A/N I DON'T OWN ANYTHING! I'm sorry for updating so late. My finals were this week and I couldn't find time to write. Anyway this story had a great turn out so thanks to everyone to reviewed and added this story to their favorites and alerts. You guys are amazing. Here is the next chapter.

The next morning Gabriella was forced into a meeting with her shrink and a physical to make her she was still healthy. Gabriella hated both but no matter what she did she was always forced to go. When it was over she was given lunch and left alone. After she ate she returned to her book. A knock at the door startled her. Troy peeked his head in.

"Hey feel like a visitor?"

Gabriella nodded and smiled at him. He came in and sat on the bed.

"The doctors told me you had a rough morning you ok?"

"They keep forcing me talk about my past and what happen and they're always touching me and poking me. I don't like talking about my past or being touched."

"I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Do you think you can take me out of here. I just feel so suffocated."

"I can talk to your doctors but I'm not making any promises."

"I understand Troy thanks."

Troy left the room and met up with Gabriella's doctor.

"She really just needs to get out for a while. Please let me take her?"

"Troy, you can't just take her out into the world before she is ready."

"She is asking for it so maybe she is ready."

"She has been saying she is ready for years but she hasn't showed any signs of improving."

"Maybe you haven't tried hard enough." Troy said to himself so the doctor didn't hear. "Just for an hour please I think it will really help."

"Ok look I will make you a deal. I will allow you to take her out just for an hour and if you come back on time I'll think about letting you do it again for a longer time if not, not only will you be ban from seeing Gabriella you will be ban from this hospital."

"Deal thank you."

Troy went back into Gabriella's room.

"He agreed but only for an hour." Gabriella got off her bed and followed Troy outside. They went to the park that was a cross the street and just walked around there for a while. Until stopping to sit the bench.

"Too bad we didn't bring our swim suits we could have gone for a dip in the lake."

"I don't like to swim. My mom drowned when I was 8."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"It's ok. It's so easy to talk to you Troy and I don't know what it is about you but I just feel so safe and comfortable with you."

"I'm glad I make you feel like that. I'm always here if you want to talk."

"Thanks Troy."

"No problem. So swimming is out of the question maybe next time we can just go for a drive around town."

"No I'm scared of being in cars. The only nice foster parents I had died in a car crash."

"Gabriella I'm so sorry. I don't even know what to say."

No wonder Gabriella was so closed off to everyone. She had witnessed so many people die. She was scared of almost everything. This girl doesn't need doctors she need love and for someone to be there for her. That's was Troy was going to do. He would be Gabriella's friend and try the best he could to help her.

"Don't worry Gabriella I'm going to help you. I'll do whatever I can to help you that is a promise."

Gabriella smiled and nodded. "I don't want us to get in trouble, so what time do we have to go back?"

Troy looked at his cell phone. "Now come on."

Together they walked back to the hospital. The doctors watched as Gabriella giggled with Troy on their way back. They knew Gabriella had been opening up to Troy and telling him what they wanted to know. They arrived back right on time.

"Impressive. Gabriella go back to your room I want to talk to Troy alone." Dr. Anderson said.

Gabriella whimpered at his strict voice.

"It's ok Gabriella I'll be right there." Troy said gently. Gabriella went back to her room.

"What are you doing to her?" Dr. Anderson asked.

"Excuse me?"

"She is obviously telling you more than she is telling us so spill what has she said?"

"I'm sorry Dr. Anderson but what people tell me is private."

"At least tell us how you got her to communicate."

"She likes it better if you talk to her in sign language."

"Got it. Next time you come if you want you can stay out longer."

"Thank you."

Troy headed back to Gabriella's room. She was sitting on her bed reading again.

"Do you ever stop?" he teased.

She giggled and shook her head.

"Hey there are some more people here I want to say hi to would you like to come?"

Gabriella nodded. Anything to get her out of that room. She put her book down and followed Troy through the hospital. She enjoyed meeting other people. It reminded her that she wasn't alone. Finally they came to the last stop.

