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A/N: I'm really sorry I've been leaving you with so many cliffhangers lately. Thanks so much for all the reviews! This chapter is for littledarlingdesi14, she sent me the sweetest PM!!!!! Thanks again Desiree!!! Enjoy…

Last Time…

Finally they arrived at the hospital. When they walked through the doors of the waiting Mrs. Montez immediately rushed over to her daughter and husband, who was holding her granddaughter. Gabriella sat in the chair her arms wrapped around her stomach, her face, stained with tears, looking down at the door, shaking and unblinking.

"She's been like this since I got here." Mr. Montez explained. "She hasn't moved or spoken since."

Mrs. Montez sat down next to Gabriella and rubbed her back,

"Gabriella honey, it's alright, Troy's going to be ok." She soothed. Gabriella still remained silent as more tears fell from her eyes. The Bolton's also sat down as the families tried to stay positive for Troy.

About an hour later the doctor came out and said simply,

"Anyone here for Troy Bolton?"

Chapter Twelve

Scared

"We are" Mr. and Mrs. Bolton said standing up along with Kayla and Gabriella. Mr. and Mrs. Montez decided to stay in the waiting room with Adriana.

"Follow me please." The doctor said walking towards the door. They followed him quietly. Once they reached his office the doctor shut his office door and sat down motioning for them to take a seat. Gabriella slowly lowered herself into a chair.

"My name is Dr. Marshall. Now I am aware that Mr. Bolton's injuries were caused by a man who recently kidnapped you Mrs. Bolton." Dr. Marshall said motioning towards Gabriella, who nodded nervously. "Have you contacted the police on this matter?" he asked Gabriella. Gabriella looked at him blankly; she just wanted to know if Troy was ok, why couldn't he just tell her that? Mr. Bolton sensed that Gabriella didn't want to answer so he did,

"I am sure Officer Jones has been alerted and will be in contact with us shortly, but could you please explain to us how Troy is?"

"Ok, Mr. Bolton was stabbed several times, three times to be exact, in the area of major veins and arteries. Mr. Bolton was also stabbed in the stomach, which we had to repair, via surgery. My major concern is that he lost an incredible amount of blood." Dr. Marshall explained.

"But how is he now?" Mrs. Bolton asked.

"He is currently he is very critical condition, in a coma, I suggest you prepare yourselves for the worst." Dr. Marshall said. At those words Gabriella lost it, she couldn't breathe, her heart practically stopped, tears came streaming out of her eyes, unwilling to stop.

"Isn't there anything we can do?" Mr. Bolton asked.

"Well…" Dr. Marshall thought.

"Wait can't we donate blood to Troy" Kayla pointed out, looking over Gabriella. "Right Gabi? Remember you taught us that?" Gabriella couldn't think right, all that ran through her brain, was 'prepare yourselves for the worst'. She opened her mouth to speak, but found she couldn't the words just wouldn't come out.

"Kayla that's brilliant, we can do that right doctor?" Mrs. Bolton asked anxiously.

"Yes, but when was the last time you donated blood?" he asked.

"We had a blood drive at my school, so the three of us donated then, that was, oh about month ago." Kayla said.

"Then that's not an option, you can only donate blood every 8 weeks. I'm sorry." Just then Gabriella had an idea, she could donate blood.

"I can" Gabriella said shakily, speaking for the first time.

"Yes! Yes! That's right Gabi, didn't donate blood then" Kayla said brightly.

"Mrs. Bolton, it might not be the best idea for you to donate your blood. Am I correct in saying that you were held captive for 2 weeks and just barely survived that, after giving birth? Am I also correct in saying that you were told to take it easy."

Gabriella nodded but then she spoke softly again,

"But, I want to donate."

"Mrs. Bolton…"

"Please!" Gabriella sobbed desperately. "I can't lose him. I thought I lost him for 5 years. Please, please let me, I need him" she sobbed.

"Ok, Mrs. Bolton, but it will be at your own risk."

"I understand." Gabriella said firmly.

