asdfghjkl; I hate two thing right now. One, is you guys of course. d: You guys reached the goal last Friday, like twelve hours after I posted it, and went beyond my goal…meanies. Haha. And second, is Fanfiction. It wouldn't let me upload anything, for the past week! It was so aggravating. Seriously.

Who's That Girl

Chapter 14- Convincing Them

Nobody's POV-

"K-Kelsi, we have to get her to a hospital. I can still feel a small pulse." He told her. Kelsi's eyes widened.

"R-really?!" she asked, as he nodded. She took Gabriella's other wrist, and felt the small pulse too. She smiled slightly through her tears, as Troy picked up Gabriella, and carried her in his arms, draping her arms around his neck.

"Let's go Kelsi!"

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Every moment that pasted, in the waiting room, was pure agonizing torture for Troy and Kelsi to go through. They had arrived at the hospital about two hours ago, and admitted Gabriella into the emergency room. Through all of the busyness of the hospital, they finally took her in thirty minutes after they had arrived. Five doctors had gone in, and out of the room she was in, and none of them would answer any questions Kelsi and Troy had asked. The two were seated on the uncomfortable chairs out in the hallway, just outside of her room. Troy's cell phone went off, as he took it out of his pocket.

"Hold on Kels." he told her, as he walked outside, as pressed accept.

"Hello?" Troy greeted in a monotonous voice.

"Hey Troy!" the voice on the other line greeted.

"Hi."

"Dude, what's wrong? You seem so out of it." Cameron joked, as Troy clicked his tongue annoyed.

"How am I supposed to sound?! Happy?!" He questioned angrily.

"Well, no but-"

"How am I supposed to be happy when Gabriella's in the hospital?" Troy exclaimed, interrupting him.

"I- whoa, whoa whoa. Back up. Did you just say my cousin's in the hospital?!"

"Yeah…"

"What the hell happened?! You said she was fine yesterday!" Cameron accused, as Troy rubbed his forehead with his free hand.

"It was self inflicted. She actually hurt herself." he stated, shaking his head. "As you know; she's in the hospital right now. She was in the emergency room. They brought her out an hour ago, and into another room." he finished, kicking a pebble on the ground.

"Is she going to be okay?" Cameron asked worriedly.

"They don't know if she can make it or not. In fact, I don't really know at all." Troy said furiously. "It's just that they haven't even said a thing to me since when we got here!" he exclaimed, pacing around. "Me and Kelsi are here. We're her only family at the moment. We might not be blood-family, but we still care about her." He rambled. "You'd think that they'd show some compassion, but no! They won't tell us a damn thing!" Cameron sighed.

"Calm down Troy. Take deep breaths." He coaxed, as Troy did as he said.

"How can you be so calm, Cam?" Troy asked, shaking his head.

"Ehh, been through this pain before. I've learned how to bottle up my emotions." Cameron explained.

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Troy hung up the phone, and walked back inside. He was feeling less stressed, and tense as he was before. 'That guy is a miracle worker, I swear.' He thought, as he opened the entrance door. He sat down beside Kelsi again, who was looking at the floor, seemingly interested the floor tile. He was about to talk to her, when the door to Gabriella's room opened, and another figure walked out, and stood before them.

"Family or friends of Miss Montez?" a doctor asked, as the two immediately stood up.

"That's us." Troy stated, as the doctor looked down at the clipboard he had in his hand, nodding.

"Would you like the good news or the bad news first?" he questioned.

"Erm, both?" Kelsi answered.

"Well, good news is we pumped out all of the drugs in her digestive system, and such." He stated happily, as the two sighed out of relief. "The bad news is that the drugs affected her body, and she won't wake up for about approximately seven to ten hours." Troy groaned.

"I guess that's okay." He stated, running his hand through his hair. "Did any of it harm her body?" He questioned curiously, as the doctor shook his head reassuringly.

"No, you two brought her here just in time." He started. "If she was any skinnier, we wouldn't have able to pump her stomach. He sighed slightly. "Be glad about that." He told them, as he looked down at his clipboard again.

"Could we go see her?" Kelsi inquired nervously.

"Yes, but just one question though." She looked at him weirdly.

"Yeah?"

