It was starting to get routine now, and she didn't like that. Every night when Troy went out or was still at work, Sharpay would have to run over to Chads and Troys. Her and Chad had a schedule, and that schedule was working out pretty well. After all, all they do is have sex. Its just something to fill the void of not actuallly having anyone in their lives.

Troy and Gabriella had left yesterday afternoon. So that means as soon as Troy left Sharpay pulled up. Chad being the gentleman, made her dinner which she ate. Then all they did all night was have sex. Chad was very good in bed. That's a lot coming from Sharpay since shes been with a number of men. Chad knew the special spots that Sharpay loved during sex. But Sharpay never saw this going anywhere else. All the do is bang each other, and that was it. That was the plan from the beginning. They hate each other, nobody knows, and it would never turn into anything else. Ever. Never.

The sun was high in the sky by the time Sharpay opened her eyes the next morning. The asshole threw the curtains open so all the sunlight shined through the cloor to ceiling window in Chads bedroom. Sharpay took inventory of how many clothes were on the floor. They were starting to get really good with time. They had all their clothes off in less then a minute. Chad was getting good at the unhooking of the bra. He could turn pro.

As Sharpay's head fell back down on the pillow she let out a loud and long groan as the sun pounded on her eyes.

"CHAADD!" She yelled from the bedroom. A few seconds later Chad appeared in the room.

"Yes my princess?" Chad asked with a strong smile. Sharpay sat up holding the covers around her and just rolled her eyes.

"Why did you open these curtains all the way?" She snapped. "You know I hate the morning and the sun."

Chad just kept smiling. "Its a beautiful day, you need to get up." He announced walking back over to his spot on the bed and laid down next to Sharpay.

"What time is it?" She groaned. Chad turned his body around to see that the clock had struck 10:03.

"A little after 10." He said which made her groan a little more.

"I have to be at work in an hour!" She threw the covers over her head which made Chad laugh just a little.

"Just think about this, after work you can come back to me." He said with a little wink.

"Oh great." Sharpay snapped. She pulled the covers back from over her head. "After a long and exhausting day at work, that is exactly what I want to do." She sat up and got off the bed as she quickly found her bra and underwear which were among the other clothes that were left on the floor.

"Come on, I'm pretty good." Chad said trying to make her crack a smile.

"In bed." She said slipping her underwear on, "but thats just about it." She got back down on the floor and continued to search for her shirt and skirt. Chad moved to the bottom on the bed and looked up at her.

"Are we allowed to see other people?" Chad asked out of the blue. Sharpay turned around and looked at him in pure disgust.

"What?"

"All we do is have sex with no strings attached. So I was just making sure that we are allowed to see other people. Because there is this girl at work who is fine." Chad said with a little sexy groan at the description of fine.

Sharpay picked up her shirt and skirt and turned back around to look at him.

"I do not care what you do." Sharpay said making her way to the bathroom. Chad was right on her heels. Sharpay sprinted to the bathroom and shut the door before he got the chance to say anything else to her.

"Really, so all of those times we have had sex, you have felt nothing towards me at all? No sexy attraction what so ever?" He asked through the bathroom door. Sharpay opened the door now fully clothed and got right in his face.

"Not at all!" She exclaimed and walked to the kitchen. Chad always makes coffee when she sleeps over so she went right ahead and made herself a cup.

"Are you serious?" He asked egging her on. She turned and nodded as she poured a cup. "I'm pretty hard to resist." He slowly walked up behind her without her noticing.

"I think you have a problem with your ego." She said adding sugar to her coffee. She quickly stirred and when she realized he hadn't fired back with some smart ass comment she turned around, but only to find him breathing down her neck. Chad pinned her against the counter. His hands holding onto the counter as he was close to Sharpay.

"I think your lying." He whispered to her making her swallow hard.

"About what?" She whispered back. Chad crooked his neck a little and smiled.

"About having feelings for me." He answered. The two hung their gaze long until they were interrupted by a cell phone. It was Chads. Chad pushed himself off of Sharpay and answered his phone. Sharpay got back to stirring her coffee.

"Hello." Chad says all cool as he answers his phone without looking at who is calling him. It was quiet for a few seconds until Chads panic voice came into the air. "Wait Troy, slow down. What happened?"

Sharpay turned around at this and walked closer to Chad. "Whats going on?" She demanded. "Is Gabriella okay?" Chad put his hand to her mouth to get her to shut up.

