December 18, 2012
Gabriella sat at home, alone and bored. Troy was in North Carolina. Taylor and Chad went to the city to see Zeke and Sharpay. Gabriella would have went except for the fact that she hasn't been feeling well. She felt like she was getting a cold. She wasn't sure how that was going to affect the baby so she decided to take it easy.
Times like this she sat on the couch and watched daytime TV. Nothing good was ever on in the daytime. She'd talk to the baby, using it's movements as responses. She wished Troy was here. He'd keep her entertained some way or another. She was drifting off to sleep when she had the weirdest dream.
She dreamt that she gave birth to a puppy. Troy wasn't there and she felt like she couldn't handle the puppy-baby on her own. She was scared, so much that she woke up sweating. She had the need to call Troy. She prayed he'd answer despite what he was doing.
"Troy's phone. Julie speaking."
Gabriella frowned. "Hi. Can I talk to Troy?"
"Let me just get him." The girl said. "Troy! It's… Well the phone says 'Gabsy.'"
"Hello?" Troy's voice sounded over the phone. "Gabi?"
"Troy?" Gabriella sniffed to keep her nose from running. She felt a rush of emotions come over her.
"What's wrong? You sound a little congested." Troy worried.
"I'm getting a cold." She said, sniffling. She wiped her tears. "I'm sorry were you busy?"
"I was just playing a game of One on one with Mason. His sister Julie came down here with him and I told her to hold my phone in case you called. Is everything all right Gabsy?" Troy asked.
Gabriella sat up, blowing her nose. "I'm home alone. I had a nap and I had a weird dream. It kind of freaked me out."
"Tell me about it." Troy said, giving her his full attention.
"I had the baby but the baby was a puppy." She said with a sigh. "You were gone. I don't know where you were. That freaked me out the most."
Troy frowned. "Hey, I'm not going anywhere. I'm here for you and the baby one hundred and one percent. I promise."
"I know. It's just hard sometimes." She let out a soft sob. "I don't even know why I'm crying. I just wish you were here."
"I'll be home soon, Gabsy. Hang in there okay?"
"I'm sorry." She said, hiccupping softly.
"Don't be. I'm here for you for all of this, okay? Why don't you get a small bowl of ice cream and pop in a movie alight?" Troy suggested. Gabriella sighed, blowing her nose again. "Call your OB, see if you can take something for your cold."
Gabi ran her fingers through her hair. "Okay. I miss you."
Troy chuckled. "I miss you too Gabsy. I love you."
"I love you too."
"Give the baby a kiss for me."
Gabi let out a giggle that made Troy smile. "I can't bend that way but I'll give it your love."
"Bye Gabsy." Troy said laughing.
"Bye" She said softly before hanging up.
"Baby mama drama?" Mason asked when Troy walked back to his friends. He handed Julie his phone and smacked the ball out of his teammates hand.
"She's just lonely." Troy said with a shrug. "Emotional…"
"I never getting pregnant." Julie said shuddering. "Just the thought of childbirth makes me gag."
"You don't want kids?" Troy asked, looking at the girl.
Julie shrugged. "I do I just don't want to do all that. I'll adopt. I'll have a baby from every country."
Mason snorted. "I'm glad I never have to get pregnant."
Troy rolled his eyes at the both of them. "Let's play basketball and not talk about pregnancy, okay?"
"Deal." Mason agreed, taking the ball back. He ran down the court shooting a lay-up.
December 20, 2012
Taylor, Sharpay, and Gabriella were at some designer dress shop looking for bridesmaid dresses for Sharpay's wedding. It was still a while until the actual wedding since they didn't even have a date set, so they were just browsing really. Taylor and Sharpay just wanted to get Gabriella out of the house. She'd been moping around since Troy left for North Carolina. He was coming home tonight and they wanted to keep her occupied.
They picked a couple of dresses they liked and were going to try on to see how they fit. Taylor's choices were up first. Taylor walked up in a peach chiffon dress that looked beautiful with her skin tone. Gabi gave her a small smile, nodding in approval. Sharpay didn't like it very much. Taylor turned and tried on the next.
Sharpay went second, modeling her personal choices. She stepped out in her final choice, a navy blue long dress. "This would be perfect for when you and Chad get married." Sharpay said, smirking.
Gabriella looked over at her friends confused. "What?"
