With Troy:

The past few weeks for Troy were hard to handle. It surprised him how much he missed Gabriella. He didn't know why he had to let her go. Everyday he saw her walk past him, and he always wondered how she was, was she still getting sick, did she know when her due date was, did Lissy ask about him, does Gabriella think about him.

He wasn't the same person, his grades were starting to slip and he kept losing basketball games; he just didn't have the same happy demeanor with out her. But she still didn't know id he wanted to take any responsibility of his child. Was basketball worth leaving Gabriella and the baby? He just didn't know. His mom hated seeing him so sad, but she wanted him to do what he thought was best.

After basketball practice that day he went up to his room and sat n the dark on his bed while listening to music. He still left all his pictures of Gabriella around his room; he loved looking at them especially the ones when she's smiling, He stared at the one with them kissing; a single tear trailed down his cheek. Troy would have called himself a wussy if he was crying but he couldn't seem to stop.

He had to get Gabriella back, but how was he going to do that? Would she even take him back now, after what he did? All he knew was that he had to have his Gabriella back.

He grabbed his coat and walked out of the house, not telling his dad he was leaving. He, like Gabriella, just wanted to walk; not caring where he was going. Five minutes later he found himself sitting on the sings at the park near East High. This park has sentimental value to both Troy and Gabriella; this is where Troy told her he loved her.

*flashback*

"Come on Troy tell me where we're going," Gabriella asked with Troy's hands covering her eyes.

"No it's a surprise, we're almost there."

Troy and Gabriella had walked from her house to the park, Gabriella trusting her boyfriend of 8 months to not let her run into anything. He led her to a quiet part of the park where he had a blanket spread out and a picnic basket waiting to be raided. It was all illuminated by tea-light candles.

"Ready," he asked.

"Yes."

He took his hands away from her eyes revealing the beautiful sight. She gasped when she saw it, it was so breathtaking. Who know Troy boy could be romantic.

"Do you like it," he asked.

"I love it, it's beautiful," she said turning to him and then giving him a sweet kiss.

They settled down on the blanket and starting eating Gabriella's favorites, Margarita pizza and chocolate cover strawberries. It was a picture perfect date. They finished their dinner and Gabriella began thanking him with sweet passionate kisses when the sprinklers came on spraying them with ice cold water. Gabriella jumped up and started running through them like she was a little kid again. Troy joined her a few seconds later; they were all drench a few minutes later.

Troy grabbed onto Gabriella and pulled him into his chest staring into her seep brown eyes. They were forehead to forehead.

"I love you," he breathed out.

Gabriella was stunned but she was creaming with joy on the inside, "I love you too."

They stood their and kissed each other for a long while, only taking a break to breath.

*end of Flashback*

With Gabriella:

She too found herself wandering to the park; but not noticing Troy until she was too close to run away. She just wanted to turn around and walk in the other direction but instead she just stood there not saying anything. She wanted him to drop to his knees and beg her to take him back.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey."
"How are you," he asked.

"Fine, we both are fine," she reached into her pocket and pulled put one of the sonogram pictures, "I thought you might want this."

She walked towards him and handed him on of the first pictures of their baby. She saw him crack a smile when he took a look at it.

"I got those today…O and the doctor says its due date us December 11th," Gabriella said.

"It looks like a peanut."

It was weird they were just talking like nothing was wrong.

"Yea that's how they start out…. Lissy was so fascinated about it today in the doctor's office."

"Lissy knows now?"

"Yea my mom let is slip," she said.

Then the awkwardness hit; they just stood there not knowing what to say next.

"I miss you," he said a few minutes later.

"You were the one who didn't come after me," she said playing with her fingers.

"I didn't know you wanted me to….You were the one who said that I had no obligation to you."

"I only said that because you didn't want the baby and I did; and you dad even said it would be best for you to go for your dreams," she said.

"Still how was I supposed to know you wanted me to come after you?"

"Because you were my boyfriend, because you were supposed to realize that I'm more important to you then any stupid basketball game," she yelled.

"You are important to me, I was just scared, and I don't want to be a father right now I'm too young."

"But you can't just have everything you want; it doesn't work that way…You can't just have me and not the baby; we come as a package."

"I love you and I want to be with you but I want to be a Redhawk and I want to have a regular high school experience. We don't have enough money to raise a baby and I won't be a good father," he said.

"Maybe I don't want to be with you," she said feeling the tears start well up in her eyes.

"You don't?" his voice cracked.

"I don't know, maybe, I want to be with a guy who won't run away from his problems, a guy that will take responsibility for his actions, who will be there for the people he loves," she said.

He kept his down not waning to show Gabriella his tears that were starting to come out of his eyes.
"Can you be that guy Troy?"

He wanted to be that guy but he didn't how if he could, it all was just getting to hard to handle. He never expected he would have to choose between the love of his life and College. It all seems like a dream, well a nightmare that he couldn't wake from. He just had to grow a pair and know that everything was going to be okay.