"He had a heart attack?" Chad asked in shock. Sharpays eyes grew big. She wanted to ask but she had his hand over her mouth. "Oh my god." Chad said. "Yeah, of course man. Dont worry about it. Okay, bye." Chad hung up the phone. He removed his hand from Sharpays mouth and ran out into the living room to find his keys. They were sitting on the little table my the door. They throw their keys in a little dish.

"Are you going to tell me whats going on?" Sharpay asked putting her hands on her hips.

"Troys dad had a heart attack this morning. He wants me to go over to the hospital with his mom until Brady shows up." Chad said closing the door and leaving Sharpay standing there, holding her coffee.

"Who the hell is Brady?" She yelled at the door thinking that he can hear her. She slipped her flats on and ran after him.


Troy and Gabriella had a easy time getting a flight back to New Mexico. As soon as they found out, and got over the shock, they packed and headed to the airport. Troy was on the phone with the emergency team, but as policy they cant tell him what is going on. Troy knew the policy and now understands why family members get aggravated at this. He tried calling his mom but of course her phone was off. All he got was a voice mail.

"Why is no one answering their god damn phones?" Troy roared as they were rushing through the airport.

"Babe, just calm down." Gabriella tried to soothe him some how. Troy ran his hand through his hair quick and took a long, drawn out, deep breath. He reached back to get his phone.

"Im going to try Brady again." He said softly as he walked away from her and out to the closest window to try and get service. Gabriella just sighed and was near to tears as she watched his walk away. this was not at all how this trip was supposed to go. And she felt absolutely terrible about it.

She found a seat near their terminal and sat down with her bags. She watched as Troy tried to contact Brady but he got nothing. He walked back over and sat next to Gabriella.

"He didn't answer." Troy said disappointed as he sat next to his girlfriend. "I tried mom again and got nothing." He played with his phone in his hand. Gabriella's small hand started to rub small circles on his back to try to console him in some way.

"Chads with her." Gabriella told him. "Your mom is in good hands." Troy nodded slowly as Gabriella still rubbed his back. Gabriella watched Troys expressions. He bit his bottom lip to try to keep everything in.

"Im sorry about the trip." Troy whispered to her. Gabriella put her forehead on his shoulder.

"Hey," She whispered. He turned his head and looked at her, his eyes full with water. "dont worry about the trip." She told him. "Im not disappointed okay?" She assured him. He quickly turned away from her and cleared his throat and nodded.

A few minutes later their plane was called to board. Gabriella gripped Troys hand and the two headed to board the plane. But neither of them were happy to go home.


The doors to the emergency room burst open and Troy and Gabriella ran in hand and hand. Troy quickly went to the front desk and demanded where Jack Bolton was. They told him that they were running test. He then asked where the family was. He was told the 5th floor. Troy dragged Gabriella over to the elevator and quickly pressed the button multiple times. The doors opened and they entered. Gabriella pressed 5th floor and they were guided up. When the doors opened they entered the floor. Outside in the waiting room was Troys mom and Chad.

"Mom!" Troy shouted as he ran over to her. She quickly engulfed him and sobbed.

"Troy, Troy it happened so fast!" She sobbed into his shoulder. Gabriella was quickly behind him near to tears as she saw Mrs. Bolton sobbing into her sons shoulder.

"Have they told you anything?" Troy asked her and she shook her head no.

"They were testing and then twenty minutes later they said they rushed him into surgery, now no one is telling me anything!" Lucille told her son. Troy nodded.

"Im going to go in and see whats going on okay?" Troy asked his mother before leaving. She nodded and he ran through the double doors. Lucille turned and saw Gabriella standing there.

"Gabriella." She quickly walked over and hugged her. That was all Lucille needed at that time.


Troy got inside the doors and was looking around frantically for Charlie. He didnt want to speak to anyone else but Charlie. As he went around to ask where Charlie was people told him that she was in surgery, with his dad. When Troy asked what OR they were hesitant to tell him. Troy got frustrated and just decided to figure it out himself. He rushed back down to the OR and looked in all of the rooms. Then he looked in and found Charlie. He quickly scrubbed in and put on a mask and walked in.

"Whats going on?" He asked frantically rushing towards Charlie and the team of doctors that were working on his father.

"Dr. Gold can you escort Dr. Bolton out of here please?" Charlie asked as she worked on the man laying on the table.

"Charlie what is going on." Troy demanded.

Charlie didn't turn to look at him. She kept her eyes on Mr. Bolton. All she did was continue to give orders.

"Dr. Gold, get Bolton out of here right now." Charlie said with a unshaken voice.

"Dr. Ackerson!" Troy shouted getting frustrated with her.

