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What Is This Feeling?

Chapter 9: That's What They All Say

By musiclover94

Last Chapter…

When she had finished, both of her family members looked at her with expressions twin to Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, and Taylor. She knew what was going to happen a second before it did. Her mother stood up and said loudly, with a tone of fear toward her youngest daughter, "We're taking you to a mental hospital."

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Gabriella didn't move, too shocked to make any sudden movements. Megan looked from her mother to he little sister, thinking fast. You could almost see the gears cranking, thinking of what to say.

"Mom, I think you're taking this too far. Gabriella isn't crazy…" she reasoned, but Mrs. Montez cut her off, her voice sounding like a whip.

"Megan, you are not the adult around here," she said in a deadly whisper. Before anyone else could say anything, Gina turned around and dialed a number. She talked in hushed tones to someone for several minutes. Gabriella, finally regaining feeling in her legs, ran to her sister, who opened her arms to let her in. She patted her hair as Gabriella shook. Not a single tear fell, she was too much in shock.

Their mother put down the phone and turned around. In a few steps and one swift movement, Gina Montez had her daughter in a binding grip and was leading her to the door. Gabriella struggled, but her attempts were fruitless. She led the curly-haired youth to the car and put her in the backseat. Gabriella turned around when she heard a screen door slam.

Her beautiful sister was running up to them, attempting to stop them, but Gina quickly hopped into the driver's seat and pulled out of the driveway. Gabriella shot one last pleading look at her sister before the car turned a bend and disappeared from sight.

Gabriella looked startlingly around the asylum waiting room. It was completely white, down to the floor and up to the ceiling fans. There were no people there except for an old receptionist, who, after exchanging some words with Gabriella's mother, ushered them into a room.

It was almost identical to the room they had just left, except there was a pure white hospital-like bed with two thick leather straps on the sides…

In what seemed like a heartbeat, two assistants had Gabriella in a grip similar to her mother's and had her fastened to the whitewashed bed, the thick straps tight around her midsection.

Her mother had vanished, but one of the assistants had lingered a moment longer than the others. Gabriella said quickly, "But I'm not insane!"

The worker turned around, looked the frantic little girl straight in the eye, and said, "That's what they all say." She closed the door with a finality of impending doom. Gabriella struggled for a few minutes, and then gave up. This can't be happening…she thought to herself. I'm going to wake up and this will all be a terrible, horrible dream…

Not a moment after she said this, the door burst open and Megan came in, looking panicked. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw her sister.

"I can't believe Mom did this to you…"

Upon seeing her sister, Gabriella struggled against the straps like a fish out of water.

"What, Gabi?" she asked worriedly.

"Don't…go…to school on….April 11th…2016…" she choked. The bonds on her were awfully strong.

"Gabriella," Megan said, laying a hand on Gabriella's quaking shoulder, "I'll be fine."

"But that phone call!" Gabriella gagged.

"Dylan's all talk, Gabibear. That…dream or vision or whatever, it's just a dream!"

Her cell phone rang. Megan hastily got it out of her jeans pocket. She scowled at whatever was on the small screen. "I have to go, Gabriella. Trust me, I'll be fine on the 11th." She gave her sister a hug and left.

Author's Note: A filler chapter, I know. Please review!