Later at free period, Gabriella carried Tori in her car seat to the gym following Troy. She sits on the bleachers and takes Tori out of the car seat. She hands her the dropped stuffed basketball and sits her on her thigh leaning against her arm so she's facing the net that the guys use during practice. Troy goes into the locker rooms to change into his practice gear with the guys. Jack walks out of them and sees Gabby with Tori. "What the hell are you doing here!?"
Gabby winced and looked up. "I'm here to watch Troy practice. And so is our daughter."
"Get out!"
At that moment the guys all walked out. "What's going on here?!" Troy asked half yelling.
Gabriella looked at him frowning. "He doesn't want us here."
Troy looked at his dad. "She... THEY can be here all they want."
"Yeah!" The whole team agreed.
"What is it with you lately? You seem to blame my girlfriend for everything that's wrong. She hasn't done anything wrong and yet you hate her for no God damn reason. Blame her for everything. That's not the father I grew up with. The father I love. Gabriella is the BEST thing. No. Scratch that. Gabriella AND Tori are the best thing that ever happened to me. They're my life and my everything. They make me the happiest I've ever been. They're my family. Our friends are more our family then you have been. And until you start accepting them and being nice to them, I don't want you anywhere near them. Leave them alone and don't talk to Gabriella."
"She's a loser, Troy. She's stupid. She has no father. She's a nobody. And that THING she's holding is a big mistake!"
Tori understood what he said and started wailing. "She's not a thing! She's a baby. And my daughter at that. And Gabriella isn't stupid. She's the smartest person in the school. Maybe even the world next to Einstein. She loves me and I love her. That won't change and I plan on proposing next year!"
Gabriella's trying to calm Tori down. "Just because you plan to marry her, does not make her my future daughter-in-law. She's a nobody and a manipulator. A loser!"
That put Troy over the edge. "That's it! I quit! I'm done! Pick a new captain!"
The whole team was discussing Jacks behavior towards Gabriella and turned to face Jack. "We quit too. Nobody disses our baby sister like that." Chad said for the guys.
They all nodded in agreement. "Yeah!"
"And without us, you have no team." Zeke added.
"We are the team and we loved our coach. But you diss Gabriella and Tori like that, we'll defend them. We quit." Chad finished.
The guys left to change back into their normal clothes as Troy calmed Tori down. Gabriella smiled. "Go change back and tell the guys thank you for sticking up for us. I'll be there with Tori shortly."
Troy pecks her lips. "Ok. I love you."
"I love you too." Troy hands Tori back to her and goes to change. Gabby puts Tori back in her car seat and talks to her. "Sorry you didn't get to see your daddy and uncles play basketball today. I know you wanted to watch."
She finished gathering everything and walked into the locker rooms. Chad spotted her. "Hey, Gabs. You ok?"
"I will be. Thanks for sticking up for us."
"You're our baby sister. We'll always stick up for you."
"Yeah, Gabby." Zeke agreed walking up to them. "It's still free period. Lets get you and Troy to rehearsals."
The rest of the guys finished getting dressed and Troy wrapped his arm around Gabby's waist. "Lets go."
They left and all walked down to the theatre.
