The basketball stars eyes wandered over to the face that spoke his name that fell on a familiar face and it was her smile that gave it away of who she was.
"Gabriella…" He breathed out with a soft smile, which she returned hearing his voice speak her name bringing tears to her brown eyes while she leaned over planting a kiss upon the dazed boys forehead.
"How are you feeling?" She asked keeping her voice calm and smooth to keep his nerves calm as she ran her hand through his shaggy brown hair while seating herself on the hospital bed as he replied with a half annoyed huff of air.
"Horrible," was the only thing that came out as his blue eyes scanned the familiar faces standing at his side which included his best friend Chad Danforth, wearing one of his famous shirts reading "if you can read this, you're too close". Besides him stood his fellow team mates Zeke Taylor and Jason Cross, wearing the exact same facial expression of relief with a tinge of guilt.
"You gave us a scare dude," Chad's deep voice sounded over Gabriella's sniffing as she played with Troy's hair, fixing it from its bed head messy state.
"Yeah, we thought you weren't gonna pull through," Jason chimed in taking a step toward the bed. "We thought you were dead."
The comment itself gave Troy a slight nervous chuckle, since he didn't know what else to do or even say in this awkward moment between him and his friends as he shifted his body position on the bed to make himself more comfortable.
"Well, I have to tell ya, I thought the same thing at first."
The three team mates nodded solemnly moving in their spot in an awkward way sharing a glance now and then not sure what else to say, but not wanting to come off as rude. Troy fed off their energy easily; maybe it was being in a small room that made it as easy as he spoke up again in a shaky voice.
"What happened?" The four visitors shared a glance and in the silence they appointed Zeke to be the one to speak up first.
"Well…" the taller of the three spoke up as he stuck both hands into his hip pockets as his eyes glanced at the floor where he dug the toe of his sneaker into the tiled floor and cleared his throat before the story was choked out. "It was about two weeks ago. We were coming back from the play rehearsal and heading to the Taco Bell to chow down on some food; cuz we were wore out and famished."
Troy once again shifted himself feeling Gabriella's small hand slip into his while Zeke spoke. As the story unfolded before him, his blurred memory strained to remember on what he was being told, as his deep forget-me-not blue eyes rested itself on one of the floating "Get Well" balloons at the foot of his bed.
~I do not claim to own these characters from Highschool Musical. They belong to Disney, but of course you already knew that. Once again this is a short chapter, but its heating up. I hope it doesn't become a confusion, but anyways R&R :D If you wish, if not, its all good.