Okay guys...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review. Tell me what you think, or else I'm gonna think it sucks! PLZ!!!!!! Lol...and okay...Troy acts like a jerk, I just had to make him feel sorry for her, that way he'd care okay? And please, it may seem like Sean's taking Troy's spot...not exactly. Troy..is going to be an ass...but oh well. If you love Sean, that's the point. I love Sean's characteristics that I came up with. It's sweet. It's gentle, but strong. So...fall in love with Sean, just like I have, hahaha! But Troy gets better, it takes...'till...a while!!
Chapter 3
Gabriella woke up, right as the alarm clock went off, and she turned it off, and saw Hayley's bed already made. "Of course..." Gabriella woke up and made her bed, and went into the bathroom to take a shower, dried her hair, and got ready. She walked out and saw breakfast on the table. "Mmm...." Gabriella said looking at the table.
It was full of bacon, chocolate chip pancakes and blueberry pancakes, eggs, orange juice, and milk. "I made it too!" Sean said laughing as he sat down at the end of the table.
"HEY!" Hayley crossed her arms. Sean laughed as he looked at her and fixed his black hair.
"Hayley helped..." he rolled his eyes, and served the dishes.
"I smell heaven!" Gabriella said and sat down next to him and grabbed 2 chocolate chip pancakes.
"I smell pancakes..." Ryan said and sat down at the table, and went wide eyed. "Yummm..." he said, "I don't know what to start with..." he said looking at the table at everything that was on the table.
"How about waiting for everyone else." Linda laughed as she came in, "So who made breakfast this time?" she said looking at Gabriella suspiciously.
Gabriella laughed a little, then shook her head, "Don't look at me. Look at Mr. Nice over here." she said looking at Sean who sat down at the end of the table.
"Why thank you Sean." Linda smiled and sat down and we all ate.
"Okay...sooo who's ready to go to school!" Sean said, trying to sound excited.
"Boo..." Michael yawned again.
"How are we getting there??" Gabriella asked confused.
"Car...I'm driving." Sean smiled.
Gabriella smiled, and they all got into the car and buckled up. "Sean?" Gabriella laughed, as she looked at him from the passenger's seat. Of course, they were driving a van, it was Linda's, and he was getting his own for his birthday in November.
"Yes?" he said, putting the key into the ignition and turning it, and then putting the shift into 'drive'.
"Promise you'll be right next to me..." Gabriella smiled, at him, and he nodded.
"Of course...it's just high school Gabi. Why so worried?" he asked. Gabriella remembered her school. The one she did go to, before she met Brandon. It was horrible. People raped each other, it was...just horrific.
There was no response, until 3 minutes, and dropping off Delilah and Devon off at pre-school. "I'll tell you later..." Gabriella said, trying to give him a signal that she'd tell him at school, when the other kids weren't there with them.
Sean nodded, "I'm so ready to rule the school!" Ryan said, punching air, as they parked at the sidewalk so they could walk out into the school.
"Don't rub it in...." Michael rolled his eyes, "And you should be in like Middle School....you are 12." Michael pointed out as he got out of the car.
"Yea...." Ryan shrugged.
"Okay, bye Gabi! Bye Sean!" Hayley got out of the car and waved and they all walked into the school
Sean smiled, "So, what were you gonna say?" Sean raised an eyebrow as he started to drive again.
"My school...the one I went to before....uhm...before....something....and it, had...bad....people in it." Gabriella explained.
"Oh..." Sean nodded.
"So, what were you gonna say last night?" Gabriella asked, referring to what Sean was about to say and decided not to do it instead.
"Okay...I must say....I don't have many friends. I'm the..." Sean paused and thought of the perfect word to use, "Nerd? Geek? Unpopular dude." he shrugged. He didn't care that he was the nerd. He liked school. He didn't want to be dumb like....Troy Bolton.
Gabriella smiled, "Well...I must say, before I stopped going to school...I was a nerd myself, so I'll be a nerd with you." Gabriella smiled.
Sean smiled, "Well...let's see what math class you get in." Sean smiled and winked at her as they drove into the parking lot of East High. Gabriella and Sean got out and saw Becca.
"Sean!!!" she screeched, hugging him tightly. "Gabi!!" she smiled and hugged her too.
"Hey Becc." Sean smiled.
"Hey." Gabriella laughed at her friend as they walked up over to the entrance of the school. The hadn't rang yet, and they just hung out in the front of the school.
