Disclaimer: I wish I owned HSM but I don't. If I did...let's just say you wouldn't be able to find Troy for a few months ;) oh yeah and I don't own 'Hear Me' by Kelly Clarkson.
A/N: this chapter is kind of short for some reason. Idk. It looked longer in word. Oh well. It's probably cause of the song. I'm working on chapter nine now so it should be out by tomorrow or the day after. Oh yeah and I can't believe how many of you are actually being detectives and trying to figure this story out. I'm proud that my story has done this. There are a few of you though who are on the right track but I'm not saying who. That's my own little secret.
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
Acht
I can't take this anymore. It's been two days since that dream that I had in the garden and I can't get it out of my head. It's like those eyes are haunting me. Watching my every step.
Gabriella
The voice. It's back. I looked around, hoping that there was someone there. I refused to believe that I was really going insane. But there was no one there.
Gabriella
I closed my eyes and tried to drown out the voice. But I could still hear it. I had to stop the voices. So I did the only thing I could think of: I sang.
Hear me
Hear me
You gotta be out there
You gotta be somewhere
Wherever you are
I'm waiting
Cause there are these nights
When I sing myself to sleep
And I'm hoping my dreams
Bring you close to me
Are you listening?
Hear me
I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down
Find me
I'm lost inside the crowd
It's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me
Hear me
Can you hear me?
Hear me
I stopped to listen for the voices but there was none. Just total silence. I sighed in relief and started walking down the hallway. As I walked down the empty hallway, I found that singing was my only way of keeping calm.
I used to be scared
Of letting someone in
But it gets so lonely
Being on my own
No one to talk to
And no one to hold me
I'm not always strong
Oh, I need you here
Are you listening?
Hear me
I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down
Find me
I'm lost inside the crowd
It's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me
I'm restless and wild
I fall, but I try
I need someone to understand
Can you hear me?
I'm lost in my thoughts
And baby I've fought
For all that I've got
Can you hear me?
Hear me
I'm crying out
I'm ready now
Turn my world upside down
Find me
I'm lost inside the crowd
It's getting loud
I need you to see
I'm screaming for you to please
Hear me
I stopped singing and the echo of my voice drifted off down the hallway.
"That was beautiful." I turned around and saw a guy with jet black hair and sea green eyes staring at me. He looked so familiar to me.
"T-Thank you." he smiled and walked towards me. His eyes were the only thing that kept me standing there. If it were any other eyes I would have ran. Then it hit me. Those were the same eyes from my dream. Was this him? Was this the guy who was supposed to lead me to Troy? "Do I know you...from somewhere?"
"I don't think so. We've only met once and you didn't exactly look at me."
"What do you mean?"
"Remember two days ago when you ran into someone by accident?" I nodded and gasped.
"That was you?"
"Yeah."
"I'm so sorry about that. I was in such a rush I didn't bother to see who I had run into." he shook his head and looked at me.
"It's okay. Really." I nodded and smiled softly. "I'm Alexander but you can call me Alex."
"Gabriella. So...Alex is there a reason you want me to call you that?"
"I've never really liked my full name. I don't know why I just never got used to it. I like short names better than long ones." I nodded and he smiled "Besides it's a good nickname don't you think?" I giggled, something I haven't done in a while.
"Yeah I guess it is."
"So Gabriella was there a reason for you to be singing in the hallway?" my smile dropped and I looked away from him.
"There is but I'd rather not talk about it."
"I fully understand."
"You do?"
"Yeah. My mom always told me that it's better to have secrets than to tell the entire world." I smiled and he returned it. Seconds later, the bell rung and students began filing out of classrooms. "So...can I walk you to your next class?"
"Sure." this was something unexpected. I've never agreed to being walked to my class since Troy and now I was letting someone I barely knew walk me to class. What was wrong with me?
We walked down the hallway in a non-awkward silence, really hard to believe since I don't even know this guy. But he seemed so familiar to me, like I knew him from somewhere but I couldn't put my finger on it.
I glanced up at him trying to see if anything in my memory could be triggered by something in his eyes but there was nothing. He glanced over at me and I quickly reverted my eyes.
"So Gabriella how long have you lived in Albuquerque?"
"Four years."
"Wow."
"Where did you move from?"
"Jersey."
"You're a long way from home."
"I wouldn't exactly call it home."
"Why not?"
"Cause I don't remember growing up there."
"You don't?"
"Nope. It's weird but I can't remember anything about my childhood." I nodded slowly before I caught sight of my next class.
"Well this is me." I said as we stopped outside the door. "Thanks for walking me."
"It was nothing. I guess I'll see you around." I nodded and he smiled at me. "Well see ya."
"Bye." I waved as he walked away then I walked into the classroom. Something about this whole thing was weird and unsettling and the only way to get rid of this feeling was to get to know Alex more. Maybe in due time I would find out what his connection to Troy was and why now did he walk into my life.
