"Gabriella," her mother called. "You got a letter to go on board the Star Trek Station in deep space."
"I have?" She asked.
"Yes," she answered. "You are expected to have all you things packed up by tonight before midnight."
"Why?" She asked.
"Cause," her mother replied. "You have to be ready."
"Okay," she whispered, running upstairs, when she heard her mobile phone buzzing.
"Hello, Troy," she answered.
"Hey, Gabs," He sighed. "I have to tell you something."
"What is it?" She asked.
"I've been thinking," he replied. "And I want you to know that I've been dating someone behind your back, whilst you weren't with me."
"So what your saying," she said, softly. "That you've been seeing someone else, whilst you've been dating me through the year?"
"Yes," he answered her. "And wanted to tell you that I'm ending my relationship we had together, and moving on with someone else."
"Does this someone else happene to be Sharpay Evans?" She asked.
"Yes," he answered. "Yes. This person does just happens to be Sharpay Evans, so don't even think for a second, that i will come back crawling to you, cause I won't. And I just with t we could just remain friends from now on."
"Troy," she paused. "We can't be friends. So I think i'm just not gonna talk to you anymore. Cause, right now, you've dumped me for the girl that bullied. You also made me realise how stupid I was for falling for you, when you literally, just used me to get to Sharpay. And this relationship was already over between us when spent the months trying to hide the love you had for her,"
"So what are you saying?" He asked.
"I'm saying," she answered. "That you were already moving on from me with her."
"But we can at least be friends right?" He asked.
"No," she shouted. "We can't be friends. Not after the months you've been lying to me."
"But Gabriella," he whined. "Can you please just hink about it for a second?"
"No," she shouted. "We're done."
Then she hung up, and ran upstairs, as she began to cry, when her mother came into the room, and saw her spraweled out on the bed.
"What the matter, Sweetheart?" She asked.
"Troy," she started. "And I broke up with with each other."
"Why?" She asked.
"Because he told me that he had been secretly dating someone," She shouted. "That kept on bullying me," she told her. "And for months, I could hear people talking about how stupid I was for dating a two timer."
"He was dumb enough," she told her, taking her into her arms. "To realise that he was leading you on, but eventually, Gabi, you'll find the one that holds your heart, and mends it."
"What's is that suppose to mean?" She asked, as tears were still rolling down her face.
"It means," she replied. "You'll soon find the right one that loves you for you, when you find the right guy that sweeps of your feet."
"Okay," she replied with a question. "But how can you be so sure about that? When i most probably might not find the right one. When I am mostly falling apart right now?"
"Well," she answered. "There's bound to be someone out there waiting for you, and who would be the apple of your heart, and somehow, he could be your key, to keeping you out of dangers way, for when he knows that your in danger. But He's also got to be the one be the one that will never do you wrong, or leave your side. Or for whenever you need protecting from the ones who've tried to crush your spirit. Or for whenever your in danger. He will be there at your side."
"And how will I find that person, mother?" She asked, as she stopped crying.
"You'll know when you meet him," she told her. "But right now, you've got a suitcase to pack for your journey that lies a head of you."
"Okay," she said, getting her boxes out of her wardrobe, as her mother began to help her pack her clothes.
"And Gabriella," she paused. "I've got something to give to you, but it'll be in one of you boxes, until, you get sorted into a room on board, okay?"
"What is it?" She asked.
"An early birthday present," she told her. "To let you know that I am always going to be there with you."
"Wait," she said, pausing for a moment. "Your dying? Before you even got the chance to tell me that you've got cancer?"
"Yes," she replied. "You'll have have people who'll take care of you, and who'll look after you up there. In deep space, sweetheart."
Then she felt dizzy, as she dropped the boxes out of her hands and hit the floor. As her mother rushed to her side.
"Gabriella," she called, trying to wake her up. "Gabriella?"
"Mum," she answered, as she tried to sit up. "What happened?"
