Thanks for all the great reviews! I didn't think I would get such a response but I'm sure glad I did. As a reward I typed up a little chapter. I might do several of these along the way (If I want to add something to one of the months but I don't think its enough to warrant a super long chapter or doesn't really go with what I've already written). So this chapter says 1 and a Half Months but thats not true, its just a continuation of the same day. I just liked the way it sounded lol. Sorry for odd little note, pay no attention to me. Just read and review! Thanks a million times over!
1 and a half Months
"Greetings my dear friends." Sharpay and Troy both rolled their eyes at their friend as they entered the Danforths' residence. The two couples and very close friends usually had dinner together once a week; whether it was at someone's house or out at a nice restaurant. So since this was such a tradition, they didn't want to cancel; well Troy didn't want to cancel. Sharpay was still reeling from the fact that she was pregnant. Frankly, all she wanted to do was curl up in a ball and watch reruns of One Tree Hill in her pajamas with a bowl of Hershey's kisses in her lap. Troy, actually, wanted to do something a little bit more romantic but Sharpay was afraid of throwing up in public again. So instead he decided that they should keep their original dinner plans and share the good news with their friends.
"Hey guys," Taylor greeted her friends as she came in from the living room. Hugs and hellos were shared among the four good friends. "So…are you?"
"What?" Troy asked.
"You know: Knocked Up! Bun in the Oven! Tin roof rusted!" Chad exclaimed.
"Really Chad?" Taylor glared at her husband.
"What?" Chad asked innocently as the three people in front of him shot him death glares.
"On earth Chad, we refer to this topic as being pregnant or having a baby," Troy responded.
"Whatever, you two didn't answer the question? Are we planning a baby shower or what?" Sharpay rolled her eyes as Troy took one of her hands.
"Ignore him please and just tell me! I have been dying since you left to pick up the test!" Taylor exclaimed. "Seriously, I'm going to burst people!"
Troy chuckled at his friend and kissed Sharpay's cheek. "Do you want to tell them or should I?"
"The pleasure's all yours," Sharpay squeezed his hand gently.
"Oh my god!" Taylor squealed in excitement, knowing what was coming.
"Chillax Tay, they haven't even said anything yet," Chad shook his head at his wife, women.
"We're having a baby!" Troy exclaimed just as Taylor began screaming. More hugs and kisses were shared among the friends.
"You the man!" Chad exclaimed as he patted his best friend on the back several times. "Way to go bro!"
"Oh Shar, I'm so happy for you," Taylor gushed.
"Thanks Tay," Sharpay smiled as they hugged again.
"If you need anything, you let me know. Seriously I know exactly what you're going through."
"Thanks, I know that I'll have tons of questions."
"And I've got tons of answers for you," Taylor replied.
"Oh yeah me too," Chad added. "I got them all."
"Right Chad," Sharpay nodded, he was the last person she would go to on pregnancy advice.
"So your parents must have flipped out huh?" Chad questioned. "First grandbaby on both sides too?"
"Actually we haven't told anyone else yet," Troy replied.
"Aww we're the first? We're honored, right honey?" Chad wrapped his arms around his wife as she nodded.
"We kind of need you guys to keep this a secret actually," Sharpay put in. "We only told you because you guys actually helped us out but we want to wait on telling everyone else. Just until we know everything's okay with the baby."
"Say no more, I was the exact same way with Brandon," Taylor knew that the risk of miscarriage was significantly less after the first trimester. "But I'm glad you told me because you'll need someone to talk to."
"Time to celebrate! Let's have a drink!" Chad announced. "Sorry Shar, I'll make you something virgin."
"That'd be great, thanks," Sharpay responded wishing she could have something much stronger. With news like this, a nice hard stiff drink would actually hit the spot.
"Come help me in the kitchen," Taylor grabbed Sharpay's arm and led her off. "We've got so much to talk about Shar!"
"Isn't it kind of funny that I'm fixing Shar a virgin drink when clearly she's anything but.'
"Chad," Troy growled, not liking where this was going.
"I'm not saying she's a s-l-u-t," he spelled for fear his kids were around, "or that she gets around. Its just she's the farthest thing from a virgin since she's pregnant, you know what I mean."
