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To: '...' (anon reviewer.)

I am very well aware that the first part of my story has major kinks in it. May I remind you that this is my first story? Besides the first couple of chapters are really stupid and unbelievable. I'll give you that. Don't think that I didn't notice. If you didn't read my note on the trailer, then you wouldn't have known that I am trying to fix it right now. I'm rewriting those chapters to make it all seem more realistic. I'm just having a hard time doing it, since I pretty much dug myself into a hole. If I change anything too drastically from what I already wrote, I'll pretty much have to rewrite the whole story. And I'm trying to not do that since the people who do enjoy this, will have to wait even longer for updates.

And as for the large unbelievable review amount, didn't you notice that the reviews for this story didn't start picking up until chapter 7/8? That's because the first six were bad, or 'stupid' as you would put it. Duh. I'm not dense, I know that. When the review amount increased, was when my writing became better and more real. Which leads up to right now.

I'm not trying to be mean or anything. Believe me on that. I'm not extremely sensitive like most people are. I do thank you for the rough criticism, even though I already knew about it. You know, you don't have to be so irascible about it. You just might make others hate you. (:

A/N: I know, I know! This is like a week late. But really. It's not my fault at all. This has been the only moment I've had to myself for weeks! Between school work, my social life, my home life, and extracurriculars I didn't have time to do anything. I barely had any time to sleep. Scary enough, this is the first time my laptop's been open since the last time I updated. -.-

This chapter dedicated to everyone that has reviewed, or read this story. Thank you for putting up with my 'not updating on time' problem. (x

All in all, Sorry!

One more thing, sorry for any mistakes that are in here. I rushed this chapter, so you guys wouldn't have to wait any longer. I'll probably edit it later on tomorrow. So don't be surprised that this story says updated again, and there's nothing new. That's just me making adjustments. (:

Who's That Girl

Chapter 20- Losing Hope

Nobody's POV-

Finally, he bucked up the courage, took off his shoes, and jumped in. He was going to rescue her. Even if he died trying.

Troy dived down deep into the clear blue water. He turned his head in all directions, but he couldn't spot a silhouette of the person he was looking for, much less the sea floor. With the strong waves crashing through the ocean, seeing anything was a very hard task. The salt crystals in the water slightly burned his eyes, blinding him occasionally. After he felt his oxygen supply in his lungs decreasing, he swam back up to the surface of the water. He took in a deep breathe, and wiped his eyes quickly, before diving back down.

He had to find her, no matter what happened. In his mind, it was his fault that all of this happened. Somehow, someway, he had to fix this. He had to save her from death.

After a couple of moments of searching, he still couldn't find her. He was beginning to lose hope, until he felt something, more likely someone bumping into him. He looked down, and saw Gabriella right in front of him. She had a shocked expression on her face. She kicked her legs, struggling to get away from him.

He smiled inwardly; glad that she couldn't since she was still tied up. He immediately held on to her waist, and began kicking his legs to bring them back up to the surface.

"Let go of me. I want to die, Troy!" She yelled with a raspy voice. She was panting heavily, having lost her breath under the water.

"Why are you doing this, Brie?" He asked, in a soft voice, slightly out of breath. She shook head her head in a small motion.

"Don't act like you care." She breathed sadly, as hurt found its way onto Troy's features. "Because, I know very well that you don't."

"I don't care?" He questioned in confusion. "If I didn't care, then I wouldn't be here. If I didn't-"

"If you did care then you would've seen this coming." She interjected, tears running down her face. He opened his mouth to respond, but he closed it immediately, hearing her cry out in pure agony.

She clenched her eyes shut, holding her stomach with her tied hands, in pain. She didn't know what was wrong with her. All she knew was that the pain in her stomach was acting up again. She opened her eyes, and saw Troy looking down at her worriedly, as her vision started to spin once again, before blacking out entirely. The last thing she saw was Troy's concerned blue eyes, and the last thing she felt was his shaking hands, griping her cheeks.

