A/N: I just decided to try something completely different. This story is LOOSELY based off the book "Someone Dies, Someone Lives" by Lurlene McDaniel.
Disclaimer: I don't own and/or am affiliated with any of the characters, the movie, music, etc. I also don't own Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or Kit Kat.
October 31st, 2005 3:15 am
Finally, after four hours of tests and questions, Troy was able to sneak into the room. After she woke up, Troy had called the nurses who in turn called the doctors who alerted Gabi's parents everything was going to be just fine.
Tears of joy were shared throughout the waiting room. Most of them were shed by her parents but a few were shared by the blue eye boy as he listened to the doctors tell them every little detail that would soon be forgotten.
Following the now normal routine, Troy scrubbed and gloved up before snapping the face mask into place. Throwing open the door with a bright grin, he was relieved to see Gabriella still wide awake perched on her bed.
"Well good morning sweetheart." Just barely catching the roll of her eyes, he stepped up to the bed and kissed her forehead before pulling back.
Taking a seat, he waited for her to speak, move, or do something to get the spotlight of him. "Mom and dad told me you've been here everyday you could while I was in the coma."
Shrugging his shoulders, Troy shook his head. "I was here but I was more worried about you than anything."
Smiling, she shook her head. "Troy Connor Bolton you should have been at school; not trapping yourself in this dreaded place. I bet you're so behind on homework and basketball practice."
Chuckling at her need to rant and rave, he shook his head. "I'm quite caught up on everything, missy. Most days I sat in here and watched you sleep; every now and then your parents would physically drive me home so that I would get a decent night's sleep."
"I guess . . . I just want to say thanks. I mean you didn't have to do that but . . ." Trailing off, she looked down at her hands.
"Gabi, I wanted to be here. You're my girlfriend and there's no place I would have rather been than sitting in this chair gripping your hand praying that you'd be all right."
Tears made their way down her cheeks as she shook her head. "Man I'm such a girl."
Hastily wiping the tears away, Troy stood up and took a seat on the bed. "I happened to love the fact that you're a girl."
Her giggles made him smile before taking her hand in his. "You know, I heard everything you said while I was in the coma."
His head snapped up as his eyes found hers. Shaking his head, he rubbed his finger over her knuckles. "You heard everything?"
Nodding her head, she tried to keep the grin off her face. "And all I've got to say is that I love you too, Troy."
The grin immediately went to his face as he dipped and through the mask the two shared a kiss. "I love you too Gabriella."
Situating himself on the bed, Troy wrapped his arms around her so that her head was lying on his chest. Troy kissed the top of her head before closing his eyes.
"Sleep tight my princess. Sweet dreams await you." And with that, Troy slept well for the first time in nine days.
10:00 am
Feeling someone move, his eyes snapped open and grinned when he realized who was moving. Leaning down, he let his lips graze her cheek before moving closer to her ear.
"I don't know about you, but I slept so well last night." Her giggle rang out into the room before turning around and slapping his shoulder.
"Troy knock it off. But to tell you the truth, it's so much sleep on someone rather than sleeping on a pillow."
The two shared a laugh before the door was thrown open and two doctors came strolling in. They shook their heads before walking up to the bedside.
"You two look rather cozy together . . ." Dr. Ramos pointed out as Troy and Gabriella laughed.
"Sure am but what do I owe this pleasure of seeing you two here this morning?" Gabriella's eyes rose as the two men looked at the teenagers.
"We wanted to come and cheek on you this morning. How are you doing now that you're out of a nine day coma?"
Gabriella grinned before lacing her fingers with Troy's. "Oh I'm just dandy. I mean I caught up on my sleep and everything."
Smirking, Troy shook his head as his girlfriend continued her ramble. "Gabriella, we need to know how you're really doing." The doctors looked impatient with her as she smirked.
Sighing, she nodded her head. "I'm doing fine."
"That's good to hear." Nodding his head, Dr. Cramer announced.
"Now when can I be moved out of ICU and into a regular room? When can my family and friends stop wearing the hideous scrubs?" Gabriella spoke the questions faster than Troy could wrap his head around them.
"We want to keep you in ICU a few more days just to make sure everything is good; by the end of the week, you should be moved back into your room unless another complication comes up. As for the hideous scrubs, they can stop wearing those when you get moved to your other room." Gabi grinned at Troy as he smiled.
"If you two have no other questions, we will see you both later." Nodding their heads, the doctors left the two in silences.
Troy wigged a little to get more comfortable as Gabriella stayed silent. Before he knew it, tears were streaming down her face and onto his hands.
