A/N: Hey guys. Here's the update of High School Nightmare. I'm sure you all are really excited for it. I've got a few thing to tell you guys before...

First, just so all of you know, someone messaged me, critcizing my decision to have Troy be the one who got shot and they think it should have been Gabriella. This is my story and I will write it how I please. I choose Troy because he's my favorite character and I really do enjoy putting him through hell and on top of that, I think there are too many stories where something happens to Gabriella and Troy has to save her. I wanted to do thing to differently cause I think having Troy be the weakened one so that Gabriella would have to stay strong for his sake would be really interesting. But again, it's my decision and if you don't like the way I write my story, then don't read it. It's as simple as that!

Second, I'd like to dedicate this chapter to my good friend, Samie on FFdotnet. She gave me the idea for this chapter. So Samie, thanks for the wonderful idea. This chapter is for you. You really are a life saver..

Third, I just wanted to make sure that you all know that NO ONE ELSE will get hurt in this story. Just Troy, Ryan, and Mitchie (don't forget that she twisted her ankle) I know that you're all just giving me ideas for the later chapters and I appeciate that but please, don't let leave any messages or messages telling me that you think someone else should get hurt. please. I just wanted to make sure you all know that...

Now that that is out of the way, here's chapter 9 of High School Nightmare. Please read and review. Three more reviews till two hundred for this story and all I have to say is thanks to everyone who reviewed it. I wouldn't be writing if it wasn't for you guys. You're the best.


Chad had tears coming down his face as he watched Gabriella attempt to wake Troy up. But it wasn't working, Troy wasn't opening his eyes. There's no way this is happening. He can't lose his best friend. He just can't. Troy has to wake up. He just has to. He couldn't live with the guilt if Troy dies. He knows that it will be on him. The fact alone that Troy was shot is his fault. None of this would have happened if he didn't fight with Logan over the gun. It's his fault. No matter what.

There's no way this can be happening now. Troy can't die. He just can't "Troy come on. Please baby. Wake up?" Gabriella cried as she shook Troy, hoping that he would wake up. But to her horror, he wasn't and that's what scaring Gabriella half to death. She had tears coming down her face as she tried to wake Troy.

"Troy, come on. Wake up" Gabriella pleaded with Troy. But Troy still wasn't waking up. She started to cry harder as she realized that this might it. Troy might have died. He couldn't have though. She put her index finger and her middle finger on Troy's neck.

She has never felt so relieved in her life when she felt Troy's pulse. "Troy, come on. If you can hear me, open your eyes" she said as she looked at Troy's face, who wasn't hard since she finds him to be gorgeous. At least to her he is.

She started to cry happily when she saw Troy open his eyes. "Oh Troy" she cried and gently kissed Troy on the top of his head. "Keep them open Troy" she told him. Troy laid his head on the wall behind him and nodded. It broke her heart to see Troy like this.

Gabriella leaned over to where Chad is sitting. "Chad" she whispered so Troy wouldn't hear her. Chad looked over at her. "Help me try to keep him awake. We can't let him close his eyes again Chad. We just can't" she told him. She could see him.

Chad knows that Gabriella is right. They can't let Troy close his eyes again. They might actually lose him if that happens. But how? How are they going to keep Troy from closing his eyes? He doesn't know what to do. But, he knows that he has to do something.

Chad will keep him awake. He's got to do something. "Hey, Troy" he whispered so Logan wouldn't hear. Troy looked over at him and his heart broke when he saw how horrible Troy looks and worst of all, he knows that it's his fault. Troy wouldn't have been shot if he didn't decide to try and take the gun away from Logan.

"Remember the time we built a tree house in my backyard?" he asked Troy. He watched as Troy smiled. He felt happy to the smile on Troy's face

"Yeah" Troy said in a raspy voice. He sounded exhausted. "You were… so close to… breaking your thumb" Troy said, weakly as he looked over at Chad. He could never forgot that. He and Chad had so much fun just building that tree house. He smiled at the memory

Chad's face turned red from embarrassment. Not one person, except Troy, Chad, and Chad's parents know about that.

