Martha Cox

1. She had loved dancing all her life. It was when she started school did she realize that she was a clever girl too. Her mother had told her that education was important and so, she concentrated more on her academics. But if she ever felt the need to relax, she knew that all she had to do was dance.

2. Ever since she started school, she had always been teased about her weight. And though it was just friendly teasing, she felt hurt and found herself wanting to look like those skinny models in her sister's fashion magazines.

3. Taylor McKessie had been her first friend. It was Taylor who had convinced her that she was pretty on the inside no matter how she looked on the outside, Taylor who would wipe her tears when she was being teased and Taylor who had poured ice cold water on Chad Danforth's head when he had called her a fat pig in the last year of junior high. And when Gabriella Montez entered high school and Taylor started hanging out with her, Martha had felt disappointed and alone.

4. She had felt so beautiful and loved when Ryan and her started dating. But then she became friends with Jason and developed feelings for him. It was after that did she notice Ryan's constant looks at Kelsi and Kelsi's not-so-subtle glares at her. Ryan had never liked her as anyone more than a friend and for the first time, Martha accepted the fact that not everyone wanted her.

5. She had loved Jason Cross. He was amazing and understood how she felt about hiding her talent. It was him who had urged her to join the dance club in East High and Martha knew that he would be a very special someone to her.

6. Her father had left her family when she was 17 and she was so mad at him. But it was then that she realized that the people she loved or got close to eventually left her. Taylor did and so did Ryan and Jason would too, she realized. And it was because of that, she went straight to college without a goodbye to any of her friends including Jason.

7. She had lost touch with all her friends in high school after she graduated, not bothering to keep in touch with any of them. After all, Taylor had Gabriella and Kelsi had Ryan. None of them needed her. It was only at the tenth year high school reunion did she realize that none of them ever really mattered to her other than Jason. And it was with that knowledge did they get together for old times sake.

8. She had been terrified and ecstatic when she found herself beside Jason in bed the next morning. Terrified because she knew she had to leave but ecstatic because she had had the most perfect night ever.

9. She was beyond horrified when she found out she was pregnant. Surprisingly, the first person she had gone to was Gabriella. And it was Gabriella who had calmed her down, spent the night with her and convinced her that Jason had the right to know the truth. She finally accepted Gabriella as her friend when Jason had told her that he would be the best father ever.

10. She had known that there would be complications during the birth of her child and that she might die. The doctors had suggested abortion but she just couldn't do it. She had grown to love her baby and there was no way that she was going to be responsible for the death of a young life. Furthermore, Jason had loved the idea of being a father and there was no way she was going to deprive him of what was rightfully his. And it was with the knowledge that her child was in good hands did Martha Cox breathed her last breath.


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