Troy sat quietly on his armchair in his old bedroom.
It was like an old memory was finally beginning to come alive.
He remembered the last time he was in the room.
He was with Gabriella.
And she was the most beautiful she had ever been since he first saw her.
She was seven months pregnant with Talon, had the appetite of a horse, and always had something in her mouth, whether it was good or the end of the pen, or even Troy's lips.
But, he was finally beginning to fall deeply in love with her.
He loved her and their baby more than anything on the planet, more than his high school fame, more than his friends, the girls, the mobs, his parents…
More than anything.
And he made sure she knew it.
He would grab her waist and spin her around, peck her on the lips and say "I love you, Gabs" or "You're beautiful, baby girl".
It killed him that the pain from her thinking that he was just putting on an act for her committed to her suicide.
And it also killed him that he had just kissed his ex.
He had loved Ally for so long, and then, just one day crushed it all.
She would do anything to get him, she would expose her virgin body right to his face, let him ride her hard. Anything. She would go against God's word to get him back.
She was going to let him be her first, even though she would be shunned from her Catholic church forever.
Chastity would be gone.
Virginity would be gone.
Innocence would be gone.
But, she would risk it all to keep Troy.
And Troy suddenly had a little respect for her.
He knew she loved him, and still did.
A stinging feeling came across his cheek, and confused, he held it as the pain increased.
He looked around, shocked, as the feeling deepened.
His mom opened the door "Sweetheart, are you coming downstairs?"
He looked over at her. "Uh, yeah… " He stood up. "Talon's sleeping on the bed. Just be quiet."
Troy started down the stairs with his mom and stopped on the second to last step.
He stared at his dad, who happily chatted with someone…
Someone Troy had deep hatred for.
His blood began to boil.
"What the hell… "
Kay looked up at him. "Troy, it's time that you talk to them… "
"No, they killed my Gabi, my baby girl- "
"No they didn't She killed herself, Troy." Kay grabbed his hand.
"She pulled him off the stairs.
Troy stared at the man and woman now standing in front of him.
The man held his hand out. "I'm sorry we got off to a bad start. I'm Oliver Montez, and this is my wife, Maria."
Troy stared at the man.
Troy slowly shook the man's hand. "Troy Bolton. You're Gabriella's parents."
"And you're Gabriella's boyfriend, the guy I found in her bedroom."
"Yeah that's me." He said. "What do you have to say about that? That I'm a man whore, an ass, a little girl fucker, a screwed up son-of-a-bitch?"
"Troy Bolton! I don't want to hear that out of your mouth again!" She smacked his arm.
"I'm twenty years old, mom. I can say whatever I want."
"Look, we're not here to fight. We wanted to meet the guy that Gabriella fell so dearly in love with that she felt she had to run away."
"And you never looked for her- "
"We spent months searching for her!" Maria sobbed.
"Troy, they are our guests, whether you like it or not! Be a little nicer!"
Kay made Troy sit on the couch. Maria and Oliver sat in front of him.
"Ask questions. I'll make him answer." Kay looked at Maria and Oliver.
And with tons of regret, he was forced to tell them the entire story, or they threatened to press charges on kidnapping their daughter.
He told them everything, and every detail of the time they had been together and when they were having sex at her house.
He told them about how she told him she was pregnant.
"I was just sitting there in Spanish, and I needed to talk to her about a couple things and to tell her that the sex had to stop… When the teacher said to find a partner, I looked over at Gabriella. I can still remember exactly how she looked, what she was wearing, and what she said… She was wearing this black hoodie and her hood was up. Her jeans were very tight, and she had a couple holes in them. She wore her suede boots. She was staring directly at the desk and her hands were in her pockets. So, I got up and went over to her to talk to her. As soon as I got there, I sat diagonal from her behind her. I tried to ask her a couple things, and she just ignored me. Then, I figured out what was going on. I asked her if she was pregnant, and she nodded. My entire body just went numb. I didn't know anything about babies or kids, because I never liked kids. I was really scared, but I stayed strong as she cried. I took her out of the classroom, and I comforted her and told her it was okay and we would make it through."
It killed him to watch her parents cry. But in another sense, it felt good to watch the people who abused her cry over her.
He continued to tell them everything. He didn't want to, but as was said earlier, he was forced.
And at the end of his speech, everyone was in tears and crying, even Troy, who was hysterical.
Talon walked downstairs with a long face. He started sobbing, crying, and called out "dada" a couple times.
"Talon, what are you doing up?" Troy tried to calm himself down as he got up and started towards Talon. "How did you get downstairs without any help? Don't do that again… "
Troy scooped Talon into his arms as he let Talon cry, obviously from a nightmare, and as Troy shushed him, Talon cried out with "mama" a couple times, reaching his arm out, grasping air, as tears rolled down his cheeks like he had just been hurt very badly.
But of course, he had a nightmare. What else would make Talon cry helplessly?
But suddenly, one last sob fled his mouth, and he was done.
Troy smiled a little through her teary face and kissed the side of his head. "See, you're okay."
"Is this the baby you were talking about?" Maria said as her and Oliver walked up to Troy. "Is this Gabriella's baby?"
Troy looked down at Talon and sobbed. Quietly, he handed Talon to them, feeling a little bad about what he had just said about Gabriella.
"Hi Talon… " Maria sobbed. "He looks nothing like Gabriella. Oliver, isn't he just something else? The only thing left of our daughter lies right here, in this little boy."
Oliver and Maria both cried like babies.
Troy's heart began to break even more, watching as they began to bond with their grandson.
His heart would never mend correctly.