She stepped onto the first stair of the staircase. She was scared of what she would see. Her Mother still hadn't come back down. She was scared that she would find her body stone cold. Her father was gone on a business trip. She never really saw him.

"Mom, you can't die! I don't want to go with Dad. I love you." she was half way up the stairs now. She wasn't looking forward to seeing her house. She didn't want to see if her if all their stuff was wrecked.

"Two more steps left."she thought. She took another step.

"One more left, Cameron. You can do it." she took a deep breath as she opened the door. Her mouth dropped as she saw what remained of her house.

"Mom!" She frantically searched the rubble. She was crying when she saw the shiny brown hair that was her mother.

"Mom! Are you-" she stopped mid sentence when she felt her mothers hand. It was cold. Cameron quickly cleared the stuff off. She checked her pulse and it was gone.

"No! Mom you can't die!" she did the mouth to mouth thing she'd learned about. She didn't know what else to do. She was crying hard and she gave up. She laid her head on her mother's chest.

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Ryan was in the car with his Mom and Dad.

"Ryan will you call Sharpay and tell her that we're on our way."

"Okay." he got out his cell phone and dialed her number. She didn't answer. He was slightly worried by this.

"Uh.. Mom. She's not answering her cell phone.

"Well there's a first for everything." his Dad laughed.

"Still I wonder where she went and what made her forget her cell phone?" his mother wondered aloud.

"I'm sure she's fine." Nick said, (father)

"yeah."Madi echoed. (Mother)

Troy was the first person to see Cameron. He didn't really know her, but he could see that she also was in a mess. She was leaning on a woman. He went closer and saw that the older lady wasn't breathing. He gently shook Cameron. As her eyes opened he said, "Are you okay?"

She looked very vulnerable as she nodded her head.

"Is she..umm?" she nodded again and started crying again. He pulled her up and hugged her.

"I'm sorry." He whispered in her ear.

"It's okay." she had a beautiful voice. They just stood there and hugged each other when she started talking.

"I don't know what I'm gonna do now? I have nowhere to go, as you can see my house is destroyed." she gestured to the piles of wood and then looked at the woman. He met her eyes when she looked back up.

"Who is that?" he said softly.

"My mother." she managed to choke out.

"Where's your dad?"

"On a business trip! Like always." she added. He thought she sounded angry.

She looked around embarrassed.

"I'm sorry. Didn't mean to snap at you. I just don't really like him.

"Do you think you could get a hold of him?"

"No. I don't know his number. He hasn't left one for ages." Troy tried to think of a way to help her. Then he got an idea.

"Part of my house was ruined too, but the other part is okay. You can live in it with me. I'll call my mom and dad. They can come back and get started on fixing the house. Maybe you can stay with us until your Dad comes back?" she shook her head.

"I'm 17. I can live on my own. Besides Dad won't rebuild the house. He's never there why would he?"

"Then you can stay with us."

"Troy. Thanks for the offer but I can't intrude on your life. Do you even know my name?"

"It's..Cameron isn't it?"

"Amazing! I didn't think you really payed attention. Sorry."

"That's okay. You'd be surprised what I know. He smiled. "At least stay for a little while. I need some company in the house."

"You know if you'd have told me that Troy Bolten was gonna ask me to stay at his house I would've laughed in your face."

"We're all full of surprises." she laughed softly and her eyes drifted to her mother. He came over and gave her another hug.

"I'm sorry." she said in his ear. She looked up. He wasn't sure what was happening until he felt her lips against his. The surprise of it kinda surprised him and for a minute he thought he was kissing Gabriella.

"I can't do this, I'm sorry." he said as he pushed her away. She looked mortified.

"I'm so sorry. Really. I didn't mean too."

"I understand." she leaned against him.

"Let's go to my house. I'm sure your hungry."she nodded.

"It means a lot to mean that your doing this. Thank you."

"What else can I do?

"What about my Mother?"

"We'll call someone when we get to my house." he grabbed her hand and led her to his house.