"Maybe it's a good thing that Zeke found out." Troy whispered as him and Gabriella waited at the front door of the Evans' house.
Gabriella shook her head. "Sharpay didn't want him to know. She made that perfectly clear."
Troy sighed. "It's Zeke. What the hell is he going to do?" He quickly kept quiet as Sharpay answered the door, smirking.
"Sorry, but this is an anti-sex zone. There's a Motel 6 a couple streets down." she said, leaning against the door.
"Haha. You're funny, Sharpay." Troy laughed, sarcastically.
Sharpay glared at him. "You're on my list, Bolton. Speaking of which, I need to talk to you later."
Gabriella looked between the two confused as she saw Troy's scared face and the evilness in Sharpay's eyes. "Yeah, well, Zeke's coming." she said, quickly.
"Zeke always comes over. What's the big deal?"
"H..he knows about what happened with the baby, Shar."
The color from the blondes face drained. All three of their heads turned as the sound of an engine was heard. "Oh, shit." she groaned, as the view of Zeke's car, came into place. "How does he know?" she hissed.
"No clue. Chad just called Troy, saying Zeke was freaking out and on his way. We just wanted to warn you."
Sharpay nodded. "Just go inside and make you guy's something or Jason, Ryan, Taylor and Kelsi are upstairs." she said, quickly as a flustered Zeke began to walk toward the two. She watched as Chad ran in after Gabriella and Troy. "Hey." she breathed as Zeke came face to face to her.
"We need to talk."
"Hide the stuff! Hide the stuff!" Kelsi hissed as the sound of Gabriella's voice was heard from the other side of Sharpay's bedroom door.
Taylor grabbed the clipboard and logged off the computer quickly, turning and smiling at Gabriella as she stood in front of the door, unsure.
"Is something going on?" the brunette asked.
"No, not all. We were just, um, we were just deciding on how we're gonna do our hair for your's and Troy's wedding rehearsal dinner." Taylor said, thinking of the first thing that came into her mind.
Gabriella nodded, smirking. She walked over to Sharpay's drawer and pulled out a pyjama shirt and shorts. "Is it a surprise?" she asked, turning around and sliding out of her dress, before slipping the shorts and shirt on. She turned back around to see the two looking at each other, pleadingly.
"Uh, no. It's just about stuff."
"Yeah, right, but I will let it drop because I know it's a surprise for me and I love surprises." Gabriella cheered, playing with her loose curls.
Taylor smiled, shaking her head. "Where's Sharpay?"
"She's just talking to Zeke about stuff."
Taylor nodded. "Well, I'm hungry. You guys wanna steal Sharpay's chocolate covered strawberries?" she asked, sighing.
Kelsi sighed dramatically. "God, I thought I was the only one who saw those." she said, following the two girls out of the pink room.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Zeke asked, softly, looking down at the ground. He and Sharpay sat on the backyards bench.
Sharpay bit her lip, trying to hold back her tears. "I don't know. I..I was waiting until I got the clear check from the doctors, before I planned on telling you. I'm actually kind of glad I didn't tell you. Well, if you would've never found out, you never would've had to go through the pain." She whipped her stray tears and looked into his brown eyes. "I'm sorry."
Zeke pursed his lips together, seeing his girlfriend's heart, slowly breaking again as it had when she lost the baby. "I would've been there for you, Shar, whether you had or not had the baby. When I asked you to become my girlfriend, I thought that with that you agreeing to be my girlfriend, you'd be able to tell me anything. And I mean, anything."
"I wasn't even sure if I was gonna keep the baby at first. I mean, I'm only 18 and going to college. Then, you have a whole basketball scholarship. I didn't know if having the baby, you or me would've been able to pursue our goals and such. But, I knew that I could never abort or give the baby to somebody else. It was mine. Well, ours, really. I was getting so excited. I planned how I was going to tell you everything. When, the doctor told me that I lost it, my heart broke."
Zeke stayed silent trying to take everything in. "You're ok both mentally and physically though, right?" he asked, sighing and slipping an arm around her shoulders.
Sharpay smiled weakly. "Yeah. I know that maybe it just wasn't time."
"I love you so much, Shar. It kills me that you didn't plan on telling me, that you were ever pregnant." He watched as tears began to leak from her eyes, once again. He pulled her closer to him and kissed her on the head. "Promise me Shar, that if something like this or anything, you'll tell me."
"I promise." she whispered. She kissed him on the lips, softly. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For being so understanding. I don't know what I would've done if you would've wanted to break up with me, yell at me-" she was cut off by his soft pair of lips. The two broke apart, looking into each others matching brown eyes.
