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Chapter 6- Forgetting

Gabriella woke up the next morning with the biggest headache. Her head was pounding so bad she couldn't open her eyes

"What happened?" Gabriella asked more to herself but received an answer anyway

""Well you had a little to much to drink" Gabriella heard a female voice reply "....And maybe something else"

Gabriella slowly opened her eyes to see who was talking to her. When she finally opened her eyes she blinked a couple times to make the blurry vision go away and then she saw who was talking the one and only....Lindsay. "Lindsay..?"

"Yeah...There's an aspirin and water there" Lindsay said pointing to the bedside table

"Thank you.." Gabriella said slowly sitting up "...Oh my god" She half screamed when she scratched her thigh and she had no pants or underwear on. She lifted the blanket up to see her bare legs and lots of blood on the top half of her legs along with the bed linen

"What?" Lindsay asked startled

"Umm..." Gabriella said looking at all the blood on her inner thighs

"Don't tell me you slept with some random and...you know" Lindsay said looking at Gabriella's paled face

"I don't know" Gabriella said tears forming in her eyes "I cant remember anything past making out with Matt" Gabriella said putting the blanket down

"Wait, you were here with Matt" Lindsay asked and Gabriella nodded 'yes'. "That explains it"

"Expl-ain...s what-tt?" Gabriella asked confused

"Babe, I told you Matt isn't a nice guy, he uses girls to get what he wants-which he obviously wasnt gunna get from you so he drugged you- and then leaves he them just like he done to you." Lindsay said rubbing Gabriella's back trying to comfort the crying girl "...Come here" she said before pulling Gabriella into a hug

"I sh-should of b-beli-ved y-you" Gabriella said between sobs

"Its ok sweetie dont cry"

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Gabriella asked pulling back and wiping her face " I was such a bitch to you and you were only looking out for me."

"I know but I was in your position once...well sort of so I know what it feels like and I was as much a bitch if not more of one to you."

"What do you mean you were in my position sort of?" Gabriella asked

"Well a couple of years ago I was sort of seeing Matt myself and he done the same thing to me so I sort of know what your going through." Lindsay explained

"Brittany was right." Gabriella said

"What was Brittany right about?" Lindsay asked

"She tried telling me after the time at the mall when you came up to me that you might of been telling the truth cause you may of already been with him...so she was right." Gabriella explained

"Yeah.."

"But, what did you mean by you sort of know what im going through?" Gabriella asked

"Well I wasn't a virgin then but im guessing by the look on your face before you were"

"Yeah" Gabriella said looking down at her hands that were in her lap and looking like the most interesting thing in the room at that moment time

"How about I go make you a coffee and you a shower and get cleaned up"

"I dont have any clothes my pants are ripped along with my underpants and my shirt somehow has blood on it" Gabriella said pointing to herself and the disgarded clothes on the floor "I suppose I could put my pants on I'll just have to hold the zipper part and get home before anyone see's me."

"Dont be silly you can have some of my clothes" Lindsay said

"No its ok I can manage.. Wait this is your house"

"Yes..." Lindsay laughed "..And dont worry I have many clothes so you can have an outfit"

"Thank you, you really dont have to th--"

"Gabriella its ok" Lindsay laughed

"I thought Matt said this was one of his mated places" Gabriella said remembering the conversation she and Matt had when they pulled up to the house the previous night

"It is...Dylan my brother is friends with Matt"

"Oh ok..."

"Yeah anyway you get cleaned up and I'll meet you downstairs"

"Thank you again, I really do appreciate it. Is there anything I can do to repay you?" Gabriella asked

"Just promise me one thing"

"Anything.."

"Stay away from Matt hun, he seriously is bad news"

"Dont worry I'll be staying far, far, far away"

"Good" Lindsay smiled "Oh and I suggest you take it easy you'll probably be a bit sore" Lindsay advised

"Ok, well I'll see you downstairs in a bit?" Gabriella more asked then stated

"Yeah, take as long as you need, I'll get the maid to leave some clothes in here for you" Lindsay said standing up

"Ok, thanks" Gabriella said before her and Lindsay hugged each other and Lindsay left to go downstairs

Gabriella slowly swung her legs over the side of the bed and looked down disgusted at what she saw. "Urgh, how could I be so stupid?" She asked herself

She slowly bent down to grab her torn jeans off the ground and put them on, even though she was only walking 5 steps to the adjoining bathroom she couldnt look at her legs anymore. Gabriella slowly pulled up her jeans making sure to be careful of her tender upper legs that were throbbing with pain.

