Okay everyone I felt bad making everyone wait after getting all of the reviews like "OMG I need to know what is going to happen!" etc. so here I am updating this, but if you want more you NEED to give me some ideas people. I love you all, but seriously I'm losing my mind here, which doesn't happen often considering I'm only 14. Okay? Kay. LOL So here's the next chapter. Enjoy. : )
Chapter four
Ms. Montez was quiet for a minute as she looked at Troy and Troy was too scared to say something first. Ms. Montez smiled at him as she wiped her tears away.
"You're so brave, Troy." She said with a small laugh.
"No, Ms. Montez, I'm really not." Troy admitted.
"You took two bullets to the shoulder for my daughter and I'm so thankful for that."
Troy felt the pinching feeling of threatening tears against his eyes and he shook his head, looking down at his hands.
"I'm so sorry, Ms. Montez." Troy said quietly.
"Now, Troy, there's no need to be sorry." Ms. Montez answered.
"I couldn't save her."
"If it was up to me I would say that you saved her a long time ago." Ms. Montez answered.
"What do you mean?" Troy asked as he furrowed his brow.
"When Gabi's dad died she was having a hard time moving on. She was starting to give up on love since she was afraid of loving someone and having them suddenly disappearing out of her life like her dad, but then she meet you, Troy, and she forgot about her worries. She loved you so much and that saved her from more than you know." Ms. Montez explained.
"I love her too, Ms. Montez. So much." Troy said with a nod.
"I know, Troy." She said as she patted his hand lightly. "We can't give up on her now. She's going to make it back, okay?"
Troy nodded slowly and then he started to think about how the men took Gabriella away so surely when she told them her name.
"Ms. Montez, I don't know if you can answer this, but when Gabriella told the men her name they told her that she was just the girl they were looking for. Were people after Gabriella?" Troy asked.
"Oh, Troy." Ms. Montez sighed. She hesitated for a minute, but then spoke. "My husband got involved with the wrong men a year before he died. They threatened my family constantly until we moved." Ms. Montez said as she started to stand up slowly.
"Do you think those men are the ones who took Gabriella?" Troy asked.
"Maybe. I'm going to go talk to the police for a while. I'll tell you if we find anything out. Stay strong, Troy." She said quickly as she started to walk out of his room.
"Bye, Ms. Montez." Troy called after her.
Troy looked around the room and hated the way it was so quiet and boring. He wished he could see Gabriella, the girl who could make any boring moment or room exciting, but he knew he couldn't and as his friends came back into the room he tried to push away the thoughts running through his mind. Chad, Jason, and Zeke sat around Troy and looked at each other awkwardly, not sure what they should say.
"Where are the girls?" Troy asked.
"They went to go get something to eat. They're bringing us some food back." Zeke answered.
"Oh." Troy nodded.
The girls drove quietly down the street in Taylor's car. They were too sad to talk about anything and the empty seat in the back where Gabriella would be sitting mocked them as they tried not to look at it. They parked and got out of the car and walked into Sally's Diner, a restaurant where they always got the best food for four hungry basketball players. They sat down in a booth and ordered their food and ordered food to go for the guys. They sat quietly, stirring their iced teas around with their straws, feeling guilty about going out to dinner when one of their best friends was missing. Taylor was the first one to speak and the girls looked up from their drinks to look at her.
"Were you guys scared?" Taylor asked, even though she already knew the answer.
"Terrified." Kelsi said.
"I was hysterical." Sharpay admitted.
"It was weird though…" Martha started. "When we hear of these things happening people are killed and gone after, but the gun men didn't even try to get into Ms. Darbus's room, we just heard what was going on in the hallway."
"I think that was worse than anything." Kelsi said.
"What did you hear?" Taylor asked.
The girls exchanged a look and Taylor knew it was bugging them to think about what they witnesses. Chills went down the girls spins and then they answered her.
"We heard Troy and Gabriella in the hallway." Sharpay answered as she swallowed hard.
"They were screaming each other's names." Martha added.
"And then we heard the gun shots." Kelsi answered. "Gabriella…" She couldn't continue as she squeezed her eyes shut to stop the tears.
Martha rubbed Kelsi's back supportively and Sharpay finished for her.
"We heard the gun shot and Gabriella screamed Troy's name. We knew he was shot. Jason had to hold Zeke back so he wouldn't run out into the hallway. He would have and that made everyone even more afraid. We were sobbing because we couldn't do anything; we couldn't do anything but listen to our friends in pain." Sharpay said as she shook her head.
"Okay, I can't hear anymore of this." Taylor said as she shook her head.
"Were you with Chad?" Kelsi asked.
"Yeah." Taylor said with a nod.
"Did Gabriella talk to you about her date with Troy? She seemed kind of sad." Sharpay asked.
"No, I didn't get to talk to her. Did she tell you what was wrong?"
"No." Martha answered.
"Well, she was planning on telling Troy she loved him. That's what I was doing… telling Chad how I felt." Taylor explained.
"You don't think…" Kelsi started.
"No, that's impossible." Sharpay replied.
"Troy loved Gabi, there's no doubt about it." Martha added.
"But what if he didn't say it back?" Kelsi wondered.
"Why would he do that?" Taylor asked.
"Well, why else would Gabriella be sad?" Kelsi replied.
"I'll talk to Chad." Taylor said.
"If that's the case… it adds so much more sadness to this situation." Sharpay said.
"Let's just hope it's not." Martha said with a nod.
The girls finished their meal and made their way back to the hospital. When they walked into the hospital they saw Mr. and Mrs. Bolton talking to a doctor and as they stepped into Troy's room the boys were watching a basketball game on the TV that was hanging from the ceiling.
"We got some food." Taylor said in a sing-song voice.
"Thanks, Tay." Chad said with a smile.
"Thank you." Jason and Zeke said together.
"You're welcome." Taylor said as she handed the brown bag to Chad, who started to get the food out for everyone.
The girls sat in chairs that were lined up by the wall, underneath the TV as the guys ate and watched the game. After two hours of talking, eating and game watching Mr. and Mrs. Bolton came into the room, laughing quietly at the group of teenagers.
"It's getting late, guys. I think Troy needs some rest." Mr. Bolton said with a smile.
The group stood up from their seats and said goodbye to Troy, each of them giving him a hug or pat on the arm. Chad was the last to say goodbye to Troy and as the rest of the group walked into the hallway he smiled at his best friend.
"Are you sure you don't need me to stay with you? I will if you want me to." Chad asked.
"No, I'm okay, Chad. Stay with Taylor, she needs you right now." Troy said with a nod.
"Alright, man. I'll see you tomorrow." Chad said as he gave Troy a manly hug and walked toward the door.
Troy sighed and shut the TV off. He tried to get comfortable so that he could get some sleep, but he didn't know that it would be impossible because Gabriella's image was always there when he shut his eyes. He opened his eyes and looked around the dark room and out into the hallway where he saw nurses passing and patients in wheelchairs being taken to their rooms. He wanted to get out of the hospital as fast as he could and that was exactly what he planned to do.
Like it? Review if you want to! I'm in the middle of writing chapter five, but after that it may be a while for the next chapter. Predict what might happen next and then I can steal your predictions. LOL ; ) Just kidding, but seriously. Okay, I'm going to do yoga or something to get some ideas. (I don't really do yoga... but I should because I'm stressing out.)
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