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"And East High scores again! Troy Bolton, number 14, makes his 12th 3 pointer of the game putting East High up by 32 points. 37-69 East High." The announcers voice filled the gym.
He could barely be heard over the cheers that erupted from the East High side of the gym. The Wildcats were winning the game with about a minuet left to go, Troy having personally scored over 50 points. And it was ball hogging either. The team knew that Troy needed to score, needed an outlet for the anger that was flowing through his veins.
But it didn't come without a price. For every basket that Troy made, West High retaliated with a foul, 4 of their players already benched for to many personal fouls. Tony had only three, he seemed to be letting the other boys do his dirty work.
When Troy had made a three pointer from right in front of Tony, Tony retaliated with an elbow to the nose, resulting in Troy doubling over in pain, gushing blood all over the court. The game had been stopped for a full five minuets while he had been looked at. The Knights had laughed and taunted him, while the Wildcat seats had risen in anger. Chad had gone to punch Tony and only he fact that Taylor had thought quickly and jumped out of her seat and rushed onto the court had stopped him. Gabi had jumped out of her seat too, her eyes on Troy. Only when Tony had walked over and pushed her back down had Gabi remembered that there were other people in the room besides her and Troy.
"Stop it" Tony said as Gabi rubbed her knee which had bumped against the seat when he had pushed her.
"Oww" she said, looking up at him.
"Shut up." he replied.
The ref then blew the whistle, signaling that Tony needed to go back on to the court. Tony pulled Gabi up by her arm and crushed his lips on to hers, biting her lower lip in the process before running back to the court. She fell back into her seat, almost falling over from the force of Tony's push.
Silently, she watched the rest of the game, smiling only slightly when Troy drove past Tony again and again. She couldn't tear her eyes away from Troy, but he never looked her way.
Taylor nudged Kelsi, nodding her head in Gabi's direction. Kelsi followed her eye line and looked at Gabi.

"I don't get it." Kelsi muttered. "If she's going to kiss Tony and break Troy's heart, why watch Troy like she still loves him?"
"Why do you think?"" Taylor muttered.
BUZZ.

The game had ended, East High winning the game 37-77. Troy had scored 52 points, his best game ever. Gabi sighed as she stood up from her seat, surrounded by booing West High Knight fans. She was proud of Troy, proud of his game, even if it wasn't under the best circumstances. Normally, after a game, they would all head over to the Evan's house. She and Troy would disappear for about an hour in celebration of his victory. That was the part she had liked the best. He rarely drank, neither did she, and they had spent long hours into the night talking, and cuddling, and kissing, and well, just being together. But now, tonight, she would go home and cry her eyes out, sob into her pillow.
At least she wouldn't have to worry tonight about telling Troy. He knew. And she knew where he would be, who he would be with, and what tomorrow and the rest of her life would be like. He would be with their - correction, his friends, at Sharpay and Ryan's house, and her life from now on would be Troy-less. And miserable. But at least tonight, she could be alone.

Gabi headed towards the door of the gym, keeping her head down as she walked through the Knight students, all muttering about the game. Just as she reached the door she heard a voice called out from the court.

"Gabi! Baby! Where are you going?" Tony called out.
She slowly turned, trying to keep her face free of disgust and fear. She watched as Tony walked towards her, flanked by some of the Knight basketball players and their girlfriends.

"I was thinking I could maybe go home now, Tony." Gabi whispered, her eyes trained on the floor.
"No. Are you kidding?" Tony laughed, the laughter being echoed by his friends. "We're going to the party, at Rick's house now " Tony motioning to one of the guys behind her. "We're all going. You're coming too."
With that, Tony grabbed Gabi's upper arm and pulled her against him. "And we are going to have fun there. Lots of fun." Tony leered at her while Gabi tried not to cry. 'This is for Troy. Look at how well he played. This is going to help him in the end. This is for Troy.' she kept repeating to herself as she looked into Tony's cruel eyes.
On the other side of the gym, the Wildcats were celebrating. Only Ryan was watching Gabi try to leave the gym unnoticed only to get stopped by Tony. The girls were talking together about going to Sharpay's house, all trying very hard to ignore the tension in the air. The team was just emerging from the locker room. Tony shot a look towards the Wildcats and moved his hand from gripping Gabi's arm and placed it around her waist.
"Come babe," He called loudly, looking towards the Wildcats. "I'll drive you to Rick's."
At those words Troy, whose back had been purposefully towards the Knights, stiffened and then crumbled, his shoulder slouching, his face falling to the floor. But he did not turn around. Chad moved to go to Troy, but Taylor's hand on his wrist stopped him. "If the Knights knew how much this was affecting Troy, if they saw, it would only help them and it would hurt Troy. Don't let them see that his only weakness is Gabi." she said in a low urgent voice to him. " Don't let him see that she is our weakness too." she finished in a whisper.
Tony stared at Troy's back for a second longer, his face curling into a grin.

