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Chapter 19 – I can't help her
'Gabriella Montez!' Troy breathed when he ran up to the reception desk at the hospital. I have been here way too many times for comfort, Troy thought as the receptionist scanned through the rooms to find Gabriella's room.
'Oh yes, here she is. She is in the Intensive Care Unit, room 306,' the receptionist smiled at Troy and he thanked her and rushed towards the room wondering how she can smile when she was telling a person that the person they were after was in ICU.
Anna Montez was already in the room when Troy arrived. She smiled weekly at him. 'Hi Troy. I'm sorry Taylor had to tell you, but I couldn't reach you…' Anna explained.
'It's fine, Anna. Don't worry. I was in a bad state last night,' Troy admitted.
'Did you two break up? Because I think that was what Gabi meant when I read the letter,' Anna croaked.
'No! But I think she thought that I had ran out on her, I left your house last night really angry at something, and she must have thought I was angry at her. I feel terrible…it's like it is my fault.' Troy looked at Gabriella's body. She had a ventilator on and the heart monitor was beeping at a steady rate. The sight made Troy feel ill. 'What happened?' Troy asked.
'Gabi took an overdose of sleeping pills. I think it was 13 or so…when I arrived she was unconscious with the letter and your necklace and ring on top of the kitchen counter. The bottle was on the floor next to Gabi…it was the worst sight of my life…' Anna looked down at Gabriella and stroked her face softly, 'The next thing I knew, she was rushed into surgery to drain her stomach of all the pills, but they said she may not wake up. The chances of her surviving are 50-50.'
Troy took a deep breathe as the last statement Anna made sunk in. 50-50…50-50 kept ringing in his head. He closed his eyes and prayed to Carlos to help her.
Carlos heard Troy pleading him to save Gabriella from dying. Carlos looked down at the scene in the room and whispered, 'I'm sorry Troy. I can't help her, no matter how much I want to. I can't save her if she tried to commit suicide.'
After an hour Anna left the room for some air and Troy stayed behind. He called his dad telling him everything that had happened to Gabriella and Jack said he will get him excused from school. Troy also explained what Derek had done, and what happened in the morning. When Anna left, he sat down next to the bed and stared at Gabriella for a while, trying to make sense of what is happening. 'I will never move on from you, no matter what happens,' Troy whispered and took hold and Gabriella's hand. 'You know how to scare everyone, Brie!' Troy said quietly. He looked at her peaceful face. 'So you have an equal chance of surviving, or…not. That means you can chose, right? Can you choose to live, please? It would make everything better.' Troy laughed to himself. 'Brie, I didn't leave you. Well, I left the house, yes, but I didn't leave you. I was angry at Derek and myself. I was annoyed that I didn't protect you the way you should be. These will always belong to you…'
Troy took out the necklace out of his pocket and carefully put it around her neck, and then took out the ring and slipped it on her finger. He stroked the finger with the ring on it, and smiled.
Gabriella looked on at the scene, with tears in her eyes. Troy was right, she did have a choice…but she wasn't planning to live. Everything would be better if I leave, she thought, not quite understanding how it would be better, but knowing it would.
She walked over to Troy who was still talking to her and kissed his head. She then started to leave the room. She heard the heart machine beginning to beep, signalling that her heart was failing. She felt a pain in the left arm and she grabbed it. So I still need to go through the pain Gabriella thought.
The doctors rushed through into the room and pushed Troy away, who was still in shock. Anna came rushing into the room and took hold of Troy. They held onto each other tightly as the doctors tried to resuscitate her. Anna started to cry and Troy stroked her hair as tears slipped down his own face.
Gabriella looked at the two in surprise. She didn't move, but knew that she would have to make a choice pretty soon. She heard Anna whimpering 'Come back, Gabs. Don't give up on me now.' She then heard Troy's thoughts. 'Brie, my love, wherever you are, come back. I love you more than life itself and if you go, as you said yourself…I would have to follow. Please, Brie, I'm begging you, don't leave your mother, Chad, Tay, Zeke and Shar. Don't leave me. Please.'
Gabi sighed, and then tried to choose whether she should go back to her body or walk out of the door. She heard another one of her mother's cries and made her decision, knowing that she may regret it.
AN: Sorry this chapter was so short, but I didn't want to write what happened next. I'm going to submit the next chapter tonight though, so don't worry. Review!
