"TYLER STOP!" Gabriella spoke then Tyler pulled the trigger.

Troy tried going for the gun and got a hold of it but Tyler had the better grip and pulled it away first and knocked him in the face, causing him to bleed. Troy got back up and stood in front of Gabriella. He placed his hand over his bleeding nose.

"SHUT UP!" He yelled back at her, aiming the gun at him but looked from the corner of his eyes.

Gabriella held onto Troy's arm. "Don't do it please…don't shoot anyone."

"What's it to you." He snapped, looking at Gabriella this time, "I told you if I can't have you nobody can."

She sighed, "Why can't you accept the fact that me and you don't match Tyler! I'm sorry, I'm not a good person but my heart isn't with you."

He shook his head, "A little too late for apologies." And looked back at Troy.

"Don't shoot man." Chad said from the floor.

"Please…" Taylor pleaded.

"I told you to shut up, so shut the fuck up!" Tyler yelled, getting irritated with the people who were talking.

"You know you're not going to get away with this." Troy spoke up, still standing still in front of the gun pointing at him.

"It's all going to be worth it."

"No it's not. It's going to lead you to know where." Zeke spoke, holding onto Sharpay with dear life.

Gabriella looked at Tyler and could see the hurt in his eyes, she felt bad; yes. But she also didn't because he turned into someone so cruel.

"Any last words, loverboy?"

"Yes. Go to Hell." Troy smirked.

"NO!" Gabriella yelled.

That pushed Tyler to the limit and he shot the bullet but Gabriella pushed him somehow causing him to gently move but enough for him to shoot her in the shoulder. She fell to the floor of course, but she was alive, just shot.

"You son of a bitch." Troy yelled, seeing Gabriella to the floor.

Tyler was shocked, "I didn't mean to…" He yelled but then the wind knocked out of him as Troy tackled him to the floor placing his hand on the gun to move it away. With the other boys help, they manage to get Troy off and lock Tyler to the ground.

The girls were over with Gabriella, freaking the hell out. They manage to get Kelsi to unlock the door and get help. There were cops of course, trying to figure out where the gunshot was. Kelsi had to raise her hand in the air because they thought she was but realize she wasn't. The paramedics came to get Gabriella and to lock Tyler up for a while for attempted murder.

Troy stared at Tyler giving him the eye as revenge is a bitch. He saw Gabriella getting pushed into the car and he looked and saw her two best friends. He ran over towards the car and looked at the guy.

The guy spoke and said, "I'm sorry just one person allowed."

Sharpay looked at them, "I can stay and call Gabriella's mom and let her know."

Troy and Taylor looked at each other and thought for a moment, and then Taylor finally spoke up. "You're her boyfriend." She smiled, "I'll come with the rest as soon as possible.

Troy thanked Taylor and walked into the car, hearing Gabriella screaming. "It's okay to be okay, I promise." He said.

"It hurts Troy…" She said weakly, holding her shoulder.

"Are you stupid Gabi?..." He spoke gently, "Why did you do that?"

"I couldn't let him shoot you." She manages to say.

He didn't know what to say but, "Thank you…" He said, kissing her forehead. Finally they reached the hospital and Gabriella was led into some room. Troy waited out in the waiting room for the doctor to say that he can go visit her. He sat, tapping his foot impatiently with his head in his hand.

The others finally came as soon as they could and sat around Troy, "How is she? Her shoulder?" They asked.

Troy shrugged, "I'm not sure…" he said.

Taylor looked at the boys, "You guys should get going; you have a championship game tomorrow."

Zeke looked at them, "Don't you guys have cheerleading?"

"Oh crap…yeah, but we'll figure that out when we talk to Gabi but not when she's healing because cheerleading is her favorite and she'll be crushed when she finds out."

Troy shook his head, "I'm not going anywhere until Gabi is out of the hospital."

The boys sighed and decided to stay along, Troy would call his dad and tell him the news, but his dad probably knew because the school went to total lockdown.

The doctor finally came out with a clipboard and looked at the kids, "Is Gabriella Montez's mom around? I'd like to speak to her first." He said aloud.

Taylor looked up at the doctor, "She's away right now…it's just her closes friends."

