Authors Note: Hey everyone. Sorry for not updating in like a while. My sister's sweet sixteen was on Saturday and things have been pretty crazy around here. I had to help set up, buy food, etc. So finally the party is all done with. And that means chapter 3! I noticed I haven't been getting that many reviews, just alerts. I really want you guys to review. It makes me feel loved. Haha. J

Disclaimer: I don't own HSM. If I did, I would be with Zac Efron right now instead of sitting at home on my laptop writing this story about him. Also I wouldn't be staring at my collection of 50 posters of him on my walls either. I would be with him, face to face. Oh, I wish. Hehe.

OH! And someone asked about the 6 wheeler thing and how you couldn't see it. Uhh.. Fog? Haha. I don't know. I didn't think of it that way. It's fiction. Blahh.

Edit: I wrote this about four or five times because I didn't like how it came out so sorry for the wait.

Previously in Chapter 2:
All you heard was her scream when a 6 wheeler hit her.

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Troy quickly turned around.

"Gabriella?" he questioned.

He knew her voice anywhere.

He looked into the fog and could see nothing. He saw her purse at the curb. He didn't want to think what happened, but it was the only conclusion. She was run over, probably dead. He quickly blamed himself. He should of waited for her to catch up when he was crossing the street. Now, it's too late.

Troy ran over into the middle of the street as the truck driver quickly drove away.

"LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE ASSHOLE!" Troy screamed.

But the truck driver was already gone into the fog that surrounded the world around him. (Okay, sorry to ruin the mood but I guess the night is now foggy. Haha.)

"Troy, I'm so sorry man." said Ryan. Actually, Ryan couldn't find the words to say. That was all that he could spit out.

Gabriella was just laying there, almost dead. Actually, Troy wasn't sure if she was even alive. She never looked paler to him. Troy and Ryan picked up Gabriella from the middle of the abandoned road, blood flowing down their arms, and put her on the sidewalk outside of East High. Jon apparently was no where to be found, but that didn't matter to Troy, nothing in the world mattered to him more than the love of his life, Gabriella..

Troy just sat there, beside her. Running his hand through her shiny brown hair. Not a curl was out of place. He put his hand on her pale skin. All he could do was fight the tears that were pouring out of his eyes.

"Troy, I'm going to go inside and get your parents, and her parents, Chad Taylor, Kelsi, Jas--"

Tory gave Ryan a look. He got the point.

"…Well, I'll get everyone. Go call 9-1-1."

Troy's POV.

No. This isn't happening. This was supposed to be the best night of out lives. We were going to do spectacular in the musical, I was going to take her out to dinner, we were going to walk in the park, and then go for ice cream. Now, all of it is ruined because of a truck driver who was probably drunk at the time. I should of waited before I crossed the street. She wouldn't be here right now if I didn't cross the street so fast. I should of waited for her to catch up. No, it isn't my fault. If this Jon kid never showed up, Gabriella and I would be making out on the stage right now.

I got out my cell phone and called 9-1-1.

"Hello? I need an ambulance, immediately. ….Gabriella Montez. …Hit by a truck driver. …He drove away. ….East High. …Thank you" he said in tears.

He thought the words wouldn't come out. He just sat there, holding her hand, and waiting.

Ryan's POV.

I can't believe this. All because of that stupid truck driver. The nerve of some people, seriously. How would you be able to live with yourself if you're the reason someone died.

I ran into the auditorium as fast as I could. A million of thoughts were buzzing through my head.

Sharpay was talking about herself. As usual. How conceited of her.

"STOP EVERYTHING." I yelled.

"GABRIELLA MONTEZ JUST GOT HIT BY A TRUCK DRIVER. A hit and run actually. TROY IS OUTSIDE WITH HER AND AN AMBULANCE IS COMING ANY MINTUE." I screamed.

Everyone was silent. Even quieter than when we all say Troy and Gabriella at the play. I saw Chad and Taylor get up and they started running out. Followed by Mr. and Ms. Bolton as well as Mr. and Ms. Montez.

No Ones POV.

People came rushing out of East High. "Oh my god!" was the only thing you could hear. A few gasps. Even a few cries. Everyone started talking at once until their voices got lost within the sound of the sirens.

"Okay, okay everyone. Go back inside or go home. Only family or close friends can stay." the paramedic said as he got out of the ambulance.

Everyone started leaving. Mr. and Ms Montez, Mr. and Ms, Bolton, Kelsi, Jason, Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Ryan, and Troy who was still holding Gabriella's hand were the only ones left.

The paramedic put a stethoscope on Gabriella chest.

