Sorry for the long wait on this update. I was in the hospital for a long while, and I just got back recently. I've been trying to get my life back into sync, and I finally did. Haha. Here I am, updating. Finally. Enjoy it guys, I made it extra long. (;
And sorry if it lacks emotion or anything. I'm still a little drowsy from the medicine. I might repost this chapter if you guys want me to go back and edit it. (:
Who's That Girl
Chapter 15- Confusion
Nobody's POV-
Sharpay, Jason, Ryan, Chad, Taylor, and Zeke exited Kelsi's house, each with guilt in their stomachs. They walked to the end of her front lawn, and down to the sidewalk, near each of their perspective cars. The six were passing by Kelsi's mailbox when Sharpay abruptly stomped her foot on the ground. Everyone looked up at the blonde, as she started pacing in front of them.
"She has no right to do that!" she suddenly exclaimed, shaking her head. "We're only trying to look out for her, and this is how she repays us?!"
"Shar, maybe what she said was true." Taylor rationalized.
"Yeah, I mean, after we finished talking to her yesterday, she was in bad shape." Zeke chimed in, as Sharpay scoffed.
"Don't tell me that you all believe her." The blonde hissed, as everyone else winced at her tone.
"We don't. It just might make sense if you go get the real story from Gabriella?" Chad suggested.
"That bitch already told us what happened though."
"Yeah, but she said that was what Melanie told her. It wasn't from her point of view." Sharpay rolled her eyes.
"Come on Shar, it won't hurt to go see if Gabriella is really hurt or not." Ryan piped up, as Jason stood there deep in thought, suddenly throwing his arm up.
"Wait a second. What if we get there, and she is admitted, but not for what we thought?"
"What do you mean Jay?" Taylor asked.
"Like what if she's pretending? Or she has people there to beat us up? Or maybe even aliens?!" The guys laughed slightly.
"You had me going for a second there man." Chad stated, as he patted Jason's shoulder.
"But Jason does have a good point though. What if it is all a trap?" Zeke wondered.
"It won't. It shouldn't anyway." Jason shrugged.
"Why?" Sharpay questioned, and started to pace again.
"Kelsi is our friend. She wouldn't do anything to harm us." He reasoned, as the rest nodded. "Unlike Gabriella." Taylor sighed.
"Unlike Gabriella." she repeated, looking down to the grass sadly. Sharpay bit her lower lip roughly.
"I can't believe that bitch is giving us this much distress! I'm going to go there, and set her straight."
"I'll go with you." Taylor offered nervously.
"No wait Shar, Tay-"
Sharpay shook her head, took Taylor's arm and ran to her car, ignoring all of the calls from their other friends.
The blonde walked inside of the hospital, and up to the front desk with Taylor trailing behind her. She cleared her throat to gain the nurse's attention, but she was not successful. She cleared her throat much louder a second time. Still no response. Scowling, she brought her left hand up to her mouth and blew, creating a loud whistle. The nurse's head immediately shot up.
"Young lady! This is a hospital, not a Hooters palace. Now be a respectable young lady, and be quiet." She scolded, as Sharpay scoffed, gritting her teeth angrily. The blonde turned around and looked at Taylor, who shrugged at her. She took a deep breath before turning around again, smiling sweetly.
"Excuse me. If you don't mind me asking, would you kindly tell me where Gabriella Montez's room is?" Sharpay questioned in a nice voice. The nurse smiled at her, and looked down at her computer, pressing a couple of buttons.
"Room 273. It's on the third floor." Sharpay nodded curtly and walked away from the desk, nodding Taylor to come with her.
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Gabriella had woken up merely an hour ago. The moment she awoke and saw the emptiness and whiteness of the place she was in, she had thought that her suicide attempt had succeeded… Until she noticed a couple of people hovering over her.
The doctors that had treated her, asked her questioned about her injuries and how she had received the extremely high amount of sedatives in her system. She simply answered that she had accidentally fallen over broken glass, after take sleeping pill to help her get a good rest. The doctors believed her and eventually left after telling her that she could be discharged the next day, earlier if needed.
Currently, the brunette was sitting on her bed, just staring at the tile ceiling blankly. She sighed as she heard someone knocking on the door. She mumbled a response for the person to come in, and was face to face with an old lady.
"Arianna?" the elderly woman called out, looking around the room.
"You must have the wrong room Miss." The brunette told her, as the elderly woman's eyes landed on her, and shook her head.
"No, no. By the looks of it, you might need some cheering up too." She smiled softly. "My name's Cecilia. What's your's?"
"Gabriella."
"Such a beautiful name, Sweetie." She replied, sitting down on the edge of the bed.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. So, would you like to tell me what's wrong?" Gabriella closed her eyes tightly, before reopening them, and replying.
"I guess so." The brunette answered unsurely, as Cecilia shook her head again.