"You fainted," she replied, helping her up of the floor. "But other than that, your okay."
"Mum," she whispered. "I'm going to fill one of my bottled up with juice."
"Okay," she said, as she dropped to floor.
"Mother," she cried, rushing over to wake her up. "Mum,"
"My sweet girl," she said gasping for air. "My sweet girl, I hope you can trust me."
"I can," she said, taking her mother's hand in hers. "And I will. Just don't leave me."
"Gabriella," she gasped for air, and touched her heart. "I will always be right there with you. In your heart, and remember what I told you. About the boy you that you will meet."
"I will," she said, as she took her mother into her arms and walked her down the corridor door and laid her down onto her bed as she gave her final last breath's, and left a note on her body.
Telling her that she was going to miss her.
Then she made her way back to her room, when some one had beamed into her room to help her with her packing.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"I am Commander Sisko," he introduced himself, putting her pictures into the box. "We've been expecting you to join us on your first year of staying with us."
"You have?" She asked.
"Yes," he answered. "You are now a Star fleet member."
"Oh," was all she could say, when she was beamed up with him.
"What's you name by the way?" He asked her.
"Gabriella Montez," she introduced herself. "I am 20 years old."
"Wow," he said, as they stepped out of the transporter, when the saw Major Kira walking up to them.
"Who is this girl?" She asked him.
"This is Gabriella Montez," he introduced her. "She's to journey with us on her many adventures."
"She is?" She asked.
"Yes," he answered. "She is. Could you lead her down to her quarters now?"
"Sure," she said. "I'll make sure that she's settled in very well. Okay?"
"Okay," He answered. "Just make sure that nothing bad happens to her, Kira. She just lost her mother today, but mostly, a boy who lied and cheated on her with Sharpay Evans."
"I know," she sighed. "I'll check in on her, every five minutes to see that she's okay, and that she's unpacked everything, and until she's completely settled down."
"I guess that's it then," he said, as she took Gabriella down to her quarters.
"What happened back on planet earth?" She asked her.
"Troy had dumped me," she said, as tears fill down her face. "And my mother died, before she could say her final last goodbye to me."
"Oh," she said, taking her into her arms. "Don't worry about that boy, Gabriella. He's not worth it, and he was never really good for you."
"I know," she sobbed, into her arms. "It was all my fault for realising that he had been using me to get to Sharpay Evans, and now, I feel completely lost."
"Shh," she told her. "Your okay now. You never have to go back to that awful planet. People have done nothing but hurt you in the past, and your grieving because you've just lost your mother today, and your only gonna cry more, if you don't push it away, and let your happiness find it's way around it."
"I'll do that, Major," she smiled, as she pulled herself back together.
"Now," she said, when they reached her quarters. "This is where you'll be staying. Breakfast is in the morning, and Weyoun will be here shortly, to hand you over some new starfleet outfits that you will be wearing from tomorrow, until you've been assigned to a workplace, okay?"
"Okay," she said, as she entered the room, and hearing the doors close behind her.
Then she started to un-pack her things, as she heard the door open from behind her again, and turned around to see Weyoun standing, and holding her clothes, as he laid them down onto her bed.
"These are your starfleet clothes," he told her. "Your to wear them all day and all night, that is up until the night time."
"Okay," she said, and continued to unpack her things, and put them into her new draws.
"I guess that'll do," she thought to her, then she heard footsteps coming from behind her.
"Who's there?" She asked, panicked, and then, she fainted again, as a set of arms catched her, and took her down to the ops theatre.
"Julian," Commander Sisko called, entering the room. "Did you see what happened to Gabriella?"
"Yes," he answered, examining her. "I was walking by her room when I heard her scream out who's there, and I opened the door and find her fainting, then I caught her in my arms, as she fell."
"Well," he said. "Keep an eye on her. She's been through so much already today."
"I will," he replied. "As soon as I'm done here, I'll carry her back to her head quarters, when she wakes up."
