"And then you would add the seven to the five. See, easy right?" Gabriella asked, smiling as she helped a young, freshman girl. She was part of the tutoring program to earn more college credits. She looked up as she heard the library door slam shut, only to see an urgent Sharpay. She looked back at the girl to see her closing her math book. "Tomorrow's Friday, so I'll see you here on Monday, ok?"
The young, freshman nodded before grabbing her large backpack and walking out of the library.
Gabriella stood up, brushing her uniform down and walked over to Sharpay. "What's up?" She noticed the difference between Sharpay now and from last night. She looked like her usual self, again, which Gabriella was happy about because she hated seeing her friend in all the pain she was last night. She knew her friend was just a pinch better, as they had stayed up all night on the phone together, tears in their eyes, talking about how everything was going to be ok as long as the healing process took.
"She knows about it, Gabs." Sharpay said, quickly, fidgeting with the pink fingernail polish on her nails.
"Who knows knows what?" Gabriella asked, confused.
Sharpay sighed. "Alexa, she knows that I was pregnant, but lost it. I was in the bathroom talking to my doctor about how they want a check up with me tomorrow to make sure that my body was doing good, and I guess she was in one of the stalls. I swear, I made sure every stall was empty. Ugh, that bitch is so sneaky."
Gabriella felt sympathy as she saw her friend and her new found pain. "How do you know she knows?" she asked.
"Right after I got off the phone, she walked out of the stall and asking and saying all this shit. She is gonna tell Zeke, Gabs.
I know she is." the blonde said, sadly. Panic was also evident in her voice.
"We don't know for sure, Shar. Don't get worried and if she does, then, so be it. I'm sure Zeke will understand. It's Zeke, we're talking about."
Sharpay nodded, slowly. "Yeah, hopefully." she said, in a soft voice. She cleared her throat as Gabriella began to grab her books and bag. "Gabs, I need to talk to you."
"About what?" Gabriella asked, slipping her tote on her shoulders.
"It's about Tr-" Sharpay was cut off as there was a loud holler in the library. She rolled her eyes as a sweaty Chad walked in with Troy looking down in toe.
"I just won 50 bucks. Thanks to poker in the locker room." Chad said, ignoring the librarians glare. "Suck on that everyone."
Sharpay scoffed and crossed her arms. "Please, Danforth. Not even a dog would wanna suck any part of your body." she said.
Gabriella rested into Troy's tan and strong arms, with a smile on her face. She knew Sharpay was going to ok. She really was.
"Oh, yeah? Where's Taylor 'cause she done a whole lot of sucking on areas." Chad smirked, causing all three to groan.
"That is so fucking gross, dude. Nobody wants to know what you and Taylor do in between the sheets." Troy said, with a disgruntled face.
Chad looked at them all innocently. "What? I can't help that I am a attractive guy."
Sharpay let out a loud laugh. "Ha!"
"Kiss my ass, Evans."
"You're such an attractive guy, I'm sure I don't need to. You just have girls kissing your ass, left and right." Sharpay said, glancing toward Troy and Gabriella who were whispering sweet nothings into each others ears. She sighed and shook her head, remembering the night before. "Gabs, we really need to talk, now."
Gabriella smiled at Troy, before turning around to Sharpay. "After I go help, Troy, with his math, I'll be there, okay?" she replied.
Sharpay nodded, sighing. "Yeah, see ya." She watched as the young couple walked out of the library, hand in hand. "Chad, as much as I don't really like you right now, and don't wanna talk to you, shit's gonna happen, and it's gonna suck for everyone."
"What kind of shit?"
"Big shit. The one that could hurt peoples hearts." Sharpay said, unsure of the figure that was rested behind the nearby bookcase.
"Alright, ladies! I want Montez, Evans, Berra, Sanchez, Jones, and Fryer on the left side of the court."
Gabriella and Sharpay rolled their eyes in usion. "Oh god." Gabriella muttered, pulling her her into a high ponytail.
"I am officially sick of P.E. What's the point of P.E., anyways? To make sure people are healthy and physical? Like what the hell? If I wanna be fit, I'll go run around my street's block." Sharpay said, with annoyance in her voice. She began to walk toward Coach Becky as the woman called her name.
Gabriella chuckled, shaking her head. "Yeah, tell me about it." She glanced toward Troy who was sitting on the bleachers, sweaty and exhausted, drinking a Gatorade. She turned around as she felt a tap on her back. A grimace covered her face as Alexa came into view.
