A week's span, eight days span? Hah. Sorry for the extra day's wait. I've been in a bad mood all week. I can't really function properly much less write when that happens. I become like this emo ice queen, who does nothing. Ehh, don't ask. But to make up for it, I made this chapter longer than it should be. (:
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Who's That Girl
Chapter 19- Before She Dies
Nobody's POV-
"Melanie." Troy spat out.
She gave him a fake look of innocence, as she batted her eyelashes and approached him, snaking her arms around this arm, and grabbing on to it tightly.
"Troy, don't be so…" She paused trying to find the right word. "aggressive in front of your friends." She filled in, trailing her eyes over the rest. "Save it for bed. You know that's where I like it." She finished loudly, making sure they all heard her. She smirked as she saw their disgusted faces. Looking over his shoulder, she didn't realize that Troy himself had a clearly disgusted facial expression decorating his face.
Her face curled up in shock and confusion when she felt Troy grabbing on to her arm, and pushing her away from him. The gang grinned themselves.
"What's wrong, baby?" She asked with widened eyes, slightly shocked. Troy shook his head and snorted.
"Stop fucking around Melanie. You know we never slept together. Much less sleep on the same bed." He hissed. His blue eyes, clouded up with anger, triggering fear in Melanie. "Where's Gabriella?" He asked coldly. Upon hearing her name, Melanie pushed away her fear and replaced it with annoyance. She rolled her eyes.
"Probably sleeping with some random guy out on the street. Who freaking knows? I don't know track of that useless piece of-" She was cut off by a slap on her face. She looked at the person who assaulted her and saw Sharpay hovering over her.
"Wanna try to finish that sentence, you skank?" Sharpay questioned, with Kelsi and Taylor beside her, all ready to hit Melanie. The three glared at the girl before them. Melanie pouted, sticking her lower lip out lower than needed, before turning to Troy.
"Troy! Are you going to stand for that? That, that… slut, over there just fucking slapped me!" She yelled, pointing at Sharpay. "It hurt so much! Aren't you going to do anything to the dumb Barbie with her weird chef boyfriend!?" She exclaimed, pretending to clutch her cheek in pain. Zeke took a step closer to her; ready to pound her face in, when Chad and Jason held him back, telling him that it wasn't worth hitting a girl.
"Aww, does it hurt?" He cooed, as she nodded quickly. He laughed sardonically.
"Great. I wouldn't have had it any other way. By all means Shar, slap her all you want." He told her, and he turned his head to the others. "You guys too." He shook his head. "Do whatever you want. I won't care anymore. I would care if Melanie wasn't such a priss, perhaps?"
The moment Melanie heard that, she frowned, dropping the act. She knew that they all knew what she did. She still smirked inwardly as she remembered that she had sent Mark to kill Gabriella. All she had to do was distract them long enough, and Gabriella would be dead in no time.
"Whatever do you guys mean?" She asked, with mock innocence. Taylor took a step forward.
"What do you think we mean?" The brunette demanded with an attitude, glaring at the blonde in front of her. Melanie simply sent her a smug grin.
"You know what I think, I think you're all stupid." She answered, nodding her head. "Do you understand?" She replied saying each word slowly. Chad scoffed.
"How are we stupid?" He challenged her. She rolled her eyes at his lame attempt.
"You really, want to know. Nice." She told him, as she took a step back standing directly in front of all of them.
"Let's see…" She trailed off, putting her hand up. "You chose me over Gabriella, when she repeatedly warned you." She stuck one finger up. "I mean, come on. Aren't you guys her 'best friends'?" She pondered, making air quotes at the phrase best friends. She added another finger. "Two, you slapped her, and ignored her over a stupid recording my uncle made. Gullible much?" She lifted a third finger up.
"Three, you stood up for me, when she was the one you should've help." She smirked at them. "If ignoring her and driving her to depression, throwing her on the brink of dying is what friends are for, then congratulations!" She exclaimed throwing her hands up and clapping. "You guys are really great friends." She stated sarcastically. "As if. My dog is a better friend then any of you are. And he's dead."
