The next morning, Gabriella was slowly eating the breakfast her mother made for her. She was still in her pajamas and in one of Troy's sweatshirts. Ms. Montez had won the argument; Gabriella was staying home from school that week. The sixteen year old was picking at her waffles as her mother sat down next to her.

"How's it coming?" Ms. Montez asked.

"Slowly, like always." Gabriella answered quietly.

Gabriella still had problems eating food, like most victims of anorexia. Her mother did state that she looked healthier than she did when they left. She was still too skinny for her to be at a healthy weight.

"The others and their families are coming over coming over tonight for your 'Welcome Home' party."

"Cool." Gabriella said smiling.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Tacos."

"I'm going to go to the store to pick up food for tonight. I want you to take it easy while I'm gone."

"Yes, Mom."

"I love you, Baby."

"I love you, too."

That afternoon, after school got out, the others arrived at the Montez house. Troy unlocked the door and led everyone inside. As they walked into the living room, the found Gabriella sound curled up sound asleep on the couch. Her blanket covered her up to her eyes. The hood of Troy's sweatshirt covered the top of her head.

"We should start setting up." Sharpay whispered. "And let her rest."

That evening, everyone was just arriving at the house. The parents would get to see Gabriella for the first time since she and her mother went to the rehab center. Gabriella came downstairs in a dark pair of jeans and a red tank top. All the mothers hugged her tightly as they greeted her.

"How are you feeling?" Mrs. Bolton asked.

"Not too bad." Gabriella answered wrapping a blanket around her shoulders.

"Has your life changed drastically at all?" Mrs. Evans asked.

"I get cold all the time. My body lost a lot of the fat that keeps you warm." Gabriella answered. "And I seem to be eating much slower. It takes me almost an hour to finish any sort of meal nowadays."

"But you look much healthier than you did before."

"I feel healthier, but it's going to be a day by day struggle."

"But she has me to help her out." Troy stated coming up behind his girlfriend and wrapping his arms around her waist.

Troy could still feel the bones of her hips every time he wrapped his arms around her. His blood still boiled over the fact that someone would go so low to try and endanger Gabriella's health like that in order to seduce him. No, Troy was a one woman man and his one woman was Gabriella Montez.

"Gabby, what do you want for dessert tonight?" Ms. Montez asked.

"Ice cream, I don't care which kind." Gabriella called back.

Twenty minutes later, the party was sitting down to dinner. Gabriella was in between her mother and Troy. Everyone was sitting at the Montez' large dining room table. The food was tacos, rice, cornbread and salads. The entire conversation was light and funny. Most was talk about what they were all going to do for Spring Break. Since this was the group's final Spring Break as high school students, the families decided to try and go somewhere all together. Between conversations, Troy and Ms. Montez did notice that Gabriella was eating slowly. They both decided not to bring it up in front of everyone else though. Gabriella could feel them watching her and tired to eat faster and a little bit more than she normally would.

"So, Gabby, when do you come back to school?" Chad asked.

"Next Monday." Gabriella answered. "Mom wants me to take this week off to relax before jumping right into school again. Which now I can say I'm more than happy to do so."

"I told you I was right." Ms. Montez said as everyone laughed. "One of these days you will see I know what I'm doing."

"Yes, Mother."

"So, what was the weather like in Utah?" Mr. Danforth asked, much to Chad's embarrassment.

"It was great, I was so happy that we had nice weather. Especially on the days were Gabby had day trips. The two of us along with her sponsor and Gabby's roommate, Keisha, would mostly go horse back riding or to a little park to just sit and talk." Ms. Montez said.

"I made friends there that I will always share this bond with for the rest of my life." Gabriella explained. We all made a promise that if one of us ever needed anything we'll…"

Gabriella was suddenly cut off my pain in her stomach. She dropped her glass onto the floor causing glass to shatter everywhere. She doubled over in pain. Everyone beside Ms. Montez stood up to see what the matter was. Ms. Montez held her daughter as Gabriella cried in pain.

"Gabby, look at me." Ms. Montez told her daughter firmly. "You've been through this before. Just focus on something else."

"It hurts, Mom." Gabriella whispered.

"Come on, Baby."

Ms. Montez helped Gabriella stand up and helped her walk up to her bedroom. The others waited at the foot of the stairs to be ready if they should be needed. Mr. Baylor, who was a doctor raced up to see if they needed anything medically. Ms. Montez told him that it was just Gabriella's stomach. She always got stomach aches if she ate too much too fast.

Everyone knew that Gabriella was going to need all the help she could possibly get. None of the others knew what she was going through, but they would make sure that she would never face it again. Troy promised himself, Gabriella and her mother that he would do all he could to make sure that she was just as healthy as she was before. He knew it would be hard and that there would be screaming from Gabriella to tell him to back off and leave her alone, but Troy Bolton made a promise and he would see to it that he kept it. Gabriella Montez was the best thing to ever happen to him and he wanted to make sure that she would stay in his life forever.

Well, that's the end. I hope you all enjoyed it. This was just a quick little story I came up with one day. Thanks to all who read and reviewed it.