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Anyways, sorry I haven't updated guys! My internet was down and I had to type up this really long chapter. Personally, I hate it. It's really childish, so don't expect anything deep and personal. A few things happen in this chapter, but it's not really a lot. Okay, READ!! :)
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Chapter 28 - I Can't Hate You Anymore
...Troy's POV...
Oh my God. My head's pounding. I feel something soft under me. What's that beeping noise I hear? It smells really nasty in here. Kinda familiar. Why does it smell like a hospital?
What happened to me? My chest has a 2 ton brick on it. God, it feels like I was stabbed! Wait a minute...
Who's that? They sound really professional. Who's crying? It sounds like...Gabby? Jesus Christ, WHAT'S GOING ON?!
"Dr. Harper, is he going to be okay?" Is she talking about me? Who's Dr. Harper?
"He should be," the official guy said. I'm guessing that's Dr. Harper. Uh oh. Doctor? What do I need a doctor for?
Dr. Harper continued "The knife almost punctured a lung. It's a miracle that it missed his heart also. The only damage is that it brushed against his spinal cord. I'm guessing that this Brandon you speak of was extremely angry to do something like this."
Brandon? What's Brandon got to do with any of this? Can someone please tell me if I'm losing my mind? Are they even talking about me?
"Yeah, he was," someone else sobbed. Chad? "Troy said something that really set Brandon off and Brandon just lost control and... well you know."
Oh my God, they are talking about me. What does Chad mean by Brandon 'you know'? What did he do to me?
"Is he gonna wake up soon?" I'd know that teary voice anywhere. Sharpay.
"I'm guessing that he can hear what we're saying right now, but he's still in a coma."
COMA?!
"He's making immense progress for just a week."
A WEEK?! I'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR A WHOLE EFFING WEEK?!
"Good," This person sounded like he was trying not to cry. Dad? He never cries... "God, how could Brandon do something like this? They used to be best friends." Yeah, well...
"I know. It gets harder and harder everyday to hear about another fight at school." I could barely understand what was just said. That sounds just like my mom. She can't talk when she's crying. Can someone just say what Brandon did to me to put me in a hospital...again?
"How exactly did this whole fight start anyway?" Dr. Harper asked.
"Well," Chad started "Troy was talking to me about his cousin and how he felt bad for being mean to her this one time. Brandon was dating Isabelle before she moved and he overheard Troy talking about her. He was furious that Troy would do something like that to her and he just blew up on him. They started fighting and Brandon locked them in a closet, they fought, and then Brandon stabbed him."
He stabbed me?! Oh yeah. Well that explains the 2 ton brick...
"What did Troy do to Isabelle?" Dr. Harper asked.
"We'd rather keep that confidential." Gabriella quickly answered before Chad had a chance to tell. Mental note, thank Gabby when I wake up. If I wake up...
"Very well. You're free to see him now." Dr. Harper said, walking out of the room.
I could hear slow footsteps approaching me. They were a mix of heels and sneakers. Gabby and Chad I'm guessing.
"Hey Troy," came a watery greeting. That's obviously Gabriella.
"Don't worry man, you're gonna be fine." Chad added. You could tell that he was trying not to cry.
"Troy," Gabriella whispered, kneeling down on my bed. She touched my hand. It felt really weird. Why's my hand cold?
"I know you can hear me," Gabriella continued. "You may not be able to talk to me, but me and Chad are here to tell you that we're not giving up on you. You're in the hospital because Brandon...stabbed you with Ms. Enders' statue sword. They got the porcelain pieces out, but the sword hit your spine and they don't know if it paralyzed you."
Paralyzed? Meaning I can't feel anything in my lower body and I'll have to spend my life in a wheelchair?
"Don't be scared Troy," Chad said. I could hear Gabriella muffled cries. Chad was holding her. Mental note number 2. Thank Chad when I wake up.
"We're all worried about you man, but that doesn't mean that we don't believe that you'll wake up. You're gonna be fine, okay? We believe in you."
Wow, who knew that Chad could be so sentimental?
A new set of footsteps entered the room. Again, heels and sneakers. Taylor doesn't wear heels. That leaves one person...
"Troy," Sharpay. Of course. "Why are you scaring us like this? You didn't even do anything to deserve this! You were just helping out your brother and he repays you like this?! Take my advice and stop protecting him! If he doesn't appreciate what you're doing for him, then forget about him! He's useless!"
"Shar, Brandon doesn't know what Troy's doing for him. You know that Troy would never stop this until it's over, so just calm down." Zeke comforted her. He was the only one who wasn't crying. I'm guessing that he's trying to be strong for everyone. Mental note number 3. Thank Zeke when I wake up.
