(A/N: Hey! I'm so, so, so, SO sorry that I haven't updated! It's been crazy since June 16 until yesterday, which was June 23. A bunch of my relatives came in from Norway and the Philippines, so, we showed them around, went to Cincinatti, and all that stuff. So, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!)
Gabi and Sharpay ordered what Chad and Taylor wanted, and fit that on two trays, and Troy and Ryan ordered what they wanted, and they had to carry what Gabi and Sharpay wanted. Troy had ordered pepperoni and sausage pizza with a Coke and a slice of apple pie, Ryan ordered a chicken club sandwich (six inch) with a 7-up and a sugar cookie, Gabi ordered cheese pizza with a Fanta drink and a brownie, and Sharpay ordered a ham and cheese sandwich with Mello Yello and fudge. They carefully brought the trays up to Chad's room, and Gabi and Sharpay said as waitresses again, "Enjoy your meal." Taylor said, "OK." As they were eating, and the girls were all talking, Troy whispered to the boys, "Guys, I think I'm falling in love with Gabi all over again." Ryan asked, "Why don't you just tell her?" Troy replied, "Are you insane? I can't tell Gabi that, she might not feel the same way." Chad said, "Dude, how can you not tell that she loves you back? It's so obvious." Ryan nodded in agreement and he said, "I'll tell her I love her soon, trust me." Meanwhile, Gabi was having the same talk with the girls.
She whispered, "I think I love Troy again." Taylor asked, "Are you gonna tell him?" Gabi answered, "Are you out of your mind? I can't do that! He probably doesn't even like me, like me." Sharpay stated, "OK, you've lost it Gabi, how can you possibly not tell that he likes you, likes you?" She said, " I don't know, but, I might tell him soon." Taylor said, "You'd better, otherwise, I'd think you're crazy." She sighed and said, "All right, you guys are right, again." As they finished up, a nurse came in and said, "Good news Mr. Danforth, you'll be transferred to a normal room, your injuries are healing quite rapidly, you may not even have to stay for two weeks, maybe one, and two weeks of rehab, but you're fine." Chad smiled and said, "All right, great!" Sharpay said to Taylor, "May I take your tray ma'am ?" Taylor started laughing again and gave Sharpay her tray. Gabi walked over to Chad and asked, "Can I take your tray sir?" Chad handed over his tray, and so did Troy and Ryan. She stuck her tongue out at them and Sharpay and Gabi took the trays down to the cafeteria. When they came back up, Chad was in a rolling stretcher and a nurse said, "I'm going to transfer him to room number 1090 on the second floor." They wheeled Chad down to the elevator, with the gang tagging along. They all crammed into the elevator and the nurse wheeled him into room 109 The gang kept talking to Chad, and then, Troy tapped Gabi and the shoulder and asked, "Gabs, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure," she replied. He pulled her over to a corner of the room and he said, "Gabriella, I've wanted to say this to you for a long time, and now, I'll just say it out loud. I love you Gabriella." The gang heard this and gasped, waiting for Gabi's answer. She smiled, "I love you too Troy." Troy leaned in to kiss her, and they shared a kiss. Chad teased, "Oooh," and Troy blushed, so did Gabi. Taylor smiled and said, "Hmm, Troy and Gabi, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Troy asked, "Aren't you a bit old for that first-grade song?" Taylor said, "You're never too old for anything."
Ryan laughed and Gabi retorted, "Chad and Taylor, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Sharpay laughed and Taylor told Gabi, "OK, fine, we're even,just, don't do that." Chad joked, "What, Tay? I'm not good enough for you?" Taylor laughed, "Oh, come on, of course you are." Chad asked, "So, when I woke up, what were all you guys laughing about?" Troy said, "OK, so, remember at East High, in the cafeteria, when Gabi slipped and her food went all over Sharpay's shirt?" Chad laughed, "Oh, yeah, Sharpay screamed, Gabi started panicking, and I stopped you from getting in there!" They all laughed and the nurse came in again. She asked, "Mr. Danforth, how are you feeling?" Chad replied, "I'm feeling great." The nurse smiled, "Good. Your doctor and the nurses have decided that in a week, you'll be starting rehab, and two weeks after that, you'll be out of the hospital." Chad smiled, "All right, that's awesome." The nurse smiled and walked out of the room. Taylor said, "OK, so, only a week, then two weeks of rehab, then you'll be free!" Chad smiled and said, "Thank goodness, I don't think I can take any more of the hospital." Gabi told him, "Look on the bright side, after rehab, you could play one-on-one basketball with Troy, or you three guys against us three girls. Troy laughed, "You girls think you can beat us guys in basketball?" Sharpay said, "What's wrong with that?" Ryan grinned, "Because girls can't play basketball." Taylor told the guys, "Well, if girls can't play basketball, then why were Troy and Chad even on the team?" Gabi and Sharpay laughed, "Ooh, burn."