"So, I hear what happened to your little friend. Tragic, eh? Does Zeke know?"
"Stay out of it, Alexa. For once can't you just mind your own business?" Gabriella said, giving Troy a look from the other side of the court, as she turned around. She rolled her eyes as Alexa walked beside her.
"Montez, I think that me and you, should just be aqquaintances. I hate seeing us be enemies toward one another."
Gabriella watched as Troy looked at the two, nervously and confused. "When hell freezes over, Fryer, then we won't be enemies. You've messed up so much in my life, I couldn't possibly give a damn about you."
"I'd suggest you start getting used to the fact that I own just about everything in this school. I know and hold so many secrets, I can crush a good amount of hearts. And you're one of those hearts." She pointed toward Troy who was walking over to the two, looking down, nervously. "Your little boy toy, isn't who you think he is. He's done so much and lied so much to you, it's almost pathetic to watch. Soon, hun, you'll find those secrets out and I can't wait to see your poor little face when your hearts crushed." She smirked and arched a brow toward a pale Troy, as he noticed Gabriella's confused face. She walked away, feeling victorious.
"Hey, Gabs." Troy said, walking up to the disgruntled brunette. "You ok?"
Gabriella looked into his blue eyes. "Is there anything you need to tell me?" she asked, slowly, with nervousness and unsureness in her voice.
"Um," Troy muttered, thinking for a moment, deciding whether or not to tell right now, as he saw the urgency in Gabriella's face. He glanced toward Sharpay confused as the blonde was glaring at him. He looked back at Gabriella and smiled reassuringly. "I don't think so. Why?" The feeling of guilt took over him as he saw her small smile.
"No reason." she shrugged. She sighed and rested a hand on his chest. "Pick me up later tonight, ok?"
"For what?"
"Dad's work team is coming and I really don't wanna go through the grueling dinner. So, since you're such a gentleman, you're gonna take me out on a romantic night."
Troy arched a brow at her. "I am? Do I look like a piggy bank?"
Gabriella rolled her eyes, and planted a kiss on his lips. "Seven o'clock." she said, simply, before walking toward the huddle of girl's, who were waiting for her.
Troy looked at her, admiring her adorable nature as she skipped into the huddle. He wondered how he could possibly lie to her any longer. It tore him apart, just thinking about it. She would understand, right? I mean, we were broken up, it wasn't intentinal- His thoughts were runied by a vibrate in his basketball shorts. He pulled his phone out and clicked read as a text message alert came up. He sighed and looked up at Alexa who was smirking wildly at him; nine more days.
"And he shots, and he scores!" Chad cheered, as his basketball went through the hoop swiftly.
Zeke rolled his eyes and sat down on St. Katherine's gym bleachers. "Good, but not as good as me." he shrugged, sipping on his water bottle.
Chad sat next to the 18 year-old. "How come Troy didn't stay after for practice? He does realize that we have a playoff game against East High tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah, he does. He just had plans with Gabriella tonight."
"God, those two are both so whipped. Like me and Taylor are in love, those two though are, in love and crazy lustful."
Zeke chuckled. "It makes me happy, though. I like seeing those two happy. They're more open and outgoing with each other and that's what they both need."
Chad stayed silent as he pursed his lips together, pensively. "Zeke, do you think somethings up?"
"What do you mean?"
Chad shrugged and leaned back on the bleachers behind the two. "Sharpay's been acting a bit sad lately and Troy, he might be happy, but there's something about Troy. He seems so worried and timid all of the sudden toward Gabriella."
"Sharpay's been acting sad?" Zeke asked, confused.
"Yeah, she's still has the biggest attitude, but she's not Sharpay, Sharpay. You know what I mean?"
Zeke shook his head and looked at his friend. "No, not at all. I could talk to her, I guess?"
"Yes, whatever. I just feel like there's stuff that's gonna come out and I don't want anything or anyone to get hurt."
"Stop worrying, man."
Chad nodded softly, sighing.
"Baylor and Danforth, can I talk to you guys?" Caleb asked, coming around from the bleachers corner causing the two boys to look at him confused.
"Now if she does it like this, will you do it like that? Now if she touches like this, will you touch her like that?..." Gabriella sang, spraying her perfume on as she danced around her room. "Come in!" she called out, as there was a knock at the door. She smiled as she saw her mom walk in. "Hey."
Sonia smiled and sat on the young brunettes bed. She inspected her daughter, noticing her floral-print babydoll dress with eyelet trim that hit mid-thigh. Her hair was left down in breezy waves, along with soft make-up. "Where are you going?" she asked.
