Chapter 2:
The concusion:
"Jed! Don't!" I yelled as he pushed desks to the side to get to me.
I screamed again.
"I told you not to tell anyone! But you didn't listen. So now, I'm going to kill you." Jed threatened.
"I'm sorry! Alright. You know I bet..." I tripped of a chair leg. And then I fell to the ground. "I bet he didn't even understand what I said! Just please don't kill me?"
"Well even if he didn't hear. Now I can't trust you around people. So I'm still going to kill you." Jed said holding my head down practically choking me to death.
I started gasping for air. And then I started choking. But then luckily the principal walked in the room.
"What the hell!" Mr. Matsutsi yelled.
Jed quickly let go of my neck and ran out of the room. But I had passed out.
"Gabriella! Gabriella are you ok?" Mr. Matsutsi asked.
But I didn't answer.
Mr. Ravet called 9-1-1.
The next morning. When I woke up I found my self in a hospital bed, in the hospital.
"Hello?" I asked.
Then a nurse walked into the room.
"What happened? Why am I here?" I asked.
"You had a concusion." The nurse who's name was Betty explained.
"What? How?" I wondered.
"Well the principal at the school said you were being choked to death by another teacher. And he must of slammed your head against something." Betty explained.
"What? When was I at a school?" I asked confused.
"I guess you forgot you work at a school." Betty said.
"I work at a school?" I was really confused now.
Betty just shook her head and walked out of the room. Then my cell phone rang. I guess I had brought it with me.
"Oh cool. I have a cell phone!" I said. Then I picked it up. "Hello."
"Gabi! Hey it's me! How are you?" Troy asked and practically yelled it into the phone.
"What? I'm fine. I think. But who are you?" I asked confused.
"What? Gabi, It's me. Troy." Troy explained in a confused way.
"Who? I don't know anybody by the name of Troy." I said.
"What? Gabi, What happened to you?" Troy yelled.
"I had a concusion. At least that's what the nurse said." I said.
"Oh that must explain why you don't remember me. Well I'm coming back there right now." Troy said and hung up.
"Ok then. That was weird." I said then hung up.
Kelsi walks in.
"Gabi! Are you ok?" Kelsi asked walking up to the bed.
"Yeah. I think." I said wondering who she was.
"Oh good." Kelsi said.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"What? Gabi it's me, Kelsi." Kelsi said confused.
"Kelsi? I don't think I know a Kelsi." I said.
"What? Gabi, we're like best friends." Kelsi said. "What's going on with you?"
The doctor walks in the room.
"Doctor? What's wrong with her? She doesn't seem to remember anything." Kelsi said worried.
"Oh well, she had a concusion." The doctor explained.
"What?" Kelsi yelled.
"Yeah. She was attacked by one of the teachers at the school." He explained.
"What? Who?" Kelsi asked.
"Yeah who?" I said sitting up. But then the doctor made me lay back down.
"Uh the principal said it was Mr. Tagerman." The doctor said.
"What? I cannot believe him! He was such a sweet teacher." Kelsi said up set.
"Yeah. Who is he?" I asked.
"Well ok. You need to get some sleep." The doctor said and walked out of the room.
"Uh. Kelsi is it?" I asked.
"Yeah." Kelsi said.
"Well if you're like one of my best friends, you should know the answer to this question. Do I know a guy named Troy?" I asked.
"Yeah...Why? Well how do you know about him?" Kelsi asked confused.
"He called me." I said. "And it seemed like we knew each other really well."
"Well you do. In high school you were a couple. And then the other night we had our high school reunion. And you got to see him again. And you got to see me again too. And the rest of your friends. And the point is. You love Troy. And you just don't want to admit it to everyone and to Troy. And Troy loves you. We all know it. You guys are just afraid to admit it." Kelsi explained.
"I love him?" I asked.
"Well it seems like it to everyone. And Troy loves you. We all know it." Kelsi said.
"Well he said that he was coming back." I said. "From where?"
"Well where ever he lives I guess. I don't know exactly where but he must really love you. Since he's ditching his life in where ever land to stay with you." Kelsi said.
"Really?" I said looking at my phone. "I'm gonna call him back."
I called him.
"Troy?" I asked.