"Gabriella?!" He exclaimed, shaking her frantically, trying to find some sort of sign that she was still with him.

The moment that he realized that there weren't any at all, he sighed angrily, shaking his head. He then hoisted her tied arms around his neck, as he wrapped one of his arms around her waist. He balanced most of her body weight onto himself, and began kicking his legs towards the direction of land. Looking back over, he saw a couple of figures standing there. He guessed that the figures were the rest of his friends. Taking another deep breath, he yelled out to them.

"Guys, help!" He yelled exasperatedly. He could feel himself losing all of his energy as he continued to kick. Suddenly, he felt Gabriella becoming very light. Looking over to his right, he saw Cameron swimming beside him. He was partly carrying Gabriella. Troy was now very grateful for the extra help.

"Kick harder Troy! We're almost there." He stated, as Troy nodded and complied to his instructions. Soon enough, the three were back on land. Everyone except Troy breathed out a sigh of relief. He was still worried about Gabriella, since she hadn't been moving at all.

Troy carefully lifted Gabriella off of him, and laid her down. He could feel the rest of the gang crowding around him. But he didn't waste any time asking them what happened to Melanie, that guy that was with her, or when they got there. He ignored everything they were saying, and checked if Gabriella was breathing or not. He laid his head down to her chest, and felt nothing. He took her maimed wrist and tried to feel a pulse, but still, nothing. When he found that she wasn't, he let out a sound of anger, before yelling and telling everyone else to move away from Gabriella and him.

He leaned down, tilted her head back, and listened for breathing, still nothing. He shook his head in frustration, before pinching her nose and covering her mouth with his own. He blew into it, until he saw that her chest had risen. He breathed in and repeated it. He then began giving her chest compressions. He repeated the steps over and over, desperately trying to get her to breathe while everyone else stood and watched him in worry.

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Troy sat there, completely numb. He didn't talk to anyone. He didn't answer any questions that were being directed at him. He didn't do anything. All he could do was watch Gabriella being crowded by many doctors. He sat off to the side, deep in thought, until a statement caught his attention.

"We've got the heartbeat steady again. Who's going to ride with her?" He heard one of the medical attendants stating. He immediately stood up.

"I will." His voice cracked, as he turned to the others that were looking at him in amazement. "You guys just trail behind us." He told them, following the attendant into the ambulance where Gabriella was currently laying.

"Will she be okay?" Troy questioned tentatively, as he carefully held her hand, slightly afraid that he was going to hurt her.

"We're not so sure." He answered, as Troy's head shot up, his face filling with worry.

"Why?" He asked, looking back down at Gabriella's unmoving form. The attendant shook his head and sighed sorrowfully.

"Well, we may have gotten her heart steady again, but she still has some intense internal bleeding." He explained. "She was bleeding heavily in multiple parts outside of her body too." He continued, motioning to the cuts on Gabriella's legs and arms. "The salt water from the ocean damaged her cuts, pretty badly." Troy frowned deeply at this.

"Will she at least survive this?" He queried with desperation clear in his voice.

"As I've said before, we're not sure about anything at this point. You've just got to believe that she'll be fine." He clarified, as Troy nodded. "Young man, do know that you helped her survive by performing CPR on her." He progressed, trying to relieve Troy of some of the pain. Troy gave him a slight smile.

"It was her idea that we took classes last summer. She has this weird goal of becoming a lifeguard some time in her life." He annotated, as the attendant smiled.

"She will be a lifeguard, no doubt. And you'll be the one who helped her." He replied, patting Troy's back. "You might even be her assistant."

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"Troy!" Sharpay screeched, as Troy's head shot up seeing the eight teenagers approaching him.

"What happened?" Zeke questioned. Troy shrugged, rubbing his face with his hand. He looked down at the floor again. He felt a hand touching his shoulder. He lifted his head up, and noticed Chad's glance on him.

"Troy, speak to us, man." He tried, as Troy shook his head.

