What If: Troypay Style

Chapter 6: Father Time's Visit

(Picks up from the last chapter)

Troy is still sitting down on his bed in his room. He is thinking about all the what ifs.

'What if I do go back to the past and change it. And Shar still dies in the future?' he thinks,' but what if everything changes and she doesn't die? Would we still be together and have the future?'

Troy signs and gets up from his bed. Wondering when Father Time was going to arrive. As it was he was going in circles with all the what ifs that he was wondering.

'I wonder when Father Time is going to get here.' He wonders as he picks up the last picture of him and Sharpay. With his arms around her and they are both smiling.

'We were really happy back then.' He thinks and signs while still looking at the picture.

"Hello Troy." Father Time says while appearing inside Troy's childhood room.

Troy looks up from the photograph and sees Father Time.

"Hello Father Time."

"I see that you were expecting me?" Father Time asks just to make sure.

"Yes, but I do have some questions to ask you before anything and if that is okay with you?" Troy asks wanting to be respectful.

"Very well, what is your questions young man?" Father Time asks, wanting to help and see what he can answer and do.

"Okay, well my first question is: if I do decide to go back and change my past, what will happen in the future?"

"Well, I'll be very honest with you. The future could change completely from what it is now for sure or it may stay its course to how it is now. But, no one can predict what their future is or will be. It is entirely up to them. Just like no one predicts if they are going to be with the same person who might be their soul mate. The course of the future is never written in stone." Father Time answers, knowing why Troy asked this first question. He saw Troy looking at the photograph before appearing to him from his invisible ghost form.

"So let's say if I did go back and change the past, especially with how things ended with me and Sharpay. Then what happens with this future? Does that mean she won't die in childbirth?"

"Now, that is hard to say and it is something that not even I can see or predict. But everyone has their own destinies and fates as well as paths in life. And it's not really written in stone like I've said before. You see if yours and Sharpay's destiny was to meet, then get together, and fall in love. But fate ended up tearing you guys apart. Sending you both down a different path then from what destiny had in store for you both."

Troy looks down feeling his heart breaking a little bit more. He never thought about destinies and fates before any of this happened. He had always thought that if it was meant to be then Sharpay and him would end up back together. But, twenty years later Sharpay has moved on and is now married. He realizes then that fate has taken its course through her life, but he wasn't about to let her destiny and fate be to die after having her daughter.

"I get that there are somethings in life that you just can't change in life and it's not fair. But if I were to change the past will Sharpay live in our future?"

"She may or may not live. No one can be too sure of what will happen in the future."

"Now my last question is more of a favor to ask you."

"And what favor will that be?"

"Can you show me the past and what happened through Sharpay's eyes?"

"Why may I ask? I thought that you already did with the Ghost of the Past?"

"So I can see and I mean really see through her eyes and decide what I will do."

"Very well are you sure?"

"Yes, I am very sure." Troy answers needing to know what to decide. If he should change his past or not change it. With that said Father Time snaps his fingers and they leave the present future.