Longing To Break Free

Chapter 14

"Troy!" Gabriella's eyes lit up as she saw that he was finally awake, "Oh, thank goodness!"

All of a sudden Gabriella had her arms wrapped around Troy and she held him gently. She slowly pulled away after a long while, but he stopped her.

"Gabriella, wait," he breathed, before he pulled her closer to him and they finally kissed. They shared an extremely long kiss before Gabriella finally broke away and looked at him.

"I missed that," Troy whispered, "And I really missed you. I was so afraid we'd never see each other again."

"I was so afraid I'd never see you again. I'm just so thankful that we found you," Gabriella then took his hand and held it. She looked at him.

He moaned, and started to look more around the hospital room, "What happened?"

"Troy, you passed out after we got out of the house. Jason and Kelsi found us and we brought you here to the hospital. Chad called the police and everyone else. They are all here worrying about you," She filled him in on what had happened, she looked into his eyes the entire time, "And you had me so incredibly worried. I am so glad you woke up finally. How are you feeling?"

"I admit that I'm not feeling the greatest right now. I've been better," Troy responded, as he winced in pain.

Gabriella looked worriedly at him.

"Did you say everyone else is outside?" Troy asked.

Gabriella stood up then, "You know I should really go find your doctor and tell everyone else that-"

Suddenly Jack and Laura stepped in, interrupting Gabriella. Troy looked up at them, he felt happy to see them.

"Mom, Dad, I- " he was interrupted by his mother as she was suddenly hugging him.

"Oh my baby! " Laura gasped; tears were falling from her eyes like crazy, "Oh my god! She cried as she held her son, and kissed the top of his head, "I'm so happy they found you! You had us beyond worried. Oh my sweet boy!"

"Son!" Jack's eyes widened, he looked rather relieved as he looked at Troy, and he raced over to him, "Thank God!" he held onto him for what felt like forever. It was as if he never wanted to let his son go, "We have been so extremely worried son. Oh my God, we love you so much!"

"I love you both to," Troy was now crying as he hugged his father.

Gabriella then stepped out of the room so they could spend sometime alone with their son for awhile.

Jack and Troy were alone in Troy's hospital room for a few minutes, as Laura had gone off to take care of stuff.

"Troy, I just wish more than anything that none of this had happened to you. I hate that it has." Jack told him as he sat in a chair next to his bed, "I wish I could have kept you safe during all of it."

"Dad its okay, I wish it hadn't happened either, but I survived it," Troy softly told him.

"But you shouldn't of had to gone through that," Jack frowned. He ran a hand through his hair nervously, "Troy, there is something you should know."

"What?" Troy looked at his father, curiously.

"The police figured out who it was who kidnapped you," Jack quickly told him.

Troy stared at his father, feeling very anxious to know the name of who kidnapped him. He desperately needed some answers, "Who?" he questioned. He breathed deeply.

Jack took a deep breath, "His name is Trevor Mitchell. He was on the West High basketball team while I was in high school and we used to actually be friends somewhat. He eventually grew to hate me and I never knew exactly why. I haven't seen him in a long time."

He kept repeating the name in his mind over and over as his father spoke. It felt strange finally knowing the name.

"Why would he- " Troy started to ask, but stopped as his father started talking again.

"I am not exactly sure why he would come back years later to kidnap you. To get to me for some reason I suppose. He has clearly gotten to be crazy if he would kidnap you. I am so sorry he did. I hate that he did."

"Anything else?" Troy asked in a shaky tone.

"There's something else that you really need to know," Jack took another deep breath, and the next thing he said caused his son to tremble, "I hate to tell you this son, but he got away."

Troy looked up to see all of his friends come in at once. Gabriella was leading the way.

"I finally get to bring most of your fan club in," Gabriella teased, as she wandered closer to him, "They have all been anxious to see you for quite awhile." She kissed him lightly on the forehead, but then moved away so others could see him.

"Hey guys!" he looked around and spotted Chad, Jason, Zeke, Ryan, Taylor, Sharpay, and Kelsi all around him. It felt so good to be able to see everyone.

"Man, it's good to have you back!" Chad leaned over to hug Troy, and then he sat down next to him on the chair.

"Yeah I'm so happy to have you back!" Taylor exclaimed as she hugged Troy as well, "We have been so concerned about you!"

"Hey Troy!" Kelsi was soon hugging him, "Oh, I am so glad your okay."

Everyone else got there chance to give Troy a hug and they were soon all hanging around him. Chad, Jason, and Sharpay all sat in chairs, Gabriella sat on the edge of the bed, and the others stood.

"So what did I miss while I was gone?" Troy asked as he looked at all of friends who were smiling at him. He suddenly looked at Chad as he remembered, "Chad, I'm so sorry I never made it to your party, were you surprised?"

Chad laughed, "Yeah," he then paused and gave Troy a look, "But I spent most of that night worrying about you."

"I'm sorry I made you all worry so much about me," Troy softly spoke, "I hated that I made you all do that."

"There is no reason for you to feel sorry Troy," Chad smiled, "At least now we have you back!"

"That is so awesome that we have you back!" Jason smiled.

"We'll just have to have a party for you Troy once your feeling up to it," Taylor suggested suddenly, she looked at everyone in the room, "Everyone's invited!"

"Oh I can't wait!" Sharpay went, "Something tells me it will be interesting!"

Troy found himself smiling as he looked around his group of friends.

He felt safe and loved being here with them.

This moment just felt so good. It felt so good to be free and back where he belonged.

Suddenly his smile turned into a frown.

With his kidnapper still out there, he was just so afraid that this feeling wouldn't last.

Thank you everyone for the reviews! I am loving them! Possibly just a couple more chapters left. can't decide if i want to do a sequel or not.