Chapter Three: Come Clean

Elaine was trying to remember, and it was so hard. She started waking up, two days later, but she could think very well. Elaine's breathing was hard, she hated this, and wish she had remembered what happened... Why was she in an operating room, and what was attatched to her stomach? Oh, it's a feeding tube, but she never let anyone know she wasn't eating! She was trying to think, but unfortanutly, she couldn't think to hard, or her head would start to hurt.

Let's go back, back to the begining,

back to when the Earth, the sun, the stars all aligned,

Cause perfect, didn't seem so perfect,

Trying to fit a circle in a square

Was no life I defy.

The doctor came into the room, and said, "Well, looks like Elaine's up." Elaine looked next to her, and Ryan was sleeping, and she screamed, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" Ryan woke up with a start, and looked at the angry Elaine, she didn't look happy. Elaine said, "How did you even find out?" Ryan looked at her and said, "What are you talking about? I didn't know you weren't eating until after the crash! The day my heart nearly stopped! The day YOUR heart nearly stopped. The day our worlds almost stopped!" Elaine said, "Does anyone else remember that day? I can't remember anything since cheer practice." Ryan said, "It's been five days since your cheer practice, Ella."

Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams,

Let it wash away my sanity,

Cause I wanna feel the thunder,

I wanna scream, let the rain fall down,

I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean, ohh.

Elaine froze, and said weakly, "I've been out for five days?" Ryan shook his head, and said, "Two days." Elaine said, "Why can't I remember anything beyond three days ago?" The doctor said, "Trauma, you hit your head causing a concussion, and also, if it wasn't for Sharpay, we wouldn't have been able to find out about you not eating. Sharpay asked around, and she found out from your team that you didn't eat lunch for the past two days, which may explain why you only want to remember a certain point." Elaine started sobbing again.

I'm shedding, shedding every color,

Trying to find a pigment of truth beneath my skin, ohh,

Cause different doesn't feel so different,

And going out is, always better then staying in

Feel the wind.

Elaine didn't want Ryan in her room anymore, his sister had everything to do with the fact she's in here! She didn't want him anymore, he won't see her cry, so in between tears she choked out, "Leave." Ryan said, "I don't understand." She looked fierce and said, "Get out right now! It's the end of you and me!" Ryan was shocked, but did as she said. Elaine said after he left, "He won't get to see the tears I cry." Gabriella however, was happy at the moment, but Elaine's waking up got the whole school chatting and wondering about what happened. Sharpay was crying, this was her fault in a way, she had caused the accident on purpose, she knew Elaine was too weak, and she thought maybe it would freak her out.

Let the rain fall down and wake my dream,

Let it wash away my sanity,

Cause I wanna feel the thunder

I wanna scream, let the rain fall down,

I'm comming clean, I'm coming clean, ohh.

Sharpay had admitted it to Gabriella, but she refused to tell the whole story to anyone else, she didn't want this! Sharpay wanted to change the plan, but it had already begun, and she walked to where Troy was, feeling a little sick that she still was going to do this, but whatever. Sharpay saw Gabriella, and immedietly, she flirted with Troy, and then lunged on him and kissed him. Gabriella was shocked, and she ran up and took off the ring and threw it at Troy, saying, "Here! Take it, you lying cheater! I hope you're happy with Sharpay!" Gabriella ran off, and Troy said, "Gabi, wait!" She called back, "Don't call me Gabi!" She knew someone would understand her, and she was lying in a hospital bed.

I'm coming clean.

I'm coming clean.

Let the rain fall.

Let the rain fall.

I'm coming clean.

Gabriella visited Elaine, and said to her, "I thought he was the one." Elaine said, "Do you, at the very least, cry?" Gabriella shook her head and said, "I don't cry on the outside anymore." Elaine said with her, "I thought he was the one." Elaine then said, "He won't get to see the tears I cry." Elaine smiled, but it was forced, and Gabriella tried to smile, but couldn't, and instead started crying without being able to cry anymore. Elaine and Gabriella both talked about cutting, and decided that once Elaine was released, they would start it. Elaine and Gabriella made an oath, saying, "Too many bad memories, no other way to show, and this shows. Taking the past out on my skin, we will make a stand." Elaine felt tears roll down her eyes at the thought of damaging her body again, but what could she do?

Let the rain fall and wake my dreams,

Let it wash away my sanity,

Cause I wanna feel the thunder,

I wanna scream, let the rain fall,

I'm coming clean.

About an hour later, Elaine was discharged from the hospital, and the first thing Elaine did was go get her bag, and buy two razors and a pack of blades. The guy said, "Why do you need two razors?" Elaine put on her best acting skills, and said, "Oh, well, my friend doesn't like going to go buy razors, it makes her nasceous looking at the other things in the aisle, so I had to buy them for her." She put on a real smile, because the excuse was kind of funny, and the guys simply nodded and she got out of there as quick as she could. Gabriella was waiting for her at her house, and she whispered, "You have it?" Elaine nodded, and they went up the stairway, and up in her room, held the razors close to their skin.

Let the rain fall and wake my dreams,

Let it wash away my sanity,

Cause I wanna feel the thunder

I wanna scream, let the rain fall,

let the rain fall.

They slowly sliced their skin open and let out a piercing shriek as blood dripped from their arm, and then they sliced the other arm. Blood was dripping from both arms, the wounds open, and once again they said, "Letting go of the past on my skin." The pain didn't seem physical anymore, it only seemed emotional to them, and they started crying again. They heard someone home, and they hide the blood-stained razors in Elaine's memory box and Elaine ripped everything down that had to down with Ryan and looked at the day of the callbacks. Tears slide down her eyes, and she slammed the photo down.

Let's go back,

back to the begining.