'Girls are such weird creatures' he said out loud.

'Tell me about it' Chad answered before they walked off to practice.

It had been two weeks since Troy had apologised and Gabriella was sat on her bed, crying. She missed Troy, a lot. She wished she could just forgive him but she couldn't. It was too hard, it hurt too much. No she had to show him she could be tough.

She grabbed her lyrics book and began to scribble in it.

Ooh hey,yeah yeah

Hush, just stop
There's nothing you can do or say, baby
I've had enough
I'm not your property as from today, baby
You might think that I won't make it on my own
But now I'mStronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I Am stronger

Than I ever thought that I could be, baby
I used to go with the flow
Didn't really care 'bout me
You might think that I can't take it, but you're wrong
'Cause now I'm

Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I Am stronger

Oh Come on, now
Oh, yeah

Here I go, on my own
I don't need nobody, better off alone
Here I go, on my own now
I don't need nobody, not anybody
Here I go(fade), alright, here I go(fade to loud)Stronger than yesterday
it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
I Am . . .

Stronger . . .(than yesterday
now)that it's nothing but my way
(My loneliness ain't killing me no more)me no more

Now i'm Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more(me no more)
I am stronger

There was a knock at the door and Gabriella, being alone in the house once again, went to answer it, wiping her tears on her sleeve as she went. She opened the door but immediately tried to shut it when she saw who it was. Harley.

'Let me in' he growled.

'No, just go away!' she cried, pushing the door with all her might, it was no use, he was too strong for her.

'Let me in now!' he said and with one final push, Gabriella flew from the door straight into the wall behind her. She hit her head but wasn't knocked out.

'Gabi, are you ok?' he said kneeling down.

Gabriella wasn't fooled; she glared at him and spat in his face.

'I was going to be gentle but you've just blown that out of the window' he yelled, before picking her up, screaming.

She kicked her legs and flung her arms but he didn't put her down. She was petrified. He put a hand over her mouth and grabbed her wrist, bruising it instantly.

She soon realised that she wasn't going to break free, she wanted Troy. Harley flung her on the bed and tore off her shirt. His kisses were rough and Gabriella cried. He took off her trousers and the rest and did what she was frightened he might do. He raped her.

The only thought Gabriella had was how she wished Troy would save her. She knew it wouldn't happen. This was not how she wanted her first time to be. This was a nightmare.

When Harley had finished with her, he pulled his clothes on and walked out, not even looking at her, just leaving her there, frozen still and a wreck. He'd destroyed her.

She chokingly picked up the phone and called Sharpay. She was the only one she thought could help. Not even Taylor could help with this.

Sharpay immediately grabbed her back and was out of her door in a flash. She arrived at Gabriella's in less than 3 minutes. Barely enough time for Gabriella to get dressed.

As soon as she opened the door, Sharpay pulled Gabriella into a hug. They just sat in the middle of the room, hugging each other. Tears running down both of their cheeks.

'What can I do Shar? What can I do?' Gabriella asked her.

'I don't know sweetie, I just don't know' Sharpay replied, rocking her gently.

After what seemed like hours, Sharpay stood up.

'Come on, lets get you more comfy. Come and sit on the couch, I know you don't want to go back in there.'

Gabriella followed Sharpay through to the front room and they just sat and talked. They talked about anything other than what had just happened.

'Hang on, let me fetch something' Gabriella said.

As much as she hated doing it, she knew she'd have to face going in her room at some point. She walked in and fetched her lyrics book. When she came back down, she handed it to Sharpay and told her to read it.

When she'd done, Gabriella took it back and tore the song out of the book, tearing it into little pieces.

'I'm not stronger, I'm weak. Weak old Gabriella. Well you know what? Not any more. I'd like you to go now please.'

'But Gabi-' Sharpay began.

'Please, just go, and don't tell anyone about what happened, I mean it Shar'

'Ok, it's up to you I guess, but Gabs, don't do anything stupid, promise?'

Gabriella looked at Sharpay with eyes that she couldn't recognise.

'I don't do promises anymore', and shut the door.

Gabriella walked over to the fridge; she looked at the picture her mum had put up to stop herself from snacking. It was a huge fat woman eating an ice cream.

Gabriella looked at the picture, then at herself. She'd not been eating the past two weeks, she'd lost her appetite, and it was beginning to show. Some of her clothes didn't fit anymore. She decided that she would carry on not eating. Prove to people she could be in charge. Prove to herself she wasn't helpless.

She slammed the fridge door shut and ran upstairs and had several showers, she didn't stop cleaning herself. She wanted to get rid of the old Gabriella, forever.

A/N

Ok, so I read back on it and it's getting really heavy so I've decided that next chapter will be a month on from this and it will get lighter and fluffier, I promise!

It's just everything I write is all sweet and stuff so I wanted to try out a drama sort of thing. I've stopped now anyway. It's not my 'thing' lol. I'll stick to fluff. I was just getting bored if you know what I mean, does anyone else get bored of the same stuff?

Anyways, off the point, next chapter I'll be using HSMandChelseaFCfan's idea, sort of. It will have the same sort of idea but slightly different so thank you! You'll have to wait and see how it goes! Lol review!! xx