Hsmgirl says: Ok guys, here's chapter 8 I would like to thank everyone for all the reviews I am getting! I think it is very thoughtful of you but anyway. Guess what? I'm 15 now:D my birthday was on Tuesday the 16th. Anyway, we had not one but two snow days this week! on Monday it was just icy out and the roads were too slippery and then wendsday it snowed! I was like wow snow the shizz! anyway though, how is everyone doing? good? let me know! I love to hear from you guys. thanks again for the reviews I love you guys you are the shizz! Ok enough jabber out of me, here's chapter 8! hope you like it! Oh and one more thing, for all of you guys that are patiently waiting for the Troypay, don't worry it's coming soon I promise ok? ok well anyway I hope you enjoy my chapter!
Chapter eight
Gabriella's POV
I heard Ryan talking and all of a sudden, I heard a big clunk on the kitchen floor and the phone dropping.
"Ry?" I asked in worry. No answer. I got up and saw him lying on the floor and rushed over to take his pulse. I heard someone talking on the phone, which was lying a few feet away, and I reached over to pick it up.
"Hello?" I said into the phone.
"Uh, yes who is this?"
"This is Gabriella, I'm Ryan's girlfriend, he well... he kind of fainted. What did you tell him?"
"I told him that he needed to come down here, we found a young gir's body in the river, and we need you two to come identify it," he said sadly.
"You mean, you can't tell if it's her or not?" I asked.
"Well, that's why we're asking you to come down here and see if it's her," he told me.
"Ok, but what about Ryan, he's kind of... well passed out," I said looking at Ryan who was lying on the floor.
"Pour a glass of cold water on him, that should wake him up," The officer said.
"Ok, thanks so much, we'll me down in a few," I said hanging up and rumaging through the cabinets to find a cup. Once I found one, I went over to the sink and filled it up to the top and carried over to him.
"Sorry about this Ryan," I said closing my eyes and pouring the water on top of his head. He gasped and sat up. I rushed over to help him.
"What happened?" He asked in confusion.
"You fainted." I said kneeling down next to him. He looked at me in shock.
"Sharpay is she... dead?" he asked in horror. I searched through my mind trying to find the words to say.
"I don't know Ryan, we have to go find out if this body is hers or not," I said slowly. Ryan gulped and looked like he was about to cry.
"I don't know if I can," Ryan said holding back tears. "What if it is her? What if she is dead? What would I do without her?" He asked. I
"Ryan you have to do this ok? I know you can. You don't know if she's dead or not so don't lose hope," I said gently. He nodded slowly and looked up at me, tears rolling down his cheeks.
"Oh Ryan, don't cry please, you're gonna make me cry too," I said putting my hands on his face and wiping away his tears with my thumbs. "It's ok, don't worry everything's gonna be just fine. Let's just take a deep breath ok?" I said looking into his soulful blue eyes. He nodded and took in a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"Now breathe out," I coaxed. He let out a deep sigh slowly. "You ready to do this?" I asked.
"Yea, let's go" he said picking up the cup that I had used to pour the water on his head.
"So, do you want me to drive?" I asked getting up off the floor and holding out my hand to help him up.
"Yea, that would help," he said grabbing onto my outstreached hand. I pulled him up and forced a smile to cheer him up.
"Ok," I said grabbing my purse and exiting the house with Ryan close behind.
We drove down to the site where the police had found the dead girl and we got out of the car. My heart started to beat in agony. What if it really is her? I asked myself in horror. I shook the thought from my mind quickly, and held Ryan's hand as we walked toward the police officer that had called earlier.
"Oh good, you're here," he said rushing over to us. "We need you to come over here," he said gesturing for us to follow him over to where they had put up a yellow police line. I closed my eyes and prayed for a miracle to happen.
"Is this Sharpay Evans?" the officer asked Ryan pointing to the lifeless girl lyiing on the grass.
"You know, I can't see her very well," Ryan said.
"Ok, come with me," said the officer, leading us under the police line. As we approched the girl, I felt my heart begin to beat faster. I looked down at the girl lying in the grass. Ryan stared at her with no expression.
"Is this her?" the officer prompted. Ryan didn't respond. "Well," he coaxed staring at Ryan.
"No, that's not her," he said breathing in with relief. I gave a deep sigh.
"Ok, so I guess we should start looking for her some more if we want to find her," the officer said. Ryan nodded.
"We'll let you know when we find out anything," The officer told us.
"So, who's this girl then?" Ryan asked looking at the girl lying limply on the ground. The officer looked as if he didn't know what to say. "I don't know who she is, nobody else has reported a person missing, so we don't know who she is," he continued. I felt a deep hurt inside me for the girl's familly and friends that would now have to deal with her death, who ever she was.
"Ryan, we should get back now," I suggested. He looked as if he wasn't sure what was going on. "Ryan, you ok?" I prompted.