"Gabi are you sure?" Kayla asked. Gabriella nodded.

"Ok then please follow me" Dr. Marshall said. Slowly Gabriella got up and followed him to a room.

Once she had finished she walked slowly back to the waiting room. She felt a little dizzy, but didn't let it bother her. As she opened the door to the waiting room, her mother looked up at her.

"Gabi, you ok?" she asked softly. Gabriella nodded and took her seat slowly.

Suddenly her cell phone rung loudly and it scared her half to death. Trembling she picked it up and answered quietly,

"Hello"

"Hi, Gabriella is that you? This is Officer Jones."

"Yeah it's me." Gabriella said softly.

"Good, I'm glad I reached you. I just wanted to let you know that we caught Josh, and he is currently being held at the county jail. We are going to need you to come in and testify against him." Officer Jones said.

Gabriella couldn't speak; she couldn't go into court and face him. The thought brought tears to her eyes, seeing him again, she couldn't, she might faint. What if he got hold of her there? What if…?

"Gabriella are you still there." Officer Jones asked interrupting her thoughts.

"I…I…w…wha...he…I…see" Gabriella stammered tears running down he cheeks .

"Gabriella, are you alright?" Officer Jones asked. Mr. Montez looked over and saw the state his daughter was in. He took the phone from her and began talking to Officer Jones.

"Hello Officer Jones this is David Montez."

"David, hi, is everything alright with Gabriella?" Officer Jones asked.

"She just a little traumatized. Troy is in a coma, Josh stabbed him. She hasn't spoken much since she arrived at hospital. Then you must have said something that frightened her. What were you talking about?"

"I just told her that we are Josh in custody we just Gabriella to come in and testify against him." Officer Jones explained.

"Oh that's great you caught him. I'll talk to Gabriella about the testifying part."

"Ok thanks, I'm putting Troy in my prayers."

"Thank you." Mr. Montez said as he hung up the phone. He turned back to his daughter, who was shaking and had new tears streaming down her cheeks. He decided not to press the matter right now. Just then Doctor Marshall came out and said,

"Ok, a few of you can go in at a time, no more than three at a time, though. Sometimes it helps if the patient is with his loved ones." Everyone looked over at Gabriella, but she shook her head,

"You guys go. I…I can't" she said softly. The Bolton's nodded and the three of them walked out of the waiting room. Gabriella held her head in her hands as she cried. The truth was she was scared of what would happen if she went in there, she was scared that she wouldn't be able to be strong enough. She didn't want Troy to see her like this. But most of all she was scared of the damage she had caused. She felt it was all her fault.

Meanwhile in Troy's Room…

Mr., Mrs. and Kayla Bolton entered Troy's hospital room slowly. They saw Troy, lying the bed, motionless. He had bandages covering large portions of his body. There was a tube inserted in his arm, providing him with Gabriella's blood and the medicine that had been added. Mrs. Bolton took one of his hands and Kayla took the other. Mr. Bolton stood behind his wife, his hands resting on her shoulders.

"Hey, Troy, it's us" Mrs. Bolton said "If you can hear us, please, please wake up."

"Troy, we need you, Adriana needs you and Gabriella needs you." Kayla continued. Kayla felt a slight squeeze on her hand as she said Gabriella.

"Oh my gosh, he squeezed my hand, he can hear us! Troy, please come on please wake up. For me, for mom and dad, for David and Christine, for Adriana, for Gabriella" Kayla begged. She felt another light squeeze on her hand. Troy groaned ever so quietly.

"Come on son, open your eyes." Mr. Bolton coached. Slowly Troy's eyes opened and he managed to choke out,

"W…water" Mr. Bolton quickly provided him with water, and watched as he drank it slowly. Once he had finished Mrs. Bolton hugged him tightly as tears fell down her cheeks.

"Ow, mom, mom, that hurts" Troy winced.

"Oh sorry, it's just I – we were so worried" Mrs. Bolton said.