"Bolton!" Charlie yelled not turning around to look at him. "I have a patient with a open heart on the table! Do you want him to die or have us continue this shouting match! Now get the hell out of my OR!" Charlie tried not to yell loud to scare the other doctors around her or to add more stress and anxiety in the room. Troy back out of the room, swung the door open fiercely and slammed it shut.

He threw his mask down on the ground and started to pace. He then could not take it anymore. He couldn't hold all of this in much longer. He just couldn't do it. He leaned up against the wall outside the OR door and slid down and started to sob. Everything he has been feeling since he got the news from his dad, was all coming out outside OR 4.

A short time after the door swung open from the OR and Charlie stepped out with her surgical cap and mask still on. She turned both directions to see if Troy was still around. When she turned to her left she saw Troy sitting down on the floor playing with his thumbs.

"Who the HELL do you think you are?" Charlie demanded from him. "What you just did in there was so unprofessional. I don't care if its you Dad or the Pope laying on my table. You don't ever come in and demanded and act the way you just did!" She yelled at him. He didn't make any contact with her because he knew that she was right. "Jesus Christ Troy. What the hell came over you?" She asked trying to calm herself down.

Troy didn't answer. He just starred straight ahead to the other white wall. Charlie sighed. She walked back over to him and sat down. Troy continued to stare forward. He cleared his throat before he spoke to Charlie.

"How is he?" He croaked. Charlie took her cap off and ran her hand through her hair.

"Do you want the doctor or the family member explanation?" Charlie asked looking over at him. Troy turned toward her with tears starting to build up in his eyes.

"Don't bull shit me Charlie." He said to her quietly.

"Hes in pretty bad shape Troy. He has so much plaque build up in there that the blood just cant pass through. I put a stint in there. Hes going to need a bypass. Also since the attack was so severe he has a small tear in his heart. We are going to have to repair that as well." Charlie explained.

"I should have been here." Troy said to her. "I never go on vacation and the one time that I go," He didn't finish because Charlie didn't let him.

"Shut up." She told him. "Seriously shut up. Troy you deserved the vacation and so did Gabriella. Yeah I gave you crap about going but you know what you haven't gone anywhere for yourself in a long time. Don't you dare beat yourself up about this." Charlie told him.

"All I do is fight with the man Char." He explained to her trying to keep all of his tears in. "We never get along. The last time I saw him was over a month ago and we had a huge fight. What if I never get the chance to say I'm sorry to him?" Troy asked looking down at his shoes shaking his head.

"You listen to me." Charlie said. "You will get your chance. I will make sure of it."


Troy wanted to pull himself together before he went back out to see his family with Charlie. They got out to the waiting room where his mother, Chad, Gabriella, Brady, and Sara were waiting to hear some good news about what was going on with Jack. As soon as Mrs. Bolton saw her son she pulled him in close and she never wanted to let him go.

"Mom, this is my boss Charlie. Shes going to be taking care of Dad." Troy introduced the two women.

"Hows my husband?" Lucille asked right away.

"Mrs. Bolton, your husband had a very severe heart attack. He had a lot of plaque in his heart making it hard to the blood to pump through. That was the reason for the heart attack. Now I put a stint in there in the mean time, but he needs bypass surgery. There is no way around that." Charlie explained. "Also since the attack was strong there is a tear in his heart. We will be able to fix that the best that we can."

"Bypass?" Lucille asked devastated. "That's an extreme surgery."

"Mrs. Bolton, you husband is in very good hands. I promise you that I will get back to him good as new." Charlie assured her.

"Can I see him?" She asked, her voice shaky.

"Of course." Charlie said guiding her through the doors. Brady and Sara followed her.

Troy turned to Chad and hugged him tight. "Man I cant thank you enough for being her with her." Troy said to him.

"Anything for you guys. You know that." Chad said patting him on the back. "I have to get to work, but Ill stop by later tonight." Chad said.

"Alright man. Thank you again." Chad did a soft smile to him and Gabriella and went on his way. Gabriella turned to her boyfriend who looked like he was about to just loose it at any minute. She walked over and rubbed his arm.

"How you doing kid?" Troy asked her wrapping her into his arms.

"The question is how are you doing." Gabriella said. "What happened when you went back there?"

Troy just shook his head and cleared his throat. "I made a complete ass out of myself in a OR full of people." Troy explained. "That's what happened."

"Come on." Gabriella said. "Lets go for a walk."

Troy pulled away from her and shook his head."No I'm fine." He said sniffling.

"Troy." Gabriella sighed trying to get him to come with her.

"Gabriella, please I'm fine." He said getting defensive.

"Troy. Come on. Dont be like this." Gabriella whispered to him.

