Hey guys! My first chapter, I really hope you like it.
Disclaimer- I do not own High school musical or any of the Characters except Joe.
I'm Gabriella Montez, I'm seventeen and I'm in the Junior year of East High school. I live in Albuquerque which has been my home town since my mother died when I was the tender age of fifteen. I have the a group of friends of mixed cliques, there's the guys from the basketball team.. Chad Danforth and his wacky hair, Zeke Baylor and his baking and Jason Cross and his um.. stupidity. Then there's Sharpay Evans and her ice princess act, Ryan Evans and his hat obsession, he's also Sharpay's twin brother and Kelsi Neilson and her beautifully composed music. Finally there's my boyfriend and one love, Troy Bolton he's also on the basketball team and the captain or the "play maker" as the team call him. We've been going out for 2 years now and what a blissful two years it's been.
However that's only the happy part to my twisted tale, the unhappy, broken part relates to home where me and my baby sister Lilly whom is only two, have to face unbearable physical and emotional beatings from my father Joe Montez, when my mother died 2 years ago he started to develop a drinking problem and soon found himself taking his grief out on me.
My mother died from child birth with Lilly which I don't blame her for, it was not her fault or my fathers or mine it was just the way fate works however my father despises me and Lilly for killing my mother as he says. I've been Lilly's mother even though everybody thinks my father is the perfect role model and father figure to us both. He sickens me, how he can take his anger and grief out on my sister. He takes it out on me more because I'm older but I don't care about myself, Lilly has always been my little girl, I would protect her with my life and have done on some occasions.
If my father is to come home after a drunken night, I'll hide Lilly under my bed or in my closet so she doesn't get hurt even though that means my beating are worse. Lilly goes to East high play school where occasionally Troy's mom Chelsea works which is always nice.
I don't ever wear short sleeved clothes or shorts because they would reveal the bruises to much, so I normally wear jumpers and pretend I'm "self conscious" about my figure instead of how people would react to the black bruises on my arms.
Luckily my father has never sexually abused me or Lilly. He probably would never sink that low as to rape his own daughters. I am scared of the things he does, don't get my wrong however I can't afford to be scared for Lilly's sake because if she ever saw me crying or surrendering, she would follow my lead and believe it's right to let him hit her and that is why I fight back, I scream back at him, refuse to let him win.
My life is tolerable, it is not something I pity myself over however I pity Lilly because she has had to live this way all her life... and I've never had to face that. I have had happy times with my father, like the times we went to the park and played on the swings and had picnics. I really try and give Lilly these experiences but it's extremely hard.
To be honest. I'm not going to moan and groan about my life because in the end it isn't terrible. It's in fact quite good, I mean I have a loving sister and amazing friends and truly sweet and awesome boyfriend. What else do I need..
Nobody need ever find out because when I leave for college Lilly will be coming with me and I already have a college fund saved.
So everything is good. I mean I can handle this for another year or so.. right?
