Hey! So in the last chapter Troy ( and the whole school) found out about Gabriella's secret! Ooh what's Troy going to do now? Idk... so read! Enjoy!!!

P.S. - OMG! HSM2 COMES OUT IN 7 DAYS!!!!!!!

Troy sat in Biology, his last class of the day, staring at the seat in front of him where a beautiful brunet would normally sit if she was there. But she wasn't, it had been about an hour since their argument in the hallway and Gabriella had not shown up to class so Troy suspected that she had gone home.

He glanced at the clock and noticed there were 10 minutes left of class. He sat there tapping his pencil impatiently and as soon as the bell rang he ran out the door.

Troy went up the stairs to his room and fell onto the bed.

No wonder she hated me and our family she thought I was going to do the same to her. He thought.

" How come I didn't realize it before , all the signs were there." he mumbled

"Like the time at the movies." He thought

Flashback

Gabriella was walking and tripped over her own feet,she lost her balance and closed her eyes preparing for the impact of the hard floor,instead she felt to hands,strong hands, grip her arms and bring her upright.

"wow there montez." he said

She felt a little woozy and thought she might fall again when she felt a hand on her lower back. She cringed as soon as he made contact, but then turned around and realized it was Troy and relief washed over her, slightly.

End of Flashback

"She cringed at my touch." he whispered.

" The time at our first study session." He thought

Flashback

"Okay, when do I start?" she asked

"uh, right now." he said

"What? I don't have my book or anything." she said

"Chill out Montez, I have everything upstairs in my room." he said walking towards the stairs, gesturing for her to follow.


She was frozen.

"Gabriella, what's wrong?" he asked.

She shook her head and blinked a couple times "oh, uh can we not go up to your room, we can keep a better eye on them down here besides I don't want to invade your privacy or anything." she said.

"She afraid to be alone with me, she thinks I'll rape her like my brother." He said

"what about that time in the cafeteria." he thought

Flashback

"Hey Gabs, you want to go to the cemetery with me after school?" he asked

She gave him a puzzled look " why?" she asked

"Well today's my brother's birthday, you remember Zac right?" he said

She nodded. "So will you go with me?" he asked

"I would love to Troy, but I...I have to take care of Stella today." she said quickly

"Oh ok." he said sadly.

She got up and started walking towards the door. " where are you going?" he called after her.

"Library, I have to study." she said

END FLASHBACK

"She doesn't want to remember it, she doesn't want anything to do with him, it's all too painful for her."he said

" I was so stupid." he said

He got up from his bed and kicked his desk, which made his lamp fall to the ground and smash into pieces.

" Crap!" he groaned before bending down and starting to pick up the shattered pieces of glass.

"Troy?" he heard his mom call from the bottom of the stairs

"is everything ok up there?" she asked, while walking up to her son's room.

"Troy, what happened ? What did you break?" she asked as she stepped into his room.

"Nothing, I just knocked over my lamp." he said

"be careful don't cut yourself." she said

He nodded.

"So did you fix everything with Gabriella, you know about why she called you Zac and stuff?" she asked

"I mean I can't understand why she would call you Zac-"

He glared at her "Don't play stupid!" he said

"What? Troy you don't talk to you mother that-"

"I can't understand why she would call you Zac." he mocked her

"That's bull, of course you understand. I have the same eyes as Zac, and I look like Zac." he said

"Why would she call me Zac? Because I was like his living ghost which haunted her dreams, Zac raped her and you knew it!" he said

"I just made the biggest mistake of my life, I thought it was some stupid secret so she told me but she told me so loud that the whole school heard, I made her feel like an idiot which is the worst thing I could've done to her." he said

"You knew all along so why couldn't you just tell me?" he asked

"Because it wasn't our place to tell you, we wanted Gabriella to tell you when she was ready." she said.

" yeah well she wasn't and I pushed her into it! Do you not have a heart? You watched me sit at the table being very sad and frustrated about her and mad at her for slapping me and you didn't say anything? What kind of parents are you?" he exclaimed.

"She was crying when she left, do you know what it's like to see someone you love suffer? it breaks my heart to see her like this after everything she's been through it doesn't seem right that she should endure anymore pain but she did and it's all my fault!" he said as tears fell down his cheeks.

His mother was surprised she wasn't used to seeing her son cry before, especially not about some girl.

"Troy, I do know what it's like to have a loved one suffer, when Zac crashed into a tree they brought him to the hospital and I got to see him, he was talking to me for a few seconds before he died, he wanted to stay here with us but the angels where calling him from heaven and he knew it was time, the last thing he said to me was ' mom, take care of Zac and Dylan and tell Gabi I'm sorry.'" said his mom while she cried

" yeah well , sorry doesn't cut it. Sorry doesn't help the fact that I screwed up my chances with the girl of my dreams. Sorry doesn't change the fact that Gabi got raped and that she's never going to be comfortable around guys ever again. I loved Zac I mean he was my brother, my own flesh and blood, but I'm partially glad he died because what if he didn't what would happen the next time he was alone with Gabs or any other girl? He could've killed her." he said

His mom nodded understandingly

" She's lucky she didn't get pregnant otherwise that would've ruined her life she would have to raise a child and go to school." he said then he realized what he said

"Wait she wasn't pregnant right?" he asked

"Right," said his mom.

"All this time I hated her because I thought she was responsible for Zac's death but now I learned that everything happened because of him, if he didn't get drunk Gabi wouldn't of been raped and if he wasn't drunk he wouldn't have crashed into a tree, he would still be here with us." he said

"But Troy he was 17 kids make mistakes, his were deadly but he made a mistake." said his mom

"Yeah, so what, I'm 17 I don't drink, never have, I haven't raped anyone, I don't go to wild house parties because of that I don't want to do that. I love my brother and when I was younger I wanted to be just like him, cool, the guy who gets all the girls but now I don't want anything to do with him . I don't want to end up hurting someone as badly as he did, I would never forgive myself" he

confessed.

"But I'm glad everything that happened did because if it didn't I wouldn't have met a really great girl." he said, smiling.

"You really like Gabriella huh?" asked his mom.

"More then you know I've always liked her but learning this about her past and about all she's been through and the fact that she's been so strong through it all has made me realize something." he said

"What?" she asked eager to know

" I... I might love her." he said

"then what are you still doing here?" she asked his son

"What do you mean?" he asked

"Go get her!" she said before slapping him lightly on the butt.

He turned to look at his mom and glared at her playfully .

"Go,Gabriella's waiting." she said before ushering him out of his room and shoving him out the front door.

Okay what do you think? I thought the ending was pretty good. I still need ideas on a Romantic/Special way of having Troy apologize so if you have anymore ideas please tell me in your reviews ! There are about 2 more chapters left! R&R – Kiki xoxo :)

PS : KKK-DouBLe-KaeKae Sorry this chapter isn't like I said it would be, hope you still like it:)