Gabriella dragged herself out of bed the next day.

She took a shower, brushed her teeth, and automatically went to sit in Troy's truck.

She sat there for a half hour, waiting for him to take her to school.

An hour later, he finally came out.

He got in, and turned the truck on.

"A little antsy to go to school?"

"I just want to get today over with... " She rested her head against the seat. "I feel like shit... "

"You look beautiful."

"I'm a fat-ass now." She looked out the window.

"Hey!" He grabbed her hand and kissed it, causing her to look over at him. "You're not fat."

She lifted up her shirt a little. "Look at me. I'm two months pregnant and I'm already getting fatter."

"Well, you're not fat until you have stretch marks on your arms." He chuckled and let go of her hand, pulling out of the driveway.

She flattened her shirt over her stomach and sighed, letting go of his hand.

As they arrived at school, Troy parked in the school parking lot and they both got out of his truck. He handed her the backpack as they both started towards the school.

From the end of the parking lot, a voice called Troy's name out.

"Wait, Gabriella." He said, grabbing her arm.

He turned a little, watching as the running back from his football team ran towards him. This guy, Wilson Hedrickson, was a tall, lanky kid, with a set of green eyes and blonde hair. He was fairly attractive, and many girls swarmed him as they saw him, like Troy.

"Bolton!" He yelled out.

"Wilson?" Troy said as he approached him. "Is something wrong?"

"No, no!" Wilson stopped in front of Troy. He looked over at Gabriella, then raised an eyebrow. "Don't you have something to do?"

Gabriella was appauled. She looked at Troy with a disgusted look.

"No, she's with me... " Troy could see Gabriella grimacing from the corner of his eye. "Anyway, why were you calling me?"

"Trevor texted me last night... " He pulled his phone out and searched through his texts. "He said this... " Wilson pulled up one of his texts and showed Troy.

hey, u will nvr believe what i jst herd! avery jst told me that some nerdy freshman chic named gabriella montez had sex with troy bolton & he got her pregnant. u think its true?

Wilson shut his phone and shoved it back into his pocket. "Did you?"

Troy nervously looked over at Gabriella he shoved his hands in his pockets. "Uh... " He took one of his hands out of his pockets and brushed his hair forward, then flattened it out with his hand.

"Did you or did you not?"

"I... Um... No, I didn't... " He sighed a breath of relief. "You know that wouldn't happen."

"Then why would somebody say something like that? I don't think that anyone around this school would spread a rumor about you having sex with some nerdy freshman and getting her pregnant unless it was true." Wilson raised an eyebrow.

"It's not true... " Troy shook his head quickly and turned around. "I've gotta go. I have to get her to first period- "

"Where's Ally? I thought you used to drive her to school every day."

"We broke up last night." Troy turned a little, but not all the way. He looked at Wilson, then turned back around and started walking with Gabriella.

"Is she your new girlfriend?" Wilson said, grabbing Troy's arm.

"No, Wilson, she's not my girlfriend. She's a foreign exchange student from... Uh... Guatemala."

"Guatemala? She's mexican?"

"Stop asking questions!" Troy groaned and turned around. "Yes, she's mexican! She's not my girlfriend! She's a foreign exchange student that lives beside me! No, I didn't have sex with a freshman! I didn't get anyone pregnant! I broke up with Ally! Does THAT answer all your questions?"

Wilson's eyes got wide. "Damn Troy, I didn't mean to make you mad- "

"Well, I am, so get out of my face before yours looks like your ass!" Troy turned back around and grabbed Gabriella's arm, giving her a little shove forward. "Just ignore him."

"I'll see you at the banquet tonight- "

"SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!" Troy yelled behind him.

Gabriella looked up at Troy. "Are you okay?"

He sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I'm fine." He looked down at her. "Don't worry about it."

"Well, I am! Someone knows I'm pregnant with your baby and is spreading it around the school! I don't know who it could possibly be, because none of my friends know, and this was completely confidential between us."

Troy began to think about Ally and him last night...

"No, nobody knows... " He started walking a little faster.

As they approached the door, Troy opened it for Gabriella and allowed her to step inside before he did.

"Are you going to be okay?" Gabriella said to Troy as they approached her first period class. "You don't look too great... "

"Yeah." He nodded. "I'll be fine.

"Are you sure?" She ran her hand across his arm and moved her head sideways.

"I'm alright, I promise." He put his hand on the door handle. "I'll see you later."

She opened the door a little, but he grabbed the back of her arm. She turned around, a little confused.

"I love you." He smiled at her.

She wasn't sure whether or not she should say it back, because he had just broke up with Ally, and now he's saying that he is falling head over heels for her.

But, of course, she repeated.

"I love you." She said back.

He leaned forward and kissed her forehead.

She then slipped through the door to her first period.

...

The last bell rang.

Gabriella stood up with her things and slipped her backpack on,

Suddenly, she was swarmed by her classmates.

"Did you have sex with Troy Bolton? Are you pregnant? Are you and Troy Bolton dating?" Everyone in the crowd backed Gabriella against the wall.

Her eyes got wide. "No, no, and no!" She looked over at the teacher, who was pushing his way through the girls.

"ENOUGH!" The teacher stood in front of Gabriella. "Leave her alone! That is her business, and not every else's!"

"We just want to know!" One girl said. "Everyone's been saying that they're dating and that she's pregnant!"

"That's none of your business!" He shooed everyone away.

Once they finally backed off, Gabriella had just enough time to get away. She booked it out the door and down the hallway as if she it was a matter of life or death.

She didn't stop until Troy caught her.

"Woah!" He took the force of her stopping to quickly by taking a few steps back. He hugged her in his arms as she suddenly began crying. "What's going on?"

"Everyone knows, Troy! Everyone!" She sobbed and buried her head in his chest. "I haven't gone to one class today without being harassed about it!"

He sighed kissed the top of her head, rocking her back and forth in his arms. "I honestly don't know what to do. We'll just have to ride it out until you start getting bigger."

She started getting a little more upset. "Just take me home! I don't want to be here anymore!"

Troy grabbed her hand and lead her outside through a crowd of people.

Automatically, they started jumping on them with questions.

"Are you pregnant? Did you two have sex? Are you dating? Did you break up with Ally?"

Troy continued to push his way through the crowd, holding Gabriella's hand tight. He wasn't about to let go.

"Troy!" Gabriella said as her hand began to slip from his.

He looked behind him.

Suddenly, her hand fell from his and she sunk into the crowd. He pushed his way through people to get to Gabriella, and grabbed her from the crowd.

"Are you okay?"

She nodded quickly.

"Let's go!" He said, dragging her a little.

She got to her feet.

She became flaming mad.

Her blood boiled...

Troy pulled her onto his back and started towards his truck. "Don't say a word! Just be quiet! They don't need to know anything!" He whispered to her.

She glared at everyone there as they finally left the crowd of people.

It wouldn't be long until her tolerence level blew up.