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Chapter 14- Worried
Walking down the hallway with Troy's Laker Practice shirt on, Liam was just over a month old. I had decided to surprise Troy tonight. We were going to go to the Laker game to watch Troy play on his first day back from his whole thumb thing. I was excited because I have not gotten to see him play in person for a while. I missed it; I missed seeing him in that jersey sweating like crazy.
Liam's colicky had slowly started to disapper, he was still up in the middle of the night but that was a little normal but his afternoon ones were shortened to about thirty minutes, everything was starting to get better.
Jillian and Haley both started working, they insisted on daycare at there work so I was not going to fight with them about it since Liam was the way he was but I still insist that I can babysit, I guess its free daycare there anyways.
I walked into my bathroom after getting dressed; I was in Troy practice jersey with a white tank top underneath with a pair of skinny jeans on with a pair of white flats. My toenails were painted a fresh purple along with my fingernails.
"Gabs what are-" Taylor walked into my bathroom she paused, "That's Troy's practice jersey," Taylor pointed out; I looked down and nodded my head. "Yea," I said looking at her; she was in just a plain Laker's t-shirt with a pair of boot cut jeans on with some black heels.
"Are you going to the game tonight?" she questioned, I nodded my head, "With Liam, I do not know if we will make it through a whole game but we are sure going to try. Troy has been so sweet to Liam and me these past weeks as he has been home. He has been dying for Liam to come to a real game." I put on a little lipstick, "Yay!" she squealed, she hugged me. "I just want Troy to finally get something in return and since Liam is doing a little better, I think its time." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Have you talked to Sharpay?" I asked her, "Not since the other day," she said, "I talked to her yesterday and she still has not told Zeke. Which concerns me because he needs to know, she can not be more than a month along yet, her morning sickness is only going to get worse." I put on some mascara while Taylor also added some lipstick. "I know, I just wish she would tell him, get the fight over with. I have not seen Chad in two weeks since he could not come home today, straight to practice." Taylor mumbled, "Just think you are getting married June 1st. She smiled and I looked at my watch. I had to feed Liam and get him ready to go still.
"I have to get Liam ready so we can make it to the locker room before they go out onto the court!" I said walking down the hallway towards Liam's room. "Is there anything I could help with?" I looked at the clock to see it was close to four thirty. "Could you get his car seat in the car? I think I am just going to feed him before the game starts since we will be watching the whole warm-up before the fans are allowed in."
It was a seven o'clock game tonight; they usually do not let fans in until an hour and half prior to game time. Therefore, in an hour they would be letting fans in, where we could get in at anytime.
She nodded her head; I walked into the nursery to see him sleeping in his crib. I picked him up gently and he did not stir. I smiled and I grabbed his Laker onsie that was hanging up in the closet. I pulled it out; it was purple with 'My Daddy is the Best' on the front with Bolton and his number on the back. I went over to the changing table to quickly change his diaper and put on the onsie. I added a pair of yellow socks; Liam woke up in the middle of all of it.
"Hey big guy," I said rubbing his stomach; he looked me in the eyes. I tickled his stomach, kicking out his legs and let out a squeamish cry. "You want to go see Daddy?" I asked him, he did not do anything, I shook my head at the one month old and I picked him up. I put his head on my shoulder as I walked down the stairs.
"His bottle is all ready and put into the diaper bag that was sitting on the counter. His car seat was already in the car and are you ready to go?" she rattled through everything quickly, "Uh, yes and thank you for everything."
I grabbed the backpack that was sitting on the counter; I slipped it over my one shoulder that was free. I pressed my lips against Liam's temple as he began to fuss. "Daddy did not even get to see you this morning," I whispered to him, Troy had to leave early this morning. He had to stop off to see the physical therapist, check out his thumb. Talk to coach before practice began then practice.
Once we got down to the car I pulled open the car door that Liam's car seat sat on. I gently laid him in there, buckling his seatbelt tightly. I pulled the umbrella over his car seat, stuffing the blanket around his body. I shut the door, Taylor got in on the passenger side.
"I am so happy that you are going Gabi," Taylor said, I nodded my head, "I am excited to be going." I opened the garage door, I turned the car on and I backed the car out of my driveway. "Do you think Liam is going to like it?"
"I hope so; he is going to have to live there for the next fifteen years." I said laughing, Taylor nodded giggling, "I am so excited to see Chad, and I can not believe coach made them stay at the gym. They have not been home in two weeks." She frowned, "Well I can not wait for the season to be over." I said, "I do not mind Troy playing basketball or anything but with Liam it's been crazy."
"Oh it has to be! I just June 1 to come so Chad and I can get married and have a baby. All I want is to start a family with him, Sharpay is already pregnant, and you already had a kid! I am just so ready to have my own." Taylor muttered, "Be careful what you wish for," I joked lightly, "Liam is a handful back there,"
"That's exactly what I want, I am so bored anymore. I am almost done with school, I have student teaching next fall then I am done for a whole year!"
