Gabriella turned on the sink fosset, putting her hands under the water then splashing her face with it. She reached out for a towel and grabbed it then patted her face dry. She looked up into the mirror. Her face was pale, her eyes red from the crying. Gabriella opened the bathroom cabinet and took out a bottle of pills. She put 4 into her hand, and then swallowed them dry. Gabriella heard footsteps walking away from the door. She ignored it, thinking it was just the old floor boards creaking again. Gabriella stood there re-thinking it again, there was no way. The doors had been locked, and she was alone in the house she shared with Sharpay Evans and her boyfriend of 2 years, Chad Danforth, Kelsi Nielson and her fiancé Jason Cross and Zeke Baylor, the used.
Gabriella ran a hand down his chest, eyes forming in her eyes as she kissed him. She tried her best to make him believe that it was for real. Only she would know it wasn't. Gabriella was doing this for a good reason. Wasn't she?
Gabriella slowly pulled away from his lips, she went down slowly running her hand down his muscular, bare chest. Her hands finally made it to his pants. She took off his belt, throwing it somewhere into the corner and then un-buttoned and un-zipped his pants, pulling them down. She watched him kick off his pants, and then looked at the bulge in his pants. She felt like her stomach was in her throat, it disgusted her. But she slowly slid down his boxers anyways. Gabriella could barley bring herself to look at his manhood, there was only one that she wanted to see and it definitely wasn't his. She just faked a smirk, then wrapped her hand around it and started to pump her hand.
A half hour later, Gabriella watched him lay next to her, pulling her close to him as he kissed her forehead. Gabriella just wanted to run, run away from him, run away from this. He pulled her close that he was spooning her from behind and Gabriella whispered, "So, about the house…"
She took a deep breath, reaching for the small blade. Gabriella placed it against her skin, as it slowly cut into her. The pain was what she thrived on. She couldn't be there. Not anymore. She had lost everything. Her health. Her will power. Him. She had lost him for good. The one man who could make her believe she was a beautiful goddess and that she was actually worth something and that she could make a difference. But he was gone now. Gone for good.
The 6 friends stood together in the living room they had all been living in for the last 3 years together. They were about to lose it, all because of their so called friend Zeke Baylor, the man who owned the house and was renting it to the 6 men and women.
"Come on man, you can't just take this away from us. You used to live here too." Jason cross said in a furious rage at Zeke when he walked into the room. Kelsi, his fiancé held his hand, giving it a tight squeeze letting him know she was there for him.
"Yeah, until you became a suit-wearing pussy." Troy Bolton said with a not so unusual attitude of his.
"Listen guys, I know I haven't been around a lot lately. But I'm letting you keep the house, just promise to pay me the rent soon." Zeke Baylor said with a grin then looked over at Gabriella and winked.
She just gave him a small smile then looked at the ground, standing next to Troy who gave her a look of confusion. Then Sharpay looked at Gabriella then over to Zeke, "Why are you changing your mind all of a sudden?"
"Well Gabriella and I had a talk last night…" Zeke started to say, then Troy ripped his hand away from Gabriella's hand and just looked at her then shook his head. Troy walked away and out the door, slamming it behind him. He knew oh too well that she and Zeke had a past relationship and couldn't stand to know that she had been with him after she had said 'I love you' to him.
Just thinking about it, made Gabriella break down into tears. She set down the blade and slowly turned her back to the counter, leaning against it she slid down onto the floor. Her wrist still bleeding she put her arms around her knees, putting her face into them. She cried for an hour, before crying herself to sleep on the bathroom floor. Gabriella had convinced herself before she fell asleep that this was it. She would not wake up the next morning. Never see those fake smiles again. Never get those cat calls when she walked down the street. Never have another broken heart.
Sharpay walked through the front doors that night with three out of her five best friends. One had decided to stay in for the night, and for the other she couldn't care less because he was the reason for her best friend's missouri. She set down her pink bag and then felt the arms of her boyfriend wrap around her waist, Sharpay smiled as he kissed her cheek, "Baby I'm going to check on Gabi, she didn't seem herself earlier."
Chad nodded; placing a kiss on her cheek then unwrapped his arms from her waist then walked into the living room where Jason and Kelsi were. He sat next to Jason, who was holding Kelsi on his lap. Chad loved Kelsi and Gabriella like they were his younger sisters and he was very protective of them.
