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Chapter 10: You Shouldn't Be Here

A WEEK LATER

Gabriella sat in her room reliving the shooting for the thousandth time. She sighed, annoyed at the fact that she was thinking about it again.

"I need to get out," she said to herself. With that she picked up the phone and called Taylor, who was back from winter break. It had just happened that the shooting occurred a week before winter break was to begin so Gabriella was going to be home for the next few weeks, and a bunch of her friends were back in town.

THAT NIGHT

Gabriella and Taylor walked into Les Deux arms linked. Unknown to Troy and Chad, Taylor had made friends with a club promoter the last time they were there, and he let them into the club, even though they were underage.

"So what first?" Taylor asked.

"The bar…duh!" Gabriella exclaimed and the girls laughed. Taylor ordered a shot of rum, and Gabriella two shots of vodka.

"I don't know how you drink this much and never get sick," Taylor said to her friend.

"Well I am very talented," she replied and they laughed. They did the shots and Gabriella did both not hesitating one bit. About two hours later and as well as a few cocktails later, they were pretty drunk, but Gabriella was worse than Taylor. It wasn't like she couldn't walk, but considering the things she was saying and doing it was pretty obvious. At one point Taylor and Gabriella went to get more drinks. They had both ordered a double vodka and cranberry. The bartender handed them the drinks and she turned to see Chad and Troy.

"Gabriella!" they said in unison shocked.

"I'm going to dance," Taylor said, knowing that she was about to be excluded and Gabriella nodded.

"Oh my god! Chad! Troy! I have missed you guys so much!" she exclaimed hugging

them.

"Gabriella you saw us yesterday," Troy said looking at her like she was crazy.

"Oh yeah! You are right!"

"What are you doing here?" Chad asked.

"Partying…duh."

"Yeah, clearly, whatcha drinking?" Troy asked.

"Nothing," she lied.

"Can I see," Chad asked.

"One sec." She put the drink to her lips and downed like it was water. Both of the guys

jaw's dropped. "Here," she smiled handing the empty glass to Chad, and he grabbed it out of her hands and put it on the bar.

"You are drunk," Troy said.

"Well Troy you always have been an observant one," she replied.

"Yeah," he mumbled.

"But not drunk enough! So you guys want anything! The bartender loves me." She smiled and turned to the bar. "Hey Jack! Can I get another one?"

"Sure thing sweetie," he replied and she smiled.

"No. She has had enough," Troy said to him and took her away from the bar.

"Troy! What the fuck do you think you are doing!"

"I was going to ask you the same thing. You are 18 years old!"

"You are being so hypocritical right now!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, why is that?"

"Because you both took me out to a club and ordered drinks for me," she shot back, thinking she had proven them wrong.

"Yeah, it was okay, because we were watching over you, making sure that you were okay."

"What so now I need a babysitter?" she replied with attitude. "Newsflash I am an adult, I can take care of myself."

"Clearly," Troy shot back sarcastically.

"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked getting angrier.

"Well considering you can hardly stand up, it's pretty clear that you shouldn't drink without someone around who will take care of you if something happens, let alone in a place like this," Troy replied.

"Troy is right Gabriella, you shouldn't be here," Chad said calmly.

"Well then he is a fucking retard," she said angry.

"Hey! Don't you dare talk to me like that!" Troy exclaimed.

"Watcha gonna do about it?" She asked with attitude. "You work for my dad."

"Yeah, and does he know you are here?" he shot back.

"Of course not. Look guys I would really love to continue this wonderful conversation, but see there is this guy and he is fine as hell and he is waiting for me." She started to walk off but Troy grabbed her by the arm.

"Troy! Let go of me."

"You are not going over and talking to that guy!"

"And why not?" she replied with attitude.

"Because all that guy wants to do is fuck you, and we know you don't want that."

"Psh, he's fine I would do him."

"Gabriella, do you have any idea what you are saying! You are drunk! You can't do things like that when you are drunk!" he exclaimed.

"Oh please Troy I have been hooking up with guys when I am drunk since I was 14. And please you of all people should not be talking." He rolled his eyes at her. The alcohol started to get to her at a higher level and she began to get dizzy. She put her head down, and her hair fell in front of her face.

"Gabriella." Chad said and she didn't respond. "Gabriella!"

"Hmm?" she said in a hazy and tired tone looking up. She stumbled and Troy caught her before she hit the ground. "Ok I cant take this, go get Taylor, she is going home," he said to Chad and he started to walk away.

"What!" Gabriella suddenly exclaimed, her head popping up. Troy stopped and looked at her.

"Damn right, you are leaving."

"But what about the guy…" she whined.

"Gabriella. No." She gave him a look of disgust and tried to walk away but he grabbed her by the waist holding her back.

"Troy let go of me!"

"No," he said forcefully, and she froze scared. After a few seconds her body became limp again and she put her head down, she was clearly out of it.

Meanwhile…

Chad went up to Taylor and pulled away from the guys she was dancing with.

"Chad. What…" she asked confused.

"How could you let her do this Taylor? You are her best friend!" he exclaimed.

"What the hell are you talking about Chad?" she asked confused.

"Do you seriously think she should be drinking like that after everything she has been through!"

"Everything she has been through? I have no idea what you are talking about," Taylor said looking at him like he was crazy.

"Ohio State…shooting…30 people died…have you been on Mars for the past 2 weeks?"

