Chapter 13

At noon, the same petty nurse, Madeline, came into Gabi's room and woke us up. She said she needed to check my girlfriend's blood pressure and all that stuff. I slowly rolled off the bed and into the chair next to her bed. I wondered if my mother left yet. I pulled out my phone to call her.

"Excuse me. You can't have that on in here." Madeline said snottily motioning to my cell phone.

"Sorry." I said. "I just need to call my mom. I'll be right back, Gabi."

"Don't leave, Troy." Gabriella pleaded.

"I'm just gonna go outside and call my mom. I'll be back as soon as I'm done. I promise." I explained to her.

"OK." She shrugged. She obviously didn't want me to leave her here alone. "Can you find out what's going on with my mom and the surgery?"

"Sure. I'll find Dr. Luczak and ask him. I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Kay. Bye." She turned her attention to the nurse who was now trying to fit the blood pressure cuff around her arm.

I turned around and left the room. I walked briskly so that I could get back to Gabriella faster. When I got outside the sunlight was blinding, but I have to admit it was a lot better than in that scary place. It smelled a lot better too. I dialed Mom's Cell.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Hey mom."

"Oh, hi Troy. What's going on? Is Gabriella OK?" She asked sounding concerned.

"Yeah, everything with Gabi is fine. Where are you?" I questioned her.

"Didn't the nurse tell you? I went home. I came into see you guys, but you were sleeping. I told the nurse to tell you so you weren't worried."

"No. She didn't. Figures. That nurse is an inciteful plebeian. Vocab word for the week." I laughed, so did my mom. "Well, I got to go. I need to find the doctor to see what's going on with Gabriella's mom and the surgery."

"I spoke to Dr. Luczak and he said that hadn't called her yet. That was over an hour ago, so I bet that he has already. Good luck hon."

"Thanks," I said. "Bye!"

"Bye, Troy. I love you."

"Love you too." I pushed the red button on my phone to hang up. I hustled back to the hallway in which Gabi's room was located to try to find the doctor. I browsed the hallway, and I couldn't find him. I didn't give up and five minutes later I finally found him. He had just come out of the room right next to Gabriella's.

"Dr. Luczak!" I called to him. He swung around towards the sound of his name. "Over here." I waved.

"Yeah?"

"I'm Troy Bolton, Gabriella's boyfriend. I talked to you earlier, but I don't believe we exchanged names." I told him.

"I'm David Luczak. Call me Dr. Luczak." he laughed. "It's nice to formally meet you."

"Did you get a chance to talk to Gabriella's mother yet?"

"Yeah. I told her about the surgery. I didn't tell her what happened, because I'm not sure it's my place. She asked for you. I didn't want to wake you, so I told her you'd call her back. She can't get a flight here until tomorrow morning."

"Does that mean Gabi doesn't get to have surgery until she gets here? I thought you were planning on doing it at six." I asked perplexed.

"Since this is such an odd happening, I faxed her the consent form and she has already signed and returned it. Gabriella's surgery is still on."

"That's a good thing, right?"

"Yes, Troy." he laughed. " The sooner the better."

"Great! I'll go tell Gabi. I'm sure she wont be to happy, but I'll talk to her. Thanks!" I said cheerfully as I turned into my girlfriend's hospital room.

"What'd he say?" Gabi asked when she saw me. I replayed the conversation with Dr. Luczak to her.

"Troy, I don't want to have surgery. I'm scared." I saw the tears come to her eyes. I'm sure they came to mine too.

"It's gonna be OK." I told her. I sat down on her bed and stroked her hair. "I'll be here the whole time. I won't leave you. I promise." I vowed.

"Thanks Troy." She buried her head into my shoulder and cried. I just held her tightly and silently prayed. A while later she finally calmed down a bit and pulled away to wipe her eyes. I tilted her chin up and kissed her lightly on her forehead.

"Everything's going to be all right." I soothed.

"I love you, Troy." She looked me right in the eye. I could tell she wasn't lying.

"I love you more than life." I told her staring into her lovely chocolate eyes. "Really." A tear rolled down her perfect cheeks. I caught it with my thumb and wiped it away. All the sudden one of her machines started to beep. My stomach jumped up to my throat, and my heart rate sky rocketed.

"What's going on?" Gabi asked me. Then her eyes rolled back into her head, and her head fell back on her pillow.

"HELP!" I yelled.

A/N: Sorry the chapter's so short. I couldn't wait to type the ending. lol. What do you think? Did the chapter pass? Review!

This chapter is for Nicole. Congratulations on making the Twirling Team! I'm so happy for you! Yay!