Chad's parents thought that he actually had broken his thumb cause it was really swollen but he just sprained it really bad. They had to bandage it so Chad wouldn't be able to move it. "Yeah, I did" Chad said as he looked at Taylor, who gave him a "How come you never told me about that?" look.

He ignored her and turned back to Troy, who's looking over at him. "You just had to remind me about that, right?" Chad questioned Troy. He couldn't believe Troy just had to remind of what happened years ago when they built a tree house. He laughed at that part of the memory.

He looked over at Troy and he could see Troy breathing really heavy. It broke him to see his best friend in that condition and he knows that he caused this. It's his fault that Troy got shot in the first place. Why he have to be so stupid and try to get the gun?

"Remember the time we went to six flags great adventure and we rode the kingda ka for the first time?" Chad asked Troy. Troy smiled as he thought about that. Chad was too afraid to go on it so he had to drag him on it.

He gave a weak laugh when he thought about that. "Yeah. You were so... afraid to go on... it" he told Chad, who immediately turned red again. Of course Troy had to do that. He could never that one die, he always had to torture Chad with that.

"No I wasn't" Chad said as his face turned ever more red when Taylor gave him a look before she laughed. He also Sharpay laughing also as well as Gabriella. He shot Troy a look that said 'One more word and see what happens'. That made Troy laugh.

"Yes, you… were Chad. I had to… drag you on it" Troy said and he smiled at Chad as Chad face turned even more red. He didn't mean to embarrass his friend but all of that really happened.

"Ok, that's enough. Remember the times we always used to hang out at the junkyard and we would pretend to be superheroes? I'm still a much better superhero then you were" Chad smiled and Troy laughed. It seems like his plan to Troy awake by talking to him is working. Troy isn't closing his eyes or anything and that's good.

Gabriella smiled before she wrapped her arms around Troy, pulling him closer to her. She stroked Troy's hair away from his face while Troy was whispering to Chad.

Troy smiled before he gave Chad a serious look. "That maybe true… but I was always… the one who saved the… girl" Troy smiled and looked at Chad. He just let Gabriella pull him closer to her and stroke his hair while he looked right at Chad.

Chad looked embarrassed before he and Troy started to laugh together. He watched as Gabriella let go of Troy and he then took Troy in his arms. "You hang in there Troy. We're going to get you out of here. I promise" he said as he released his friend. Troy knows Chad well enough to know that he keeps his promises. He'll get Troy out of there even if it meant him dying. He'll do whatever it takes.

Troy leaned his head against the wall behind him as the pain in his leg kept getting worse. He felt Gabriella take a hold of his hand before he looked at her. She mouthed "I love you so much" to him before she smiled at him.

Gabriella saw Troy give her a smile before he mouthed "I love... you too" back to her. She smiled before she wrapped her arms around him and pulled him closer. He rested his head on her shoulder and she pressed a kiss to the top of his head.

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Ryan was dragged back to consciousness as he felt a burst of pain tear through his while body. He found himself sitting on a chair and his hand are tied behind it with rope. He can't seem to remember why he's in so much pain. He attempted to untie his hands, even though that only made his whole back hurt more then it did before. He muffled a cry of pain.

What the heck happened? What could have happened that caused him this much pain? He just didn't know.

Wait a second!

He was shot before after he pushed Shane underneath that table. Are Shane and Mitchie alright? Did they get out of the school? God, he really does hope so. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if something happened to them and he couldn't stop it cause he got shot.

Although he had the pain in his back, he continued to try and untie himself. Only to find it pointless. The ropes are too tight around his wrists. He looked around the closet and that's when he noticed he was tied right across from the door.