"Is she alright?" Ms. Bolton asked.

"Well, I really am not sure. I don't want to say yes when she isn't or no when she is. A trained specialist should look at her before jumping into conclusions." the paramedic answered. "But she's going to need to get to the ER as soon as possible. She's in a very critical state."

The paramedics got out a stretcher from the ambulance. Everyone was there, speechless. Well, Sharpay was smirking in a "this is what you get" kind of way. I'll admit, she's not even close to a caring person and never will be.

Ryan was just there, feeling a little bit of guilt.

Ms. Montez on the other hand was in tears. Mr. and Ms. Bolton were comforting her.

But out of anyone, Troy was a complete disaster. Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, and Jason were all in a group huddle.

Gabriella was slowly placed on the ambulance. Troy couldn't bare to watch. He shut his eyes, really tight, trying to forge the world, trying to forget what happened, trying to go back in time, to the night he first met Gabriella. It was fate that brought them two together. Troy was wondering what was going on, why was this happening? Sure, everything happens for a reason. But this? He tried to stop the tears from falling. It didn't work. He tried as hard as he could until his body finally decided to give in. He broke out into another long cry, Chad held him closer now. He didn't want too see his most loyal best friend like this.

The sirens turned on and everyone stood up. Troy opened his eyes and returned to reality.

"Anyone want to ride along? There's room for one." the paramedic announced.

All eyes turned to Troy who walked up feeling a pat on the back which was from Chad.

"We'll meet you there." Jack said to his son.

Troy climbed on to the ambulance, the sirens sound louder than before. The ambulance was really small, shook around a lot also, it was really, really freezing. But, that didn't matter to him. He just wanted to hear the words, "She's going to be just fine, nothing to worry about." But of course, this wasn't a fairy tale, and he's aware not everything has a happy ending. He just didn't know what Gabriella did to deserve this. She was as white as snow, her heartbeat was slow, he couldn't lose hope. Gabriella has only one life to live. He wasn't going to give her life up to some stupid asshole driver, and she knew she didn't want too either.

Troy knelt down by Gabriella, holding her hand, squeezing it tight. He couldn't believe what was happening. There was no way…… no way.

"Gabriella, look, I know that you can't hear me right now, but I want you to know, don't give up, ever, at least not now. You are a huge part of my life and you know it. I been thinking about you constantly everyday non-stop since the night we both sung on vacation. Together, me and you are unstoppable. We can do anything, literally. Who ever thought a brain like you and an all-star like me would end up the leads in the musical and kicking Sharpay and Ryan off the stage? Well… almost. If it wasn't for Sharpay's stupid plot to destroy the musical which she did, we wouldn't be in here right now, you wouldn't be like this. None of this would be happening. But fate is failing us right now, and I don't know why. Tonight was going to be the best night of our lives. This is the night we been looking forward too since your first day at East High. That one day after we got a callback, I knew that musicals is what I wanted to do with my life. Not basketball. I'm probably going to get kicked off anyway because I missed so many practices already. But basketball is my dads dream, not mine. Musicals is really all I want to do now because you inspired me. If it wasn't for you saying you would like to audition, well, I would definitely not be here today. Actually, neither would you. They say everything happens for a reason. I wish I knew why this is. Gabriella Montez, I love you more than life itself. Tonight, I was going to give you a promise ring. So even if we breakup in the near future, you would always remember the musical, the fun times, memories, and most importantly me. I didn't want to tell you this, I was going to give you the ring tonight and say most of this to you but you wont remember any of this anyhow so I'm going to wait until you get better. I love you. Stay strong."

"We're about halfway there." the paramedic in the back said.

The paramedic checked Gabriella's pulse once again and wrote a few things on a clipboard. Troy kept on talking to the love of his life, he tried so hard not to cry.

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It wasn't that long until they were there. Gabriella was immediately rushed into the ER and Troy waited outside for everyone.

"Hey." he heard.

He turned around to find out that it was Jon.

"Look.. I'm really sorry. I should of never listened to Sharpay. But I need to go before she sees me. My plane leaves in less than an hour. Just tell Gabriella I'm sorry and I hope she's alright. Okay?" Jon said.

"Well, sorry isn't going to cut it, at least not with me. But I'll let her know for you."

Troy and Jon heard the heels of Sharpay's shoes making their way through the parking lot. Jon ran off into the fog before she could see him.

Sharpay and the gang all walked up toward Troy. There was about a minute of silence until Mr. Bolton finally spoke up.

"I guess we should go in now." he said.