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The eight teenagers walked out of Gabriella's bedroom. They went down the stairs, before realizing one of them weren't present.
"Hey, where's Troy?" Kelsi asked, as everyone shrugged in response.
"Maybe he's still in the room?" Chad tried, making Ryan nod his head.
"Yeah. Guess so. He was in a weird daze back there." He added in.
"Ehh, I'll go bring him back to Earth." Chad stated, as he walked back up the stairs, and into Gabriella's room. Inside, he saw Troy just staring off into space. He nudged, him breaking him out of his daydream.
"What?" Chad shook his head, and nodded towards the door.
"Let's go. We're gonna save your 'Brie' and you two can go back to your flirty days." He told him, grinning smugly. Troy shook his head, and chuckled.
"Sure. Say what you want man." Chad laughed, as he walked out of the door, and rejoined the rest.
"Hey, where is he?" Cameron questioned Chad, making him stop dead in his tracks.
"What?" He asked, as he looked around him. He groaned, realizing that Troy still didn't follow him. "Here-" He started, but was cut off by Ryan.
"Nah, I'll go this time." He stated, as he went up the stairs. By the time he got up there, Troy zoomed past him. He was about to go after him, but he soon heard leaves rustling. He raised his eyebrows in confusion, as he peered through the small crack in the door hinge. His eyes widened, seeing brunette locks. He immediately ran down the stairs to tell the others, but soon decided against it.
He had to trick Gabriella into thinking they were all gone so she'd actually leave the tree, instead of just staying there. He took a deep breath silently thanking the fact that he used to act. He smiled as he saw the rest looking up at him expectantly.
"What took you so long?" Jason asked, as Ryan pretended to clench his thighs together. He started to squirm around.
"Guys, I need to go to the bathroom." He said in a pained voice, shaking his head. "I had to wobble all the way down here." He stated in a small voice.
"Then why didn't you just go man?" Chad questioned in confusion.
"Yeah, we don't need to see the potty dance." Jason chimed in, as the rest laughed.
"Ha-ha. Funny, Jase. You guys go first. I'll catch up with you later." He told her, as he started wobbling up the stairs again.
"Hurry up!" Sharpay exclaimed, as he nodded.
"Will do." He answered. He waited until he heard all of them leave, before walking back up the stairs, as he normally would. He looked through the crack again, and to his amazement, it was indeed Gabriella.
He saw her maneuvering her way off of the tree and onto her balcony. She walked inside her room, looking around, and started to walk his way. He panicked, and hid away in her parents' room. He watched her leave the hallways, and down the stairs. Seeing that it was safe to go out without being noticed by her, he walked out and kept a safe distance away from her. He followed her out of the house silently, watching as she went her way straight towards her destination. Taking in the familiar surroundings, he knew exactly where she was going.
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"You did not just compare us to a dead dog!" Sharpay screeched, as she turned to Zeke. "She did not just compare us to a dead dog!" She turned back to Melanie. "You did not just fucking compare us to your damn dead dog!" Melanie scoffed, and waved her hand in a flicking motion before raising it to her ear.
"Are you deaf, you little blonde priss?" She questioned and took a step forward. "I. Just. Compared. You. To. My. Fucking. Dead. Dog." She spat out, punctuating each word with a poke to Sharpay's chest. They had attracted everyone else who was in the diner's attention now.
Sharpay immediately punched her nose, as she yelled in pain. "Watch it! I just got that fixed from when that Gabriella bitch hit it! It cost thousands!" The spectators gasped at hearing about Melanie's nose job.
Kelsi shook her head, before jumping on Melanie's back. She threw her hands around her neck, scratching it with her nails. Taylor stepped closer to them, and pulled the blonde's hair. Surprisingly, the hair was a wig, and it came off. Zeke laughed, and took a glass of soda, and threw it on her, carefully trying to avoid spilling it on Taylor or Kelsi. Melanie's chest shockingly absorbed the liquid quickly. The toilet paper inside of it fell out, and rest on her feet. She screamed, feeling a slide of cake hitting her chest. She looked up at saw Chad licking his finger.