"Lets just go make some drinks," Troy headed into the basement where Chad's new bar was with his friend hot on his heels.
"Hey kiddo," Sharpay walked into the kitchen and found the Danforths' two happy children. Brandon was coloring at the table while Mia was munching on grape halves in her high chair before dinner was ready.
"Auntie Sharpie!" Brandon exclaimed upon seeing one of his favorite people.
"Hi sweetheart," Sharpay kissed the top of Mia's curly little head before taking a seat next to Brandon. She kissed Brandon's cheek as he wrapped his arms around her. "How was school today?"
"Fun, I had a good snack today," Brandon replied and Sharpay giggled.
"That's it? You had a good snack? Isn't there more to pre-school than snacks?" Sharpay questioned as she tickled his little sides.
"Sharpie," Brandon laughed as he tried to get away. "I did all my countings today. Miss Nancy read a good book about frogs and I got to feed the fish today!"
"Well that's more like it," Sharpay replied.
"Well you got more out of him than I did today," Taylor chuckled as she put on her oven mitts to take out the stuffed chicken breasts she had been baking.
"Wanna play outside with me?" Brandon asked, quickly abandoning his coloring book and crayons.
"Sweetheart, dinner's almost ready and your Aunt and I need to talk," Taylor responded as she placed the baking dish on the stove.
"But Mommy I just wanna show her my new tree house," Brandon pouted, knowing that at least one of the women in the room would give in to him.
"Well I would love to see it, we won't be long Taylor," Sharpay stated as she stood up. "Plus we've got all night to talk."
"Alright, alright. Don't get dirty Brandon," Taylor instructed her son as he led Sharpay to the sliding glass doors at the end of the kitchen.
"Oh Mom," Brandon just shook his head at her as he walked outside.
"Where are they off too?" Troy asked as he walked into the kitchen holding a virgin strawberry margarita for his wife.
"Brandon is showing Sharpay his new tree house."
"The tree house that was supposed to be completed at the beginning of summer so he could play on it all summer long, that tree house?" Troy laughed.
"That would be the one, Chad finally finished it over the weekend," Taylor answered him as she grabbed plates.
"Is it safe?"
"God, I hope so. It seemed pretty sturdy but you never know with Chad."
"True," Troy walked over to the glass doors and smiled as Brandon helped Sharpay up the short little ladder. "Is it sturdy enough for adults?"
"Its supposed to hold over 500 pounds," Taylor joined Troy at the door. "Sharpay will be fine, trust me, she's not going to overdo it just climbing up a little ladder."
"I'm just a little nervous," Troy admitted.
"That's completely natural when you're having a baby. By the way I am so excited for you two."
"I kind of got that from all of the screaming."
"Ha ha! You seem pretty excited too."
"I am, I'm thrilled. Its just Sharpay, she says she's okay with it but I'm not sure."
"It's a lot to take in Troy, especially as a woman. She's the one that's pregnant and this was a shock to her. I know how she feels too. I wasn't ready to have Brandon either, Chad and I had only been married for three months when we found it. We were still so young and still living in that tiny apartment. Chad was looking for a better job and I was at the boutique at least fifteen hours a day. It wasn't until I saw my little guy on the ultrasound that I realized how blessed I was to be having a baby."
"Will you talk to her?"
"She'll come around Troy but I'll talk to her."
"Thanks Taylor, I really appreciate it. Look at them, they're having a great time!"
"She's great with him, Mia too. She's going to be a great mom."
"Yeah she is," Troy looked lovingly at his wife. "I just wish she knew it."
Brandon and Sharpay came back in a minute later. Perfect timing too because Taylor was plating dinner and Chad came up from the basement with a pitcher of very potent margaritas. Dinner was great and Sharpay devoured every bite of the stuffed chicken breasts, buttery egg noodles and salad. She didn't have breakfast and was barely able to keep the lunch that Troy had made down. After dinner, the two couples talked for a little bit on the patio while the children played in the backyard. Little Mia stuck to the sandbox while Brandon was all over the place. Once it was time for the kids to go to bed, Troy and Sharpay decided it would be a good time to leave as well.