"All I said was I don't want to go on a walk alright. Jesus." Troy steamed stepping away from her. Now Gabriella was on the verge of tears.

"All Im trying to do is talk to you." Gabriella said quietly. "You know what, Im going to go home and get a shower and come back later," Gabriella picked up her bag and looked back up at Troy. "Bye Troy." She whispered and he watched her walk to the elevator.


2 Hours passed and still no Gabriella. After she left, Troy took a seat in the waiting room and sat there standing at the wall. He wasn't ready to go and face his dad. He wasn't ready to go in and see him with tubes up his nose and a heart monitor strapped to him.

Troy always saw his dad as superman. Nothing could ever hurt him. He was strong as an ox. He wasn't sure if he wanted to see his dad laying helpless on a bed. Weak. The doors swung open and Brady stepped out. Troy turned to see who it was and turned back to the wall. He did a quick sniffle as Brady took a seat next to him.

"How you doin?" Brady asked him trying to get him to talk. He knows how Troy can close himself off to other people in a situation like this. He was like this when their Grandfather died years ago.

"I don't know." Troy answered back fiddling with his hands. A few moments of silence and then Troy spoke. "How is he?"

"Unconscious." Brady answered. "Mom and Sara are back there with him. Mom doesn't want to leave, but she sent me back out here to check on you."

"I'm fine." Troy snapped looking over at his brother.

"Wheres Gabriella?" Brady asked looking around trying to find Troys girlfriend.

"Went home." Troy answered. "I snapped, she got mad, she left." Troy explained. "I was in the wrong. She was trying to get me to go on a walk with her and I just wasnt having it." Troy stood up from his chair and started to walk around. "I think that I'm just mad at myself." Troy told Brady.

"For what?"

"For not being here!" Troy shouted. "Brady I am at this hospital all the time. And the one time, the one time I make plans to go somewhere it just gets shot to hell because of this!" Troy paced harder. "If I just stayed home this wouldn't have happened."

"Dude, you have got to be kidding. This would have happened if you were home or halfway around the world. You have to be thankful that you were not half way around the world and that you were only an hour and a half plane ride away!" Brady tried to explain to him.

Troy stopped and let that all sink in. His brother was right. He knew it and so did he. He should be thankful that he was able to get here as fast as he did.

"Are you going to see him?" Brady asked. Troy slowly just shook his head.

"I dont think so." Troy answered quietly.

"He would like it if you did." Brady tried to encourage him.

"How do you know that?" Troy asked. "The last time I saw him we had a fight. Hell Brady, every time I see the man we fight! How do you know that he wants to see me huh? Hes unconscious. Did he just wake up and tell you that he wants to see me?" Troy spat.

"No. But I know Dad and I know that he hates being upset with you. He would want to fix it. Your both just to stubborn to make the first move." Brady stood up from his chair. "So you sit and think about that Troy. You need to get over this man, You have to. For him and for you." Brady pushed open the door back to the other wing, and Troy pushed in the numbers that he knew would save him.


It was only thirty minutes. Thirty minutes was all it took for her to show up there. When her phone rang she knew right away that it was him and that she was needed. When she got the call of him near to tears she knew that she had to speed her way over there. It was then that she was getting mad at herself for leaving. She knew how much she wanted to be alone when that happened with her dad. Troy was the same way she was.

She quickly parked the car in the parking garage and ran fast through the rain that was pouring down. The automatic doors opened and she walked in. She made a right down the hallway and boarded a elevator. She pressed the button to the floor where everyone was earlier and it quickly brought her up. When the elevator doors opened she saw him sitting there with his head in his hands looking down at the floor. She sighed strongly as she saw him sitting there, alone, helpless. She rushed out of the elevator and over to him.

"Troy!" She called as she approached him. Troy looked up and shot up from his chair and took her into his arms. This is what he needed."I got here as soon as I got your message." She said to him.

Troy pulled back and looked down at his girlfriend. Her hair was still a little wet and she didnt have any makeup on. She was wearing a sweat shirt and yoga pants. But as always, anything that Gabriella wore, Troy thought she looked beautiful as ever.

"I think I want to go for that walk now." Troy said to her. Gabriella nodded and took his hand and guided him to the elevator. "Where do you want to go?" She asked him as they stood there waiting for the doors to open.

"I dont care." He said staring at the door.

"Well you know this hospital better then I do." Gabriella said to him. Troy was still looking ahead. Gabriella pushed herself in front of him. "You hungry?" She asked. He nodded slowly. "What floor?"

Three minutes later they arrived on the 7th floor. The cafeteria. Gabriella was surprised with the amount of food that they had. Hot food, cold food, fresh fruit, little snacks, sodas, coffee. Anything that you needed was right there.