Zeke ran a thumb over her face, wiping away her tears. "I could never be mad at you. This wasn't your fault."
"I love you." she whispered against his lips.
"I love you too." he replied, kissing her softly.
Sharpay wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling the two closer. Realization soon hit her as the thought of who told him came into mind. She broke apart from him quickly and narrowed her eyes. "Who told you?" she asked.
"Caleb."
"Caleb as in football captain, Caleb?"
Zeke nodded. "Yeah." He chuckled as he felt her tense up. "It's ok. Everything is good between us, right?"
"Right." The two turned their heads as they heard Chad's screech come from the arcadia door.
"Where's your parents beer, Shar?" Chad yelled.
Sharpay groaned and grabbed Zeke's hand as the two stood up. "Top shelf in the pantry. You guy's do realize my parents will be home at midnight, so don't get drunk." she said, walking into the house. She gave Gabriella, who was straddling Troy's waist, a reassuring smile and nodded her head toward Zeke, slightly, receiving a grin from the brunette.
"We won't get drunk, Shar. It's only to lighten up the goody-two-shoes of the bunch." Chad said, eyeing Jason, Kelsi and Ryan, who looked at him innocently. He grabbed the fresh new twelve pack of beer and brought it to the living room, before passing one out to everyone.
"I always thought that I would never drink in high school." Kelsi said, staring at the bottle that Chad had just handed to her. She sighed and settled into Jason's lap as the two sat on the floor, against the fire place.
Sharpay rolled her eyes and curled into Zeke's side on the recliner chair. "It was always you and Gabriella who vowed to stay innocent through your lives." She turned to Gabriella who was glaring at her and chuckled. "Look at both of you now."
"We're all getting so old." Taylor sighed. "Graduation's in like two months."
"We'll all be close together though, except Ryan, who's going all the way to New York City." Chad said, sipping on his beer and throwing a lazy arm around Taylor's shoulders.
Gabriella sighed and nuzzled her head into the crook of Troy's neck. She always hated when this topic was brought up; the topic of going away from each other, always made her sad and nervous for what was to come. She felt Troy's hand slowly rub up and down her back soothingly, as he too knew that she hated the topic.
Sharpay glanced at the two, feeling guilt in her stomach, for her friend Gabriella. She wanted to tell Gabriella so bad about what was going on between Troy and Alexa, but the two looked so in love. Part of her wanted to tell Gabriella, while the other half wanted to just wait for Troy to tell her, whether the time be nine days away. She turned as a small sob came from Taylor. "What's wrong?"
"You, Gabs, Troy, Chad and Zeke are going to UCLA. Jason, Kelsi and me are going to USC, while Ryan goes to NYU. We've been through so much together and now it's gonna be all over soon." the African-American girl cried, settling into Chad's arms.
Troy felt his shoulder become damp as Gabriella began to sob. He wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her close, glancing toward all the guys who looked uncomfortable.
"Great." Chad muttered, as Sharpay and Kelsi then began to cry. "We'll all see each other. UCLA and USC are in the same city. They're not even far from each other, while Ryan will be visiting 24/7." he said, receiving an agreeable nod from Ryan.
"Please, stop crying, you guys. You know, I hate when girls cry." Jason groaned.
"Oh, shut up, Jason." Sharpay snapped, wiping her tears. "All of you, will be crying like babies when we graduate." She rolled her eyes as all of the boys looked at her, confused. "How are you not sad? This is like the ending."
Zeke kissed her on the cheek. "It's only the ending of a new chapter, Shar. You, Taylor and Kelsi will be sharing an apartment in L.A., while me, Chad and Jason will have an apartment there. Gabriella and Troy, will be living together, because of their parents orders," he said, receiving a glare from Troy, "then, Ryan will be down to visit us every holiday. It's all good."
"I want Gabriella to live with us, though." Sharpay cried, knowing the tears were only flowing thanks to day numer two of her "woman time", which always meant her most emotional day.
Gabriella turned around and nodded. "I have to live with a boy, oh my god. I'm gonna have to do his laundry, do all the dishes, clean the house." she cried, rambling.
Troy looked at her, shocked. "I'll help out."
"You say that now." she muttered.
"Stop the crying. We'll all see each other. The only reason you guys are crying is because wrinkles will soon be coming on." Chad snapped loudly, causing everyone to crawl into silence.
"Geesh, Chad." Troy gasped dramatically, feeling Gabriella roll off of his lap and snuggle into his side. "What's with the sudden anger?"