"Come Gabi." He started to pull her out the door. She turned back to look at Troy, stumbling over her own feet. She cried out in pain as Tony gave her arm a sharp tug causing her to trip. At that sound Troy turned, reaching his arm out, as if to cross the entire gym to rescue Gabi but she was already out of the gym, stumbling after Tony down the hall.

Tony pushed Gabi into his car, slamming the door after her. Two Knights and their girlfriends climbed into the back seat, giggling and whispering at Gabi's fear and unhappiness. Tony climbed into the other side, turning the car on.

"Tony," Gabi said. "What about my car?"
"You'll get it later." he replied coldly, not looking at her as he drove out of the East High parking lot.
Gabi nodded, a tear slipping down her face.

"Is all you do cry?" Tony asked, his voice filled with annoyance.
"And what do you expect me to do?" Gabi asked, wiping off her face.
"Just, stop crying. It's annoying." Tony answered. They drove the rest of the way in silence. Gabi stopped crying, instead opting to stare out the window watching the houses go past. As they pulled up to the party, Tony looked at the two couples in the back seat.

"Get out." he ordered.
The four scrambled out of the car, leaving Gabi and Tony alone.

"So, my little plan backfired. We didn't win the game." Tony stated, turning in his
seat to look at her. "But I still won the girl." he said, curling a dark lock of Gabi's hair around his finger.
"You didn't win me." Gabi said.
Tony raised his hand and slapped Gabi across the face. She flew back against the seat, her head slamming into the window. "You're mine. To the whole world, to the Knights, to the Wildcats, to your friends, to Troy, you are my girlfriend. Tell me how that doesn't make you mine?" Tony asked, leaning towards her, his body towering over hers.
"I still make my own choices." she replied, her hand clutching her check where a bright red hand print was forming.
"I don't love you."
Tony laughed again, his white teeth flashing in the dark car. "I don't care if you don't love me. But you will do what I tell you. You have no other choice."
"What do you mean I have no choice?"
" You're not dumb. From hat I heard, you're kind of a smarty. Which for someone as hot as you, is unusual. So you should be able to understand something. Nobody at East High loves you anymore. No body likes you even. But I, " Tony pulled Gabi towards him by the lock of hair he still held, bringing their faces inches from each other. "I think you're beautiful. And I'm sure that the basketball god wouldn't love someone who didn't do their best for him in all manners, someone who couldn't satisfy him. And, as I'm sure you can tell, I control my school. So, you give me what I want now, I'll make your life less of a living hell. What do you say Montez? Fuck me and you can be my girlfriend."
"What ?!?!"
"You heard me. Think about it. For now, we have a party to go to." Tony sat back in his seat, checked his appearance in the mirror and got out of the car. Gabi slowly exited from her side, walking around to the front of the car.
Tony grabbed her hand and pulled her up the walkway. When he opened the door
to the house, a huge cheer went up. Tony stood in the entrance hall, his hand still around Gabi's wrist. He made sure all eyes were on him before he said anything
"We may not have won the game," Tony said, " But look what I got. A consolation prize! Bolton's most precious treasure. May I introduce to all of you, my girlfriend, Bolton's ex, Gabrielle Montez!"
Wolf whistle and clapping for Tony could be heard all over the house. Tony accepted a cup of beer from one of his friends while another offered a glass to Gabi. As she shook her head to decline, the boy whispered to her, "Believe me, you'll not want to remember what's going to happen later. At least drink a little, it'll make for less painful memories in the morning."

RIGHT AFTER THE KNIGHTS LEAVE THE GYM.

After the Knights left the gym, Troy watched the door for a second before he turned back to look at his friends and the rest of the team.
"Lets go party." Troy said, all the happiness that should have come from defeating your rivals absent from his voice." Sharpay, Ryan, can we go now?"
"Of course Troy. " Sharpay replied. "See you all there in 10 minuets!"
All the seniors headed for their cars, eager to get to the party. Zeke and Sharpay agreed to drive Troy, who was in no condition to drive a car, he was shaking so badly. Sharpay tried to talk to Troy on the way there but all she got out of him were single word answers or grunts.
When they got to the party, it was already in full swing, Ryan having gotten there before them. Troy went straight for the bar.
About half hour later, the gang found themselves all standing outside in a close cirlce watching Troy drink.

