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High School Musical is Wicked!

Chapter 10: Freight Train

By musiclover94

Last Chapter…

Gabriella hugged Ryan and stood up, feeling another of Troy's murderous glares aimed at her and Ryan. She was still drying some tears. Before she and the fiery blonde left the room. Sharpay went right up to Troy and hissed, "I know you did it."

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Troy didn't look the last bit fazed as the blonde glared at him as she stormed out of her twin's hospital room, slamming the door shut behind her, causing several disapproving glances from the various nurses and doctors roaming the halls and leafing through files..

The room was completely silent after Sharpay's departure, except for the various beeping of the machines around them. Gabriella hadn't left the room. She was looking stonily at Troy, daring him with her eyes to hurt Ryan when she was here.

"See you guys later, then," Troy said and turned for the door, simple as that. The nerve of him…Gabriella seethed, hoping the feeling got its way to her ex-boyfriend's head.

She sank down into a chair close to Ryan's bed. He wrapped one arm around her and held her close. She was visibly shaking and she laid her head gently on Ryan's shoulder, but it sprang up immediately. She fixed a worried gaze on his.

"What, Gabi?" he asked, still holding her, showing no pain on his bruised face.

"Am I causing you torrential pain, by hugging you and things like that?" she asked seriously.

Ryan thought for several moments, and then said, looking directly into Gabriella's eyes, "Yeah, but I don't care. I love you too much." And he kissed her, and Gabriella melted at his touch, like butter left out on a hot summer day.

Sharpay walked out of the bathroom, after wiping the angry tears that had fallen from her fiery brown eyes and to re-fix her makeup. She went down another hallway and stumbled out of the main exit/entrance. Even though it was relatively early in the afternoon, the world was slowly turning dark.

She wove her way through the almost vacant parking lot to the sidewalk leading to her house. As she passed the eternally dark alley, a hand caught a clump of her long blonde hair and yanked it back, causing Sharpay to half stumble, half be dragged into the alley.

Some kind of cloth material was roughly shoved into her mouth, effectively gagging her and a very familiar voice said coldly, still holding a clump of her beautiful hair, "Hello, Evans."

Gabriella had left the room and headed to the main lobby, expecting Troy to be there, with something to say to her. She had a few choice words up her sleeve as well. But, to her complete surprise, the lobby was completely empty except for the receptionist and a very old lady, who looked like she had dozed off in her hard plastic chair.

"Um, have you seen Troy Bolton?" she asked the nurse.

"No, I haven't," she replied, not unkindly.

And then it hit her, like a freight train. Troy and Sharpay had left Ryan's room at almost the same time, probably only a couple minutes between them…and the makeup perfectionist always had to have her face in place. Troy had been waiting; just not for her…I know you did it…The words stuck in Gabriella's head unpleasantly….Troy knew that Sharpay knew, and he would stop at nothing to prevent the blonde from telling authorities…even if it meant hurting another person….

"Thanks," she said quickly to the kind receptionist and then bolted out the door, knowing where to go. The nurse looked at her curiously, but didn't follow.

Troy heard approaching footfalls getting nearer the alley. He left Sharpay there, still bound and gagged. He quickly turned into a side exit and slipped out of sight.

Gabriella turned the corner and approached the alley. She skidded to a halt at its entrance and screamed at what she saw, but no sound came out, as if she had been gagged too.

Author's Note: Haha, a cliffy! I know the chapter was pretty short, but please review and ideas are always appreciated. That Troy/Gabriella confrontation will come soon, don't you worry. Please review!