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Closer

Chapter 18 'East High'

By Thetruemeaningoflove

This is from no-ones point of view so kind of like a narrator.

Just about everyone had come in to see the now awake and happy Gabriella Montez, her father was on his way after the big argument he had with his bosses who soon let him go after Carlos threatened to quit his Job, but the top people that he worked for didn't want to loose there best man. But he had spoken to Gabriella and he apologized for not being there but she understood he was trying to keep the family sheltered and fed although they were very well off. But she didn't mind the fact that he almost quit his job for her was enough.

Troy was still sitting next to her in the bed and her brother had now been moved to where Lucille was sitting be for she went to find the toilets but had now came back and took the seat next to him. Sharpay was at the end of the bed with Alex next to her. Taylor was on the couch with Seth and Chad, everyone was smiling and Sharpay was still the only one who knew about the thing going on between Troy and Gabi but she didn't know for definite, and she was eyeing them up suspiciously checking to see if they we doing everything couple like but realized that it was the hardest think to work out with the pair because they always acted like a couple.

They were just catching up about what had happened while Gabriella had been 'asleep' and they all laughed really hard when they found out that Troy had walked out of his history class leaving a fuming Mr. Nichols.

'You ran out a class for me?' Gabriella was very touched by what Troy had done for her but he only shot her a crazy look back. 'Are you kidding me I haven't spoken to you in like a week!' She giggled at him and then rested her head on his chest and felt Troy begin stroking circles on her back. Gabs found this kind of relaxing and slowly felt her eyes becoming heavier, but she didn't want to fall asleep while her closest friends had come to see her.

She took Troy's hand from behind her back and then looked at him sternly. 'Will you stop that it's making me sleepy!' she pouted but Troy just chuckled and then kissed the hand she was using to stop him from rubbing her back. Sharpay looked at them and was about to say something until she realized that they had made out in front of the whole family so it wasn't really unknown that they would kiss each other.

'Right guys I have good news for you!' Gabriella exclaimed in a very excited way. She began bouncing on the bed until Troy stopped her by putting his hands on her shoulders. Gabi soon calmed down but had a big grin on her face.

'Giggles are you gonna tell us or keep us guessing?' the very excited girl giggled and began bouncing on the bed again. This time Troy didn't stop her and waited until most of the excitement she had gone.

Alex looked at Gabriella waiting for her answer. But it didn't come, she was a little shocked that she didn't know what the big secret was seeing as she was her twin sister and they lived together. Alexandra tried to make a gesture saying that she could carry on with what she was saying but she didn't. 'Gabriella, tell us' everyone one was shocked by Alex's out burst but they were all mentally thinking the same thing.

'I'm graduating with you guys!' everyone looked at Gabriella except Troy a bit confused then the girls got it and started squealing Gabriella joined in with them while Troy chuckled. Chad and Seth still didn't understand so they started at Troy hoping that he would give them an idea to what they were so happy about, but he just smiled wanted Gabriella to tell the goods news.

'Gabster, how can you graduate with us? You're not even on our Grade and not the same school' Chad exclaimed he seriously wasn't getting what Gabs had said even if it was pretty easy to understand.

Finally it clicked in Seth's head and he let everyone know by saying 'No way!' his other baby sister was gonna be in the same school as him which meant that now he could protected her from any Jerk's who wanted to get in her pants. Chad look at Seth still confused as to why everyone was excited about a thing that Gabriella couldn't do.

'Chad what would my sister have to do to graduate with us?' Seth asked him hoping that he would catch on and stop being a dumb ass. Chad stood there thinking before he started jumping up and down shouting 'No way, no way, no way!'

Everyone stopped what they were doing and look at Chad like he was some alien but then started laughing when he jumped on Gabriella pulling her into a famous Chad bear hug, that only Chad gave to his closest 'Girl Buddies' as he calls them.

Once everyone had given Gabs a hug and congratulated her they all sat back down to where they were before as well as Josh sitting in between the couple that no-one knew about yet, Josh decided that his other sister and his Auntie Sharpay need to know what he had been up to today and have ordered that they listen and let him fill them in.

After waiting for a little while Carlos Montez stormed into the room and ran over to his little girl that she had missed so much. Troy got off the bed and took Josh with him so that Gabriella could see her father after a week of not seeing him. Carlos ran over to his daughter and pulled her into a hug and started kissing her head over and over again. The three who where on the other side of the room to Troy swore that they could see tears falling from his eyes as he held onto his youngest daughter.

Jack was standing in the door frame looking at his best friend and his god child reunite after a week and he knew that he would act exaltedly the same way if anything were to happen to Troy, Sharpay or his unborn child. Jack coughed trying to get the at attention of the rest of the room, when they all looked over at him he nodded then spoke 'I think we should all get something to eat' everyone seemed to understand apart from Chad who was about to say something until Taylor clamped her hand over his mouth and then lead him out of the room.

After half an hour everyone thought that they had given the father and daughter enough time and so decided to make there way back slowly. Josh had fallen asleep in Troy's arms after having a tantrum saying that he didn't want to sit on anyone else's lap apart Troy or Gabriella and seeing as Brie wasn't there Seth immediately put him down and let him run over to his favorite person at the moment.

On the way back to Gabriella's room everyone stopped by the doctor's room to see when she would be allowed home and what would she need if she did? When they stopped out side the room they wanted to get to everyone was shocked when Chad did something intellectual, he knocked on the door and waited until he got a response before he entered.

Once Chad heard the muffled sound of 'Come in' he opened the door and allowed Troy and the sleeping toddler to go in first, after that everyone else followed and started to whisper as they saw Gabriella sleeping in her bed. Taylor and Sharpay awed at how cute she looked when she was asleep while Chad and Troy thought that she looked cute but the two other Montez teenagers just thought that she looked normal.

That was until Gabriella's eyes opened a little and she looked around the room until she found the presence she had been longing for with a shy and tired mumbled 'Troy!' she tried to reach out for him, but she didn't have to move far as Troy quickly walked over to her and crouch in front of her to stroke the hair out of her eyes. 'Hey Darlin you okay?' Gabi nodded and then grabbed Troy by the collar so that she could pull him closer and place her head in the crook of his neck.

Troy laughed at her and then kissed the top of her head and then started stroking her hair. It was only then that Ella began mumbling in his ear. 'You……..Bed………in….stay!' Troy nodded indicating that he understood and rose from the spot he was crouching in while Gabriella moved over to the other side of the bed leaving room for Troy. Once there was enough room the blue eyed boy slipped off his shoes and jacket then climbed in the bed. Gabs moved until they were both comfortable and she placed her head on Troy's chest.

Just before she fell asleep she whispered some worlds that she thought that only Troy could hear but she didn't know that the two biggest mouths had heard her.

'I love you Troy' When Troy heard the worlds his eyes lit up and he looked around the room before whispering back. 'I love you too Brie' It was only then that he realized that Sharpay and Alex had heard them as he looked at them and saw them both squealing at each other. When he groaned everyone in the room looked at him wondering why the sound had come out of his mouth.

'YOU TWO SAID YOU LOVE EACH OTHER!!!' everyone looked at the couple in the bed while Troyella where staring at Seth.

I'm really sorry that it has taken me so long to update but my laptop broke and i only just got my new one today

Thetruemeaningoflove

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