Deciding to do what ever he can to alert someone of his presence, he raised his foot, despite the pain running through his back. It was hard though. It took him all of strength just to lift his leg but to kick the door? How is he supposed to do that? It's going to be hard. That much he knows.

He managed to hit the door with the tip of his foot. "Help" he rasped out but it was only shaky whisper. He brought his foot out to kick the door again but he just couldn't manage to reach it "Help! Somebody! Anybody! Please?! Help" he half yelled but soon found it to be pointless cause no one will hear him. There's nobody around.

He groaned as the pain got worse and he struggled to stay awake but soon gave in and welcomed the darkness.

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Mitchie rested her head on Shane's shoulder. The pain in her ankle kept getting worse and she knows that she can't do anything to stop it. She can only imagine how Troy is feeling. He's gotten a lot worse in the hours that they had all been trapped in this small classroom and his condition is only going to keep going downhill before he loses too much blood and he passes out but this time, he won't wake up.

Shane felt Mitchie lay her head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of her head as he whispered some comforting things to her. He looked over at Troy and he felt his break at the condition his friend is in and he knows there's nothing he can do about it. The only thing that will help Troy right now is getting him the heck out of this classroom and to the hospital.

Zeke held Sharpay close to him as she continued to cry into his shirt. He couldn't really blame her. Heck, if it was his brother who had gotten shot and tied up in a closet to be left for dead, he'd be upset to. He looked over at Troy and he couldn't believe his eyes. He could hardly recognize the boy he had known since preschool. He felt so helpless cause he knows there's nothing he can do to help Troy or Ryan but he knows that he has to stay strong for Sharpay. He won't let her seem him weak.

Sharpay continued to cry. The grief of knowing that there's nothing she can do to help Ryan is completely taking over her. She doesn't even know if he's still alive and that is what's killing her. Ryan needs help and yet, she can't do anything to help him cause she's trapped with a psycho student, who might actually kill her.

Taylor let Chad hold her closer to him as she looked at Troy. There's no way that's really him. The kid who she had known since the first grade she couldn't recongize anymore. She looked down at his leg and she could his blood all over the gauze that had been wrapped around his leg. He's lost so much blood. She wants to cry cause she knows that if they don't get Troy out soon, then he'll die from the amount of blood he lost from the gunshot wound.

Jason felt helpless. He wants to do something to help Troy but he knows that he can't. Why does life have to be so cruel. He could lose one of his best friends. He looked over at Troy. He just couldn't believe that this is Troy, the boy that is practically his brother. He could barely recongize him and that's what hurt.

Chad couldn't believe this is really happening. Everything that's going on is his fault. The fact that their all still trapped in this small classroom is his fault. The fact that they all might die is his fault. Even worse, the fact that Troy had been shot and is slowly bleeding to death is his fault. He could barely recongize his best friend and he knows that it's all his fault. None of this would have happened if he didn't fight with Logan for the gun.

Gabriella pulled Troy closer to her. She felt so helpless. Troy is only going to worse and she knows that. Just the sight of Troy broke her heart. She couldn't recongize him anymore. There's no way this is her boyfriend. It just can't be. She just wants to cry but she knows that she has to stay strong for Troy's sake. She couldn't let him see her cry.

Troy groaned in pain as the pain continued to tear through his leg. He felt Gabriella pull him closer to her. He rested his head on her shoulder. This is the worst! Never in his life has he felt pain like this in his life. Not ever. As he sat in this classroom, he kept getting weaker. It's taking a lot of his strength to keep his eyes open. He's struggling to stay awake. His face paled even more then it did before. He feels just as horrible as he looks.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

All nine teenagers snapped out of their thoughts when they heard the sound of the phone in the classroom ringing.


So, what did you guys think of this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it. Are they going to get Troy out soon? Well, you're going to have to keep reading to find that out. If you have an idea that doesn't involve anyone else getting hurt, let me know. If I do choose your idea, then I will thank and dedicate that chapter to you. I promise

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-Erin xoxo