasn't scaring Chad. At the moment. "I know what I saw and I know what I'm going to do. I'ma tell her what I saw. And if you're not man enough to deal with the consequences behind it, then that's your problem."

"This is none of your business. I'll tell her when I get ready. So stay the hell out of this."

"It doesn't matter if you think this is my business. Sharpay is my best friend and care about her way too much to let this important...character flaw slip past her. I'm not going to sit back and watch her get hurt. So you better tell her soon, or I'll tell her for you. And she won't be very happy that her best friend is telling her that her boyfriend is sleeping with her sister." Troy glared at him for a few more seconds before backing away and sighing in defeat.

"Just please. Give me a little bit of time and I will." Chad looked at him before nodding and they went back in the living room with Sharpay.

She looked a little worried.

"Did you two have a nice...talk?"

Troy glanced at Chad. "Yea, we did. Didn't we Chad?"

Chad glared at Troy for a second before nodding at Sharpay. "Yes. We did."

"What did ya talk about?"

"Nothing really. Just guy stuff...like sports." Sharpay nodded, but Troy rolled his eyes.

"Well...that's nice. But now we gotta talk. Troy," She turned to him and smiled. "If you don't mind, I have to talk to Chad about that thing that you found earlier."

"Okay." He nodded, kissed her, and glared at Chad as he went upstairs.

Sharpay's POV

I waited until I was sure that Troy was out of hearing distance until I turned on Chad. And when I did, I punched him on the arm as hard as I could.

"Hey! What was that for?" He looked at me astonished as he grabbed his arm.

"Why the heck did you leave that test at my door? Troy found it and thought I was pregnant!" I whispered.

"But I thought you thought you were pregnant?"

"I do, but I don't want anyone else to think it. My mom could have found it. My mom!"

"I'm sorry, okay?"

"It's okay, but now we have to go to your house and take it there. Too many family members here."

"You only got two or three here right now."

"Exactly."

He shook his head. "Okay then. Mom will be there but she'll be having her 'nap time' when we get there. Lets go."

"TROY! We're going to take that test to Taylor so she can get it over with."

"Ok. See you later." As we walked to his house, Chad stared at me weirdly.

"What?"

"You told him that it was Taylor who might be having a baby?"

"Oh yea, I didn't want him to think it was me."

"Why not?"

I wrapped my arms around myself. "I don't know. I just can't help but feel that if I am pregnant, my life is going to go straight to hell. That me having this baby is going to set a lot of things off. I feel that if I tell Troy that I'm pregnant again, he might not love me any more and that he'll leave me. I can't raise Anna alone. And I'm not even sure I'll be able to handle it if he leaves. I just love him so much and it would hurt me so much if he did. I can't take any more hurt right now." And here it was again, that closed/guarded look that Chad had earlier. It looked as if he was trying so hard not to tell me something. It was silent the rest of the way.

Ten minutes later, I was sitting on Chad's bed with my head in my hands. He was sitting next to me comforting me.

"God, I don't know what I'm gonna do if I'm pregnant again. I'm not sure if I'm ready for this again."

Chad wrapped an arm around me. "Hey, it's gonna be alright. No matter if you are or if you're not, I'll help you get through this; I always do." He reassured me.

"That's part of the reason I love you. You're always here for my good and hard times. I don't know what I'd do with out you."

"Hey, that's what best friends are for. I love you too much to see you suffer." We sat there for a minute longer.

"I guess that's three minutes." I sighed then turned to him. "Come with me." He nodded and grabbed my hand. We got up and walked to the bathroom. We walked to the tub where I had the test was up on the rim. I edged closer, but turned and buried my head into Chad's chest. "I can't. I-I can't look."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Look. Look for me." I felt him shrug and look down. "Well? What does it say?"

"Well, this could be good news or bad news depending on how you want to take it. But the test says..." He paused and it felt as if it was an eternity. "It says that you're not pregnant."

It felt as if someone had shocked me. "What?"

"The test thingy only has one line. You are not pregnant." It finally started to sink in.

I was not pregnant. I wasn't having another baby. I felt the spring of relief through my body. I didn't have to tell my mom, I didn't have to tell Troy that I was pregnant. But then I felt a sharp sense of sadness swell up in me too. What I hadn't noticed thanks to how I was so scared of how I would tell everybody, that a part of me had actually wanted to have another baby. It wanted for me to be pregnant. As I relaxed into Chad's arms, I found myself sobbing into his chest. Chad patted my head with one hand as the other rubbed my back as I cried it all out.

"I'm not pregnant. I'm not pregnant." I half sobbed, half shouted in his arm. It was a sad and happy statement that I kept repeating as he pulled me over to his bed from the bathroom. He held me for a long while after that. I didn't know why I was so conflicted. I should only be happy that I wasn't pregnant. That I wasn't having another baby at the age of 17. But it still hurt. Part of me was hoping to have a little brother or sister for Anna. Hoping to tie Troy and me up even more. For him to love me even more than now. I guess that part of me didn't realize that if I had been pregnant, it would have complicated my life even more than usual.

"Shh. Shh. It's okay. It's okay." Chad whispered over and over again to me as he held me.

I had to get my act together before I went home to Troy and Gabriella and my mom. They didn't know any of this and they didn't need to. If I came home crying they would suspect something. But it was harder than I thought it would be.

In the end I just decided to spend the night with Chad. Nobody had any problems with it-though Troy was a little pissed that I wasn't going to spend his first night back with him- so me and Chad talked for most of the night.

But most of the night all I could think about was the baby I wasn't going to be having anytime soon and, at the end, I cried myself to sleep.

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