"Oww..." Gabriella said sitting back down on the bed after she felt a shooting pain run through her upper thighs

Gabriella tried getting up again this time very, very slowly. She succeeded and after a very long and painful walk to the nearby bathroom Gabriella got undressed and jumped in the hot shower.

At the Montez household

"Good morning girls" Ms Montez said walking into the kitchen and over to the fridge

"Morning Ms Montez" Chelsea, Brittany and Mandy said together

"Where are you going?" Chelsea asked noticing Gabriella's mum's suitcase and briefcase near the arch leading from the entrance of the house to the kitchen

"I've gotta go away for a week on a business trip" Ms Montez said before finishing the glass of juice she had poured herself "Gabby not up yet?"

"Actually..."Chelsea started ".....She's not home yet"

"We did try to call her but she didn't answer" Mandy said

"She probably stayed at Matt's or met up with another friend from school" Ms Montez said picking her suitcase and briefcase up

"Your not worried?" Chelsea asked

"No, not really because Gabriella is smart and responsible and wouldnt do anything stupid"

"True" Chelsea agreed

"Well, I've gotta get going but when Gabriella gets home can you let her know that I'll be back next week and I love her"

"Well we were going soon but I was gunna come back later and get the goss so I'll tell her then" Chelsea said smiling and rubbing her hands together

"Ok.." Ms Montez laughed "...Thank you Chelsea, bye girls"

"Bye Ms Montez" The 3 girls yelled after Ms Montez

With Gabriella

"Hey, how are you feeling?" Lindsay asked as Gabriella walked into the kitchen

"Sore, tired and dirty" Gabriella replied softly as she sat down near Lindsay at the dining table

"Thats expected" Lindsay said

"Did you?" Gabriella asked

"No, but my situation was different to your.." Lindsay explained "...But I did have a major headache"

"Yeah I've got one of those..." Gabriella said still in whisper "....So where were you last night, I didnt see you"

"I dont stay at my brothers parties"

"Fair enough" Gabriella said before taking a sip of her coffee that had gone slightly cold

"Yeah, my brother has out of control parties..." Lindsay said before she noticed that Gabriella had tears dripping down onto her lap that she had taken quite an interest in "...Sweetie dont cry"

"Sorry" Gabriella said looking back up and wiping her cheeks

"Dont be sorry" Lindsay said scooting closer to Gabriella and putting her arms around her shoulder

"I just cant believe I was so stupid...I mean going out with a college guy, what was I thinking?"

"You didnt know he was gunna do that though"

"Everyone else did. You told me not to go out with him, my friends told me to believe you...The only one who didnt really care was my own mother." Gabriella said wiping a few more tears away that had fallen

"Everyone makes mistakes, dont blame yourself....or your mum for that matter. I bet she didnt even met him did she?"

"No" Gabriella said thinking about it

"Yeah, Matt has this way of getting out of meeting the parents of the girls he screws over"

"He never met your parents?" Gabriella asked

"Oh yeah, they just dont know what he done"

"How come, didnt you tell your mum or dad?"

"Nah, I didnt think it was that important. Like I said earlier Matt wasnt my first so it wasnt anything big"

"Yeah, true" Gabriella said before standing up "Well, thanks I think I should get heading home.."

"Maybe.." Lindsay smiled "..Im sure your mum is wondering where are you"

"I doubt it, she's probably working at the office" Gabriella said and then remembered something "Fuck..."

"What?" Lindsay asked startled by Gabriella's outburst

"I just remembered I left my purse in Matt's car, fucking hell.."

"Is it just a black clutch?" Lindsay asked

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"Hold up" Lindsay said standing up and walking over to the kitchen bench

"Ok" Gabriella said confused

"Here" Lindsay said handing Gabriella her purse

"Thanks, where was it?"

"In the mailbox.."Lindsay said simply "...Thats where all the boys dump them, either there or just on the porch, its my brothers rule"

"Your brothers rule?" Gabriella said confused

"Yeah, I told you my brothers parties are out of control. Usually guys come to his parties, get a girl drunk or drugged -sometimes both- and they...you know" Lindsay said and Gabriella nodded in understanding "They leave the girls, either come back down and hit on someone else or hang with their mates and when they leave they dump all belongings or whatever usually like I said in the mailbox or the front porch"

"Oh, ok" Gabriella said "So im not the first?"

