HEY! Okay so here's another chapter!I have chapter four written, but I don't really know what to do next or what the outcome of this stroy should be... I have some ideas, but if you have any of your own tell me and I'll consider them! Thanks and Enjoy!

Chapter three

Troy opened his eyes after being unconscious for a couple of minutes and the bright lights of the hallway made him squint as pain over took his body. He heard movement behind him and as he tried to look up he stop as the pain became unbearable. He groaned and shut his eyes again, dropping in and out of consciousness and as he opened his eyes again he saw a police officer hovering over him.

"You're going to be okay. We're going to get you out of here." He said quickly.

Troy saw him make a gesture to the doors of the hallway and then he heard more police officers coming in. He cried out in pain as the police officers placed him on a stretcher and his eyes were drawn to the janitor's closet. He peered inside and saw the metal bucket he used to hit the man taking Gabriella, on the ground and then as the police started to make their way with him outside he saw the puddle of his blood on the hallway floor. Police officer's were running around the hallway, calling out commands and procedures as they continued to keep the students and staff of East High under control and all Troy could do was watch as he was slowly taken away. He heard gasping and panicking as he was taken outside and as the police officers rushed him toward the ambulance, Chad ran to his side.

"Troy!" He cried as a look of panic took over his face.

"Stay with me, Chad. I need help…" Troy mumbled, scaring Chad as he slipped back into unconsciousness.

Chad rode in the ambulance with Troy and stayed at the hospital, waiting for him to get out of emergency surgery. Troy's dad was still at school talking to the police and his mom was stuck in traffic, coming home from work, leaving Chad alone as he walked into Troy's hospital room. Troy was sleeping and his chest and shoulder was bandaged up, leaving only his bare, right shoulder visible. Chad sat down in the chair that was next to Troy's bed and he watched his best friend since preschool lay helplessly on the hospital bed. He shook his head as he thought of what it would have been like if he was at school that day, thinking that maybe he could have prevented this from happening. He looked away from the beeping heart monitors when he heard Troy start to wake up.

"Hey." Chad whispered when Troy saw him.

"Chad." Troy said tiredly.

"How are you feeling, man?" Chad asked.

"I hurt so bad." Troy said as he squeezed his eyes shut to try to stop the pain.

"Hang in there, buddy."

"Where's Gabriella?" Troy asked quietly as he looked at Chad.

Chad hesitated for a minute, but knew that Troy needed to hear the truth. He took a deep breath and answered him.

"They're looking for her." Chad answered.

"She's not at school?" Troy asked as he furrowed his brow.

"No." Chad answered.

"She was right in front of me, Chad. She almost made it to the doors, but she had to come back for me." Troy said quickly.

"I know, man." Chad whispered as he patted Troy's arm.

"She was going to be fine. She was almost there." Troy repeated. "She was almost there." He whispered as tears started to form in his eyes. "I need her, Chad. I need her right now."

"Troy." Chad said slowly as he hugged him, securely. "You'll be okay, she'll come back."

Troy cried as he hugged his best friend. His shoulder was throbbing and torturing him, but his heart hurt more. His heart felt like it was being torn out of his body slowly and painfully. He needed to see that Gabriella was okay; he needed to make sure that she wasn't scared or hurt. He needed to make the men that took her away from him pay. She was taken away from him without being told goodbye, or even worse, told that he loved her. She was taken away thinking he didn't love her and that was tearing him up inside more than almost anything.

Chad released Troy from his grip and looked at him as he shook his head in disbelief.

"Did everyone make it out okay?" Troy asked Chad.

"I think so. The police can't let anyone out until they talk to everyone." Chad answered.

"I can't believe this happened." Troy said quietly.

"I wish I could have been with you, man. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you." Chad said as his voice filled with sadness.

"You were with Taylor right?" Troy asked him.

"Yeah." Chad said.

"I'm glad you weren't with me. I would have had to worry about you too."

"Taylor was really worried about you." Chad replied with a sigh.

"Did she tell you she loved you?" Troy asked him.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Chad asked.

"Gabi told me she was going to. Gabriella told me she loved me last night too."

"Did they plan that or something?" Chad asked.

