Chapter Eight: Slipped Away
I know I haven't gotten reviews for the poll yet, but I wasn't going to show the answer until later because I was going to have a small dark spot in the story, a tad more drama just because. And it would be pointless to use this song if I got them together. So, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own High School Musical rights, but I own the DVD and the two-disc soundtrack. Also, I have High School Musical 2 as my birthday gift because it premires on my birthday. But I don't own it.
Na na, na na na, na na
I miss you, miss you so bad
I don't forget you, oh it's so sad
I hope you can hear me
I remember it clearly
Elaine was discharged from the hospital the next day in a wheelchair on Saturday. Of course, on that day, she could only see rain since she caused Ryan to slip away. She remembered the doctor's horrifing words. The words that suggested Elaine should give up the fight, that Elaine might as well be dead, that Elaine may never be happy again, that Elaine might not be able to do the one thing she loved to do.
Flashback (Elaine's POV)
I was laying in my horrible hospital bed inmobilized, flipping through my favorite CosmoGirl! magizine as I waited for the news that would come and show me my future. Where will I be and could I ever walk again when my leg healed? I had started reading an insprational article until the doctor came in with a horrible look on his face, and I knew one thing: I wasn't going to like the news. "I have good news, and I have bad news," said the doctor. My heart sunk at those words. Those words were always a heartache.
The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it wouldn't be the same
Ooooh
"Give me the good news first," I said, even though I knew it was highly unlikely it would be great news that I would want to hear. The doctor said, "You will be discharged tomorrow in a wheelchair." I gulped and said, "The bad news?" He sighed and said, "This isn't going to be easy for you to hear." I said, "It's better than not knowing what may happen." He said, "There's a sixty-five percent chance you may never walk again." I said, "But it isn't a hundred percent chance, and it doesn't mean that I won't walk!"
He looked at me with pity and said, "It's an one in a million chance you'll walk again. The rest of the chance is you could die from internal bleeding from trying to walk, or you won't walk and be paralazed, because the fall snapped not only your ankle, but almost you whole leg. Your leg is, well, shattered." I looked at him in shock and remembered what Gabriella told me, You can win the fights that can't be won. You've always been able to do the impossible. Heck, for all we know, you might be the real life Kim Possible.
Na na na na na na
I looked the doctor straight in the eye and said, "I will win this fight! I can do the things that can't be done! I've won almost everything, and I'm not going to stop because of a shattered leg!" He looked at me still and said, "Well, if you think..." I cut him off and said, "No! There is no try! Do or do not! There is no try! Either you fix my leg or you do not! I've never tried, I do, unlike most people who think that they can win just by sheer luck! There is no such thing as luck! I learned that all too well, since the one I loved has slipped away! That day, everything changed!"
End Flashback/POV
Elaine then realised as she got into the cab she may have been harsh on the doctor, even though she knew she would walk again.
I didn't get around to kiss you
Goodbye on your hand
I wish that I could see you again
I know that I can't
When Elaine was in her room, she looked around, saw a frame with gold spun around red, and she slammed it down without even looking at it. If you read the engraving on the back, it read: E.H + R.E 4ever skip line EHS Triple Win Day skip line 2006. Elaine cried over her diary as she wrote the flashback she had and how she broke up with Ryan, and how she wished everything could be like it was on the Triple Win Day. Someone entered and she slammed her diary shut, and said dully, "Hello, Sharpay."
Oooooh
I hope you can hear me 'cause I remember it clearly
Sharpay looked at her diary and said, "Can I read?" Elaine said mysticly, "Never read my thoughts. They are torture for me." Sharpay nodded, and said, "Look, I heard you may not be able to walk again." Elaine nodded. "Like you care." "I do." Elaine looked up shocked that Sharpay cared. Sharpay sighed and said, "It's my fault you may not be able to walk again. That's why I care. It'll be my fault if you are paralazed."
"Wow." "Yeah. You said that there is no try. You also said that once Ryan slipped away, everything changed. I know how you feel." "Really?" "Yes. He still loves you. But you're too stubbern to notice it." "Bull." "No, and stop using one worded answers." "Never." "Ella, you can talk. You don't have to talk like you can only say one word per a sentence." "Can't." "Can't what?" "Talk." "How?" "Fully." "Why not?" "Broken." "You're broken?" "Yeah." "What else." "Dying." "Huh?" "Part-death." "Oh. You're emotionally dead?" "Yeah."
Sharpay sighed and said, "Will you talk to Gabriella?" "Maybe."
The day that you slipped away
Was the day I found it wouldn't be the same
Ooooh
Gabriella entered her room and sat down. "Ella, why won't you say full sentences like you usually do?" "I'm not going to use full sentences for any Evans. She and Ryan broke me down to nothing. NOTHING. I have a shattered leg!" Gabriella was taken aback, but wouldn't back down. "You said that you could always do the impossible. You made cheerleading look easy." "Yeah, right. If so, I would be walking, not in a wheelchair."
