"So there's nothing that you can do?" Troy looked at the nurse with a sad expression on his face. His Gabriella was groaning in pain on the little cot that she was sprawled on and the nurse couldn't do anything about it.

"No… I'm sorry, Troy… I can't tell whether its broken or not, your going to have to take her into the hospital so they can run some x-rays and tests." Troy sighed and nodded his head. He didn't want to take Gabriella places because he knew it would hurt to move her. But he will it if it means that she could get better.

"Okay… I'll take her there." Troy walked towards Gabriella and stroked her cheek. "Come on, sweetie, we need to go to the hospital to examine your foot." Troy looked at her sympathetically.

"Umm, Troy… I heard, I have the van ready outside, I'll drive you guys there." Troy turned and saw that it was Mr. Eagan was talking. He smiled and nodded his head. "Thanks… Now, come on Gabi…" Gabriella looked at him and made a face that he knew she was bracing herself for the pain. Troy just smiled sadly and picked her up as gently as he could, bridal style. She rested her chin on his shoulder and tried to not wince from the pain of her foot dangling and moving around. Troy carried her through the lobby and they saw that all of the kids and grown-ups were still waiting there, sympathetically. All the kids waved goodbye to their counselor and shouted her name. "Bye, Miss Montez! Get better!" She smiled and waved weakly back at them before being carried outside to the evil rain again.

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Troy waited in the waiting room and closed his eyes. He was very tired and worried. Gabriella was in the hospital room getting examined. He hadn't heard anything for awhile so he imagined she was scared. He put his head in his hands and sighed, he needed to stay awake, but it was so hard to not fall asleep right then and there.

"Troy! Troy!?" Troy looked up and saw both of his parents running towards him with very worried expressions. He stood up and his mother grabbed him by the shoulders. "Oh my god, are you alright… they said you got hurt." Troy looked confused and shook his head.

"No, mom, I'm fine… Its Gabriella… she's the one that was hurt."

Mrs. Bolton looked down. "The poor thing… what happened to her?" She looked up to meet her sons eyes. Troy sighed and explained everything to his parents.

"So I ran and I had to get her foot unstuck… it was so painful for her, she thought she broke it… so I took her in to the nurse and they said they couldn't do anything, that we had to go to a hospital to get it examined… so here we are…" Troy played with his hands as he just got more worried thinking about his Gabriella in there, by herself… with a bunch of strange doctors.

Jack and Lucille Bolton sighed and shook their heads. They liked Gabriella, she was a nice girl… they thought it was cruel that this had happened to her.

"My baby! Where's my baby!?" Troy stood up as he saw Miss Montez and another man coming down the hallway and to Troy. She stood in front of Troy… se was holding this mans hand and she looked frightened.

Troy just shrugged that off and talked. "Gabriella, hurt her foot… she's in the hospital room getting examined." Troy smiled a weak smile and turned around as his name was called.

"Mr. Bolton… Gabriella would like to see you." The doctor smiled and walked back in the room. Troy turned to the parents and motioned his head to the room. "Come on… you can stand behind." He walked off and into the room with everyone following.

Troy walked over to see Gabriella laying on the bed as a nurse was wrapping her foot. The parents stood in the back of the room, they could see Gabriella but Gabriella couldn't see them… there was a curtain in her way. Gabriella sighed and held out her hand. Troy took it and smiled gently.

"How you feeling?" She just closed her eyes and shook her head. "Bad…"

The nurse spoke. "She sprained her ankle… nothing too bad, I think the reason that she was in so much pain is because she believed it to be something way worse then it was, causing her body to react and make that pain. From the rain and all, I'm sure it was pretty scary, so that's what triggered it." She smiled and finished wrapping Gabriella's foot.

Gabriella sighed. "I want to go back to the cabin… can we go?" Gabriella looked at Troy. He smiled. "Yeah, of course we can…" The nurse spoke once more. "Mr. Bolton, please make sure she doesn't run around or walk much… have her rest for about a week or two… we don't want her walking a lot."

Troy nodded and smiled. "Come on, Gabs…" Gabriella held her hands out in front of her and wound them around his neck as Troy picked her up easily. The parents quickly scurried out of the room and in time for Gabriella to still not see them. Troy walked slowly out, making sure he wasn't hurting her foot. He walked out in the hall and saw all the parents watching closely. Gabriella took her head off of Troy's chest and looked at her mom and the man that was holding her hand.