"He's going to get into one of those moods" Chad said.
"What mood?" Kelsi asked.
"One of those famous Bolton rages." Jason answered. "He used to get them more, before junior year. In fact I haven't seen one -"
"Since he meet Gabi." Zeke answered.
"What's a Bolton rage?" Taylor said, looking over her shoulder at Troy.
Chad half laughed, his face not matching that at all. "I forgot you used to not hang out with us." Chad pulled Taylor closer to him, her head coming to rest on his chest.
"But what is a Bolton rage?" Martha said.
"First, Troy gets moody, withdrawn, quiet." Jason said.
"Then he doesn't speak to anyone, not even Chad." Zeke continued.
"Then he drinks." Jason added.
"He drinks, and drinks, and drinks." Chad muttered.
"And then he gets loud, rowdy, and stupid." Zeke finished.
"Stupid?" Sharpay repeated.
"Well, " said Jason. "You see, he um, he- "
"He fucks everything in sight. Any girl he can get his hands on. Any one that will have him." Chad said bitterly.
"And surprise, surprise, no one refuses him. Even when they know that it doesn't mean anything. That he's only doing it because he's drunk or high" Jason sighed.
"You girls never saw it, but it wasn't a rare occurrence."
"Why did it happen? When it did happen." Ryan said, having spoken up for
the first time.
"When ever his did was too tough on him. Or when the Varsity would lose. Or when a relationship would end. That was the most common." Chad said.
"How many girls has Troy hooked up with?" Kelsi asked curiously.
"Too many." Jason said.
"Most of last years senior girls, the girls basketball team, softball, swimming, gymnastics, and almost all the cheerleaders." Chad said, anger evident in his voice.
"But," said Zeke with a warning look at Chad "It hasn't been like that recently. Since Gabi, it's only been her. I don't even know if Gabi knows that. That Troy has hooked up with so many girls."
Chad started to say something but was cut off by the chanting of Troy's name rising from the other side of the pool where the bar was.
"Troy! Troy! Troy!" the chanting got louder as Troy drained off his cup of beer.
"Ladies, exhibit A." Jason said, looking at Troy and the group of chanting students. "I hate when he get groupies." he muttered.
"The drinking stage." Zeke said.
"Let's see if we can stop him before he gets to the fucking stage." Jason said.
"Jason, we'd better go over." Chad said. "To stop him. And I'll come with you. Just in case he decides to punch you again."
"Oh, I had forgotten about that." Jason replied.
"Well, yeah " Zeke said laughing. "You were knocked out."
As Chad and Jason made their way over to Troy, Zeke turned to the girls and Ryan who were still standing there. "Do you know what happened?" he asked.
"You mean with Gabi?" Taylor said.
"Like why she suddenly dumped Troy in front of everyone, pretended she didn't love him, and then walked away with Tony, the biggest asshole ever?" Sharpay said.
Zeke nodded.
Taylor slowly shook her head. " No, we don't know why."
"I just wish someone knew." Zeke said. "It would help everyone. It would help Troy."
Everyone turned to look over at the bar where Jason and Chad were trying to get Troy off the table. He wasn't listening to them.

Everyone turned to look over at the bar where Jason and Chad were trying to get Troy off the table. He wasn't listening to them.

Ryan sighed. Turning around, he chucked his cup into a garbage bag and headed towards the house. Walking up the stairs, watching all these kids, he realized that he only
knew most of them by face. They all knew him and they all most certainly knew Sharpay, both the few people that he really cared about were outside, worrying about a boy who was worrying about a girl who was worrying them all more then anyone was admitting.
Ryan pushed open the door to his bedroom and snorted in disgust as he recognized a football player hooking up with a cheerleader on his bed.
"Out!" he grumbled testily, and almost laughing as the girl fell off the bed in an attempt to cover herself. The boy grabbed his drink off Ryan's desk and fled the room, the girl struggling to get her shirt back on while running at the same time.
"God, I hate these parties." Ryan muttered to himself as he closed the door behind him. Finally, he could think in here. The pounding in his brain had lessened now that the music was muffled through the walls. He stared at the photos on the wall, most from last summer at Lava Springs. Pictures of him with Chad playing baseball, him and Taylor driving around in the golf cart, him and Kelsi trying to teach Jason how to dance. A few of him and Sharpay playing golf, swimming, or just hanging out. Zeke with flour on his nose
showing Ryan how to bake crème brulee, him helping Martha wash dishes, Troy showing him how to shoot a three pointer (only to have Ryan show him knows how to play basketball). And finally pictures of him and Gabi. Those took up most of his wall. When asked, he just said that she was his best friend. And it was true. She was. He looked at the photos of her swimming, dancing, singing, playing basketball, and kissing Troy. He kept that one there to remind himself that she wasn't his. It hurt but it helped him. Sharpay had tried to get him to take that one down but he refused. She didn't push him. In the middle was a large photo of all of them from the last day at Lava Springs. Right in the middle was Gabi with her arms around Troy and Taylor, with him right in front of her. Ryan looked at that photo before grabbing his keys and storming out of his room, locking the door behind him. He weaved through all the kids drinking and making out on his stair case, down his hall way and out the front door. He got into his car, not noticing another car started to follow him.

