(A/N: Well guys here is the much awaited ch.3! I have had people begging at my knees (Troyellameant2be and many other of my friends lol) about this chapter. They wanna know what happened to Troy! And here is ch.3 so you can find out

Disclaimer: I own nothing, absolutely nothing. The only thing I own is the plot of the story and my own character, Amanda. That's all I own and I don't own anything from HSM (I wish owned Zac, that would be so flipping awesome!) Anyway on with the story. I also don't own the Derby Stallion

Recap

Troy hung up the phone, and started sobbing. The gang came over and embraced him in a hug. "Dude, what's wrong?" Chad asked his friend, who was wallowing in sadness (A/N: Damn it reading, I actually used one of my words of the day)

"Are you okay?" Chad questioned his friend, who had not answered him the first time.

"M-m-m-my….." Troy stuttered, still sobbing, not being able to speak very well.

"Whoa, Troy take a second, calm yourself down, and than speak to us" Kelsi said, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder.

Troy did as he was told. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down so he wasn't crying.

"My parents were(sniffles) killed in a car crash" Troy managed to say.

Everyone looked at each other shocked, none of them being able to keep tears out of their eyes.

"Well what did they tell you exactly?" Ryan questioned, blinking back his tears and wanting to know more.

"Well…" Troy started

Flashback

Troy walked into the kitchen and picked up the ringing phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello my name is Officer Ranes from the Police Headquarters of Utah. Is this Troy Bolton?"

"Yes, it is"

"Well Troy I am sorry to inform you that your parents were involved in a car accident; they were hit by a drunk driver, head on"

"What!?!?! Are they okay?"

"Um, I don't know how to tell you this but your parents were found………dead at the scene of the crash. They were killed on impact of the other car.(A/N: GASP!)

Troy's eyes filled up with tears what the Officer had just said, not believing what he just heard. The gang look at each other with worried expressions on their faces.

"Well uh okay, thank you for calling and I will call you when I have some time" He heard his voice crack but he didn't care. He hung up the phone threw his head in his hands and started sobbing. He began to shake as every sob came out of him. The gang heard his muffled cries and looked into the kitchen. They saw Troy with his head in his hands and they ran over and embraced him in a hug.

End Flashback

Troy finished the story, tears streaming down his face again. Everyone else had started crying and the boyfriends and girlfriends were hugging each other, trying to comfort one another.

It might be a good time to introduce you to the late Jack and Lucille Bolton. Jack and Lucille were Troy's parents, and were never mean to anyone. Lucille had a loving heart and was there if anyone needed her. If any of them needed someone to talk to, Lucille was there. Jack never pushed Troy; he always let him follow his own heart. He supported Troy on whatever his decision was no matter the situation was. He did this because he knew Troy is smart and has a good head on his shoulders. Jack had a good head on his shoulders as well. When Gabi came into the picture, Troy would always talk about her and they instantly knew that he had found someone he loved. The Bolton's were nice to Gabi and they treated her like a daughter. Gabi was always comfortable around them, and she didn't have the awkward feeling a girlfriend usually has around the boyfriend's parents, or vice versa. The gang thought as them as another mom and dad, and they all loved Jack and Lucille. But now they weren't there, and all of them were heart-broken.

The gang had calmed down, more or less. Everyone's face had become red and tear-stained. They all looked at each other, not really sure what to say at this point. Jason spoke up first.

"Well, are you gonna schedule a funeral?" He asked and Troy looked up to him.

"Well I guess but that can wait until tomorrow, I really don't want to do that tonight, I can do it tomorrow, after I have had some chance to sleep" Troy responded and than began to think. The rest of the gang had started talking about what just happened.

Suddenly, Troy burst out, but not in tears, in anger.

"WHY DO THEY HEAVE TO LET DRUNK DRIVERS ON THE ROAD, HUH? WHY! JUST WHY! THEY DON'T HAVE DESIGNATED DRIVER OR SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR KEYS IF THEY SEE THE PERSON IS TOTALLY WASTED! GOD DAMN IT WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!?!?!" Everyone looked up at him, a little frightened. Gabi spoke up first.

"Troy, sweetie calm down." She put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"No I will not calm down!" Troy yelled back, tears of anger lashing down his face.

"Troy you have to calm down. Being angry won't help anything. If you calm down we can sort some things out." Gabi said reassuringly. Troy calmed down, but it didn't last for long.

"Gabi, it's just that they were m-my p-parents" He said, starting to tremble, tears forming in his eyes once more. "I never get to see them again! When I see them next, they will be in coffins! Plus I'm only 18, what am I suppose to do? I can't do everything myself! I can't plan a whole funeral myself!" He thought for a second, than figured out something else to say.