Taylor scowled. "Chad and I aren't getting married soon. I was just discussing wedding colors and I said I liked Navy." She said simply. Taylor licked her lips and shook her head at Sharpay. "I would want short anyway."
"Ooh." Sharpay said, wiggling in the dress. "Okay, Gabi, you're up."
"Fantastic." Gabi said dryly. She pushed herself up and followed Sharpay into the dressing room. Sharpay got out of her dress and hung it up. "Stay outside, I might need you."
"Okie dokie." Sharpay said, closing the curtain.
Gabriella sighed, turning to her choice of dresses. She took out the first one of two. She didn't find anything in particular that caught her eye. She took off her maternity pants, folding them carefully. She took off her shirt before taking out the dress. She took a deep breath and tried to shimmy it on. She frowned when it wouldn't go past her hips.
"Sharpay." Gabriella called quietly, taking the dress off. She put it back on the hanger and stuck it out the curtain. "Can you give me the next size please?"
"Gabi…" Sharpay said softly, frowning.
"Please?" Gabriella definitely didn't want to talk about it. Sharpay sighed quietly, leaving to get the dresses. She came back and handed it in to her. Gabriella slipped the tight dress on. She walked out with an open back.
Sharpay had gone back to her seat and she walked over to her and Taylor. "Oh my! It looks so cute on you! Look at your baby bump!" Taylor cooed. "Turn around, let me see the back."
Gabriella sighed. "It won't zip up." She said softy.
"Did you try?" Sharpay asked standing up. "Maybe we can get the zipper up." Sharpay said, clipping the top of the zipper with ease. "Ready? Hold your breath." Sharpay tried to get it to zip but it didn't budge.
"I can't hold my breath. I'm pregnant." She grumbled. "Just take it off."
Sharpay unclipped it. "You'll be back to normal by the wedding."
"Oh I better be. If I'm this fat when you're getting married or if you're getting married, Taylor, I'm not going to be in either. I'll be in the back wearing sweatpants." Gabriella said as she shimmied off her dress before she even made it back to the dressing room. She put her normal clothes back on and walked out. "I want to go home."
Taylor and Sharpay frowned. "Come on, Gabriella. One more store." Sharpay pouted.
"You guys can go, but I'm going home. I don't want to be here." Gabriella said, frustrated tears welling up in her eyes. "I'm fat and I can't fit into dresses my size and I want to sleep." She said before she sobbed and walked out of the store.
"How many more months until we get normal Gabi back?" Sharpay asked with a frowned.
"This is normal Gabi to me." Taylor said with a sigh. "Eighteen weeks to be exact."
"Shit." Sharpay said, letting out a breath. "I guess we should go after her."
Taylor nodded. "We just need to get her some potato chips. That is my go-to peace offering."
"Good idea. Food, let's go." Sharpay said, linking arms with Taylor as they walked out of the dress store.
They found Gabi waiting by the car with red puffy eyes. She had her arms crossed over her chest. When Taylor unlocked the car, Gabriella sat in the back. "We're going to get some food. Any cravings?" Taylor asked softly.
Gabriella thought for a moment. "Can we get some hot wings?"
"Again?" Taylor said with a groan.
Sharpay slapped Taylor's arms. "Don't anger her." She hissed. "Of course, honey, we'll get you some hot wings." Sharpay glanced back and Gabi gave her a soft smile.
After they had a late lunch they went and saw a movie. Gabriella didn't see much of the movie because she peed every ten minutes for the first half and got sick the second. They finally gave up on their day out and took Gabriella back home. They all sat in her bed, cuddled against each other watching movies until Gabriella had fallen asleep between them.
Sharpay and Taylor got up, turning Gabi into a more comfortable position. They snuck out, turning off the TV, letting her nap for a little while. They sat down on the couch and let out a sigh each. "I do not know how Troy deals with her all the time." Sharpay said.
"She's not this bad when he's around, usually." Taylor said. "She's just having a rough time."
"I guess." Sharpay shook her head. "Thank god Troy's coming back in a couple hours."
"You're telling me." Taylor said, shaking her head as well. "Think back to high school. Who would have thought Gabi would be the first one of us to get pregnant?"
"I thought it would be me." Sharpay said. "Zeke and I did it everywhere…. We still do." She reasoned.
Taylor made a face. "Trust me, I know. I remember me and Gabi walking in on you sucking hi-"
Sharpay blushed. "We agreed we'd never bring that up."