"Taylor, I am seriously not sure if I want to work. I do not want to miss anything with Liam; I want to be there for everything. It's not like I need to work or anything."
I turned my blinker on to switch lanes on the highway, "But when Liam starts school?" she asked, "We will probably have another kid between now and then." I pointed out to her, "But what about when they are all grown up?"
"I don't know Tay; I am going to finish school I just do not want to work right now." I exited off the highway and turned towards the Laker Stadium.
"Troy and I want a big family so I doubt there will be a break from little ones running around the house but first I have to be married to him before we have any more kids."
"So is that your requirement?" she asked, I nodded my head, "Yup, I want to be married before I have anymore kids so if that's three years from now," I shrugged my shoulders, "But I can honestly say I do not want any more kids until Liam is two."
"Of course, one kid is a handful enough." Taylor said looking back at Liam, "I just do not think I could sit around the house all day." Taylor said shaking her head, "I also have Wildcat Dreams I will be helping with…" I told her, "True,"
I pulled into the stadium; I stopped to see Joe waiting. "Well if it was not Ms. Gabi!" he said, I dug out the Laker pass for him to scan, "Are you going to call down to the locker room?" I asked him, "Well to warn them, yea." He said taking my pass, "Well could you tell them it is just some wives. I gotta keep this one a surprise, we are surprising both men." I said winking at him, "Well, what is this surprise?" he asked me leaning towards my car.
"This will be Mr. Liam's first basketball game." I said pointing to the back, he smiled at me, "I will of course keep you three a secret." I winked at him and he let me go through. I smiled and I lurched the car forward pulling towards the locker room. I parked the car close to the front before shutting the car off. We both got of the car swiftly pulling our hoods up on our jacket as paparazzi stalked the Laker's entrance.
I made sure Liam's eyes were covered up as I pulled his car seat out of its spot. I held it with my right hand as I reached for my backpack sitting across the seat. My fingers brushed the bottom of it, gripping it I pulled it forward to where I could grab it slipping it over my left shoulder. I switched hands with Liam's car seat to the other side; I pulled the backpack over both shoulders. I slammed the car door shut for Taylor to be standing at my side.
"Ready?" she asked, we had caught a few of the people attentions towards us. I nodded my head as I adjusted my sunglasses on top of my head. I pulled Liam's car seat as close to my body as possible as we walked towards the crowd. They called things at us as we stepped by. Screaming things over one, another but I did not listen to any of it. Once we made it through the doors of the Laker stadium, I turned to look at Taylor.
"How the hell do they get over here? I know they get through the regular admission area but how are they here so early?" I asked her, she shrugged her shoulders. "They always seem to amaze me." I shook my head and I noticed Liam was crying. I bit on my lip as I set him down on the floor. I looked towards the doors to see them all pressed against the glass.
"Shh…its okay buddy." I said rocking the car seat. I picked it up again and kept walking towards the locker room. Liam's cry was started to settle down by the time we reached the locker room. I put my hand on top of his tiny hand; he instantly quieted and moved his fingers to his ability.
"It always works," I said smiling at Taylor; she giggled and opened the door to the locker room. We put our fingers to our lips as we caught sight of the first guys, they nodded there heads. All the guys seemed to be eating a sandwich of some sort with some fruit on the side. Once we got to Troy and Chad's area, the guys that were facing us were talking to them.
"So you ready to be back Troy?" Luke asked him, "Yea, I miss playing to be perfectly honest with you. I loved spending time with Gabi and everything but it's good to be back."
"That's interesting." Luke said raising an eyebrow," I stuck my finger to my lips as he tried not to laugh, Taylor could not resist any longer as she went running up behide Chad. He jumped from shock and then quickly picked her up. "Oh my gosh! Taylor!" he said, he breathed deeply as he hugged her. He let his hand roam through her hair, "I miss Gabi coming to my games and I can not wait for Liam to come to one." I bit my lip and I nodded to Luke. "Well then I suggest you turn around," Troy shifted his weight before turning his head to stare at me.
He raised an eyebrow before looking down to see Liam's car seat. He moved his lips as to act if he was going to say something but nothing left his mouth, "Hey," I said, he grinned and came over to pull me into a hug. "I can not believe that you are here," he whispered into my ear.
"Well believe it because I am here," I said, he smiled and kissed my lips, "And your brought Liam?" he asked, he kept one arm around me as he reached down for his car seat. "He asked to come," I teased him, "His little voice," Troy laughed and he kissed my temple once more. "Very funny,"
I kissed his cheek and I let go of him so he could see Liam. "I knew you did not get to see him this morning since he was finally sleeping and you did not want to wake him." I sat down in his cushiony chair while he got Liam out of his car seat. "Hey big guy," Troy said raising him up. Liam looked at Troy, "Damn, he is getting big." Luke said coming up from behide him, "I know right?"
