Sorry :( i know you probably hate me a lot right now but I had two baby showers (my sister due on August 3rd) and a TON of graduation parties including my (other) sister's and then I sorta just slept for a week...I was tired...
what?
I also wish that I had spent a little bit more time on the last chapter..their first kiss could have been a bit more special but oh well...most (if not all) confusion SHOULD be cleared up by the end of this little chapter here...enough of my rambling...
Chapter time...(trying to get pumped enough to write a chapter)..!!
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Gabriella blinked. "Whoa.."
Troy sat up and looked himself over before silently cheering in his head. He was Troy Bolton. The only Troy Bolton. The only Troy Bolton in the only Troy Bolton body.
Then the important facts of what just happened reared their ugly head and rained on his mental parade.
Important fact number one... Troy Bolton was now Troy Bolton once again.
Important fact number two... Troy Bolton was now Jack Bolton's, only son.
Important fact number three... Troy Bolton's list of important facts now lost its rein of having the same amount of characters in each fact.
Important fact number four... Gabriella's intelligence must have worn off on him because he somehow new the amount of characters in each fact. OK maybe that one wasn't that bad.
But it was a bit strange... Getting into a rut because your sentences did not have the same number of characters as another? That could turn into an OCD problem of counting the amount of characters in each sentence said. Of course this was a "whoa" moment and not a moment to being worrying about an unlikely case of OCD.
Then he remembered kissing Gabriella Montez and went right back to cheering and possibly scaring off the important facts and OCD worries.
Gabriella was staring at Troy like he was from outer space.
She then looked over herself and had a similar mental moment as Troy Bolton just had. Except Gabriella remained laying on the ground.
Troy scooted over to Gabriella and smiled sheepishly at her expression.
On one hand she looked very happy after sharing his mental moment.
On the other hand the look of joy and realization on her beautiful face made Troy's heart beat at a three hundred-sixty-two miles per hour to the extent that it almost rammed out through his ribs and out of his chest. This was slightly bad because he did not want to get blood on Gabriella...again...
"Um...can you help me up?" The blush on her face gave him butterflies in his stomach. Troy gently put on hand on her back and the other on her arm and but her in a upright position.
She smiled at him and he returned it..a hint of sadness in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" She asked, concern in her voice.
He sighed. "We have to go make the call before he gets home."
Gabriella nodded curtly and he stood, offering her his hand to get up. She smiled and took his hand and nodded in thanks.
"So..I guess this means I get to make the call...I guess it's better that way..in case they need more information." Troy stated as they started to walk...or more likely limp towards Troy's home. Gabriella took a deep breath.
"Your right..and Troy?"
Troy turned when he noticed that she had stopped walking. He frowned. "Yea?"
"I'm sorry about..everything.. If I had known what you were going through I would never had been so cruel towards you.."
Troy looked dumbfounded for a moment. "You're apologizing to me?" Troy shook his head exasperatingly. "Gabriella, I've been a total jerk to you ever since I met you to protect myself from someone who I knew would hurt me anyways... I guess I was just hoping to lessen the pain but... I was really just being selfish..and I'm sorry for that. If it weren't for you I would probably be sitting in my room worrying if I could do something to please a monster." He sighed.
Gabriella hesitated before entwining her delicate fingers into his rather rough ones. He squeezed her hand and smiled sadly at her.
"It'll get better Troy, I'll do all that I can to make it that way, I promise." Gabriella layed her head on his arm and sighed. Things would change. They had to.
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Troy and Gabriella walked hand in hand up to the Bolton household. They had managed to not think about what they were doing as they stepped inside.
Jack Bolton was home.
Jack Bolton was not happy.
"Troy.." He growled. Gabriella noticed the empty beer bottles laying around. They weren't there when they had left. "What did I tell you about hanging around Montez Troy?"
Troy's first actions were to gently pull Gabriella behind him protectively. Gabriella was touched, but also worried for Troy's well being. Hey gave her hand one last comforting squeeze before snatching the phone that was conveniently placed on the table by the door by yours truly on their way out.
Jack gave one last glare before launching himself at Troy. Gabriella screamed as Troy jumped out of the way, pulling her with him.