"It's okay if you don't want to tell me Gabriella. I'm just trying to help. And I'll give you it, only if you need it." Gabriella smiled slightly before sighing.
"I've been feeling depressed lately." She looked down to her hands. "Over my whole life. It used to be so perfect. But now, it's just a disaster that I don't want to live anymore." She finished in a small voice.
"Oh my. Are you in here because of a suicide attempt?" She nodded sadly.
"Gabriella, your life is a dangerous thing to play around with. You only get one chance with it." Cecilia stated wisely.
"I know, but my life isn't worth it anymore. No life is worth living if you have to endure all of the pain I have to right now." Cecilia shook her head.
"Whatever it is, it couldn't be that tough. You seem like a very strong girl that can go through anything life throws at her." She reassured her, as Gabriella smiled.
"Thank you, but I still don't think I can handle it Cecilia. I've tried so hard for so long already. I just want to…let go." She nodded sadly.
"I guess I can't change your mind then. But if you ever need anything, just come and find me. I'll always be near."
"What do you mean…" Gabriella trailed off once she saw Cecilia's retreating figure. The brunette sighed as she leaned back onto the headboard of the bed. She closed her eyes only to reopen them again at the sound of someone knocking the door. She looked up and saw Sharpay, standing there right next to Taylor, who had just knocked. Taylor looked like she was nervous, while the blonde just had her cold blank stare on her face. Gabriella raised her eyebrows questionably at them.
"What?"
"Could we come in?" Taylor asked, as Gabriella rolled her eyes.
"Why, do you want to slap me again?" The blonde snorted.
"As if. Like we'd waste our energy on you." Taylor nudged her.
"Gabriella, could we just come in and talk?"
"What the hell would you want to talk about? I have nothing else to say to you two." Gabriella stated blankly.
"Yeah, you do." Sharpay argued, crossing her arms.
"What then?"
"Tell us what happened again." Taylor told her.
"Are you two like mentally deranged or something? I already told you." She asked rhetorically, as Sharpay stepped closer, ready to slap her again. Taylor held her arm back.
"Could you at least be clearer this time?" she asked nicely, as the blonde started mumbling incoherently.
"Or an unexaggerated alibi would work too." She mumbled.
"On the night that I supposedly called you guys mean things and hurt Melanie, I was in the hospital with my dad. He was in a car accident; someone hit him before just driving off." Gabriella started. "He told me he was going on some bizarre business trip for three months in New York. He took my mom and sister with him. By then, all of you guys had turned on me." She continued, as tears built up in her eyes.
"I got kicked off the cheerleading squad and decathlon team too. I was fired from the Peanut Diner. And about two three days ago Melanie came up to me. Told me what she did, and all of those things were what I told you before." She finished, shrugging. Taylor looked at her ex-best friend and felt her heart clench.
"Gabriella-" Taylor started sadly, but was cut off by Sharpay.
"What a pathetic excuse!" she suddenly exclaimed. "You actually think we'd believe that? No one can be that evil! You are so pathetic. I cannot believe that we were ever best friends in the first place. Ughh, you know what?! I am so outta here!" She walked out of the room, huffing, and slamming the door.
"Sharpay!" Taylor yelled after her, she looked back at Gabriella.
"Sorry. But I gotta go. Bye." And with that, Taylor ran after Sharpay.
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"So, what did she say?" Chad asked, as Taylor sighed.
"That she didn't hurt Melanie." She answered in a monotonous voice.
"What's the alibi this time?" Zeke questioned, annoyed.
"She told me that on that night, her dad went to hospital, and she went to visit him." Sharpay replied, rolling her eyes, as the rest besides Taylor scoffed.
"Pftt, yeah right. And on that night I straightened my 'fro." Chad said sarcastically, patting his 'golden mane'. Taylor shook her head determinedly.
"No I think she was right. My parents went to the hospital to visit someone that day." She reasoned, as the others looked at her weirdly.
"Hey didn't Troy's parents go too?" Ryan questioned slowly, as everyone's attention was focused on him biting his lip. He suddenly shut his eyes, and reopened them. "…Crap. Come to think of it, I think mine did too."
"Wait, if Gabriella was at the hospital, then who was the one who hurt Mel?" Zeke queried confusedly.
"Maybe Melanie did it to herself?" Chad guessed, shrugging his shoulders.
"Oh no. Is she emo too?" Jason wondered outloud, as everyone looked at him.
"Jay…"
"What?" Chad shook his head.
"Nothing man." Taylor sighed.
"What are we going to do then?" she questioned seriously, as Sharpay stood up rigidly.
"Nothing!" she exclaimed angrily.
"What do you mean Shar?" Zeke asked carefully.
"We're going to do nothing. Not until I hear Melanie admitting she did that." The blonde hissed out icily.