"Gabriella?" Troy asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"Hey." Troy said. "Look I'm on my way right now. I'm on the plane and I'm flying over Nevada I think right now."
"Ok. But...Why do you want to ditch your life in where ever land to come and be with me?" I asked.
Troy didn't answer.
"Troy? Why are you doing this?" I asked. I don't know who I'm talking to right now. Except I do know his name is Troy. And he loves me...I think.
"Because I love you Gabi." Troy said.
"That's what Kelsi said." I said.
"What?" Troy asked.
"Oh nothing. But it's just kind of weird that you love me. And if I knew you I would probably love you too. But I have no idea who you are right now." I said.
"Yeah. It really stinks." Troy said.
I laughed a little bit.
"But maybe if we have a chance to spend time with each other. I could learn to love you like you love me." I said starting to get teary.
"Yeah. I would really like to do that." Troy said. "But first I need to get off this plane."
"Yeah." I said. "Well bye."
"See ya." Troy said then hung up. Then I hung up. And started to cry a little bit.
"What's wrong Gabi?" Kelsi asked.
"This isn't fair!" I yelled. "Why did this have to happen? I didn't do anything to him."
"Well nothing you could remember." Kelsi said. Then I looked at her with a mad face.
"This isn't funny Kelsi. I don't remember who I am! And the person that loves me is someone in my mind I don't even know." I said.
"Well that might be true. But in your heart, he's someone you know and love." Kelsi said.
"Good bye Gabi." Kelsi said and then walked out.
"Oh actually if you want to see what Troy looks like. Look on your cell. There's a picture of him on there." Kelsi said.
"I thought that was just for decoration." I said. Then Kelsi walked out.
I looked on my cell phone and I found a picture of a guy that had the name Troy on it.
"Man he's hott." I said to myself.
I love his smile. Nice hair. Is that fireworks in the back round? Where did I get this picture of him. It looks like I took this picture at a fireworks show, or mabye a store.
4 hours later.
"Gabi!" Troy said as he ran up to the bed.
"Are you Troy? The guy who's picture is in my phone. And the guy who called me." I asked.
"Yeah. You still have that picture?" Troy asked.
"I guess so." I said.
"I thought you would of gotten rid of it by now." Troy said.
"Well I must of really loved you. Both in my mind, and in my heart." I said remembering what Kelsi told me.
"Yeah. I know I did." Troy said walking up to me. "And I still do."
"Thanks. I really wish I could say the same thing to you." I said up set.
"Yeah. So do I." Troy said. "But I'm really glad you're ok. Even if you don't remember me."
"Thanks. So when I get out of here tomorrow do you want to get something to eat?" I asked.
"Sure." Troy said.
3 hours later.
Troy fell asleep in the chair in my room. We both were sleeping.
The next morning.
I just woke up.
"Troy?" I asked when I didn't see him in the room.
"Oh hey you're up." Troy said walking in with a doughnut.
"Uh. You didn't get me one?" I asked.
"Sorry. The doc said you couldn't eat sweets." Troy said.
"What? Why? That's a stupid rule." I said.
"I know. But now there's more for me." Troy said smiling and then sitting down at the end of my bed. "So the doc said you can get out today anytime you feel like it."
"Good. Let's go." I said. "But first I have to change back into my clothes."
I went into the bathroom and changed.
"Let's go." I said.
"Yeah. Doctor, we're leaving." I said.
"Oh, well go check out at the counter first. Have a nice day." The doctor said.
"Thanks. You too." I said.
"Later doc!" Troy said.
"Uh...later." The doctor said.
I checked out. Then we went to eat.
"So. What did you happen to leave at where ever land?" I asked.
"Well first of all I live in Los Angelos. And second of all I wasn't busy at all. I mean sure I have basketball to deal with but we don't have anymore games so we can just end early and I can move here whenever you want." Troy explained.
"What do you mean move here?" I asked.
"Well before you had your concusion I was gonna move here in about a month." Troy said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because we didn't want to have to leave each other again." Troy said.
"Wow. We must of really missed each other." I said.
"Yeah." Troy said. Then smiled.
2 days later.
"Ok. So tomorrow you're going back to L.A. and then you'll come back 2 days after that." I said talking on the phone with Troy in my class room.
