hey all. quite a few of you wanted me to continue this story and i finally have. Enjoy!!
A few hours later the teachers were walking around carrying around bags of food taken from the vending machines. Jack Bolton walked over to the group with some of the food and stopped when he saw them, more importantly Troy. Troy was sitting against the wall of the gym staring out at the windows but what caught Jack's attention was the fact that Gabriella was leaning against Troy sleeping soundly and her fingers were interlaced with Troy's. Jack cleared his throat and Troy looked up at him. Jack looked back down at their hands and Troy followed his line of vision. He blushed as soon as he saw what his dad was looking at.
"I heard about her mother, how is she?" Jack quietly asked. Troy was shocked for a minute that his dad hadn't asked him about the fact that he was holding Gabriella's hand but quickly answered.
"She hasn't said much about it but I think she's alright. What's wrong with Mrs Montez?"
"Your mum called before and she told me about Maria's condition. She has a small brain tumour."
"Since when?" Troy asked after a pause.
"She found out about two weeks ago and Gabriella hasn't taken as well as she hoped. She's been so stressed and worried about her mum that she hasn't even noticed that her grades have dropped a bit." Jack said as he placed a small box of snacks next to Troy. Jack took one last look at Troy and Gabriella before walking away to hand out more food. Troy frowned as he was finally able to place the pieces together on why Gabriella had been a bit distant. A loud groan caused Troy to look over to his left where the rest of the gang lay. Troy saw Chad starting to sit up.
Chad started to stir after falling into a light sleep. He noticed that Taylor was using his legs as her pillow. Chad smiled softly before he ran his fingers through her hair.
"Hey man" Chad heard Troy say. Chad looked up and saw Troy looking at him.
"Hey" Chad answered tiredly. "Storm let up yet?"
"Not even close. It's gotten worse I think." Troy said as he brushed some of Gabriella's hair out of her face.
"Who would have thought that it would have taken a storm like this to bring you two together" Chad said while he watched Troy with Gabriella.
"Yea, although it couldn't of happened at a better time" Troy said as he looked out at the window. The lights suddenly flickered on in the gym and everyone let out a groan.
"Sorry everyone but the lights is automatic" Coach Bolton's voice said over the loud speaker. Troy laughed as the gang woke up slowly. He looked down at Gabriella when he noticed that she hadn't moved. She must be a heavy sleeper Troy thought.
"I'm so hungry" Taylor said once she had woken up although she hadn't moved away from Chad, only gotten more comfortable so that she was resting against his chest. Troy reached around and grabbed the bag his dad had given him.
"We have a little bit of food here" Troy said as he passed the bag over to Taylor. Taylor raised her eyebrows once she received the bag.
"This is all we get for the nine of us?" Taylor asked while looking at the three bags of chips and 2 chocolate bars.
"Hey they need to feed the entire school" Troy said in defence.
"True" Taylor said before she pulled out a bag of chips.
Half an hour had passed and the storm had been getting worse and Gabriella still hadn't woken up. Troy was beginning to get worried.
"Gabby's missing out on all the food" Chad suddenly said.
"So save her some then" Taylor told her boyfriend.
"He's got a good point though. Gabriella's been asleep for a while and she needs to eat something" Troy said. He shifted slightly so that he could see Gabriella's face.
"Gabby" Troy said softly. "Gabby, Brie" Troy said again while stroking a hand along her face. Troy's face formed a frown when he noticed her temperature. Taylor watched Troy intently.
"What's wrong Troy?"
"Her temperature, she's really warm" Troy said while feeling her forehead. Gabriella's eyes suddenly started to flicker open. Gabriella looked up and saw Troy looking back at her.
"Hey" Troy said.
"Hey" Gabriella whispered. Gabriella sat up but as soon as she did she started coughing violently. The entire gang stopped what they were doing and looked on worriedly. Troy began to panic as he rubbed Gabriella's back. Taylor quickly
came over and was telling Gabriella to breath. After a few minutes Gabriella had finally stopped coughing.
"Just breathe slowly" Taylor said.
"I'm going to get the nurse" Kelsi said as she stood up and began walking over to where the teachers were.
"Are you alright?" Sharpay asked. Gabriella took a few deep breathes before slowly nodding her head.
"I feel really dizzy" Gabriella said as she closed her eyes. Kelsi returned with the nurse. As soon as the nurse saw Gabriella she quickly pulled out her small medical kit.
"What's wrong with her?" Taylor asked.
"To me it looks like a case of a severe flu but I'm not too sure on this one" Helen, the nurse, replied. Gabriella suddenly started coughing again. Helen handed Gabriella a tissue to wipe her mouth. Gabriella wiped her mouth but noticed that there was blood on the tissue.
"Why am I coughing up blood?" Gabriella asked weakly. Everyone's head snapped up to look at Gabriella. While Troy, Taylor, Chad and Helen were surrounding Gabriella, Zeke turned to Kelsi.
"What's wrong with Gabs Kelsi?"
"Umm... we're not too sure. The nurse said that she thought it was the flu but Gabriella's symptoms suggest otherwise. We're just hoping that worst case scenario is that it's a severe flu and nothing more." Kelsi said grabbing her water bottle and standing up.
"Where are you going?" Ryan asked.
"Gabriella might like some water" Kelsi said before walking over to where the others were.
"Why am I coughing up blood?" Helen heard Gabriella ask weakly. Helen spun around and took in Gabriella's physical appearance. Gabriella appeared to be getting weaker, paler, shivering and she was taking deep breathes all the time. Helen also noticed how the basketball captain was so concerned with the decathlon champion. In all her years at East High she had never seen such a diverse range of friends. Everyone usually stuck with their own cliques but Troy and Gabriella broke those rules to be friends and now by the looks of it, it had
turned into something more. Helen watched as Gabriella nestled herself against Troy and Troy place the blanket over her to try and keep her warm. Helen suddenly had an idea about what was causing Gabriella's illness. Helen made her way over to Gabriella.
"Gabriella" Helen said once she had reached her. Gabriella raised her head to look at Helen.
"Yes?" Gabriella managed to ask.
"Do you have any cuts or open wounds?" Gabriella thought for a moment.
"I'm not sure but I know I hit my leg against something before when we were running to the gym" Gabriella said as she sat up a little straighter.
"Let's take a look at that leg shall we?" Helen said as she carefully pulled Gabriella's pant let up. Helen let out a gasp once she had lifted the pant leg up to Gabriella's knee. A long gash ran along Gabriella's shin.
"When did that happen?" Chad asked. Gabriella thought for a moment.
"When Troy and I were running towards the gym I think." Gabriella said. Gabriella suddenly winced when Helen was looking at the cut.
"You need urgent medical attention sweetie" Helen said. Troy had a worried look on his face while Gabriella didn't know what to think.
"Wh...why?" Gabriella managed to ask.
"You have blood poisoning my dear" Helen said.
just to let you know... i dont know the real symptoms of blood poisoning so bear with me here... it just sounded good. Anyway please review if you really really really want me to continue