Chad shrugged. "I don't know. I just don't like when everyone is sad."
"Aw, baby, that's so sweet." Taylor said, kissing his cheek.
Sharpay stuck a finger in her mouth, pretending to want to throw up. "Gag me. Now, I suppose we can move along from the sad side of things, so let's play Truth or Truth!" she cheered.
"Truth or Truth?" Ryan asked, confused.
"Instead of a dare in Truth or Dare, it's Truth or Truth, where you must answer the question. Anyone, who does not play, must have something hidden behind everyone's backs." Sharpay said, glancing toward a confused Troy. "Who's in?" She smiled as everyone sat on the floor in a circle, sighing. "Ok, clockwise so I'm first. Now, you must ask the person next to you." She turned to an uneasy Troy. "Troy. Oh, Troy Bolton. What's a great question for you? Oh, I have one. Name all the people who you've slept with other than Gabriella."
"What?!" Troy and Gabriella asked in usion.
"I said, Troy name all the people who you've slept with other than, Gabriella. There's no names, that you wouldn't want anyone to know, right?"
Troy shook his head, nervously. "No." He sighed and cleared his throat. "Gina Nohtes, Alyssia DelGado, Kady Richardson, Katie Moore, Nichole Anderson, Abby Scotts, Ella Reyes, Trisha Jones..." he thought for a moment, oblivious to the grimace on Gabriella's face. "Lisa Banks, Emma Eastwood, Beatrice Perarra, McKenzie Baker, and Ullyssa Perry."
"God damn!" Chad cried. "Are you sure you don't have any STD's or anything?"
"No, Chad, I don't. I get myself checked regularly, thank you very much."
Sharpay stared at the blue eyed boy, frustrated. I knew he wouldn't say her name, she thought. "Troy, I suppose it's your turn to ask, Gabriella a truth question."
"Sharpay, can somebody else please ask me a question? I don't want to be asked a question by Mr. I-Never-Know-When-To-Put-My-Johnson-Away Bolton." Gabriella said, ignoring Troy's irritable sigh.
"Gabs, the rules are that you can't get mad at anybody. It's a truth game." Sharpay said.
"That wasn't even a Truth or Truth question!" Troy cried.
Sharpay glared at him. "Did I say you can talk?" she snapped. "I'll ask Gabriella the question, then." She looked into Gabriella's soft brown eyes and nodded. "Is it true that the reason you had to leave early from school last Wednesday because you started your period in History class?"
Gabriella turned pale as chuckles were heard from the group. A flush covered her cheeks and she nodded. "Yeah." she answered, sheepishly.
"I knew it!" Kelsi cheered, laughing.
"What? It was a shock. I just finished the following week." Gabriella said, shrugging.
Chad made a disgruntled face. "Thank god, I'm not a girl."
"Yeah, the only good thing, you boys get is the pleasure of jacking off every once in a while." Sharpay smiled, earning a glare from Chad and the rest of the guys.
"Gabs, please talk to me." Troy whispered, as the rest of the group laughed about something that happened at school that other day. He sighed as Gabriella stayed silent. "Please."
Gabriella turned to him. "Thirteen girls, Troy? Was I the fourteenth or something?" she asked, speaking in a low voice so that the rest of the group couldn't hear them. She glared at him as he just looked at her.
"You were the only meaningful one. You have to believe me on that one." He rested his head on her shoulder. "You knew what you were getting into when you agreed to go out with me. Plus, I love you."
"Don't try to sugar coat everything now, Troy."
Troy smiled. "Is it working?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Gabriella said, trying to hold a blank face. A small smile appeared across her lips as he planted a sloppy kiss on her cheek.
"Do you have a problem with Troy or something?" Taylor whispered into Sharpay's ear. "You've been shooting him daggers all night." She gasped as Sharpay continued to glare at him. "Don't tell me you like, like him. That's Gabriella's!"
Sharpay turned around to see the brown eyed girl's shocked face. "Relax, Tay. I do not like, Troy, like that. It's just I can't believe what he's doing to her." she sighed, leaning against the wall, that was connected to the fire place.
Taylor looked at her friend, confused as sat next to her, crossing her legs. "What do you mean?"
"If I told you, everyone would find out and Gabriella would be heartbroken."
"Tell me, Shar. I'm obviously not going to tell Gabriella, if it's going to break her heart."
Sharpay pursed her lips together and watched as Gabriella and Troy began to kiss feverishly, causing a disgruntled face to enter upon both her's and Taylor's face. "I can't."
