Here's a one shot I thought up of and just could not stop writing. Gabriella is hiding the fact that she is anorexic because she was tricked into thinking she needed to lose weight. Who will stnad by her when she needs her friends and loved ones the most.

Disclaimer: I do not won HSM or am I making any money off of this.

Students filed into their first period classrooms. Troy Bolton walked into his World History class. He looked around the room to find the object of his affections. Gabriella Montez had missed homeroom that morning and Troy thought it was because she had been up late worrying about a presentation she had to give this period. Gabriella stumbled into class just as the tardy bell rang. Troy noticed that she did not look like herself. She looked very pale and sad.

"You ok?" Troy asked her leaning over to kiss her gently.

"Fine." Gabriella whispered.

"Alright, class, please take your seats." their teacher, Mr. Spencer said closing the door. "The first of your historic figures presentations start today. The first presenter will be Gabriella Montez."

Gabriella stood up slowly as she grabbed her notecards. She walked up to the podium. The rest of the class and Mr. Spencer waited for her to begin. Troy knew something was up. Gabriella wasn't acting like herself.

"Anne Frank, daughter, sister, teenager, author, historic figure and murder victim." Gabriella said. "She was dead at the age of sixteen in a Nazi concentration camp only weeks away from lib..."

Just then Gabriella stopped. A sudden wave of dizziness hit her and she gripped the podium tightly. Mr. Spencer stepped up to her to see what was wrong.

"Ms. Montez, are you alright?" he asked.

Gabriella opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out as she collapsed. Everyone gasped as she fell right into Mr. Spencer's arms unconscious. Troy immediately jumped up out of seat.

"Clear the classroom!" Mr. Spencer ordered. "That includes you as well, Mr. Bolton."

"I'm not leaving her." Troy stated.

"That's an order, Mr. Bolton."

Five minutes later, paramedics arrived at the classroom. Gabriella was still unconscious. Paramedics placed an oxygen mask on her before lifting her onto a gurney.

"She must weigh seventy pounds." one commented.

They wheeled her out into the hallway as her classmates watched with shock and some with fear as Gabriella was one of the nicest people they had ever met at the school. Troy quickly ran towards his father's office. What he didn't see was Chrissy Jones, the captain of the cheerlead squad, smirking as he ran into the men's locker room.

"Dad!" Troy shouted.

"Troy? What's the matter?" Coach Bolton asked his son. "What are you doing out of class?"

"Gabby collapsed in History." Troy explained. "She's been taken to the hospital. I need you to sign me out. If you don't, then I'll just have unexcused absences all day."

"Go get your stuff, I'll meet you in the main office."

Troy quickly ran back to his history class. He picked up his book and binder as well as Gabriella's belongings and ran back out into the hall. Coach Bolton was in the office signing his son out. Troy pulled his car keys out but his dad pulled them out of his hand.

"You're not driving." Coach Bolton told him.

"Why not?"

"You are in no state to drive. Lisa, there's no basketball practice today."

For two hours, Troy, Coach, Bolton and Gabriella's mother Angela Montez, waited in a watiing room at the hospital. The school had called Ms. Montez to explain what had happened to her daughter and where she was being taken to. Ms. Montez ran out of her office and quickly went to go be by her daughter's side.

"Ms. Montez?" Gabriella's doctor asked.

"How's my daughter?" Ms. Montez asked franticly.

"I need you to come with me. There's something you need to know."

"Alright."

Dr. Alberts led her to Gabriella's room. Troy stood up to follow them but his father grabbed his sleeve to stop him. Coach Bolton pulled him back down into his chair.

"It's not your place right now." he told his son. "Gabby will tell you when she's ready."

"Mom!" Gabriella exclaimed as her mother came into her hospital room.

"Baby, why didn't you tell me?" Ms. Montez asked tearfully. "You haven't been eating. What's going on? Is Troy somehow pusing you into losing weight?"

"No!" Gabriella shouted tearfully. "No, Troy has no idea what's going on. About three months ago, I tried on my costumes for the play and it was a little tight so I thought I would lose two or three pounds and it would be alright. But then two weeks later, the costumes were still too tight. Every time I tried my costumes on, they always seem to be too tight."