Taylor tossed her head back laughing. "Wait until you hear our wedding toast."
"No!" Sharpay said mortified. "My dad's going to be there! My parents still think I'm a virgin."
"Now that's a long shot." Taylor teased. They giggled together, reminiscing on high school.
Troy got off the plane with Julie and Mason. They were inseparable the whole trip. He felt better about the Gabi situation and about basketball. He wasn't sure what was so different about this away game but it sure helped him a lot. He'd called Chad to let him know he didn't have to pick him up. Julie and Mason offered to give him a ride home since it was on the way.
They packed into the car and buckled up. "So what are you going to do when you get home?" Julie asked, turning around.
"I don't know? I have a feeling all of my friends are going to be there. You guys can come in and meet everybody if you want." Troy said with a shrug.
"I'm sure we can stop by before I have to take Julie home." Mason said as he drove.
"Cool." Troy nodded. "Are we still on for lunch tomorrow?" He asked quietly to Julie. She nodded with a smile. "I'll pick you up at one."
"Great." Julie said, turning around.
They chatted on the way to the house. Troy got out first when they got there. He lead them in, laughing quietly. "Troy!" He heard a familiar shriek from across the room. He was attacked by two arms that wrapped around him.
Troy chuckled. "Hello to you too."
"Thank god you're home." Gabi said, clinging onto him.
"I can see I was missed." Troy joked. "Gabsy, let go. I have to into introduce you to my friends."
Gabi smiled innocently, letting him go. "Sorry."
He chuckled, kissing her forehead. "Guys, this is Mason and Julie." Troy introduced. "This is Gabriella, Sharpay and Zeke on the couch. Chad and Taylor."
"Hello." Mason and Julie said.
Gabriella smiled. "Nice to meet you."
"Oh, look at you. You're just the cutest." Julie said, touching Gabi's belly. "Does it move a lot?"
"Yeah, kinda." Gabriella gave a forced smile. "So are you and Mason together?"
Julie made a face. "God no. He's my little brother."
"Right… I think Troy told me that. Pregnancy brain." She said, moving away from Troy and Julie. She took a seat next to Sharpay on the couch.
"I think we better head back Jules. It's nice to meet you all." Mason said, patting Troy's shoulder. "Later man."
"See you later. I'll see you tomorrow Julie." Troy said, seeing them out. He walked back in, putting his duffle bag in his room. He closed the door behind him, taking his shirt off, putting it in the hamper. He noticed Gabi's book on his bedside table and his freshly made bed. He swallowed thickly before his feelings got the best of him. The crib he had in his room was slowly getting filled with shopping bags of clothes, mostly from Sharpay.
He changed before he walked out to his friends again. "Hey brother, you never told me if you won or not." Chad said. He was sitting in an armchair with Taylor across his lap.
"Yeah, we did. 62 to 40." Troy said with shrug. "How was everybody else's week?"
"Terrible." Gabi mumbled.
"Long" Taylor said, with a small smirk.
"Mine was great." Sharpay said, grinning. She felt up Gabi's bump, feeling for any sign of movement.
"I'm not Buddha. You can stop rubbing me now." Gabriella snapped.
Sharpay rolled her eyes. "Calm down mama bear. I'm just giving the baby some love before Zekey and I head back home."
Gabriella mumbled.. "Sorry."
"Don't worry mama bear. I still love you." Sharpay squeezed her friend. "I'll see you later."
"Love you too." She said, hugging Sharpay. She got up with Sharpay and gave Zeke a hug. "Bye Zeke."
"Bye Gabs, bye baby." Zeke said patting her tummy awkwardly.
As Sharpay left Gabi went in Troy's room in search of her book. She found it by his bed where she left it. She picked it up and turned around, bumping into Troy. "Jesus." She jumped. "Don't do that!"
"I asked you what you were doing." Troy said, chuckling. "Sorry I scared you."
"It's fine. I left my book in your room. I'm going to go read it."
"I was thinking we could take a walk." Troy said hopefully.
She nodded. "Okay, let me go change my shoes."
"Okay, I'll be in the living room." He said, walking out of his room.
Gabriella put on some tennis shoes and grabbed her phone and a bottle of water. Troy and she set out on their walk. They didn't say much when they got started. They walked down their block to a near by lake. They stopped when they found a bench. Gabi was very thankful. She was getting tired. She took a sip of her water.