"Enjoy the cake." He stated smugly. "Compliments of Jim." He finished, motioning over to Jim himself, who was laughing his head off.
Jason decided to join in the fun, as he picked up her wig, and threw it at her chest. It immediately stuck to it, because of the cake. She began spitting out a couple of strands of her 'hair' that flew in her mouth. Suddenly, she felt Kelsi getting off of her, and everyone stepping away from her. She looked at them in confusion, before screaming once again, when she felt someone dumping milk on her whole body.
"What the hell!?! I'm allergic to diary products!!!" She yelled angrily. She turned around and was face to face with a smirking Cameron, who held a large empty tub of milk in his hands.
"Thank Troy for that tidbit." He replied, grinning at her shocked and angry expression. She turned and faced Troy. She glared at him intensely. Her whole body was swelling and burning from the contact of the milk.
Everyone that was watching, gasping at the sight of Melanie Green, having a bloody nose that was slightly peeling itself off, short brunette hair instead of her normal wavy blonde hair, cake and a wig stuck to her chest, a whole bunch of scratch marks on her neck, covered in milk, completely red and swollen, and toilet paper coming out of her chest. They started laughing at the ridiculous sight, and took pictures and videos of her.
She gasped immediately, seeing the flashes from outside the diner, and tried to cover herself.
"Glad you like the photogs. I called them in." Troy told her, as she felt tears coming to her eyes. Soon enough, her anger overcame her embarrassment and sadness, as she stood up straight, and held her head high. She shook her head at the eight people in front of her.
"You might not be able to pay for that, but Gabriella will." She spat out angrily. "I will make sure that that precious little bitch of yours with suffers before she dies." She screeched, walking out of the diner in frustration, and trying to avoid the paparazzi following her. The gang laughed out loud, before thanking Jim, and walking out of the diner. They stopped abruptly, realizing what Melanie had just said.
(A/N: They all say this part at the same time.)
"If Melanie just left…" Cameron trailed off.
"Gabriella's not with her…" Taylor paused, as her eyes widened.
"The fake bitch wants to kill her-" Sharpay stopped herself.
"She wants to make Gabi suffer-" Jason started.
"But her plan…" Zeke shook his head as his mouth opened in realization.
"She wrote-" Kelsi cut herself off.
"In the diary…" Chad began
"Where the hell is Gabriella!?!" They all yelled at the same time, looking at each other fearfully. They then all looked over to Troy who had been silent for a while now.
"What's up man? Why are you so freakishly quiet now?" Chad asked him, as his eyes suddenly widened as his body shot up.
"The diary was a trap!" He exclaimed, as he threw his hand up. The rest looked at him in confusion.
"What?" His eyes trailed from side to side, realizing her full plan.
"Gabriella deliberately wrote that so we'd come here. Then she would have the perfect amount of time to escape and die without us stopping her!" He explained, shaking his head.
"Oh my god." Sharpay groaned angrily.
"We're so stupid!" Kelsi yelled in frustration.
"Ughh, where do we go now?" Cameron questioned, not knowing where his cousin would go. It had been a while since his last visit to Albuquerque.
"Everywhere." Troy answered bluntly.
"But… If she's not here like she said she would be, then where is she?!?" Taylor questioned, tears appearing in her eyes.
"Let's try splitting up." He suggested, as the rest nodded.
"Umm, Cameron, you come with me, we'll go back to her house. Chad and Taylor, go to the park. Sharpay, you and Zeke head to the school grounds. Kelsi, go up to Lava Springs with Jason." He ordered. "And if any of us find her, or anything else that matters, call the other okay?" The rest nodded in understanding.
"Now go!" Cameron yelled, as the rest left and went their separate ways. He was about to go his own way with Troy, but he didn't feel Troy moving at all.
"Troy?" He called, studying his shocked face.
"Oh my god." Troy breathed out.