Again, more footsteps coming in. Both sound like sneakers. Mom only wears flats in public.
"Hey sweetie," she was trying not to cry, but you could tell that she wasn't making much progress in that without even looking at her. "I just want you to know that I love you and even if you are paralyzed, it won't make anything different. We'll still love you just as much. You're the strongest person I know Troy. I love you."
I love you too mom. God, I need to wake up!
"Son, this is hard for everyone," Dad said, trying not to cry. He was doing a lot better than mom, I'll give him that. "Especially you. I couldn't imagine what it must be like to be in your position. I feel like I didn't do my job to protect you. You have every right to blame me for this."
No! You didn't do anything Dad! Don't blame yourself! It's not your fault!
"God, why won't he wake up already?!" Sharpay cried. Leave it to her to get dramatic.
"I suggest Gabriella kisses him." Taylor suggested. When did she get here?
"What?" Gabriella replied. She sounded shocked. I couldn't blame her. I was stunned too.
"That's a good idea," Sharpay agreed, sounding like she had finally stopped crying. "I heard that it kinda helps people wake up."
"Are you sure?" Gabriella asked again, sounding nervous. Oh crap, I don't want her to feel pressured.
"Yeah, I mean it might help, right?" Chad said.
I could hear Gabriella sigh "Okay, here goes."
I could feel her leaning down, her warm breath on my cheek. Her lips were only centimeters from mine. We connected. God, how I want to kiss her back! Come on you stupid lips, kiss her back! Let her know I'm alive!
"Any luck?" Sharpay asked carefully when she pulled away.
I felt a drop of warm water fall on my cheek. Oh crap, don't cry Gabby!
"No. He's still...oh my God!"
"What?" Dad piped up, sounding worried.
"His lips aren't blue anymore! We've got something!" Gabriella cried. My lips were blue? Since when?
"So that means..." Jesus Christ Chad, you're so stupid...
I heard the sound of someone being slapped. "That means that he might be waking up, you retard!" Taylor snapped, sounding angry.
"Oww! That doesn't mean you have to hit me! I'm a little slow!" Chad complained, as expected. He always complains when Taylor smacks his head.
"Whatever. At least we're making some progress." My mom said. Wow, she's just as obvious as Chad...
"Someone go get the doctor! They need to know this!" My dad said.
"I'm on it." Zeke replied, running out the door I'm guessing.
"I-I'll go with him." Sharpay added, rushing after him. Sharpay of all people. Who would have guessed?
"We need to go call the family. Isabelle said to call us when something happened." Mom piped up. Her and my dad exited the room.
"I'm hungry." Chad randomly said a few seconds after my parents left. Yeah, your best friend's in a coma and all you can think about is food? And you expect me to call you my brother...
"Uhh, whatever." Taylor groaned, pulling him out of the room to head to the café. Wait, how did I know that? Oh my God, I CAN SEE!! MY EYES ARE OPENING!!
Gabriella was the only one left in the room. She had tear stains on her face. Please don't cry Gabby. I'm waking up!
She sighed and, with her head low, walked over to the chair sitting beside my bed. She looked ahead of her and let out a few more tears. Why won't she stop crying?
"Brandon, why?" she whimpered, her lip quivering. "He was just trying to protect you. Just come home and tell me why it had to be like this."
Come home? What does she mean "come home"? Did he run away or something?
Gabriella walked over to me and sat down on the side of my bed. She brought her hand up to my face and stroked my hair, not noticing that my eyes were opening. She whispered "I love you Troy. Never forget that." She leaned down and planted a soft kiss on my lips, not expecting me to kiss back. Boy, was she in for a big surprise...
...No One's POV...
Gabriella gasped and jumped back, staring at her boyfriend. That didn't just happen. She didn't just feel Troy, who was in a coma, kiss her back. It was impossible.
"T-Troy?" she whispered, watching his eyes open halfway.
Troy looked up at Gabriella and smiled, saying "I love you too Gabby."
Gabriella cried words of happiness and wrapped her shaking arms around Troy, sobbing in his chest. Troy returned the hug and shushed her, smiling all the same.
"Oh my God Troy! You're awake! You're finally awake!" Gabriella yelled through tears.
Troy nodded "Yeah, it took a lot of work, but here I am. Please don't cry."
Gabriella pulled back and looked into his eyes, replying "Do you remember anything that happened? Do you know why you're in here?"
Troy nodded sadly, sorrow flashing through his eyes. "Yeah. I heard you guys talking about it a few minutes ago."
Gabriella smiled "So you did hear us."