I swirled in Troy's chair, "When do you guys go out for more practice?" I asked him, he looked at the wall clock, "In about twenty minutes." He sat down on the couch across from his locker. "Awesome." I looked over at Chad and Taylor who were in there own little bubble.
"Those two are way too cute," I said, I watched them share a kiss and I turned to Troy. "How is Chad?" I asked him, "Good I guess, he missed me." Troy adjusted Liam in his arms; I reached over and grabbed a bottle. "You want to feed him or do you want me to wait until you are warming up?" I asked, "I can feed him," Troy said reaching for the bottle; I dug out a bib for Liam and a burp rag for Troy.
"Don't want you to get that jersey all dirty," I said winking at him, "Whoa! Look who it is!" I turned the chair to see Kobe behide me, "Hey!" I said getting up to hug him, "Have you seen Vanessa yet?" I asked him, "Nope but that is the first thing I am doing tonight." He said, "I miss the girls." Kobe said, I got back into the chair as Ron and Matt both walked into the room.
"Oh my, is that Liam?" Matt said quickly working his way over to us, "And Troy is feeding him again?" Matt asked looking at me, "Again?" Troy asked raising an eyebrow at me. "Well you see remember that one night where you fed Liam when it was raining outside?"
"How could I forget? I got an hour of sleep that night," he said, "True but anyways I posted a picture of you and Liam. You were feeding him."
"Really and how many people commented on it."
"Basically everybody," Matt said looking over Troy's shoulder, "True that one," I said, I leaned forward grabbing Troy's water bottle and taking a drink of it.
"Ew, girl cooties," Ron said, I glanced up at him, "Oh like Troy and I have not shared a drink before." I said rolling my eyes, "You have shared more than that." Ron coughed, I laughed and I kicked his shin. "That was meaning," I remarked, "Mean!" he called out I shook my head.
I watched as Troy burped Liam I could not help but smile. "He is way too good with him," I said to Kobe who was sitting next to me, "He enjoyed his break more than you think probably. He probably faked the whole thing." I turned to look at him, "Not from what I say, now if he did it on purpose…"
He laughed, "It is something he did once," I told him.
"Really?" I nodded my head, "junior year of basketball season, we saw each other maybe once in two week's time besides in the hallway for a minute. Therefore, he purposely moved the wrong way to roll his ankle. We got to spend a whole week together." I said smiling, "Most amazing thing he might have ever done for me."
"He has done a lot since I have met him." I laughed, "He has done a lot period." I let my gaze over Troy as he talked to Luke and Matt. Matt was now holding Liam who was finished eating, his bottle capped and laying on his bib. I reached over to pick it up to see he ate very little.
"Great, that means he will need to eat sooner than later." I mumbled stuffing the bottle back into the backpack. "Lakers," I looked up to see Coach Phil walk into the room. "Finish up and then we are going to have a quick meeting before heading out to the court." All the guys quickly got up and headed for the trashcan to throw away all of there trash. "Babe I will see you in a little bit." Troy said standing up he grabbed Liam from Matt. I stood up and I gave Troy a lingering kiss on the lips.
"Play hard, we will be watching." I said to him, he put his arm around my waist holding Liam with his other arm. "I'll make sure to give you a sweaty hug afterwards." He whispered down my neck, which made chills fly.
"If you do not see us in the stands it's because Liam needed a break but I will try not to leave." I said to him, "So you are telling me not to panic?" I nodded my head, "Yes no panicking." I kissed his lips once more before he handed Liam over to me. "Well I gotta head to the conference room. See you in fifteen minutes," he winked and walked off. I sighed and Taylor joined me.
"I missed him like crazy." Taylor said sinking down into one of the chairs, "I am glad you got to see him." I started to put Liam back in his car seat. "Is Troy ready for the game tonight?" I nodded my head, "Yup,"
Sharpay's POV
I sat nervously on the couch, Zeke was coming home today after a long day of school. I knew I needed to tell him soon, I needed to go to the doctor's office. I needed to do many things but I could tell it was all going to get worse.
Touching my stomach, wondering how I was going to tell him. I broke down in tears trying to think of ever-possible way. I pulled my knees up to my chest and I let the tears fall. I threw up it felt like every thirty minutes, which I was trying to hide from Zeke as much as possible. I looked at the clock as it was approaching seven thirty, I knew he would be home any minute and I could not put it off any longer.
Rubbing my eyes, I tried to swipe away the tears but it would not happen. I continued to cry and cry my dog, Maui, kept looking at me as if I was crazy. I got up from the couch and I walked into the kitchen. I was tired; my body was ready to sleep for hours. I threw up everything I ate, which was making Zeke think he gave me food poisoning.
