Troyella

Chapter 36: Police Work [Edited]

"So what happened exactly when you came in?"

Troy Bolton was currently being interviewed outside Gabriella's house about the break in.

"Well first it was just a photo missing and they took the batteries out of the clock, letting us know that they broke in while we were doing a concert at P3, so we decided to look around and see if anything else had been stolen, that's when we found the whole place destroyed, well we split up me and Gabriella went to her mums room and that was trashed, when we got to the others it was pretty much the same thing."

Sharpay was also being interviewed by a different police member.

"We think they must have gotten in through Gabriella's balcony, the windows were smashed, but the glass was coming through to the inside and not out, which makes us believe that's how they got in. Also written up on the wall there is some clues as to whom it might be, but we're not sure if it might be blood, we're worried it is, but we just don't know"

Chad was also being interviewed.

"In the kitchen it was just a mess, literally it looked like a bomb went off or something. We found a tea-towel just millimetres away from the stove, which was left on, which could have burnt the entire place down. Also we think they may have gotten out through the kitchen door because it was wide open but nothing seemed to be tampered with."

Gabriella, Ryan, Jason, Kelsi, Taylor and Tami have already had their interviews and were explaining things to their parents.

"Hey, looks like I'm done" Troy said walking over to them.

"Same here" Sharpay said, but Chad was also walking along with her.

"How'd it go?" Gabriella asked.

"Just asked what we saw when we came in and other things about any enemies or something like that" Troy told her.

"Same here and I told them about the writing on the ceiling" Sharpay said.

"And I mentioned the stove being on and the tea-towel and also that it might have been how they got out"

"Oh and I mentioned we think that they got in through Gabriella's balcony" Sharpay added.

"I need to sit down" Ava said, feeling a bit sick.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine. If you like you can come and stay with us until the police are done with your place" Lucille offered.

"Oh no, we wouldn't want to intrude. We can go to a Hotel, or I'm sure we have family close to here where we could stay"

"Really Ava, its fine. Gabriella can stay in Troy or Tami's room and you can stay in the spare bedroom" Jack told her.

"Well...are you sure?" Ava asked.

"Yes. But right now we're going to try and take our minds off this, so I'm going to the shops to get as all something to drink while the rest of you get the spare room sorted out. Oh and you can all stay over tonight if you'd like" Lucille told them.

"Are you sure?" Taylor asked for all of them.

"Awesome, thanks Mrs Bolton" Chad beamed.

Taylor rolled her eyes.

"No problem Chad. I'll be back in about 10 maybe 20 minutes" she told them, got in her car and drove off.

"I'll go get the spare room sorted" Jack told them.

"I'll help you" Ava offered following him in.

"Ouch!" Chad yelled in surprise pain. "What was that for?" He said, eyes narrowing in on Taylor.

"You're supposed to be polite and ask if they're sure before going straight in and saying yes" Taylor told him.

"Oh please, politeness is for first introductions" Chad told her.

"Yeah, but dude, you did the same thing the first time you stayed over" Troy reminded him.

"True. But we're brothers, hell when was the last time we actually asked if I could stay over?" Chad asked.

"Must have been when we were 11, 12 maybe" Troy told him, trying to remember.

"Exactly"

"But it's the polite thing to do" Taylor told him.

"You realize that you don't have to, right?" Troy told her.

"It's the right thing to do" Taylor said, standing her ground.

"OK, well while you're being polite, I'm going to go steal Troys food." Chad said, walking into the house.

"Better text your mum and tell her she needs to buy more food" Taylor said in disapproval.

"Nah, she already knows that when she invites Chad to stay over that we need a new stock of food" Troy assured her.

Suddenly he felt his pocket vibrate.

"Whose it from?" Zeke asked.

"Mum" Troy said, smirking.

"What does it say?" Sharpay asked.

'So how much food needs to be restocked?'

Troy read.

He texted her back 'He's only just started, but better do the whole thing, if there's some left over we'll just give it to him to take home'

Inside

"Took you guys long enough" Chad said as they walked through the kitchen door.

Since he had got in he had managed to make popcorn, milkshake, sandwiches, bowl of crisps and he had gotten out a few cans of coke from the fridge.