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Gabriella laid back into her pillow comfortably. She was still contemplating on whether she should continue her life or not, and that talk with Cecilia had not made it any easier. That talk had made her lean over to staying alive. But seeing Sharpay and Taylor made her want to die. She didn't want-
She was soon pulled out of her thoughts by another knock on the door. She looked up, and smiled brightly, the moment she saw her friend walk in.
"Hey Kelsi." She greeted, as Kelsi looked up.
She gasped. "Gabi!" she exclaimed, running over to hug her friend. Gabriella gladly returned the hug, and smiled.
"How are you feeling?" Kelsi asked as soon as the two let go.
"A bit better. And much more confused." The brunette answered, as Kelsi looked at her weirdly.
"What do you mean more confused?" Gabriella shook her head.
"Nothing, nothing at all." Kelsi raised her eyebrow skeptically.
"What happened?"
"Nothing!" The brunette exclaimed, a little too loud. She blushed before apologizing to her chuckling friend.
"Gabriella, why'd you do that to yourself? I thought you were fine." Gabriella sighed.
"Have you talked to the gang lately?"
"Just this morning. I invited them to my house to tell them what happened. They freaked out, and thought I was lying." She stated, shaking her head.
"I told them about Melanie, and they told me what happened between you and them to convince me otherwise. I said you would never hurt them, and that's when they accused me of being a liar, and wanting to hurt them." She paused, as Gabriella nodded her head for her to continue.
"I snapped, and told them off. After that, I kicked them out of my house, telling them if they could lose you, then they could lose me too." Gabriella gasped.
"Kelsi. I told you not to. Don't you remember our promise? I don't want you to fight this for me." She told her, as Kelsi smiled.
"Gabi, you broke your promise too. Besides, I'm not fighting this for you. I'm only helping you." She reasoned. "You're an amazing friend. I would never want to lose you. I'd rather lose the others, than lose you. You know that?" she confessed. Gabriella smiled slightly.
"Fine. You can help me all you want. Just don't get involved with Melanie, okay? She's dangerous." Kelsi snorted.
"How would she be dangerous? I know she slapped you and all, but that's not much. I can totally handle her." Gabriella shook her head.
"Just don't get involved okay?" Kelsi mimicked her.
"Would you just tell me? I can probably handle anything she throws at me. No worries about it." The brunette sighed.
"I don't think you can handle losing your whole life Kelsi." She stated sadly.
"What?"
"I don't think you can handle losing everything you care about." She repeated, Kelsi looked at her in question.
"There's more to the story."
"What do you mean Gabi?" Gabriella took in a deep breath, and let it out.
"You know about my dad's leaving right?" Kelsi nodded.
"And me getting fired?" She nodded once again.
"Basically my whole life being ruined?"
"Just tell me, Gabs." The brunette pursed her lips before answering.
"It was all Melanie's doings."
"But how?"
"She told me she went to her uncle, David Greter." She explained, as Kelsi gasped.
"The recording legend?"
"Yeah. The day before she went to you guys, she caught me in a bad mood. I yelled at her. She took my voice, and mixed it, making me say those means things." Kelsi looked at her in shock.
"What about your dad-" Gabriella cut her off.
"Her parents." She answered. "They're business partners with my, and Sharpay's parents. She made them go instead, just to get me down." She finished.
"But how did she know about your closeness to your family?" Kelsi asked in confusion.
"Troy. She asked, and he told her everything." The brunette answered blankly, as Kelsi raised her eyebrows.
"Do you mean she's using Troy?" Gabriella shrugged.
"Truthfully, I don't know." She replied, and sighed. "She might be though."
"Oh my god. I've got to call him."
"Why?"
"He's on a date with her right now. Who knows what she could do to him for helping you into the hospital with me. He might even spill to her about right now." Kelsi explained running into the hallway. She immediately pulled out her cell phone, and called Troy.
"Pick up… pick up Troy." She mumbled under her breath frantically. It rang a couple of times, before going straight to his voicemail.
"Hey, you've reached Troy Bolton. I'm not here right now. Probably too busy bolting around town." She heard his chuckles. "Kidding. I'm just probably too busy to come to the phone right now. Just leave a message, and I'll get back to you. Later guys." She sighed as she heard the beeping noise. She began pacing around, as she talked into her phone.
"Troy? It's Kelsi. I'm at the hospital right now. Gabriella's awake!" She began. "But that's not the point." She breathed in deeply. "I talked to her, and she told me things. Actually, Gabriella told me what happened… you know involving her and Melanie. The truth is, her downfall was not spontaneous like we thought. It was all Melanie's doing! I-" she exclaimed, hearing another beeping noise. She lifted her phone, and looked at it, seeing that it had shut off because of it running out of battery. She groaned, before throwing her arms in defeat.