"Yea, I just... never mind let's go," he said.
"Thank you for all your help officer," I said leading Ryan to the car.
We drove back to his house in silence. He seemed to be trammatized from the situation.
"Ok, so do you want me to just drop you off or what?" I asked stopping the car in front of the house.
"Yea, that's fine," he said. "Thanks for all your help Gabs, I mean she is so rude to you yet you still want to help me find her," he added looking confused.
"Well, I know that you would be a total wreck without her and I don't want to see you like that," I said toutching his hand.
"But still, you didn't have to,"
"Hey, I'm your girlfriend, that's what I'm here for," I said smiling at him softly. He smiled in return, but his face quickly turned back into a frown.
"Gabriella, I know we've only been going out for only two days but I need to tell you something," he he said seriously.
"What is it? you don't like me do you?" I asked franticly.
"No, it's not that at all,"
"What is it then?"
"I wanted to tell you that I love you," he said.
"I love you too Ryan," I replied. I leaned over and planted my lips on his, slipping my tounge into his mouth. He pulled away and put his hand on my face.
"I have to go," he said. I nodded.
"Call me if they find her" I reminded him as he got out of the car.
"Bye, Gabs," he said getting out and closing the door.
"Bye Ryan," I said. I leaned my head back against the seat of the car and gave a deep sigh. He loves me, I thought to myself.
Ryan's POV
I walked into the house and found my parents standing in the kitchen fighting.
"This is all your fault that she's gone! she was probably afraid that you were going to beat her more so she ran away and now we'll never see her again!" my mom shouted in my dad's face. I walked in acting like I hadn't noticed that they had been fighting.
"Ryan! where have you been? we were worried!" my mother exclaimed rushing over to me.
"The police called, they wated to come and see something," I said looking to the floor. My mom looked at me in horror.
"Look at what?" she demanded.
"A body," I replied. My mom looked at me in disbelief. "Don't worry, it wasn't her," I assured her. She gave a sigh of relief.
"Don't ever scare me like that again! so you understand me?" she demanded shaking my shoulders. I nodded slowly.
"So they still don't know where she is yet?" my dad asked in a low tone.
"Only because of you! If you didn't have to run her life and beat her up all the time then maybe she wouldn't have ran away!" I exploded. My dad looked at me in shame.
"Ryan, don't talk to your father like that," My mom whispered in my ear. But I didn't listen.
"You are the worst thing for her! she never wants to come home now! you wanna know why? because of you! she hates you she told me that she does," I exclaimed.
"Excuse me? what did I tell you about talking to me that way before? That little bitch didn't run away because of me, she ran away because she can't even handle a little bit of punishment!" he yelled.
"Don't talk about my sister that way!" I yelled across the room.
"I can say whatever I want! This is a free country!" he barked walking up to me.
"You can't say that about your daughter! You can't say that about your daugher! you're supposed to love her not torture her!" I blurted.
"Who cares? Who said that I loved her? She can die for all I care! Nobody cares about her!" he shouted in my face. I felt my face get hot.
"Well for your information, I do!" I said.
"Well, you're wasting your time!" he said.
"What kind of a father are you? what kind of a person says that about someone they love?" I demanded holding back my tears.
"You should be glad that you have someone like me as your father," he responded. I shook my head in disbelief.
"Well, I'll have you know that I'm not glad," I said. He glared at me furiously.
"Do you think I care what you say? I don't really care if you like me or not, All I'm telling you to do is respect me," he snarled.
"How can I respect you? you don't even respect me!" I yelled.
"I don't need to respect anyone. And I have no Idea what makes you think that I need to respect you," he said. I gulped trying to force myself not to punch him in the face.
"Besides, you and I both know that your brat sister isn't coming back, so I wouldn't even bother getting my hopes up if I were you," he said in a low tone. "What do you have to say about that?" he demanded trying to annoy me.
"Go to hell!" I declared. walking past him toward the stairs.
"What did you say to me?" he asked.
"You heard me. Go to hell." I said without turning around.
"Ryan, come apologize to your father!" my mom called after me. Without looking back, I went upstairs to my room. I didn't even bother to get something to eat. I was too depressed to eat. My sister was missing, and there was nothing I could do about it, except wait for her to come home. If she was going to come home.
The next day...
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock going off and my parents fighting downstairs again. I forced myself to get out of bed, put on my clothes and go downstairs to eat breakfast.
"Hi Ryan," My mom said as I entered the room.
"Hi Mom," I said giving her a hug and not even agknowleging my dad. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it," I said walking over to the door. I opened it slowly.
"Hello Ryan," said the police officer outside the door.
"Uh, hello," I said.
"Good news," he said moving aside to reveal the blonde girl standing behind him. Sharpay.
"Oh my God!" I said taking a few steps forward and wrapping my arms around her tightly and rocking her back and forth.
