Plutobaby494: Ok, this is my first HSM, story so be nice! Oh, and by the way, the words in italic will be memories and flashbacks!

Disclaimer: Don't own High School Musical!

ON WITH THE FICCIE

Chapter 1

Gabriella sighed as she stared at the blackboard. She was in Math trying to concentrate but was having a hard time. All her thoughts had been on lately was Troy Bolton, Wildcats Superstar, and hottest boy in school. They had gotten together almost a month after the big Musical, he had asked her out and she accepted. A few days later they were officially boyfriend and girlfriend. Gabriella had been in pure bliss, since the big day.

"Ms. Montez, could you repeat what I just said" Mrs. Rubbre her math teacher said.

Gabriella winced and mentally scolded herself for day dreaming about her boyfriend in the middle of class.

"Sorry Mrs. Rubbre, I can't" Gabriella said looking down in shame. Mrs. Rubbre looked at her star pupil and said in a scolding voice.

"Please try and pay attention, Ms. Montez" she said before turning back to her lecture.

She again tried to concentrate but found it extremely hard. Troy had been avoiding her lately and had been absent a lot the past few days. Maybe something was going on at home, and he did not tell her about it.

The bell rang and Gabriella jumped, she had been so lost in thought that she did not notice the time. Gathering her stuff she left the classroom with her thoughts still on Troy.

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Troy was walking back from chemistry when his bruise on his elbow started throbbing. He got that when Chad had accidentally bumped into him at basketball practice and he hit the ground hard trying to catch himself. That was almost two weeks ago. Even thought he knew why his bruise was still there, he still wished there was a way to change his fate. He remembered when he first found out about his disease a few months ago.

/A Few Months Ago/

Troy waited anxiously in the doctor's office, he had told the doctor about the bruise and had it checked. Hid doctor said that he had to run some blood tests.

His mom and dad were also sitting with him. Amber Bolton sat with her son on the examining table and whispered comforting words to him. While Jack Bolton was standing next to the wall annoyed that this was taking so long, this was actually a cover up for how nervous he was.

When the doctor came through the door everyone let out the bated breath that they hadn't realized they were holding in.

"Jack, I got Troy's test results back and have sent them over to Roswell Medical Hospital for further tests" he said a little remorsefully.

"Why would he even need these tests in the first place?" to the Jack said walking closer doctor, trying to hide the shakiness out of his voice. Troy's doctor and his dad had been high school buddies and Jack knew that he would not kid around with something like this.

"I'm sorry, Jack. But if Roswell Medical comes up with the same conclusion as we have, than….." the doctor said trailing off. Troy got really scared after he heard this.

"Alan, what are you saying?" Amber said standing up even more scared than she was a minute ago.

"Please Amber, go to Roswell and get his results, they will explain everything there" Alan said than excused himself before he broke down and told him.

/The next day/

Troy sat in the waiting room at Roswell Medical Hospital pretending to been reading a magazine. His parents sat on both sides of him trying to stay calm.

"Troy Bolton" the nurse called looking around. Jack stood up quickly and got the nurse's attention.

"That's my son" Jack said. Amber and Troy stood and walked over to the nurse.

"Ok, if you'll just come with me" she said in a cheery voice. They followed the nurse down the hall and into a room where she left, telling them that the doctor would be right with them. They didn't have to wait long before a middle-aged man came into the room in a doctor's uniform.

"You must be Troy" he said walking over. Troy nodded nervously. He had never really liked hospitals. Ever since he had to come here to get his tonsils out when he was ten, he had a bad fear of what it meant when you had to come here.

"I am Dr. Williams, and I will be the doctor examining you" he said than pulled on some white rubber gloves. After taking his vital signs and taking a vial of new blood, he excused himself saying he was going to compare the results with the ones that they did yesterday. At what felt like an hour later Dr. Williams finally came back with a grim look on his face.

"What is it Doctor" Amber said standing up from the chair she had been sitting in.

"I don't know if you have been told, but yesterday when his blood arrived. I was told that it was to be checked for any abnormal signs and that what your regular doctor got when he examined you blood was not good, thus the reason he sent it here" Dr. Williams said.

"Yes, Dr. Scott told us to ask you" Amber said in a surprisingly calm voice.

"I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your son has leukemia" he said.

Amber gasped and Jack looked like he had been shocked with lightning. Troy just looked at his hands and tried to process this information through his head.

"What" Amber said than covered her mouth with her hand.

"After we tested his blood more thoroughly today we found more about it. He had what we call Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. Which means that his cells are growing abnormally white blood cells along his lymphatic system, and are pushing out all the good white blood cells along with some of you red blood cells and your platelets" Dr. Williams continued.

"What do we do?" Jack asked moving to stand by his son.

"We can get him started on chemotherapy and hope that they can get some of the most dangerous abnormal cells. Although I am not saying that he will be cured, there is no cure for Leukemia, but we can lengthen his life by cleaning out his lymphoid" the doctor said.

"How long does he…" Amber asked trailing off, not able to finish. Dr. Williams caught what she was trying to say.

"It will all depend on how his body reacts to the chemotherapy, and if we can get the abnormal ones cleaned out so his body can make new ones" Dr. Williams said.

Troy looked up for the first time and looked at the doctor.

"Will I lose my hair" he said thinking of how awkward it would be to go to school.

