Chapter 5: The Visit from the Ghost of the Future

While Troy is looking up at the ceiling in his room, he begins thinking. He thinks about what he saw from both the past and the present. And in the end all he could think about is how Chad betrayed him.

'How could Chad do this to me? I thought that he was my best friend', he thinks as he looks at pictures of him and Chad. 'Chad knew how much I loved Sharpay back then. He saw how much pain I was in after she broke up with me.'

Troy was so deep in though that he doesn't notice when the Ghost of the Future appeared.

"Sad past that you saw isn't it?" The Ghost of the Future asks breaking Troy away from his thoughts.

"Yeah, I guess I just couldn't figure out why my best friend would do this to me. Or that he had anything to do with Sharpay ending things between us back then."

"Well for starters he was jealous."

"Why was he jealous?"

"He was jealous because you had someone who loved you more than life itself and he wanted to have that too. He was also probably afraid that he was going to lose you as a best friend along the way. Had you gone down a different path."

"Could you please show me what that path would have been like?"

"I'm afraid that I can't do that. And the reason for that is because you let Sharpay walk out of your life while this became your future."

"If none of this ever would've happened, would we have been happy and together?"

"Yes, you both would've been very happy together."

"Can you please show me Sharpay's future and what will become of her?"

"I can, but I must warn you that what you are about to see will be very heart breaking."

"I am ready," Troy says after taking a deep breath. "I need to know what will happen to her and her baby."

"Very well than, let's begin," with that said the Ghost of the Future snaps his fingers and an image appears. "Now this is nine months into the future. I know that you have questions as to why, but you need to see and listen to what you are about to see."

Troy doesn't say anything, but nods his head in understanding.

(Nine Months into the Future)

Sharpay is in the hospital in labor getting ready to have her baby. Her secret that she has been keeping from everyone is about to be revealed. The secret that she has been keeping is that she could die while or after giving birth to her baby. (You will find out more here along with the chapter.) Since her husband is away filming a movie and wouldn't be able to make it back in time, Ryan is there helping or at least he is trying to.)

"Okay Shar, you got this! You are doing great!" Ryan says to his sister.

"Ry, please don't hate me for not telling you this…"

"Tell me what Pay?"

"Remember a few months back when Brian and I were home visiting mom and dad. Before I told everyone that I'm pregnant?"

"Yes."

"And you asked me what was wrong?"

"Yes."

"And I told you that I would tell you in time?"

"Yes, now can you please just tell me what you need to tell me?"

"Well after my second miscarriage my doctor told me that if I was ever able to become pregnant again. And if I was able to bring the baby to term I wouldn't be able to survive because my body wouldn't be able to handle it. So when I found out I was pregnant again and my doctor told me that I have pre-eclampsia. She also warned me against continuing the pregnancy as it would have serious effects. But I choose to go through with it." Sharpay confesses while a contraction hits and she breaths through it.

"WHAT? WHY?" Ryan yells trying to understand why his sister would do something like this.

"Because in all of my dreams have always been since I was little girl was to be a mom. I always wanted to be a mother and even though I know I went about this in a wrong way. I just couldn't give up on my dream of ever becoming a mom."

"Shar, you know that you guys could always adopt a child or a baby. You know that right?"

"I know."

"Then why do all of this?"

"I don't really know how to explain this. I guess I wanted to go through everything with my baby. Like hearing it's heartbeat for the first time, as well as feeling it kicking inside me, and just knowing that I am able to protect my baby from start to finish. But now I need you to promise me something Ry."

"Okay."

"If it comes down between saving my life or the baby's then you choose to save the baby's life over mine." Sharpay says with tears in her eyes.

"Shar…."

"NO PROMISE ME RY!"

"Okay, fine even though I don't agree with this. I promise you that if it comes down to yours and the baby's life I will save the baby's life. " Ryan says with tears in his eyes as well.

"Okay." Sharpay says and before Ryan could replay to her. The doctor comes in to rush her into an emergency C-section. Ryan watches as he tries not to cry. The next thing anyone knows is that they hear a baby crying.

"Congratulations Mrs. Foster it's a baby girl!" the doctor announces.

"You hear that Shar?" Ryan asks not noticing that Sharpay has gone very pale after losing too much blood.

"What's her name?" a nurse asks so she could write it down for the birth certificate.

"Her name is Anastasia Aroura Foster," Sharpay says before closing her eyes and the machine starts beeping making Ryan turn around to look at his sister.

