Chapter 21:

Resolved or Not?

"What are you guys doing here?" Selena asked as she opened the door wider for them to come in. Gabriella looked at Troy. He had come?

"We missed you guys and Sketcher had tickets to Los Angeles," Leilani explained.

"And it was first class," Sharpay added. "I mean, I took a first class flight to Paris over the summer, but there's no harm in doing it again."

"This is so awesome," Selena said.

"Who's at the door—?" Reva gasped as she came into the room. She put down Loco and ran to Leilani, Maxine and Sharpay, giving them all tight hugs. "What the hell are you guys doing here? Oh, wait! That's why Maxine glared at you over Skype when you said you'd see us later."

"Yup." Leilani grinned. "It's so exciting to be in LA. We asked like four people where you guys lived. They knew the exact address."

"That's not scary at all," Reva said sarcastically. She looked at Troy and gave him a small hug. "Hey, Troy."

"Hey." But as Troy said, he didn't look away from Gabriella.

"So, you guys want a tour of our house?" Selena asked as Reva ran to Emil and kissed him. They agreed and walked off, leaving Troyella alone.

"What happened when we left?" Gabriella asked quietly when Troy went to sit next to her.

"Um, people started shunning me, Chad, Hunter and Reyna. I guess I know how people who are disliked are."

Gabriella tried to crack a smile, but couldn't. "What about Reyna and you? Why did you get with her?"

"I was confused," Troy said.

"About what?"

"About us. I knew that you didn't have anything with Hunter, Gabriella. I just couldn't believe it because I didn't want to get hurt."

Gabriella took his hand and looked him straight in the eye. "You know I would never hurt you, Troy, But I am hurt because you thought that. I love you. I would never betray you."

"And I hate myself for believe that you would." Troy smiled. "But do you hate me?"

Gabriella bit her lip and pressed her lips to his. She wrapped one arm around him and pulled him close to her. She loved the feel of butterflies fluttering around restlessly in her stomach and how she fit perfectly into Troy's arms. She had missed this.

Gabriella pulled away and rested her head on his. "Does that answer your question?"

"God I missed you." Troy pulled her closer to him and pushed his lips onto hers. Gabriella let her other arm slither up his chest and then wrap around his neck.

"See, this was so a good idea," Maxine said as everyone came back in the room. Troyella blocked their ears and stayed in tune with the kiss.

Maxine's phone rang and she pulled it from her pocket. It was Rosie. "Hello?"

"Maxine, Sammy's missing!" Rosie's voice was hysterical and Maxine could obviously tell she had been crying.

"Okay, okay, Rosie calm down. What do you mean he's missing?" That broke apart Troy and Gabriella. They looked back at Maxine with worry. Maxine put Rosie on speaker for everyone to hear. "Me, your parents and Sammy were walking in the park and then one minute later we can't find him."

"Okay, Rosie, we're coming home now."

"We're coming with," Reva said. Selena and Gabriella agreed.

"Hurry!" Rosie hissed. "We told the cops but they said that he has to be gone for seventy-two hours. But time counts and we have to find him now."

"Okay, okay, we're coming home. Just please keep searching for him."

"We will. See you when you get here."

Maxine nodded. "Okay, bye. Love you." Maxine quickly hung the phone up and raced for the door. Everyone raced after her. "I can't believe this," Leilani said.

Gabriella, Troy, Reva and Selena got into Gabriella's car while Maxine, Leilani, Emil and Sharpay got in Leilani's car. "Oh, please God, let him be okay," Maxine whispered, clenching her hands together. Sharpay put a reassuring arm around her and held her close. "Don't worry. We'll find him. I'll have daddy get everyone in the continental US search for him."

Maxine laughed through her tears. "I highly doubt that you'll need to do that. He couldn't have gone that far."

"Maybe he couldn't but someone bigger and stronger than him can." And just like that, fear and nerves raked Maxine's body even more. What if Sammy had been kidnapped? He's probably so scared right now. Maxine inhaled deeply and buried her head in the crook of Sharpay's shoulder.