A few minutes later, the bell rang and Sean led her to the office. "Hi, I'm here to get my schedule." Gabriella said looking at the women. She had dirty blond hair, and it was short. Like...really short, she was smacking her lips as she chewed gum, wore red lipstick, and had some black and blue glasses on.
"Last name." she said. Her voice was nasily, and she had a lower pitched voice.
"Montez." Gabriella said.
"Ah...Montez." she said, as she grabbed it out of a file, and gave her a map of the school and, her schedule.
"Thanks..." she smiled. The women smiled at her and Sean laughed as they got out of the office.
"That's Ms. Warner." Sean chuckled, "She's okay..." Sean said.
"Now...let's see that schedule." he said taking it out of her hands, before she herself, could read it.
"Seriously? Your that smart?" Sean laughed.
Gabriella's eyebrows wrinkled, "What? What's that supposed to mean?" she asked, trying to reach for her schedule but Gabriella was a little shorter than Sean so he put it over his head as he still read.
"Your in AP calculus with me! Smart eh?" he smiled, "And Becca." he smiled even bigger.
"Wait...what? Ughh...you have to have TWO people to shadow you. They changed the rules." Sean whined.
"What? Can you choose them?" Gabriella asked.
"No..." Sean whined, "It'll be someone from-YES! I'm in your first class." he smiled.
"Okay...so that means you have a chance to shadow me. But can you PLEASE give me back my schedule." Gabriella whined.
"Oh...right. Sorry." he laughed, and handed it back to her.
"Where's my locker?" she asked.
"Oh...follow me. It's near mine." he said, as they walked through hallway, and finally found hers, and his own. Gabriella's was #3-111 and Sean's was #3-12. Gabriella laughed, "Coincidence or what?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"Your in my homeroom too....who knew..." he laughed. "Which means, I do have first class with you, but if I were to shadow you, my schedule would be changed...to-" he stopped as he grabbed the schedule of her hands.
"WOULD YOU QUIT DOING THAT?" Gabriella screamed.
"Lemme guess...Collins (Sean and Delilah's last name) is bugging you with his stupid nerdiness." a boy said. He had ice cold blue eyes, and light brown-copper hair.
Gabriella turned around. "Can I help you?" she said annoyed, by the boy's cockiness, "And no in fact. He's practically my brother." Gabriella rolled her eyes, "Now...you. Give me my schedule back." Gabriella said nicely.
"Woah...Gabs! I got every class with you! YESS!" he said dancing like a complete fool.
"You know..." the boy said again, trying to get Gabriella's attention. Gabriella turned around, and rolled her eyes.
"What??" she said getting annoyed.
"You know...if you wanted to ditch Collins over here. You could come hang out with us...the cooler people. The..." the boy couldn't think of anymore words.
"I'd rather hang out with a piece of toast than some boy who can't think of proper words thank you very much." she rolled her eyes.
"Burn..." Sean laughed.
"A girl with spice...I like it." he winked.
"Why don't you go to that girl over there? And bug the shit outta her." she said pointing at a blond.
"Who? Sharpay?" he asked, "She's already my girlfriend." he laughed.
"Well then leave me the hell alone and go harass someone else." she said, giving him some daggers.
"Ouch Bolton. If I were you...I'd scatter." he warned, not wanting him to keep hitting on Gabriella.
"Why don't you shove it Collins!" he warned.
Not only was Sean a nerd, and one of the smartest in the school, he was on the football team. And was the captain, and really good. But...he still wasn't popular. He was friends with his teammates, but nobody wanted to hang out with him in 'public'. Everyone knew he was a foster kid, and judged him by that.
"Okay...Bolton is it? Scatter. Collins...-Sean." Gabriella laughed, "Come with me." she said as she smiled at Sean, which made him calm down.
"It's Troy." he said looking at Gabriella.
"I don't care. Sean...c'mon." Gabriella rolled her eyes, and dragged him away.
"Uh...Gabi?" he said, softly.
"SHUT UP!" she yelled.
"But-"
"What??" she said annoyed, by the...what was his name oh yea-Troy, the one they ditched.
"Our class is that way..." he laughed, at her mistake. Gabriella laughed at herself and followed him to the drama class.
Gabriella sat down in the back, next to Sean and smiled at him. "What? Do I have something on my face?" Sean said worried, that that was the real reason she was smiling.
"Twoysie!" that girl...Sharpay said hugging ....uh Troy?
"Hey Shar." he smiled, as they sat down in front of Gabriella and Sean.
"I missed you baby..." she said. Sean made a disgusting face and mouthed 'Did you wanna move'?