An hour later, Gabriella had a bed reserved for her at a rehab center in Utah specializing in eating disroders. She would be there for six weeks. Ms. Montez had been given time off from work to tend to her daughter. She helped Gabriella stand up finding out just how light her daughter really was.

"Gabby!" Troy exclaimed seeing his girlfriend. "Are you ok?"

"I don't want to tell you." Gabriella whispered tearfully. "Not here."

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the Montex house. Troy helped Gabriella into the house. Ms. Montez went into the kitchen with Coach Bolton behind her to leave Gabriella and Troy alone so that Gabriella could explain everything.

"I've got to go away for a while." Gabriella explained.

"What? Why?" Troy asked confused.

"I'm sick. I have anorexia."

Gabriella then retold the same story she told her mother. She tried to remain strong but telling the love of her life what was happening to her was the hardest thing she would ever have to go through. Tears were falling from both of their eyes by the time she finished. Troy hugged her close to him as they tried to comfort each other.

"How long will you be gone?" Troy asked.

"Six weeks." Gabriella answered.

"I'm coming with you."

"Troy, you can't." Gabriella said. "You've got state in three weeks, you have to attend school in order to play."

"You're more important than some basketball game, Gabriella!"

"If anything, you staying here will help me get better faster." Gabriella said.

"But you'll be all alone up there."

"My mother is coming with me, I'll be alright. Please, stay here for me."

"Fine, but if you need me for anything, you pick the phone, call me and I will be on the first flight out to you."

"Deal."

For three long weeks Gabriella and Troy were apart in order for Gabriella to get well once again. Gabriella had been unable to have her cell phone with her while she was in rehab. Ms. Montez had kept everybody updated with her progress saying that her sponsers said that she was the ideal patient for them. She went on to saying that Gabriella was gaining almost a pound a week.

Troy was currently sitting in homeroom. Almost all of the cheerleaders were throwing themselves at him now that Gabriella was attending school with them for the moment. The worse of them was Chrissy. She would slink her way up to him after class, lunch and practice. Most of the time, Sharpay, Kelsi, and Taylor were able to get him away from her by asking him to help them carry some of their stuff to class. But sometimes, he had to be forced to talk to her when he was unable to find an excuse to get away.

"Class, I have a surpise for you. Ms. Darbus announced. "We hve received a letter from Ms. Montez. 'Dear East High, I want to thank you for all the wonderful encouragement letters I received the other day. My progress is improving but I still have a long way to go. None of you should be worried about me, the staff here is taking very good care of me and I see my mother all the time. Every weekend, me and my roommate are granted a field trip. Most of the time we either go ice skating or horse back riding. I miss you all, and can't wait to be walking the halls among you again. Gabriella Montez.'"

All of Gabriella's friends smiled happily as they heard from the letter that their friend was doing fine. Taylor leaned over and hugged Troy tightly. He gave a small smile as he sat back in his seat. Ms. Darbus approached him.

"I beleive you will be wanting this." she said handing him the letter.

"Thank you." Troy said accepting the letter.

That evening was state championships. The basketball team was warming up on the court. Troy was working on his free throw with Chad. Troy tossed him the ball but Chad missed as he was looking behind Troy and up into the stands.

"I don't beleive it." he said in shock.

"What's the matter?" Troy asked as he turned around.

Sharpay, Taylor, and Kelsi were up in the stands watching their boyfriends warm up. They were all excited with the fact that their boyfriends were playing for the championship, but they were also sad that their best friend could not be there with them. A dark haired girl caught Sharpay's eye. Sharpay gasped when the girl turned around.

"What's the matter?" Taylor asked.

"Gabby." Sharpay whispered.

"What?" Kelsi asked.

"Gabby, she's here!"

"What?" Taylor and Kelsi asked jumping to their feet.

Gabriella turned around and looked up into the stands as she tried to find her friends. A smile crossed her face when she saw the three girls stand up. Gabriella began to climb up the steps to them.

"Oh my God!" Sharpay said throwing herself into Gabriella's arms. "I can't beleive you're here!"

"What are you doing here?" Taylor asked hugging Gabriella. "I thought you had another three weeks."