"Yeah, you told Taylor you loved her back right?" Troy asked.

"Of course I did, why?" Chad asked.

"I didn't say it back to Gabriella and know I wish I did." Troy explained.

"Why didn't you?" Chad asked.

"I was afraid that I would lose her, but I did anyway." Troy said as he shook his head.

"You didn't lose her, Troy. She's coming back. She's not being taken away from us that easily." Chad said strongly.

"I'll never be able to live with myself if she doesn't come back." Troy answered.

"Gabi is strong. She loves you too much to give up without a fight."

"She was so scared, Chad. They grabbed her and she watched them shot me a second time. She was screaming so loud and then she just stopped. I don't know what they did to her, but she probably thought they killed me. If I was in her situation I wouldn't fight to stay alive knowing that the person I loved was just killed."

"I can't even imagine this." Chad replied as he shook his head in disgust.

Troy shook his head as well and he looked out the window as Chad's phone started to ring. Chad answered it and Troy knew it was Taylor as he listened to Chad talk calmly.

"I'll come and get you, Tay. Don't worry, you'll be fine." Chad said. "Bye." Chad said as he closed his phone shut. "I'm going to go get Taylor. She wants to see you and the people at the front desk don't believe that she's your sister."

"Sister?" Troy asked.

"Hey, I'm your brother if anyone asks." Chad said with a smile as he stood up.

Troy watched as his best friend, support system, and brother walked out of the hospital room and as he closed his eyes he drifted into a sleep and as he slept he had nightmares of the event that took place hours before, making him toss and turn and with one more gunshot echoing through his head he woke up quickly and breathed deeply as he saw the people sitting around his room. He saw Chad sitting in the chair that he was recently occupying and Taylor was sitting on Chad's lap and as Troy felt a soft hand on his own he knew it was Taylor's. He saw Zeke, Jason, and Sharpay sitting in chairs by the foot of his bed and Kelsi, his dad, and his mom where standing up, leaning against the wall, each of them watching Troy as he looked around the room.

"Hey, wildcat." Sharpay said with a small smile.

"Hi, guys." Troy said with a weak, forced smile.

"How are you feeling?" Troy's mom asked as she walked over to him with a worried expression on his face.

"I'm fine, mom. Don't worry." Troy said.

"We'll give you a minute with him." Taylor said as she stood up and motioned to her friends to leave the room.

Mr. Bolton sat on the opposite side of Troy's bed that Mrs. Bolton was sitting at and he seemed to be getting emotional as he looked down at his hurting son.

"I can't believe this happened to you, son." He said in disbelief.

"I'm fine, dad. I'll make it." Troy reassured him with a nod.

"How did this happen?" Mrs. Bolton asked. "Why were you in the hallway?"

"Gabi and I…" Troy breathed deeply as he said Gabriella's name, but he continued. "…were in the hallway and then the announcement came on. We ran into the janitor's closet and we were fine until the men that were threatening East High came into the closet. Gabi was behind the door and I was to the side and then the guy spotted Gabi. He grabbed Gabi and then I hit him over the head with a bucket. We were running down the hallway toward the front doors when I was shot. Gabi could have made it out, but she saw that I was hurt and she stayed with me." Troy explained.

"She stayed with you while two men with guns came toward her?" Mr. Bolton asked as his eyes widened.

"I would have done the same thing, dad." Troy answered with a sigh.

"Well… what happened to Gabriella?" Mrs. Bolton asked, getting a you-shouldn't-have-brought-her-up look from Mr. Bolton.

"They grabbed her and I couldn't move and then they shot me again so I couldn't run after her." Troy said quietly.

"Don't worry, honey. They'll find her." Mrs. Bolton said with a worried smile.

"I hope." Troy replied.

Troy sighed and looked at the doorway when he heard someone. His heart started pounding and his stomach dropped when he saw Ms. Montez standing there, her eyes watery as she looked at Troy. As Troy's parents left him alone he struggled to sit up and watched as she walked over to him. He looked up at Ms. Montez who looked so much like Gabriella and he wondered as she sat down next to him what he would say to the mother of the girl that he loved so much.

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