Everyone walked into the ER, no one said a word. Actually, no one knew what to say. Everything was happening to fast. One minute, everything is going great, then, since that one moment Troy saw Jon kissing Gabriella, everything changed. That one kiss was the spark that is the reason for this whole thing.

Everyone stood around exchanging glances. No one knew what to do, especially Troy. He just kept looking at the ground.

"Can I help you?" a nurse asked.

"Umm, yeah actually. We're looking for Gabriella Montez." Mr. Bolton said.

"Curtain eleven." the nurse responded.

"Thanks."

They all walked slowly to the curtain, tears flowing their eyes. Well, expect Sharpay who tried to be sympathetic. Acting did her good.

They all arrived at the curtain. Troy opened it and let the others in. Gabriella was just laving there, Troy moved the hair out of her face. He was stunned at his sight. Gabriella had bruises and scratches all over her face. She looked like she got beat up, only worse. Troy saw tire tracks on Gabriella's arm.

"No." he said out loud. "This isn't happening. I can take it anymore! Ugh!"

Troy pushed Ryan aside and ran out of the room. He knew Gabriella needed him more than ever but he just couldn't see her like this.

"Son, get back here." Jack Bolton said starting to make his way out.

"No, stay here. I got this." Chad said.

Chad made his way out of the ER to search for his best friend. He walked out and found his best friend sitting on the curb outside the hospital with his head down. Chad sat down beside him.

"Hey." Chad said.

Troy didn't say anything.

"Look, I know this is a hard time for you right now, it's a hard time for al of us but, you know Gabriella; she never gives up. She's going to be okay."

"But what is she isn't okay Chad? You can't always just assume."

"Well you always can't be so pessimistic either."

"True."

"Whatever happens, I'll be there for you, and you know it. We been best friends forever. You know you can trust me, you can tell me anything."

"Yeah. I know."

"But why did you run out like that? You know she needs you."

"Yeah… I know."

"But then why did you?"

"Because… I cant stand seeing her like this. And I don't want to assume the worst but, I just don't know what to do. I mean, say if she does… die, what would I do? How would I be able to live with myself? Also, Sharpay. This is all her fault. If she never wanted to be in the musical, if Jon never came, if she never chased us out, this wouldn't be happening. I just don't know what to do. I can't take this all in at once. I--"

Troy broke out into tears, not being able to finish his sentence.

Chad hugged his best friend who was crying on his shoulder for about 10 minutes.

"Is… everything alright out here?"

Chad and Troy turned around, to see Taylor standing. She sat down beside them.

"Troy, are you doing to be alright?" she asked.

"Yeah. I think so." Troy said, smiling.

"Come on, lets go in. Everyone is wondering where you went." Taylor said.

The three walked in, on their way in, they saw Sharpay and Ryan walking out.

"Sorry, would love to stay, I need to go home because my dad called. Bye!" Sharpay said in a perky voice.

Troy was about to slap her but Chad pulled him back.

"Not even worth it." he said.

They all walked back into curtain number 11, Gabriella wasn't there.

Troy started panicking.

"Where did she go?" he asked trying to seem calm.

"X-rays." Mr. Bolton said.

"Oh." Troy said.

There was a few minutes of silence until Gabriella was reeled back in. She had an IV in her arm now.

"Is.. She alright?" Ms. Montez asked.

"The doctor will be in with the results from the x-ray in a few minutes." the nurse responded.

"A few minutes." Troy thought to himself. "In a few minutes I'm going to be told the fate of Gabriella. I really don't want to know. Well, I do if its good but if its bad. No, I need to listen to Chad. I need to be there for her, good or bad. I can't do this."

The room was still silent. Until a doctor walked in.

"Hello, I'm doctor Brushnet."

"Hi." everyone said in respond.

"I have some bad news." he began. "Gabriella has been..---"

The end of chapter 3! Haha cliffy! Woo. I was going to end somewhere else but I decided to stop here. I'm on page 8 already. So, anyways, sorry this took me forever. I wrote it literally 4 times. But I decided to keep this. I was going to head it in a totally other direction but I took this path. So I hope you like it. Please review. Sorry for the one week wait. Tomorrow me and my friend are going to the lake and we're bringing the boat, so I think chapter 4 will be up before this upcoming weekend since I'm seeing HSM2 on the 10th with my best friend Emmy. Yay. So I want to get chapter 4 done before that. So I'm really sorry.

Please review! Give me some suggestions.

What do you want to happen? I already know what is going to happen.

Haha. The next chapter WILL be more sad.

After that I'll light it up a bit then crash it down. So that's it.

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