"How did she get harmed like that? All of those cuts, the sedatives, her paleness; was it all self-inflicted?" he asked, as Troy opened his mouth to answer.

"You see, it all started-" He started, but was interrupted by Kelsi's hand, that was covering his mouth.

"Sorry, but that's a private matter we're not allowed to… talk about with others. But thank you though, Doctor…" she stated, as she looked down at his nametag. She tried to stifle her giggles as she finished her statement. "…Go." He rolled his eyes.

"No problem at all." He stated bluntly, walking away, and down the corridor. Kelsi and Troy walked into the room, and saw Gabriella lying peacefully on the mattress. She had a hospital gown on, and most of the blood was washed off of her. But her face was even paler, and her body was thinner than before.

Seeing all of the wires and cords attached to her made Kelsi's heart throb, as her stomach filled with pain and guilt in her conscious. She walked over to Gabriella, and looked down on her. She almost immediately broke out sobbing.

"I-I should've come over sooner. I'm so sorry Gabi. I'm such a bad friend. I-it was all my fault." She stuttered out between sobs. Troy shook his head sadly, as he took in Gabriella's appearance, tears weld up in his eyes. He closed them momentarily to prevent himself from crying.

"No it wasn't Kelsi." He stated, as he opened his eyes, and took a deep breath. "Let's just focus on finding out what happened alright?" she nodded in agreement.

"S-should we tell the others?" Kelsi asked nervously.

"Yeah." He stated running a hand through his hair again. "Wait, I have a date with Melanie tomorrow. You're going to have to go yourself." She groaned.

"But we could always go in the m-morning." She tried coaxing him, as he shook his head.

"It's an all day thing. Sorry Kels." She nodded sadly.

"Wait… you're still going out with her?" She questioned, as he looked at her weirdly.

"Well, yeah… I guess so." He told her. "Why?" she shook her head.

"Nothing. Let's go get the others now?" she offered, as he looked at the clock on the wall of the room, and sighed.

"Considering its midnight, how about you go get them in tomorrow? If you need any back up, just give me a call, and I'm there. And hopefully, Brie would have awoken by tomorrow."

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"Hey Guys." Kelsi greeted, as she opened the door, and let the rest entered her house. When everyone was seated in the living room, she decided that it was time to tell them what had happened. Before she could open her mouth and say anything, Ryan beat her to it.

"So, what's up Kelsi?" he asked, placing his hand on his hat, moving it around, before settling it down again. She opened her mouth to talk, but was interrupted again.

"You know I love you and all, but you better have a good reason of getting us up this early." Sharpay said, rubbing her eyes, and yawning.

"Yeah, what she said." Chad added in. She waited for a moment, for anyone else to say anything. No one did, and she opened her mouth to speak.

"I-" Taylor interrupted her. "Yeah Kelsi, come on. It's only 9:00pm. I wanted to sleep some more." Kelsi nodded as she looked at Zeke.

"I wanted to try this new recipe, my mom gave me." He explained. She looked over at Jason, who hadn't said anything yet.

"I'm happy." He stated smiling happily, and shrugged. Everybody shot him a look of curiosity.

"What?" Jason questioned. "It's more time to spend with Ke-" he trailed off. "Umm, more time… more company!" he exclaimed, standing up. "More company on a Saturday morning. You guys know how I get lonely." He finished sitting back down, and shrinking back in his seat. The rest looked at him weirdly, before turning their attention back towards Kelsi."

"Don't mind him Kels. He's just being his… usual self." Zeke stated, looking at Jason who was playing rock, paper, scissors, with himself. Zeke shook his head. "So what did you call us all here for?" He asked, as she took in a deep breath, and let it out.

"Guys… Gabi's in the hospital." Kelsi told them sadly.

"Are you serious?" Ryan questioned her in disbelief, as she raised her eyebrow and nodded. Sharpay suddenly stood up.

"This is what you rounded us up for, on a Saturday morning!?" The blonde started, pacing. "Just to try to convince us of some stupid lie that bitch brainwashed you into believing?!" she exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air.

"Come on Kels. You should know better than to believe her." Taylor chimed in, shaking her head.

"It really is true though!" she argued, as Sharpay stopped walking, and scoffed.

"Explain Kelsi."

