Returning Nightmare

A/N: Thanks covenentsnightmare, mz.chiimpiee, vona1212, Zoeys-FanFic, and Tortall Tribe Freak for having this story on their favorites, alerts, and reviewing. It means alot! I hope you will all enjoy reading this chapter.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Chapter 2

Troy stopped at his tracks when he saw Gabriella standing still and staring across the room like she just saw a ghost. What is he doing here? How did he find me?

"What's wrong Gabriella?" Troy asked looking concerned.

"Oh, it's nothing." Gabriella lied. Gabriella walked quickly to the back to her seat to avoid having one particular person spot her.

"Hey Gabriella!" yelled a classmate. Crap! I hope he doesn't see me!

"Well isn't it little Miss Gabriella Montez?" said an intimidating voice walking up to her. "Did you miss me after your little move?"

Troy glanced at Gabriella's seat and saw her frightened face and some guy glaring straight at her so he marched straight over to Gabriella's seat.

"Get away from her!" Troy yelled at the stranger.

"Are you ok Gabi?" Troy asked softly to his girlfriend. Gabriella started to stare blankly into Troy's concerned blue eyes. Troy started to worry because he had never seen this in his girlfriend's brown eyes before. Fear.

"Who are you?" the stranger asked.

"I'm her boyfriend. You better stay away from her or else you have to deal with me." Troy said angered.

"Oh, I see, you'd rather date this piece of trash than me?!" the stranger yelled at Gabriella. Then the stranger walked away. Troy was about to go after him when Gabriella put up her arm to stop Troy.

"Don't Troy. He's not worth it." Gabriella said quietly.

"What a jerk! Gabi, what was he talking about?" asked Troy.

"Please, Troy, can we not talk about this?" Gabriella pleaded.

"Ok, Gabi…." Troy responded.

The bell rung and Ms. Darbus walked into the classroom with a stern look on her face.

"Mr. Bolton, seat!" she yelled. Troy walked back to his seat while keeping his eyes on Gabriella.

"Welcome back to school! Hopefully you all decided to take some theater classes over the summer." Ms. Darbus said while glaring at Chad.

"Mr. Danforth! Put that hockey puck away!" said Ms.Darbus.

"Uhh…Ms. Darbus, this is a basketball." Chad said while pointing at his basketball.

"Well whatever it is, I want it out of my sight!"

"Fine…." Chad groaned. Ms. Darbus ignored Chad and continued to talk.

"Class, we have a new student! Mr. Thompson, please come up here." The stranger that was rudely talking to Troy and Gabriella walked up.

"This is Jake Thompson. I hope that you will all be very welcoming to our new student." The whole class nodded except for Troy and Gabriella.

"I can't wait to get to know all of you!" Jake said with a fake smile plastered on his face glaring directly at Gabriella. Gabriella sunk deep in her seat.

"Oh, Ms. Darbus, I'm sure you will be happy to know that I've been in my old school's musicals before as the lead." said Jake trying to get on the drama teacher's good side.

Ms. Darbus grinned. "That's great Jake! You should try out for this year's winter musicale!"

"Yea, maybe I will!" said Jake walking back to his seat.

"Teacher's pet." Chad coughed.

"Chad!" Taylor hissed.

"No he will not try out for the winter musicale." Sharpay whispered mocking Ms. Darbus. "I hate this kid already. Something is up with this guy!"

Troy kept stealing glances at Gabriella wondering what was making her so worried all of a sudden.

When the day ended, Troy asked Gabriella if she wanted to come over to hang out. Gabriella seemed distracted the whole car ride over to Troy's house and she was very quiet. They opened the door to find that Troy's parents, Jack Bolton and Lucy Bolton weren't home yet.

"Gabi?" Troy said.

"What? Huh?" Gabriella responded.

"Gabi, you seem really distracted. Is something bothering you?"

"Umm." Gabriella mumbled.

"Gabriella. I really care about you and I hate it when you aren't happy. Please tell me what's wrong. Is it that Jake guy?" Troy asked seriously.

Gabriella cringed at the sound of his name. "Troy, I wish I could, but I can't. It's too…complicated."

"Please Gabi."

"Troy…I'm sorry, now's not the right time."

"Ok."

"Let's go study." Gabriella said trying to change the subject.

