Chapter 2

Gabriella awoke the next morning and she outstretched her arms. She yawned and got out of bed. She chose something to wear for school. It was a pink shirt, dark blue skinny jeans, black boots, and a black denim jacket. Gabriella grabbed her backpack and went downstairs. She also grabbed her cell phone to see if she had any messages. She did and there were 3. The first was from Sharpay.

'Gab. Call me wen u get this. Sharpay'

The second was from Taylor.

'Seriously…CALL SHARPAY!! Taylor. Big big news.'

Lastly, the third was from her cousin Kayla.

'Gabby. I heard u broke up w/Troy.
Im ttly gonna kill him!! Well…ttyl! Kayla'

Gabriella smiled at her cousin's text. She texted back all three of them and walked into the kitchen. "Good Morning Mom. What's for breakfast?" Gabriella sat down at the kitchen table. "You look very happy today. Did you sleep well?" her mother set down Gabriella's breakfast in front of Gabriella. "No. I had a hard time, but it was weird. I was in this castle and someone kidnapped me. The only thing is…our house was the castle." Gabriella said. "Well, I'm sorry that you didn't sleep well. I hope that you have a great day at school." Gabriella's mother kissed the top of her daughters head and walked into her own room.

Gabriella finished her breakfast, fixed her hair (which she didn't need too), brushed her teeth, and said goodbye to her mom. She walked to her bus stop and found that Troy was holding hands… 'Casey?! How can he hold hands with her?' Gabriella asked herself. She was about 3 feet away from Troy, but he looked up and saw Gabriella standing there alone. He kinda felt bad for breaking up with Gabriella, but they've been together for 4 years. Since 5th Grade.

When the bus reached East High, Troy and Gabriella went their separate ways. "Hey Troy, who's your new girlfriend?" Chad asked jokingly. "Casey Michaels." Troy replied without hesitating. Everyone around him just stared at him and suddenly the whole school was quiet. "What?" Chad asked, this time…not joking. "Cas—" "Yeah, we know about Casey. Why her?" Chad asked for the 3rd time. "Um…I don't really know, but I guess it's time to meet more people." Troy said and walked away with Casey.

In less than 2 weeks, it was the last day of school. "Can you believe it? It's actually…well, almost the last day of school. All we have are: 2 weeks of homework, suffering, and snobby boys." Sharpay squealed. "Yea, but a summer without someone to talk to." Gabriella sighed as she picked at her food with a fork during lunch. "You have us Gabs. Don't worry." Taylor encouraged her friend. Gabriella let out a deep sigh. Troy, again, was with another girl. Madison Reynolds. "When he says meet other people, he truly meant it." Gabriella watched as Troy and Madison laughed at one of Chad's jokes. Suddenly, Troy got up and took Madison somewhere. "Another break up and another…" Troy walked over to Gabriella and Taylor saw that Madison was crying.

"May I help you Bolton?" Gabriella looked up at Troy. "I—" Gabriella rolled her eyes. "Look Troy. We are two different people. Every week you go out with some random girl in the school and you break up with her. It's Friday and so far, the longest relationship you ever had was with me. Too late now Troy." Gabriella stood in front of Troy and whispered in his ear. "I'll always love you Troy, just don't tell…or else." Gabriella smiled and walked away. Chad walked over to his 'shocked friend' and said, "What did she tell you?" "Nothing, just something that you shouldn't hear about." Troy left the cafeteria right away.

On the last day of freshman year, "It's summer Gabs! Dance with us!" Sharpay grabbed Gabriella's hands. Gabriella wasn't in the mood for "partying" with her friends. "I'm not in the mood…alright? So, can we just hang out at my house or something?" Gabriella decided. Her 2 friends shrugged their shoulders, suddenly…"SURPRISE!!" Gabriella jumped back because of her reaction to the "surprise". "What's all this about?" she asked. "You know, we just wanted to give you a party." Ryan said. "Where's—" "Oh, about Troy. He's in California visiting his cousin." Zeke said. Gabriella nodded.



'I can't live without him.' Gabriella thought. When Gabriella and her friends were finally Juniors in high school, "Guys what should I wear? Pink or blue?" Sharpay asked, holding up 2 beautiful dresses. "Pink." Gabriella and Taylor replied. They all reached the prom and everyone just stared. Gabriella was wearing a white dress, Taylor was wearing a green dress, and Sharpay, of course, was wearing a pink dress. "Whoa." That was the only word that came out of Zeke and Chad's mouths as they walked up to their girlfriends. The prom was being held in the gym and obviously, Gabriella didn't have a date. She sat down and watched, while her friends were having fun. "May I have this dance?" a boy asked. Gabriella looked up. "Ryan!" she hugged him. "You look stunning today." She complimented him. "Hm..I'd take that as a compliment."

Ryan smiled as he led Gabriella to the dance floor. Gabriella giggled as she was being twirled around. "You are a great dancer Miss Montez." Ryan complimented. "Thank you." Gabriella smiled and she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and saw a pair of blue eyes. She opened her mouth to speak, but instead all that came out was, "Troy…?" As they danced, Troy said, "Look…I did something really bad when we were freshman. The bad thing was, I broke up with you and I knew it was a mistake. You have to understand that I didn't…" "You meant everything Troy and don't go changing it. I know what you said and it hurt, but I'll have to think about it before I decide to be your girlfriend again. But this time Bolton, never underestimate a girl…not even this one." Gabriella leaned in and gave him one long kiss that lasted one full minute.

She pulled back and walked out of the gym, while Troy stood there watching her. Gabriella still had trouble sleeping that night.

"Troy, please come soon. I need you." Gabriella begged. She was on the phone talking to Troy. "Okay, I'll be there as soon as possible." Troy was driving his car to Gabriella's house when she had called. He hung up and when he was about to turn a corner, he was hit. 2 hours later, the hospital called Gabriella. "Miss Montez, I'm sorry but Troy has died in a car accident. He had serious injuries. We tried to save him and we're very sorry." Gabriella cried and hung up after saying goodbye.

Gabriella woke up in the middle of the night, breathing heavily and crying. She was singing to herself because it was a really bad dream. Her mother entered and saw that Gabriella was crying. "Gabby, are you alright?" her mother had asked. "I had…had a bad dream last night. T-T-Troy died in a car accident and he was seriously injured. I don't want him to die mom." Gabriella hugged her mom. "When did you start having these dreams?" her mom asked after pulling back away from the hug. "Ever since Troy broke up with me." Gabriella replied. "I'm sure everything will be alright. Just don't think about him, think about yourself. Okay?" her mom asked. Gabriella nodded in reply.

Gabriella finally fell asleep, but before she fell asleep, she started to think. 'I have to forget about Troy. I have to think about myself because thinking about Troy will bother me in my sleep and I'll be tired the next morning.'

'Stop thinking about Troy…Stop thinking about Troy…Stop thinking about Troy…Stop…' said a voice in her mind.