Gabriella shook her head. She had to get used to this boy. And the ditz he was dating.
"Welcome back my star pupils!" a women said coming in.
"And I hear we have a new student here this year. Ms. Montez is it?" she said looking at Gabriella, and Gabriella nodded.
"Please...come up into the front of the class and tell us about yourself. I'm Ms. Darbus." she smiled at Gabriella. Gabriella looked at Sean worried.
"Don't worry...just say that you live with me and the rest of my foster home. Nothing to...detailed." he winked at her.
Troy looked at her and Gabriella walked passed him as if he didn't exist. "I'm...Gabriella. Uhm...I live with Sean and his foster family...and I love it. Uhm...I'm from California, and....my parents died in a car accident a year ago." she smiled and Sean smile back at her. 'She's so confident...' Sean thought.
"Thank You Gabriella. Please sit back down." she smiled and Gabriella nodded in response, and she sat back down next to Sean.
"Well...we have announcements. Ms. Mckessie." she said looking at a darker skinned girl, who was dressed...preppy.
"Well...scholastic decathlon sign ups or on the bulletin board. You all know where it is." she announced.
"BOOO!" Troy, and some other dude with an afro shouted.
"Mr. Bolton and Mr. Danforth. Detention on the first day shall we?" she warned.
"Sorry..." the boy said.
"Troy?" Ms. Darbus said, "Announcements?" she asked.
"Oh...right." he laughed, "Well..." he cleared his throat and continued, "Basketball sign ups. And...WILDCAT RULE!" he shouted as Chad threw him a basketball.
"DANFORTH. This is a classroom, not a hockey arena!" she screeched and Mr. 'Danforth' laughed.
"Sorry..." he said.
"Well...today, we're just gonna organize things, and such. So..please, do whatever you like." Ms. Darbus said, "Besides playing hockey...or whatever it is you do." she warned again.
Sean laughed, "That's Chad. Troy's bud." he laughed, "They think they rule the school because they are like captain and co captain of the basketball team. They won championship last year as freshmen." he shrugged, "As we did. But nobody cares about the football team." he shrugged.
Gabriella laughed, but someone interrupted her laughing.
"We do rule the school Collins." Chad laughed, "So...your new? You live with him? Must be a living hell." he chuckled.
"DANFORTH! LANGUAGE!" Ms. Darbus screeched.
"Did I mention the trouble makers and the F averages of the school too?" he laughed.
"Shut it Collins. At least we have girlfriends." Troy rolled his eyes.
"And you are?" the blond said looking at Gabriella.
"Pardon...but I have a girlfriend." he said, mad.
"Oh...right. Becca...the queen nerd." Troy laughed.
"Shut up Troy!" Sean said.
"I'm Gabriella." Gabriella said.
"Sharpay." she smiled, and shook her hand.
"Hey Shar." Sean smiled. Sean and Sharpay were actually good friends. She felt sorry for him, and have been trying to get Troy to stop being such a jerk.
"Hey Sean." she smiled.
"So...you live with Sean?" she said looking back at Gabriella, and she nodded in response.
"Right...the family of nerds." Chad laughed with a lisp, mocking 'nerds'.
"Well, at least they are sweet and not some big ass ego jocks who think they know everything!" Gabriella blew up. She hated stuck up boys who thought they knew everything. Like Troy and Chad.
Sean laughed, "If I were you....I'd back off guys." he laughed.
"And your not offended by the rude, stupid jokes???" Gabriella said sternly.
"Of course I am, but I however am not going to take it personally. We both know that Hayley and Michael will never be nerds, and they still are the coolest people ever. And D and D are the cutest 4 and 5 years olds ever. And Ryan...okay he's a nerd, but so what. He's a smart kid!" Sean smiled. Gabriella smiled at how Sean wasn't being sad at all.
"Why do we care Collins? Your still a stupid nerd." Troy laughed.
"Troy...first of all...there's no such thing as a stupid nerd. There is a stupid person...you, and then there's Sean." Gabriella laughed.
"Shut up. Your just as bad-." Gabriella stopped.
"It's okay Gabriella..." Sean said. He didn't know about Brandon. But, he knew well enough she had a bad history, from all the bruises.
"Why would we even sit next to these self centered bastards anyways. C'mon." Gabriella got up right as the bell rang, and ran out of the room, turned the corner, and cried.
"Gabi!" Sean yelled, and knelt down next to he and pulled her in for a hug.
"What's wrong?" he asked softly.
