I woke up with Troy's arms tightly wrapped around my body pulling me close to him. I went to turn my body to face him but instead I grunted in pain.
Troy's head shot up and turned to look at me, "Are you ok? What's wrong?" He asked frantically.
"I'm fine Troy." I said giving him a reassuring smile as I took deep breaths to make the stabbing pain in my side subside.
Troy kept his eyes on me watching every move I made intently. I slowly started to push myself into a sitting position but halfway through I needed Troy to help me because I was still sore. As soon as I was sitting up the doctor came into the room with his clipboard.
"How are we feeling today Miss Montez?" He asked while taking a brief glance at me and then returning his gaze to the clipboard.
"Umm…I'm ok. Just a little sore and confused." I said with a sigh.
"Well the soreness should go away by tomorrow, but what are you confused about?" He asked.
"Well I had a dream and it felt real and I can decipher the actual events from the fake ones." I said furrowing my brows together as I thought about the dream. I subconsciously squeezed Troy's hand harder.
"Brie." Troy said through clenched teeth.
"Yeah?" I asked while turning my head to face him.
"My hand." He said.
I looked down to see my knuckles white while his hand was red. I eased up on my grip considerably but I didn't fully let go. "Sorry." I said with a sheepish grin.
Troy just rubbed his thumb across my knuckles as a way of accepting my apology. "So what actually happened?" I asked turning my attention to the doctor.
He gave me an uneasy look as he shifted from one foot to the other. He looked at me and opened his mouth but closed it again.
"It's ok doc, I'll tell her." Troy said with a small nod.
The doctor let out a sigh of relief, "Ok, well if you need anything just buzz the nurse." He gave me a small smile before he left. I turned my attention to Troy.
He took a deep breath before he turned to face me, "Well after you told Greg he was out of bullets you started swaying a little bit so he pulled the trigger but nothing but the sound of an empty chamber filled the room. So the cops pulled him away from you, you passed out but I caught you before you hit the ground. They rushed you into the ER because you had lost so much blood while fighting with Greg, so they gave you blood and sewed you up and here we are." He said with a final breath.
I looked at Troy. I was so thankful that nothing bad happened to anyone and that everything was a dream. But my thoughts were interrupted by Troy's voice.
"But the one thing everyone wants to know is how did you know that he was out?" Troy asked with an intrigued look on his face.
"Are you serious?" I asked completely dumbfounded that nobody knew.
"Yeah." He said with a serious voice.
"Ok well every handgun only carries 5 rounds. While I was looking at you right after you ran into the lobby I was counting the shots that he had used. Two at the park, one warning shot, one shot at you, Assuming he didn't reload the gun because he still had blood on him and the same clothes, all I needed was for him to shot the last round which I made him do when I was wrestling the gun away from him. That was a total of 5 rounds which meant he didn't have any bullets left." I said with a shrug the shoulders.
I looked at Troy, his mouth was hanging open. "What?" I asked him.
"You seriously figured all that out in that little bit of time and under all that pressure?" He asked shocked. I nodded my head slowly, "Wow!" he exclaimed.
Before I could say anything the gang busted through the door. A chorus of Gabbi's and Gabriella's erupted from them.
"Hey guys." I said with a small giggle.
"What's wrong with him?" Chad asked pointing to Troy with an amused look on his face.
"He's just surprised that he has a smart girlfriend." I said jokingly looking back at Troy.
"I knew you were smart, I mean your with me after all." He said a matter-of-factly.
"Ego alert." I said under my breath but loud enough for everyone to hear.
Everyone started laughing including Troy. I looked around at everyone. Slowly things were going to get back to normal. Greg was in Jail with Jeff. I doubt Wyatt would try anything again considering Greg is gone. Finally things were coming to an end and I felt like I could breathe easier.
"Wait…aren't you all supposed to be in school?" I asked confused as to why they weren't in school.
"The hospital gave us notes saying that we could take today off." Sharpay said from beside Zeke.
"Oh." I said with a nod.
"So when are you getting out of here?" Jason asked taking a step towards the end of my bed.
"I don't know. Hopefully soon, I hate hospitals." I said with a shudder.
"I'm gonna go ask when Brie can go home, I'll be right back." He said getting off of the bed and heading to the nurse's station.
"I'm so glad I met you guys." I said with a smile.
"We're glad we met you too, to think if we hadn't this year would have been boring." Zeke said as everyone laughed at what he said.
"Ok so down to business…what the hell happened yesterday Gabbi? You scared the shit out of me." Chad said with a serious questioning tone.
I looked at my hands and closed my eyes while a took a deep breath.
Flashback
Troy lunged at Greg. Greg took the gun off of me and turned it towards Troy and pulled the trigger. Troy's hand flew up to his chest as he crumpled to the ground, as he pulled his hand away blood with dripping onto the floor from his hand.