"Gabi, hey what's wrong?" Not saying anything, Troy pulled her closer to his chest and rubbed her back to calm her down.
"Brie, what's wrong?" Coming up with a new name from her longer version name, Troy kissed the side of her head.
Taking a deep breath, Gabriella turned so she was in Troy's arms. "I guess it didn't hit me how serious this all was. I could have died Troy."
Nodding his head somberly, Troy whole heartedly agreed with that statement. "There were days where I was coming in here to make sure you were still breathing. But the thing is you didn't die Gabi. You're sitting here talking to me."
"I know but I can't help but think about how worried you were these past few days. I heard you talking to me but I couldn't get through the fog to open my eyes." More tears escaped her eyes as I wiped them away.
"Gabi listen to me, your body needed time to kill the bacteria that were hurting you. I got to sit here day in and day out just listening to you breath. That right there gave me so much hope you would make it through whatever." Smiling, she slowly shook her head before looking into his eyes.
"Do you know what I want right now?" Her bright grin caused him to laugh.
"What's that?"
"Candy . . . its Halloween after all." Pretending to think about it, Troy smiled.
"Let me see what I can do and I'll try to sneak some back in here for you later. But now, Brie, you must close your pretty little eyes and sleep for a little bit. I have errands to do."
Pouting her lips, Gabriella watched him kiss her forehead and give her a little wave before walking from the room.
Giggling, she laid back onto the pillow before closing her eyes, allowing her body to relax and fall asleep.
3:00 pm
After getting the clearance from both doctors as well as her parents, Troy held a book close to his body as well as a gift bag. Rolling his eyes, he took the careful time to scrub and glove in and masked up before strolling through the door to the room where his princess awaited.
"So he finally returns . . . I was getting worried about you." Her cheerfulness had returned as he placed the gifts in the corner.
"Sorry I had to do some stuff before I could return. How was your nap?" Leaning over the bed, he kissed her through the mask before pulling back.
"It was good but lunch was absolutely awful. I tried getting Melinda to get me a double cheeseburger but she shot me down." Pouting, she looked over in the corner where Troy had laid the gifts. "What did you bring me?"
Looking over his shoulder, he suppressed his grin before putting his hands in his back pocket. "What makes you think it's for you?"
Her face showed the hurt and her hand immediately swept outward successfully hitting him. "That was mean. I thought you would be nice to me since I just woke up and saved you from complete boredom."
"You're right; I'm sorry Gabriella." Shaking his head, he rolled his eyes before looking at her.
"You'll know now for next time." Pausing, she pressed her lips together before puckering them for a kiss.
Happy to kiss her, Troy leaned down and kissed her before pulling back. "So what did you bring me?"
Realizing he was dealing with a kid in a candy store, Troy laughed. "Hm . . . a little of this and a little of that."
"Troy . . ." Dragging out his name in a whine she looked at him with her big puppy dog eyes.
"What do you want?" Rolling her eyes, Gabriella thought a minute before a thought popped into her mind.
"Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat; if you don't I will cry, and I will call the FBI." Quite proud of herself, Gabriella grinned brightly while Troy was laughing so hard at her five year old song.
"Wow and now I'm dating a five year old." Laughing, Gabriella shook her head.
"Come on Troy; what did you bring me?" She asked as he sighed before walking over to the corner.
"This and this are for you." Handing over the book and the gift bag, he took a seat and waited for her to open both.
"Ooooohhhh you do really love me." Taking out the Kit Kat and Reese's Peanut Butter cups, she grinned.
"I snuck them in . . ." Grinning, he motioned for her to open the other one.
"Oh Troy you didn't have to do this." Flipping through the scrapbook, Gabriella got tears in her eyes while looking at all the pictures.
Sitting on the side of the bed, he wiped her tears away before motioning to the pictures. "My mom thought it would be good for you to see more of Nathan. She suggested I bring this up to you."
"I love it. Thanks Troy." Pushing forward, their lips met in a sweet kiss.
"Not a problem. Now come on; I'm going to tell you the stories about each of these."
Flipping to the beginning, the two sat there and laughed about all the stories Troy would tell her. The rest of the afternoon, the two kept thanking Him that she was sitting laughing in that very room at that very moment.
So I had a break from classes and decided to type this up. I'm so glad you guys are loving this story. If at any time, you have ideas just PM or writing them in the review box. I'll try my hardest to work them in. Feedback would be awesome and thank you again to all my faithful readers and new readers. All your reviews and comments mean the world to me!!!