"Yep." Troy said when the bell rang.
"Oh there's the bell. I'll talk to you after school ok." I said as they started rushing in.
"Ok. Bye." Troy said.
"Bye." I said hanging up.
"Ok. So you guys are positive this is your class room?" I asked.
"Yep." They all said.
"And are you sure I'm your teacher?" I asked just to be sure.
"Yep." They all said.
"Why are you asking all these quetions?" Samantha asked.
"Well I'll tell everyone the story once everyone gets in here and sits down." I said.
"Ok." Samantha said.
Everyone sits down.
"Ok everyone. I have something to tell you." I said. "A few days ago, Mr. Tagerman tried to kill me. And he made me get a concusion. So I'm not going to be remembering anything we do or did."
"What?" They all said.
"Ok. So what do we first do in the morning?" I asked. They all looked at each other with worried faces. But then they thought of how they could take advantage of me.
"Well first of all we start out blasting the music and having a par-tay!" A kid named Johnny said.
"Ok well blast the music and let's have a par-tay!" I said.
"Whoa!" They all yelled.
"Wait! Doesn't anyone care about the fact Mrs. Montez had a concusion?" Callie yelled.
"Well yeah. But we're just doing what we usually do in the morning." Johnny said winking at his friend Ryan.
"NO! This isn't what we do in the morning!" Callie yelled.
"What? Callie what are you saying?" I asked.
"They're just taking advantage of you! I mean do you really think our teacher let's us do this?" Callie said.
"Callie!" Johnny yelled.
"Well I guess this is a little out of line." I said. "Now I am the teacher. And I always was. So I say we sit down and have a 1/2 hour of reading since you guys took advantage of me."
"We didn't take advantage of you. We really do this." Johnny said.
"Put a sock in it Johnny!" Callie said.
They all take out their books and start reading.
1/2 later.
"Ok guys. Now you guys I guess can have a little break with some music. You know since I might be wrong. And since you guys read so nicely." I said.
"Yey!" They said. Then Johnny turned on the radio.
They have their break.
After school. Troy calls me.
"Hey Troy!" I said.
"Hey. Ok so I'll come pick you up from work ok. I'll be there in about 10 minutes." Troy said.
"Ok. I'm in room 214." I said.
"Ok. Bye." Troy said.
"Bye." Then we hung up.
Jen walks in. Jen is the teacher next door.
"Hey." Jen said.
"Hey...Jen." I said. I had to look at her name tag. "Hey guess what. My old high school boy friend is coming here in about 10 minutes. Wanna meet him?"
"Do I? Of corse I do!" Jen said.
"Good." I said.
"Look Gabriella. I'm really sorry I wasn't there when Jed attacked you. Because I promise if I would of been I would of tackled him to the ground." Jen said.
"Right." I said sarcastically.
"Hey there's a lot of things you don't know about me." Jen said.
Flashback:
Jen kicked the guy in the butt, then she got on top of him and took his arms and twisted them, then she bit his shoulder and tied his arms together.
End of flashback...
"Well duh." I said.
"Yeah. Duh..." Jen said with a weird face. "Anyways what's his name?"
"Troy. I don't know his last name though." I said.
"You don't know his last name?" Jen yelled.
"Uh hello. The concusion remember?" I said.
"Right." Jen said.
5 minutes later.
"Hey Gabi." Troy said walking in.
Jen looks at me with a face that says "You go girl!"
"Hey Troy." I said. "Troy. This is Jen."
"Hi. I'm Troy obviouslly." Troy said shaking hands with Jen.
"Hi." Jen said.
"Yeah well I'm almost ready to go." I said.
"So Gabriella tells me you two were a couple in high school." Jen said. I hope she's jealous.
"Yeah we were." Troy said.
"Lucky." Jen mouths to me. Yep she's jealous.
I laugh a little to my self.
"Ok well..." I said. Then Jed walked into the room.
"What are you doing here?" Jen yelled blocking him from getting close to me.
"Who is that?" Troy asked.
"It's Jed. The guy that strangled me." I said running up to him. "What do you want?"
"That's him?" Troy asked.
"Yes!" We both yelled.