"Her name is Shelly she is the cutest little girl you will ever meet. She's five years old."

"What is she in here for?"

"Well one day she stopped breathing so her parents brought her in here turns out she has asthma. They've kept her here just to be on the safe side until she got used to her inhaler."

Gabriella nodded and went inside. Gabriella smiled as the little's girls eyes went wide at the sight of Troy.

"TWOY!"

"Hey Shelly. How you feeling?"

"Great! Mommy and Daddy say I can go home today."

"That's great Shelly."

"Yeah they went home to get everything ready I think they are planning a surprise part for me."

"Well it sounds like fun. You still have to act surprised."

"I will."

"Good. Shelly I want you to meet a good friend of mine. Gabriella."

"Hi Gabriella."

"Hello Shelly. It's wonderful to meet you."

"I know sign language too. Mommy and daddy taught me. Are you staying in the hospital to?"

"Yep."

"Why?"

"Well…You see Shelly I…"

"Shelly, Gabriella has been through a lot and so they doctors have her here to make sure she doesn't have to go through anymore bad stuff." Troy said.

"Oh. I sorry you had bad stuff happen to you. This place will take care of you they were really nice to me."

"Thanks Shelly. I'm glad the doctors were nice to you."

"Troy when I go can I still see you?"

"Of course. What kind of silly question is that. UH-oh I don't think you can leave just yet." Troy smirked.

"Why not?"

"Because you have the case of the sillies."

"How do I get of them/"

"Well…" Troy started walking over to the bed. "It a very simple treatment it's called the tickle treatment."

Troy started to tickle the little girl who broke out into giggles Gabriella smiled as she watched Troy interact with Shelly. Troy and Gabriella spent a few more minutes with Shelly before saying their goodbyes and going back to Gabriella's room. They spent the rest of the day hanging out again. Troy had to leave early though so he could get home on time. Since he had school he had to go to bed early.

The next morning Gabriella woke up to a poke in her arm. She saw a nurse drawing her blood. She whimpered and tried to pull her arm away but the nurse had a strong grip.

"Gabriella we need to make sure you are still healthy after being around all those sick people yesterday. We want to make sure you didn't catch anything. Now hold still."

Gabriella whimpered and still tried to pull her arm free. When the nurse was finished Gabriella signed "What time is Troy coming?"

"When he gets out of school. Now get dressed you have your meeting with Dr. Robin in an hour."

Dr. Robin was Gabriella's psychiatrist. Gabriella hated her because she always pushed Gabriella to speak about thing that made her uncomfortable. Sighing Gabriella got up and showered. When she got out she got dressed and followed the nurse into Dr. Robin's office. She walked inside and took a seat in the chair.

"Welcome back Gabriella. Are you ready to talk today?" Dr. Robin asked.

"I told you I don't speak anymore."

"Gabriella you will have to speak sometime."

"I won't."

"Ok let's move on. I want to try some physical work ok…well kind of physical." Robin walked over to the window and pulled the shade down and then went over to the lights. "Now here is what I'm going to do. I'm going to turn off the light it will be dark in here and when I turn them on I want you to still be in that seat."

Sounds easy enough right? Well for most people. Gabriella was terrified of the dark. Gabriella had been so badly hurt in the past that she now fears everyone and everything. So sitting in a dark room for even a few moments was torture for Gabriella. Gabriella whimpered.

"Ready 1…2…3…"

Robin flicked the lights off and the room became dark. Gabriella whimpered again. After only a couple seconds Gabriella started cry. She was too scared to do anything else. When a few more minutes passed Robin turned the light on and looked to the chair. Gabriella wasn't in it. She sighed and walked over to her desk and looked down. Gabriella was curled into a ball shaking and hiding under the desk. She was crying hysterically.

"Gabriella I told you to stay in the chair."

Gabriella continued to cry.

"Ok get up come on back in the chair. Let's work on something else."

Gabriella didn't move.

"Gabriella Montez you get back in that chair right now!"

Scared out of her mind Gabriella rushed over to the chair.