"No, but you were the only one last night"

"Oh, thats pretty bad though I mean dont your parents say anything to your brother"

"No, my parents are hardly ever here and no-one else will say anything to him..speaking of parents shouldnt you be going?"

"Like I said before my mum wont care but yes I should get going" Gabriella said getting up slowly "Thank you again Lindsay I really, really appreciate it"

"Thats ok" Lindsay smiled "You want a lift home?"

"No, its ok thanks I can walk"

"I dont mind, I have to go to the shops quickly anyway, just let me get my keys"

"You've done enough already seriously"

"Im not taking no for an answer just let me get my keys" Lindsay said heading towards the front door

"Ok" Gabriella said grabbing her purse -which she had put down before- off the table and heading the same way Lindsay just did

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"Its just that one" Gabriella said pointing to an average size house

"Ok.." Lindsay said before she pulled into Gabriella's driveway "...Doesn't look like anyone's house"

"No it doesn't" Gabriella said sadly "Did you wanna come in?"

"I would love to but I've gotta finish the house off before my parents get home"

"Oh, I'll come help you should have told me" Gabriella said going to put her seatbelt back on

"No its ok, I'll probably only do the kitchen and the loungeroom -if that- and make my brother do the rest. After all it was his party" Lindsay explained "Usually the maids would do it but they get Sunday afternoon's off"

"Is it afternoon already?"

"Yeah, only just though its like 12:30 I think"

"Well, I better let you go" Gabriella said getting out of the car and closing the door before she popped her head back in the window "But we should go out for lunch one day, my treat, as a thank you"

"Yeah, ok sounds good" Lindsay smiled

"Ok, cool well I'll let you know at school one day"

"Why dont I give you my number?" Lindsay suggested

"Yeah ok and I'll give you mine"

After the girls exchanged numbers and said goodbye Gabriella stepped away from Lindsay's black convertible -which had the roof down- and waved at the blonde when she was backed out of the driveway. When Lindsay was out of site Gabriella walked up to her front door and entered her house.

"Is anyone home?" Gabriella yelled into the house after she put her purse on the table in the hall she walked into the kitchen to see if she could find anyone. She walked into the kitchen to find it empty when she went to walk into the loungeroom she noticed a note on the bench.

Hey Gab,

Just gone home 4 a while 2 shower and stuff. Girls went home and ur mum left on some business trip... b bak nxt week. C ya soon

3 Chels

P.S Want the goss =]

After Gabriella read the note she broke down in tears and fell on the cold tiles in a heap. She wasnt completely sure what reason had got her upset the most whether it be that she had lost her virginity and couldnt remember it, the fact that the guy she thought she liked stole one of things that mattered the most to her or that she had to go through this alone. Sure she had Chelsea and the girls and her mum heck she even had Lindsay but none of them really knew what she was going through.

Her crying had gotten so out of control that she didnt even hear the door open and practically slam shut. Before she knew what was happening she had been pulled into hug and Chelsea was asking what was wrong.

After about 10 minutes of non-stop crying Gabriella had settled down enough so that her crying was now just sniffles.

"Hey, whats wrong?" Chelsea asked confused as to why her best friend was on the floor crying histerically a mere 10 minutes earlier

"S-somet-thing b-bad hap-pened-d" Gabriella sobbed into Chelsea's shoulder

"What?" Chelsea asked as Gabriella calmed down again

"If I tell you, you have to promise to tell anyone else" Gabriella asked softly. When she felt Chelsea nod her head she continued "Well.....No I cant do it"

"Do what?"

"Tell you, you'll hate me, you'll think im disgusting and you wont wanna be my best fr--"

"Gabriella, thats not gunna happen, I love you...not in a leso way though a best friend way"

Gabriella giggled at Chelsea's comment before turning serious again "Well..." She started "...Matt....raped me" Gabriella said almost inaudible but she knew Chelsea heard her because she felt her tense up (A/N: Im not trying to make Chelsea sound like she's in love with Gabriella in that way. Its just they've been best friends forever so they are very protective of each other)

"What?" Chelsea asked trying to control the urge she had to go out and find the dickhead that hurt her best friend "W-when?"