"Troy's picking me up. We're just gonna go hang out." Gabriella shrugged slipping on her gold ballet flats. She turned off her radio. "He should be here any minute."
"So, you and Troy are together?" Sonia asked.
Gabriella nodded. "Yeah." she said, not wanting to get into too much detail.
Sonia stood up and ran a hand through her daughters hair. "Good. I'm glad, that you and Troy are getting along. Can you believe Saturday marks the two week mark for the wedding? I'm so excited."
Gabriella smiled gently. "It should be fun, I guess."
Oblivious to her daughters slightly sad tone, Sonia smiled brightly. "Your dress is gorgeous, there's three cakes for all the guest-" she was cut off by her daughters frown.
"Mother, how many people are coming?"
"Oh, just about 250." She rolled her eyes as Gabriella groaned loudly. "What? All of our family are coming, Troy's family, our friends, Bolton's friends, people from the neighborhood and board. Sorry, if we know alot of people."
"I've always said, I do not want a big wedding. How embarrassing, mother. All those people there for an arranged marriage?"
"No, not an arranged marriage. They just all think that they're there because you and Troy wanted to get married."
Gabriella sighed and felt relief as she heard a honk outside the home. "I'll talk to you later." she said, grabbing her purse and walking out of her room. She jogged down the stairs and walked out the front door, noticing Troy, texting on his cellphone while sitting in the car. She opened the passenger side's door and slid into the seat, shutting the door behind her.
"Wow, Montez. Trying to already get in my pants?" Troy said, smirking as Gabriella's dress had hicked up showing off her beige lace panties.
Gabriella looked down and felt her face flush. "Shut up." she muttered, making Troy to laugh. She watched as he began to drive out of the neighborhood. She tilted her head, to look at him and smiled. "So, where are you taking me?"
"Hm, I'm thinking Red Lobster." he said, shrugging, knowing that she hated Red Lobster.
"Oh my god, Troy, are you serious?"
Troy nodded. "You could always get a steak. Plus, remember I choose where we go for this oh-so romantic night." he replied, turning into the plaza, that was covered with the mall, outlets and restaurants. A smirk spread across his lips as he saw her disgruntled face as he parked in the parking lot, across from the restaurant. He grabbed his phone from the center holder and nodded his head toward his door. "Come on, gorgeous."
Gabriella hesitantly slid out of the passenger door, shutting the door behind her and grabbing his awaiting hand. "You remember why I don't come here." she hissed, ignoring the large group of people who were waiting with stares. She turned her head as there was a loud holler for Troy. She smiled softly as it turned out to be one of his teammates from the basketball team and his girlfriend.
"No, I don't remember why, you hate this place." Troy muttered, as they walked into the restroom.
"Uh, yeah, you do. 7th grade? Our class got to sit by the lobster tank and while they were taking a lobster out, they dropped it on my head." Gabriella said, with sadness and horror in her voice. She narrowed her eyes at Troy as he laughed out loud.
"Oh, right. Then, you started crying and so, that's the reason why we had to leave." He gave Gabriella a bright smile and planted a kiss on her temple as she glared at him. "I'm kidding. Lighten up, Montez." He gripped her hand and dragged her toward the podium where a familiar looking waiter was standing.
The blonde boy smiled and held a fist out toward Troy. "Troy, what's up?"
Gabriella made a confused face. 'Does he know everybody?'
"Kyle! Not much, man. What's up with you? Long time no see."
"I just moved back from Florida. We were planning on only staying there for some odd years anyways, so I'm just gonna go chill at East High until graduation. Plus, I just scored the hottest foreign chick from like London or Australia. I can't tell the difference from her accent, but whatever. It's the awesomest." Kyle looked Gabriella up and down with a large grin. "Who is this and how did you score her? She's hot."
Troy turned to Gabriella, who was blushing like mad. "Uh, this is my girlfriend. You know how I've always been. They just can't keep their hands off me." he joked, wincing as Gabriella nudged him lightly.
Kyle nodded, smiling, but soon glared at the annoyed people waiting behind the couple. "Let me go sit you down, because people have to be so damn impatient!" he said, shouting the last part. He waved his hand in front of the two and led them to a booth in the back. "All lobsters are 15 percent off tonight." he muttered, annoyed. "I really do hate this job. You know my number Bolton, call me." He winked toward Gabriella. "Nice meeting you."
