Finally, she updates. Haha. Sorry for the long wait. Blame writer's block this time. (x That's why this has got to be the worst chapter I've ever written in this story. I hate it and its shortness.
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Who's That Girl
Chapter 16- Sorrow And Remorse
Nobody's POV-
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…
"Would you just go away Ch-" Gabriella said. "Damnit." She muttered and sighed. "What do you want Melanie?" she spat coldly.
He stared at the machine in disbelief. 'What the hell is this?' he thought in his mind.
"Well, well, well, looks like the sweet caring Gabriella isn't so nice after all." Came Melanie's icy voice.
"Seriously, what the hell are you doing here Melanie?" Gabriella retorted.
"Nothing Montez, just got back from a making out session with my guy, Troy." The blonde replied. Gabriella scowled.
"Did you just come here just to tell me that shit? If you did then you could just fuck off and leave. Because right now, I'd rather not hear about your intimate love life."
"No. That's not why I'm here." Melanie responded in a 'duh' tone.
"Then?"
"I came here to do this." The sound of a slap was heard.
"What the fuck was that for?" The brunette asked angrily.
"That was for breaking my nail. I hate you and all of your retarded friends." Melanie started, "Especially that Sharpay girl. She's such a blonde priss. And that Chad guy? He needs a haircut, and what's with that stupid basketball he carries around? God are you and any of your friends worth Troy's precious time? He should just ditch school, and spend more time with moi." She finished.
"Ughh, would you just leave you self absorbed bitch!" Gabriella yelled as another sound of slapping was heard. "And never talk about my friends that way!" she exclaimed, as a punch, and slam of the door was audible.
Troy's mouth went wide open, as his eyes widened in shock. He stopped the tape there. "This was all Melanie's fault?" he asked himself as Kelsi's voice from the voicemail came to his mind. 'It was all Melanie's doing!' Realization hit him hard in the face. His girlfriend was the one who destroyed Gabriella's life.
His hands trembling in anger, he ejected the disk and put it in his pocket. He closed his eyes tightly as if all of his troubles would just melt away. He didn't know what he was going to do. All he knew was that he had to tell the others, and prove Gabriella innocent.
He suddenly heard a door opening and closing. He opened his eyes, and saw that Melanie was walking back inside. He glared at her, before taking a deep breath and changing his facial expression to a slightly nicer one.
"What's up with you Troy? You look so… tired." She said with a roll of her eyes, as she inspected her nails.
"Nothing." Troy answered, clenching his fists. "Hey Mel?"
She looked up at him boredly. "Yeah?"
"What do you think about Gabriella?" He asked, as she scoffed.
"That little wannabe that hangs out with you and your friends?" She asked in disbelief, as she rolled her eyes again. "She's always trying to take you away from me! She is such a priss, trying to take someone else's boyfriend." Melanie snapped her fingers. "I had to teach her a lesson!" She exclaimed, as he looked at her angrily.
"Like what?" He questioned, as she realized what she had just said. Melanie gulped, as she answered him.
"A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Nothing worth mentioning." She waved her hand off, symbolizing nothing. He shook his head angrily.
"You know what, I've got to go. Sorry to cut this short Melanie." She finally looked up at him.
"But it was supposed to be an all day thing!" She exclaimed frantically, as Troy shook his head.
"I know, but I really have to go." She smirked.
"To the bathroom?" She asked innocently, as he rolled his eyes.
"No, I just need to leave. Bye Melanie." He replied, as he walked out of the studio.
"Tr-" She called after him, but cut herself off, as she shrugged. "Ehh, whatever. He'll be back. I am me of course."
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Troy ran to the diner, knowing very well that all of his friends were on shift at that time. He walked through the door, and saw Sharpay, Taylor, Ryan, Chad, and Zeke crowded around a booth. They all wore guilty and disappointed looks on their faces, except for Sharpay who wore a slightly angry, pissed off look.
"Guys!" He called out, slightly out of breath as he reached them. They all looked up to him unexpectantly. They bombarded him with questions, which mostly consisted of why he was there, or why he wasn't with Melanie.
"There's no time for that. Listen to this." Troy told them, as he placed the disk inside the stereo beside them. The disk played exactly what Troy had heard merely twenty minutes ago. After it had finished, he shut it off, and turned around to everyone's shocked faces.