"NOOO!" I screamed, the cops tackled Greg to the ground while I ran over to Troy. "Troy talk to me." I said frantically.
"Brie." He said with a shaky breath.
"I'm here Troy, I'm right here…stay with me baby!" I pleaded while applying pressure to his gunshot wound with tears rolling down my cheeks.
"Brie." Troy said putting his hand over mine and pulling it away.
"NO!" I yelled at him and put my hand back over it, "You can't leave me! I can't lose you!" I cried hysterically.
"You won't. I told you I will always be with you." He said putting his hand over my heart.
I shook my head vigorously, "No I need you right here." I said with a hiccup.
"Brie remember your promise to me." he said quietly.
End Flashback
I kept my eyes closed as I heard my heart monitor start beeping loudly, I closed my eyes tighter. It was just a dream, it wasn't real. I felt a panic attack coming.
"Get Troy." I heard Taylor yell at someone. I heard the sound of shoes retreating the room. I didn't want to open my eyes until Troy was in the room. I didn't want that dream to be true. I tried to get a hold of my breathing but I couldn't. My body started shaking but only closed my eyes tighter.
I felt a pair of familiar hands cup my face, "Brie look at me." he said in a panic. I opened my eyes and was met by Troy's blue eyes. I kept looking into his eyes, "Take deep breaths, I need you to calm down Brie. If you calm down I can take you home." He said, his eyes never leaving mine. After a couple of minutes my heart beat started to slow down as well as my breathing. "Are you ok now?" he asked in a caring tone. I nodded my head which was kind of hard to do considering he still hand my face in his hands with our faces really close together. He dropped his hands from my face and turned to face everyone.
"Now what the hell happened?" He asked them, I could tell he was trying to keep his anger in check. I couldn't figure out why he was so angry.
Everyone looked at Chad so Troy turned his attention on Chad. "I asked her about what happened yesterday and then I said that she scared the shit out of me." Chad said throwing his hands up in defense.
I heard Troy release a loud sigh as he ran his hand through his hair. Everyone looked so confused their gazes shifted between me and Troy.
"Brie's been having panic attacks that's what happened yesterday and just now." He said with a sigh.
Everybody just nodded their head in understanding, "Can you all just meet us at the apartment. I have to sign Brie out and we will meet you there." He said.
"Yeah of course." Taylor said ushering everyone out of the room.
Troy turned around and walked to me. He sat down on the edge of the bed, "Brie, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere." He said stroking my cheek.
"I know. It's just when he brought it up I had a flashback to the dream. I just closed my eyes and refused to open them until I knew you were in the room." I said feeling guilty. "Troy I don't want to be a burden on you." I said gloomily.
Troy lifted me by my chin to look at him, "Gabriella Anne Montez don't you EVER think you are a burden, you're my everything and the farthest thing from it." He said with sincerity. "Now let's get you home." He said pulling the covers back. He walked over and grabbed the bag I went to get last night, he pulled out my change of clothes. I grabbed the pants and started to put them on, I grabbed the shirt and looked at it for awhile.
"What's wrong?" Troy asked stepping closer to me.
"Can you help me put it on, I don't want to rip the stitches." I said feeling a little embarrassed that I needed Troy to help me get dressed.
"Yeah." He said grabbing the shirt out of my hands. He helped me take the hospital gown off, his eyes traveled over my body looking at all my injuries. His eyes landed on my side as his gaze was frozen there. I could see his eyes filling with regret, sadness, and fury.
"Troy." I said in a small voice.
His eyes snapped up to look at mine, "Sorry." He mumbled as he helped me into the shirt. As he pulled the shirt down he kissed me forehead and pulled me into him, "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." He whispered into my hair.
"Troy don't" I said sternly.
"What?" he asked confused.
"Don't start that. Yeah I was stabbed Troy but you were shot! So don't." I said with same amount of force as before.
"Ok." He said as he pulled away from me.
"UGH!" I said with a huff.
"What?" he asked turning to face me.
"You still feel responsible…it's just aggravating!" I said in frustration.
"That's the way I am. And you love me for who I am." He said with smile that caused all my frustration for him to melt away.
"That I do." I said walking up to him and giving him a quick kiss on the lips.
"You ready to go home?" he asked me.
"I'm beyond ready." I said as we walked side by side to the nurse's station to sign me out so I could get out of this horrid place.
AN: I kinda liked this chapter. Anywho I'm sorry it took so long but I found out one of the people I graduated with that I knew died in a motorcycle accident on sat and I just wasn't in the mood to write. I hope you all enjoy this chapter! REVIEW please! Because I could leave this as the end if I wanted to, so how about 25 reviews…does that sound doable?