Gabriella gripped her menu and looked at Troy, wide eyed as Kyle walked away. "Are you kidding me? A guy who can't even tell the difference between a British and Australian accent is hitting on me and you just sit there?"
"Aw, Kyle is good. You just have to get used to the fact that he's a little slow in some cases, but hey, aren't we all? Plus, I think British and Australian accents are a little hard to tell apart." he said, uneasy.
"Yeah, well, I guess I should be flattered." Gabriella shrugged, looking at her menu.
Troy smiled. "You should be. After all, you're with me."
Gabriella looked down from her menu, blushing. She smiled softly and nodded. "Well, you are Troy Bolton, after all."
"You know it, Montez."
"Guys, can you believe that in two weeks, Troy and Gabriella will be married?" Taylor asked, astonished. She looked at Kelsi and Sharpay who were in a daze, also.
"I know." Sharpay sighed. "Gabs, isn't gonna be able to party with me in L.A. when we go to college."
Kelsi pushed the blondes shoulder gently. "Shar, you know Gabs doesn't party anyways. Plus, you guys are only 18."
"Oh, bullshit!" Taylor cried.
Sharpay nodded in agreement. "Thank you. Gabriella, knows how to party. She loves the Vodka and cranberry shots. Remember when we were 16 and she was still depressed over her's and Troy's breakup, so we had a little party here? She downed like twenty." she said, receiving nodding heads. She turned to Kelsi and glared at her. "I'll also have you know, I have already got all of us fake ID's."
"Great, just great. I can't wait to be arrested and be put in jail, while in college with a full scholarship." Kelsi grumbled under her breath, while playing with the ends of her hair. She threw herself back on the pink covered bed. "We have to something nice for her."
"Let's get her a stripper!" Sharpay cheered.
Taylor shook her head. "No, she'd hate that. Let's just throw her a bridal shower?" she asked, questionably.
Kelsi jumped up, with a smile. "That's perfect. We could do it Saturday."
"Uh, you do realize Saturday is a day away?" Sharpay hissed.
"...So?" Kelsi said, climbing off the bed. "We can start calling people right now, me and Tay can go buy a cake tomorrow, you can pick the decorations Shar. It's perfect!"
"You guy's we're not even sure about the wedding. Let's just take it one step at a time." Sharpay said, remembering the whole Alexa and Troy situation. Sadness boiled over her as she suddenly thought about how Gabriella was probably with him at that moment, oblivious to what was going on.
Kelsi and Taylor looked at her confused. "We're not sure about the wedding? Shar, it's an arranged marriage?"
"Is there something you're not telling us?" Taylor asked.
Sharpay sighed and shook her head quickly. "No, it's ok. Let's just..let's just start planning."
"Troy." Gabriella breathed lifting his face from his neck as the two were in a very heated make-out session in the back of his car, as Troy had parked the car in a deserted section behind the affluent community the two lived. She pulled him into a zealous kiss and rolled the two over so that she was on top.
Troy sighed as she began to nip at his ear. He felt his whole body wince as she blew into his ear, teasingly. "God, Gabriella."
he groaned, sitting up, making her straddle his lap. He moved his hands to her thigh and moved his hands up, hiking up her dress, kissing her passionately.
Gabriella jumped up as she felt a vibration coming from her pocket. She smiled and nodded as he saw his annoyed face. "Go ahead."
"No, I like this alot better." he said, kissing her collarbone. He groaned as the phone kept vibrating. He slid it out of his pocket and answered it, in a haste. "Yes?"
"Where are you?" Chad hissed quietly into the phone.
Troy's eyebrows furrowed. "In my car. Where are you?" He watched as Gabriella readjusted her dress and pulled her hair into a ponytail.
"I am in the car with fucking Speed Racer Baylor. He's going to Sharpay's house, because he found out that she lost the baby or something, I don't know. I didn't even know she was pregnant in the first place."
"Shit, I'll be there in a second." Troy said, quickly. He ended the call and looked at Gabriella, worryingly. "Zeke found out about the baby."
Gabriella turned pale and soon glared at him. "What the hell are we still doing here? Move, move, move!" she yelled, jumping into the drivers seat and starting the car, quickly. "Call Sharpay for me."
Troy let out a yelp as he flew back and hit his head against the window as she drove off, with the tires screeching on the street. "Ow." he muttered, rubbing the painful spot on his head.
A/N: Hey, peoples ! Thank you all so much for the reviews. I appreciate them, alot. Now, please review on this chapter. I'd love if you did.