Taylor placed a hand on Sharpay's shoulder and gave her a pleading look. "Please. Gabriella's my friend, too."
"You can't say anything, promise?" Sharpay asked, holding her pinky finger out.
Taylor connected her pinky finger with Sharpay's and nodded. "Promise."
A long sigh erupted from Sharpay's mouth. "We all know why Gabriella and Troy broke up for the first time, right?" she asked, receiving a nod from Taylor. "Well, when Troy told Gabriella that he didn't kiss Alexa that night, he was lying which equals lie number one. Then, I guess, Troy and Alexa, built this secret friendship, because she was practically brain washing him the whole time and after a while him and Alexa had sex."
Taylor gasped loudly as her eyes went wide.
"Tell me about it. He promised Gabriella that he never did anything, anything with Alexa and it's all just a lie. Look at them!" Sharpay said, pointing toward the two who were whispering sweet nothings to one another, while stealing kisses every now and then. "If Gabriella knew that Troy ever slept with Alexa, that relationship would never be going on. That relationship is a lie. Also, apparently, Alexa's now giving Troy ten days to tell Gabriella, which would equal closing date next Saturday. One week before the wedding. Gabriella's looking like a fool more and more each day." Sharpay explained, loud enough so only the two could hear.
The color from Taylor's face drained as a long sugh came from her. "Oh my god." she whispered. "He's lying to her. We have to do something, say something!"
Sharpay shook her head. "I'm gonna talk to Troy, tonight. See if I can persuade him to tell her. I was trying to get it out of him tonight during Truth or Truth, but no use. If he doesn't tell her I'm..we're just gonna tell her. I'm sure me and you don't wanna see Gabriella play the fool in the relationship anymore."
"No. If anything, it's Troy who's the fucking fool in the relationship." Taylor said, feeling sadness corrupt her as she saw Gabriella laugh loudly as Troy began to nip at her neck.
"I need to talk to you." Sharpay hissed as she stepped into the kitchen to see, Troy searching around in the fridge.
Troy made a confused as he opened another bottle of beer. "About what?"
Sharpay pinched his arm, making him wince in pain. She dragged him out the back door to the backyard, that was lit up with different lights. She hit him upside the head, making him groan.
"What the hell? You've been giving me the stink eye for how long, and now this? What'd I do to you?" he asked, rubbing his still hurting arm.
"How could you?" Sharpay asked, shaking her head.
Troy stared at her. "Do what?"
"Lie to Gabriella, Troy. I know, that you had sex with Alexa after you and Gabriella broke up, that year and a half ago. I just don't get why you'd lie to Gabriella and make her believe that you never even kissed the bitch."
"Shar, please, don't." Troy sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"Don't what? Let you make a fool out of Gabriella anymore?"
Troy shook his head, feeling the two bottles of beer he had finished rush through his mind, creating a small headache. "I'm gonna tell her, soon."
"You mean in ten days, Troy?" Sharpay asked, glaring at him.
Troy looked at her, bewildered. "Wait? How do you know all this stuff?"
Sharpay crossed her arms and stared at him. "I heard Alexa talking about it. That's not the point, though. The point is that you're lying to Gabriella. You're dragging her along, like she's some kind of pathetic doll. You and I know both know that if Gabriella knew you had sex with Alexa you two wouldn't be anything, right now. So just like, Alexa gave you an ultimatim, I'm giving you one. You either tell Gabriella, or I will." She pushed passed him and walked back into her house, leaving a frustrated Troy.
"I'm out. I'm drunk, tired, and I'm gonna go get layed tonight." Chad cheered, waving his hands up in the air as a slightly drunk Taylor stumbled along with him. A sober Kelsi and Jason, we're giving him a ride.
Sharpay waved and watched as they walked out of the large mansion-type house. She sighed and shut the door, looking at Troy who was trying to pick up a sleeping Gabriella. She eyed Troy and nodded toward Gabriella. "Don't drop her, then lie to her saying you didn't, 'cause we all know lying is what you do best." she said, glaring at him. She pushed past him and walked to the kitchen.
Troy rolled his eyes, sighing. He shifted Gabriella, so that she was laying bridal style in his arms. He carried her to his car, putting her in the passenger side, before sitting in the drivers seat and driving away. Sharpay's words haunted him as he drove the two back to his house. A struggled groan surpassed his lips as he lifted her over his shoulder and kicked the passenger side door shut. He carried her up the stairs to his room, ignoring the note that was left on the table. He layed her on his bed, gently, slightly out of breath.