"So" Troy started, taking a can of coke.

"Dude!" Chad nearly yelled "That's mine"

"Dude!" Troy mimicked "It's mine" he took a sip.

"Everything OK down here? Has Chad managed to save some food for tomorrow?" Jack asked coming down the stairs.

"Mums buying more anyway" Troy told him.

"Alright, that's good"

Troy seemed to be the only one who noticed that Gabriella hadn't spoken since the interviews.

"So, what do you guys want to do?" Sharpay asked.

Everyone shrugged.

"Well me and Ava are going outside to wait for your mum if you need us" Jack told them.

"OK, see you" Troy said.

"Oh, I have an idea!" Sharpay squealed.

Everyone suppressed a groan.

"We should have a little kid's party with games like hide and seek and tag and imaginary games and stuff like that!"

They all looked at her like she were crazy, even Chad who was getting something out of the microwave stopped to see if he had heard her correctly.

"Oh come on, it'll be fun. And after the night we've had, we need some fun"

Troy sighed "Alright" he agreed, nervously. "What do you want to play?"

"I say we play hide and seek first, I'll count" Sharpay offered and started counting. "1. 2. 3. 4. -"

By now they were all out of the kitchen and running searching for places to hide.

Troy took Gabriella to the loft to hide in there; they put the light on so they could see well.

"Hey" Troy said when he closed the loft.

"Hi" Gabriella replied, in a small voice.

Troy sighed "Come here" he said, opening his arms.

She ran into them with full speed, nearly knocking him off balance.

"Everything will be OK, you know that right?" Troy asked her.

Gabriella said nothing and did nothing.

"Hey, come on." He lifted her chin so he could look at her properly. "I promise you they won't get away with this; I will do everything they can to make sure they get what they deserve"

"I know you will" Gabriella half-smiled.

Troy hugged her tighter.

"It's just, the feeling of not being safe in your own home, the place you're supposed to feel safe and the place you run too if you're feeling scared or paranoid for some reason. I can't bear the thought of going back in there knowing that people were in there without me knowing, it makes me think about what Ryan said, "If we can break in while you're not here we can do it when you are" that scares me" she admitted.

Troy shook his head.

"You will be safe in your home. Those girls are just trying to scare you"

"It's working" she said, defeated.

"Hey, I am just one door away, if you ever feel unsafe or anything call me, don't hesitate, just call and I'll be over in a second. Literally."

Gabriella fully smiled at this.

Troy started smiling at seeing her smile.

"Now, how about we start enjoying this 'Kids Night' eh?" Troy suggested.

Gabriella laughed and nodded in agreement.

1 hour later.

"Dad, isn't mum home yet?" Troy asked, walking into the back garden with the rest of the gang.

"No not yet. At first I thought she might have just taken longer at the shop and then got stuck in traffic. But now I'm really worried" Jack said, pacing the garden.

"Have you rung her?" Troy asked.

Jack shook his head 'no'

"I'll go ring her, I'll be right back" Troy told them.

"So what do you thinks happened?" Ryan asked.

"There's probably a rational explanation, let's not get paranoid just yet."

"How about now?" Troy asked walking back into the garden.

"What did she say?" Jack asked, urgently.

"She didn't. I got voice-mail" He said in anger.

"Your mum doesn't have voicemail" Jack said, confused.

"Well she does now and I don't think we can expect a call back"

Everyone looked worriedly at each other.

"What did it say?" Gabriella asked, softly.

Troy rung the number again and put the phone on speaker.

Almost immediately a bunch of shrieking laughter came through the phone "You mess with us, we mess with you. Yeah Bolton, we have your mum, maybe you should have thought twice about getting together with Gabriella...well this is your punishment" The voice was obviously Stacey, with giggling in the background. "You won't ever find us, nor will the police, so don't even try. Bye Bolton." The message ended with more high-pitched laughter.

"I'm going to kill them" Troy said with venom in his tone.

"Mind if we help?" Sharpay offered for all of them, seeing pure hate in all eyes around her.

[Edited A/N]:

Again, this one will be left alone :)

Hope you like it, thanks for reading!