"What's wrong?" Cameron questioned carefully.
"Ryan found Gabriella." He replied, happily.
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Gabriella sat on the soft white sands of the Santa Fe Beach. She loved it there. As a child, she loved going out to the sea, and watching the waves. It calmed her to the extreme. She loved going there whenever she needed to think. But since it was so far away from her house, she barely got to go. Instead, she confided to herself at the park. On the occasional free day, she'd come down here.
She had always secretly hoped she could die at sea, and today, she could make that hope become real. Gabriella was knocked out of her thoughts by a tap on the shoulder. Thinking that it was one of the others, she stood up ready to run. She looked up and saw a man standing in front of her, completely decked out in black. He even had a black mask on, covering his identity.
"W-who are you?" She questioned, slightly afraid.
"You really don't want to know." He answered, coming closer to her. She took a step back.
"Why are you here?" She asked, her voice regaining some of its confidence, since the voice sounded familiar.
"To kill you." He replied simply, as she rolled her eyes.
"Oh, really. Thanks." She responded sarcastically. He looked taken aback at this.
"What the hell?" He exclaimed, in shock. She smirked, realizing who it was.
"I was going to die anyway. Might as well let you do it." She told him, as she felt a slap to her face.
"Don't you get it?" Melanie hissed. "We're going to make you suffer first. And you can thank your little friends for it." She finished, kicking Gabriella in her stomach. Gabriella, groaned, and fell to her knees. She looked up and almost laughed at Melanie's appearance. She wasn't even sure if it was her by how she looked.
"Melanie?" She questioned, feeling her sight spinning.
"Right in front of you bitch." The blonde spat out.
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Ryan sat behind one of the beach's benches, watching Gabriella sit and stare out towards the ocean. He had no idea of why she was here, or what she going to do. They had arrived their about three minutes ago, and he had already texted Troy to tell him to come. All he had to do now was wait for the others to come, and they could corner Gabriella and save her from herself.
He suddenly felt his phone vibrating, looking down, he saw Troy's name appear on the screen.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Ryan, is Gabriella still there?" He questioned, as Ryan turned his back towards Gabriella.
"Yes, she is. Did you take care of Melanie?" Ryan replied, as Troy laughed.
"What happened again?" He asked, as they told him once again what had happened at the diner.
"Then she storm-" Troy started, but was cut off my Ryan.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" He suddenly exclaimed, seeing a dark figure talking to Gabriella.
"Ry-"
"Guys, you better get down to the beach now." He replied, with an urgency in his voice.
"What, why?" The two asked in confusion.
"Oh my god!" Ryan yelled, as he saw Melanie kicking Gabriella.
"Ryan! What's wrong?" Cameron queried, as Ryan shook his head.
"Mel-Melanie's here, and some ass is tying up Gabriella!" He told them.
"What!?!"
"Get. Here. Now. I gotta go help her. Hurry!" He screamed, hanging up. Troy immediately slammed his foot down, and drove his way to the beach. He threw Cameron his phone.
"Dude, here. Call everyone else. Tell them to go to the Santa Fe Beach. Gabriella's in trouble." He told him.
"Wait, what?" Troy groaned in anger.
"Just do it Cameron!" He roared, as Cameron scrambled to call the others.
"Okay, okay. Relax will, Ryan's there I'm sure she'll be fine." He tried, as Troy shot him a death glare.
"I wouldn't worry if MELANIE, and some fucking GUY weren't tying her up!" He yelled, finally telling Cameron what was wrong. His eyes shot open, as he hit the driver.
"Oh my fucking god. Hurry up Troy!" he exclaimed.
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"Hello?" Chad answered, midst of parking the car, thus his phone was on speaker. Both he and Taylor could hear what the other person said.
"GototheSantaFebeach!" Cameron stated quickly. Chad looked at his phone in confusion.
"Who is this?" He questioned as Troy groaned on the other end.
"Stop talking so fast! Chad won't understand you!" Cameron shook his head.
"Cameron, and Troy. Get to the Santa Fe Beach as fast as you can." He told him.
