"What happened?" asked Taylor, wiping the tears off her face.

"Well, Mr. Baylor was driving on a slippery street when a car came at him. His car swerved off road and flipped into a ditch." explained the nurse. "I'm guessing he was too depressed to be alert of the road."

"Is he going to be okay?" asked Jason. He and Kelsi had taken the first plane back to Albuquerque when they heard Zeke was in accident.

"For the moment we're not sure, but we'll let you know as soon as possible."

"Can we see him?" asked Kelsi.

"Of course," replied the nurse, holding the door for everyone.

Everyone gasped when they saw Zeke's bruised body. "Zeke, who did this to you?" gasped Taylor. Zeke was barely breathing.

"This has to be a nightmare." whispered Troy, clutching onto Gabriella, who was crying. Through a small slot in the door, Gabriella could see Sharpay sobbing in the waiting room. Gabriella paced out of the emergency room and took a seat next to Sharpay.

"Don't you want to see him?" Gabriella questioned silently.

"I can't," responded Sharpay.

"The nurses are letting us see him," explained Gabriella.

"No, I can't. I can't bear to see him like that." confessed Sharpay. "Does he look really bad?"

"He doesn't look…that bad. Okay Sharpay, it looks terrible. But if you cared for Zeke, like I know you do, you would be there by his side." advised Gabriella.

"I can't Gabriella, I can't. The last thing I want to see is my true love in the hospital, in a coma, because of me."

"Shar, it's not your fault," soothed Gabriella.

"OF COURSE IT IS MY FAULT! How can it not be? If I hadn't broken up with him, he would never be in this mess!" the poor girl cried.

"Sharpay, Zeke was fine for the past three years. This couldn't have been your fault." said Gabriella.

"Why Zeke? Why him? He's such a good person! Nothing bad can happen to my Zeke!" Sharpay hollered. "What did I do to deserve this? What did Zeke do to deserve this? He never did anything wrong, Zeke should not be in the hospital right now!"

"Sharpay, let me tell you something. Life…is no more than a dangerous game one can play. You can win, and you can lose." Gabriella informed.

"Are you telling me that Zeke is going to die?!" shrieked Sharpay, panicking. She literally pulled out ten locks of hair.

"No, no, Sharpay. What I'm saying is, there are times in life when you do get what you deserve, and when you get what you don't deserve."

"Gabriella, I don't think I can do this. If I lose Zeke, I have no reason to live. What am I going to do?" asked Sharpay.

"Nothing," said Gabriella. Sharpay confusingly looked at her. "You're going to do nothing but go in and see him."

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"Uncle Chad, why are you crying?" asked Junior.

"Because…Uncle Zeke is dying!" replied Chad, wiping his red puffy eyes. His tears drowned his beautiful brown eyes.

"No! You have to be lying!" shrieked Annabelle, in shock!

"I am not! See how I'm crying?!" yelled Chad. "Wait, why do we rhyme when replying?"

"Is Uncle Zeke going to be okay?" questioned Michelle.

"I don't know, all we can do is hope for the best.

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"Sharpay, you can do this." she told herself right outside Zeke's hospital room. She took a deep breath and opened the door. She took three small, frantic steps forward and opened her eyes. Her body quivered with horror as she observed Zeke's bruised figure. "Oh, Zeke!" she cried. "I'm sorry I did this to you. I never meant for this to happen." She placed her hand on Zeke's injured one.

"We'll be together, come whatever, I'm not just staring at the stars." she sang softly. Her faint smile died out. "Zeke, I just wanted to let you know, that if anything happens to you, I will always…always love you." Her long stream of tears dripped off her face and splattered onto Zeke's arm.

"Do you hear me Zeke Baylor? I love you! I love you!" cried Sharpay. She grasped onto his cold, hand. To her surprise, his hand gripped back. She could've sworn she saw him smile.