I let my head fall over the sink and I let the tears fall. I was done of trying to hide from him. I did not want to hide this from him any longer. I tried to calm myself down as I went back into the living room of our apartment. I took several deep breaths thinking, maybe he won't leave. He knows I love him like crazy even though he is not famous, or rich. I did not want him to be like that, I just want Zeke.
Zeke was way to nice just to ditch me, to leave me running behide him. He knew I could not do anything without him…right? I bit on my lip. My head raged of pain and I picked up Maui up from the floor. I stroked her head and I thought of having a little baby instead of Maui. "I promise I won't leave you," I said hugging her, she yapped for her to be put down. I took another deep breath as I did so.
She took off running to the door; I heard a car door slam and somebody marching up the steps. "I can do this," I said softly to myself. As I heard the key turn in the lock and the door begin to open my heart dropped. "I can't do this, I can't do this." I started to panic and I began to feel the tears all over again. I looked down at my sweatpants and Zekes sweatshirt.
"Pay, I am home." Zeke called, I tried to keep myself from sobbing but I slowly let it slip as he walked into the living room. His black Nike backpack placed on his shoulders firmly. Once he caught me, he let it drop to the ground. "Sharpay what's wrong?" he asked walking over to me. I tried to form words but nothing could escape my mouth. Zeke sat down next to me and I crawled into his lap.
"I need to tell you something," I said trying to take deep breaths, "Baby is everything okay?" I closed my eyes tight, my body tensed and he pulled me closer to him. "I can't," I whispered trying to break free from his grip but he held me tight. "You can't what Shar?"
"You will be so mad," I whispered, "I promise not to get mad,"
"But you will Zeke! I know you will because in all honesty I would also get mad. I would be pissed off even if I said I would not." I tried not to look him in his deep brown eyes. "Baby please talks to me." I focused on my feet, which were dangling in front of me. I bit on my cheek and I tried to keep myself from falling apart.
"Zeke, I do not know how to tell you this." I closed my eyes trying to form the three words in my mind. I pictured them but I just could not get them to come out of my mouth. "Just tell me," he whispered into my ear.
"I'm-" I paused and looked at Maui, her face so innocent. She knew I could do it, I told her a million times. "I'm what Pay?" he rubbed my back softly as I looked at the words again.
"I'm pregnant Zeke," I felt the room spin after I said it; Zeke was quiet, very quiet. My head felt faint and I was tired. "You are what?" he asked me again, "Pregnant." I whispered
"Why do you think I would be mad about that?" he asked me, I felt a tear drop down my face, "That's not all of it," I told him, I got up from his grip and I did not feel right. I tried to shake it off but the room spun around me. I grabbed the chair next to me as support. "What do you mean that's not all of it?" he asked me
"There is more to this Zeke I just doing not know how to tell you." I brought my hand up my mouth and I chewed on my nails.
"Well can you please tell me what the rest of this is? I mean you are pregnant! That's amazing, I mean we are not married yet but look at Troy and Gabi."
"This is a little more complicated than Troy and Gabi," I said sitting back down on the couch, "How could it be? I mean we can learn from all there mistakes and you will have someone to talk to-" He wanted to keep going but I interrupted,
"I might not be yours!" I yelled his eyes popped out of his head, "What do you mean by that?" He asked raising an eyebrow; I felt tears wash my cheeks as he looked at me.
"I had sex with some random guy at the club one time, like two days before we got together." I said Zeke eyes turned a blackish color; his fists were tight against his side. "What the hell pay? You are saying you could be pregnant with some Jackasses baby. You said you never cheated on me!" Zeke yelled he got up from the couch standing in front of me.
"I never cheated on you, we were not talking at the time remember?" I sneered at him, my head spun even more. "You were the one who cheated on me!" I yelled at him, everything suddenly became heavy.
"Yea because,"
"You do not have any excuse Zeke! You plain out cheated on me, we may have been fighting but you were having sex with some other girl while we were still together."
"Then what do you call yours?" his voice boomed through the apartment, "We were on a break, I was drunk!" I yelled at him, I stood up to go upstairs away from Zeke as the tears fell from my cheek but once I stood up my legs gave out. I went crashing down to the ground. "Sharpay?"
Then I saw black.
Gabi's POV
It was just past eight as we stood cheering in the Laker section, we were up by ten points Troy and Chad beaming the whole game. "Another shot for Bolton!" the announcer screamed, the shot went up and swoosh! Straight through the net, I held up my finger and I blew him a kiss. He winked at me; I looked down at a sleeping Liam.
It was almost half time, the cheerleaders could not have been any louder tonight. I looked at the clock as Utah held the ball. Troy snuck in behide and took the ball down court, passing it to Luke then to Matt who bounced it back to Troy.
Troy looked at Chad who had an opening; he passed it to him who took it up for a shot. It dropped through the basket, Taylor yelled out to the court. Chad beamed with a broad smile, I giggled at the boys who high fived. I looked down at Liam again. When the game started, he was wide-awake, looking around at everything and anything.
