Chapter three

Trust me.

"give her a carrot"

Spinning around, Troy let out a little chuckle seeing me walking up to him with his son in my arms. He was leaning against Fluffy's stable peering in trying to get her to come over and say hello but she wasn't having it and was facing away from him, showing him her backside when ever she swiped her tail.

"Horses like carrots?" He asked sending a strange look towards me as I passed him his son. He watched me cluck my tongue and call Fluffy's name whilst I held out a carrot and tapped it on the side on the door.

"C'mon, look what I've got fluffy" I cooed to her as she started turning around, obviously recognising the sound that carrots make when they tap on the door. To Troy's amazement, she bite it clean out of my hand making my hand get pulled away from me as she tried to snap it.

"Wow. I guess they do, huh" He laughed patting his son on the back.

We both stood talking for a while until the conversation was cut off by the sound of my phone ringing in my pocket.

"Sorry" I laughed as he dismissed me taking the rest of the carrot off of me.

"Hello?" I asked only just about to get it out before Sharpay screamed over the phone.

"where's your turning?" she asked down the phone.

Just getting what she said I ran to the gate telling her I'll be waiting out side the gate for her and hanging up. I climbed up to sit on the fence sitting on the top when my phone started ringing again.

"Sharpay you just drove past" I laugh down the phone seeing a black BMW convertible whiz past with her hair flying everywhere.

"Did I? Oh! A round about, I guess I gotta go slower down that road then huh?" She giggled as I jumped down from the gate to come in line with the edge of the road so that she could see me

"Yeah. I'm at the edge of the road you should see me when you come round the bend" I said, saying goodbye and hanging up.

"You took your time" I giggled as sharpay turned into the gateway.

I watched her slide her sunglasses off of her head and give me a 'aha, yeah what ever' look.

Pushing the gate open, I motioned her to drive in. I let out a laugh as the pack of dogs bum rushed her car and made her scream.

"Just keep on driving Shar, they'll lay off in a minute" I shouted across to her, watching as she drove up the pebbled drive way.

After meeting sharpay at the barn, we both went into the kitchen where I made a cup of tea for the both of us. I gave her a tour of the small house and introduced her to the parrots.

"Megs" I called out hearing the rattling of her cage.

"Hello!" she called back rattling her cage even more, getting excited to get out for the day.

Megs was our oldest African Grey. We had her from an egg and taught her everything she knows, from all the words in the dictionary to some explanations too. She was coming up to her eleventh birthday in a couple of days and she wont let us forget it, forever shouting out that it's her birthday in two days.

"This is Megs, Our oldest parrot..and most vocal." I giggled as Megs nodded her head.

"Birthday, birthday, birthday!" She shouted bobbing up and down making me and shar laugh.

Unlocking her cage, she didn't hesitate on climbing up to the top of her cage, lifting her foot and waving it around, greeting Sharpay in her own little way. I watched sharpay smile and stroke Megs' head for her to bring it back to her body as fast as lightning, leaving a shocked look on her face.

"Hey! No biting!" I scolding pointing my finger at my bird. Megs was a very well behaved parrot, but sometimes, when she's feeling bored, she'll give you a little nip or scratch. "Sorry about that, Shar." I apologised to my friend as I let the other parrots out and we made our way to the garden where we sat on the decking and had a chat.

"So, who's that hottie at the stable?" Sharpay winked at me as she sipped her tea.

I couldn't help but let out a laugh. Trust Sharpay to notice that of all things.

"That's 'the guy'" I explained with a small smile.

Sharpay soon straightened up in her chair and stuck her nose up into the air, making me giggle at her attitude towards him.

"Ah, C'mon shar, don't be like that. He's had a hard couple of months- Leave him alone" I chided as she relaxed again, giving me a small smile.

We both sat in silence for a while, in our own little worlds. I looked down to the end of the top field and spied Troy holding his son up in the air and spinning around with a beaming grin gracing his features. He admitted that he was having a hard time around me and my father recently, because he would like to tell us things about the baby's mother, but he's afraid that we would judge him.

"Okay, But he is hot." She said matter of factly.

Mine and Sharpay's friendship hit off like a house on fire. We were constantly calling each other, Visiting each other and going out all the time. She still hadn't met Troy, as when ever she came he was either facing the other way, or not here.

"Hey!" I called over to Troy. Sharpay wouldn't stop going on about how hot he looked from the back, she just wanted to get a glimpse of his front.

I was as if the world turned on the 'slow motion', because as he turned around, sharpay gasped, a massive smile coming to her face and then all of a sudden, she flings herself out of the chair and sprints over to him.

"Troy!" she squeals jumping into his arms as he encloses her to his body. "I've missed you so much!" She said into his shoulder.

I watched from afar as they re acquainted each other. All of it came to me suddenly I remembered Sharpay crying about her friend who doesn't remember her. And that her friend was heart broken because he loved her and they had two lovely beautiful babies together.

With a small smile, I stood up and walked over to them when sharpay motioned me over. Now I know what they mean by 'it's a small world'.

"So, How do you know each other?" I asked crossing my arms as a strong gust of wind broke through the court yard.

I watched sharpay give Troy a big squeeze before answering me, "He's My brother, Gabriella! I haven't seen him since Abigail fell ill" she explained.

I went stop Sharpay from telling me any more seeing Troy's uncomfortable stance as he looked anywhere but me or sharpay.

"So you're brother and sister?" I laughed confirming it as Troy let out a toothy grin squeezing his sister.

"Twins" Troy laughed at my face. I was shocked.

"I feel so wrong now!" Sharpay laughed coming to stand besides me. "I though you looked hot!" She admitted to her brother who looked at her like she had a thousand heads before turning away from her to stroke Fluffy who was nudging his back.

"sicko." Troy mumbled jokingly.

We all laughed about the situation, and Troy showed his sister her niece and nephew where they both earned a very loud 'awe' from their aunt. Sharpay picked her niece up and asked troy her name, when he stayed silent, she gasped.

"You haven't named them yet?" she asked incredulously looking up from the baby for the first time since she was giving to her.

"Nah, I want Abigail to choose names." Troy said quietly, rocking back on his heels.

Sharpay smiled and hugged her brother tightly before handing the baby to her father