"Okay,"
After he lesves, Gabriella wakes and starts looking around.
"Where am I?" She asked, panicked.
"In Ops," Julian told her, as she tried to sit up, but he held her down. "I wouldn't try sitting up, Gabriella. Especially, after you fainted in your room."
"Oh," she said and demanded. "Were you the one that was in my room trying to scare me to death?"
"No," he replied. "I wasn't. It just so happens that I was walking pass your room, when I heard you scream, so I came in and catched you."
Then he picked her up very gently, and carried her back down to her room.
"Do you want me to stay?" He asked her.
"No," she lied. "I'll be fine."
"No, you won't be fine, Major Montez." he told her. "You'll need me to stay, until we arrest the person who tried to murder you here in your quarters."
"You mean attacked me?" She asked.
"Yes," he answered. "Until we find the person that attacked you, and arrest him or her, Gabriella."
"Okay,"
He gently laid her down, and pulled the quilts over her, when he sat down at the edge of the bed and heard the door open up, when Major Kira walked in, and asked, "Is she okay?"
"Yes," he replied, looking down at Gabriella. "Aren't you?"
"Yes," she replied, nodding. "I am."
"Well," she answered. "I gotta leave. Just remember that the both of us, have to keep an eye on her in case anything bad happens to her. Okay?"
"Okay,"
After she left them, Julian decided to get in beside her, and pulled her closer to him, as she fell into a deep sleep.
"Sleep, Gabby," he told her. "I'll stay with you."
Then the next day, she woke up and looked up at him, when he looked down at her, and smiled at her.
"Morning," she said, stretching.
"Morning," He said, stretching. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yes," she replied. "I did. You?"
"Yes," he answered. "I slept like a baby."
With that she untangled his arms, and got up.
"I'm gonna go," she told him "and get some breakfast. Wanna come with me and get something to eat?"
"I will," he replied, "shortly, after I'm done in ops."
"Okay,"
She watched him leave, as Kira came into the room.
"You ready?" She asked.
"Yes," she nodded. "I am."
She followed after her, as they made their way to the lounge.
"You can choose anything you want to eat," she told her, as she joined Weyoun, as she saw Julian walking over to help her.
"What I'm having," he said. "She can have. Okay?"
"Okay," the guy said, behind the counter, and handed their food to them.
And then, they found a table to sit at together.
"So," he started and asked her. "When did you decide to join starfleet?"
"When my mother," she sighed. "Died in my arms yesterday, after me telling her that Troy Bolton had dumped me for a girl named Sharpay Evans."
"I know," he replied, eating his food, then looked at her for a moment.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Nothing," he replied, as he finished his food, as Commander walked towards them.
"I trust that you had," he said. "A very good night sleep, Gabriella."
"Infact," she answered. "I did."
"Okay," he replied. "And I have an assignment for you."
"You do?" She asked.
"Yes," he told her. "You have been assigned to Bashir."
"Why me?" He asked.
"Cause," he answered, turning to look at him. "I've noticed that you've been there for her ever since she's arrived here on DS9."
Then Gabriella got up to put her tray away, and joined them once more.
"You have?" He asked.
"Yes," he told him. "I did, and thought you would gradually, would like her to be assigned to you, as you can take care of her. In case, she fell over, or if, someone ever tried to hurt her, and put her in harms way. Even through the pain she has, you can easily take it away."
"Where are you going with this?" He asked.
"I'm saying," he qulped. "That you put her at easy with you."
"I've noticed," he whispered, smiling at Gabriella, when he reached for her hand and took it in his.
"Come," he told her, dragging her with him to ops.
"What are you doing?" She asked him.
"I'm gonna teach you," he told her. "How to operate for the very first time, Gabby."
"You are?" She asked.
"Yes," he exhaled. "I am, but if you faint in the middle of it. I will catch you, because your head will never hit the floor, or your body."