He would look out at the court when I held him. Once Troy came out, he squealed as if he knew everything going on around him. He was interested for the first fifteen minutes of the game before deciding to fall asleep. Troy winked as I put him away, Utah called time out and they all rushed towards there bench.
"How is he doing?" Troy asked walking past us, "Great, he is sleeping." I said giving him thumbs up sign; he tried to catch his breath before nodding. "Good," he winked and then walked over to his bench. He grabbed his water bottle and took a long drink. I smiled as I clapped my hands together, "Go Lakers!" I cheered Troy raised an eyebrow. "Troy seems in to you tonight." She said to me.
"When is he not into me?" I asked her, she nodded her head, "True,"
I looked around the stadium buzzing with noise, the clock read 54.3 seconds left before halftime. During halftime, I was going to escape from my seat and head to a bathroom. Change Liam's diaper and make sure everything else was okay. The resumed play and everything went down quick.
Over the next 54.3 seconds, Troy fouled somebody making that his second; the person shot free throws to make it a 7-point game. Once the clock game to 00.0 the ref blew his listen and all play stopped. The people retreated to there bench and grabbed everything before heading to the locker room.
I gave Troy a smile before picking up Liam's car seat and heading for the stairs. "I am going to the bathroom are you coming with me?" I asked Taylor.
"Yupp, I gotta go." She said we both picked up our bags. We headed up the stairs and once we got to a bathroom, I turned into it. I walked into the last stall where the baby changing area was, I set Liam's car seat down to pull out my phone. 5 missed calls, I looked to see Zeke had called me all five times.
I quickly dialed him back for him to answer on the first ring, "Gabi! I called you five times, I mean what the hell." He asked, he sounded panicked, "Whoa, I am at Laker stadium. I can barely hear Liam crying."
"Well Sharpay was telling me she was pregnant and then something about it might not be mine, then she like stood up. She passed out and I called an ambulance and…" my eyes popped out of my head, "Zeke! Slow down, are you saying Sharpay told you she was pregnant that it might not be yours and she passed out?" I asked, "WHAT?" Taylor screamed from a stall over, I cringed knowing there were other people in the bathroom.
"Yes!" he cried, "What hospital are you at?" I asked him, "Mercy North," he said, "I have no idea what to do Gabi, and I am so scared."
"We are on our way Zeke okay?"
"Who is we?" he asked
"Taylor and I," he did not say anything after that, "Alright, call me when you get here."
"Will do, be strong Zeke." I told him, "Thanks Gabs," I smiled and we hung up. I quickly flung the stall open for Taylor to be standing there. "We have to go," I said I made sure I had everything. Liam's car seat was in my hand, the diaper bag on my shoulder, and my phone in hand.
"What happened?" she asked, I shrugged my shoulders, and "The only thing Zeke knows is that she passed out, they probably are making him wait in the waiting area."
She nodded her head and we quickly made our way out of Laker stadium. Pushing our way through the paparazzi and to our car. I quickly got Liam's car seat into place as Taylor took control behide the wheel.
Zeke's POV (After Shar passed out)
"Sharpay?" I watched as her body fell towards the ground. My eyes looked down at her and I felt the blood pool near my feet. I quickly dropped to the ground next to her.
I looked down at my girlfriend's limp body. I took a deep breath and I quickly rolled her over so she was not lying on her stomach. Her breathing was faint and she looked pale. I scrambled for a cell phone; I dialed 911 as quick as I could. I had no idea what the hell I just got myself into.
"This is 911 what is your emergency,"
"My girlfriend was talking to me and suddenly pasted out, her breathing is very faint, she looks really pale." I tried to rattle off everything I knew, "Alright sir can I have an address?"
I looked around the house trying to think of our address, "Linwood Apartments, floor C, Apartment 354." I told her, my head spun as I looked at her small body on the ground. Tears formed my eyes as I looked down at her blonde hair spilled over the floor. "We are sending out an ambulance right now," she said, I took another breath, "Thank you,"
"You are welcome, do you want me to stay on the phone with you or are you okay?" I told her I would be fine and we hung up the phone. I went over to the door to unlock and waited for the ambulance. I heard the sirens get closer to the apartment. I saw the lights drive through the town as they turned into the complex. I opened the door to the apartment, they parked the ambulance and I walked out waving my arms. They spotted me nodding there heads.
Within two minutes, they were up the stairs, "Is there anything we need to know to take care of her?" I racked my brain for things when I hit me, "She is pregnant." I told them, "She just told me, I have no clue how far along or anything she is."
They put a neck brace on her and they loaded her onto the gurney. I looked at her as she laid there with no movement. "So she just told you today?" he asked me, I nodded my head, "Not but fifteen minutes ago," I said rubbing my forehead. "Alright do you want to ride with her?"
