Chapter 12

Recap

There was another comfortable silence between them and finally, Gabriella broke it.

"Umm Troy, did you tell mom and uncle about this?" Gabriella asked curiously, pointing at her broken leg and bandaged head.

"Uh oh!" Troy bit his bottom lip.

"You forgot didn't you?" Gabriella said.

"Completely. I'm gonna go call them now." Troy said.

End of Recap

Troy called his friends and parents right away. In 5 minutes, the door slammed opened making Gabriella and Troy jumped. There stood, their parents and the whole gang.

"Oh my gosh! Gabi! What happened??" Ms Montez quickly ran to her daughter, giving her a hug.

"I fell off the stairs." Gabriella informed them but not going too far to the topic.

"Troy weren't you with her? Why didn't you take care of her?" Jack asked, a little angry at his son.

"I'm sorry." Troy said softly, putting his head down. Everything was silent after Troy said this.

"Just next time, try to be more… protective." Jack said, his voice softening.

"Trust me, I will." Troy said seriously.

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The next day, Troy tried to sneak out of school and go back to the hospital but he kept getting caught by his friends. Jack told the gang to keep an eye on Troy so he wouldn't bludge school.

"Troy, chill. You can go visit your girlfriend after school." Sharpay said, slightly annoyed that they practically had to drag Troy back to school every 30 minutes.

"I know but I'm worried about Stephanie." Troy blurted out.

"Oh crap! I bet they're gonna start saying questions." Troy thought.

"Stephanie as in your psycho ex girlfriend?" Chad asked, surprised.

"Yup." Troy admitted and the gang's eyes suddenly widened.

"She's back?" Taylor asked.

"Yup." He replied, sadly and angrily.

"Did she do something?" Sharpay said, sensing Troy's anger.

"Ok I'll tell you the truth. Gabi didn't just fell off the stairs. Stephanie pushed her and I wasn't able to catch her on time." Troy said, feeling ashamed of his self.

"She pushed GABI!!" All of them exclaimed, furiously.

"Oh that girl's gonna get it!!" Sharpay said, storming off, ready to tear Stephanie's hair out.

After a few minutes of looking, the whole gang finally spotted Stephanie.

"Oh her face makes me puke!" Kelsi said and everyone turned to her, slightly shocked but she just ignored their stares.

"Let's go get her!" Taylor said, walking over to Stephanie.

"Oh! What a pleasant surprise!!" Stephanie said with a clear fake happy tone.

"After I do this, its not gonna be a pleasant surprise anymore!" Sharpay said as she slapped her hard on the face. Stephanie was taken a back by this. She glared at Sharpay and before she could do anything, another slap hit her face.

"How could you do that to Gabriella?!! She didn't do anything to you!!" Taylor exclaimed angrily after she slapped Stephanie on her other cheek.

"She stole Troy from me!" Stephanie spat.

"I was never yours Stephanie!!" Troy yelled angrily as she pushed her back to her locker.

"Just never come near any of us again!" Ryan and Chad exclaimed, trying to control themselves.

"Let's go guys. She's not even worth it!" Jason said, walking off. The gang followed but not before sending Stephanie a death glare.

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Troy was breathing heavily and the whole gang knew that he was trying to control his self.

"Gabi's fine now and we're never gonna let that girl near her again!!" Sharpay said seriously.

"You know, why don't you just report her to your uncle a.k.a the principal." Chad shrugged, not knowing that he just came up with a brilliant idea.

"You're a genius!" Taylor told her boyfriend.

"I am?" Chad said, clueless as the gang just smiled and headed to the principal's office.

The final bell finally rang and Troy quickly raced to his car, ready to head to the hospital. The weird thing was, is that he misses Gabriella for some odd reason. He was used to always seeing Gabriella at school with him.

"I wonder if she's ok." Troy thought as he finally arrived at the hospital.

Troy opened Gabriella's door only to find her sleeping peacefully.

"Sleepy head!" He mumbled and sat down on a seat next to Gabriella's bed.

"Gosh you're gorgeous." Troy whispered at he stared at his beautiful girlfriend.

"Why, thank you Troy." Gabriella responded and Troy's cheeks immediately heated up.

"Ohh um.. You're awake." Troy stuttered while Gabriella just giggled.

"So how was school?" She asked casually.

"Nothing much." Troy shrugged, leaning on his chair as Gabriella sigh in relief.