"I do, my roommate and I gave up two weekend field trips so we could come here for the game." Gabriella said as another girl approached them. "This is Keisha Martin. Keisha, this is Sharpay Evans, Taylor McKessie and Kelsi Neilson."

"Hello, nice to meet you." Keisha said kindly.

"Gabby." Troy whispered to himself as he smiled.

"Go to her." Chad said pushing him forward.

Troy quickly made his way off the court and into the stands. Gabriella turned around when she heard the commotion going on. She didn't get a single word out before Troy pressed their lips together. Troy lifted her off the ground to hold her tightly. Gabriella wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back.

"I take it he's the reason why we're here?" Keisha asked Taylor.

"He would be the one." Taylor agreed.

"I thougt you weren't going to be able to make it." Troy told Gabriella a few minutes later.

"Well, Keisha and I managed to talk our sponsers into letting us come here." Gabriella said. "We both have the same sponser and she's our chaperone for this outing."

"Are you home for good?"

"No, I still have to finish the six weeks out."

"I'm just so glad you're here."

During half time, Sharpay had gone into the bathroom to touch up her make up. She went into one of the stalls to grab some toliet paper to blot her lipstick. While she was in there, some cheerleaders came in.

"So, how are things going with you and Troy?" one asked Chrissy.

"By the end of tonight, he will completely forget that Gabriella Montez ever exsisted." Chrissy said.

"I think you're getting something you haven't counted on."

"What do you mean?"

"Gabriella Montez is here tonight. And she looks better than she did when she left."

"Well, if she comes back I'll just keep making her play costumes smaller and smaller until she is as good as dead."

Sharpay gasped when she heard this. She knew Gabriella wasn't doing this to herself on purpose. Chrissy didn't care if she caused Gabriella's health crisis, as long as she got Troy. Sharpay quickly made her way out of the bathroom once the other girls had left and to the locker room. She sent someone in to get Troy.

"What's wrong?" Troy asked coming out.

"There's something you need to know..." Sharpay said.

"Hey, where have you been?" Gabriella asked Sharpay after she returned.

"Long line." Sharpay replied.

"Oh."

East High won States! All of their supporters cheered loudly as they stood up in their seats. Gabriella and Keisha were gathering up their stuff and getting ready to leave since they had a plane to catch. The basketball team was up on a podium as they were given their trophy. The entire team had been let in on Troy's plan to get somewhat even with Chrissy. Troy was given a microphone.

"Thank you. We couldn't have done it all without the help of our supporters. And our biggest supporters were of course the cheerleaders. So could we have their captain come up here please?"

Chrissy giggled and jumped onto the stage. Her fellow cheerleaders cheered loudly. Chrissy smiled for the cameras as they took her pictures.

"We have something for you to show you how much we think of you and to thank you for your all of your school spirit." Troy told Chrissy. "Guys!"

Chad, Zeke, Jason and Troy then dumped a huge bucket of red dye onto the head cheerleader. Chrissy let out a loud wailing scream as her entire body was dyed red. Gabriella, Kelsi, Taylor and Sharpay all began to laugh along with the rest. All the photographers took several more pictures of Chrissy than they did before.

"Girls, I'm sorry, we have to go." Gabriella and Keisha's chaperone said.

"Ok."

Gabriella and Keisha both hugged the girls goodbye and told them they would see each other again soon. They then began to exit the gym and walked outside. A car was waiting for them at the entrance to the school.

"Gabby!"

Gabriella turned around to see Troy running after her. She smiled and hugged him tightly. Troy then kissed her excitedly. Keisha and the chaperone smiled and got into the car.

"I'm so happy for you. But what was the deal with Chrissy Jones?"

"She is the one responisble for sending you into the road to anorexia. She took in your costumes to make you think that you needed to lose weight." Troy explained.

"Gabby!" Keisha called from the car. "We need to go."

"I've got a plane to catch. I'll be back for good in three weeks. I promise." Gabriella told Troy.

"And I will be here waiting."

Gabriella smiled as she kissed him goodbye. Troy watched the car drive away taking his sweetheart with it. In three weeks she would be back and nobody would force them apart again. Troy Bolton would make sure of that.