Gabriella Montez and Troy Bolton walked through the doors of the emergancy room. They nervously waited for their friend, Sharpay Evans, to come out of a coma.

"Why hasn't the doctor called us in yet?" Gabriella asked Troy, while he held her hand still from tapping on the chair-a nervous tick she had.

"Don't worry, love, she'll be out soon enough."

"I knew Shane would return, he just can't seem to let me go"

"I'll never let him hurt you, you know that, right?" Troy forced out a smile, even though he had never had so much rage in his life. He simply wanted to kill Shane.

Gabriella's mother walked in to the hospital with a pair of clothes for Sharpay, and another pair for Gabriella.

"Here, honey, I brought you some clothes. Those ones are kind of...worn."

Gabriella never realized her clothing was covered in blood, even though she couldn't remember if it was Shane's or Sharpay's.

"Thanks, mom."

Gabriella took the clothes from her mother and walked to the washroom to change.

"So Troy, how do you honestly feel about Sharpay coming to live with me and Gabriella?"

Troy's head shot up. He couldn't honestly tell Mrs. Montez what he thought-she could very well be his mother-in-law someday.

"Um...it's very...kind of you to take her in." Troy looked down on his lap. "I wouldn't have the patience." he muttered.

"Troy, honestly, are you really okay with this?"

"Well...ya...sure...I guess." Troy was a terrible liar. "I mean, not seeing Gabriella as much will be difficult, but it's for a good cause. I really do miss seeing her everyday, though."

Mrs. Montez could see the sadness in Troy's eyes, and gave him a pat on the shoulder.

"Honey, I know you don't like the idea of this. It's almost like I have another child, and, yes, it will be difficult, but you have to think about what Sharpay feels right now. Her family was bankrupted, and now she has to come live in a home with no family of her own. She has to live opposite what she's used to."

Troy thought about what Mrs. Montez had said. She was right. Sharpay was all alone, and her family was no where near. But before he Troy could respond, Gabriella walked back into the waiting room in the change of clothes her mom brought.

"I talked to the Dr. Carlisle (auther's note: Twilight!!!), and he told me that Sharpay has come out of the coma, and is resting now. We can go visit her."

Troy got up and took Gabriella's hand. They walked to room 215, where Sharpay was staying. They couldn't believe their eyes. Sharpay looked in pain, and very weak. There was a large bandage on her forehead, as well as a cast on her arm. She was connected to various tubes, and, depending on the heart moniter, she was very tired.

"Hi guys" Sharpay said weakly. "Gabriella was right. Shane's horrible."

Sharpay was watching a re-run of Friends on the small T.V infront of her. Gabriella and Troy sat in seperate chairs beside the hospital bed.

"So how are you?" Troy asked.

Sharpay looked over and Troy and Gabriella. "I feel like I got ran over by a bus."

"Just a minute, I'm gonna go get my mom." Gabriella left the room for "a minute."

But what nobody knew was that Gabriella would be gone for much more then a minute.

"AHHHHHH!!!"