Chapter 11

Troy was picking up Gabriella. It was her first day at East High.

"Troy people are going to laugh at me"

"No they're not, and remember you have me" he took her hand.

"Don't leave my side"

"I won't. I love you Brie"

"I love you even more Troy" they walked to Troy's car and drove off to school.

"Troy I have to go to the principal's office. Could you please tell me the way?"

"Follow me" he took her hand and leaded her through the school to the principal's office.

"I'll wait for you out here" Troy said kissing her cheek.

She nodded and knocked on the door.

"Come in" a voice on the other side of the door said. Gabriella walked in and saw a man looking down in his papers. "And who has we here?" the man asked still looking down his paper.

"Gabriella Montez sir"

"Oh yeah Gabriella" he looked up "….Montez" "You are a straight A student I see"

"Yes sir" he couldn't stop looking at Gabriella like she was an animal in the zoo, he obviously didn't expect to see someone with "that" face.

"Well here's a piece of paper, and your schedule I want you to give the paper to every single one of your teachers for them to sign, you understand"

"Yes sir"

"Good you may leave now, and don't be too late for your first class"

"I won't" Gabriella walked out to Troy with a sad look.

"What's wrong?" Troy asked concerned.

"Nothing he just looked at me like I was a freak"

"Brie you look beautiful no matter what people say or think about you. So what's your first class?"

She looked at her schedule. "English"

"Mine's too. Come I'll show you were it is"

At lunch

Troy and Gabriella walked inside the cafeteria and they walked over to Troy's friends.

"OMG. Who's that freak?" Troy's new friend named Chad asked Troy.

"She's my girlfriend, and she's NOT a freak"

"You mean you're dating 'that'?" he asked as he pointed at Gabriella.

Gabriella ran out of the cafeteria, crying.

"NICE WORK MAN, SEE NOW YOU MADE HER CRY" Troy said angry.

"I didn't know monsters could cry" Chad said laughing.

"Chad be nice" Chad's girlfriend Taylor said, hitting him on the chest.

Troy ran out of the cafeteria too, trying to find Gabriella. He heard people everywhere talking about her.

"Did you see the new girl, she's a freak"

"Are you even sure it's a girl, I mean with that face, it's probably someone who's not even human" it were 2 girls who was making fun of Gabriella.

Troy didn't want to defend her right now, he just wanted to find her and tell her that no matter what she would always have him.

He walked down a hall, when he saw Gabriella crying in a corner.

"Brie don't cry" he said sitting down beside her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder as she kept crying.

"Troy I wanna die, people don't even care about me, and everybody is making fun of me. If I did died I would be with my parents again. You are the only person that would even notice if I left"

"What about Amy?" she looked up at him and he wiped away her tears. "Would you really put her through that, I mean she's only 4 and I actually think you're the person she loves most in the world"

"No I'm not, she loves you more" Gabriella said crying harder.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that if I were you. I heard you talk to her the other day when she had a nightmare, you were just like a mother to her and you still are. You protect her and would do anything for her even though she's not yours and you're not even related to her. Every time we get home from you, she's asks when she's finally going to see you again, and when we moved here, and you weren't here. You were all she talked about. She missed you like crazy, and sometimes I even think she missed you more than I did, even though I know that's not possible. And when she asked when she was going to see you again, and I answered I don't know maybe it'll take some time. She began crying. She loves you Brie. And it would kill her if you died, trust me"

Gabriella just cried not knowing what to say.

"Did you really hear me talk to her that night?" Gabriella asked between her tears.

"Yeah and you were just like a mother, who tries to protect her child. Brie I know you love her and she loves you and so do I. Please stay, it would just break my life even more if you died"

"Troy in the future do you want to get children?"

"Where is this question coming from?"

"I was just wondering, do you?"

"Yeah of course I do and then I would be a better dad than my father ever was"

"And do you see me as the mother of your children?"

"Yeah. Of course I do, you mean the world to me. Why?"

"Because then they might look like me, but actually they won't 'cause I have this face. Troy I want my face, my life and my parents back. I want to see myself in my children and not only see the beauty in them and a monster in myself"

"Babe you have your life, and you might also get your face back, don't let it bother you so much, but nobody can ever bring back your parents, I'm sorry"

"I know nobody can't, I just wish they were here, 'cause right now I really need them more than ever"

That night in Gabriella's dream

Gabriella saw a woman standing by a mirror and walked closer, she wanted to find out who the woman was.

"Mom?" Gabriella asked confused.

She turned around and looked at her daughter. "Yes Hunnie?"

"How is this possible?" Gabriella was still confused.

"You're dreaming sweetie" her mom said with a smile, took her hand and leaded her to the mirror.

"I've got my face back" she said touching her cheeks. She was looking at her old face, the one she liked.

"No" her mother said and Gabriella's faced turn to the burned one she was having right now.

"You haven't Bella you got stuck in a fire and your face got hurt, but you just have to let the old girl somewhere inside you out. You are still the same person, nothing's going to change that"

"But look at me, I look awful mom"

"No you don't Hunnie and Troy doesn't think so either, he loves you. And isn't that all that matters, be strong for him. And do it for me and your dad, 'cause it's hurting to see you like this. You got through the accident with me and your dad, so you should be able to get through this too. It isn't that hard, just trust yourself, the confident, loving, happy and beatiful you is still inside of you somewhere. You just have to show people she isn't gone"

"But everybody makes fun of me" Gabriella had tears in her eyes.

"I know, but don't let it bother you so much, there will always be such people in high school and you're almost done with school, so try to make the best out of the year. You owe that to yourself. And something good is going to happen soon"

"What is it?"

"You'll find it really close to you. I love you" and with those words her mom disappeared.

"MOM?" she was gone. "I love you too"

Gabriella woke up.

Gabriella's POV

Could I really stay strong for my parents or at least try and especially could I be it for Troy?

And was my mom telling the truth that something good was going to happen? Well I guess I just had to wait and see.