"Well, okay. Gabriella will be fine…just a lot of rest and not a lot of pressure on her shoulder." He told them, "No moving her arm a lot, she'll be in a cast and her shoulder will be bandaged a lot. It seems to be her right arm that got shot and she'll need a lot of help with her stuff. She should go back to school…not until a week or so. She'll be at the hospital for 2 days, then maybe she'll be able to go home, but until then you all are allowed to visit her, but she requested to see Taylor first."

Troy blinked, hoping she would want him first, but he understood that it was the best friend first before boys. He sunk back in his chair impatiently.

Taylor was surprised, but nodded leaving the others, she walked into the room Gabriella was in and saw her laying on the bed. "Hey…" She said gently, she saw Gabriella having the oxygen mask on her since she needed to get surgery to get the bullet out.

Gabriella couldn't talk so she smiled at her best friend. Gabriella tried sitting up, but Taylor noticed right away.

"Gab doesn't get up, just rest…" She said.

Gabriella sighed and lay back down on her bed.

"I'm glad you're okay." Taylor smiled and looked at what she was trying to say to her. She could read her expressions. "Troy?"

She nodded.

"He's doing okay, just really wants to see you. He's not going to practice because he wants to see you- OH! He's going to go don't worry just after he sees you and makes sure you're okay. Cheerleading? Oh, well…we'll talk about that later…" She smiled, kissing her best friend's forehead. "Do you want to see Troy and the others?"

She nodded and smiled weakly.

Taylor went out to get the others and came back but somehow Gabriella had fallen asleep. She sighed and looked at the others "Looks like you'll have to visit her after basketball…"

Troy looked very disappointed, "I don't want to go till I see her eye to eye."

"Troy, you'll see her, don't worry man we'll go straight after practice," Chad put his hand on his shoulders.

Sharpay looked at them and smiled, "me and Tay will watch after her for an hour and a half don't worry."

Troy looked at her and went over to kiss her on the forehead and went out of the room without talking to anyone. "Why can't practice be cancelled?" He mumbled.

"It should be since we had a lockdown."

"You know how my dad is, nothing gets in his way." He got into his car and drove with the guys to the gym.

The boys arrived at the gym and walked in seeing the others.

"Well, where have you guys been?" Coach finally said.

"Dad we had a lockdown today, why do we have practice."

"It's coach!" He spoke then smirked, "We have practice no matter what, and its called dedication. Where have you guys been?"

Chad and Zeke had already gone to shoot some free throws.

The practice went by so slow, after an hour. He looked at Troy and noticed how much Troy was slacking, "Where were you before this!" He shouted.

"I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL DAMN IT DAD!" He said loudly enough for the whole gym to hear.

"Don't swear Troy! And it's COACH!" He said loudly.

"Gabriella is in the hospital dad, she got shot at the lockdown, and she pushed me out of the way." He looked up at his careless dad.

"What? She is?" He asked, shocked.

Troy looked down at the ball, "yes dad and I should be there for her! Not here practicing basketball, I don't care if a basketball championship game is tomorrow. I'm ready as I can be! Be a dad first, and realize what this means to me, realize what Gabriella means to me!"

He looked at Troy and sighed, looking at his clipboard, "Go."

"What?"

"I said go,"

"Thanks dad, I mean…coach." He said and headed to his car to head back to the hospital. He passed the receptionist desk and to Gabriella's room. By the time he got there the two girls were down there and Gabriella's oxygen mask had been taken off. He walked in slowly, seeing Gabriella turn her head towards him.

"Hey…" She said weakly, forcing her to smile though it hurts.

Troy smiled, walking over to her, "Hey, how are you?"

"Better…" She smiled.

The two saw the two talking and left them alone and went to get some coffee for the three of them.

Troy sat on the chair next to her bed and looked at her arm, "Does it hurt?" He asked.

"Oh no, you know…it's the best feeling in the world." She said sarcastically.

He laughed gently and kissed her hand. "You had me very worried."

"I've never done that in my life, I guess I really love you." She looked up at him and smiled.

Troy smiled and nodded, "I love you too, very much. Always have always will." He told her. "That was something I never thought would happen."

"I guess boys I date are very dramatic," she joked. He got the memo and laughed.