"What do you mean by that?" She asked.
"I mean," he sighed. "That I'll be taking care of your diet."
"Okay," she said.
"Come on," he told her. "We've got a lot of work to do right now."
"Alrighty then,"
As they began to get to work, they had their very first patient arrive in ops, when Commander Sisko walked into the room and asked, "Who are you?"
"Troy Bolton," he introduced himself. "I'm here looking for Gabriella. The girl I dumped."
"Well," Julian answered. "She isn't here."
"I know she is here," he shouted. "I wanted to apologize to her."
"She doesn't need your apology," Major Kira said, joining them, as Julian hid Gabriella behind him.
"Can I at least talk to her?" He asked.
"No," Commander Sisko breathed. "You can't."
"Why not?" He asked.
"Cause," he answered. "We're sending you orbing you back to planet earth, and when you get there. You will have to think about what you did, but also, think about the girl you lost. She belongs here with us."
"Fine," he replied, angered. "I am going to think about what I've done, and I know, that Gabriella will never ever trust me again, after all the things I've said to her, but also, Sharpay Evans is and always be the right girlfriend for me."
"I think you better leave," Major Kira told him.
"Why?" He asked.
"Cause," Julian answered. "If you ever say that about her like that again. We'll make sure that you will be hunted down, and put in hell."
"Okay,"
And with that, he was orbed out of the room, when Gabriella started crying.
"Bashir," he called, calmly. "Take Gabriella back to her quarters, until she's stopped crying."
"Okay,"
He left with Gabriella, and held her hand tightly in his own.
"Shh," he told her, wrapping his arms around her. "Your okay now. We won't let him hurt you, Gabby,"
"I know," she said, sobbing.
"How about that I will stay with you, Gabriella?" He asked, as she stopped crying.
"That would be perfect," she answered, when he grabbing her hand once more, and led her back to her quarters, and Julian opened the doors for them to get in, as they sat down on two chairs facing each other.
"Are you okay now?" He asked her.
"Yeah," she answered. "I'm okay now."
"That's good," he smilied. "Because you know that I'm here to look after you, and to take care of you, whenever you are upset, and even, when your hurt. Okay?"
"Okay,"
"And anyway," he replied. "You know that I won't let anything bad happen to you."
"Why's that?" She asked.
"Cause," he answered. "When you fainted, it felt like you were dying, but I knew somehow that you were in grief after Troy dumped you, and got with Sharpay Evans, then I knew that your mother died, to protect you. But-"
"But what?" She asked.
"But I knew," he sighed. "That I was to protect if anyone, ever tried to hurt you. Or push you into doing something. I would never do that. You know why?"
"Because," she answered. "You wouldn't put me in harms way, and that you care about me, even I felt a little faintish."
"Yes," he replied. "Even if you were faintish, I'll be here, to check you over, for whenever your pregnant or not."
"Okay,"
"BTW," he said. "I've forgotten to tell you."
"What is it?" She asked.
"You are my entire life now," he told her, cuddling her. "And from the moment we met I perhaps, fell truly, madly, deeply in love with you."
She frozed for a minute, or two, and told him, "that feel the same way about you."
"Why's that?" He asked.
"Cause," she answered. "You are my new beginning to a relationship, and to, a new hope."
"Oh,"
"But also," she exhaled. "You are my life, and I know that every second with you, feels different, and I like different."
"Why?" He asked.
"Because you make my pain go away," she told him. "And you've never once made me cry, when something bad has hurt me since yesterday, and then there's today, when Troy showed, my world fell apart, but you renewed, from the moment you rescued me from hitting my head on the floor, but also,-"
He cut her off, and kissed her sofly on the lips.
"That was a very nice way," she said, kissing him back. "Of telling me to shut up."
"I guess so," he said.
As it began to get dark.
"What time is it?" She asked.
"Round about," he replied, thinking. "5:00 in the evening."
