The day was going by fast and before Ellie knew it she was sitting in the cafeteria with the gang,

Ellie pushed the food her aunt made for her and Gabriella away.

"What's up you're not hungry?" Gabriella asked as Ellie wrapped her arms around her stomach.

"My stomach hurts from last night." Ellie knew that Gabriella's friends couldn't know about her dad, it's not that he didn't want to it's just the last time she told one of her friends her dad got hecka pissed.

"What happened?" Troy asked

"We were messing around and she ran into the kitchen island counter." Gabriella said

"I'm gonna go and see Mr. Matsui then I'm gonna go home call your mom to pick you up, I probably won't be able to." Ellie got up and walked away and out of the cafeteria.

"Are you sure she's ok?" Taylor asked,

Gabriella nodded, "Her wrist hurts more than her stomach trust me and besides she's been in worse pain." Everyone went back to eating and talking about their classes and their next ones.

Ellie pulled into the drive way of the house and opened the door and closed it behind her not meaning to slam it.

"Well it's about time you're home." Ellie stopped dead in her tracks. "How'd you get in?" Ellie demanded turning around to face her father.

"Easy, you should really lock all the doors and windows." Ellie couldn't move, her dad was pissed like an alcoholic who ran out of beer.

She ran up the stairs but her dad caught her shirt and tossed her into the front door back hitting the door first. "Why do you run? Don't you love me anymore? You used to run up into my arms." He was taunting her, he wanted her to fight back, cause fighting back will give him more opportunities to hurt her, because he's the one who taught her to fight.

"Well that was before mom and him died, after that you just started beating the hell out of me and blaming me for their deaths." Ellie snapped getting up but her father kicked her in the gut same place he punched last night.

"All you were ever good for was trouble." Ellie smiled

"Really thank you, tell it to the honor roll and all those other awards I got because of my smarts." Ellie said smiling as her father started to kick her legs and arms while she was on the ground.

"You're pathetic just like your brother." Ellie was now pissed off. She ignored the pain through her now bloody body full of cuts and bruises and stood up. "Like father like son I guess, all he tried to do was be you and he died after you told him you were proud he turned out just like you, and you know what I think? I think that dying was the only thing that saved him from becoming you, it saved him from becoming abusive, a drunk and a bad father." Ellie was still ignoring pain till her father whipped around and slapped her.

"You should have died with him, you should have been killed why did you live?" He stormed out of the house before he could hear Ellie whisper, "Because, I'm like you and mom I'm stubborn."

Gabriella was staring off into space while the teacher was explaining how people can make fake prada bags and it will be the exact same as real ones, question courtesy of Sharpay. Gabriella couldn't help but think something was wrong but couldn't place her finger on it.

RING!!!

"Thank goodness." Gabriella sighed picking up her book bag and slinging it over her shoulder and walked out of class.

"Hey girl, what was up with you? You were like Chad sleeping except you was staring into space." Taylor said joining Gabriella walking over to their lockers.

"I don't know but I feel like something is wrong just can't put my finger on it." Gabriella said switching her books with her biology book.

"Have you called to check up on Ellie at lunch she seemed like she had food poisoning." Taylor said opening her locker and getting out her next classes text book.

"I should do that now huh?" Gabriella pulled out her cell phone and speed dialed Ellie.

Ellie lifted her head off the kitchen table and looked at her vibration cell phone and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Gabi, you alright?"

Ellie hates lying to Gabriella

"Yeah I'm fine, get to your next class your mom said to meet her out front after school she's there already."

"All right then, hope your stomach is feeling better."

"Yeah, all right bye." Ellie hung up and put her head back on the table in the kitchen and laid her head on the ice pack she fell asleep on.

"So how is she?" Taylor asked as Gabriella switched her phone to silent.

"She lied, she said she's okay but she sounded like crap." Gabriella said as they walked to class.

"Well, she doesn't want you to worry." Taylor said.

"I don't worry that much." Gabriella said.

"Sister, yes you do." Taylor said walking into the classroom.