Back with Chad, Troy, and Sharpay-
Sharpay looked worried, "What the hell guys???" she said, smacking them both and running towards the direction Gabriella ran.
Troy and Chad looked at each other, and felt guilt running through there brains.
With Sean and Gabriella-
Gabriella cried her eyes, out, and felt some bruises on her stomach and arms and legs, and a few scars when he stabbed and shot her. Gabriella hugged him back, but he pressed hard against her back, which is where she was stabbed, and had a few bruises, when he kicked her. "OWWW!" she screamed in pain and Sean looked even more worried, even more in shock.
Gabriella cried. She got stitches when she was stabbed another time, when she was trying to call 911, and when Brandon realized she did get stitches, he took them out himself, and they were infected and never did heal. "What's wrong 'Brie..." Sean said, letting go of her, wanting to make her sadness go away, wanting to be there .
"GABI!" Sharpay screamed, and slid in her heels to them.
"Shar...leave please? I'm sorry...but there's something I need to talk about to Gabriella with. Sharpay nodded, looking at Gabriella, then stepped away, and backed down into Troy and Chad who stared at Gabriella.
Gabriella cried into her knees and images flashed into her head, of Brandon, with an angry face, and a bloody knife, as soon as his face then softened and he dropped the knife and hugged as Gabriella screamed bloody murder in her head, and out loud.
Sean broke down, "Gabi...please...tell me, what's wrong." Sean worried, "Tell me!" he shouted.
Gabriella screamed and cried in pain, as all of her horrific memories flooded through her head. A nurse came and sat down, "Honey...tell me what's wrong?" she asked, and looked at her to see if anything was wrong. In fact, there was. Gabriella finally brought her back from the wall, and blood was coming from her shirt.
"Gabi!" Sean screamed, "Who did this to you??? What happened?" he yelled, furious, wanting to kill that very person who did that to him.
"AHHHH!" Gabriella cried, loudly, and Troy and Chad still stood there, watching blood stain her clothes.
Sean felt tears fill his eyes and drop from his cheeks. Gabriella held onto his shirt, tightly. She still cried out, and the nurse looked at Gabriella. "You live with her right?" she said looking at Sean softly, trying to sound serious, and know what she was doing.
Sean nodded, as he wiped his tears.
Gabriella kept screaming in pain, as flashbacks of everything, the shooting, the stabbing, the abuse, the news video cam of her parents dying in a car crash with her little brother, and of course the funeral. She really did think Brandon was going to care for her, when her parents died. Gabriella kept crying, as she hugged Sean tightly. "Sea-" she gasped for a breath, to calm herself, "Sean..." she was able to get out.
Sean looked up and his brown eyes were sparkling, yet still worried. "Thank you..." she smiled, that...that genuine smile. The smile that even made Sean smile, which he rarely did, until Gabriella came into their lives. Gabriella was that girl, who made an impact to everyone. She hid her pain with smiles. She forgot the past, but when it came back it all came back. It all flooded through every part of her body. It killed her, and she shut down, and only let few people in. Gabriella was secretive, silly, funny, and sweet. She did things for other people, to make them happy. Never wanted anything for herself. Never thought of herself. Never wanted happiness for herself...others came first to her. (Like Me! -Kendahl)
Sean smiled, a crooked smile that made her laugh, and she was taken to the nurse's and Sean was allowed to follow. Gabriella stopped crying, as she held Sean's hand tightly. Sean made her feel safe, and secure. Just like a friend should. As well as a boyfriend, but neither saw each other like that, they saw each other to support each other, be that wall for each other if they had to fall, and would catch each other.
Gabriella smiled, as the nurse lifted her shirt and looked at it, and gasped at what she saw. It was bleeding, as it had a big gash, and it was swollen around it. "What happened Ms. Montez?" the nurse asked gently, touch the scrape.
"Someone..." Gabriella, shook. Sean smiled, and wiped her tears, "Someone..." she said again, "Stabbed me..." she finally finished and the nurse gasped. Sean's reaction, was anger, and sorrow. He was angry at the person who would do such a thing to a girl like that. To a girl like Gabriella. She was like that fly...that you shouldn't hurt. He held her hand as the nurse called 911.
Must stop it there, because I wanted to leave a little...cliffy. Yes, that's some of my life. I'm not abused, but I am, alone sometimes. That's why it's so easy for me to pour my thoughts and feelings and emotions in this story. Even if someone has a broken wing, you can still fly! That's the message!
xxxKendahl