"Good now I'm going to hold up some pictures and I want you to tell me the first thing that comes to your mind."

Robin held up a picture of a house only it was on fire. Gabriella whimpered and cried harder.

"Why does this picture upset you so much Gabriella?"

Gabriella again didn't answer.

"Gabriella we are getting no where. You need to answer my question."

"Stop it! Stop it please! I'm scared just stop it!"

"Why? What are you so scared of. Is this picture scaring you?"

"Everything you're doing is scaring me. Stop it please."

"That is why you're here Gabriella. Even a simple picture like this brings you to tears."

"Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!"

Robin sighed. "Ok let's try something else." Robin walked over until she was right in front of Gabriella.

"Ok I'm going to touch you and I don't want you to flinch."

Gabriella whimpered she hated being touched. Robin reached her hand out but Gabriella tried to pull away. She pulled back so much that the amount of pressure applied to the back of the chair caused it to fall back. Gabriella scrambled away. Her breathing had become irregular and her cries were getting harder. Robin sighed. They were making no progress and Gabriella was a mess.

"All right Gabriella since you are being bad I guess you can go."

Gabriella got up and ran out of the room. She couldn't take it anymore she had to go somewhere anywhere. She had to leave the hospital. Just as she reached the door the doctor grabbed her.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Gabriella screamed and tried to pull away.

"Hey I need a sedative!"

A nurse came over and stuck Gabriella with the needle. Gabriella fell asleep in the doctor's arms. Dr. Anderson brought Gabriella back to her room and laid her down on the bed. At this rate Gabriella was never going to heal.

A few hours later Troy arrived. He went to see his other friends before he stopped at Gabriella's room. To his surprise he could hear Gabriella crying. He opened the door and gasped. Gabriella had been restrained to the bed. Gabriella was crying shaking and struggling to get free.

"Gabriella what happen?"

Gabriella looked at Troy. She gave him such a helpless look it made Troy sick.

"Hang on Gabriella I'll go talk to the doctors and see about getting you out."

Troy rushed out of the room. Gabriella relaxed knowing Troy would help her. Dr. Anderson came back in with Troy behind him.

"Gabriella if I let you go I want you to promise me you will not try to run away again."

Gabriella nodded. The doctor let her go and left the room. Troy sat on the foot of her bed.

"Why did you try and run away?"

"Because Dr. Robin was really mean to me. She made me sit in a dark room even though she knows I'm scared of the dark, she made me look at pictures of houses on fire, and she tried to touch me. I don't like any of those things."

"Why does it all scare you?"

"You already know why the picture scared me but I'm scared of the dark because my foster father's used to lock me in a dark room then come and rape me. That also why I don't like to be touched."

"So you when she tried to touch you, you got scared and tried to run away?"

"I know it was wrong. I'm sorry. Please don't punish me."

"Gabriella I will not punish you. How about you and I go out for dinner. Just the two of us?"

"I'd love that. I hate being in the hospital. I feel so suffocated in here."

"Let me go ask your doctor."

Troy got up and went outside again. The more time Gabriella spent with Troy the more she grew to love him. He was always so gentle with her and never pushed her into doing anything she wasn't comfortable with. Troy came back into the room.

"They said it was ok. We have two hours so let's get going."

Gabriella smiled and got off the bed. She followed Troy outside and into the parking lot. They stopped at Troy's car.

"I know you aren't comfortable in cars but it is the fastest way go. Walking would take up too much time. But it is a convertible so we can put the top down if you want?"

Gabriella nodded. Troy got in first and turned the car on. He put the top down then reached across and opened Gabriella's door. She slowly got in and put her seatbelt on. Troy put his on and slowly started backing out. Gabriella was nervous at first but as they got on the road Gabriella couldn't help but giggle as her hair flew all over the place. Troy smiled at her giggle glad she was enjoying herself again. They made it to the restaurant and went inside. They sat down and looked at the menu.

"What are you going to get?" Troy asked?

Gabriella pointing to what she was getting. "Chicken parmesan good choice. I am going to get the same thing."