"I took my recent away game to think about a lot of things." Troy started. "I was a little out of line before I left. I put a lot of pressure on you to decide if we should be in a relationship or not. I'm not going to lie, I was a little hurt when you didn't even want to try. I get it now though. I actually agree with your decision. I don't think we should be together if we don't feel the same way about each other. That's just a recipe for disaster. We're going to focus on the baby and what it needs."
Gabriella didn't really know how to feel with his little speech. She was sad he felt hurt because of her. She frowned. "I didn't mean to hurt you."
"I know you didn't. I was being overly sensitive I guess." Troy said shrugging it off. "We don't have to talk about it anymore. How was dress shopping today? Isn't that what you guys did?"
She nodded, sighing. "Yes. It was terrible. I worked so hard to get to a size five but I'm not anymore." She sat back and smoothed down her shirt over her belly. "I feel like I'm going to stay this way forever."
"You're not." Troy reassured. "You'll have the baby and then you'll go back to normal."
"I hope so." She shook out of it. "How was North Carolina?"
Troy smiled. "It was better than I thought it would be. I hung out with Mason and Julie the whole time. They're really cool. You'd like them. We went out and played ball most of the time when we weren't practicing. Julie loves basketball. She's graduating soon."
"That's awesome."
"Yeah. We're going out to lunch tomorrow before we go to the arcade and play that basketball game. We played while we were there and she owes me a rematch. It's going to be fun." Troy said, sitting back. He moved her hair off her shoulder.
"Fun." She said shortly. "Your mom called me. Did she call you?"
Troy shook his head, frowning. "What did she say?"
"Just to say she was sorry. She said she overreacted and she's going to send something down for the baby soon."
"Really?" Troy asked surprised.
"Yeah, I think she and my mom went out to dinner or something." Gabi said, waving her hand. "Mom wasn't really happy when I told her what happened. Daddy finally got back from his trip to Africa. He was sad he missed thanksgiving."
"Its hard being a doctor." Troy said, shrugging. "Especially a travel doctor. But he's doing a lot of good. I'm glad he's back and healthy though."
"Me too. Thanksgiving wasn't the same without him." Gabi said. "He's going to be here for Christmas though! Your mom said she was coming down too, with your dads."
"Great." Troy mumbled. "Family drama on Christmas."
"She's lonely, Troy. You shouldn't be so hard on her."
"Well sorry if I'm still a little upset that she told me I fucked up your life and couldn't keep it in my pants. I'm an idiot for ruining my own life and we have no idea how to be parents."
"I know. I was there." Gabi said, standing up. "I'm going to head back."
"I'll walk with you." He told her, standing up.
Their journey back was just as quiet as walking to the park. The quiet was needed. They both had a lot on their mind. They stopped on the porch to open the door. He sighed, scratching the back of his neck. "Gab. I'm sorry." He said with a small sigh. "I feel like I've been saying it a lot lately."
"You don't have to be sorry for the way you feel Troy." She took his hand and held it between hers. "I should be the sorry one, for hurting you and being hormonal, pregnant, and crazy."
Troy cracked a smile. "I'm growing to love it."
She smiled kissing his hand. "I couldn't do this without you."
"You never have to." Troy assured, kissing her forehead. "Go get some rest."
"I think that's just what i need." She said with a small grin.
I was going to upload the other story today but i have a few things that i want to address. I understand y'all don't like Julie because you want Troy and Gabriella together. I normally don't give things away but Troy and Julie are not, and will never be, getting together. Their friendship is strictly platonic. You don't have to get angry or upset or not read my story just because you don't like one character or something. But if you're going to get upset and feel like you don't want to read then I don't want you to read my story. Because that's what it is. MY story. I'm not going to tell you if they're getting together or not. What is the fun in that if you already know what is going to happen? I'm sure alot of other writers feel the same. Sometimes we don't know how many chapters because our stories aren't even finished yet. Mine are never usually finished and when they are I TELL YOU. So if you keep messaging or reviewing that you want gabriella and Troy together and want to know how many chapters there are, i'm not going to tell you cause i'm not sure and you are going to drive me bananas asking the same questions over and over again. -sigh- rant over.
The second thing i wanted to say is for my guest reviewer (sally). Yes i live in California. How funny, you live in SJ. I used to live in Fremont but now i live in Milpitas, so were kind of neighbors! lol. I always try to put little things that us people from the Bay Area would know. Glad you keep reading, look out for all the little bay area things i put in (:
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