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"What? Pregnant? No way. I am so not pregnant. I took a test remember and it says negative," Gabriella debated.

"Well maybe you took it too early or sometimes the tests could be faulty and would tell it wrongly," Sharpay explained. "It happens to everyone all the time."

"So you're saying I'm pregnant?" Gabriella inquired.

"Well, have you had your period recently?" Sharpay asked.

Gabriella thought about it. To be honest, she hadn't had her period yet and it's been 2 months now. She's been so stressed out with her father, Troy and the wedding, she didn't realised she was late. In addition to that, she's been throwing up a lot and having some cravings. Could Sharpay be right?

"How can we be sure that I'm…," Gabriella asked Sharpay. She can't even bare to say the word pregnant.

"We have to go to the doctor immediately and you need to tell Troy," Sharpay said.

"No. We can't tell him until it's for sure. I don't want to freak him out. I'm already freaked out as it is," Gabriella said.

"Alright then we have to hurry then. Let's go," Sharpay said.

Gabriella then quickly went to her room to get her coat and her bag. She then hurried to exit the apartment but Troy saw her running out of the apartment and called her.

"What's the hurry?" he asked, holding a glass of water.

"Uh…I just heard there was a shoe sale. Can't miss out on the opportunity," Gabriella lied.

"I thought you were sick?" he inquired.

"No I'm not. I'm much better now. And it's probably nothing anyways," Gabriella said.

"Alright. Have fun or whatever."

Gabriella left the apartment with Sharpay and quickly made their way to the elevator. Gabriella started to get more and more nervous. Could she really be pregnant? It can't be. She's only 26. She can't be pregnant. She wasn't planning to be a parent till she's at least 28. This is just so wrong.

Hours later, Troy was sitting in the living strumming his guitar trying to create a song to impress Gabriella. So far nothing. He needs to come up with something that will tell Gabriella his true feelings about her but what?

Before he started to play his guitar, Troy started to flip through one of Gabriella's women's magazine which luckily has an article of how a guy finally admit to his best friend that he is in love with her but in the end, the girl told the guy that she is not in love with him whatsoever and could only see him as a friend and nothing more. To make matters worse, a week after that, the guy's best friend started to date another guy. Because of that article, Troy now has major fear of telling Gabriella the truth.

Then he thought, why just tell Gabriella when he could just easily write and song to her and after that he could reuse the song to send to the record company. But sadly, he couldn't think of any rhythm to go with his lyrics. He started to sing the lyrics slowly but it didn't come out good. Then he decided to take a break to think.

He remembered that morning when he was eavesdropping Gabriella and Sharpay's conversation. He remembered their conversation vividly. From when Sharpay asked Gabriella if he did anything nice for her to Sharpay pointing out that it is totally obvious that he has a crush on her.

Troy was glad Gabriella didn't think so but he was sad knowing that Gabriella might never fall in love with her. It was technically his fault that he acted so cocky when they first met. He didn't understand why he acted like it either. It just happened.

Now that he thought about it, he needed to do whatever it takes to make Gabriella like him more than a friend. If he had to, he'll be any kind of guy she wants him to be. He could be any role she wants her to be. Then with all the thoughts, he started to think of his first verse to his song. He started to strum his guitar when he heard the door open.

He saw Gabriella coming in looking as if she seen a ghost. She even walked slowly and also looked like she witnessed a murder or something.

"Hey, you're back. Everything ok?" Troy asked.

Gabriella opened her mouth to answer but then she closed it back and sat down on the chair near to the couch where Troy was sitting.

"Gabriella? Are you alright? What happened?" Troy asked, growing more concern.

Gabriella then looked at his face and finally opened her mouth, "I need to ask you something."

"You can ask me anything," Troy assured her.

Gabriella took a deep breath, "On the night when we…you know…slept together, did you remember using a condom?"

Troy felt his heart stopped. Why did Gabriella asked him that? Did he do something to her? Did she have one of those sexual transmitted disease from him? It can't be. Troy only had sex with two different girls and neither of them are sluts who passed themselves among guys.

"Um…I think I didn't use it because when I was cleaning my room after that, I didn't see any condom pack or anything like that," Troy said. "Why? Did I have passed on some STD disease to you? Are you ill?"

"No. No, it's nothing like that. Well since I don't have STD, do you know where I'm going with this?" Gabriella asked.

"Gabriella, I don't think I'm sure what you mean," Troy said, confused.

Gabriella took a deep breath, "Troy, I'm pregnant. With your baby," Gabriella said.

Troy started to feel very dizzy. Pregnant? Gabriella is pregnant? He made Gabriella pregnant? Is she serious? "What? How did this happen?" Troy asked.

"Don't blame this on me. You're the one who didn't use a condom in the first place," Gabriella debated.

Troy then remembered the night they had sex. They were making out in his bed with Gabriella on top of him. She was kissing his chest while he was moaning and rubbing Gabriella's butt. After that he started to kiss her lips and pulled back a moment later to stare at her eyes. Gabriella then took off her underwear that she was wearing and she took off Troy's boxers as well.

"Are you sure?" Troy asked.

Gabriella nodded and started to kiss Troy's jaw and then his lips. Troy then got up slowly while Gabriella was still on his laps still kissing Troy intently. Troy then moved his hand to find the drawer of his nightstand to take a condom but then Gabriella pulled his hand back.