"Why would you want to talk to me?" Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"What do you mean?" Kelsi asked, taking a seat next to him.

"I'm the cause of this." He explained. "It's all my fault." He paused and groaned loudly. "God, I just feel like I want to die!"

"Why?" She asked, curiously.

"Gabriella has internal bleeding, her heart almost stopped, almost every inch of her body is covered in cuts!" He exclaimed, almost jumping out of his seat in anger. He paused, taking in a breath and letting it out. "And it's all because of my stupid lapse of judgment." He finished sadly, slumping back down on the chair he was occupying. Kelsi sighed, as everyone wore guiltier looks.

"Troy, it's not entirely your fault." She argued, patting his back.

"Yeah man." Jason stated. "It's ours too." He motioned to the rest of them.

"In fact, it's everyone's fault." Taylor said, trying to help him.

"We should've listened to her. We should've done something." Chad added in. "We should've listened to Kelsi too." He finished, looking at Kelsi. She shot him an appreciative smile.

"It doesn't matter though. None of this does. All that matters is Gabriella being okay." She replied. None of them noticed the doctor that had walked out of Gabriella's room, and down the all towards them.

"Gabriella Montez?" He called out, attracting everyone's gaze. They all stood up and walked towards him.

"Any of you family?" He asked, taking in everyone's different appearance. Cameron took a step forward, raising his hand, slightly above his shoulder.

"I'm her cousin. Her parents are out of state." He answered confidently. The doctor nodded, and motioned Cameron to follow him.

"Very well. Come with me, sir." He replied, walking away from the gang. Cameron tentatively followed along.

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"So, what's up?" Chad asked, as everyone's attention was focused on the teenager before them. Cameron shuffled on his feet, before sticking his hands in his pockets, nervously.

"Well, Gabriella's awake…" He replied, playing around with his keys.

"That's awesome!" Sharpay exclaimed happily, jumping out of the hospital seat she was sitting in. Suddenly, her excited face was replaced was a sullen expression. "Why do I sense a but coming on?" She questioned reluctantly. Cameron shrugged, before sighing.

"But… the doctor's told me that she lost a portion of her memory." He explained, biting the inside of his mouth.

"Which part?" He shrugged once again.

"They don't know yet. They haven't asked her." He told the others, noticing that one of them wasn't present. He looked around, before shooting them all a confused look.

"Where's Troy?" He asked, as everyone looked at each other in question. They all didn't know. He looked behind him, and saw Troy's figure heading towards Gabriella's room. He sighed and walked towards that direction.

"Cam…" Ryan called after him, as he turned around and faced them.

"What?"

"What else are you keeping from us?" The blonde demanded, taking a step closer to him.

"That's for me and Elle to know." He returned, shaking his head at her. He gave them a look that clearly said he could not say what it was.

"Cameron." Ryan started, as Cameron stopped him from speaking any other syllable.

"Seriously guys." He stated, throwing his hands up in the air. "Let it go." He finished walking away from them. The rest gave each other a fearful look, before cautiously following Cameron's retreating figure.

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"Hey Brie." He greeted cheerfully, making her look up and smile. She patted the space beside her, motioning for him to sit next to her.

"Hey Troy." She returned, laying her hands on her lap. He smiled, sitting down on her right side, near her waist. He carefully linked their hands together.

"How are you feeling?" He asked, looking at her arms, noticing her cuts and bruises. She nodded slightly, before using her free hand to gesture to her stomach.

"A little pain in the stomach, but it's fine. I'm holding up." She reassured him, happily. He bobbed his head, taking her answer to consideration. He gulped, before looking up at her again.

"Do you remember why, you're in the hospital?" He asked, fearfully, as she raised her eyebrow.

"Not really." She admitted sheepishly. 'I can't really remember anything." She answered him, sighing. "But, they told me today's the fifth?" He nodded, taking in her frightened expression.

"Oh my god." She breathed, throwing her head back in frustration. "I can only remember up to the fourth of last month." He looked at her weirdly, before realization dawned on him.