"What do you want to drink?"

"Just water is fine for me. I don't drink a lot of soda's or anything."

"Water it is then."

The waitress came and took their order and left.

"I'm sorry you had a hard day today."

"It's not your fault. You made it better."

"Well I'm glad I could help. Would you like to do anything after we eat?"

"No, that's all right. I just really needed to get out of there."

"Ok."

They continued to talk and laugh throughout lunch. Finally it was time to head back. The second they got back Gabriella was grabbed by the arm. She whimpered and tried to pull back.

"Come on Gabriella time for another physical." Dr. Anderson said.

"Another one? Didn't she just have one yesterday?" Troy asked.

"Yes but she needs one every day to make sure she is healthy."

"What are the odds of her health changing with in 24 hours?"

"Well we need to make sure Gabriella is eating enough and gaining enough weight but not too much weight. We just need to be sure."

"Can I come? Maybe Gabriella will be more comfortable."

"Fine."

Everyone went into the exam room. They weighed Gabriella and then took some more blood. Troy noticed two other male doctors come in.

"Lay down Gabriella." Dr. Anderson ordered.

Gabriella laid down on her back. Dr. Anderson looked at the other doctors. "You guys ready?"

They nodded. Troy watched as one doctor went and held her feet down and the other went and held her arms down. Gabriella whimpered and squirmed.

"What are you doing?" Troy asked.

"What has to be done." Dr. Anderson answered. He started to press on Gabriella's stomach. She whimpered more and squirmed more. Tears appeared in her eyes. Troy noticed the doctor was holding her down b the arms so Gabriella could still more her wrist. She was signing "Stop it that hurts. Please stop it."

"Stop it let her go." Troy said He went over pushed Dr. Anderson away. "Don't you see her signing? She is telling you you're hurting her."

"Then that means we need to see what's going on." Dr. Anderson said.

He lifted Gabriella's shirt all the way up. Gabriella screamed and rolled over onto her stomach not caring that her arms and legs were now twisted.

"Will you guys just let her go? Let me try something ok?" Troy asked.

The doctors let go and stepped back. Troy went over to her.

"It's ok Gabriella. You're safe. Can you roll back over?"

Gabriella rolled back over and pulled her shirt down.

"That's a good girl. Listen Gabriella in order to find out why your tummy hurt we need to look at it under your shirt. Can I lift your shirt up. I won't lift it very high I promise."

Gabriella nodded. She trusted Troy enough to know he was serious.

"You do it. You lift your shirt as high as you are comfortable with."

Gabriella lifted her shirt just to her ribs. Everyone gasped. There was a huge bruise on her stomach.

"Gabriella how did that happen?" Dr. Anderson asked.

Gabriella didn't answer. She was uncomfortable enough with having her shirt up in front of everyone.

"Is there more?"

Again Gabriella didn't answer.

"Gabriella you need to answer us."

Gabriella whimpered and pulled her shirt back down.

"It's ok Gabriella you did good." Troy soothed.

"Troy stop treating her like a baby. She didn't answer any of our questions she didn't do good."

"She lifted her shirt so you can see her stomach even through she was uncomfortable is that not good?"

"It is but it isn't enough."

"You can't force her to do everything all at once."

"I'm her doctor I will treat her as I see fit."

"Let me take her back to her room. She had been through more than enough today."

"Fine."

Gabriella climbed off the table and followed Troy back to her room.

"Troy is getting a little too attached to her Dr. Anderson." The other doctor said.

"Yes but it won't last. Troy will get tired of her not changing and give up so just give it time."

Dr. Anderson was wrong. Two months went by and Troy and Gabriella were as close as ever. Gabriella still fought them during physicals and refused to speak during her meetings with Dr. Robin. When she was with Troy through it was different. She wasn't afraid to joke around or laugh or have fun. She opened up and told Troy everything about her past and all her different fears. Dr. Anderson didn't like that so one day he decided to end it.

A/N next chapter Troy is banned from ever seeing Gabriella and she gets worse.