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Troy and Melanie walked out of the movie theater together. They had just finished watching a movie, and were now headed to a surprise place that Melanie planned. They got into the car, and Melanie drove off to their next destination.
"You're going to love what I have planned Troyie." Melanie told him cheerfully. He chuckled slightly, and nodding, turning his head towards the window. He looked out of it, and started to wonder if Gabriella had woken up yet. Kelsi hadn't filled him in on whether she had or not. He sighed, leaning his head on the glass.
He felt a vibration in his pocket, and took his phone out. He saw that he had one new voicemail. Raising his eyebrows, he flipped his phone open, and called his voicemail. He pressed in the password, once asked, and listened to the message.
"Troy? It's Kelsi. I'm at the hospital right now. Gabriella's awake. I talked to her, and she told me things. Actually, Gabriella told me what happened… you know involving her and Melanie. The truth is, her downfall was not spontaneous like we thought. It was all Melanie's doing! I-" the message was cut off there. He looked at his phone weirdly.
"What the heck?" Melanie looked at him worriedly.
"What's wrong?" He sighed and shook his head.
"Nothing." She rolled her eyes and looked back onto the road.
After a couple of minutes of driving, the car came to a stop. Melanie clapped her hands together excitedly. She looked over at Troy.
"Are you ready?"
"Sure, where are we anyway?" he asked looked around, only seeing a sign that said D. Greter's.
"We're at my uncle's recording studio, silly. I have something fab to show you." She explained happily.
"And what's that?"
"You'll see." She told him, unbuckling his and her seat belt. The two exited the car, and went inside. Melanie strutted in as if she owned the place, as Troy followed sighing. Seeing him walk slowly, she ran back to his side, and pulled him to a separate room.
She let go of his hand, and went to the mixer that was currently in front of them. She turned on one of the knobs, as Chad's voice was echoed off of the sound system.
"Troy's a winner, and I'm a wiener!" it exclaimed, as Troy laughed listening closely.
"I made a poopy. And no one saw it! I lurrve Melanie and Troy being together. They made an awesome couple." It finished, as Melanie sighed happily, and Troy continued to laugh.
"How'd you get him to say that?" Troy asked after their laughing had subsided.
"This is my uncle's recording studio. He's David Greter." She explained, pausing. He nodded. "I brought him a clip of Chad talking. Saying something about a Jimmy?" she shrugged. "Another guy recorded his voice, saying what the voice just said, and my uncle remixed it, making it sound exactly like Chad." She finished.
"Oh, that's so cool. So basically, you can make anyone say anything you want?" He questioned, as she nodded.
"Yup. It's so fantabulous." She said, as she looked at herself in her compact mirror. She gasped. "Hold on a second babe, I need to go freshen up a bit. Wait here?"
"Yeah."
"Kay. Be back in a sec." He nodded, and started to play around with the mixer. He made Chad's voice sound falsetto, and laughed shaking his head.
"This is so cool." He commented to no one in particular, as the door opened. He looked up, and saw David Greter himself walk inside.
"Hello, you must be Troy, I presume?" The older man asked him, as he nodded.
"Yeah, that's me."
"Ah. I knew it. I'm David, Melanie's uncle." He introduced himself, extending his hand out for Troy to shake it.
"Nice to meet you." He took it, and shook hands.
"You too." He chuckled. "You know, she was so excited about this new invention of mine." He stated.
"The voice mixer?" Troy questioned.
"The very one."
"Well, it is indeed very awesome sir." He praised, as he turned around, and motioned to it. David chuckled again.
"Thank you." He said, looking down at his watch. "Shoot. I've got to go. Wife and kids waiting at home. Give these to Melanie would you?" He asked, placing an envelope in Troy's hands. "They're more tapes from a project we were doing. I guess you could browse through them if you'd like."
"Oh, okay." Troy replied, as David smiled.
"Thanks a million son."
"No prob."
"Bye Troy."
"Bye Mr. Greter."
Troy opened the envelope, which was entitled 'Plan: GM's Living Hell', and put in one of the disks inside the machine, waiting for it to load. The machine lit up, and the disk started to play…
Cliffy! (: What's on the tape? Haha, find out next time. Trust me; you'll really want to know.
Again, I am super super sorry for not updating when I said I would. ): It's all of my friend's fault. She gave me her cold, and it ended up taking me to the hospital.
But it's okay. I'm still here, aren't I? (: I'll be posting up the next chapter for The Mental Guy, soon. It should be out in about a couple of days? I'm almost done with it, it's just I have tons of homework to work on. It's not fun being me right now. d:
And thank you for all of the reviews for the last chapter! I got 57 reviews for it. That so blew me away. You guys are amazing. Thank you for the support. (: Next chapter for this, should be up next week. I'm not promising anything. Something bad always seems to happen when I make a date. O.o
-Ilyilyx3
No sneak peak this time. d: