I was shocked and scared. My best friend was being held prisoner by a man who haunted my dreams. A man I don't even know the name of. He was a stalker and a murderer and now a kidnapper. Taylor wasn't safe and I am pretty sure neither was Troy, Chad, Jason and Kelsi.
I couldn't take in the fact that my friend's last words to me might be 'Don't listen to him, Gabi'. I was worried about Taylor and my friends, but mostly my mother. She didn't know he was back and I don't want to tell her. I am supposed to be the smart one I had to make a plan.
Think, Gabi! These are your friends in danger.
"What do you want?" I heard myself say.
"You." His answer was so simple it made my head ache.
"Why do you want me? I am of no use." I answered in a, hopefully, strong voice.
"I will tell you only because I to am smart and know you will only help me if I fill you in on my plan. You are smart and can build anything I tell you to. Your friend is smart as well and I can easily threaten you and fulfill my threats and I you don't cooperate next is Basketball Guy. If you can figure out whom that is. I'm sure you can."
I had to focus on breathing, they were threatening Troy. The only boy I ever liked. This was not on my list of a great day.
"What do you need my help with?" I asked, still in the dark.
"We'll worry about that when you get here."
"How will I get there?"
"You'll be kidnapped of course. Go to the park and bring no one with you. I am armed so don't think of anything and the car will be a black mustang with the hood on."
He hung up before I could answer. My friends were in danger, but I couldn't think of any other way without harm coming to them. I turned off my cell phone incase it rang and blew the only plan I had. I felt so crazy handing myself over to a man who had haunted my childhood. I wish Troy were with me, and then again I didn't want him to be in any danger.
Like I can keep him out of trouble. His every move is watched, especially by Sharpay. I hate that girl. Everyone does, except Zeke, but someone needs to. I think her brother is even growing tired of her.
TROY'S POV
I was over at Chad's and we were silently sitting on his couch waiting for news. I pulled out my cell phone and phones Gabi. She needed to know her BF was missing and what else could I do, but sit down and I was getting tired of that. I also wanted to hear her voice, but instead I got a voice mail saying the number was invalid. Just my luck.
I called two more times then gave up. I looked over at Chad he hadn't moved since I got there…four hours ago. I don't know about him, but I was starving.
"Hungry, Chad?" I asked him, although it appeared he didn't even realize I had talked. I was about to talk to him again when I realized that if Gabi had been kidnapped I would want to sulk in my thoughts.
I stood up and went to the door. I was going to see if any of the girls needed help. I hated going to Sharpay's, but she was still Taylor's friend, for the most part. If I'm lucky she'll be shopping and just Ryan will be there and we can have a short chat then I can leave.
I rang the doorbell. Guess who answered it.
Yup. My luck has just been perfect lately, hasn't it?
"Troy, why, I wasn't expecting you here." Sharpay said in a voice that was supposed to sound like honey, but to me sounded like a scratched tape. Of course, Sharpay always had that effect on me.
"I just wanted to see how every one was cooping with the thing Taylor's disappearance."
"Oh, Troy, you don't need to find excuses to come and visit me."
"Good, because I didn't. Is Ryan here?"
"No, he's at Jason's."
"Well, by then."
"You don't want to talk to me?" She sounded astonished.
"Not really." She left with a 'humph' and slammed the door.
I walked the block and a half to Jason's house. No cars were in the drive was, but I expected Jason to be home. I knocked and Jason immediately opened the door. We walked into his room and, sure enough, Ryan was there.
"Hey, Sharpay said you guys would be here." I told them.
"You talked to Sharpay?" My friends said in at the same time.
"I was hoping she would be shopping, but my luck hadn't been oh, so great lately. After I turned her down I walked here."
"What do you want to talk about?" Jason asked.
"Well, you and Ryan are friends with Taylor and since Chad hasn't moved from the couch I was going to see how you were doing."
"We are a type of friend, but still if anyone went missing I would feel bad, no offense to Chad, but I'm glad it's not Kelsi." I looked up to see a red faced Jason. In all my years of knowing him he had never been this red and I wasn't about to let it slide.
"I little red, aren't we, Jay?" I said using the nickname Chad made for him in grade school.
"Yeah, well, what about Gabi, do I see a blush on just a mentioned name? It looks like he has it bad, doesn't he Ryan?"
I was beat red. Yes, me. The star basketball player was a darker color red then I thought possible at just the mention of a girl's name. I will never admit it, maybe on my death bed in a whisper to Gabi only, but I DID have it bad.
"You've been staring at my ceiling for the past five minutes, Troy; I can guarantee it isn't that interesting." Jason laughed in front of me. I realized I had spaced out and looked to see what Ryan was doing.
"If you're wondering I'm doing research on Taylor's past to lead up to something like this. So far, nothing." Ryan said and I saw that he was on his laptop and sitting on Jason's chair.
NORMAL POV
With Troy.
Troy was walking home from an exhausting day of confusion. He never thought confusion could cause exhaustion, but it did to him. He walked in his front door and made his way into the room his parents were talking in.
He was about to enter when he heard Gabi's name.
"Don't tell Troy this," His mother was saying, "But I just got a call from he mother and Gabriella has been gone for most of the day and her phone is turned off. She said that she has a feeling that her friend Taylor's disappearance was somehow connected. She's been trying to think of a place that Gabriella would go.
"She hadn't told Gabriella about her friends disappearance and she doesn't think any one called Gabriella and if they did her daughter would keep her phone on for any update. She told me about a stalker they once had and that they had thought he was dead, but it was still possible he was alive.
"There is no name and…"
Troy decided he should pretend he just got home and walk into the living room.
"I was over at Jason's. Did you mind? I forgot to call." Troy said apologetically.
"Well, with that girl being missing I would like it and feel more comfortable if you called every few hours, just till we have more information." His dad said firmly.
"I know and understand. I'll be up in my room." Troy walked up the stairs and went over to his computer and pulled up some information on Taylor. He looked all over, but for two generations the only thing her family had done wrong was exceed the speed limit, like that could lead to kidnapping, and they were the ones with the tickets. This wasn't making sense.
I wish Gabriella was here.
Gabi looked around herself she appeared to be in a small room. She glanced at the unconscious figure in the corner and smiled, happy Taylor was alive. She started to wake up.
"Where am I? Last I know o was talking to you on the phone." Taylor asked, suddenly it all came back to her. "How'd you get here?"
"I didn't want anyone to get hurt. Just do as he says and we should be fine."
"Where are the others?"
"Hopefully, they're fine."
Gabi sighed.
I think I fell into a trap.
It was the one time she wasn't happy to be right.
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