The doctor laughed slightly despite the seriousness of the situation, and even Jack had to smile slightly at his son.

"No, your hair will stay right on top of your head" he said.

They thanked the doctor and left after getting a schedule to come and see him for the chemotherapy. The drive home was a very quiet one.

/End Flashback/

Troy rubbed his elbow in attempt to stop the throbbing. After the pain was mildly down he continued on his way back only to be cornered by the Ice Queen.

"Hey Troy" Sharpay said flipping her hair a little.

"Hi" he replied not really in the mood to deal with her.

"So I really missed you at school yesterday" she continued. Yesterday had been his last chemotherapy treatment when Dr. Williams had told him that his body had stopped responding to the treatment. Today he was planning on breaking up with Gabriella, not because he didn't love her. He didn't want to die and have her weep over him, so he planned to break it off and keep her from having future aggravation.

"Troy…. Troy" Sharpay yelled trying to get his attention. He had zoned out there a little.

"Yes" he replied looking at her.

"Were you ignoring me there?" she asked snootily.

"No, I have just had a lot of things on my mind lately" he replied trying to cover up.

"Oh, let me guess. You were thinking about that Gabriella" she said jealously.

"Um….." Troy said trying to guess what her reaction would be. Having a girl yell at you in the middle of the hallway would not be a good thing.

Luckily her brother Ryan saved him.

"Hey Shar, why don't you give Troy a break" he said walking up behind him. The blonde boy still wore a drama hat to school but had cooled down since he lost to Troy for the musical. After that they had actually became friends.

Sharpay pouted putting out her bottom lip but finally gave in.

"Ok, see you in class Troy" she said than walked away.

"Thanks" Troy said to Ryan, glad that Ryan had come to his rescue.

"No problem, I'll see you at lunch" he said than walked in the opposite direction of his sister. Troy nodded than continued down the hall to where his locker was.

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"What do you mean he stopped responding to the treatment?" Jack said trying not to yell. He looked at Dr. Williams.

"The treatment is not working and it's actually doing more harm than good" the doctor said defending himself.

Jack sat down and rubbed his eyes, trying to not cry.

"I am sorry, but we didn't catch the disease on time and it has already spread throughout his body. If we continue we could actually speed up his death rate" Dr. Williams said trying to calm him down.

Amber hugged her son. Troy had been hoping that these last few months had just been a bad dream. He had lost a lot of weight and had been feeling nauseous since the first treatment. His face had also paled a lot in comparison from lack of food. Not like he was meaning to starve himself, he just did not have an appetite lately. Something he had realized was the cancers doing. Plus, Chemotherapy just hurt.

"Is there something else we could try, another treatment" Amber asked, already suspecting the answer.

"No, I am sorry" Dr. Williams said his voice full of sorrow. It was always hard to watch families that had to go through this.

"How long?" Jack asked not trusting his voice to complete a full sentence with out breaking down.

"By the rate his cancer is spreading I would say, six months to a year, maybe longer" the doctor replied.

Amber started sobbing and laid her head against her son's shoulders.

"What do I do? About my friends and school?" Troy asked finally finding his voice.

"I would try and live your life, like normal. And live out the rest of your life to the fullest" Dr. Williams replied.

"What about my friends?" Troy asked.

"It's your choice to tell them, if you want to" he replied again.

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Gabriella opened her locker and a paper fluttered to the floor. Smiling she knew who it was from. She put her books away and shut her locker. It was free period and she didn't need them. Crouching she picked up the note and opened it.

Gabi

Meet me at the balcony. I have something important I need to tell you.

Troy

Smiling she folded the note back up and ran towards the steps that would take her to Troy and hers special spot.

When she got there Troy was already there trying to break the news lightly to her. He had planned on breaking up with her and not telling her about his disease, in fact he didn't want to tell anyone.

"Hey, what's up?" she asked interrupting his thoughts.

"Oh Gabi, hey" he said moving over and making room for her on his bench. She sat down and faced him.

"Are you ok? You look pale" Gabi said looking more closely at him. He defiantly had lost weight and he looked like he was part of the living dead.

"Yea, I just….. I'm fine" he said not telling the truth. In fact, he had been feeling horribly lately and he knew why.

She nodded but still looked worried.

"So you wanted to tell me something?" she asked secretly hoping that he would confide with her why he had been acting so strange lately.

"I just wanted to say, that being with you has been the best moment in my life. And that I will always love you" he said trying to come up with a way to break it gently.

"Is that all?" she asked confused. He was acting all weird and jittery.

"No, I guess what I am trying to say is that I can't go out with you anymore" Troy said shakily.

"What?" she said as tears started to form in her eyes. Never in a million years had she thought this would ever happen. What had she done?

"Did I do something wrong?" she asked voicing her question.

"No. Never" he said placing his hand on her cheek. She looked into his eyes and hoped that this was one big joke and that she could pay him back later for.

"Than why?" she asked when she realized that this was real.

"Something happened, and I….." he said trailing off, not quite knowing how to explain without telling her.

"You what? Found another Girl, one that you like better" she said with venom in her voice.

"Gabi I- he started to say but was interrupted when Gabriella slapped his hand away and ran back down the stairs. Unfortunately for Troy, when she got back down, the first person that she ran into was Chad, Taylor, and the rest of the gang.

TO BE CONTINUED

Plutobaby494: Ok, so how was it!

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