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1. Italics -dreams or short flashbacks. (All in Gabi's POV)

2. Regular font -Long flashbacks and regular POV(a.k.a Gabi's POV)

3. Long lines -the beginning and end of a long flashback unless noted

4. If a chapter ends with a flashback, the next chapter will begin in the flashback.

Taking Over Me

by: LunarEclipse360

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'Where am I?' I asked myself as I looked around. The darkness around me cleared and I found myself at East High. 'Why am I here?'

"Gabi." I heard from down the hallway and I followed it. Whatever it was continued to call my name until I reached a familiar staircase. I walked up the stairs and out into the open. I found that the voice had led me to the roof, to me and Troy's special place. "Gabi." I looked up and there he was. Troy stood in front of me, his blue eyes shining in the light of the moon.

"Troy. Why are we at school? We could get into a lot of trouble for this." he chuckled softly and held out his hand.

"You were always the cautious one." I took his hand and he pulled me to him. He wrapped his arms around me and held me in his arms. I slowly put my arms around his him but just as I got my arms around him, they went through him.

"Troy?" I pulled away and watched him fade. "No. Troy wait." I reached out to him but he was no longer there. "Please. Come back."

"I never left you." I heard him whisper before everything went black.

I woke up in cold sweat and looked around. My room was dark but I could see the outlines of everything around me. The sound of thunder brought me back to the present and I looked out my balcony door. Rain was coming down hard, something you barely see in New Mexico. I got out of bed and walked over to the door. I watched the rain pour down, wishing it could wash away the past three years and leave me to the time when I was able to hold Troy in my arms and not have him disappear.

I opened the balcony doors and stepped out into the rain without second thought. I just wanted to get away from all of this. I didn't want to be here anymore if it meant being without Troy. I walked over to the banister and leant against it. The dam had broken and the tears that had been held in were let out. I turned around and slid down to the floor. I didn't care if I was getting wet, I didn't care about anything. I just wanted Troy back.

Why are you out here in the rain?

I opened my eyes expecting to see someone there, but there was no one. Just the dark glow of my bedroom.

You're gonna get sick if you stay out here.

"Who's there?" I called and stood up. I looked around, looking for someone, anyone that could ease my suspicion of my sanity. But sadly, there was not a soul in sight. "What's happening to me?" I whispered to myself before turning and going back inside my room.

I walked into my bathroom and grabbed a towel. I dried my hair off and walked back into my room, closing the balcony door to keep out the rain.

I leaned my head against the glass and stared out into the pouring rain. I've never felt so alone in my life. Without Troy, everything was empty and meaningless. There was no real reason to be here anymore. I closed my eyes and listened to the rain beat down on the glass.

You promised you would live on without me.

"I know and I'm trying. But it's so lonely without you." I whispered to the voice, finally accepting that I was losing my sanity. A lone tear slid down my face but I didn't bother to wipe it away. A shot of thunder tore me away from my mind and I opened my eyes. I pushed off the door and went back over to my bed.

I knew it was a lost cause to try to get back to sleep. I had always hated thunderstorms after the death of my father and Troy was the only one who was able to get me through them.

"Why do you hate thunderstorms so bad?" he asked as we talked over the phone during our first thunderstorm together.

"Because...the night my father died there was a thunderstorm. Usually my father sung me to sleep at night but when he didn't come home, I was unable to sleep with all the thunder outside. I didn't sleep at all that night and now I can never sleep during thunderstorms."

"How about if I sung you to sleep? Would that help?"

"It might."

"What should I sing?"

"Whatever comes to mind."

"Um...okay. What day is it? And in what month? This clock never seemed so alive. I can't keep up and I can't back down. I've been losing so much time. Cause it's you and me and all other people with nothing to do. Nothing to lose. And it's you and me and all other people and I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you..."

His voice drowned out the sound of the thunder roaring outside and I felt myself slipping off to sleep.

"Gabi?"

"Hm?"

"Are you almost asleep?"

"Uh huh"

"Then I'll see you in the morning."

"Kay."

"Night Gabi."

"Night." I hung up the phone and slipped off to sleep.

Now I just sat here without him, having to listen to the sound of the thunder. I crawled up to the head of my bed and pulled my knees up to my chest. I wanted to hear his voice so bad. I closed my eyes and tried to imagine him singing to me but I couldn't. The thunder was too loud.

A loud crash of thunder shattered through the sky and I turned my head to the window. Why couldn't this have been a calm night? Why couldn't have been like the night that Troy finally told me how he felt?


Gabriella sat on her bed reading, something she found herself doing more than usual. She hadn't spoken to Troy in days and it pained her. A tear slid down her face and onto the book and she realize she had been crying. She wiped her tears away and tried to get back to the book.

A knock came at her balcony door and she turned around. There, standing on her balcony, was Troy. He motioned for her to open the door and she put her book down. She walked over to the door and opened it.

"Troy what are you doing...?"

"I love you too." he said without hesitation and she smiled softly. "I'm sorry for letting you go this long without knowing. It was just a shock for me to find out...t-that you felt the same way I did."

"Troy there's no need to apologize."

"Yes there is." he said and stepped closer to her, taking her hand in his. "If I would have told you how I felt earlier then...then maybe we would have been together longer. It's almost the end of the school year and soon I'll be going to basketball camp." he laced his fingers with her and looked into her eyes. "I want to spend as much time with you as possible before the summer. I want you to be my girlfriend." she removed her hand from his and walked over to the banister, leaving him to stand there in doubt.

"I want to be your girlfriend too." he smiled and turned to her before walking over to where she stood. She looked up at him and into his eyes. He inched closer to her, closing the space between them until finally his lips met hers.

"I don't know how I went this long without you." he whispered and she smiled.

"Neither do I." he brushed a stray hair from her face and noticed the tear stains on her face.

"You were crying."

"Just a little."

"I never meant to make you cry. I never mean to make you cry."

"I know Troy, I know." he smiled and kissed her forehead.

"I should go before it gets late." she nodded and looked at him. "Goodnight, my love. Sleep well." he said and leaned down to capture her lips before climbing down the tree. As soon as he hit the ground, he looked up and she smiled down at him.

"Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow that I will say good night till it be morrow."

"Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast. Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest." she watched him leave before going back inside.


If only things were like that again. If only I still had him with me. If only fate wasn't so cruel to rip him away from me, just like she did my father. Am I meant to be alone? Or is this one of her cruel, sick jokes? Why must she pick on me? What have I done to her?

I laid my head on my pillow and tried to imagine Troy's voice in my head. Anything to help me go to sleep. Finally I heard it. His smooth voice in my ear. The voice that I fell in love with. I smiled and slowly drifted to sleep as Troy's memory sung to me.