All of a sudden there was a piercing scream, causing the three friends to jump then look at each other before jumping from the couch and running upstairs to where the scream came from, "Baby? Where are you?" Chad yelled nervously, his voice cracking some hoping nothing was wrong with Sharpay or Gabriella.
"In here, hurry!" Sharpay yelled out from the bathroom. When Chad, Jason and Kelsi found her, Sharpay was holding an unconscious Gabriella in her arms. She was looking at the paleness of her skin and the deep cut on her wrist with dry blood on her arm. Chad's eyes widened and he walked fast over to the two girls, picking up Gabriella then carried her into her own bedroom. After laying her on the bed, the two girls climbed up and held Gabriella. They wrapped her in a blanket, as Jason checked her pulse. He nodded and looked at his three best friends and his unconscious best friend, "She has a pulse. When she wakes up let's check everything. I'll go get some disinfectant and a bandage."
Jason took one last glance at his friend lying in the arms of Sharpay and Kelsi with Chad by her feet. He took a deep breath then walked into the bathroom to find everything. A minute later he came out then walked over to them and put the disinfectant on her cut then put a bandage over it. He sat next to Kelsi putting and arm around her as she turned her head into his chest and cried.
Sharpay wasn't moving, she was too in shock. She held her best friend's head in her lap, too in shock to believe this was happening. Chad took one glance at his girlfriend and could tell she was feeling just what he was. Shock, confused, anger, sadness. He couldn't take it. He knew that he should have been there to make it better. But Chad could only blame one person. Troy Bolton. His best friend who ran away from everything. Well he could also blame Zeke, he was the reason for Troy leaving and Chad knew that he didn't treat Gabriella right. He was always off somewhere getting laid, Gabriella knew but she didn't do anything about it.
The three of them heard the door open then close. Chad stood up and walked out of the room then downstairs to see Zeke hanging up his jacket on the hook. Zeke turned and saw Chad and gave him a half smile, "Hey, Chad."
"You! This is all your fucking fault. Get out of here." Chad shouted angrily walking over to Zeke shoving him into the wall.
"What the hell? Get off of me." Zeke shouted back at him, and then took a punch to the jaw. He looked at Chad seeing he was not kidding around; Zeke knew that Chad could easily hurt him or even kill him if it was bad enough.
"Get your ass out of here. Never come back, I hope you know that Gabriella might die because of you." Chad said softly, but with still much anger, "Get the hell out of here!" He shouted.
Zeke quickly scurried to get his jacket then he ran out of the door. Chad slammed the door after him, and then felt a hand take his. He turned and felt his facial expression lighten, seeing Sharpay. He leaned down and kissed her forehead softly, "Anything happen with Gabs?"
Sharpay just shook her head and led him into the living room, she sat him down on the couch then sat down in his lap, curling up into a ball, laying her head on his chest. His arms slowly wrapped around Sharpay, holding her close to him. The two stayed like that until 20 minutes later, the door opened.
Their heads turned toward the man who walked in. He just gave them a small smile then walked over and grabbed the guitar from the corner and turned to the two. "Just forgot my guitar, I'm leaving tomorrow…" Troy said softly, knowing something had to be wrong or else Sharpay would have totally gone off on him already.
Chad stood up slowly after Shapray who had gotten off his lap. Chad walked over to him and shook his head, placing a hand on his shoulder "She needs you, you shouldn't leave." Chad said to his best friend softly.
"She has Zeke, plus I don't need her. I don't need someone who won't love me the way they say they do. I don't need a stripper." Troy gritted his teeth, that was where he had met Gabriella. When she was a stripper they had met at the strip club down town. But what he didn't know was that Gabriella was no longer a stripper.
"He cheats. She loves you, you know that Troy. Come on, she did that to help yo-"Chad was cut off by Troy groaning out of frustration.
"You believe her? She's a fucking whore, always will be." Troy said angrily, he took a quick glance over at Sharpay as she was called upstairs, so was Chad but Chad just stood there glaring at Troy. Once Sharpay was gone Chad pulled his fist back and it collided into Troy's jaw, catching him off guard and knocking him over some, making him drop his guitar. Troy fell into the wall; he could taste the blood that was now in his mouth. He looked at Chad. Chad had his fists closed tight; he was breathing deeply and was giving Troy one of the dirtiest looks he had ever seen. If Troy knew anything, it was to not get Chad mad.
"Get out. Get the fuck out! Before I have to kill you." Chad said in a low voice, his anger all going out on Troy. Chad knew that most of his anger wasn't at Troy. Troy had every right to be angry, since he didn't know why Gabriella had slept with Zeke.
"I can't believe this. Come on Chad, I've been you're best friend for years. And you're taking the side of some slut." Troy said, shaking his head in disbelief, "Whatever, I'm out of here. I'm just glad I'm getting out of here tomorrow."
Chad just stood there, staring at Troy as if he didn't have anything to say to him. Troy looked at Chad, and then stormed out of the house. Troy was so mad that he had forgotten his guitar, which was the reason he had come to the house in the first place. Troy walked over to his car and got in, then started it and drove off. As Troy drove, memories of Gabriella kept floating threw his mind. He remembered the way he laugh could make his heart skip a beat, the way her smile made him weak in the knees, the way he lips would gently move against his skin in a way that could make him feel more pleasure than any other girl could give him and the way she looked in the morning with her clothes all a mess and her hair all over the place. He remembered how she would still look beautiful like that. Troy shook his head, 'Damn it Troy. Stop thinking about her, she's just a worthless piece of shit." Troy had to keep telling himself. Even though part of him really didn't believe it.
Troy got back to his apartment, which was filled with boxes that he still hadn't unpacked from when he moved out of the house. He walked into his kitchen and grabbed a beer out of the fridge then walked over to his couch. Troy grabbed the remote and turned on the TV, leaning back into the couch as he got comfortable. He heard thunder boom outside and then heard the rain start to pour down onto the roof. He looked out the window and out into the rain, he sighed deeply. Then he sat up on the couch, remembering he had forgotten his guitar.
Troy internally groaned as he got up and finished his beer then got his keys and walked out of his apartment. He walked over to his car threw the rain and got in. He drove to the house, all the while with his radio blasting wanting to drown out all of the memories of Gabriella. Troy pulled up in front of the house; he took the keys out and put them in his pocket then got out of his car and walked up onto the porch and tried to open the door, only to find that it was locked. He looked in the spot where they normally kept the spare key but sighed as he realized they had changed it. He needed his guitar; it was his life besides his car of course. Troy knew there was only one other way in, where it was always unlocked. But he didn't know if he could take the chance of climbing up onto Gabriella's balcony. If he saw her asleep he'd just sneak right on by. But what if she had Zeke in there with her? He knew that if she had Zeke with her and he saw them, he'd wind up beating the shit out of Zeke because of his natural protectiveness of Gabriella.
Troy sighed, knowing that it was the only way. He walked off the porch and into the backyard, with the rain coming down on him. He climbed up the tree and then onto the balcony. His jeans sticking to his legs, his shirt sticking to his muscles and his hair soaked and all over the place. He walked over to the balcony doors, putting his hand on the handle. Troy paused, looking in to the room from the windows in the door. He looked over to her bed, letting out a sigh of relief as he saw she was alone in her bed. Troy pushed open the door and walked into the room, shutting it behind him.
He walked across her room, almost to the door when he stopped dead in his tracks. He heard a faint whimper. Troy turned slowly and looked at Gabriella who moved some in her bed. Troy slowly and cautiously made his way over to Gabriella's bed. He saw her face, it looked different. It was pale and her mascara was all over her face from crying. Troy swallowed hard, wanting to know if those tears were for him. He slowly reached out, taking the cover and pulling it off of her.
His eyes scanned her thin body. He could see her ribs threw the small tank top she was wearing. Troy shook his head as he sat down gently next to Gabriella on the bed, trying not to drip water on her. His hand slowly ran down Gabriella's arm, being careful not to wake her up. Troy took her hand into his and looked at her wrist. He saw the bandage and cursed under his breath knowing that was because of him. Knowing that his beautiful brie was staving and cutting because he left. Troy felt his heart break, just by knowing that. But he didn't know what else Gabriella had been doing, but he planned to find out.
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