"What are you doing?" she asked, giggling.

"I'm trying to get a condom, silly," Troy replied.

"You don't need a condom to make me feel your pleasure," she said in a sultry voice.

"But what if something happens to you?" Troy asked.

"Who cares?" Gabriella replied.

Without anymore argument, Gabriella laid herself down onto the bed with Troy now on top of her and they started making love to one another.

Troy now remembered it vividly. "You told me not to use a condom," Troy said.

"What?" Gabriella asked in disbelief.

"I remembered it now. I wanted to use the condom but you didn't want me to," Troy answered.

"No way. I don't remember telling you that," Gabriella argued.

"That's because you were too drunk," Troy pointed out.

Gabriella then kept quiet. She looked deep in thought and she also looked very afraid. Troy wondered what she was thinking. Maybe she was trying to remember the night as well. During the silence, Troy started to think as well. Gabriella is pregnant…with his baby that they conceived during their drunken accidental accountant. He was going to be…a father. A father. He is going to be a father of a child to the woman who he is yet to confess his feelings for.

"Troy?" Gabriella asked softly, snapping Troy out of his thoughts.

"Yeah?" Troy asked.

"What are you thinking about?" Gabriella asked with a scared look on her face. "You're not…you're not thinking of leaving are you?" Gabriella asked with tears already forming in her eyes.

"What? Why would I do that?" Troy asked.

"Because we didn't plan this at all. You're not going to ask me to get an abortion are you?" Gabriella asked.

"Abortion?" Troy asked. Yes he was surprised and shocked by the news but he wasn't going to ask Gabriella to abort the baby they created. That would be so wrong. Had Gabriella been afraid that Troy might leave her because she's pregnant? Was she afraid that she's going to be a single mother and raise the baby alone? Did she think Troy was one of those guys that leave the girl after he made the girl pregnant? Because he isn't. He wouldn't do that to her or any other girl.

"Troy, if you want me to get an abortion, I don't think I want to do it. Even though I just found I'm pregnant today, I am not going to throw this baby away from me even if I didn't plan it. If you want to leave it's…well not fine because it takes two to make a baby and I think you need to do your part to raise this baby together with me and because if you leave me, I'll be a single mother raising a baby alone and I'll end up like one of those mothers who would later appear on Oprah because of accidental pregnancies and-" Gabriella got cut off by Troy kissing her softly and then he pulled back.

Gabriella swallowed, "What was that for?"

Troy wanted to say "Because I love you," but he didn't because that would be just weird and also because Gabriella might tell him that she doesn't love him like that. "Because I needed to shut you up," Troy said, partially lying.

"Oh," Gabriella replied. "So what are we going to do about this?"

"I think we should raise this baby together," Troy answered her.

"Really?" Gabriella asked hopefully.

"Really. No one deserves to raise a baby alone," Troy replied.

"But aren't you scared at all? I'm scared of being a mother and I'm the one who's carrying the baby right now," Gabriella said.

"Who isn't? I'll just have to get use to it then," Troy said.

Gabriella smiled for the first time she arrived home, "Thanks Troy, for understanding and everything. But how are we going to tell your parents?"

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"OH MY GOODNESS!!" A happy voice squealed through the phone of the Montez-Bolton apartment. "Are you serious?!"

Troy sighed at her mother's reaction. This was the exact reaction she did when his brother, James, announced that he and Jenna were expecting a baby 3 years ago. His mother is so typical. "Yes mom. Gabriella is 2 months pregnant and we are expecting a baby," Troy answered her in monotone.

"Oh, this is so wonderful! I am going to have another grandchild! Where's Gabriella? I want to congratulate her," his mother asked.

"She's at work right now," Troy answered.

"Work? Why is she still working at the restaurant? I bought her that studio for her didn't I? And I thought she was pregnant? She shouldn't be working at all," his mother insists.

"Mom, she's pregnant, not paralysed. And she told me that she's going to do double duty for the meantime. Every morning and afternoon, she'll be at work, and after she gets home, she'll start to make some calls to decorate the studio for her while she starts to create some of her collection," Troy explained.

"Troy, did you hear yourself? That seems to be a lot of work for Gabriella to do for a pregnant woman. She might strain herself and hurt the baby," his mother said.

"I know that but she wants to do everything her way. But she did tell me there's going to be many things for her to do," Troy said.

"Maybe you should tell her to quit her job," his mother suggested.

"I don't know. She seems to enjoy being a waitress," Troy said.

"In that case, I'll just have to help her then," his mother stated.

"What do you mean? You can't be a waitress," Troy said.

"No, not that. I am going to stay at your apartment for the meantime to help Gabriella with designing her studio and until I convince Gabriella to quit her job," his mother said.

Troy's eyes widened, "You're not serious, are you?"

"Yes I am," his mother said as the matter-in-factly.

"But where are you going to sleep?" Troy asked. With only two bedrooms in the apartment and with Troy and Gabriella occupying each one of them, where would his mother sleep?

"In the guestroom silly. I thought you said the apartment has two rooms?" his mother inquired.

Now Troy remembered. His mother didn't know that Gabriella didn't sleep in the same room together since they moved in. This is bad. How was he going to tell Gabriella that his mother is moving in?

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Sneak peek for the next upcoming chapter: Someone will come back to see Gabriella again and that person will find out the truth about their marriage.


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