Chad rolled his eyes, and Troy said, "Oh, ha-ha, funny." This aroused a memory for Gabi. "Troy, remember when I visited you in the gym? And I scored a basket?" Troy nodded and then he said, "Yeah, you said you scored forty-one points in a league championship game, and I believed you." Gabi replied, "Yeah, you believed me until I said, 'Yeah, and in the same day I invented the space shuttle and microwave popcorn'." Chad laughed, "Troy, you believed her?" Everyone started laughing and Troy just stated, "Whatever." Ryan asked, "Hey, what song did you say you and Gabi sang when you met at the ski lodge?" They both replied, "The Start of Something New." Ryan turned to Sharpay, "I told you!" Taylor asked, "Told her what?" Ryan explained, "While we were on our way to the hospital, I was driving, and we heard 'The Start of Something New' on the radio. So, I asked Sharpay, 'Isn't this Troy and Gabi's song that they sang when they met?' and Sharpay said, 'No, it's not,' and I kept arguing with her that it was, but she wouldn't believe me." Sharpay rolled her eyes, "OK, you were right this time." "Good," Ryan said. He continued, "Dear sweet baby sister, when will you ever learn that I'm always right?" Sharpay gave him a death glare and the others sniggered and laughed.
Sharpay told them, "Oh, shut up." They kept laughing and she just rolled her eyes. The days flew by, and soon, Chad was able to start rehab, exactly a week after. The nurse said, "Mr. Danforth, why don't you step out of the bed for a minute and try to walk around a bit?" Chad swung his legs over the bed and stood shakily while holding onto the bedpost. He let go and held his balance. "Good," the nurse commented. "Try walking small steps." He took a few baby steps before wavering and almost falling. Taylor grabbed his hand and helped him regain balance. "Thanks Tay," he whispered. Taylor whispered back, "No problem." With Taylor and the gang's help, Chad was able to walk around the room a few times, almost never losing his balance. Soon, he was rolled in a wheelchair to the rehabilitation room and he walked around, and overall, got his strength back. Later that day, Taylor asked Chad if he wanted her to go to his apartment and get him some fresh clothes. "Thanks Tay," he replied, "here's the key." He gave her the address, and she drove there, and walked to his apartment. When she opened the door, she was greeted by a huge mess of an apartment. "What a slob," she muttered to herself. But then again, she thought, it is Chad after all, she made her way to his room and opened his closet, grabbing three pairs of jeans and three shirts, and a bag to put them in.
She drove back and gave Chad his clothes and whispered before he went to change, "Your apartment is a mess." He smiled, "Well Tay, you know me, I haven't changed at all." She rolled her eyes and he went in to change. After only half a week in rehab, his doctor and the nurse told them, "Mr. Danforth, you seem to be healing very fast, you probably only need one more day of rehabilitation before you can go home." Troy smiled and Gabi said, "Good, that's just great!" and the rest of the gang agreed. On his last day of rehab, he and the gang talked about old East High memories, like, how Troy and Gabi shocked the whole school by singing, when Gabi's lunch fell on Sharpay, and when Gabi fooled Troy with the space shuttle and microwave popcorn joke. After they had given Chad permission to leave, they all drove home in their cars and agreed the boys agreed to pick the girls up and drive them to a surprise place. Troy, Chad, and Ryan did three-way to talk about where they'd take the girls.
(A/N: So... how'd you like it? As usual, five reviews and I'll continue the story. Also, please, please, please, read One Fine, One Wounded, which is by me and a friend, and I've only got two reviews!)