…

"Sammy!" When everyone arrived home they immediately went home and started search parties. Julie and Steve had arranged phone calls with their family members to make sear parties and search for Sammy. But it's been seven hours already and Sammy was no where to be found.

"He's six!" Julie cried to the police officer. "Where would he be at six years old for seven hours? Or forty-two for that matter."

"Ma'am, calm down," the officer demanded. "We'll check around the woods and see if he's wandered off."

"Thank goodness." Some tension washed away from Julie, but she was still biting her nails worrying about Sammy and where he is.

"He couldn't have just wondered off," Reva said. "What if he was kidnapped?"

"What does your son look like?" the sheriff asked.

"He has spiky brown hair and dark brown eyes. He's about three foot four and when he smiles he has cute little dimples. And he had on a light blue polo shirt and tan khakis."

The sheriff nodded. "Okay, we'll find your son. Now, do you have an enemies or people who don't like you?"

"Uh, no. Not that I know of."

"Okay, thank you."

…

Everyone sat crowded in Rosie's living room, looking up at the clock. It was nearing four AM and Sammy was still nowhere to be found. Maxine sat on the end of the loveseat feeling antsy and her knees shaking and her hands were tightly clenching the air. Reva was knocked out on Emil's lap, Sharpay had went home an hour ago and the only one's still up were Emil, Leilani, Gabriella, Troy, Selena, and Maxine.

"My throat burns," Leilani whispered after she drunk her fourth cup of coffee.

Gabriella groaned and threw her head against Troy's chest. Then that was when Rosie, Julie and Steve came in. "What's the news?" Maxine asked.

"We couldn't find him," Julie answered wretchedly. "But we will find him. We'll make flyers and post his picture up around town. Sharpay's father even said he'd do something about it."

"All we have to do is hope," Maxine said. But then something caught her eye. It was Yoda crawling under the door. Maxine quickly scooped him up. "Yoda's here. That must mean Sammy's near."

…

"No!" Sammy screamed. He started crying when the guy grabbed his small ankle, twisted it, and then yanked Sammy to him. He turned Sammy around and stared at him. "Sit down and be quiet," he demanded. Sammy's finger's tingled. The man had a hockey mask on and if Sammy could just yank it off and run, he could tell someone what this guy is doing. Sammy wiped at his eyes with the back of his hand and nodded. "Okay."

The man sighed and leaned back. "Good. You hungry?" He stood and walked to a small fridge in the corner. When he opened it, bugs crawled out. "I have some bologna, pizza and some ice."

"Ice? What kind of person are you? Who has just ice?"

"Would you shut the fuck up and answer the damn question?"

"No, I'm not hungry," Sammy finally answered. The guy turned to stare at him and they had a stare-off. Sammy blinked after a minute and wiped the water away from his eyes. "I wanna go home to my mom and dad."

"And the Montez Trio?"

"They went back to LA. Why?"

The man came and sat down in front of Sammy. "You see, my family is low on money and the Montez Trio isn't. So, if they want you back, they'll have to give me the money I want."

"How much?"

"Fifty million. No less."

Sammy's draw dropped. "That's a lot of money."

The guy grinned and nodded. "Yeah, it is. Now sit tight and shut up. I need a nap." He stood and started walking away. But he turned back to Sammy and smiled. "And of you try and run away, you won't like the consequences." He laughed and walked inside of a room, closing the door behind him.

Sammy stared at the door for a moment before getting up. He was in a small room. The doors were chained and locked and the windows were blocked with wood planks. Sammy spotted a chair and walked over to it. He plopped down into it desolately and waited for the guy to come out.

So, this is the end of the series of chapters until I right more and come back over to my grandmother's house. Hopefully you'll stay with me! Thanks, oh and REVIEW! (:

Thanks!-Brittany