"Whoa, why? What's up?" Chad questioned.
"Gabriella's in trouble! Melanie has her." Cameron answered, as Chad and Taylor's eyes bugged out.
"Call everyone else Chad! And hurry!" He immediately hung up the phone, and pulled out of the space with one hand on the steering wheel, and the other dialing on his phone.
"Tay, call Kelsi, and I'll call Zeke." She nodded furiously, as she pressed the speed dial for Kelsi's number.
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Melanie had been hitting Gabriella, while she was tied up and down on the ground. Ryan had come over, but Mark tied him up to the lifeguard post, and guarded him. Melanie midst of another kick, she froze as she heard a car pulling up. She shook her down head at Gabriella.
"You're lucky your little friends are here. Or else there would've been more suffering." She hissed coldly, as Gabriella laughed.
"Suffering? Oh you mean the sound of your voice? Your appearance? Your face?" The brunette asked, glaring at her. She felt another kick to her shin.
"Say that again, bitch?" Melanie hissed, as Gabriella shook her head.
"Hearing your voice is pure suffering already." She stated proudly. Melanie couldn't take it anymore. She was done with this plan. She looked up from the brunette in front of her and faced Mark.
"Mark, throw her in!" She exclaimed angrily, taking a couple of steps back from Gabriella. Mark sighed as he came and pulled Gabriella up. He started to lead her to the crashing waves.
"Sorry Gabi." He spoke in a quiet voice. Gabriella smiled softly.
"It's okay." She croaked. "Say hi to Claire and Joyce for me, will you?" He nodded to her.
"Of course." He answered, as he realized they were nearing the water. "I loosened the ropes okay? Just pull the knot, and it'll open." He told her, as she nodded. "Stay in for a couple of minutes, only until we leave. Then resurface. You'll live." She smiled at him in gratitude.
"Okay. I'll do it." She lied through her teeth.
"Bye Gabi, hold your breath." He whispered, throwing her in the water.
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"Please God, don't let her do this." Troy mumbled to himself, getting out of the car.
"There she is!" Cameron exclaimed, pointing towards their direction. Troy looked over there, and sighed, shaking his head. The two guys ran over to them, before Melanie could run. They back her up to the lifeguard post.
"What the fuck is wrong with you Melanie?!" Troy exclaimed angrily, as she smirked.
"What? She stole what I stole from her. It's only payback." She responded smugly. He shook his head.
"You are such a fucking bitch. I can't believe I ever went out with you!" He started. "I can't believe I even thought of actually falling for you." She and Cameron looked taken aback at him.
"What?" They both exclaimed, as he sighed.
"This is just a slap in the face. I always said that I wouldn't fall for the Devil-Angel crap. And I did." He paused, clenching his fist.
"You're just another one of those stupid girls in those damned clichéd stories." He finished, taking a deep breath, and running towards the water, where Mark stood, taking off his mask.
"Troy?"
"Where's Gabriella!?" He questioned, not looking at the man in front of him.
"She's in the water." Mark answered calmly. "But it's okay, since I loosened the knots. She should be out soon." Troy closed his eyes, waiting for Gabriella to resurface.
If what Mark said was true, then Gabriella would be up in no time, since she was a great swimmer. Only then, did he realize that that was where she went today, out of all places. She came there, when she ran. He noted what the issue was. She was still suicidal. She was going to stay in there, even if she could get out. She was going to die if he didn't jump in to save her.
Finally, he bucked up the courage, took off his shoes, and jumped in. He was going to rescue her. Even if he died trying.
Ahh, will Troy save Gabriella in time?
Sorry for the constant cliffhangers. It's fun. Just not if you're on the receiving end. Haha. I'll probably update again next Sunday, maybe earlier. It depends on my mood.
Did anyone like what happened to Melanie? Just desserts. Get it? (:
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-Ilyilyx3
Sneak Peak-
None. I'd give away too much. d:
And sorry for any mistakes. I didn't have the time to fix them. But I will fix them later on when I have time.