"And that's the guy who..." Troy said.
"Yes Troy!" I said knowing he was going to say the guy who raped me.
"Well I just wanted to talk to Gabriella alone for a second." Jed said.
"Yeah right." Jen and Troy said as Troy ran up to him.
"Guys it's ok." I said.
"What?" Jen and Troy asked.
"Ok. Talk to me." I said.
"Ok. Well first of all I am so sorry for doing that stuff to you. Ok. And I'm sorry for threating to kill you. And I'm sorry for trying to kill you." Jed said. "Please forgive me?"
"I'm sorry Jed. There is no way I am even close to forgiving you. After what you did to me and said to me I might never forgive you." I said.
"Oh come on Gabi!" Jed said touching my shoulder.
"Don't touch me!" I yelled moving his hand off me.
"I'm sorry." Jed siad.
"Leave right now Jed!" I yelled.
"No! I'm not leaving until you accept my apology. Nothing you can do will make me leave." Jed said.
"Ah huh." I said. Then I looked at Troy and Jen. Then Troy and Jen each took one of his arms and dragged him out into the hallway and then locked my door on the way in. Then I high fived them.
"Wait a minute. How did you remember that guy?" Jen asked.
"Yeah. And how did you remember him raping you?" Troy asked.
"He raped her?" Jen asked surprised. Troy nodded.
"I don't know." I said.
"Ok. Well what's his last name?" Jen asked.
"What?" Troy asked.
"Well she couldn't remember it earlier." Jen said.
"Bolton!" I said. "I remember your last name! My memories back!"
"Yey!" I hugged Jen and Troy. Jed starts knocking on the door.
"Well first how did he get out of jail?" Jen asked.
"They didn't put him in jail." I said.
"What? They should of." Troy said.
"They didn't put him in jail because he didn't kill me. And they didn't believe that he raped me." I said.
"What?" Jen and Troy yelled.
"But he attempted to kill you!" Jen yelled.
"And he did rape you!" Troy yelled.
"I know. It's not fair." I said.
"Why can't they believe you?" Jen asked.
"He should be in jail." Troy said.
"I know. But he's not." I said.
The next day.
"Yeah so I need you to tell the team that I am now living in Albequerqe and I won't be back for the rest of the season." Troy told the assistant coach of his team.
"But why are you there?" Rick asked.
"Because I need to be here with my girl friend. She just went experianced a concusion and she wants me to be here with her." Troy explained.
"So I need to tell the kids that the coach let you guys all down because he needs to be with his girl. And he thinks she's more important than you all. I know he let you down. But I won't do that to you guys." Rick said.
"Ha ha very funny. You guys are just as important as her to me you all know that. But I need to be here." Troy said. "I'm sorry."
"Well ok. I'll just have to find another assistant coach." Rick explained.
"What? You're the assistant coach." Troy said.
"I know. But not any more. Now since that position is open, I'm taking it dude!" Rick said.
"Ok. Well good luck with that. I'll talk to you later when you tell me how they took it." Troy said. "See ya Rick."
"Later man." Rick said.
"Hey Troy." I said as I walked in. And I can't believe I did this but I kissed him. At least he went along with it.
"I needed that." Troy said.
"Yeah." I said.
"Ok. So I'm going back to L.A. tonight." Troy explained.
"What? Why? I thought you were going to live here." I complained.
"Relax. I'm just giong back to get my things. I'll be back in a few days." Troy said.
"I knew that." I said. Even though I had forgotten that he still had to get his stuff. Troy smiled.
"Now I don't have to buy clothes at the store every single day." Troy said.
"Yeah. You can. But you could of always worn my clothes." I joked.
"Yeah..." Troy said laughing a little bit.
"Ok, well when you get back are you living at my place with me? Or will you buy an apartment? Or your own house?" I asked hoping he would want to live with me.
"Well what do you think I should do?" Troy asked me.
"I asked you first." I said.
"Ok. Would you mind if I stayed at your place." Troy asked.
"Of coarse I don't. You can stay at my place." I said.
"Thanks." I said.
"Oh shit! I just remembered I have a big meeting on basketball teams in New York City in a week. So I'm gonna be gone about 3 days in L.A. And then I'll be back for about a day, then I'll have to go to New York for 2 weeks. I'm gonna be gone a lot this month." Troy said. "I'm sorry."
