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Two weeks had passed since Gabriella woke up from her drug-induced coma and she was finally on her way home from the hospital. Troy had hardly left her side all the while she was hospitalised, the two weeks they had spent together had brought them ever closer. There had been a time when Gabriella would have thought none the less of spending so much time with her best friend, but recently every minute she got to spend with him had been like a miracle. Time seemed to stand still when she was near him; she was most definitely in love. Troy was also in love, with Mia.

"Are you excited to be home, honey?" Said Maria, as Gabriella got out of the car.

"You bet! I can't believe they kept me in an extra two days just to 'keep an eye on me'." Exclaimed Gabriella, using air quotes.

Maria looked at her only daughter and smiled, the doctors had insisted that Gabriella stay an extra couple of nights, just be sure that she wasn't going to relapse. Maria opened the door for Gabriella and was hit by a torrent of noise.

"SURPRISE!" yelled about 10 voices all at once.

Gabriella thought her heart was going to stop right there and then.

"What the hell are you all doing here?" she asked, genuinely shocked.

"Fine if you feel like that. I'm off home!" Said Sharpay, making as if to push Gabriella out of the way.

Gabriella smiled and pulled her female best friend into a big bear hug.

"Ow, need – to – breathe-"Gasped Sharpay, "What have they given you? I swear you're as strong as Troy these days!"

"No, Shar, you're just a little weakling!" Gabriella joked. She looked round at who else was in the room, Taylor was sat on the couch with Kelsi and Martha, Zeke was stood with his arm around Lillie an extremely pretty girl from the cooking club. Jason was stood by the food table holding hands with Amber the head cheerleader; Chad was stood the other side of Sharpay his mouth full of Cheetos. And finally Troy was stood, with a beaming smile on his face, by the back door. Gabriella's heart skipped a few beats when she saw him. The only problem was he had his arm firmly around Mia's skinny little waist.

"Hey Gabs, how ya feeling?" Asked Troy, releasing Mia and giving Gabriella a bear hug.

"I'm doing okay, Troy. Thanks for asking." She gave Troy her biggest smile, as if to say 'look what you're missing'.

"God I missed you! Don't you ever do that to me again? Understand?" Reprimanded Taylor, giving Gabriella a friendly hug.

" Okay guys. I've been away for five weeks but I'm back now…so let's get this party started!" Gabriella exclaimed, she was being a lot louder than usual. Only Sharpay seemed to notice though.

Two hours later Maria could see that her daughter was begging to flag, she was starting to get tired. Maria knew that if Gabriella got over tired then she would make herself ill again.

"Okay, people. Sorry to break up the party but I think it's time that I put my little one to bed." Every body laughed, Gabriella smiled at her mom, gratefully. Maria walked over to Sharpay and whispered in her ear "If you want to stay tonight, you can."

Sharpay smiled gratefully at Maria, she knew that Gabriella needed someone to talk too.

When everybody else had said their goodbyes and headed home, Gabriella and Sharpay made their way to Gabriella's bedroom. As they walked in Gabriella smiled. It was nice to be back in the comfort of her very own, pink and white bedroom. It had not been re-decorated since she was 13 and that was how she liked it. The walls were covered in photos of friends and family, it has to be said, they were mainly of Troy and Gabriella, although in the last year or so quite a few pictures of Gabriella and Sharpay had appeared.

"Glad to be home?" Sharpay asked, flopping down on Gabriella's double bed.

"Yeah" Gabriella yawned, closing her eyes.

"You girls should get some sleep, you can talk in the morning" Said Maria, walking in the room to give her daughter her pills.

"Yeah, I think that's a good idea. You look mega tired Ella." Said Sharpay, the concern in her voice evident.

The girls got changed and into bed, Gabriella was asleep instantly but Sharpay pulled out her diary and began to write :

Dear Diary, Well Ella's out of hospital but she's still not very well.

She came home to a house full of people, I didn't think she'd be well enough to

enjoy herself, but looking back on it I think she did. Her face when

she saw Mia and Troy, OMG. I'm totally convinced she's in love with him.

Talking of love, I'm still pining after the bushy haired freak lol! He'd never look

at me twice though! Oh well, better hit the sack, night!

Sharpay replaced her diary on the nightstand, turned over and drifted into a peaceful sleep.

The morning dawned bright and breezy. Sharpay woke and immediately knew something was wrong. She didn't know what but there was definitely something up. She opened her eyes and saw that Gabriella's side of the bed was empty. She sat up and stared around the room, Gabriella was no-where in sight but the door to her en-suite was closed. It had been open when Sharpay had gone to sleep. Sharpay swung her legs out of bed and started across the room. As she approached the bathroom door she heard quiet sobs coming from the room within. Her stomach was doing somersaults as she reached out to knock on the door. Was Gabriella ill again? Was she in trouble?

Gabriella started as she heard a soft knock on the door.

"Ella, honey, are you okay?" a voice from the other side of the door.

Gabriella took a moment to remember that Sharpay had stayed over last night. When she had awoken she had stumbled, blinded from tears, into the bathroom.

"Ella?" Said Sharpay again, more urgently.

"I-I'm fine" Said Gabriella, wiping her eyes.

"No you're not. Can I come in?" Said Sharpay.

Gabriella knew that Sharpay would not give in until she got her way, so she opened the door and let her friend in.

"Oh, honey! What's wrong?" Sharpay gathered Gabriella into a hug the moment she was through the door.

Gabriella sobbed into her friends shoulder. She couldn't tell her. She'd never told anybody. Her mind went back to the dream.

Flashback

His voice was gruff and his breath smelt of alcohol. A ten year old Gabriella was huddled in the corner her face frozen in shock. This was the man that had said he would never hurt her, but there he was. Advancing on her like a lion advanced on its prey.

"Come and see daddy" Said the voice.

"Why?" Gabriella managed to stutter out.

"I've got a present for you" Her father said.

Her father was standing over her now, leering at her. Gabriella could see that she had no hope. Then he was picking her up, carrying her over to the bed, putting her down. Then his hands were inside her skirt. Gabriella tried to cry out but no words would come. Tears streamed down her face.

End Flashback

Gabriella sobbed harder at the memory.

"What's the matter?" Asked Sharpay, the urgency in her voice was begging to show.

"Bad dream" Gabriella managed.

"Oh honey, what was it about?" Sharpay asked, stroking the hair of her best friend.

"Doesn't matter" Mumbled Gabriella, turning away and wiping her eyes.

"Yes it does" Said Sharpay, then a thought dawned on her. "Was it Troy and Mia?"

Gabriella looked up at the blonde, if that were it, she thought.

"Yeah, something like that." She said, it was the perfect cover up.

"Oh honey. If he can't see that you are perfect for him then he's an idiot." Sharpay said, sounding angry. "Lets get back into bed and have a long girly chat."

Gabriella managed a weak smile. This was why she had grown to love Sharpay, after you got past the ice queen exterior Sharpay had a heart of gold.

A/N: Okay, more about Gabriella's past! Shorter update! I'm so busy! I have exams and everything at the moment so I won't update as much! Sorry! Hit that little blue button! Xx