'Crap.' was what was going through everyone's mind. There was a slight silence that lingered the seven teenagers, until Taylor broke it.
"Oh my god. Are you fucking serious?" She yelled. "Melanie is so- ughh! We were such horrible friends to Gabi!" She continued, running her hands through her hair. Chad shook his head sadly.
"We should all go to hell." He concluded, as Zeke nodded.
"We're the worst friends ever."
"Do you think she would forgive us?" Jason questioned, as everyone turned his attention to him.
"Doubt it, man." Ryan replied, rubbing his eyes angrily.
"Where did you get that from?" Sharpay asked, breaking herself out of her own reverie, as she turned her head towards Troy.
"David Greter's recording studio, aka Melanie's uncle. She brought me there for our date, and he gave me this envelope. It said 'GM's living hell'. I took out one of the disks, and here we are." He answered.
"What does GM stand for…" Chad trailed off. "Oh! Ha ha. Nevermind." Taylor shook her head.
"Keep that disk safe, okay Troy? We'll need it as evidence." He nodded.
"What are you guys still waiting for!? We have to go and get her to forgive us!"
Jason looked at her uncertainly. "Are you bipolar, Shar?" Her eyes widened in shock and anger.
"What?"
"Are. You. Bipolar." He repeated slowly, as she scowled.
"Why would you ask that?"
"I mean, for the past couple of days, you've been mean and cold to Gabriella." He explained. "So why the sudden kindness to her?" He shook his head. "Why did you seem like you didn't care about her at all, when the rest of us, showed at least a little emotion when Kelsi told us the truth?" He paused, trying to think of the right phrase to ask her. "…why were you so stubborn?"
"You know, I don't have to answer that."
"But we would like to know Shar." Taylor interjected, as the others nodded. Sharpay sighed.
"Because I was afraid." Zeke raised his eyebrow.
"Of what, Shar?" She shook her head.
"Of…of… Let's just go!" She exclaimed suddenly, as she stood up.
"We're visiting Gabs then?" Chad whispered to Ryan. He nodded.
"We have to; it's the only thing that will help get her to forgive us now."
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Troy, Sharpay, Ryan, Zeke, Chad, Taylor, and Jason arrived at the hospital with heavy hearts, and facial expressions full of guilt and sorrow. They were expecting to relieve that said guilt by apologizing to Gabriella, and making the world a happy place again. Currently, the seven teenagers were all standing outside of her room.
Sharpay sighed. "This is it." She stated as she stood behind Troy, and nudged him towards the door.
"Go first Troy." He raised his eyebrows.
"Why me?"
"Your girlfriend did all of this." Taylor answered, as he scowled.
"Ex-girlfriend. I'm breaking up with her after we apologize." Chad patted his back.
"Good, if you didn't, we would have for you." Sharpay rolled her eyes.
"Whatever. Just go in Troy." He took in a deep breath, and opened the door.
"Oh my god." Troy suddenly exclaimed, eyes widened, as the others looked at him worriedly.
"What's wrong?" Zeke asked.
"Oh my fucking god."
Taylor looked at him in confusion. "What?"
"Oh my-" Sharpay shoved him before he could finish.
"Move Bolton!" Her eyes widened the moment she looked inside.
"Oh my god." She stated, still looking at the room. The rest of the gang wore worried looked, as they walked inside. They saw an empty hospital room, with the gown on the bed, and multiple wires unconnected, as the sound of a machine flat-lining rang through the room.
"Guys, where's Gabi?" Chad queried nervously, as he saw the machine.
Troy shrugged. "Maybe she's in the bathroom?" He guessed, as Taylor walked out of it.
"I just checked, she's not in there."
"Umm, out for a walk?" Zeke assumed, as Ryan shook his head.
"No one's allowed out without a nurse." He answered.
"And?"
"They're on a lunch break." He finished, as Chad oh-ed and nodded.
"Under the bed?" He suggested, as everyone shot him a look of annoyance.
"What? It could happen." He shrugged, as he looked under the bed.
"There she is- Oh. Nevermind. That's just a huge dust bunny." Chad pursed his lips.
"I miss Jimmy." He claimed, as everyone looked at him weirdly. He shrugged yet again.
