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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
Sieben
Gabriella hadn't left her room since returning home from the hospital. She didn't want to believe that Troy was dead. She couldn't believe that Troy was dead.
"Gabriella." her mother said as she knocked on the door. "Can I come in?"
"Uh-huh." her mother walked into her room and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Gabriella I'm sorry about the other day. I didn't mean to be that way. You lost the only boy you've ever loved and it made me angry that you had to lose your first love just like I lost mine."
"Daddy was your first love?" she nodded and sighed.
"I just wish you could've had more time with yours like I did with mine."
"But...Troy's not dead."
"Gabriella we both know he is."
"No. I don't. I didn't see his body."
"We didn't want you to see it."
"We?"
"Me and Troy's parents."
"And why not?"
"Because...the impact left his face...scarred. Scarred to the point where you could hardly recognize him."
"But I still could have seen him. So technically how do I know you guys aren't just lying to me?"
"We would we lie to you about something like that?" Gabriella lowered her head, unsure of the answer. "Exactly Gabriella we wouldn't. So just believe us when we say that he's gone." her mother let out a deep sigh and took Gabriella's hand. "His funeral is in a week. His parents really want you to come." Gabriella nodded and her mother left her room.
"I still don't believe you." Gabriella whispered and closed her eyes.
And I never did.
"Gabriella." I looked up and saw Kelsi walking my way.
"Hey Kels."
"Hey." she took a seat beside me and smiled. "How have you been sleeping?"
"Okay I guess."
"You guess?"
"The dreams...they've stopped and so have the voices." I told her and she looked at me wide eyed. I told Kelsi all about my dreams and about the voices I heard. She fully understood what I was going through but even she had no explanation as to why I kept having the dreams and hearing the voices.
"Any clue why?" I shook my head and looked at her.
"No. They just stopped. It's like they were never there."
"Maybe it means that you've given up on him."
"No...I haven't given up. Maybe my heart has finally accepted the fact that he's never coming back."
"Don't say that. He'll come back. You'll see." I smiled at her and nodded.
"Thanks Kelsi."
"You can't lose hope like that. If you do then you're losing hope in everything you've ever wanted."
Kelsi was right. I couldn't let myself give up. I had to have faith that someday, if not anytime soon, Troy would return to me. That's all I wanted. Even if I had to wait until I was on my deathbed, I would wait for him.
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School was, as always, a drag. Between Taylor trying to hook me up and everyone still giving me sad looks, it was a nightmare. By lunch, I was mentally and emotionally exhausted. I went straight up to the garden and fell asleep on the bench.
'Where am I?' I asked myself. I noticed someone a head of me and I ran to the person. "Excuse me?" the figure turned around and his sea green eyes connected with mine. For some reason he seemed familiar.
"You okay?" I nodded, unable to speak for some strange reason.
"Gabriella." I turned around and saw Troy standing behind me. I turned back to the other guy but he was gone. "Gabi what's wrong?"
"Nothing I just..." I turned back to Troy and walked up to him. "Did you see the guy that was just here?"
"What guy?"
"The guy. He was just standing there." I said and pointed at the spot he was once in.
"I didn't see anyone Gabriella." I nodded and looked into his eyes. Then something unusual happened. His eyes went from ocean blue to sea green and back to ocean blue.
"What's wrong with your eyes?"
"What do you mean?"
"Your eyes they just..." before I could finish a loud ringing came from somewhere and everything, including Troy began to fade. "Wait. Troy."
I opened my eyes and realized that the bell had rung. I quickly ran downstairs and to my locker. I closed it and ran, not seeing the person coming my way until I bumped into him.
"Crap. I'm so sorry." I said as I bent down to grab my books.
"It's okay." came a male voice but I didn't bother to look up. "Here." he said handing me my books.
"Thanks." I grabbed them and quickly headed to class. I took my seat in the back, next to Taylor and she looked at me. "What?"
"I saw you run into that guy."
"So?"
"So. He was totally checking you out."
"Whatever Tay." I couldn't worry about what Taylor had to say. My mind was still on that weird dream. First the guy with the sea green eyes and then Troy's eyes switching back and forth between his natural eye color and that of the other guy. Something was wrong here and I needed to find out what it was.
When the bell rang for the next period, I quickly ran out the classroom and to the next. Kelsi was in my next class and I needed to talk to her. I spotted her sitting in her seat the moment I walked in and I made my way towards her.
"Hey Gabriella what's up?" she said and I sat in the empty seat beside her.
"Kels...I had another dream." I whispered and she turn towards me.
"Really? What was it about?" I told her the whole thing. From the strange guy to Troy's eyes changing. "That's odd."
"I know. What could it mean?"
"I don't know. Maybe it means that whoever this guy is probably has a way of bringing you and Troy back together."
"But he seemed familiar to me. Like I knew him."
"Maybe you do."
"But I don't know anyone with sea green eyes."
"I know one person. Well I don't actually know him but I've seen him around."
"Who?"
"The new guy. He's been here since January and he's not really social but he has the sea green eyes that's like something out of a dream."
"Do you know his name?"
"Sadly no. He doesn't give his name often so not many people know it."
"Do you know who does?" Kelsi shook her head and I sighed. "Well this was a dead end."
"Just keep your eyes out for him. You'll know him when you see him." I nodded and walked to my seat just as the bell rung. I needed to find this guy. If he had any connection to Troy, he was my only hope of getting him back.
