It had been a painful 4hrs. They seemed to drag on for Gabby as she stood there in the waiting room. The drive to the hospital had been hectic and uncomfortable, but she couldn't feel it. What truly hurt her deep down was that Troy had lied to her. He had never lied and she never knew him to be the type who would lie. The fact that he just couldn't be honest with her, after she had opened her heart to him, hurt too much for words.

She was in the waiting room with Troy's bandmates. Chad was sitting down staring absentmindedly at the tv, Jason was listening to his ipod trying to drain the sounds of the hospital from his mind, Zeke was leaning on the doorway, he looked worried but he had a hint of anger behind his eyes, moreso at himself than Troy.

Gabby had called all of her friends and found that Taylor would be heading down right now with Kelsi but Sharpay and Ryan were with their parents out of state.

Suddenly, they found Troy's doctor walkout of the room. Gabby stood up quickly and all the guys followed.

"Is he okay?" Gabby asked quietly.

"Well, he pumped a lot of drugs into his system, luckily we got most of it out of his system before major damage could be done. He's awake if you would like to go in and see him. But you'll need to go in a few at a time." The doctor said.

"Then, Gabby you should go first." Chad offered.

Gabby shook her head, "I need time before I see him, you guys go first, ok?"

The guys agreed and went in to see him, leaving Gabby out in the waiting room.

About thirty minutes later, they walked out and Gabby was now accompanied with Taylor and Kelsi. Gabby looked to Kelsi and Taylor as they each gave her a reassuring hand squeeze before she got up and walked to Troy's room.

She took a deep breath and opened the door shakily. The pale blue color of the room caught her eyes, then the paisley chairs and the random green plants here and there.

Her eyes fell on Troy. His eyes were shut as if gathering his thoughts in contemplation; he didn't hear her come in.

It took a while for Gabby to fully take in the state Troy was in. He was so different from the Troy Gabby had gotten to know and learned to love. He looked so weak, it was weird, for lack of a better term.

Random wires went to different machines all around the bed, the only one Gabby even recognized was an IV tube. He looked pale and weakened and it took Gabby all she had to look upon him, and not be reminded of her father, and seeing the state he was in years ago. Just thinking about how similar her feelings were now, scared her.

Suddenly, Troy's eyes opened and Gabby saw their curious brilliance shine again. He focused on her in the room and he smiled, noticing she didn't smile back, his smile wavered a bit.

"Hey, how's life?" Troy asked jokingly, hoping to get some kind of reaction from her.

"wow, who knew you could fit so many wires on one person?" he pushed for any kind of reaction, but got none.

"You know, you could come closer to me." He smiled, and watched her cross the room and sit gently on the seat next to the bed.

"So, I got a real tongue lashing from Zeke and the guys, I'm really sorry I put you all through this…"

"Why did you lie to me?" Gabby interjected.

Troy's face blanched, how should he respond? He did lie.

"I know I lied and I'm real sorry…" he said.

"That's not what I asked, why did you lie to me?" Gabby reiterated once more.

"What do you want me to say?" Troy countered.

"I wanna know how you could just stand there and lie to me and tell me flat out you were okay when you deffinatly weren't! How could you just look me in the eye and tell me things were fixed, when they obviously weren't, and yet I still find myself here next to you in the hospital! Why do you insist on hurting yourself?" She cried to him, searching his eyes for some kind of answer, "Why would you insist on hurting me?"

Troy shut his eyes for a moment, letting her words sink in. he would never hurt her, not intentionally, and yet here she was feeling every bit of pain and every sadness he would never wish to inflict on her. It wasn't fair to her and he knew it.

"I'm really, really, really sorry Gabby. If I could turn back time and do things over I would. But what do you want me to do?"

"Why are you asking me? You have led your life just picking a path and following it, not turning back. You picked this road Troy. I didn't do it, the guys didn't, you did. Do whats right."

"I don't think I can." Came Troy's weak reply.

Gabby couldn't believe her ears, "I don't know what to do then. I want to help you Troy, I really do. But this…just brings back these bad memories that I thought I would never have to feel again. I have to go." She wiped a few stray tears away and got up to walk to the door.

"So that's it?"

Gabby turned and faced him again, she could tell he tried to get up but it hurt him too much.

"You're saying its over, we're done just like that?" Troy winced from his attempt to get out of bed.

"I want to be there for you, I really do, but I can't. I'm not strong enough, and neither are you. I thought you were but I guess we are just two weak people wandering around aren't we? I guess we aren't as different as we thought." Gabby opened the door and began to step through.

"I don't want it to be over, Gabby. I love you. I'm sorry." Troy said as Gabby turned and his eyes met hers.

"I know Troy, that's why its so hard. Just please get help Troy." She said and walked out, not looking back.

Troy couldn't accept any more visitors and told the doctor to tell his friends to go home and let him get some rest. He laid there on his bed, listening to the low hum of the tv screen and thinking about Gabby.

He had hurt her, without even meaning to. But for once in his life, his actions didn't affect just him, but the person he loved, and that made him feel worse.

He didn't reprimand her for walking out, he didn't blame her or curse her, in fact, she was stronger then than she had ever been since he had known her. She didn't deserve this, and neither did he.

Just then, the doctor walked in carrying a clipboard to check his vitals.

"Hello, Troy, how are you feeling?" the doctor asked cheerfully.

"Um, I want to get help, for my drug problem. I don't want it to take over my life anymore." Troy said.

The doctor gave an assuring nod, "Well, I'm very proud of you Troy. You know this will be hard, you have to dedicate yourself to this 100."

"I know, but I want to stop this. Its not just about me anymore, but me and those I care about, I need help."

The doctor smiled and nodded. He came back with papers and forms to fill out and instead of leaving the hospital the next day, Troy would be transferring to the rehab clinic.

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