"Good! I thought you guys bashed Stephanie for pushing me." She said with a slight smile while Troy's face suddenly dropped. Gabriella noticed this so she stared at him with raised eyebrow.

"You didn't--- did you?" She asked curiously while Troy just gulped.

"I didn't bash her. Maybe we just kinda bullied her." He admitted softly.

"What do you mean we?" She asked.

"The whole gang. Sharpay and Taylor slapped her and umm… I kinda pushed her. But nothing too harsh like what she did to you!" He retorted back making Gabriella her eyes.

"Troy you didn't have to pay back to her. Just leave her alone and she'll leave us alone." She said while Troy smiled.

"Oh you don't need to worry about that! She's expelled!" Troy said proudly.

"She's what!!!??" Gabriella exclaimed, shocked.

"Why is she expelled?" She asked, suddenly feeling sorry for Stephanie.
"Gabi for once, think about yourself not others." Troy said while Gabriella just sighed.

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A few weeks have past and Gabriella was allowed to go back to school. She was still limping so Troy had to help her sometimes.

"Why do you look so excited to go to school?" Troy asked Gabriella as they hopped onto the car, ready to go to school.

"What? I haven't been at school for a long time." She said, excitedly.

"Still. I'm not gonna be excited to go to school." He said and Gabriella just rolled her eyes.

"Whatever Troy." She said.

They finally arrived at school and the whole gang greeted Gabriella happily.

"Glad to see you back Gabi!" Taylor said, as they all hugged Gabriella.

"Now we don't need to drag Troy back to class every 30 minutes." Zeke laughed while Troy just blushed and glared at his friends.

"Oh don't worry. I'll take care of Troy now." Gabriella smiled and suddenly, the bell went. They all head to their homeroom together.

Lunch finally came and Gabriella went to her locker alone. Suddenly, a group of girls came up to her with smiles on their faces.

"I heard that you're gonna be Troy Bolton's sister. Could you give this letter to him?" One of the girl asked while Gabriella just stared at them, a little surprised.

"How'd they found out about it?" Gabriella asked herself.

"Give my letter to him too ok? Thanks! Bye!" The other girl said, as they walked away.

"Why do they want me to give Troy their love letters?" Gabriella mumbled to herself.

For the whole lunch, Gabriella was swamped by girls giving her love letters for Troy. She was actually getting annoyed and angry.

"Who the hell told them about me and Troy becoming brothers and sisters?" Gabriella asked herself. Finally, she got the time to enter the cafeteria without any girls getting on her way.

"Troy!" She called out and Troy's head immediately snapped towards her.

"What's up?" He asked, casually.

"Someone told every girl in this school that I'm gonna be your sister. Have any idea who?" She asked Troy directly while he just shook his head no.

"Anyway, these are for you! They wouldn't leave me alone!" Gabriella said, handing a pile of love letters to Troy.

"Why the hell would I take that?" Troy asked, eyeing the letters.

"Because they're for you and they spent time writing them. The least you can do is read them." Gabriella said, showing her angelic side.

"Fine, fine." Troy said, as he started reading the letters.

Its free period and Gabriella was walking in the empty corridor. Everyone else was in their lockers already while she just went out of her classroom. She suddenly stopped when she saw a familiar looking guy standing right in the middle of the corridor with a big smile on his face.

"Why is he looking at me like that?" Gabriella asked herself. She knew that she'd never seen that guy at East High before.

The guy had black hair and a very recognisable blue eyes. He seemed to be waiting for Gabriella the entire time.

"Do I know you?" Gabriella finally asked and the guy's smile went wider.

"He is so creepy. Who is he?" Gabriella scanned through him and saw that he was holding a love letter too.

"Don't tell me even guys want me to give Troy love letters!" Gabriella thought in horror.

"Hi!" He finally spoke.

"Take this!" He said, handing the letter to Gabriella.

"Who is this for?" She asked curiously.

"You. I like you Gabriella. I really like you!" He proclaimed without hesitation. Gabriella was taken aback from this and the first move that she did was run.

The guy's piercing blue eyes followed Gabriella with an unreadable smile as she turned the corner.

"How could he like me when I never even met him before?!" Gabriella thought as she continued to run to the gym where she knew Troy and the others will be.

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Ok guys! I am so sorry that I just updated now! I tried to update sooner. I really tried but my dad got angry and didn't let us use the computer for a while. I really got caught up with homeworks too and tomorrow, I'm gonna have a quiz. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter. Have any idea who the guy is? How does he know Gabriella? Please review.