I'm backkkkkk!

Troy quickly parked his truck and swung open his door, slamming it behind him. He quickly ran around the front of the truck and yanked Gabriella's door open. He undid her seatbelt and gently took her in his arms. She had yet to wake up and Troy was beyond worried.

"We're at the hospital, Gabi. Hang on, okay?"

Troy carried Gabriella bridal style and ran to the emergency room, stopping at the front desk to catch his breath. A young woman with blonde hair and green eyes looked up startled when Troy burst in with a girl in his arms.

"Can I help you, Sir?"

Troy quickly nodded.

"She collapsed while we were talking. This isn't the first time it's happened. She had the flu last time this happened. But she seemed fine a while ago."

Troy had spoken so fast, rambling on as the lady looked at him, trying to comprehend what he had said.

"Okay, Sir. Follow me. I'll page a doctor to come see her."

Troy nodded in appreciation and followed the blonde lady to a room. She motioned to the bed and Troy gently laid Gabriella on it, tucking a stray hair behind her ears. The nurse looked on with a smile on her face as she watched the boy fuss over what seemed to be his girlfriend.

"Excuse me, Sir, but would you like me to contact her parents?"

Troy turned to face the lady, giving her a small nod.

"Yes, please. I completely forgot."

The lady smiled at him and nodded, leaving Troy and Gabriella in the room.

Moments later, a doctor came in the room.

"Hello, young man. What do we have here?"

Troy looked up, startled. He saw an older male standing at the door in a white lab coat. He was holding a clipboard and a pen, taking a seat in the chair Troy wasn't occupying.

"She fainted. I'm not sure why. She just fell over, but she looked t be in pain before she collapsed."

The doctor nodded while writing everything down.

"What is her name?"

"Gabriella Montez."

The doctor nodded once again.

"I am Dr. Andrew Brown, by the way. Are you her boyfriend?"

Troy ducked his head to prevent Dr. Brown from seeing his flushed face.

"No. I'm just a friend. I'm Troy Bolton."

"Okay. It's nice to meet you, Troy."

Dr. Brown stuck his hand out and Troy took it.

"You as well, Sir."

"Okay, Troy, I'm going to ask you some questions, alright? Just answer them to the best of your ability."

Troy nodded and the doctor continued.

"How old is Ms. Montez?"

"Seventeen. Almost eighteen"

"When is her birthday?"

"Uh... December 14."

The doctor nodded, writing it down.

"Are her parents coming?"

"I think so. The lady at the front desk went to call them. They should be here soon."

As I finished saying this, Mr. Montez burst into the room, with Mrs. Montez and the lady from the front desk right behind.

"We came as fast as we could. How is she?"

The doctor looked up.

"Ah. Mr. and Mrs. Montez? I am Dr. Andrew Brown. This young man here brought your daughter in after she collapsed at school. I was just asking him some questions."

Mr. Montez and Dr. Brown shook hands.

"How is my daughter doing?"

Dr. Brown looked down at his clipboard.

"She seems to be doing fine right now, but I need to run a few tests and get her medical history."

Mr. and Mrs. Montez nodded their heads in agreement and turned to look at their daughter, who was lying in bed. They watched as Troy sat in a chair beside her bed and stroked her hair. They could hear him whisper things into her ear, but couldn't make out what he was saying. He looked concerned and Mrs. Montez looked at them with a small smile on her face. Mr. Montez saw the concern and care in the boy's eyes and realized he was wrong about Troy Bolton.

"I guess he's not as bad as I thought he was. He seems genuinely worried."

♪

Gabriella was unconscious for a day. Troy went to sit with her after school, causing him to miss practice. Chad, Jason and Zeke understood, but his other teammates were not okay with their captain skipping practice. Troy stayed late at the hospital. Troy sat in a chair that was beside Gabriella's hospital bed and waited for her to wake up. He drifted off to sleep, with his head rested beside Gabriella's hand.

♪

Gabriella woke up in a white room, with wires and tubes attached to her. She looked around, frightened, until her hand brushed something. She looked down to see Troy's head resting on her bed. He was sleeping peacefully. Gabriella remembered feeling a sharp pain in her head when she was talking to Troy in the secret garden.

Gabriella smiled slightly when she remembered the feeling of Troy's arms around her, carrying her here. She may have been unconscious, but she still heard everything he said to her. He had been so kind to her. She didn't know what possessed her to do it, but she lifted her hand and stroked Troy's head, playing with his hair.

♪

Troy woke up when he felt something on his head. He looked up to see a smiling Gabriella.

"Gabi! You're awake!"

Gabriella giggled.

"Yes, I am. So are you."

Troy stood and wrapped Gabriella in a tight hug.

"Don't do that again, you hear me? I was so worried and I had no idea what was going on."

Gabriella's heart raced as Troy looked at her, a big grin on his face.

"He was worried about me!"

Troy looked at Gabriella, his expression radiating pure happiness and relief.

"I should go get the doctor. Hang on a sec."

Gabriella just nodded as Troy walked out of the room, coming back a few moments later with Dr. Brown.

"Well, hello there, Ms. Montez. Glad to see you're awake. Troy, here, wouldn't leave your side. His uncle had to drag him out of here to go to school."

Troy blushed and turned away, shooting a glare at the doctor. Gabriella blushed also and gave a Troy a questioning look. Dr. Brown went about checking Gabriella over and looked through her charts.

"Okay, looks like you're good to go, Gabriella. "

"Thank you, Dr."

"No problem, Gabriella. The cause of your collapse was the lack of medication. Did you forget to take your pills?"

Gabriella glanced over to see if Troy was paying attention. She bit her lip as Troy looked back at her with a questioning look on his face. Gabriella took a deep breath and turned back to the doctor.

"I think I may have forgotten. I don't remember."

Dr. Brown nodded.

"It is very important that you take your medication. You don't want this to happen again. Okay?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Good. Now you can go home when your parents come. Don't go to school tomorrow. Make sure you rest. Remember to take your medication. It was nice meeting you, Mr. Bolton."

Troy nodded and shook the doctor's hand.

"Thank you for helping Gabi."

Dr. Brown smiled.

"No problem, Troy. It's my job."

Dr. Brown turned and left the room, leaving a confused Troy and a nervous Gabriella alone.

Troy stood by Gabriella's bed with his hands stuffed into his jean pockets.

"So..."

Gabriella looked up from her hands.

"Yeah?"

Troy took a seat in the chair he had been in earlier.

"You take medication?"

Gabriella nodded, nervously biting the inside of her lip.

"What's it for?"

Gabriella didn't answer him right away, causing him to get suspicious.

"Do I tell him? No, I can't. But I don't want to lie. But I might have to. Oh, what do I do?"

Troy sat patiently, awaiting her answer.

"She doesn't want to tell me. It must be something horrible. Or maybe it's just none of my business."

"You know, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

Gabriella looked at Troy and saw the disappointment in his eyes. She took a deep breath.

"I'm only doing this to protect myself."

"It's for... migraines! Yeah, I have really bad migraines so I have a really strong medication. It's like... Tylenol, but stronger. I forgot to take it so I had a really, really bad headache."

"Okay, that wasn't a complete lie."

Troy seemed to take this as an answer and nodded his head in understanding. Gabriella let out a breath of relief.

"Okay. Just don't forget to take them anymore. I don't know if I can handle another trip to the hospital. I hate this place."

Troy looked around the room in disgust.

Gabriella giggled and Troy couldn't help but chuckle with her.

♪

Cute fluffiness! And she lied... Uh Oh!

Jay