Troy guided the shaking Gabriella underneath the coffee table and gave her the phone. Jack let out another bellow of anger and tackled Troy to the ground, punching and kicking. The blue-eyed teen somehow managed to pull away and for once in his life, fought back.
One particular hit sent Troy into the stairs where he sat for a moment processing the moment. He stayed there until he heard Gabriella scream.
"TROY!!"
He looked down to see Jack coming towards him, so angry that steam could've been coming from his ears. Troy slid down just in time to dodge a punch that hit the stair that his head had been resting on a second before.
"Gabriella! The phone!" He cried trying to keep his balance still dodging hits.
Gabriella looked down at the phone in her hands. Her eyes widened and she dialed the one call that could save Troy Bolton.
But then Jack did the one thing that Troy would not tolerate. Ever.
He went for Gabriella.
Everything seemed to go in slow motion then. Gabriella's eye's widening at Coach's figure approaching rapidly.
"DON'T YOU DARE YOU LITTLE SL-"
His setance was stopped short when Troy rammed all of his weight into Jack's side, sending him flying to the wall, Troy stumbling with him.
Gabriella seized the moment to dial the quickest number she could.
911
"911 what's your emergency?" Came a slightly nasally voice.
"Please!" She sobbed. "We need help! My friend's father his attacking us!!"
"OK Ma'am, please remain calm," The woman herself seemed to be talking rather urgently, "What is the address of the house?"
"Uh..I don't know the house number!!" She cried. "It's on Bailey Rode, there's a station wagon in the grass front, it looks kinda old and beat up and there's a black chevy cavalier in the driveway. Please hurry!!"
"OK ma'm the police are on their way would you like me to stay on the phone with you?"
"Please.." She whimpered as another blow was sent to Troy's head.
"OK sweetie what's your name?" The woman's voice was suddenly soothing..
"Gabriella Montez"
"And what's you're friend's name?"
"TROY!" Gabriella screamed as Jack held him against the wall by his neck.
"Gabriella? Are you alright?"
"Please hurry!" She sobbed. "He's choking Troy!"
"The police should be arriving very soon..honey can your tell me your age and Troy's age?"
"I-I'm 16 and so is Troy." She slid herself closer to the wall as Jack realized who she was talking to and dropped Troy to face her. Troy slid to the floor, barely conscious.
She let out a blood curdling scream when Jack grabbed her arm and threw the phone against the wall, breaking it completely. He then threw Gabriella against the wall. Sharp pain racked her bones when her side rammed against the wall. Tears poured down her cheeks when Jack pulled his leg back to kick her.
She closed her eyes and waited for the pain that would never come
Gabriella opened her eyes when Jack's scream of pain filled the house as Troy used as much effort he had left to stab a shard of broken class into Jack's side.
The sorry excuse of a human fell to the ground clutching his side. Gabriella crawled over to the nearly conscious Troy and pulled his head onto her lap.
"It'll be OK Troy" Her voice broke. "Remember? I promised."
The police arrived right before Jack could get up.
They were horrified at what they saw.
Troy lay limp in a shaking Gabriella's lap. While blood was dripping from his head, and tears poored down her cheeks. Bruises were clearly visible on both of the children and their helpless looks made it that much worse.
Jack lay with his hands clutching his side, blood was visible as well as bruises on him too. He, however, did not look helpless at all. His eyes were filled with hate and of course pain. But nobody would pity him. They knew he didn't deserve a damn thing from them.
"Jack Bolton you are under arrest for abusing a minor, and possible attempted murder. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford one..." The officer's voiced trailed off as he guided Jack out the door and more officers and paramedics flooded into the house.
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Gabriella sat in and ambulance with paramedic's checking her over.
Troy was already being rushed to the hospital.
A large, and rather intimidating, man dressed in black came over to Gabriella.
"Gabriella Montez, my name is Detective Parkins, I will need to know a full account of what happened inside that house today."
Gabriella just stared before stating. "I want to go see Troy." She hopped off the back of the truck and head towards her car.
"Miss Montez, I need you to tell me what happened today." He said striding next to her. Gabriella stopped by her car and opened the door, ignoring the pain in her arm.
"Miss Montez.." He said again.
Gabriella slid into her car and right before she closed the door and drove off to Troy, she said one word. "Realization."