"Chad, Chad! Stop. Where are we going ?" Taylor said as Chad pulled her into the house and towards the front door. He had stopped trying to get Troy to stop drinking and instead had sat by and made sure that he didn't drown himself in the pool. Then all of a sudden he had grabbed Taylor's hand and was pulling her back into the house quickly.
"C'mon, I'll tell you in like 2 seconds. Quickly. Hurry." Chad said as they burst out the front door and to his car. "Get in. Quickly!"
Taylor climbed into his car and put on her seatbelt as they took off down the driveway, right after another car.
"Chad," she asked. "Whose in that car?"
"Did you realize that Ryan left all of us standing there and went back into the house?" he asked, trailing the car in front of them at a distance so they wouldn't be seen.
"Kinda." she replied. " I was more concerned with Troy."
"Me too. Until I remembered what he said earlier. He knows something. More then he's telling us." He looked at Taylor, who had on, what he liked to call, her thinking face. "And, what do you think?"
"I think you're right. " she said.
"You do?!? I mean, good."
"Like before," she continued. "He stopped Troy from going after Gabi. He said that 'she would tell him later '. He knew something was going to happen. And tonight, who leaves their own house in the middle of a party?"
"That's what I was thinking." Chad exclaimed.
"So let's keep following him." She answered, sitting back.
They drove in silence for a couple of minutes, following Ryan at a safe distance in order to see him, but not be seen. He finally stopped about a half block away from a house all lit up with music coming from it, clearly another party.
"Where are we?" Taylor asked, peering at the house down the block.
"Knight territory." Chad replied, his knuckles turning white as they gripped the steering wheel. "That's Rick's house. It's where their party is happening tonight."
"Why is Ryan here?" she asked, watching Ryan sitting in his car.
"Why isn't he getting out of his car?" Chad answered with a question of his own. The three of them sat there, in their cars, waiting for something to happen.

"Tony! Stop it! Please." Gabi begged as Tony pulled her up the stairs, past drunken West High students and players. Tony kept walking, practically dragging Gabi behind him. When they reached the landing, Gabi tripped and fell.
"Get up!" Tony demanded as he towered over her, pulling her roughly to her feet.
Gabi struggled uselessly against, trying to free herself from his grasp and yelping out in pain as his grip on her only tightened.
"In here." He announced as he pushed opened one of the bedroom doors and threw her inside where she crumpled to the floor in a heap. Tony locked the door behind him and stepped over her prone form, flipping on the light switch. He turned back to her with a snarl across his face and stared down at her lying at his feet. Reaching to the waistband of his pants, he grabbed his shirt and dragged it quickly over his head before flinging it into a far corner of the room. Then he began to unbuckle his pant.
"Get undressed." He growled.

Gabi looked up at him, tears once again running down her face. Tony bent down to her level his hand running through her hair.

"Do it, or I'll do it for you." he said. Gabi didn't reply. "Then I'll do it for you." Tony lifted Gabi up by her hair and flung her on the bed. Gabi tried to scrambled off the other side but Tony flung his body over hers and straddled her, one hand under her chin, forcing her to look at him. "This is getting better by the second."

Hey everybody! I'm so sorry that this chapter took forever to get out. But I wanted it to be good. I'm sorry if anyone was offended by the violent nature. I hope I didn't lose any reader cause of it. Speaking of my readers, I really want to thank you all for sticking with me. That means so much to me. And f any of you have any suggestions, PM me and let me know! I have a broad outline but little things are always good. As always, this chapter is dedicated to the best writer on FF, Gizmo8us, my fabulous editor, who is alive and well! And I guess to Kenny Ortega because he helped me too. And to Zac Efron, whose is just so yummy. So review and let me know what you think.