"Where the hell were you?" I asked in worry.
"We found her sleeping on a bench in the city park," the officer shared.
"Mom, Dad! come quick!" I shouted into the house. My parents came running up to the door.
"Oh my God! Sharpay my baby!" my mom exclaimed shoving me aside and embracing Sharpay tightly.
"Oh, you're finally home my dad said walking back into the kitchen.
"Thank you so much for bringing her home officer," my mom said thankfully.
"No problem, have a good day Ma'am" he said walking back out to his car. My mom closed the door and lead Sharpay inside.
"Are you ok honey? Where were you? Are you tired? hungry? do you want to take the day off from school?" my mom asked her. But Sharpay didn't answer any of her questions, she jsut stood in silence as if she were in some sort of a trance. Sharpay stared across the room blankly at my Dad.
"Hello Sharpay," my dad said trying to act nice to her. Sharpay didn't reply and she walked past all of us and slowly made her way up the stairs.
"Sharpay! where are you going?" I asked folowing close behind her. Again she didn't reply.
"Sharpay, please talk to me," I pleaded folowing her to her room. She turned around and looked at me blankly. "Please tell me what's wrong, where did you go?" I asked her.
"I don't know," she replied.
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"I don't remember where I was, all I remember is suddenly waking up in the park and now this," she spilled looking rather confused about the whole situation.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"I mean I don't remember anything before that, I don't remember leaving the school, I don't remember any of it," she responded.
Sharpay's POV
Ryan looked at me as if I was crazy and shook his head.
"Gabriella and I were looking for you for a while yesterday," He shared.
"And," I prompted.
"And we were really worried about you," he told me.
"Yea well thanks, I mean even thought I have like no idea where I was up until this morning," I said trying to change my attitude.
"Hey, you're my sister, life just wouldn't be the same without you," he said.
"Were Mom and Dad worried?" I asked. Ryan shrugged.
"Well, Mom was. As for Dad, well I really don't know," He responded looking at his feet. "I was worried out of my mind I'll tell you that much," he said shifting his weight to his left foot. I smiled at him softly.
"I love you Ryan, even though sometimes I act like a jerk to you it doesn't mean that I don't care about you. You know that right?" I asked him.
"Yea Sharpay, I know I love you too," he said giving me a hug.
"You always make me feel better," I said.
"Hey that's what brothers are for," he told me. "Hey Shar?" he asked.
"Yes,"
"Do you remember those poems we had to write in the seventh grade?"
"Yea, why?"
"Do you remember what mine said?"
"Not really. What did it say?" I asked in curiousity.
"If when you wake up in the morning, and the hurting is so great, you don't want to get out of bed and face a world of hate. If everything in life goes wrong and nothing you do seems right, just try a little harder and soon you'll see the light. For every person who had put you down and filled your life with pain, you must strive to achive greatness and show them you can win. For every dissapointment, for all the times you are let down, there will be a better moment and your life will turn around. Because everyone feels heartache and everyone feels pain, but only those who have true courage can get up and try again," He recited.
"That's beautiful Ryan," I said.
"I didn't write it for the assighnment, I wrote it for you," He said looking deeply into my eyes.
"You did?" I asked.
"Yea, because no matter what Dad or stupid people at school say to you, you always ignore them and move on. I thought everyone should be like you so I wrote that," He shared. I felt tears fall out of my eyes.
"I didn't know that," I choked.
"Well, now you do," He said smiling at me. "I wouldn't be able to live without you, I just want you to know that," he added. I nodded, tears streaming down my face.
"I wouldn't be able to live without you either," I said looking into his icy blue eyes.
"So, you up to go to Troy's birthday party on Friday?" He asked.
"If you are so am I," I said.
"You don't mind if Gabriella joins us do you?" He asked. I tried to think of the words to say.
"Yea, I don't care," I lied.
"Ok good, because I already asked her if she would go with me, so maybe we can all hang out together," he offered.
"Yea, sounds good," I lied again.
"Well, Shar, I'm gonna go watch TV for a while, so I'll see you around ok?" He asked.
"Yea, see ya later," I said. He went down the hallway to his room and closed the door. I turned around and walked into the bathroom, closed the door and locked it behind me. I opened the top drawer and fished through it. I took out the sissors and pulled up my sleeve, feeling the cold metal drag bright red lines in my soft skin. I swallowed nervously, as I pulled the sissors away and started to make another bright red line.
Gabriella is taking my brother away from me, I thought as I dragged the sissors through my skin again and again.
hsmgirl says: Ok so that's my chapter! for some reason it seems short, is it short? becuause I thought it was for some reason. Oh well maybe it's just me or something but anyway, make sure you drop me a review and tell me how you liked it! I really appriciate all your reviews, and again I thank you very much. Ok, well until the next chapter my friends!
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