"I already told you! Gabriella's been hurting herself, and yesterday, I guess she just went too far!!" Kelsi argued and stood up, as the blonde rolled her eyes.

"What if it's all an act?" Chad asked, as everyone turned their attention to him.

"How would it be an act? I saw her cutting herself! Her alibi even works out!" she yelled.

"But Kelsi, what if she's just tricking you again?" Zeke questioned gently, as Kelsi shook her head.

"She's not, she wouldn't, and she never did trick me! I actually have faith in her, unlike you guys!" she stated angrily.

"But-"

"No. Just listen to me. Gabriella has never tricked me, neither has she tricked you!" She started, cutting off Ryan, as she looked at the ground. "I've been comforting her for the past couple of days. She's been getting better, until yesterday." She paused, looking up at the rest. "Something made her want to die. And it was after I called her; after she punched Melanie." She finished, as realization hit Taylor.

"W-what do you mean?" she stuttered.

"What I just said. I called her; she told me she had just punched Melanie. I come over two hours later, she doesn't answer the door. I call Troy over, and we find her unconscious on the bathroom floor." Kelsi explained again. Taylor, Zeke, Ryan, and Chad bit their bottom lips.

"I think we might know why." Chad claimed.

"Why?"

"We kinda dragged Gabriella to the park with us yesterday, and each slapped her multiple times to punching Melanie." Taylor told her.

"You what?!?" Kelsi yelled. "Oh, come on Taylor. Didn't you see the signs of depression on her or anything?! It was all there!" she finished, as the others, except Sharpay, looked down.

"No! Nobody get all emotional on me right now." The blonde demanded, stomping her foot on the ground. "We still don't know if that really happened or not."

"What are you talking about now Sharpay?" Jason questioned, as Sharpay turned her attention towards Kelsi.

"Tell me what happened again." The blonde demanded, as Kelsi sighed.

"Troy and I went over to her house yesterday, and found her on the bathroom floor, covered in blood, lying next to a blood stained-razor, and a bottle of sedatives." She clarified once again.

"I bet that it was all a set up. What an attention whore." Sharpay said angrily, snapping her fingers.

"What the hell?" Kelsi muttered under her breath. "Ughh, would you guys just listen to me for once!?" she queried.

"Would you listen to logic?" Taylor butted in.

"You can be such a bitch." Kelsi told her, as Taylor's eyes widened.

"What?!" she questioned angrily.

"You're starting to become one. In fact, all of you are." She said, pointing at each of them. "What the hell is wrong with you guys? Would it kill you just to listen for once? God, you're all so stubborn." She exclaimed.

"Would you just accept the fact that you were and are wrong about her?" Kelsi questioned. "She's in the damn hospital right now." She told them, throwing her hands in the air. "Our best friend is in the hospital. Gabriella's in stuck in depression. She's been cutting, and not eating at all. She's pale as a ghost; all her bones are showing, like those sluts at school." She compared. "And yesterday, she fucking tried to kill herself! How else could I say all of that to get it through all of your thick skulls?!" Sharpay shook her head.

"You don't need to say anything else Kelsi. Just prove it." She stated, as Kelsi raised her eyebrows.

"I don't need to. Just go to the hospital, and see for yourself." She said, walking to the door. "You know what?! Just leave, all of you. If you don't care about losing one of your best friends, you can surely lose another while you're at it."

Sharpay's stubborn right?

I know there wasn't that much Gabriella in this one, but you guys had to hear about the talk. It was sort of a filler chapter. Anyway, I'd like to thank you all for the reviews again. We beat the record from last time. Had 43 reviews for chapter 13. Yay. Haha. No goal for the next update. You guys always seem to make me feel bad whenever I have one. Umm, I'll update again on Tuesday, maybe earlier. It depends. (: But I do pinkie promise, that it'll be up by Tuesday. (;

-Ilyilyx3

Sneak Peak-

"Could we come in?"

"Why, do you want to slap me again?"

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"There's more to the story."

"What do you mean Gabi?"

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"Gabriella told me what happened... It was all Melanie's doing!"

"What the heck?"

Guesses are welcome. (:

And if you haven't, check out my other story, The Mental Guy. I'm posting the next chapter today.