The two talked for the time being and then his cell phone rang. He looked at the callerID and saw it was Chrissy. He looked at Gabriella then at the phone.

"Who is it?" She demanded to know.

"Err."

"Tell me Troy."

"It's Chrissy."

"Chrissy? As in Chrissy Thompson, as in the girl you cheated me on with?"

"Um yeah."

"What does she want?" She asked bitterly.

"Well…I promised her I'll be her escort and stuff for her eighteenth birthday but it's only for the entrance I promise." He told her.

Gabriella was silent for a moment, "is that why she invited me?"

"….Yeah. Are you mad? I mean I won't do it if you really don't want me to." Troy told her almost instant.

"No, go…" She smiled weakly, "It's in two days right? I'll still be in the hospital, I don't want you to be bored, go…since you promised her."

"But…"

"It's okay, really. I trust you." She grabbed his hand gently.

The girls came back and looked at the two and smiled, "Hey what are you two lovebirds up to?"

"Nothing, just talking." Gabriella told them. "About Troy going to Chrissy's party, but I'm not." She spoke. The two girls looked surprise but wondered why Gabriella was fine about it."

"I was invited to that," Sharpay told them, shrugging.

"Really?" They all said at once.

Troy's cell phone rang and he sighed, seeing it was his mom. "I have to take this," He smiled walking out of the room. Once he walked out of the room, Gabriella looked at Sharpay. "Can you do me a very big favor?"

"Sure, what is it?" Sharpay asked.

"Keep an eye on troy at the party please."

"I thought you trusted Troy?" Taylor asked.

"I do, just not Chrissy, I think she's up to something." Gabriella spoke, feeling a bit of pain in her shoulder. She winced a little but shook it off.

"Do you really want me to?" Sharpay asked, running her hand through her own hair.

"Yes, please." Gabriella saw Troy walked back in and smiled, "She needed something?"

"Ah, yeah. She needs me home, but I'll be here in 2 hours to stay with you." He smiled, kissing her forehead. "I have to go home for an hour then Chrissy wants rehearsals." He rolled his eyes then sighed. "Well I'll see you in a bit." He kissed her on the lips this time just softly.

She kissed him back and waved, "Bye." She said. "Troy…?"

He turned back, "yeah?"

"I love you."

"I love you too." He smiled then left.

She sighed, "Why did I let him go to the party?"

Taylor looked at Gabriella, "Don't worry he loves you."

"He really does," Sharpay agreed.

"Yeah, but it's Chrissy, she pretty much has the power to do anything she wants and get what she wants and I'm pretty sure she wants Troy, she got him the first time didn't she?" She closed her eyes for a moment. "I mean everyone wants her."

"After you." She spoke, "You're the most popular, and then it's her. But she's not better then you. Troy is whipped over you."

"If I'm better, then why did Troy decide to cheat on me?"

"That was the past, let it go Gab." Sharpay told her. "And don't worry I'll keep an eye on him at the party. I promise."

"Thank you."

"That's what friends are for." She smiled. "Well me and Taylor are going to get you food, so anything you want to request?"

She shook her head, "Just get the usual." She smiled then lay back comfy in her seat.

She closed her eyes and noticed a knock on the door. "Come in," She smiled.

"Hello." The husky voice spoke.

Gabriella's stomach flopped and she opened her eyes, "T-T-Ty-Ty-ler." She manages to finally speak it out.

"Hello Gabriella." He smirked, "How's your arm?"

"What are you doing, How did you- Where did you- Aren't you suppose to be in jail?" She got her question out.

He smirked, "Jail is for losers."

She sat up uncomfortably. "Get out or I'll call help."

"That's not necessary." He went over to the blood machine running through her. "IT will suck if this was poked out wouldn't it? Or injected with poison."

"Please…"

"Should've never left me Gabi."

"Don't call me that!"

"I told you once. Now you'll pay." He slipped the needle out and injected it.

Gabriella screamed then sat up in her seat. And woke up. It was all a nightmare. She felt her forehead and felt it was super hot she was sweating. The nurse came in, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah sorry just a bad nightmare." She said and lay back in her seat.

The nurse left and Gabriella sighed.

"He's in jail, never coming out." She told herself, and tried going back to sleep.