Chapter 2
The next day Troy went to school looking like he had not got much sleep. Troy was still tired but he did not get much sleep that night. He had been having a lot of nightmares lately. So he went to his locker and got his books for the first class he had. He shut his locker closed and went to his first class which was Miss Darbus. At lunch time Troy went to the corner table and sat by himself and ate his lunch. After lunch Troy went to the next class. Then he went to his last class which was English. Troy fell asleep in Gabriella's English class. When the bell rang the students filed out of the English class. But Gabriella saw Troy asleep at his desk and decided to take him back to her apartment. So she had Zeke help her get Troy to her car and then she thanked him for his help.
Once Gabriella got to her apartment with Troy. She took and put Troy in her guest room on the bed and set his school bag on the chair that was in the room. She shut the bedroom door and went to her room to change into comfortable clothes to relax in. She was in the living room watching TV when she heard Troy screaming in his sleep. So Gabriella went to the guest room and saw Troy tossing and turning besides screaming. So she went over to Troy and woke him up from his nightmare. Troy woke up to Gabriella sitting in front of him on the bed. She told him that he had a nightmare. Troy told Gabriella that he has been having nightmares lately. Gabriella told Troy she would stay with him until he fell back to sleep. Troy said thank you to Gabriella for being there for him.
So Troy finished his nap at Gabriella's apartment. After Troy woke up from his nap, he thanked Gabriella again. Gabriella told Troy if he has anymore nightmares just call me. Troy went home and did his homework. Then as soon as his mom came in the door from work, he went down stairs to talk to her. Troy told his mom about Jack hitting him all the time. Troy's mom was in shock to learn that her soon to be ex-husband had been hitting their son. Troy told his mom he was sorry for not telling her sooner. So Troy ate dinner with his mom and then went back up to his room. Troy went to bed and tried to get some sleep that night.
What Troy and his mom did not know was that Jack was moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico to be closer to them. Jack wanted his wife and son back. So he got a one bedroom house not far from them. Jack was not going to divorce his wife because he still loves her and wanted her back. But Jack knew it would take a bit to get her back.
Troy had another nightmare and so he called Gabriella. Troy asked her if he could come over to her apartment to talk to her about it. Gabriella told Troy that he could come over. So Troy got dressed and went out of the house to his car. He drove over to Gabriella's apartment and parked his car. Troy went to her apartment door and knocked on it. Gabriella opened the door and saw that Troy had been crying already. She let Troy in and they went to sit on the couch in the living room. Troy told Gabriella he is afraid that is dad might show up in town here.
Gabriella could tell that Troy was scared. Troy started crying again and Gabriella took Troy in her arms to comfort him. After two hours Troy fell asleep in her arms and so she put him in her guest room again on the bed. But this time she left the door open a crack. Gabriella went back to her room to bed. Not long after she got in bed and was about almost to sleep when she heard Troy screaming in his sleep. So Gabriella went back to the guest room and saw him tossing and turning in his sleep. So she woke him up and told him that he had another nightmare. She asked Troy if he wanted to come to her bedroom and lay next her and sleep. Troy said yeah I would like that if that is okay with you though. Gabriella told Troy it was find with her. So they went to her bedroom and laid down on her bed. Not long after they laid down on her bed, Troy fell back to sleep. Gabriella was just about to sleep when Troy started screaming again and she knew he was having another nightmare. So she took Troy in her arms and cuddled with him. As soon as she did that Troy stop screaming and his nightmare went away.
The next day Jack Bolton got a job at East High as the Head Basketball coach. Jack somehow knew his son was going at East High. He had found a way to see his son again. Now Jack was trying to figure the right time to surprise his wife.
Troy went to school that day and he could not shake the bad feeling he was getting. He went to his classes and then he was in Gabriella's class when the bad feeling he was having was not going away. So after the bell rang Troy stayed back in the classroom because he felt safe with Gabriella. When Gabriella saw Troy was still there she asked him what was wrong and he told her that he is scared to leave the classroom.
Gabriella ask Troy what he was scared of and he told her that he has this really bad feeling all day that something bad was going to happen. Gabriella went with Troy to his locker so he could get his stuff and then he left with Gabriella. When they got to Gabriella's apartment Troy relaxed and told her that he felt that his dad might be in town here.
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