Once at home, Sharpay took a nice hot bath and soaked as long as she could before she turned into a prune. The bath was great and really helped Sharpay to relax after an extremely long day. She threw on one of Troy's old t-shirts and went looking for her husband downstairs. She found him in the kitchen cooking in front of the stove.
Sharpay took a deep breath as the overwhelming smell of eggs hit her fast, "You're eating eggs?" she choked out..
Troy looked up, "Yeah I know what you're going to say…I stuffed myself during dinner but I can't help it. I'm a growing boy, I'm still hungry. I figure if you're eating for two, I should too," he laughed. "You want an omelet too?"
Sharpay shook her head 'no' before darting out of the kitchen. She could feel the bile rising in her throat and didn't want to lose it all over the kitchen tile.
"Sharpay?" Troy took off after her and found her emptying the contents of her stomach in their downstairs powder room. "Oh honey," Troy pulled her wet hair away from her face and gently rubbed her back for the next several minutes. "Its okay."
"I hate this," Sharpay mumbled before retching one more time.
"You alright?" Troy asked as Sharpay slowly sat up and leaned against him.
"This has got to be the worst part of pregnancy."
"Let me get you some…" Troy started when the loud beeping of the smoke detector went off. "Shit!" He shouted over the annoying noise before rushing out of the bathroom.
"Troy!" Sharpay slowly forced herself to stand up and followed her husband.
"I forgot to turn off the stove," he explained as he began to open the windows in the kitchen. His omelet was practically charred to a crisp now, definitely not edible. Once Troy opened the windows and got a little fresh air in the kitchen, the ear piercing beeping finally relented. "I'm so sorry."
"Its alright," Sharpay grabbed a cold bottle of water from the fridge and welcomed the drink down her burning throat.
"That was the last thing that you needed Pay," Troy came behind her and wrapped his arms around her still slender waist.
"I'm fine Troy, really. I'm just going to brush my teeth and go to sleep. This day has just been way too long, I just want to close my eyes for eight hours."
"Let me clean this up and I'll join you."
"I know you're hungry, so eat something please. One of us should at least be eating."
"I'll just make a quick sandwich or something alright. Get some sleep, I'll be up soon." Troy kissed her cheek before sending her on her way. "Love you."
"Ditto," she called back from the hallway.
Sharpay made her way into their master bedroom, their huge comfy bed was calling out to her. But first she needed to brush her teeth, to rid her mouth of the pure awfulness that came after throwing up. Once she was finished, she literally crawled into bed after such an exhausting day. All she wanted to do was sleep but strangely enough that was the last thing she could do. Thoughts of her pregnancy and developing baby clouded her mind. Was this pregnancy going to be hard on her? The morning sickness or rather all day sickness was already starting to take a toll on her. Would she put on a lot of weight? And more importantly would she be able to lose it all? Was Troy still going to love her and her added weight? Would this baby be healthy? She'd seen and heard labor and delivery horror stories, would she have one herself? How would she be as a mother? Would she love her baby unconditionally like she should? These questions and many more kept Sharpay up for another hour. She was just about to turn on the T.V. to get her mind off of everything when Troy came into the bedroom.
Instead of a sandwich, Troy made one of his signature dishes: deluxe macaroni and cheese. He grabbed the whole bowl and settled into the family room to catch the end of a football game. Once he finished his evening snack, he needed to clean up his earlier mess. After scrubbing pans, hopefully to Sharpay' s satisfaction, Troy made his way upstairs for bed. He couldn't help but smile at the sight of his sleeping wife. His wife and now the mother of his child, Troy had been on cloud nine all day. He readied himself for bed and soon climbed in next to Sharpay. Just like he always did, he wrapped his arms around his wife, his favorite way to sleep.
"Troy," Sharpay sniffled.
"You're still awake?"
Sharpay nodded against him, "I don't think I've ever been more scared in my entire life."
"Oh Pay," Troy felt helpless; he felt so good about this baby but Sharpay was still so unsure and he had no idea how to calm her fears.
"Just tell me everything's going to be okay."
"Everything is going to be alright," Troy complied and spoke with such conviction that Sharpay was forced to believe him and she did. And for the first time all day, she finally felt at peace.
Up Next: Sharpay still has a few doubts and the first doctor's appointment! And possibly some tips from Chad.