"What do you want?" Gabriella asked in her sweet voice as her and Troy walked along the buffet of food. Troy let go of her hand and walked over next to where they put the milk. There was a shelf full of cereal. Gabriella watched as he grabbed a little box and a little cartoon of milk. Cereal. Of all the things here, he wanted cereal. She didnt even know that he liked cereal. Gabriella wasn't hungry so she walked over to him and told him if he was ready then she would get it for her.

"I have a meal card. Its fine." Troy said reaching into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. He handed the guy working the register the meal card, he swiped it and the couple walked around to find a place to sit. They found a table along the left side of the cafeteria with two chairs. They both sat down and Troy opened his cereal.

"You sure you dont want anything babe?" Troy asked her. Gabriella shook her head.

"Im fine." Gabriella read the title of the cereal that Troy picked out. "Coco pebbles?" She asked.

"When my mom would work late and wasn't home to make dinner, Dad would give me and Brady a bowl of cereal. Most of the time it was Coco Pebbles. Brady and I lived off of it." Gabriella found herself smiling at this memory that Troy had told her. "I haven't gone to see him yet." Troy said as he put a soon full of pebbles in his mouth. He chewed then swallowed. "I cant."

"Why not?" Gabriella asked.

Troy didn't say anything for two spoon fulls. Then finally, "I'm not strong enough." He said. "All me and my dad do is fight. That's our thing. And now that hes close to dying. I cant go and see him like that." Gabriella reached over and touched his hand.

"Honey, hes not going to die." She said. "Your a doctor, you know how bad something is or isn't. Charlie told you what she was going to do and your mom. Hes going to be okay." Gabriella tried to assure him.

"But what if it isn't Gab?" Troy asked. He put the spoon down and slouched back in his chair. "I wont be able to live with myself if the last memory I had with my dad was a bad one." Gabriella got up from her chair and walked over to the other side where Troy was sitting. She took the chair that was next to him and sat in it.

"That's why you need to go and see him. If hes awake or not it doesn't matter. He will know you where there." Gabriella explained as she brushed his cheek. "You need to go and see him, for you and him. No matter what happens."

Troy sat and thought about what Gabriella had said and what Brady had said earlier. They were both right. He needs to stop beating himself up about this. He just needs to go and do it. But he doesn't think he can do this alone.

"Can you come with me?" Troy looked up at Gabriella with tears in his eyes.

"Of course I will."


The beeping from the monitor was loud when Troy and Gabriella walked into room 204. His mother was sitting next to his father holding his hand and looking down at him. Brady and Sara were sitting in the two chairs over in the corner talking to one another. Lucille turned around when she heard her son walk in. Troy walked over to her and hugged her tight. She tried to hold it together in front of her and Brady.

"Can I be with him for a few minutes?" Troy asked them. They all nodded and walked out of the room to give Troy his time with him. Gabriella was still behind Troy as everyone walked out. Troy turned to Gabriella and kissed her softly.

"You will be okay." Gabriella assured him. "I love you." Troy nodded and whispered.

"I love you too." Troy let go of Gabriella's hand and walked closer to his father. He looked so small. His father was always a big, burly man. Now he looked like shriveled up old man. The beeps of the monitor kept pace in the room. Troy sat down in the seat that his mother was sitting in earlier. Troy took a long look at his father and then opened his mouth.

"Hey dad." He whispered. The monitor beeped. "I'm sorry I wasn't here." Troy took his fathers hand in his and looked down. The hand had a IV stuck into it. "I talked to Charlie, shes my boss. Shes going fix your heart and you are going to be okay."

Gabriella stood back and watched how Troy was acting with his father. Her eyes welled up with tears. She knew how hard this was for Troy to do this, and watching it happen was emotional.

"Im sorry that I fought with you the last time I saw you." Troy said to him. "That's why you have to get better because that can not be the last memory I have of you." Troy started to choke up as he said these words to his father. "Im so sorry." A few tears fell from his baby blue eyes. "I'm so sorry dad." Troy put his head on his fathers hand and wept like a baby. He knew that he wouldn't be strong enough for this. He could no longer keep all of that in. Troy looked back up at his dad who was still unconscious. The monitor beeped. He couldn't take this anymore. The silence, the beeping. He had it. He let go of his fathers hand and stood up from the chair. He bee lined it to the door when Gabriella stepped in front of him to stop him. She wrapped her arms around him and let him cry into her shoulder. She rubbed his back soothingly as the tears then escaped from her eyes.

"Its okay." She whispered to him. "Its okay."


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