Chapter 4

Taylor slowly opened her eyes as she woke up the next morning. She was expecting the sun to shine through the windows but then she remembered the storm. Taylor straightened up to see most of the students up and walking around.

"What's going on?" Taylor heard Ryan ask.

"I'm going to guess that people are hungry" Kelsi said as she watched students walk up to the teachers.

"Couldn't you bake us something Zeke?" Sharpay asked. Zeke laughed while wrapping his arm around Sharpay's shoulder.

"Shar, the kitchen is on the other end of the school and I doubt the teachers would let me walk through the school now." Zeke explained to her.

"When will this thing let up?" Jason asked.

"Some of the geography teachers think it might be at least another day til its safe enough to go outside" Chad said. Everyone groaned.

"So we're stuck at school for another full day. I'm hungry though" Ryan said.

"I think everyone is hungry Ryan" Mrs Owen, the English teacher said.

"Is there any food anywhere?" Kelsi asked. Mrs Owen shook her head.

"We're looking into it" Mrs Owen said before she walked away.

"Guys" they all heard Troy say. Chad frowned because he didn't like the way that Troy had called them.

"What is it?" Taylor asked as everyone scooted over to where Troy and Gabriella were.

"Gabby isn't waking up" Troy said, worry clearly in his voice.

"What do you mean she won't wake up?" Sharpay asked as she felt Gabriella's forehead. "She's really warm"

"Yea I know she's warm. I don't know what happened but last night she was fine and this morning..." Troy stopped unable to finish the sentence. Taylor noticed this.

"She'll be fine Troy" Taylor said while placing an arm on his shoulders.

"I'm going to get the nurse" Kelsi said as she stood up and started to walk over to where the teachers were gathered. Troy looked down at Gabriella who was lying in his lap. She looked so helpless and weak.

"What's wrong?" everyone heard Helen ask. The gang all turned their heads to see Helen walking at quite a fast pace towards them.

"Um she won't wake up" Taylor said.

"Let me look at her" Helen said as she knelt down next to Troy and looked over Gabriella's symptoms.

"Her condition has gotten worse. She needs immediate medical attention" Helen explained to everyone.

"But no-one can get here in this storm!" Troy exclaimed. Sharpay placed a hand on Troy's shoulder to calm him down.

"She needs a massive dose of penicillin. It's impossible to reach though because the nurse's stock station is outside. You would be killed if you tried to make it out there" Helen said. Troy sunk back when he heard that the medicine was outside. Helen noticed the look on Troy's face.

"I'm sorry" she said before she walked off. After Helen had walked off Troy placed Gabriella's head on the ground before he stood up.

"Where are you going dude?"

"I'm going to get the medicine for Gabriella" Troy said while he zipped up his jacket. Everyone's mouth dropped open.

"You can't go out there!" Chad said as he stood up too.

"I can and I will" Troy said.

"Troy it's too dangerous" Kelsi said.

"Look Gabriella needs that medicine and I'm going to get it to her" Troy said as he started to walk towards the door.

"Wait!" Chad said. Troy turned around.

"What?" Troy asked. Chad took a breath before answering.

"I'm coming with you" Chad said. Troy stared at him before shaking his head.

"I can't let you do that" Troy said.

"There's no way I'm letting you do this alone" Chad said as he stood up and grabbed his jacket off the floor.

"But..."

"No buts" Chad said as he zipped up his jacket.

"I'm coming too" Zeke said. Troy looked at his two friends and knew he couldn't change their minds.

"Alright, let's go then" Troy said. Chad and Zeke kissed their girlfriends before all three started to walk slowly towards the gym door, hoping not to get caught by the teachers.

Once they had slipped through the doors they were met with broken branches and leaves everywhere.

"I feel sorry for whoever has to clean this up" Chad said as they made their way through the debris. A sudden gust of wind startled the guys.

"How the heck is the wind able to blow around here? We're in the middle of the school!" Chad said. Troy and Zeke laughed.

"Dude there are like heaps of broken windows. The wind can get through" Zeke said.

"Hey guys, we're near the door" Troy said. Chad and Zeke ran up to him.

"Can you see the nurse's stock station?" Chad asked. Troy walked a little closer to the door and looked out.

"Yea I see it. It's just past the fountain to the left. You know, that shack we always wondered about" Troy said.

"Are you serious?"

"Dude we always drew on that thing in permanent marker" Zeke said remembering the time when they were in primary school.

"Let's go then" Chad said as he reached for the door handle. He opened it and was met with a gust of wind and snow to his face. Chad quickly closed the door. He turned around and stared at Troy wide eyed.

"We're seriously going out there?" he asked. Troy nodded.

"You're lucky I'm your best friend" Chad huffed before he got ready to open the door again. Troy and Zeke laughed as they prepared themselves. As soon as Chad opened the door all three quickly ran outside. The guys found it very difficult to stay upright because of the force of the wind. The snow and the flying branches didn't make the journey any quicker either. Finally all three reached the shed.
"It's locked" Zeke shouted to be heard above the wind. Troy looked at Zeke before looking at the door. Troy was about to look for something but Chad walked up with a rock in his hand.

"Hey this shed is going to need repairing anyway" Chad said before he threw the rock at the door. The lock crumbled to the floor.

"You'd think they would have a better lock on a shed that holds medical supplies" Troy said as he walked in. The guys quickly located the penicillin.

"Okay we've got it. Can we hurry back please?" Chad asked. Troy laughed and nodded.

"Let's go" Troy said as he walked out the door. Zeke walked out but stopped. Chad bumped into the back of him.

"Would you like to move?" Chad asked.

"What's that?" Zeke asked pointing to a large object coming their way. Chad quickly recognized what it was.

"Troy look out!" Chad screamed. Troy turned around and was immediately hit in the head with a large log. Troy crumbled to the ground and everything went black.

Cliffy!! sorry but i had to end it there. Sorry if there were any spelling mistakes. Please review for me... let's try and get to 30. It's not a long way to go.