I nodded my head, "Please," I grabbed my backpack and my cell phone off the table. I followed the paramedics out the door and into the ambulance. I reached for Sharpay's hand as I sat down on the bench in the back. I stroked her hair calmly, "Son do you know how far along she is?" I shook my head, "No, she just told me twenty minutes ago." I said looking at her face.
"Alright, there is not much we can do until we get to the hospital which should not be more than five minutes away from here alright? We can not do anything until we talk to a doctor about this." He said to me, I nodded my head, "I do not think she has been to a doctor," I told him, "Well she will see on tonight." I nodded my head and I chewed on my lip. I reached for my phone I should call Gabi. She had to know, Sharpay could not have kept it from her.
Once we reached, the hospital the guy grabbed onto the gunnery as the door sung open. They pulled it out and I slowly let go over her hand. "Come on, I will lead you up to the waiting room. They will give you information as they get it," he said, I slowly nodded head as I followed.
We went up to the third floor; Sharpay had fully disappeared from around me. They guy lead me to an area covered with pregnant plastered on the wall. Magazines lying on tables, charts on the wall and I felt faint myself. I quickly took a seat in a chair letting my head fall into my hands.
I shook my head and I looked at my phone. I quickly dialed Gabi's number let the ring echo in my ears. She did not pick up her first time. I sighed thinking she might have her hands full with Liam. I tried to call again but I still got her voicemail.
After five minutes, I tried calling her once more. Damn, where the hell was she? I tapped my hand on my leg I looked at my watch. Troy and Chad were playing; I slapped my forehead thinking she was caught up in the game. I took a deep breath as I tried to control myself. I looked at my phone once more I needed somebody here.
I called her phone again to still get nothing. I tried Taylor next, I also got her voicemail. When you needed to get hold of these people, you cannot but when you want them to go away, they will not. I rubbed at my eyes to see a doctor walk into the room. "Are you with the girl they just brought in?" he asked, I nodded my head.
"They never got a name from you,"
"Sharpay, Sharpay Evens." I told him, "Alright while she has not woken up yet so we are going to start running tests. Did she fall?" he asked, I nodded my head, "When she stood up from the couch she fell onto her stomach. I rolled her over but I had no idea what to do that's when I called 911…is the baby okay?" I asked him, "We have not gotten that far but thank you for telling me she fell. We will make sure everything is okay," he said, he started to walk away before turning to look at me. "Are you the father?" I licked my lips.
"I- we are not sure," I said looking up at him he nodded before walking off. I grabbed my phone and called Gabi once more. When it went to voicemail once more, I tossed my phone into the chair next to me.
After ten minutes, I felt the vibrations on the chair. I looked over to see Gabi's picture floating up on my screen. "Thank God," I muttered.
Gabi's POV
I pulled the car up to the emergency room parking lot. I pressed my phone against my ear as it rang. I unbuckled Liam from his car seat and placed him on my shoulder. "Taylor is the stroller in the back?" I asked she looked through the truck nodding her head. "Would you like to have that stroller?" she asked
"Please, I am going to carry him in but once we are inside," The phone rang once more before Zeke picked up. "Hey we are here," I said to him, "Third Floor waiting room; I have not talked to a doctor since they asked me her name." I nodded my head, "Alright we will be up in a minute,"
It was a thirty minute drive to the hospital they had taken Sharpay too. I cradled Liam in my arms as we rushed through the doors of the hospital, going to the nearest elevator. Liam cried softly and I knew he wanted more to eat. "Shit," I muttered, "I completely forgot the backpack in the car." I stopped in my tracks, "Do you just want me to run back to the car? So you do not have to drag Liam down there too?" I nodded my head, "Would you please?" I asked, "Of course." I grabbed the handle of the stroller, giving her keys to the car. "I will meet you up there." She said, "You are the best."
She gave me a smile and I got onto the elevator with a fussy baby. I scrolled through my cell phone to text Troy; I knew he was going to worry once I do not come back after halftime.
Call me. ASAP. Xo
I sighed as I stuffed the phone in my pocket; I juggled Liam in my arms as he cried harder. I let my fingers fall through his hair, my lips pressing against his forehead. "I know buddy you are hungry." The elevator stopped and I stepped out onto the third floor. I looked around to see a distraught Zeke sitting in a chair.
"Hey," I said sliding up next to him, "God, I can not believe this. I never signed up for this," he said pointing to the hospital area. "None of us do." I said to him, Liam began to cry. Zeke looked over at him.
"I can not believe she is pregnant. I mean I was happy at first and then she told me that it might not be mine. I freaked out on her; I just hope I did not make her lose the baby." He let his head drop into his hands, "Zeke, I promise you, you did nothing wrong. She has known a little over a week, she is under so much stress." I told him
Taylor walked into the area with the backpack on her shoulder. "Here you go babe," she said, "Thank you!" I told her, she went on the other side of Zeke giving him a long hug. "She will be okay,"
"God, I hope so. I love her but this whole it might not be mine thing, it freaks me out." He shook his head and he let his head fall against the back wall. I tapped my foot against the ground as I watched the two doors. Waiting for somebody to come out of those two doors.