"Oh it's ok." I said sadly.
"I got to go get ready to leave." Troy said. "But I promise when all this traveling stuff is over, I'll spend all of my time with you."
"Ok." I said.
"Bye." Troy said. Troy got up and kissed me.
"Bye." I said as he left. I'm really up set. The reason Troy was moving here with me was so we could spend more time with each other. And now all of this month he's gonna be gone. I'll only be able to spend a day with him. Ahhhhhh...this stinks!
That night.
"So Troy's gonna be gone all month?" Kelsi asked when we were eating at McDonalds.
"Yeah. I mean the reason he was moving here was so we could spend time with each other and we wouldn't have to be apart any more. But that's not even happening. He's leaving like right now to go back to L.A. to get his stuff. And then on Friday he's leaving for New York City for a basketball meeting." I said depressed.
"Wow. That's sad." Kelsi said.
"Yeah. This is probably the happiest thing that's happened to me since he told me that." I said. We are eating really, really salty french fries. Kelsi laughed. Then my cell rang.
"Hello." I said.
"Hey!" Sharpay said.
"Sharpay? Hey girl!" I said.
"What is up?" Sharpay asked.
"Nothing much. I'm just eating french fries with Kelsi." I explained.
"Cool. Well how are things going with you and Troy?" Sharpay asked.
"Well Troy is moving in with me. Except we doing this to be together, and now Troy's going to be gone all month." I explained.
"Oooo tough. Well me and Zeke finally worked it all out." Sharpay said.
"Oh really?" I said.
"Yeah. His wife is such a jerk but she agreed to let me and Zeke talk for a little. And I told him that I was ok with him being married to someone else and he didn't believe me. But I finally convinced him, and we went on a so called "date" without his wife knowing. But you know just as friends. And we talked and then he told me that his wife was pregnat with their first kid. And I told him that I was happy for him. And then once again he didn't believe me. But then he did. And we're all better now." Sharpay explained.
"Wow. Interesting." I said.
"Yeah. But we agreed to still be friends now." Sharpay said.
"Well good." I said.
"Ok well bye." Sharpay said. "I'll call you later."
"Ok. Later Sharpay." I said.
"See ya." Sharpay said.
"Was that Sharpay?" Kelsi asked.
"Yeah. And her and Zeke worked everything out. And now they're friends and his wife is ok with it...I think that's what she told me." I said.
"Good." Kelsi said.
"Yeah. Well I was really surprised when I found out that Zeke was married to another girl. Because in high school he like really loved Sharpay and I thought that if he was married it would be to Sharpay." I said.
"Yeah. I thought that too." Kelsi said. "But yeah. I'm though really up set since Jason wasn't there." Kelsi said.
"What? Jason was there. I saw him." I said.
"He was? I didn't see him! Oh man!" Kelsi said stomping.
"Oh. I'm sorry. I should of told you." I said.
"Oh no it's ok. I just really, really, really, really wanted to see him." Kelsi said really sadly.
"Yeah." I said.
"Ok this is kind of a random question but would you rather eat cow manuare or tell Jason you hate him and never want to speak to him again?" I asked.
"What kind of question is that?" Kelsi asked confused.
"Well I don't know. I'm just wondering." I said.
"Well I'm not answering it." Kelsi said.
"Oh come on Kelsi. It's just a fun little question." I said. Kelsi doesn't say anything for 10 seconds.
"How much manuare?" Kelsi finally asked.
"Just a little spoon full." I said.
"I'd eat the manuare." Kelsi said.
I laughed a little bit.
At my house. I started to look at a picture of me and Troy that we took at the reunion.
"Nice to see you again Troy. I'm really looking forward to spending all of my time with you." I said.
Then I shut the light off and went to bed.
My dream...
At the air port.
"Troy!" I yelled as I ran up to him and hugged him once he got off the plane.
"Hey Gabriella!" Troy said.
"Gabriella? You haven't called me that in a while." I said.
"Yeah. I guess I haven't." Troy said.
"Troy. Hey." A girl said as she got off the plane. "Thanks for waiting."