"Troy." Gabriella breathed, hoarsely. Her eyes fluttered open, slowly as her body began to lift from the bed. She opened her eyes all the way, to see Troy wiggling out of his denim boy shorts and t-shirt, leaving him in a black wife-beather and white and black checker board boxers. A small small toyed on her lips as he turned around, showing off his full glory. She pressed her lips against his.
Troy pulled back from her. "It's 11:57 at night. I'm exhausted." he said, stretching his arm to turn off the light. He slid into the bed and let out a long sigh, closing his eyes. "Love you, good night." he yawned.
Gabriella made a confused face and rolled her eyes. She swung her leg over his waist, straddling him. She leaned down and bit down on his ear, making him squirm. "Show me how much you love me." she whispered.
Guilt engulfed Troy as he stared into her lustful brown eyes, Sharpay's words haunting him. "It's late, Gabs." he muttered, wanting to mentally kick himself for giving up a chance of sex from his girlfriend who was practically throwing herself at him.
Gabriella looked up and stared at him. She smacked him on the chest, making him suck in a breath in pain. "I'm practically throwing myself at you, and you make me look like a fucking idiot because it's late?" She rolled off of him and off the bed, grabbing her purse and shoes.
Troy stood up quickly and walked toward her. "No, wait, Gabs. It's just tomorrow's the game against East High and you know I always play my best when I have it right before. So, I'm just saying how about we wait until tomorrow evening?" he said, trying to whip away her frown.
"I'll see you later." Gabriella said, walking out of the bedroom and slamming the door behind her.
Troy groaned and fell back onto his bed. He turned and looked at his clock reading 12:00 a.m. He sighed and closed his eyes. Eight more days.
"I kissed a girl and I liked it. The taste of her cherry chapstick." Sharpay sang, as her and Gabriella walked down the halls of St. Katherine's.
Gabriella kept quiet, holding her Social Studies book in one hand and her bag in the other hand. She smiled softly as she saw the posters and posters supporting the Cougars as they were going to face East High. East High definitely wasn't their biggest competition, but if they beat them that meant the end of finale's and onto championships.
"No I don't even know your name, it doesn't matter." Sharpay continued to sing, moving her hips in slight rhythm. She stopped quickly as she saw Alexa and Troy, talking in what seemed to be a heated debate. She grabbed Gabriella, before the brunette could look up and smiled, turning her the other way. "I don't really want lunch do you?"
"Of course. It's nacho day, my favorite." Gabriella said, innocently.
Sharpay glanced over her shoulder slightly to see Troy rolling his eyes and walking away from Alexa, looking annoyed. She turned back around before his blue eyes could meet with her brown ones. "But Gabs you promised you would help me figure out the Spanish test today."
Gabriella sighed and shrugged. "I suppose."
Troy smiled softly at on-goers who were patting him on the back, cheering encouraging words for the game that night. He noticed Gabriella's curls and her familiar black Mary-Jane's and sighed, knowing she was probably still pissed at him from last night. It was worth a shot though. He jogged toward her, grabbing her arm. "I need to talk to you, please."
"Well I don't need wanna talk to you." Gabriella muttered, back. She rolled her eyes as he grabbed her pulling her on the side of the row of lockers. She glanced at Sharpay who was staring at the two, confused.
"Gabs, don't be mad about last night. It was late and-"
"You made me look like a fool, Troy. I'm not even mad about that. I'm mad, because I know you're hiding something from me." She glared at him as he stared at her nervously. "See that look gives it all away. It doesn't take a genius to figure out. You get nervous whenever I bring up certain conversations, you get all defensive whenever I bring up Alex-"
Troy shook his head. "I'm not hiding anything from you. I..I'm just nervous for the game today." he said, cringing as another lie came out of his mouth.
Gabriella rolled her eyes and shifted her tote on her shoulders. "You've never been nervous for any other game." she said, walking away.
Taylor who was hiding in the classroom right next to them, peeked her head out, making sure the coast was clear. She stepped out, noticing Troy's wide eyes. "Bolton, I'm the least of your problems, right now. In my opinion, you should really tell Gabriella before the eight days left end. I mean, she is catching on to you. She's already going to be mad when she finds out that you had rebound sex with her biggest enemy after you two broke up, then lied to her about it. How do you think she's going to react when she finds out that you had a time limit to tell her, but didn't tell her till' the very end?" She shrugged and walked away, feeling victorious as she heard his sigh.
A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews. I love 'em. This chapter came out pretty fast, because I haven't done anything rather than sit on the computer all day, listening to my iTunes. Ha, but anyways, please review. (: