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Concrete Angel

Gabriella sighed as she got out of bed. She slipped downstairs quietly, not wanting to wake her mother up. She glanced in her bedroom as she walked past, there was another random stranger in her bed, and the floor was littered with empty bottles. She walked down the steps and into the kitchen. She quickly packed a lunch and headed out the door, locking it behind her.

She walks to school with the lunch she packed

On her way she passed students that were laughing and talking, all having a good time. She made her way to her locker, where her "friends" were waiting. She gave them a confident smile, putting her home life out of her mind.

Nobody knows what she's holding back

"Gabs, didn't you wear those jeans yesterday?" leave it to Sharpay Evans to recall a pair of jeans.

"Yeah, I couldn't find my other dark pair of pants so, I had to repeat, but no one but you would notice." Gabriella replied dryly.

Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday

She hides the bruises with her linen and lace, oh

The bell rang and the group walked into homeroom. Mrs. Darbus looked at Gabriella again, she really was the best student in the class, she had this class for English and homeroom, so she would know. Cathleen Darbus would never admit it, but she did have a favorite student, it was Gabriella Montez. "Something is going on with her." Cathleen thought, "She's lost her sparkle."

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask

It's hard to see the pain behind the mask

Gabi smiled and laughed with her friends, but on the inside she was crying, and slowly crumbling to the ground.

Bearing the burden of a secret storm

Sometimes she wishes she was never born

The day ended and Gabi made her way home slowly, this was the worst part. She unlocked the door and looked at the fresh mess. She put her backpack on the ground and began to slowly clean. After two hours the house was spotless again. She picked up her bag and carried it upstairs. She locked her room door and began to do her homework. After she was finished she opened up her balcony doors and walked outside, it was pouring, but the rain felt so good.

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone.

The front door opened. "Gabriella!" Gabi sighed and walked downstairs. The minute she made it to the landing a hand connected with her face. She went crashing to the floor. Before she could get up a foot kicked in her stomach, hard. She pulled herself up. "Dinner." Her mother commanded. Gabi nodded weakly and went to the kitchen.

As she cooked she heard giggling from the living room, and a deep voice. Another man. She put the dinner on two trays and walked it into the living room, she set it down on the table and waited for further instruction. "Go." She nodded slightly and went up to her room, locking the door behind her.

In a world she can't rise above

She curled up on her bed and fell asleep, falling into sweet dreams.

But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place

Where she's loved concrete angel.

She woke up sobbing, she heard crashing all around the house, and moaning. Her mom and her latest boy toy were making their way upstairs, probably for round two. She tried to quiet her sobs, so her mother wouldn't here.

Somebody cries in the middle of the night.

She got up and went to sit on the balcony. It was only 10 PM. She shut the doors and began to loudly wail as she could still hear what was going on inside. She clutched her stomach, which was bruising badly.

The neighbors hear but they turn out the light.

Troy looked up from his computer and towards his open window, it sounded like crying, he shrugged it off and turned the computer off to get into bed.

A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate

When morning comes it will be too late

In the middle of the night Gabriella woke with a start. "I have to get out of here." She mumbled. She grabbed a bag and packed up quickly. She quietly walked downstairs and went into their "junk drawer", they kept about 200 there. She then slipped back up to her room. She walked out to her balcony, tossing one glance over her shoulder. She pulled the bag over her shoulder and climbed down the tree.

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone.

In a world that she can't rise above

But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place

Where she's loved concrete angel.

Gabi took her ATM card out of her bag and put it in the machine. She withdrew all the money in her account: 5,500. She sighed as she walked to the bus stop. She waited until the bus that would go to the airport came, she stood there, letting the rain wash her tears away.

The next day she wasn't at school, Cathleen Darbus called the house and found that she wasn't there, her mother sounded hung-over. Cathleen went to the principal's office and together they filed a police report.

A statue stands in a shaded place

An angel girl with an upturned face

A name is written on a polished rock

A broken heart that the world forgot

After a year of searching she was proclaimed dead. There was no service held for her, no burial, nothing. Troy, Sharpay, Taylor, Chad, Zeke, Kelsi, Ryan, and Jason all put money together and got a headstone.

Gabriella Elizabeth Montez

12.14.89-3.2.08

Great Friend, Sister, and Girlfriend

Through the wind and the rain she stands hard as a stone

In a world that she can't rise above

Gabriella walked out of the little L.A. beach diner, ready to go home for the day. She was tired, exhausted really. She smiled as she looked up at the moon, brightly shining over the water. She walked into her tiny one-bedroom apartment and sat down with her school books, she was taking online classes at UCLA, she was practicing to become a teacher of science and math.

But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place

Where she's loved concrete angel

Maybe one day she'd even return to Albuquerque and teach at East High.

AN: Okay that was kind of sad, but I was listening to my iPod AGAIN and it came up, so yeah, now I think I need to write a happy cheesy oneshot. Hm, I'm kind of getting into these music-based oneshots lol!

Song: Concrete Angel by Martina McBride

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