"The week before Melanie came." He whispered quietly to himself.

"What'd you just say?" Gabriella asked, curiously. He shook his head quickly.

"Nothing." He said, seeing her raised eyebrow. He smiled slightly. "Nothing at all." He guaranteed.

"Are you sure?" She questioned, as he nodded, looking over to the nurse beside the two.

"Umm, can we have a little privacy?" He told her, as she oh-ed and nodded.

"Sure. Of course! I'll be back, later okay, Gabriella?" The nurse replied, walking out of the room after seeing Gabriella mouth 'yes' to her. Troy sighed before bringing Gabriella hand up to his mouth. He placed a soft kiss on it, before looking into her eyes.

"You got in here, because we were at the beach earlier. We were swimming, and the waves through you on a huge rock." He told her, explaining what had happened. She nodded, but gave him a disbelieving look.

"Oh, really?" She asked carefully. Troy nodded.

"Yeah. It was so scary. I thought that I would lose you." He exclaimed, drawing invisible designs on the back of her hand.

"…but you didn't." She continued for him. He smiled at her.

"I know, but I felt so bad seeing how I was the one to dared you to swim in the harsh waves." He aspersed, charily. She felt a smile tearful smile making its way on her face. She took in a deep breath.

"Aww, it's okay Troy. I'm all fine now." She stated, hold both of his hands. "Are you sure that's how-" She began, but was interrupted by him.

"Hey Brie?" He called, as she looked up at him.

"Yeah?" She answered, feeling a pair of lips on top of hers. She sat stiff for a moment, before giving in, and kissing him back. After hearing noises from outside of her room, she pulled away. She pursed her lips up slightly, before leaning back on her pillow.

"What was… that for?" She asked him slowly, as he smiled at her.

"Nothing, just because I love you." He confessed, looking at her bemusedly, waiting for a response. Instead, she looked taken aback at his statement.

"W-what?" She stuttered in confusion. He shook his head at her bewilderment.

"I love you." He repeated, taking in a deep breath. He forced out his next sentence. "More than a best friend would. I love you in a romantic way." He explained. She sat there, beside him looking at the ground. Tears began to build up, since she didn't know what to say. She looked up at him, her mouth and eyes sparsely widened.

"I…I-" She struggled to finish her sentence, but was saved by her cousin.

"Troy. They're asking for you outside." Cameron interjected, stepping out of his spot from behind the door. Troy nodded, before looking back at Gabriella, smiling brightly, glad that he finally got it out.

"I'll come back in a bit?" He inquired, apprehensively.

"Yeah." She acknowledged, with a small smile. He took her happy expression, gratefully, before leaving the room. Her cousin took a couple steps towards her, and stopped so that he stood to the left of her bed. His eyes gave her a questioning look, as she bit her lip.

"So?" He questioned fearfully, awaiting the answer that she was about to emit. She shook her head and sighed tearfully, looking away from him.

"He lied." She answered, her voice shaking.

What does she mean by that? d:

Don't worry, Troyella moments will come out soon enough.This'll be the last rough patch they go through. Which means the story is almost over. I've counted it out, and there are roughly six, seven more chapters before the end of the whole story. Give or take. ): I'm sad to see this go. But at least Money, Love, and Jealousy will be back up. And we still have The Mental Guy, and my other billion story ideas I have in my head.

Uh oh. Which reminds me, that's going to be on another temporary hiatus again. Writers' block will be the death of me.

Okay. Because of these long author's notes, I'm putting sneak peaks for the next chapter. (:

-Ilyilyx3

Sneak Peak-

"I-I… can't."

"Why not?"

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"You completely betrayed my trust!"

"I didn't mean to! I only wanted to protect you."

"From what?You?"

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"I'm not giving up without a fight."

Guesses? Hahhh I'll try my best to update within this week. Don't hold your breath though. I have a full-packed schedule for the next two weeks. ):