Author's Note: Hey guys! I am really sorry for not updating. Things have been really busy for a while… well, anyways, here is the next chapter!
Summary: What happens when a certain basketball captain gets into a critical injury that would cause his life never to be the same again? What happens when this injury makes him forget Gabi? Will they ever be the same again?
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As early as six o'clock in the morning, Gabriella awoke to the sound of her cell phone beeping. Grunting softly, she opened one eye and tried to look at the time in her alarm clock.
Seeing how early it was, she couldn't help being curious. Who in their right mind would call me at six o'clock in the morning? She asked softly. No one has ever called me this early except---
Troy!! Gabriella thought, suddenly feeling very much awake. A sudden jolt of excitement was rushing through her. She quickly grabbed her cell phone and expected Troy's name to appear on the screen. She eagerly looked at it and as she did, her smile slightly faded.
"It's just Sharpay," she said, sounding slightly disappointed. She put the receiver in her ear. "Hey Sharpay. What's up?" She greeted her friend, trying to sound cheerful.
"Uhmm… Gabriella? I have to tell you something…" Sharpay started, sounding unsure and nervous. She then took a deep breath and started rambling way too fast for Gabriella to understand. "I know that you're in New York and having a vacation and maybe I'm just bothering you right now, but I really have to tell you something urgent that I know if I don't tell you, you are surely going to kill me." Sharpay finished, breathless, after saying such a long sentence.
Hearing this, Gabriella couldn't help but giggle with laughter. She just couldn't help it. After all, this was the first time she heard Sharpay sound so nervous… In fact, she never imagined that the word "nervous" was in Sharpay's vocabulary. "Shar, do you really ramble when you're nervous?"
"I do not, Gabriella Celine Montez!" Sharpay retorted, using Gabriella's full name knowing it would annoy her.
Gabriella rolled her eyes. As if I am ever gonna believe that! She thought. "Sharpay Dionne Evans! You may be the greatest actress in the world but as your best friend, I know that there is something you know that I have to know yet you don't want me to know." She told Sharpay in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Huh??" Sharpay asked Gabriella. Obviously she didn't understand a thing that Gabriella said.
Gabriella just sighed and rolled her eyes once again. "Just spill it Shar!" She squealed, feeling slightly impatient.
Sharpay felt very hesitant. She had no idea on how to "gently" break it to Gabi about Troy's situation. She already spent hours trying to wrack her brains, but so far, her "usually smart and mischievous mind" was a total blank. I guess I just have to tell her the truth… She concluded to herself. Even if it hurts…
Sharpay took a really deep breath. "Fine. But promise me that while I am saying this, you are sitting down and perfectly calm." She told Gabriella sternly. "Got it?"
Though she found it unnecessary to do so, Gabriella followed Sharpay's orders. Something about Sharpay's worried voice made her think it was best to calm down before she heard what Sharpay had to say. "Okay." She agreed. She then sat down at the end of her bed and folded her legs to a relaxed position. "Now, I am sitting down and I assure you that I am very calm. Now, please tell me what in the world is going on or do you want me to die in suspense, Sharpay?" She asked her friend while edging from the bed.
Sharpay tried but she can't get the words out of her mouth. It seemed like as she tried to say the words, it would simply evaporate in her throat. And worse, she felt tears welling up from her eyes. She knew that Troy's situation would pain Gabriella more than her and their other friends. And for the record, Sharpay did not want to see another friend in pain. But still, she knew that Gabriella had the right to know. It would be unfair to keep this a secret from her.
Knowing this, Sharpay tried to gather every ounce of gut that she had. She just had to tell Gabi. She had to… "Gabs, you've got to come back here…" Sharpay said softly yet dramatically, tears streaming down her eyes.
Gabriella was puzzled. What could cause Sharpay to be this upset and dramatic? She thought.
"Why? What happened Sharpay?" Gabriella asked curiously, wishing she could hug and comfort her friend.
Sharpay talked in between huge sobs. "Troy needs you here, Gabs" She said, in a small voice, almost sounding like a whisper.
Gabriella felt alarmed at the words. If Sharpay is crying this hard and Troy needs me, she thought. Then something must be really wrong.
"Why?" She asked Sharpay, sounding more curious than ever.
"He had an injury in the game… he's all bloody and unconscious… oh gabi, please come back! We need you here…" Sharpay pleaded, sniffing harder than ever.
The words seemed to hit Gabriella like bricks. It seemed like the whole world crushed as she heard Sharpay's news. Tears quickly went down her hazel eyes… the image of Troy…bloody and unconscious… seemed to stab her heart with so much pain.
Soon enough, Sharpay and Gabriella, cried together, breaking to huge sobs that seemed to go on for hours… The image of Troy haunting their minds, filling their heart with pain.
Gabriella knew what she had to do. She had to go back to Albuquerque… She had to…
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Author's note: There you have it guys! Hope you enjoyed! Xoxo- xxxmusicprincessxxx