Chapter 12
"Troy, I don't remember doing anything with him."
"Well, he said that you did."
"Okay, this is good. We're getting our feelings out."
Amy, Emmy, Troy, and Gabriella were all in Gabriella's room.
"Uh, hello! You're my therapist, not theirs," Emmy said, putting her hands on her cheeks.
"Emmy, you're right." Amy got up. "I think that you two should work this out by yourselves."
"I've already taken care of it," Troy said, looking at Gabriella. "You can go with Ryan since you have such a great time with him."
"Troy!"
"Just don't talk to me!"
"Troy, I think that you should listen to Gabriella," Amy said. "She needs you. Especially if she's pregnant."
"You said that we should do this on our own," Troy said. "So we are."
"Can we just hurry this up?" Emmy asked, putting her feet up on the bed.
"Some things can't be hurried," Amy said.
"Fine, then leave," Gabriella said to Troy, opening the bedroom door. To her surprise, Sharpay was right outside.
"What are you doing?"
"Troy, how about I give you a ride home?" Sharpay suggested, ignoring Gabriella.
"Sharpay, not now," Troy said.
"Can you people leave?!" Emmy asked.
Ryan came up. "Uh, Gabriella…."
"I thought you were in the car!" Sharpay said, shoving him.
"I don't think this is right…."
Sharpay shoved her fist into his mouth and knocked him over.
Gabriella walked out to him. She helped him up. "That's alright, Troy. I have Ryan."
"Yeah? Well, I have Sharpay," Troy said, pulling Sharpay over to him. "And we're actually going to be responsible."
Gabriella shook her head. "Get out of my house!"
"No problem!"
"Gabriella, I have to tell you something," Ryan said.
"Not now!"
"Well, this has been interesting," Amy said. "Emmy, I'll meet with you tomorrow. Troy, make sure she doesn't have any way that she can get cigarettes or anything, okay?"
"Yeah, sure," Troy said.
"It was nice meeting you all. Goodbye." She walked out of the room and left.
"Well, Ryan and I have to go," Sharpay said. She smiled at Troy. "I'll see you tomorrow. Come on, Ryan."
Ryan looked at Gabriella. "I-"
"RYAN!"
Ryan quickly followed Sharpay out of the house.
"Can we leave this dump?" Emmy asked.
"Certainly," Troy said.
"Good, then I won't have to see you anymore," Gabriella said.
Troy glared at her. "Come on, Emmy."
The two left. Gabriella was alone.
She went over and sat down on her bed. She had lost Troy. She began to cry.
"Gabriella, is everything okay?" her mother asked, coming in.
"Yeah, Mom, everything's fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Can I just be alone, please?"
"Okay."
Gabriella sobbed. Nothing could be worse than this.
****
Gabriella walked into school. Everybody was looking at her. Evidently the word had gotten out that she was pregnant.
As she reached her locker, Sharpay came up to her. "Hi."
"Hi."
"So, are you okay?"
"No."
"Why not? Because you lost Troy and you're pregnant?"
Gabriella ignored her.
"Well, good luck with everything."
Sharpay strutted off.
Gabriella took out her Algebra book.
"Uh, Gabriella."
She turned around to see Ryan.
"Hi."
"I need to tell you something."
Gabriella looked at him.
"You're not pregnant."
"What?"
"Sharpay wanted you to think that you were to pull you away from Troy."
"But, the tests….."
"Sharpay told me that the first test you used had a recall, but she did something to the others before you used them to make them positive."
"Your aunt….."
"Sharpay paid her to say the tests were positive."
"You said…."
"She begged me to play along with it. But then I realized how hurt you were."
"So, I'm not pregnant?"
"No."
Gabriella smiled. "This is great!"
Ryan nodded.
"Thank you for telling me!"
"No problem."
"I've gotta go tell Troy!"
Gabriella ran as fast as she could to Troy's locker. "TROY!"
He turned to see her.
"I'm not pregnant!"
"What?"
"Sharpay was lying about it! It's not true!"
"Excuse me," Sharpay said, coming up to them. "I did not lie."
"Ryan just told me."
"I didn't lie! Troy, who are you going to believe? Me or her?"
Troy looked from Sharpay to Gabriella. "Come on, Sharpay. Let's go."
Troy and Sharpay left Gabriella standing alone. She sighed. It was too late. Troy had moved on.
****
"Hi, Bob," Emmy said, coming up to him.
"Uh, hi."
"I'm sorry I left your doctor's office. I mean, I had to try and get away, so…."
"Emmy, I need to talk to you."
"About what?"
"I'm breaking up with you."
Emmy stared at him. "WHAT?!"
"You aren't pretty enough and I want nothing to do with you."
Emmy stared at him.
"I hope you understand."
Emmy kicked him in the shin.
"OW!!"
"That's what'll happen when you mess with me!"
Emmy began to walk down the hallway, but she was stopped by her old friend, Nell.
"Hi, Emmy! It's been a while."
"Get lost, Nell. You're not my friend anymore."
"But, I'd really like to be your friend again. I want to help you."
"Get lost!"
"But…."
"EVERYONE! THIS GIRL HERE, NELL, HAS COOTIES! STAY AWAY FROM HER!"
Everybody began to laugh at Nell.
"That'll teach you to stay away from me."
Emmy left a crushed, crying Nell.
As Emmy continued on, she noticed people trying to get out of her way. They were scared of her. She could care less.
She reached into her pocket to retrieve her drugs, but then she realized that they weren't there.
She was mad. It was all that stupid Amy's fault.
Emmy kept on walking. She bumped into Gabriella.
"Move it!"
"Emmy, I will not be spoken to that way!"
"I believe you just were! And besides, why are your eyes all red?"
"Because your cousin is a jerk!" "Wow, I could give a crap less."
She passed Gabriella. She couldn't be caught hanging out with a loser like her. Even though nobody else would hang out with her.