In a month's time Gabriella was out of the ICU, and was taking therapy sessions at the rehab center that Mrs. Bolton generously paid in full. Troy went to see her, and assist her in therapy whenever he had an open moment. And she couldn't help, but to wonder where their relationship was going. Whenever the day was ending and Troy had to leave, all he would do was mutter a "good night," or a "see you tomorrow." Was it because she was ruined now? Honestly she felt like she was sometimes.
Did it even matter? She had lived without him before, she could sure as hell do it again. She struggled to get across the room, and her nurse try to encourage her with each step. And each time her foot hit the floor, it reminded her that she was doing this on her own, and it filled her with hope.
She tried to will herself away from thinking about Troy, but her mind would always wander back to him, and her Latin temper would begin to scorch a bit. She nearly collapsed as she reached the end of the railing, the nurse steadied her just as Gabriella was about to hit the floor. She took a large gulp of water, and when she looked back down she saw Sharpay Evans standing in the doorway with a bouquet of roses.
"Hey." "Hey." "How ya been?" Gabriella wanted intensely to roll her eyes at the blonde's over peppiness tone, but decided against it. "Besides the throbbing in my legs, pretty good." Sharpay laughed nervously. "Well, I brought you these." "You shouldn't have." Gabriella reached for them slowly in case Sharpay decided to jerk them away in the end, and laugh in her face. "I just thought that they would brighten you up a bit." Gabriella smiled softly, "Thank you."
They sat down inside the café that was built in the lobby of the hospital, and sat silently as they drank their lattes. "Ryan told me what happened to you, and I'm so sorry." "There's nothing anybody could have done to change it." "If I wasn't a snob to you before, cause I was a bit jealous, maybe we could've been good friends, and you wouldn't have been in the Home Ec. Room. But with me." Gabriella smiled, "Maybe, we can be friends now you know, and just to stir away a bit, how did Ryan find out?" "Troy talked to him about it, and Ryan talked to me. But that's it, no one else has ever got to know." Gabriella sighed sadly, "The school's going to find out eventually, might as well get used to that."
To Gabriella's surprise, Sharpay reached over, and took her hand. "If you ever need to talk, I'm here." "Thank, you know, I never thought that you'd ever be this nice to me." Sharpay smiled, "Well, things change."