"Your not mad at me?" Gabriella asked looking up at Chelsea ignoring her question

"No, why would I be mad at you? I'm certainly going kick Matt so hard that he has inverted balls and cant reproduce any more things like him" Chelsea said

Gabriella laughed at her friend "I dont think he'll get inverted balls, you'll just sterilise him"

"Good, that still means no more little him's running around" Chelsea said with an evil grin on her face. She tilted her head down to face Gabriella "So what happened?"

"Well, im not really sure we went to this gross as park and had fish and chips, which I might add were cold because they had obviously been sitting on his back seat for ages and he had opened the packet and the shit had gone cold and gross and bleck an--"

"Gab, I got it the dinner was yuck" Chelsea laughed "Get on with the story"

"Sorry.." Gabriella said blushing at her rambling "Well then we went to this party and we were making out and thats really all I remember. I think we were dancing...well, trying to"

"So you dont know what happened after that?"

"No, I dont know what happened and I dont want to know its in the past, over and done with and I'll never have to think about it again"

"Sounds like someone needs cheering up.." Chelsea smiled "...Junk food and movies?"

"Defiantly" Gabriella smiled

"...And Gab, I want you to know something"

"What?"

"Your not in this alone, I may not know what your going through but im here for you.." Gabriella looked at Chelsea confused at how her friend knew that was something she wanted, no needed to know "....I just wanted you to know that. Im not the only one either you've got your Mum, Brittany and Mandy, Oh and Shar will be here in just over a month"

"Thanks Chels.." Gabriella smiled before hugging her best friend "...I love you"

"Love you too" Chelsea smiled before hugging Gabriella back "Ok, enough chit-chat, I hear junk food calling our names..." Chelsea said getting up and then helping Gabriella up slowly "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, just a little sore" Gabriella said wiping her hands on the sweatpants Lindsay gave her

"How about you go pick a movie, put it on and get settled on the couch and I'll order some pizza for us and get all our other glorious, yummy, unhealthy snacks ready"

Gabriella giggled at Chelsea's excitement "Ok, what movie?"

""How about s--"

"Not spongebob" Gabriella said sternly

"I wasnt gunna say spongebob" Chelsea said waving her hand sort of like she was waving the idea of that movie away (A/N: lol, I hope you understand that)

"Mhmm"

"I wasnt, I was gunna say ss...superbad, yep superbad thats what I was gunna say"

"Sure" Gabriella laughed before heading into the loungeroom

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"McLovin? What sort of name is that?"

"Gabriella, shut up" Chelsea said copying Gabriella's tone from last week

"What? This is actually a good movie"

"Yeah, and your ruining it" Chelsea laughed "Where is that pizza? Its been over half an hour"

"I dont know" Gabriella said just before the doorbell rang "That must be it"

""I'll get it" Chelsea said getting up and walking into the kitchen to get the money

"Ok" Gabriella said turning back to the movie

Gabriella's POV

I heard Chelsea open the front door "Finally what to--" Thats all I heard before a crack and some type of distorted sound and then Chelsea slamming the front door so hard I thought it would come off its hinges. When she came back into the loungeroom she had the whole pizza bag- the one that the pizza is kept in to stay warm- and the money in her hand. When she sat down she had a scowl on her face

"Fucking cunt"

"What?" I asked confused

"Put it this way, I just done some sterilising"

"What?"

"That, was your so called guy friend"

"What?" I asked still slightly confused

"It was Matt"

"Ohh... I get what you mean now"

"Yeah, I don't think I could have explained that anymore clearer Gab" Chelsea laughed

"Shut up" I said before we both started eating our Margarita pizza

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Ok thats that chapter. I hope you enjoyed it

I had to upload today, Im in the best mood because I SAW 17 AGAIN OMG best movie ever, loved it I have to say it either came in tie or was the tiniest bit better than Hsm3, anyone who's seen it has to agree with me when you review I wanna know what you thought of the movie as well as the chapter =]

Anyway….

The next chapter has a couple of time jumps in it. Im trying to move the story along, cause I've been told that im probably not getting many reviews because I haven't brought Troy into the story yet. So the next couple of chapters will have time jumps. Thanks to my anonymous helper (you know who you are) I love hearing your opinions on my story. And to everyone else please review, remember first one to do so will have the next chapter...xx Cortnie