Chapter 39- East High
"I did not!" Anthony yelled
"Oh please! You are hopeless with the ladies!" Emily said, I giggled as I watched these to banter on.
"Guys, come on!" Troy said breaking the two up, "Stop acting like children, Anthony you is a whole ten years older than Emily…grow up!" He said laughing
"You were forced to grown up Troy; I am taking my sweet old time"
"How was I forced to grow up?" He asked
"Hello…your beautiful girlfriend sitting right over there!" He said, I blushed and I looked towards my stomach.
"Gabi! Gabi!" I turned to see Sharpay galloping towards me.
"What?"
"I get to go to East High today!" She cried, I laughed and she helped me up.
"That makes two of us!" I said, we high fived.
"Its gonna be so weird!" I told her
"How?" Troy asked
"We wont get a detention for being late, we are the guests and older. Crazy"
"And…you are pregnant" Sharpay pointed out, I rolled my eyes.
"Ok, that too but I am so ready for this baby to be born" I grumbled, "Ready to get a decent night of sleep"
"When is that gonna happen?" Jack asked walking into the living room, his basketball shorts and wildcat work shirt on."
"I have that spa trip, Australia, the one week where Troy said he would get up, a day without the baby from Taylor and Lucille and Jack…should I keep going?" I asked
"Ok, ok I see" Jack said laughing
"Shouldn't you be at work?" I asked
"I don't have any P.E. classes for the first two hours, and then the third and fourth hour is you guys so yeah," He said, I nodded and I started to head back towards Troy's room.
I went and slipped a pair of jeans on and a wildcat hoodie, it was white with bedazzled beads that were pink, I was still small enough to fit in it. I will have to admit, my baby bump is not huge like some women this far along, but I was still big. I wore this hoodie in high school but it was big on me then.
"Brie, you ready? I was gonna ride over with my dad" Troy said coming into the room, I was slipping on a pair of Uggs boots and I looked up.
"Yeah, I just have to finish my make-up" I told him
He looked at me for a second, his eyes squinting, "Didn't I buy you that in High School?" he asked
"Yup, you did" I said with a smile
"And it still fits?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked with a pout
"Just amazed, it looks really good on you" He said looking me up and down
"Troy, you did buy it in a large…I was only a small back in high school"
He laughed and ran his fingers through his hair, "Yeah, I guess but I thought it would fit you longer" He said, it was my turn to laugh
"I would like you to know…I never grew," I said giggling
"Yeah, its true" His voice was soft and cute, "Mmm…come on lets leave, I am starting to get horny" He said with a laugh
I giggled and walked into the bathroom and put some mascara on and then walked out.
"Ready" I said, he smiled and grabbed my hand, "Lets go my fair lady" he winked and then gave me a soft kiss.
"Troy Bolton!"
"Principal Matsui" Troy said shaking his hand,
"And Gabriella Montez, how have you both been?" He asked shaking my hand.
"Wonderful" we both said, his arm looped around my waist.
"Is that the rest of the crew?" He asked
"Yup, they all had to come along, we all miss it here"
"Ya do?"
"Yes" we both said
"Well the assembly is going to start soon so I better am heading to the gym," Mr. Matsui said
"Alright, I am going to meet the basketball team…personally" He said
"That's awesome, alright see you later Troy…and do you mind if we do an autograph session?"
"Umm…sure why not" He said, he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Alright! We will only pick so many students, I don't need all 700 attacking you," He said laughing, Troy had a nervous laugh run through his system.
Troy grabbed my hand and then looked at the group, "We are heading towards the locker room" He said, they nodded and Chad followed us.
"I have to go back there; I am dying to see it"
"Yeah, me too" Zeke said
We all headed off towards the locker room, when we got to the locker room doors Troy knocked yelling Butterfly, which meant girl. We all came up with that one I smiled.
"Come in!" Jack yelled from the back area, we all then headed into the locker room.
"Troy Bolton!"
"OMG! Is that Troy Bolton?"
Did I mention nobody knew that we were coming?
"Chad Danforth!"
I giggled at all of the people reactions, all Aww stricken.
"Everybody I would love for you to meet former Wildcats, my son Troy, my other son Chad" We all laughed even Chad. Jack went on to continue, "Chad's fiancée Taylor, my sons girlfriend Gabi, then we have Zeke and Sharpay" He said
We all waved hi, "So you all went to East?"
"Yup, that's how we all meet"
"We all became friend's freshman year beside Chad and I and Gabi"
"When did you meet Gabi?"
"Junior year" Troy said, his arm snaked around me.
"Troy, is it cool to play NBA?" A scrawny kid in the back said
"Hell yes! I mean I am meeting my inspirations! It's totally messed up"
All the kids were smiling and nodding, "Troy do you mind asking but why did you come back?" a kid asked
"Well…you will have to wait and find out" He said with an easy smile
"Ok"
"Alright, I need to know names! We are like brother's guys I mean we are all linked together, Wildcat basketball so let's learn some names"
"Alright guys, lets get in a circle"
"Coach we aren't in preschool" One of them said
"Yeah!"