I grabbed the backpack, I reached for the bottle that was nowhere near gone, the bib and burp cloth was right next to it. "What do you think Troy would be doing right now if that was you?" Zeke asked me, I laughed, "Troy is not a good explain." I said, "No but seriously," he said
"Pacing, frantically." Zeke looked towards the ground, "I do not have energy to pace." I giggled, "I do not know what is wrong with Troy, and you would think he would be the same way." I shook my head as I put the bottle near Liam's lips. He began to suck on it and I looked at Zeke. "Do not worry now, just think postive." I told him. He nodded his head and it was quiet after that.
I wiped at my eyes with my free fingers, I burped Liam three times before he drifted off to sleep. I pulled the stroller closer to me, Iaid Liam flat on his back. I buckled him in and I threw the blanket I had over him. I pushed him back and forth with my foot, my eyes trying to stay open long enough. It was just past nine o clock, the game should be over by now.
As if on cue my phone rang, I looked over at it to see a picture of Troy with Liam. I picked it up putting it next to my ear, "What the hell? You said not to panic if you weren't there but when I get to the locker room there is a text saying call me?"
"Troy-" I began but he stopped, "Gabi never scare me like that again. I thought you were hurt some where, you never came back!" he yelled, "Troy!" I said quickly to him, "Gabi, where the hell are you?"
"That is what I am trying to tell you but you are too busy yelling at me." I rolled my eyes, "Okay fine you can talk now."
"Sharpay passed out; I am with Zeke at Mercy North." Troy did not speak for a minute, "You mean Shar is in the hospital?" I nodded my head, "Yea, she is Troy. I just do not leave your games like that. I left because Zeke needed me, Taylor is also with me."
"We are in our way up and I am sorry I yelled at you, I was just so worried about you." I licked my lips, "I know you were Troy," I smiled softly as I let my head fall onto Zeke's shoulders. "I love you," I whispered to him, "I love you too." It was quiet over the phone, "Bye," I said giggling
"Bye." He said, we hung up and I let my eyes rest. I kept moving Liam's stroller. I sat up to see Taylor also leaning against Zeke; I smiled as I let my head fall back against him. I yawned and I let my eyes fall to a close myself.
"Brie?" I opened my eyes to see Troy standing in front of me; I then looked at the clock to see it was past ten. "Hey," I whispered sitting up. I looked at Liam in his stroller, sleeping peacefully. Troy sat down next to me, "Chad," I said as he walked by, "You have not said one word to me yet." I teased him; he turned to look at me. "Sorry," he blushed I stood up and I gave him a hug. "He is getting big," Chad commented
"I know he is," he kissed my cheek before going to to see Taylor. I leaned back into Troy; he kissed the top of my head. "We won,"
"Congrats," I whispered letting my eyes fall to a close again. "Mr. Evens?" I let my eyes pop up to see a nurse in front of us. "Zeke," I said nudging his knee, he opened his eyes. When he saw the nurse in front of him he jumped up, "How is she?"
"Awake, she is asking for Zeke and a Gabi." She said looking at all of us, I yawned standing up. "Can we go back and see her?" I asked the nurse.
"Yes but I want to explain, Sharpay passed out due to stress and a lower than normal blood sugar. We want to keep a close eye on that because that could be a little dangerous." Zeke nodded his head and I stood up, "Troy, I will be back out in a few minutes alright?" he nodded his head as he took over Liam's stroller.
I followed the nurse and Zeke back to where they were keeping Sharpay. The nurse opened a door for us, which lead to Sharpay. We moved past some curtains before we saw her lying in a bed. Her eyes were shut and she did look a little pale. "She looks a lot better than earlier," Zeke mumbled into my ear, I eyed him as if he was serious.
Zeke walked over to her, grabbing her hand and stroking her hair. I went to her other side sitting in the chair, "Zeke?" I looked at Sharpay who opened her eyes. "I'm right here babying," he said leaning forward to kiss her forehead.
"I am so sorry," she said starting to cry, I reached for her other hand. "Don't cry baby," he said, "I did-" Zeke stopped her from talking anymore. "It's fine,"
"Gabi thanks for keeping Zeke calm," Sharpay said, "How did you know?" I teased her
"Because you are my best friend and I know Zeke was freaking out." I giggled and I squeezed her hand, "I need to get Liam home but I am glad you are doing better." I said she smiled at me before closing her eyes.
"You need rest, go to sleep." I said to her, she gave me another smile before I let go of her hand. I quietly walked out of room, down the hallway and back into the waiting room.