"What? Troy's dad hasn't given him back yet. Plus, that dust bunny was as big as him." He explained, as Jason came up to him.
"Chad, when your mom was pregnant with you, was your mom drinking, or on drugs-" He started, but was cut off by Sharpay.
"Jason!" He looked up from Chad, and was faced with multiple glares.
"Sorry. Just wondering." He admitted sheepishly, as footsteps were heard.
"What are you guys doing in here?" Kelsi questioned, as she noticed the missing person. "Where's Gabi?!" she asked frantically. "Oh my god! What did you guys do to her? I swear if you-" Sharpay cut her off.
"Kelsi, chill. When we got here, she was already gone."
"But she can't be. She just asked me to get her some snacks, I've only been gone for about ten minutes! Where could she have gone?" Taylor sadly shook her head, as everyone looked at the floor.
"We don't know." Jason raised his head spontaneously.
"You guys, what if she's out somewhere, committing suicide?" He questioned carefully, as everyone's eyes widened.
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She sighed as she walked up the pathway to her house, trudging each step she took. When she finally reached the front door, she gingerly felt the smooth surface of the railing. She sighed as opened the door to her house. She shook her head at the fact that Troy and Kelsi didn't lock it when they took her to the hospital last night.
Gabriella walked up the stairs slowly, looking at the pictures that hung beside the wall. She fought back her tears that threatened to spill, as she started to remember all of the happy memories that made those pictures. Biting her lower lip, she ran up the set of remaining stairs.
The brunette walked in her room, and inside her bathroom. She found her razor on the floor, along with the bottle of sedatives that she had used. Shaking her head, she bent down and picked them both up. She felt like she wanted to run the razor along her arm a couple more times. She was feeling confusion again, like all of her emotions were pent up inside of her. She felt the exact same way she did when she first cut herself, maybe even worse.
Gabriella probed her wrist with the razor a couple of times before finally cutting a line in herself. She felt the blood rushing out slowly. She bit her lip, as she felt the dripping blood cease. She raised the razor to her throat, and closed her eyes, ready to take her own life away. She shook her head as feelings of remorse came to her.
She should've been more focused, and alert. She should've known that Melanie wasn't a good person from the start. She should've told others. She should've done something. 'It's too late for that.' she thought. She sighed, and shook her head.
She thought about how her family would feel. How her loved ones would cry, and mourn. Those consisted of her parents, and her intermediate relatives. She began to think about Melissa, Kelsi, and Cameron, every single person who might care if she left them or the face of the earth. She sighed. None of those people really mattered to her. Sure she loves them, but not as much as her group of friends.
As she started to think back to Kelsi's words, she wasn't feeling suicidal was she was before. She knew that Kelsi would still be there for her. But remembering the pain and sadness in both Sharpay and Taylor's eyes, made her want to just die. Even if they were mean to her, they were still her friends. She didn't want to see them hurt.
She began to reminisce her and Cecilia's talk. Life was a dangerous thing to play with as the old woman had put it. Cecilia was right. You don't get second chances for living. Yet, Gabriella was given one when her first suicide attempt was unsuccessful.
Many people would kill for another chance, but Gabriella simply didn't want it. She saw what would happen if she continued to live, her loved ones would just suffer. If she died, she would hurt them, but it would eventually go away. It wouldn't linger like the suffering would. Gabriella took a deep breath, closed her eyes tighter, and prepared herself to die.
Cliffy! (:
Next update should be soon. I don't want to leave you hanging with that big of a cliff-hanger. Review please, it might speed up the updating process. (; Hah, kidding. I don't want to pressure you to review or anything. I'll update again, on my birthday. (If you're wondering it's on January 1st)
Does anyone miss Cameron? If you do, then it's a good thing. He's going to pop up soon. I'm not saying when, though. d:
-Ilyilyx3
Sneak Peak-
"I mean. She wouldn't, would she?"
"Actually, I think she would."
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"Where's Troy?"
"Oh, he just left."
"I see, I trust it that he gave you your cd's?"
"W-what do you mean?"
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"I've got a job for you…"
"…murder Gabriella Montez."
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"What is that annoying sound?"
"It seems to be getting louder."
"No way…"
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Can anyone figure them out? They're not that hard. (;