EDiTOR'S NOTE:
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TROY
"Miss Evans, Mr. Bolton, Ryan will see you now." The nurse, Nancy, opened the door to Ryan's hospital room. "Are your parents here, Sharpay?"
"Not yet. My father had a business meeting in New York; Mom was going to pick him up at the airport." Sharpay tried a smile, since Nancy was being so cheery, but Troy could see she wasn't really happy.
"Sharpay?" Ryan opened his eyes weakly. "Troy? What's going on?"
"Ryan, do you remember anything from the fight? What happened, bro?" Troy asked. He pulled Sharpay closer to him so she wouldn't be as scared.
"Yeah, I think so. I remember Tay couldn't find Chad, and I couldn't find Gabs, so we went looking for them together, and we went upstairs to see if they were up there, and we went into this bedroom on the top floor of the Hilken's house, and Chad and Gabi were...were.."
"Ryan, what were they doing? Tell me what happened." Sharpay asked sweetly. She didn't want him to feel scared, but it was no use. His best friend just beat him to the core, and landed him in the hospital.
"They were drunk. They reeked of beer. When we walked in, they were..." Ryan gulped. "Doing. Certain things. Certain things Gabi and I haven't even done yet. Tay was on the floor in tears, so I picked her up, tried to carry her out. Chad told me to stay away from his girlfriend, I told him to leave my friend alone, and he punched me. Right here." Ryan lifted up his hospital gown to reveal a massive blue bruise on his stomach. "Then he slammed me in the face, and pushed me back. I fell and hit my head on the corner of a painting and my head started to bleed. Tay tried to stop it. I guess Gabs was passed out by the time the police got there. Taylor pushed him out of the room, and we heard some weird sound and Taylor ran out and ran back and said he fell down the stairs."
"Oh my gosh. Ryan!" Sharpay hugged him with tears in her eyes. She looked at Troy, who by now had teary eyes,also.
"Miss Evans, your parents are here. The doctor needs a quick word with your family about your brother's condition."
CHAD
"Chad, what the heck were you thinking?!" Troy said.
"I was thinking I didn't know what it was!" Chad answered from his hospital bed. His body was badly bruised, but nothing too tragic. "Me and Gabi, that was the alchohol. I would never do that! You know me, Troy!"
"The Chad I know wouldn't get drunk and have sex with his girlfriend's best friend." Troy paced back and forth. "The Evans' could SUE, Chad!"
"Even my dad didn't scream at me this much." Chad mumbled. "Can you turn it down a notch? My head is throbbing."
"I can't believe you were being so STUPID. Really, Chad. In one night, you managed to break Taylor's heart, take Gabriella's virginity AND for the cherry on top, you almost KILLED your best friend!"
"I'm too hung over to apologize right now, and I need a break from the lectures, so if you could just go see how Gabs is doing, that'd be, like, perfect."
"Fine." Troy got up. "But during your little free time, you better think of a way to clean up this little mess you made."