"I didn't even get to say good bye….." Troy said, and one tear fell from his eyes

Everyone looked around, not knowing what to say once more. Gabi saw how distressed he was, and decided he couldn't be alone during this time in his life. "You can live with me, Troy" Troy looked at Gabi and she was sure she saw a glimmer of hope in his eyes. But the blue still wasn't there. He was sad, and when that happened the blue totally drains from his eyes and they become grey.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, my mom will completely understand"

"Well, okay than"

Amanda looked around and decided lighten up the mood. "Hey guys! I bet we will all be a little happier if we watch the movie now!" She said and looked around to the rest of the gang. They all nodded in agreement. Troy popped in the movie and sat on the couch with everyone else. When Patrick first popped up onto the screen, Gabi realized something.

"Oh my gosh, Troy! Patrick looks exactly like you!!" Troy quickly looks back and forth between the screen and the picture of him when he was younger, by the television.

"Wow Gabs, that's really weird"

"Yeah, that is strange" (A/N: I couldn't resist putting that in there :D)

The gang watched the movie, everybody watching it. They all laughed when Patrick got hit in the head with the baseball, also when he fell off the horse 4 times and Houstonsaid ' I think you are wearing him down!" Than everybody, including the boys (A/N: Me also guilty as charged for what I say next) cried when they saw how Houston died. Than everyone went 'awwww' when Patrick and his lover kissed. (A/N: So many author's notes! I couldn't remember her name and no one helped me so I was like screw you people and just carried on with the chapter) Finally, after Patrick won the Derby, everyone cheered. They turned off the movie and everyone drifted off to sleep.

In Troy's dreams(A/N: I'm sorry but I promise this the last one! Well interrupting the story, I will put another at the end though! Troy thinks this is real, so remember that! His dream will be written in Italics)

Troy is walking down the sidewalk late at night. He is coming to an intersection, and he sees two cars coming from the opposite directions. They must have not seen each other, because they crashed right before Troy's eyes. Troy looked at the scene, mouth wide open as it unfolded. "Oh my god!" he yelled, terrified, as he ran to the scene of the crash.

With Gabi….

Gabi heard some mumbling but paid no attention to it. She knew it was Troy, but she shook it off as talking in his sleep and went back to sleep ignoring it.

With Troy

He ran to the cars, and inspected the scene in front of him. One car had a teenage girl in it, who looked about 17. She was unconscious, and bleeding from her head. He immediately realized who it was.

"GABRIELLA!" He yelled. The window had been broken in the crash, but he reached through the jagged parts, not caring if he cut himself in the process. He searched frantically for a pulse, but got nothing. He started to get frantic and decided to see if the other people were in better condition. He looked at the other car and saw two middle-aged people, one man and one woman. The man was up against the steering wheel, unconscious. The woman was unconscious in the passenger seat, and the air bags had been deployed. He recognized who they were also.

"MOM! DAD!" he yelled once more. He tried to get pulses from them, but no luck either. He felt tears sting at his eyes. It just couldn't be, it couldn't be happening. But than something clicked with him.

" Troy you moron call 9-1-1!" He said to himself and took out his cell-phone. He just barely dialed the number because his hands were shaking so badly. Once he got off the phone with the operator, he didn't know what to do. He didn't know if he should break down and cry or try to help them. While trying to figure out something to do he heard sirens in the distance. He looked around hopefully and saw ambulances, fire trucks and police cars coming his way. Once they got there, they started doing a lot of stuff. Firemen were going to the scene off the crash, working on pulling the victims out. Paramedics were taking stretchers and first aid kits to the horrific scene of the crash. A paramedic came over to Troy also and started bandaging his hand since it was cut from reaching into the jagged window. While his hand was being bandaged a police man walked by him. He stopped the police man and began talking to him.

"Oh Please! Please help them! That's my girlfriend and my parents! You have to save them!" Troy said, tears stinging at his eyes.

"We will do the best we can"

"Alright, thank you sir"

After about 5 minutes, Troy was bandaged and was watching the frantic scene in front of him. A paramedic came over to him with a sad glint in his eyes.

"Um excuse me but I have something to share with you"

" What is it sir?" Troy asked, knowing to expect the worst

"We couldn't find a pulse, breathing rate or heart rate on any of them. I am sorry, but they are dead."

End Dream

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Troy screamed, waking up. He was covered in a cold sweat and was panting in fear at what just happened. Gabi woke up at the scream but luckily the others didn't

"Troy what's the matter baby?"

Troy turned his head and saw that Gabi was alive. "G-gabi?" he asked in an almost inaudible whisper before bursting into tears. Gabi sat up and rubbed his back (Troy had sat up when he woke up) "What's the matter baby?"

"I had a nightmare. I dreamt that you and my parents were in a car crash. I called for help, but it was too late. All three of you d-died" Troy trembled, still a little frightened.

"Aww babe, that's horrible. But you know what, it was only a dream. And I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere any time soon. Now you have only been asleep for about 10 minutes. So go back to sleep." She said, lying back down. Troy lay back down also.

"Okay baby. I love you." Troy said, and surprising went back to sleep with out anymore troubles.

END OF CHAPTER 3

A/N: Alright, now hopefully no one will tear my face off for not updating. Now what will happen tomorrow? How will Troy survive? Will he make it through with out his parents being there? Find out next time on 'Love of my Life'!

With luv ♥

Becca XOXOXOXOXOXO