"Ok. Let's go up to my room. Do you want to stay for dinner?" Troy asked.

"Sure…if you're not cooking!" Gabriella laughed.

Troy was great at everything except for cooking. He burnt absolutely everything that was put on the stove or in the oven. The only cooking appliance that Troy was really experienced with was the microwave.

"Gabi! I thought you said you loved my cooking!" Troy said surprised.

"I do! Just not the burnt cooking!" Gabriella giggled.

"I guess that's true. You did enjoy my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." Troy said triumphantly.

"Yea…about that." Troy raised his eyebrow. "I felt that there wasn't much balance between the amount of peanut butter and jelly in the sandwich. It kind of ruined the sandwich." Gabriella laughed while running away.

"You're going to pay for that Montez!" Troy said chasing her.

"Not if you can't catch me Bolton!" Gabriella yelled.

Troy was starting to chase Gabriella and when he caught up with her, he picked her up and carried her to his room bridal style. Gabriella squealed at his actions and was happy to be in the arms of her one true love. It made her forget everything that happened that day. Troy gently placed her down on his bed and kissed her passionately on her lips. Gabriella then wrapped her arms around Troy's neck and pulled him closer to her. After making out for half an hour, they finally started to study.

"Wow this is hard!" Troy commented looking at his Trigonometry homework.

"Don't worry Troy, I can be your very own tutor and help you with this anytime." Gabriella said with a wink.

"Hmm, my own personal tutor." Troy said with his finger tapping his chin pretending to think. "I like the sound of that."

"I thought you would." said Gabriella smiling.

"Troy, Gabriella, it's time for dinner!" called Mrs. Bolton. Jack and Lucy arrived at home shortly after Troy and Gabriella's 'study session'.

"Thanks for having me over for dinner, Jack and Lucy." said Gabriella.

"Your welcome sweetheart. We love having you over here. You're welcome anytime." said Lucy smiling.

Jack and Lucille Bolton were like Gabriella's second parents. They loved her like a daughter and were hoping that one day she would officially become their daughter. A/N: wink, wink!

"Thank you. So Jack, are you still coaching the Wildcats? " asked Gabriella.

"Yes. It's going great so far. Right Troy?" said Jack grinning.

"Yep. It's awesome!" Troy agreed.

Gabriella's phone started to vibrate.

"Excuse me." said Gabriella politely.

"Hello?" Gabriella answered.

"Gabriella." the voice answered.

"Jake?"

"That's right."

"How'd you get this number?" asked Gabriella scared.

"I have my sources." Jake said cockily.

"What do you want?!" Gabriella asked coldly.

"I want you."

"Jake, you must be crazy to think that will ever happen. I can never forget what you did to me 2 years ago!"

"You were just being too hard headed Montez."

"Shut up!"

"Whatever."

"Just leave me alone!" Gabriella hissed while shutting her phone off. Tears started to stream down Gabriella's face. She quickly wiped the tears away and walked over to Troy.

"Can you please take me home Troy? That was my mom and she said that it was getting a bit late." Gabriella said trying not to cry.

"Ok Gabi. Later mom and dad."Troy said. He knew Gabriella was upset and lying about something but didn't want to bring it up.

"Thanks again for dinner." Gabriella said politely.

"Of course Gabriella. Bye." said Lucy.

"Bye Gabi." Jack said.

"Good-Bye." Gabriella said.

Troy drove Gabriella home. During the car ride, Troy was very anxious and worried. Gabriella never acted the way she did before. He got even more worried when he saw that her eyes were red and puffy. He figured that she was crying about something and he is determined to find out.

"Thanks for the ride home Troy." Gabriella said sweetly.

"Anything for you Gabi." Troy said with a wink. Gabriella smiled weakly. Troy then gave Gabriella a sweet peck on the lips. He leaned in close by Gabriella's right ear and whispered 'I love you'. Gabriella whispered 'I loved you too' back to him.

"Bye Gabi." Troy said.

"Bye." Gabriella responded.

Troy drove away hoping that Gabriella would soon tell him what was upsetting her so much. When Gabriella saw Troy leave, she ran into her house and up to her room. She locked her door and just started to cry on her bed. Why did he have to come here? Why now?Why? Gabriella then fell into a deep sleep.

A/N: Hope you all liked it! So, what does kind of history does Gabriella have with Jake? Find out soon!