On Monday, she expected torture as she always knew in those movies of someone with a shattered leg. She heard someone shout, "Look at the invincible Harrison now!" A couple of bursts of laughter and someone shouted, "Hey, what happened to Elaine Possible?" More laughter. She felt tears start to come out, and she shook them off. She never let anyone see her cry, and she won't start now!
One of the skater dudes shouted, "Hey, look at the Barbie! Looks like she just came from the Barbie Hospital!" Laughs. Elaine grabbed the crutches she had and went to the bathroom as fast as she could, crying. Everyone's mouth dropped at the sight of Elaine Harrison crying, the only girl in school who never cried after a breakup, harsh with walls around her heart. No one could cause that pain. Ryan had just started to shut his locker when Elaine rushed past him crying and he looked after, watching her let out everything. Gabriella screamed, "Stop torturing her! This isn't right!"
"Stop laughing! I'm not a peice of furniture! I have feelings!"
The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it wouldn't be the same
Ooooh
Sharpay was pissed and said, "I may be a cold-hearted bitch, but even I wouldn't sink to the lowest part of teasing someone who is handicapped! So what if she can't walk! If I know Ella as well as I think I do, she will be walking in only a day!" Gabriella was shocked at everyone and Troy looked at everyone menicingly. They gulped at Troy and backed off. "I can't believe you! Just because she lost some stupid cheer championship dosn't mean you can destroy her many insecurities starting with the fact she's in a wheelchair! She hates being immoblized, she would rather be out on the streets dancing! She would rather be able to run in the wind, racing anything that challenges her! She hates being laughed at for not being able to do those things that she would do if she could!" Gabriella rushed into the bathroom after Elaine, screaming for her.
Everyone was shocked at what Gabriella had said. Troy then stepped up to the plate. "Gabi's right! I've known her longer than any of you and one thing I know about her is that she could never be a plastic! Ella hates it when people remind her about something she isn't! It's like me! Basketball this, basketball that, and when I want to do something different, it's like this big social blowup! Ella is more than just that girl who could easily win any cheer championship, she loves art and music! How do I know? Because everytime I talk to her, she would stop me and show off her latest painting. But she wouldn't tell anyone else about it because she's not supposed to love painting because it's 'dorky'." Troy glared at them again before walking off.
Ryan then said, "And I'm sick of everything! All I hear is 'Have you slept with her yet?' and shit like that! You know what, I didn't get with her for that, I got with her because of her sassy personality, her sweet side, and I'm going to tell you this: We're both virgins! That's right, Ella's a fucking virgin and I respect that! Do you have any idea how brillint she is? Do you know that she can quote many Shakespearian poems line for line without looking at the paper? Do you know that she actually loves doing chemistary? Do you know that her favorite subject isn't gym, but Science? No! Because you've never known anything but the cheerleading Ella instead of the person Ella, and that's bull considering I've only started talking to her about five weeks ago!"
I had my wake up
Won't wake you up
I keep asking why
And I can't take it
It wasn't fake
It happened, you passed by
Everyone was shocked at those things Ryan said, they didn't know her as well as he knew her better than they knew her, and Elaine told her friends he knew her better than she knew herself. Gabriella came out of the bathroom, holding Elaine as she said, "I've never thought I'd say this, but I'm not invincible, and I never do what's impossible, just what could only happen with a chance of one in a million." Gabriella said, "It's ok. They don't know you, and like I said, never listen to anyone that tells you who you are, because you are you." Gabriella helped Elaine back into her wheelchair. Elaine looked at what she was confined to with agony.
Gabriella started to cry as she walked off to Troy. Troy, when he saw her, went to comfort her about this awful mess they were in.
Now you are gone, now you are gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere I can't bring you back
Now you are gone, now you are gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere your not coming back
Elaine made it through the day with difficulty. She mutter to herself, "If this was just the begining, I hate to know what the middle parts are going to be."
The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it wouldn't be the same noo...
The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it wouldn't be the same oooh...
Elaine then remembered what she said to Gabriella and she instantly regretted saying those words. And the agonizing words that caused Ryan to slip away was torturing her as well.
I live for drama.
I don't ever want to speak to you again. Just get out, leave right now. And remember, it's over.
Na na, na na na, na na
I miss you
What did you think? It wasn't long, and it wasn't short. I liked this one, and it uses more dialouge and flashbacks then any other part in the story. The song is Avril Lavigne's 'Slipped Away'. I never listened to it, but I've heard about it and it looked perfect. I already used 'My Happy Ending', and plus it didn't really fit. If you'll notice, it has an emotional rollercoster, and the cause of her hormonal imblances and why she shattered her leg with be explained in full depth next chapter.