"SHAR!" Ryan yells, "Shar, please come back. Don't do this to me now!"

The doctors and nurses are rushing and trying to get Sharpay's heart to start beating again, but Ryan knows that his sister is gone but he can't help but try to get her back by yelling one last time.

"NO PAY! COME BACK PLEASE! DON'T LEAVE US PLEASE!" Ryan yells in pain with tears running down his face.

But the doctors who are still trying to bring Sharpay back have to push Ryan outside the room. After an hour of waiting a doctor comes outside to the waiting room and delivers the heart breaking news to Ryan and the Evans.

Ryan looks up and sees that the doctor that was working on his sister. He jumps out of his seat and asks the hardest question ever. "How is she? Is my sister okay?" he asks trying to keep his tears at bay.

"I'm afraid that I have some bad news," the doctor starts off with her head looking down for a second before continuing. "I am very sorry but your sister didn't make it. We did everything we could to bring her back."

Ryan doesn't say anything; he instead puts his head down in his arms and cries.

"NO…NOT MY BABY! PLEASE NO NOT MY BABY!" Derby Evans the twins' mother shouts and screams in pain. That only mother's know when they lose a child.

"Rest in peace with the angels my princess," Vince Evans the twins' father says looking up at the ceiling. Praying that his daughter finds peace and before he goes over to his wife where she collapses in his arms crying.

The scene ends and Troy is crying.

"Why would she do something so dangerous like that?"

"You should know or remember since you knew her since you were kids that all she ever wanted to be was a mother. You see ever since she was a little girl all she ever dreamed about was becoming a mother, and wanting a little girl. She lost hope in that dream ever coming true again after her miscarriages. And when she learned that she was pregnant again she realized that her dream was finally coming true but for a price to pay in the end."

"But why risk her own life?" Troy asks trying to make sense of everything.

"Because she made a choice and just like you did many years ago when you chose not to go after her."

Troy doesn't answer back. But instead asks, "Is there a way to save her life and the future?"

"Yes, there is a way."

"What do I have to do?"

"Are you willing to go back in time and make sure that you defend her and love her?"

"Yes!"

"Very well then, father time will be on his way than."

"Why can't you take me back?"

"One because I can only share and show you the future and second only father time can change the past, present and future."

"Alright, but before you go who are you?"

"Hey buddy," Chad says taking off his mask revealing himself.

"CHAD!" Troy yells wanting to punch Chad in the face for everything that he had done.

"Whoa easy there buddy." Chad says backing up. "Before you hit me and I let you. Can I at least explain why I did the things that I did?"

"Why can't I just hit you now and you can explain after that?" Troy asks.

"Because I came to admit that I was wrong. I never should've done what I did back then." Chad says looking down ashamed of his actions in the past.

"Really you are admitting this now? After ten years?"

"I know that I should've told you ten years ago. I never meant to hurt you."

"You did more than just hurt me though. You not only destroyed the best thing that ever happened to me in my life, but you also betrayed me. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't end our friendship right here and now?" Troy asks really wanting to hurt Chad for what he did.

"Because you still have time and one last visit left."

"Oh yeah and whose that?"

"Father Time and he can take you back to give you a second chance. You can go back to the start and change the past and your destiny."

"Really?"

"Yes, it's part of the reason why I am here."

"Okay and what else?"

"But there is something that I have to warn you about.."

"Which is?"

"If you do however decide to change the past then there is no telling what will become of your present and future."

"But will I still get to be will Sharpay?"

"You might or you might not because as it is no one's future is written in stone."

"There's something else isn't there?"

"Yeah.." Chad says looking down not really wanting to tell Troy what he wants to know next.

"Just tell me please."

"If you decide to change the course of the past, then…."

"Then what is it Chad? Come on and just tell me already."

"Then Sharpay's future may still stay the same as well as her fate. She could still end up dying in the future."

"So if I do go back in time and change things won't that save her in the future?"

"No, but as I said before no one well really know what will happen. Plus if you do change anything only you and I will only remember. As well as the other ghost who visited you tonight."

"Really?"

"Yes, in order for us both to fix mistakes from our past and we have to learn from our past mistakes. I promise you this now that I won't rip apart you and Sharpay again."

"You swear?" Troy asks Chad.

"I swear," Chad answers back and holds out his hand. Troy and him shake hands.

"Deal!" Troy says happy, "So when is father time coming?"

"He will be coming here after I leave." With that said Chad snaps his fingers and disappears. Troy sits on his bed and wonders what will happen next after Father Time comes.