Taylor rolled her eyes.

"Wow Chad you are really over reacting. Gabriella's fine, I mean of course it upset her but she didn't know anybody who died and she was all the way across campus when it happened," Taylor replied and Chad's jaw dropped. "What?"

"Is that what she told you? That she was all the way across campus?"

"Yeah," she said looking at him confused.

"Taylor she was in one of the classrooms, she saw five people, including her favorite professor die," he replied seriously and her eyes went wide.

"Oh my god," she said in shock.

"I can't believe she lied to you," Chad said shaking his head. Taylor didn't say anything else she just made her way to the bar, with Chad following right behind her.

"Come on Gabriella lets go," Taylor said coming up behind her. Gabriella looked up to see Taylor, Chad, and Troy standing there.

"What is with you people? I'm fine!"

"No you are not, come on Gabriella time to go," Taylor said.

"Why?"

"Cause you are wasted," Taylor said.

"Yeah so are you."

"No, I am tipsy," Taylor replied.

"Whatever," Gabriella shot back.

"Gabriella, go home. Now." Chad said.

"Whatever," Gabriella said rolling her eyes and groaning. She began to walk away and Taylor followed her. Chad and Troy looked at each other in shock.

"She told Taylor she was all the way across campus when it happened," Chad informed Troy. He sighed sadly and shook his head. "I wonder how much she had?" Troy leaned over the bar.

"Henry," he called.

"Hey Troy, what's up man?" the guy fashionable guy in his mid 30s asked walking up. "Hey Chad. Can I do anything for you guys?"

"Yeah, actually you can. Is there any way you could tell me how many drinks Gabriella had tonight," Troy asked.

"Umm, I cant tell you how many she specifically had, but I can see how many were on her tab," he replied.

"Yeah, that would be great," Troy replied. Henry pressed a few buttons on the computer.

"Umm 3 shots, 10 drinks," he replied. Troy and Chad sighed annoyed and upset.

"How many of them were vodka," Chad asked. Troy looked at him confused. "She only drinks vodka. Taylor doesn't." Troy nodded and looked back at Henry who was looking at the computer again.

"Two of the shots and six of the drinks," Henry replied and Troy and Chad groaned. "Why?"

"Nothing. Thanks man," Troy replied.

"No problem." With that Henry walked away and Chad and Troy looked at each other.

"Eight shots of vodka man!" Troy exclaimed.

"She needs a reality check," Chad said.

"No kidding," Troy grumbled.

A FEW DAYS LATER

Troy sighed and closed his phone before running his hand through his hair.

"Hey man, what's up," Chad asked, walking into Troy's dressing room.

"Just got off the phone with Henry…" he started.

"Yeah…"

"Guess who was at Les Duex Friday and Saturday?" he asked annoyed.

"Who?"

"Gabriella." Chad's jaw dropped.

"Was she drunk?"

"Wasted apparently. He said she was making out with some guy that must have been 10 years older than her, dancing on a table, and threw up multiple times," he replied and Chad sighed. Chad pulled out his phone and began to scroll through the phonebook.

"Who are you calling?" Troy asked.

"Taylor," he replied.

"You have Taylor's number?" Troy asked, furrowing his eyebrows with a slight smirk on his face. Chad flipped him off and Troy couldn't help but laugh. He put the phone on speaker and Troy and Chad listened to it ring a few times before Taylor picked up.

"Hello," she answered.

"Taylor? It's Chad," he replied.

"Oh hey," she said enthusiastically.

"And Troy," Troy called from a few feet away.

"Hey Troy," she replied.

"Hey."

"So what's up?" she asked.

"Were you with Gabriella on Friday and Saturday?" Chad asked.

"No, she said she had to do something with her family," she replied and Chad and Troy looked at each other in shock and sadness, before Troy groaned. "Why?"

"She lied to you Taylor," Troy said annoyed.

"What?" she asked in shock.

"She lied to you," he repeated, clearer.

"What? How do you know?" Taylor asked, confused and shocked.

"Troy just got a call from a club promoter at Hyde. She was there Friday and Saturday," Chad said and Taylor gasped.

"What? Are you sure?" she asked in shock.

"Yeah. She was apparently acting up too," Troy replied and Taylor sighed.

"Look guys, yeah it upsets me that she lied to me, but Gabriella's been through a lot, I understand if she wants to let loose," Taylor reasoned.

"She's not letting loose, she is drinking away her problems," Troy sighed.

"You worry to much Troy," she replied.

"What do you expect? She's like my little sister," he replied.

"You sure about that?" she replied, and if they could see her, they would see that she was raising her eyebrows. Chad smirked and held back a laugh.

"What does that mean?" Troy asked completely and utterly confused.

"Nothing Troy," she chuckled. "Well I gotta go. But don't worry guys it will be fine."

"Ok."

"Talk to you later."

"Bye," they replied and hung up the phone.

"Why doesn't she think that I don't think of Gabs as a little sister?" Troy asked confused. Chad smirked and shrugged.

"I know that look. Do you know something that I don't?"

"There's a lot of things I know that you don't," Chad replied and Troy gave him a look and Chad laughed. "Don't worry about it."

"Ok," Troy replied, a little weirded out. "But anyways, what are we going to do about Gabs?"

"Talk to her. She will listen to you more than she will listen to me." Troy just nodded.

"Well I gotta go. See ya later man."

"Yeah."

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