"Taylor if you want to go see her very fast she is falling back asleep." I told her, "Alright," she said standing up, "You coming Chad?" he nodded, "Yea," Troy dug some keys out of his pocket, "I am going to take my two home. You can take my car home," Troy told Chad as he tossed him the keys.
"Thanks man," Troy nodded and he got up pushing Liam's stroller towards the elevators. "Talk to you tomorrow Tay?" I asked she nodded her head. "Coffee in the morning?"
"Sure, how about starbucks at ten?"
"Sounds good to me, make sure to bring little man." She said winking, "got it how about hitting up baby gap?" I asked. "Sounds good,"
Troy and I started walking towards the elevator before I turned to Taylor, "I'll call Zeke in the morning to see how Sharpay is doing. I do not think they are going to keep her very long in the morning."
Taylor turned nodding her head at me, "We can buy her a little outfit," she said winking at me, I nodded my head, "Yay!" I cheered; Troy put his hand on my lower back. I waved goodbye to Chad and Taylor as we walked out the door.
Sharpay's POV
After a night in the hospital, I was ready to go back home. I was buckled in the passenger seat of the car, my arm sore from the IV and a bottle of water in my lap.
"You did not have to keep it from me for a week." Zeke said as we pulled out of the hospital parking lot, "Zeke, I promise you it was not out of will." I let my headrest on the back of the headrest.
"So do you know who the other dad could be?" I pursed my lips together, "No." I turned my head a little to look at him, "But this baby will only have one dad. That's you Zeke; I do not want anybody else to be his or her dad." He let a smile shift onto his face. He reached over grabbing my hand, "I probably should not have freaked out on your like that. I was just so shocked."
"Can we please stop talking about this? I am so tired and my head hurts like crazy." I whispered, he squeezed my hand and it was a quiet trip home after that.
Gabi's POV
"Zeke talked to me this morning. They released Shar earlier than I thought they would. Like at six this morning." I said sipping at my cup of coffee as I pushed Liam's stroller through the Baby Gap looking for the perfect shirt to cheer Shar up.
"Oh really? When I saw her last night, she was dead. I have never seen her like that. I am just ready to see her back at her own place."
"I think Zeke took it better than she thought,"
"If she would not have passed out, I do not know how it would have really been." Taylor said shaking her head, I picked up a shirt but I put it down. I glanced over the table before my eyes landed on a skirt.
"Oh my," I leaned over picking it up, "Does this not scream Sharpay?" I asked holding it up to Taylor she nodded her head. "Oh hell yea it does!"
I picked up three sizes of the same one so she could wear it for a while, "We do not even know if it's a girl," Taylor said, I shrugged my shoulders. "If it's a boy she can keep it for her next kid or I can have it for my next kid." I picked up all three of them holding them in my hand.
"Let's find some plain pink onsie." I said heading for the back of the store where they kept them. I looked over the back wall before my eyes landed on the package of onsie. "Pick up those! There are three different pinks that could work with this outfit!" I said pointing at them. Taylor's eyes scanned them and picked them up handing them to me.
"She will love this!" I said the skirt was brown with pink, purple, and tan bubbles all around. The lap band had a big brown bow and it screamed Sharpay and the onsie were just plain pink onsie.
We made our way over to the register and we checked out. Once we paid and got into the car, we headed to Sharpay's apartment. Zeke told me she was sleeping now but would gently wake her up so we could give her the gift. We pulled into the apartment complex, we bumped over the speed bump and made our way to there apartment.
We parked in front of the stairs to there door and we got out. I pulled Liam's car seat out of the holder and I grabbed the bag the lady wrapped up for us. We made our way up the stairs knocking on the door as it came to us.
Zeke quickly answered the door as he let us in, "Hey guys, she was awake when I got in there but she is tired."
"We promise, it will be short. Liam is getting hungry and tired so we have to make it short." I said giving Zeke a sweet smile, I know he was having trouble with all of it still. Only reason I knew is because he called Troy at two am trying to figure everything out.
"Alright," he said, we walked down to her room and I pushed open the door. She was propped up in bed with her eyes half shut. "Hey girl," I said making my way in, I set Liam's car seat on the floor in front of her bed. Taylor and I climbed on top of the bed and I dragged the gift with me. "What are you guys doing here?" Sharpay asked, her voice sounded rougher, tired. "We wanted to drop off a little something." I dropped the bag on her lap and she smiled, "You guys,"
"We know you needed a little cheering up," I said giving her a hug, she smiled and Taylor joined our hug.
"We'll let's open this up!" she cheered
Hey! Sorry it was shorter than normal! But today is my BIRTHDAY! Yayy! I got some really cool things from my parents, inculding Uggs and Guess Sunglasses! Eckk! Thought I was going to freak! Loved them! :D Thanksto my wonderful parents! I love youu! I also share my birthday with my daddy, so Happy Birthday Dad! 3
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