Hello, me again! Thank you all for the wonderful reviews! Wahoo! Anyway, this chapter is a little more sad in my opinion, and it will clear a few more things up. And it is a little shorter. Sorry! By the way, I use the song My Immortal by Evanessence. I do not claim any rights to it, although I wish I could.
Well, it is up a little sooner then I had planned. See the wonder reviews do? The more you review, the faster the chapters get up! Evil laugh
P.S. I do not have a beta, all mistakes are mine.
Gabriella sat up in her room, it was Monday morning, and she was looking forward to school. Gosh, she had never though she would hear those words, even if she had just though them. Throughout the weekend, she hadn't even been able to call Troy. His dad would always pick up and say Troy was not available. What did he have against her? From the first moment Coach Bolten and Gabriella met, they all knew things were going to be strained between them, but no one ever thought it would go this far. Man, did that guy hold a grudge.
"Gabbi! Breakfast is ready!" Gabriella heaved a sigh and walked down stairs, throwing her backpack over her shoulder on her way. When she reached the kitchen, she looked down at the floor.
"It's OK, Gabbi. The floor is dry." Gabriella smiled a little and sat down at the table. Her mom placed a plate of bacon and eggs in front of her. After eating, Gabriella ran outside just in time to catch the bus. She really didn't want detention on top of everything else that was going on. When they arrived at school, she looked around for Troy. Not being able to find him, she ran to her first class, Ms. Darbus's.
"Thank you for joining us, Ms. Montez. Do you know where Mr. Bolten is?" Gabriella noticed just then that he was not in class. She shook her head and sat down at her seat, noticing that Ryan, Jason and Kelsi were also gone. "Well, he must be sick as well." Class carried on as usual that day, besides the point that Sharpay left her alone and she did not have singing practice because of Kelsi's absense. When the final bell rang, Gabriella jumped from her seat and quickly exited the school, wanting some freash air. All in all, school had sucked that day. Wanting to clear her mind, she decided to walk home.
As she was walking, she saw Troy's house in the distance. Wanting to know what was so wrong that he would miss school, she decided to drop by, not knowing what a bad idea it was. Reaching the front door, she reached out a hand and knocked. The door was answered by Mr. Bolten. Gabriella gulped and looked at the ground.
"Hello, Mr. Bolten. Um, Troy wasn't in school today. Do you know whats wrong?"
"Huh? He went to school today. Sure he missed free period workout, but I thought that was because of his singing thing. What do you mean he wasn't in school?"
"Well, I thought he was sick. Something has been going around school, so I just thought..." Just then Mrs. Bolten came to the door.
"Well, hello sweetie." She then saw the look of worry on both Gabriella and her husbands faces and knew something was wrong. "What?"
"Troy skipped school." Mr. Bolten said, walking over to the phone and picking it up. Dialing Troy's cell phone, he tapped his fingers impaitently on the wall. Although Mr. Bolten had taken it from over the weekend, he had given Troy back his cell phone for school. After a minute, he slammed the phone down and walked back over to Mrs. Bolten and Gabriella.
"No luck?" Mrs. Bolten asked, nervously playing with her hands.
"No. I'm giving him two hours, then I am calling all of his friends. Ms. Montez, were all of his friends at school today?" Jack asked, thinking that he might have gone over to one of their houses.
"I think so...I don't know all of his frineds, so I am not sure." She was still avoiding Mr. Bolten's gaze.
"Damn. Well, if he ran away, he couldn't have gotten far, his leg being broken and all." He glared at Gabriella as he said this. Mrs. Bolten jabbed her husband in the arm. He broke his gaze long enough to look at his wife, as if to say 'What did you so that for?' and rub his arm.
"Gabriella, sweetie, do you know where he might have gone? Are you sure you didn't see him at school today?"
"I didn't see him today, I'm positive.Neither did Taylor or Chad. I asked them both." Mrs. Bolten nodded.
