It's now free period and Chad sees Gabby. "Hey! Geeky Gabby!"

Gabriella turns around. "What do you want, Chad?! I'm not in the mood for games."

He walks over and holds her up. "I want you to do my homework, Loser."

"Fuck off! Do it yourself!"

He slams her against the wall. "Don't you back talk me, Loser. Do it or else." He sets her down roughly and shoves his homework at her then walks away.

Gabriella tears up and starts walking to her locker. She grabs The Time Traveler's Wife and puts her things away then grabs her last text book for her last period. She shuts her locker as the tears start to run down her face silently. She turns around and sees her boyfriend. Troy notices her tears and quickly grabs her in a hug. "What happened, Sweetheart?"

"It's your STUPID BEST FRIEND!" She yelled through her sobs.

"Chad? What did he do?"

"He threatened me. Held me against the wall then thrust his homework at me. The threat was if I didn't do it for him."

"I'll take care of him. Talk to him." He kisses her forehead then lets go taking Chad's homework from her. "No one hurts My Gabby."

"Thanks, Troy. He called me Geeky Gabby and a loser again too. Before he held me to the wall and threatened me."

Troy got mad. "Best friend my ass. He's not my friend anymore. Not unless he changes and is nice to you." He kisses her cheek and walks off to the gym knowing that's where Chad went.

Gabriella wiped her eyes and went to the library.

In the library, Taylor and Eve were doing their math homework. Gabriella walked over to her best friends and sat down across from them. "Stupid Chad." She muttered.

The girls heard her and looked up. "What did Danforth do this time?" Taylor asked.

"What she said." Eve agreed.

Gabriella sighed. "I'll tell you at home. I don't want to talk about it right now."

"That bad?" Eve asked.

She nodded. "Besides, if I tell you now, Tay will kill him."

"Of course I would. No one hurts my sister/best friend."

Gabriella slightly smiled at that response. "Love you, Tay."

"Love you too, Gabs." She replied and started helping Eve again.