"Guys! Don't make me add laps!" Jack yelled, I giggled and we all joined in on the circle, "So how about you tell me name and what grade, I'll start," He said
"Okay, I am Troy Bolton, I am not in school but playing in the NBA" He said, he flashed a smile
"Gabi" Troy said
I laughed nervously, "I am Gabriella Montez, call me Gabi, I am a soon to be mother and a senior in college" I told them
"Wait can I add to mine?" Troy asked I rolled my eyes knowing what he was going to say.
"Sure Troy"
"I am a soon to be father" He said with a cheeky smile, I laughed and grabbed his hand.
"Alright, next"
"I am Martin Tinsworth and I am a sophomore," He said, I nodded and so did Troy.
"Jimmy. Just like the old time famous Jimmy the Rocket, I am a sophomore also"
Our whole group burst out laughing, Troy and Chad bent over, "Jimmy the rocket became famous at this school?" They asked between breaths.
"No, but he was pretty cool" Jimmy said
Troy and Chad chuckled some more while we moved on.
"Tommy Wells, Junior"
"Carson Vaughn, Senior"
"Andrew Martin, Junior"
"Mack Owen, Senior"
"Tal Daniels, freshman"
"Ryan Cornell, Junior"
"Paul Evens, Junior"
Once we went through all of the boys, Taylor, Chad, Zeke, Sharpay, and Jack all went.
"Well it was really nice to meet you all and I have more for you later but for now I will see you later"
They all nodded there heads and started to all file into the gym for the assembly, I grabbed Troy's hand and I kissed his chin.
"Mmm…I love you," I murmured
"I love you too…so do you think we could use them?" Troy asked me, his hands playing with mine.
"Maybe, they were all star stuck" I said into his neck.
"Alright, Alright love birds stop making out. They are getting ready to call us in; they are just waiting on the freshmen." Zeke said I kissed Troy once more on the lips.
"We girls are going to seat by the door, my legs and ankles hurt," I murmured into his ear
"Alright, but be careful, ok?"
"I will, I'll see you later" I told him, I kissed him one last time, he squeezed my hand, and he then headed towards the door.
"Girls, you can come seat right out here" Jack said, we all headed towards the door and went to sit in the chairs for us.
"Alright boys and girls, I know that you are wondering why we call an assembly today, well it was plenty planned" Mr. Matsui said, the crowd murmured in suspense.
"Is it one of those boring ones?" Somebody yelled, I felt somebody touch my shoulder and I turned around to see Jenni and Kyle.
"Hey guys!" I said, "How did you get out?" I asked
"Principle Matsui didn't want me in the crowd with Troy being here, not many people really know. They are too stupid to connect it." She said with a laugh
"Yeah, that would be true"
"Everybody! I would love to introduce our guest of the day, Zeke Baylor and Jason Cross" Matsui yelled into the microphone, the crowd clapped a little, bored.
"Hi guys!" Zeke said in the microphone
"So we are here to talk about something," Jason said
"But first we have two other guests who are going to join us"
"As you should all know, we all went to school here, played basketball, and really miss this place." Zeke said
"Move on with it!" Somebody yelled, Zeke and Jason both chuckled.
"Matsui, were we like this?" Zeke asked
"Yes!" The faculty answered, we all started laughing.
"Fine since you are getting moody you little teenagers, I will introduce your real guests." Zeke said
"We would like to present, Chad Danforth" Screams filled the gym. I looked over at Taylor. She seemed calm.
"And…"
"Everybody covers your ears," Sharpay mumbled
"Troy Bolton!"
The crowd went insane I believe I saw girls crying. I mean come on! Troy walked out laughing and grabbed a microphone from Jason.
"Hey! Hey everybody calm down!" Troy said laughing, "I am just a fellow Wildcat," He said with a smile.
After everybody started to settle down Troy looked at me and winked.
"Alright, I am here for an actually reason, ok?" He said
"I do miss this school dearly; I loved it here but I we have to move on"
"Yes, the idea Troy has is genius everybody" Chad said nodding his head.
"Yeah, I would have to agree so here it is. I am starting an organization…charity more like for all different kinds of things, called Wildcat Dreams. We work with Cancer, Diabetes, Depression, Alcohol and drug abuse, regular camp, and a basketball camp" Troy said, the crowd started to get a little louder.
"This will all take place at a beautiful ranch out in northern California, I have sign up sheets here with me today, I also have a bunch of t-shirts to give away but first I would like the Varsity basketball team to come down here" He said, Jason and Zeke brought some stuff over.
"I have a mission for you guys, here at East High I need you to campaign for us," Troy said as the basketball team filed down the stairs.
