(A/N): First and foremost, this story was CO-AUTHORED by me ((KelsiLovesLucas)) and MissZacEfron. This chapter is written by both of us. We each wrote half of it so enjoy!

Dedications: We would both like to dedicate this story to Mrs. Radcliffe-Efron

Disclaimer: As much as I would love to own Lucas Grabeel and MissZacEfron would like to own Zac Efron… we don't. All that we own is the plot of this story and you can't buy anything expensive with a plot.

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Chapter Two: Unwanted Visitor

"Nessa... Nessa... Time to wake up" a tired Zac whispered into Vanessa's ear

"Five more minutes, please Zac." Vanessa whined

"No Vanessa, we have a meeting with Kenny and the rest of the cast today." Zac said raising his voice

Finally Zac gives up and grabs Vanessa by the arm and drags her out of bed. "Zac please quit, your hurting me Zac." Vanessa screamed

Zac let go of Nessa's arm and backed up. "I'm sorry Vanessa, are you okay?" Zac asked.

"Yeah I'm fine its nothing. I just fell at the airport and hit my arm." Vanessa said in reply.

But it was something; it always had been something...from the first day that she started to get abused.

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Vanessa walked out of the hotel with Zac and she saw a large van sitting in the parking lot. She smiled when she saw her friend Ashley Tisdale lean her head out the window. "Nessa!" Ashley screamed in delight. She jumped out of the car and raced to her friend. Vanessa hugged Ashley and winced slightly. "You all right?" Ashley asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's go." Vanessa said as she smiled weakly. Zac, Vanessa and Ashley walked to the car and Vanessa saw the rest of the High School Musical sitting in the seats.

"Hey, Ness!" Monique Coleman exclaimed. Vanessa smiled at her friend. She then noticed Olesya Rulin and Lucas Grabeel sitting next to Monique. Vanessa greeted them and looked up at the front seat. She saw Chris Warren, JR. sitting in the passenger seat and Corbin Bleu was waiting for them to shut the door so he could drive to where they were supposed to meet the director, Kenny Ortega.

"Can we please get going?" Corbin said sounding annoyed. Everyone laughed and they slammed the door shut.

Once they arrived at the studio, they all climbed out and walked into the building. "Hello, stars!" Kenny called as they walked in. Ashley and Monique ran forward and hugged him. Kenny walked up to Vanessa and hugged her tightly, slapping her on the back as he did so.

"OW!" Vanessa screamed. Kenny quickly pulled away and everyone was staring at her.

"What's wrong?" Zac asked worriedly. Vanessa looked around, shocked that she had actually just screamed.

"Um, Kenny just slapped me hard." Vanessa lied. Kenny cocked his head to the side in confusion.

"I didn't think that I slapped too hard… if I did then I'm sorry!" Kenny said. Vanessa chuckled sheepishly and looked at the floor.

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When the group was done with their cast meeting, they all went back to the hotel. "Are you sure you're all right?" Zac asked as he pulled Vanessa from the rest of the group.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Vanessa said, trying to reassure her friend. He knew that she was lying but didn't press it. "I'm going to my room. Good night, Zac!" Vanessa said sweetly as she raced to the elevator.

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When Vanessa was back in her room she just plopped down on her bed. She sighed as she sat back up. I'm in Utah. He's thousands of miles away… he can't hurt me. Vanessa though to herself. Suddenly, she jumped when her cell phone rang. "Hello?" she asked shakily.

"Ness!" she heard her mother's voice on the other end.

"Hi, mommy." Vanessa whispered into the phone, relieved that it wasn't her father.

"Guess what, Hon?" Her mother said. She didn't give Nessa time to respond. "Your father is coming to Utah!"

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