"It's alright." Troy said weakly. "Wait, where are Gabi and Adriana? Are they alright?" Troy panicked. The Bolton looked at each other before Mr. Bolton answered,

"Adriana is perfectly fine; she's actually asleep on Christine's lap. And Gabriella is…" He trailed of trying to think of the words to describe her. Troy's face immediately filled with worry.

"Dad, please just tell me she's alright"

"Physically she's fine. But mentally, she's hasn't spoken without breaking down since we arrived at the hospital and there's something else bothering her, but we don't know what it is." Mr. Bolton explained. Troy caught his breath,

"Can you go get her, I want to see her" Troy said.

"Yeah, I think she wants to see you too" Mrs. Bolton said as she got up out of the chair. The three Boltons left the room and a few moments later reentered the waiting room. Gabriella still had her head in her hands. Kayla walked over to Gabriella and tapped her lightly on the shoulder. Gabriella looked up at her with red puffy eyes.

"Troy wants to see you" was all Kayla had to say.

"He's ok?"

"Yeah and he wants you." Gabriella got up from her seat and smiled weakly. She walked slowly towards the door and disappeared into the hallway. She managed to find her way to Troy's room. She took a deep breath and opened the door slowly. She stood in the doorway for a few moments before Troy looked over at her.

"Hey" was all it took, to convince Gabriella that Troy was alright. Tears came streaming down her cheeks as she ran over to him, sobbing into the side of his chest where he hadn't been stabbed. Troy rubbed her back as he let her cry.

"Shh, it's ok, you're safe now." He soothed. A few minutes later Gabriella had stopped sobbing and she looked up at him.

"I'm sorry" she said softly.

"Gabi, what do you have to be sorry about?" Troy asked stroking her hair.

"It's my fault you're here and I am really sorry about that. I'm sorry for putting you through all I put you through. It must have been awful for you." Gabriella explained tears streaming down her face.

"Gabriella, you have nothing to be sorry about. None of this is your fault. And all that matters is that you were ok in the end, what happened in the past is not important. All that is important to me, is that you are happy and healthy." Troy explained.

"I love you Troy."

"I love you too Gabi, more than anything" Troy said kissing her softly.

"Now what else is bothering you?" Troy asked seriously. "Gabriella I can read you like book, so don't you dare tell me nothing is wrong, your eyes are telling me something is."

"They found Josh" Gabriella said.

"Gabi, that's great! He can go to prison where he belongs" Gabriella shook her head, and continued,

"That's not it. They want me to testify" Gabriella said quietly tears dripping down her face. "And I'm scared, I can't face him. Not after what happened. It brings back too many bad memories. What if he tries to hurt me, or you or Adriana?" she continued tears running down her face.

"Baby, it's ok, I promise I'll be there with you the entire time. He is not going to get anywhere near you. Ok?"

"OK thank you Troy" Gabriella said hugging Troy gently, so that she didn't hurt him. It was then Troy noticed the bandage on her arm.

"Gabriella, what's that?" Troy asked concerned as he pointed to her arm. Gabriella looked down at the bandage she had forgotten all about it.

"Oh, it's just to stop the bleeding, after I gave blood" Gabriella said as she removed the bandage revealing her arm, with a very small healed hole where the needle had gone in. Troy looked confused.

"When did you give blood? Wait a second; didn't the doctor say you were supposed to take it easy?"

"I know, but the person who I gave my blood to is really important to me." Gabriella said.

"And who is this person?"

"Hmm, I'll give you a clue. He's currently in the hospital. And it was least I could have done after he donated his kidney and some of his bone marrow to me" Gabriella said smiling. Troy grinned.

"Is this person me?" he asked.

"Maybe"

"Well then maybe, I am very lucky to have such a beautiful, sweet, amazing and generous wife." Troy said

"Ok fine it's you" Gabriella confessed.

"Good because, then everything I said is true." Troy said kissing her again.

"I love you" he said,

"I love you too Troy"

A/N: Yay!! Troy is ok, and Gabriella's not all depressed anymore AND I didn't leave you guys with a cliffy. Anyway I hope you liked that chapter. Please review and tell me what you thought!