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By this time Jerry was out cold as Troy looked at him. He shook his head and called the police to pick him up. He told them the address than hung up, heading for the door. He opened it and walked out.

As he was walking down the hall heard someone on the side of him, than a gun shot fired off…

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If Everyone Cared

Chapter 13: Hero

The car went to a halt in front of the building. Once the engine was being turned off…

BOOM!

Sharpay looked at Gabriella as if they were thinking the same thing. Gabriella was about to tell her that they should stay in the car, but Sharpay flew out of the passenger seat without even a warning to Gabriella.

As people were running out of the building, Sharpay tried running through the crowd, but Gabriella flew out of the driver's side and ran after her, then jumped on her to stop her from going any further.

"NO! GABI GET OFF!" Sharpay screamed under her as tears threatened to spill from her eyes.

"Shar stop it! I promised to keep you safe. You're lucky you talked me into coming here," Gabriella said holding her as Sharpay forcefully moved to get out of her grasp.

"STOP IT! TROY! TROY! LET GO!" She continued her ranting as the tears finally spilled out. She finally stopped and began to cry against the hard pavement. Gabriella moved off of Sharpay and pulled her into her for a hug. Sharpay cried against Gabriella's chest as she rubbed soothing circles on her back.

They sat on the dirty black pavement holding each other in an emotional embrace. Their best friend was gone. He never wanted anyone to do anything for him, yet he was always there for them; wanting nothing in return. He was an amazing guy; special to them in different ways.

It was quiet now. The only sounds that could be heard were Sharpay's muffled cries as Gabriella rocked back in forth. She learned to love Sharpay, knowing she's not a bad person just misunderstood. Tears started to spill out of her eyes as well as it finally sunk in. Troy was gone and there was nothing they could do. It was too late.

Sharpay got up with Gabriella's arm around her shoulder. She now had puffy red eyes and flushed cheeks. She was heaving out breaths of oxygen constantly. They stayed silent as they walked back to the car, saying nothing. Sharpay opened the passenger door, not looking back at the building.

Footsteps were heard as she was halfway in the car. She turned towards the sound and saw a silhouette of a man coming out of the building. She looked at it hopeful, got out, closing the door; confusing Gabriella. Gabriella closed the door of her car, walking in the front to look at Sharpay.

Sharpay walked towards the figure as she neared closer to it; she knew. She knew who it was. She began running quickly as the man scooped her up into his arms. He held her close protectively. "I love you so much. I thought you were gone," she whispered in the embrace. He pulled away and stared in her eyes, wiping the fresh tears from her eyes.

He shook his head "I thought I was too when I saw a man yell no…he saved me. I think he's still alive, but he doesn't have much left," he told her pulling away from her. They walked into the now vacant building with Gabriella now behind them. They walked towards the back to see two men laying on the floor; one is Jerry who is now unconscious the other as they neared was still conscious, but had trouble breathing.

"Oh my god," Sharpay breathed out, running to the man. She kneeled down next to him and had his head rest in her lap. She began crying, stroking the man's cheek; confusing Troy and Gabriella. What was she doing? Does she know this man?

The man looked up at her and smiled at her. "Hi honey," he barely got out. Her bottom lip quivered. "I'm sorry for hurting you. I'm sorry for everything I put you through. This…me dying should have happened a long time ago," he told her.

"No, no you'll be okay…daddy please. Ryan and I have no one left," she told him now fully crying, as Gabriella began to form tears in her eyes, knowing exactly how she felt since her dad passed away about a year ago.

"What are you talking about…you have Troy and Gabriella plus you and Ryan have each other. I was never there anyways. I was foolish for making you do this. Tell Ryan I love him and Sharpay I've always loved you no matter how much I didn't show it," he said taking his last breath.

Sharpay's bottom lip quivered uncontrollably as more tears spilled out, holding her father's dead form in her arms. Troy and Gabriella watched her do this. Troy pulled his arm around Gabriella, telling that it was pretty rough for her as well; knowing about her dad's death as well.

Sharpay woke up in a hospital bed, looking around at the room taking it all in. She turned her head and saw Ryan sleeping in the bed next to her. What happened? How did she get here? Suddenly the bed next to her stirred as Ryan awoke. He turned his head and smiled at his awoken sister.

"Hey there," he said making her smile warmly.

"Hi…do you know what happened?" she asked hoping he knew; which he did.

"The police arrived at the club and saw you, Troy, and Gabriella there than that guy Jerry unconscious; arrested him and…" he stalled when he got to their dad. Tears formed on the rims of his eyes. Though he was mad at their dad for what he did, he was still their dad. "…and they pronounced dad dead on the scene, which means we have a funeral to plan when we get out. But the doctor gave you a rape test…said you are fine, that you just need to take a pill to prevent you from getting pregnant," he explained as she looked over at the table by her bed and there the pill was with a glass of water.

She took it and gulped all the water down. She looked at the empty glass and thought out loud. "How come I don't remember any of this?"

"Troy said you fainted after they put dad in the body bag. Doctor thinks that you were just having a panic attack," Ryan mumbled to her. She kept her eyes on the glass as if it was so interesting. She shook her head, put the glass on the table.

"I think I'm gonna get some more sleep," she said turning on her side to get comfortable. Hopefully she'll wake up from this tragic nightmare.

Aww you guys were all wrong. I maybe cold hearted sometimes, but I'm not that cold hearted. So I came to a conclusion, this story is going to have two possibly three chapters left that way I can focus on my other stories. I want to finish this with at least 200 reviews, but we'll see what happens. Thanks for reviewing since now I really appreiate it. I love you guys! Keep up the reviewing and tell me what you thought of this...Thankz!