"So I am asking you guys to be counselors here, for all of the camps, some of my Lakers buddies are helping and a few others so I need you to go to Children's hospitals and everything." Troy said they were all shocked.
"Here are t-shirts, packets that I need back as soon as possible." He said handing them, "here are some flyers to pass around, feel free to copy them and what not but I also need you to raise money. Fundraisers, pancake breakfasts, car washes, charity basketball games and if you let me know ahead of time then I might, might be able to come" Troy said
The whole gym roared with noise, I smiled as I watched Troy interact with all of the kids, "He is going to be a great dad," Chad said coming up next to me.
"You think?" I asked
"I know, I think you know to" he said
I sighed, "Yeah, I really do, I just hope I can be as good as him," I said with a shrug
Chad laughed and looked at me, "Are you kidding? You two are going to be amazing" He said, I blushed and I heard that Troy was going to do autographs in the library for the first two hundred kids, they all started to scramble off the bleachers and run towards the exit.
"I am gonna go meet them in the library" Chad said with a nudge towards, I nodded and smiled and looked at him.
"Have fun"
I watched Chad grab Taylor and drag her off towards the entrance of the gym, I sighed as I watched Troy leave the gym in a hurry.
I wanted some time to think, I then headed to a special spot.
Troy's POV
"Thank you!" A girl screeched, I only nodded my head and chewed at my piece of gum. That was the 170th persons autograph I have signed, my hand was cramping so bad.
"How ya doin lover boy?" Chad asked
"Ugh, my hand hurts so badly" I whispered as I sighed another one, I handed it to the person and he smiled and walked off.
"Sucks, somebody shouldn't be such a superstar," Chad said raising his eyebrow
"Not my fault I have good looks" I told him, Chad snorted and then signed somebody's paper, he would get about half the people I did.
"Troy! I am such a big fan! I went to your first game" A kid…maybe a junior
"Oh really? That's sweet," I said signing his; he watched as I curved, "I was umm wondering if any of us could help out with Wildcat Dreams?" He asked
I looked up at him, starring for a moment, "Yeah, probably. I am going to need a bunch of help," I said shrugging
"Cool! I am Brant by the way"
"Brant. You play basketball?"
"Sort of"
"How about a pick up game, after school?" I asked, he looked surprised
"Really?"
"Yeah, why not? Bring some of your basketball playing friends"
"One moved away, Kyle"
"No Shit, Kyle plays?"
"You met him?"
"My sister dates him and I am dating his half sister"
"Damn! No way, you dating his sister? Gabriella Montez?" He asked
"Hell yes! I love her"
"She is a fox"
"Now dude, don't go that far," I told him with a glare, he only laughed.
"That's cool, I gotta girl myself"
"Awesome, Kyle is here by the way," I said
"I'll have to call him, after school?"
"Yeah, see ya later" I said as he started walking away, I signed the last twenty or more people and then it were just Chad and I in the library.
"Have you seen Brie?" I asked stretching my hands out
"I last saw her in the gym; I know the girls ended in the theater"
"Cool, I am gonna head down there" I said, I kept stretching out my fingers, I heard Chad start walking behide me.
"So, we all gonna play"
"Yeah, why not" I said
"Good. I miss playing on my home court"
"I know right? It's so different"
"It really is"
Once Chad and I entered the theater I saw the girls all in a circle on the stage, but I did not see my girlfriend.
I instantly frowned and looked at Chad who threw his hands up.
"I have no clue where she went then" I closed my eyes and threw my head back, where would she have gone? It then hit me.
I took off running, I ran through the hallways and down the corridors as I did as I was in high school. I felt like I was back in high school and it felt well. When I saw the door, I pushed right through it and I headed up the steps two at a time.
When I got to the top, I do not think it looked any different; I smiled and took a deep breath but where am Gabi. I looked around to see her figure leaning against a rail. I headed over there and went to lean against it.
"Didn't change a bit huh?" I asked
She giggled and turned to look at me, "Nope, not at all. I love it. It brings me back to high school years"
"Also brings back other memoires," I said, I wiggled my eyebrows and she laughed.
"Ok, clam down lover boy" She said, her voice soft and sweet.
"So I met one of Kyle's best friends," I said, I looked over the mountain and the trees, flowers.
"Brant"
"Yeah, how did you know?"
"Kyle talks about him a lot"
"Oh"
We both stood in silence just looking over the view, "Do you miss it?" I asked her, I watched as she bit on her lip, not knowing what to say.
"Yes, I mean this was the best time I ever had" I said with a small shrug
"You first home"
"Permeate," She said with her finger waving, "Yeah permeate," I said chuckling
"But I really love LA, so I really can't complain" She said shrugging her shoulders
"Understood, but do you wanna go home?" I asked, "I mean to my house here…not LA"
She took a moment to respond, "No, I want to stay here as long as possible" I said
I chuckled, "Agreed"
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