"Yeah." Troy said looking at me with a worried face. Then my face totally changed. It went from a smile to a frown.
"Who is she?" I asked.
"I'm Brenda." Brenda said. She said as she held out a hand to shake. But I didn't shake. "Ok. Well I'm Troy's girl friend."
"Troy's what!" I yelled.
End of dream...
I woke up breathing really hard. Then I decided to call Troy.
"Hey." Troy said knowing it was me.
"Hey. So what's going on with you?" I asked.
"Nothing...much." Troy said.
"So who have you been hanging around with?" I asked.
"Oh just some friends back here. I had to talk to the team today. And trust me that did not go well." Troy explained.
"Oh I'm sorry." I said.
"Yeah. And Rick the assistant coach is such a jerk. He was purposly trying to make me feel bad for leaving the team. He's all like, oh don't worry team, I won't leave you. And then he's like, Oh I can't believe you Troy. Leaving the team for a girl. That is so cruel." Troy explained.
"Yeah. That is pretty cruel. You sure seem like you're bugged by him, and leaving the team." I said.
"Yeah. I guess I'm not too thrilled leaving the team." Troy said. "But I don't care because I'd rather be with you."
"Ah, huh. Well you know. Why don't you just stay with the team so you won't let them down, or Rick. And so you can stay with your other girl friend." I said then hung up. Oh no! What did I just do? It was just a dream. It wasn't real. I better call him back.
"Oh my god Troy I am so so so so sorry for what I said! I had a dream that you came back from New York and you had another girl friend. I guess I was just really mad about that dream. Please forgive me." I said.
"Ok well it seems like you just don't want me to live with you. And you would rather have me live in L.A." Troy said.
"What Troy that's not what I meant! I had a dream that you had another girl friend that's it! And I went over the top." I said.
"Well you should know that I would never cheat on you! And you know I want to live with you. Instead of living in L.A. with my team." Troy said.
"Yeah. I know. I'm sorry. I just got scared that it would actually happen." I said.
"Ok. I believe you. And I forgive you for saying that stuff." Troy said.
"Thank you." I said. "So I guess I'll see you in about 2 days." I said.
"Uh actually I think I should just go to New York right after I'm done packing. Otherwise I'll just be flying back and forth back and forth when I don't even need to." Troy explained.
"You know Troy the reason you're moving down here is so we can spend time with each other. And now you're gonna be gone all the rest of this month." I said.
"Oh I'm sorry Gabi. I know I'm gonna be gone a lot. But I'm really looking forward to the end of this month." Troy said innocently.
"Yeah I know you are. I am too. But I haven't gotten to spend a lot of time with you since the reunion." I said.
"You got to spend like 4 days with me." Troy said.
"Well. Now it's gonna be 16 days." I said then I hung up. Then I went to sleep.
My dream continued...
"I'm his girl friend." Brenda said with a weird face on her.
"I'm Troy's girl friend!" I said.
"Well now you aren't. Troy said he was gonna dump you when he got back. So go ahead Troy. But I'd suggest letting her down easy." Brenda said.
"What?" I yelled in Troy's face.
"I'm sorry. But Brenda and I have so much in common. Unlike you and me. I mean you are really into getting good grades and getting straight a's. While I'm into basketball. I mean Brenda is a cheerleader for the Lakers. And I was thinking of taking your advice and being one of the Lakers." Troy explained.
"But you were already one of the Lakers! You were a Laker for 4 years! And we have stuff in common." I said.
"I'm sorry. But I love Brenda now. And there's nothing you can do that will change my mind." Troy said grabbing Brenda's hand.
Then Brenda does a little laugh then Troy joins in.
"Fine. I guess then I'll have to just keep the sports car for myself." I said in a convincing way.
"Sports car?" Troy said.
"Yeah. I wanted to get you a homecoming present." I said. Though I really didn't get him a present. I just thought that would make him come back to me then Brenda would get so mad she would leave him alone for good and he couldn't go crawling back to her.
"Good bye Brenda." Troy said holding his arm out so I could wrap my arm around his arm. And I did.
"Sucker!" I mouthed to Brenda when we walked away and I looked back at her.
Brenda whined and stomped. "This stinks!"
End of dream...