"Ms. Montez, I think you'd better go home. I think you have caused enough damage in these past few days." Gabriella fought back tears, but nodded and ran out of the house.
It was now dark, ten at night, and Gabriella still hadn't heard much from the Boltens. Mrs. Bolten had called once to tell her that they had not heard much from Troy, but they were still looking. She was just about to go to bed when she heard rusling from a bush below. Looking down, she saw a head. Cound it be? Yes! Gabriella motioned for Troy to come on up, that it was safe. He nodded and started climbing up the balcony. How he was doing it with his leg broken, would forever be a mystery to her. As soon as he reached the top, Gabriella threw her arms around him.
"Troy! We were all so worried!" Troygasped in pain, but hugged her back.
"Gabriella, please don't be so loud. I don't wan't anyone to know I am here." Gabriella pulled back, looking at him weirdly. He was favoring his leg, as if he had been walking on it for a while and it was huting him badly.
"Why not?"
"Gabriella, I have thought about this a lot, and I am sorry. I can't do it anymore. I'm running away."
"What? No, Troy, please."
"I am so sorry. I can't so it, I have been thinking about this since Saturday, and it is the only way. My dad has brought it way to far." Troy paused, not sure if he should tell Gabriella. Deciding that it was the least he could do, he did. "He hit me."
"What! Troy, you have to tell someone. Running away is not the answer, please, don't leave me."Tears were forming in her dark brown eyes.
"I have to. Someday, I will come back, I promise. But I need time to think. The best way is to go away from it all. I am sorry I have to leave you, I really am. I thought it would be easier to leave without seeing you again, but I couldn't to it. I had to drop by and say good-bye." Troy paused again. "I love you, Gabriella."
"I love you, too." Gabriella said, without even needing to think. She did, always had. "Let me come with you."
"What? No. You have to stay, go on with your life. Don't wait for me. Move on." He gave Gabriella one last hug and started climbing down the balcony again, tears slipping from his eyes from both pain, and sadness. Gabriella wastched him.
"No, Troy, please. I love you." He reached the bottom and slipped into the darkness, still moving on his broken leg. Gabriella let her tears fall. He was gone, Troy was gone. Walking over to her bed, she sat down and cried. After almost ten minutes, she stood up and walked out onto the balcony, where she started humming one of her favorite songs, My Immortal. Realizing it said everything she was thinking, she started singing outloud.
I'm so tired of being here
Supressed by all of my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wonds won't seem to heal
This pain is just to real
Theres just to much that time can not erase
When you cried I'd
Wipe away all of your tears
When you screamed I'd
Fightaway all of your fears
And I held your hand through
All of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me
Byyour resonating mind
Now I'm bind by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My oncepleasnt dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wonds won't seem to heal
This pain is just to real
Theres just to much that time can not erase
When you cried I'd
Wipe away all of your tears
When you screamed I'd
Fightaway all of your fears
And I held your hand through
All of these years
You still have all of me
I've tired so hard to tell myself that your gone
But though your still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cired I'd
Wipe away all of your tears
When you screamed I'd
Fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through
All of these years
But you still have all of me...
Troy sat in the bushes below Gabriella's wondow, realizing just how much he was hurting her. He considered going back for a minute, but he had to do this. It was the best for both of them. If he stayed, all he was doing was huting Gabriella, he had to go. God, this was so hard. Pulling himself away from her beautiful voice, he stood and started silently limping out of her back yard and into the world. He would come back for her, but this was the best thing for both of them now.
Ahhh! Ducks objects being thrown at her from fans Sorry! Well, I hope you liked it. Please review! I will update fsater! Yahoo!
Normally, I would reply to me reviews, but I just have too many. Sorry not everything I said would happen in this chapter actually did, It changed at the last moment, but I like this ides better. See you all in the next chapter! Or in reviews...
Next chapter: Gabriella can't seem to pull herdelf back to reality, a postcard comes from Troy, and Mr. Bolten gets reeally mad.