Troy drove home with tears in his eyes. He parked his car and walked into the house.
"Hey Troy, could you do me a favor?" Vanessa asked her son.
Troy walked past his mother and went upstairs to his room without a word. Vanessa heard Troy's bedroom door slam and sighed. Ryan came into the room and looked at his mother.
"What's wrong with him?" Ryan asked.
"I don't know. I am going to go talk to him" Vanessa said walking upstairs.
Vanessa saw Troy's door closed. She sighed and knocked on the door.
"Troy, are you okay?" Vanessa asked concerned.
"I don't want to talk to anyone right now" Troy said through the door.
"Is it Rachel?" Vanessa asked.
"Mom, I don't want to talk about it right now" Troy said.
"Fine, when you want to talk, you know where I will be" Vanessa said walking downstairs.
Vanessa walked downstairs and saw Zac sitting in the family room.
"What's going on?" Zac asked as his wife.
"Troy came home upset. I don't know what happened. I went upstairs and tried to find out what happened but he said he doesn't want to talk about it right now" Vanessa said putting her head on Zac's shoulder.
"Van he is a college graduate. He is going to keep things to himself. If he wants to tell us then he will" Zac said.
Vanessa sighed. A couple hours later, Troy opened his bedroom door slowly. His eyes were bloodshot. He walked downstairs to the kitchen and saw his mother.
"Are you okay?" Vanessa asked her son.
Troy took a deep breath.
"Rachel is pregnant" Troy said shakily.
"Oh honey" Vanessa said pulling her son into her arms. She rubbed Troy's back soothingly.
"The baby is mine" Troy said looking at his mother.
"Do you know how far along she is?" Vanessa asked calmly.
"No we don't. I told her that I was going to be there for her. I can't believe this is happening" Troy said putting his head in his hands.
"I know, bud but it is. Rachel is probably scared to death. Did she tell her parents?" Vanessa asked.
Troy nodded.
"What did they say?" Vanessa asked.
"Rachel said that they are accepting of it but they aren't thrilled. I don't know what to do, mom" Troy said.
"You need to be there for Rachel, okay? You can't let her see you like this or she will get more upset than she probably already is" Vanessa told her son.
"I am going to go over there right now" Troy said.
"That's my boy. I love you" Vanessa said kissing her son's cheek.
"I love you, too and thanks" Troy said.
"For what?" Vanessa asked her son.
"For letting the news sink in before I told you and being supportive of my decisions" Troy said.
"You know that whenever you need me, I am here to talk" Vanessa said.
"I know" Troy said kissing his mother's cheek.
"Now go to Rachel's" Vanessa said.
Troy left the house and drove to Rachel's house. He parked his car and walked to the front door. Troy rang the doorbell. Rachel opened the door.
"Hey" Rachel said.
"Hey, can we talk for a minute? About all of this?" Troy asked his girlfriend.
"Yeah" Rachel said closing the door behind her.
Troy entwined their fingers together as they walked down the street.
"I want to be there for you whenever you need me, I know that this news was a shock but we are going to get through it. So I want to be involved and know when your doctor appointments are, when your due date is, and everything else. I love you, Rachel" Troy said.
"Thank you, Troy. I know that it wasn't planned. I am glad that you are man enough to stand by me in a time like this. I am petrified, Troy. I don't know what to do" Rachel said tearing up.
"Hey, baby. Don't cry" Troy said hugging his girlfriend.
Troy held Rachel as she cried. He rubbed her back and kissed her head.
"I am scared to death also. We have to take it day by day. I love you so much and I will never ever leave you" Troy said.
"I love you too" Rachel said as she tightened her grip on her boyfriend.
"Did you make a doctor's appointment?" Troy asked.
"Yeah, I have one on Tuesday" Rachel said.
"I will be there" Troy said.
Troy and Rachel walked back to Rachel's house. He kissed his girlfriend and drove home. Troy walked into the house and went into the family room.
"How did it go?" Zac asked his son.
"Better than I had expected. I told her that I want to be involved as much as possible and that I am not leaving her" Troy said.
"I am proud of you, Troy. You are taking responsibility for your actions and standing by the person that is affected by them" Zac said.
"Yeah, I have never felt so scared in my entire life, dad. Were you scared when mom told you that she was pregnant with me?" Troy asked looking at his father.
Flashback
"Hello?" Zac answered.
"Hi" Vanessa said tearfully.
"Vanessa, sweetheart what's wrong?" Zac asked.
"I'm pregnant" Vanessa said crying.
"Really?" Zac asked surprised.
"Yeah. Look, I am going to bring your key and stuff to your parent's house-"Vanessa said.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What do you mean, bring my stuff? Honey, I am not breaking up with you" Zac said.
"Your not?" Vanessa asked crying.
"No sweetie. This is my responsibility too. I am going to be there for you no matter what. I know it's going to be difficult for a few weeks because I am filming but it will be okay. I am happy, I really am" Zac said.
Vanessa sat on the living room couch crying. She was happy that Zac wasn't going to leave her and that he would still love her.
"I love you" Vanessa said.
"I love you too, baby. I know your scared to death, I am too. I want you to stay at your mom's house until I get home okay? I don't want anything bad to happen to either of you" Zac said.
"Okay" Vanessa said.
"I had never been so scared of something in my entire life. I knew though that I had to stand by your mother because she was more afraid than I was. It was our choice and we had to live with the consequences. You are doing great so far, Troy" Zac said commending his son.
"Thanks, dad. We have to figure out our housing situation though. I mean I don't know where we should live" Troy told his father.
"Isn't that house down the street for sale?" Zac asked.
"Yeah, it is. Maybe Rachel and I could take a look at it?" Troy thought out loud.
"Call the realtor and go check it out" Zac told his son.
"Thanks dad. For being here whenever I need you" Troy said.
Zac hugged his son and patted his back.
"You know I am here for always" Zac said.
Troy got up from the couch that he was sitting on and went upstairs to his room. He had a lot of thinking to do. The next day, Troy went to Rachel's house and knocked on the door.
"Hey" Rachel said.
"Hey, I have an idea" Troy said as he walked into his girlfriend's house.
Rachel looked at her boyfriend confused.
"Since we are having a baby, I think we should move in together. I found a great house that's down the street. We just have to go look at it and see if it's worth buying" Troy said.
"Where's the house?" Rachel asked.
"Down the street" Troy said.
"Let's go see it" Rachel said.
Troy walked up to his girlfriend and kissed her on the lips.
"I love you so much" Troy said.
"I love you too" Rachel said.
The couple got into the car and drove down the street where the house for sale was. Troy got out of the car and helped Rachel out of her seat. They then walked into the house and looked around. After they looked at the house, Troy and Rachel decided to make an offer on it. The realtor had told them it would be a few days until they knew if they got it or not. The couple drove to the Efron residence and walked into the house.
"Hey, did you look at the house?" Vanessa asked her son.
"Yeah, we made an offer. The realtor said that we should know in a few days" Troy said.
That's good, Troy. Rachel how are you feeling?" Vanessa asked her son's girlfriend.
"I have been better but I am dealing" Rachel told Vanessa.
"You know that if you need anything, just call okay?" Vanessa told Rachel.
"Thanks Vanessa, I really appreciate it" Rachel said hugging her boyfriend's mother.
"How are your parents handling it?" Vanessa asked sitting down in the kitchen.
"They are not thrilled that I am having a baby at twenty one but they are accepting it" Rachel said looking at Troy.
The rest of the day, the Efrons and the Adams family tried to grasp the idea that their children would be parents soon.