"What the heck…" Gabriella spoke in shock as he saw this strange man holding her mother's hand. She sat up in Troy's arms a little more. "Mom… who is that?" Gabriella pointed to the black haired, tall looking man. He gave a sad expression ad looked at Gabriella's mother.

"Gabriella, how are you feeling? Are you in pain?" He mother questioned but Gabriella cut her off. "Mom… why don't you introduce me to your… boyfriend." Gabriella said the word 'boyfriend' like it was some evil word that never should have been spoken. Filled with disgust and sickness.

Marie looked down and shut her eyes. "Gabriella, this is Rick." She spoke quietly and softly. Gabriella just closed her eyes as a single tear ran down her face. She just cringed and out her face in Troy's neck, sniffling. She spoke loud enough for everyone to hear. "Troy… take me home…" Troy kissed the top of her head and nodded.

"Mom… call us tomorrow and we can all… 'talk.'… see you then.' Gabriella wound her arms around Troy's neck tight as he turned around and carried her down the hall… leaving two confuse parents and one… guilty parent.

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Gabriella breathed in sunny fresh air as she walked out to the picnic table on crutches. Her and Troy were meeting Troy's parents for a little picnic lunch outside from 1:00 to 3:00. They had a little day off since they were repairing one of the buildings of the camp. One got hit by a tree and there's many broken windows and doors… not too much damage, but damage enough.

Gabrielle set her crutches on the ground and smiled as Lucille handed her a plate and cup filled with food and drinks. Troy came and sat by Gabriella and Jack and Lucille sat across from them both. Gabriella smiled at the parents in front of her. They fixed Troy's plate for him and loved him so much. She loved the sight of it all. Oh how she had wished that was her mom and dad again… together and all happy.

"So…" Lucille settled down and plopped a grape in her mouth. "What did you guys want to talk to us about?" She smiled and listened. Troy just smiled and took Gabriella's hand under the table. "Well… Gabriella and I are dating." Troy smiled and looked at Gabriella. She smiled back and looked at the parents.

They both had huge grins on their faces and they spoke. "Yes! Oh my gosh, we thought you guys were but we couldn't tell… were so happy for you two." Lucille smiled.

Troy smiled to and took a bite out of his sandwich. "Thanks mom, dad…"

Gabriella smiled and looked down at her food. She wasn't very hungry but she didn't want to be rude so she ate a bite out of the sandwich.

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"So, Gabriella… while the boys go and play basketball, how about me and you stay and chat." Gabriella smiled. She would love to stay and chat with someone, especially if that person was a women and she was a mother. Gabriella always wanted to look up to someone besides her mother, someone she could talk to and speak freely with. Maybe that was Lucille…

"Oh, yeah, sure… I'd love to." Gabriella situated herself on the table better and watched Troy and Jack walk away to the basketball court that was only about 30 feet away.

"So Gabriella… I want to know… what happened last night with you and your mother… I don't mean to be rude, but… it just looked like you were so sad… what happened?" Gabriella smiled sadly and fiddled with the end of her little yellow summer dress… it was her favorite dress… her daddy had given it to her just a week before he had died. She sighed and spoke with Lucille.

"Well, it's a long story, but… my father died barely a year ago. So I guess my mom has been… dating someone. She never bothered to talk to me about it or even ask me how I feel. She just said one day 'oh Gabriella, I have a date tonight, see ya!' I never really thought she was serious. I just thought it was some little thing she was doing… I never knew it was that serious…" Gabriella sighed again and continued to talk. "I guess you could say I never really had the greatest childhood… I was picked on… I was bullied… my family had financial problems…I got hurt a lot… I was clumsy… I never really had friends… I was very lonely. My dad was the only thing I ever had. I could have just walked into a door and be in total pain and my dad would walk in the room and immediately make things better. He brightened my day like you wouldn't believe. He always knew how to make me feel better… I loved him so much." Gabriella sniffed and tried to not cry.

"Ever since the incident… things were never the same between my mom and I." Gabriella looked up at Lucille, to see a look of concern on her face.

"Gabriella… what incident?"

Gabriella breathed in air and closed her eyes.

"I… I was almost raped."

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