"Oh,"
"Come on," he said, linking her arm up to his. "We could have an early dinner if you to want, my love."
"We should," she answered. "Cause, we've got patients to check up on in the morning, and in the evening."
"I believe we do," he answered, as they reached the bar, and found a table to sit at together, as Weyoun walked over towards them.
"How has your day been, Gabriella?" He asked.
"Bad," she replied. "But it turned out to be good in the end."
"How good?" He asked turning to look at Bashir.
"Really good," he answered. "She knows that I would never let anything bad happen to her, after, all that's she's been through."
"I know," he replied, as Major Kira joined their conversation
"Commander Sisko made sure," She explained to them. "that if Troy Bolton ever shows his face around here again. He will have to be executed, and expelled. For coming here, and trying to start trouble."
"Okay," Julian said. "Thanks for telling us."
"You're welcome," she replied back. "And Gabriella, don't worry about that boy, because your one of us now, and there's no other way, that he will ever hurt you again."
"Okay,"
Then she and Weyoun left them both alone.
"So would like to eat?" He asked her.
"Anything you have," she replied. "I can have."
"Excellent," he told her. "We can always have the same thing, but sometimes, it has to be slightly different."
"What do you mean?" She asked confused.
"Remember what I told," he replied. "I'm keeping watch on our diets."
"Oh," she answered. "Now I remember."
"I'm gonna take our order now," he told her. "Okay?"
"Okay,"
He got up, and left the table to order their food, when Quark had finished with his first costumer, and returned to give Julian his order, as he went to join her back at the table, and they both begun to eat.
"So," he started. "At least, we had a very good day, up until Troy Bolton showed up."
"I know," she answered, beginning to eat. "He didn't deserve a second chance, before I left, because he became so fond of Sharpay, and barely had the time to date me, and a few days later, my mother handed me a letter, that I've been offered a place here."
"That's because she knew her time was coming," he told her. "Commander Sisko had to go down to see if you were alright, but after, he knew that, you would have to live here with us."
"Why's that?" She asked.
"Cause," he replied. "You couldn't be left on your own."
"Oh," she said, as they both finished on up their food, and headed back to her quarters, and got changed, and ready for bed.
"So," he said, getting in beside her. "Did you have a good night with me?"
"Yes," she said, yawning. "I did."
"Your obviously tired," he told her. "You need to sleep."
"Okay," she said, as she laid her down on to her pillow.
"Good night," he yawned, laying down beside her, and put his arm over her stomach, to keep her protected.
"Good night," she replied back to him, then she fell into a deep sleep.
A few hours later, Julian woke up to the sound of Gabriella screaming in her sleep, as he tried to wake her up from her nightmare.
"There, there," he told her, taking her into his arms. "Your okay. I'll never let anyone hurt you, Gabriella. Not as long as I'm here. With you."
"I know," she said, crying in his arms. "You will, because you will never let me down, if I was ever hurt, in anyway. You'll be the first person that I run to, after I've been through hell and back, but I know, you could never harm me, like Troy Bolton did to me,"
"You know I wouldn't," he replied, laying her head down onto his shoulder. "Do that."
"I know,"
"Now let's get some sleep," He told her, laying himself down, and pulling her down with him, as they both fell back to sleep once more, in each others arms.
Until, the next day arrived, when Julian woke up to feel that Gabriella's side of the bed was empty, and decided look for her.
"Gabriella?" He called, walking into the living room, to find her sitting, reading a book. "Gabriella?"
"What is it?" She asked, putting her book, as he grabbed her hands.
"You scared me," he told her. "I thought you had left me."
"I should've told you where I was going," she cried. "And that I was in the Living Room."
"Well," he sighed. "I'm just glad that I found you in time, cause I wanted know, if you had any breakfast at all today."
"No," she said. "I haven't had anything to eat, since I've got up this morning."
"Okay," he just said and then asked. "Do you want to come with me to some lunch?"
