Gabriella's POV
It was dark out, and I'm getting tired. I look around and find a spot to sleep, in the play tunnel. It may not be the best place to sleep, but it will do. I take a blanket from my bag and lay on the bottom, then I lyed down on it and wrapped it around my small body. I keep trying to forget them, but it's so hard. I felt a tear fall down my cheeck, then I broke down. I thought I was done crying but I guess I wasn't. I just kept sobbing with no one to hold me, no Troy, no Alan, no anyone. I let all my emotions out, I felt hatred towards Alan, anger towards Troy, and most of all, I was in pain. I was in pain because I have to go through this, my heart has been broken into millions of microscopic pieces, and I can't fix it.
I look at my watch again, 3:30 in the morning. I felt like I was seeing things, I thought I could see Troy. "Gabriella," the image said, "Gabriella." I looked at the Troy image and I cried again, I know I haven't been gone for long, but I missed looking at Troy, and this was the closest I could get. The halucination wrapped his arms around me and I sobbed in his chest, feeling the warmth of his embrace. "Gabriella, I was so worried," he said. "I was too, Tin Tin," another image said. I looked to see one of Alan on the other side of me. I smiled, not because they weren't fighting over me, but because I actually felt safe for the first time in my life. "Troy, this can't happen," I said pulling away from his warm embrace. "What are you talking about?" he asked. "I know you're not real, your a halucination," I explained.
Troy and Alan gave me a confused look, then they looked at each other. "Gabriella, I'm real, are you okay?" he said. "Troy, you and Alan, your a dream, I'm dreaming," I said. "No, you're not, we read your notes, I figured it out, we came here together to find you," Troy explained. "Stop lying, wake up," I told myself as I pinched my arm. "Tin Tin, listen to me, you're not dreaming, we, we are real, you're awake, we are all awake, and we came to take you home," Alan said grabbing my shoulders.
I looked at both of them, I'm confused. Awkward silence. "Stop telling me lies, I can't talk to you two," I said trying to slip out of the tunnel. Troy grabbed me with his strong arms and pinned me down. "Gabriella, you're not asleep, you're not dreaming, you're with two guys who care about you very much and want to keep you safe," Troy spat. My tears kept falling and Alan pushed Troy off of me. He held me close and I held back, then he started stroking my hair. "Shh, Tin Tin, calm down," he said soothingly. I looked at him and Troy, I was wrong, for the first time since fifth grade, I was wrong, they were real, I was real, I was awake, and my arm was throbbing from pinching it. "I can't do this anymore," I whispered in his ear, "I can't hurt you both anymore." I could feel Troy grow with jealousy as he watched Alan hold me, but he stayed there, nothing, and to tell the truth I was relieved. Alan moved out of my grasp and I stared at him. He was going to say something, but Troy took me in his arms and it was silent again.