Troy grinned and again nodded "Was I not supposed to?"
Gabriella shook her head "Forget it. At least you're awake now."
Troy pointed to the area on his bed next to him. Gabriella smiled and swung her legs over the edge of the bed, laying down on Troy's chest. Troy kissed her temple and whispered "What did you mean by 'Brandon, just come home'?"
"Huh?"
"You were crying and talking about why Brandon did this. What did you mean by 'Just come home'?"
Gabriella froze, not knowing how to answer to that. She suddenly found the mattress very interesting as she murmured "He ran away..."
"Say that again?" Troy asked, not hearing her the first time.
"He ran away." Gabriella repeated a little louder, fresh tears apparent in her eyes.
"What?" Troy gasped, his whole body freezing.
Gabriella looked away from him, not being able to stand the shock in his eyes. She continued shakily "Visiting hours were over the day you got here, so we all went home. I was panicking because I didn't know how I was gonna act around Brandon, so I sneaked in through the back and sneaked up to his room without seeing him anywhere downstairs. I opened the door and didn't see him anywhere in his room, so I called all his friends and they assured that he wasn't with them. I then saw that his room was kinda plain, so I got suspicious. I told my mom about it and we looked around the house for a clue for hours. When we were about to give up and call the police, I found a note in his room that was in his pillowcase. It was apparently a note since it had my name on it, so I opened it and it read that...he was gone. He ran away and wasn't gonna call anybody from here. He didn't want us to worry about him, so he asked me to promise that I would keep it to myself. He's gone Troy. He ran away."
Gabriella broke down into sobs and collapsed into her boyfriend's chest and sobbed her heart out. Troy wrapped his arms around her shoulders and whispered words of comfort in her ear, trying to calm her down. She eventually pulled away and wiped her face, stating "My mom called the police and they're out looking for him as we speak. They said that if they don't come up with anything in a month, they're gonna call off the search and claim him to be...d-dead."
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry Gabby. Are you sure he didn't say where he was?" Troy truthfully apologized, rubbing her back.
Gabriella didn't answer right away. She just played with the hem of her shirt and muttered "I know where he is."
"You do?"
"Yeah," Gabriella looked up at him and confessed "There's only one place he would be."
"Isabelle's house?" Troy guessed, raising an eyebrow.
Gabriella shook her head "No, not Izzy's. Somewhere else..."
"Where?"
"I can't tell you."
"Come on Gabby."
"No Troy. I can't. I made a promise to Brandon. I have to keep this a secret." Gabriella removed herself from his lap and walked over to the door. "I'm gonna go tell everyone that you're awake. See you later."
"But Gabby-"
But he couldn't finish. Gabriella had already walked out the door and didn't look back. Troy was all alone.
Again.
He sighed and sat back in his pillow, closing his eyes. This was his fault. He had agreed to that stupid deal with that stupid man. He had caused this whole 5-year mess. This was his fault.
He took a deep breath and tried to remember how everything went down between him and Brandon a week ago. He remembered giving his poem and talking to Chad about Isabelle, but after that, it was all a blur. The only thing that he remembered after that was a sharp shooting pain radiating through his chest and glass shattering inside of him, but he knew that it was just the sword. That was nothing new to him.
Soon, he found himself drifting off into a world of his own. Though it scared him, he felt himself nodding off into sleep. He tried and tried, but he just couldn't keep his eyes open anymore. He fell asleep.
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...Troy's POV...
Where am I? Did I slip into another coma? God, I hope not. That would suck so bad...
Who's that? It looks sorta like...Brandon? What's he doing here?
Why can't he hear me? Dude, are you deaf or something? I'm talking to you! Listen to me! What the hell are you looking at? Yes, I can see the stars are really pretty and everything, but they're nothing to cry about. Stop crying. You know I hate seeing you cry. Oh wait, no you don't...
Come on Montez, say something. Let me know you know I'm here. Look at me and say "Oh there you are Troy."
Finally, you stopped crying. I was starting to get worried. What were you crying for anyway? Was it for me? I hate it when you cry over me...
Where are you? It looks like the backyard of someone's house. That isn't somewhere I recognize. Just tell me where you are. I need to find you. For Gabriella.
Where are you going? Oh, you're just going over to the fence. Don't leave. I still need to figure out where you are.
You look like you're about to say something. Do you know I'm here after all? Wherever that is...
"We built it up, to watch it fall
Like we meant nothing at all
I gave and gave, the best of me
But couldn't give you what you need
You walked away, you stole my life
Just to find what you're looking for
But no matter how I try,
I can't hate you anymore.
I'm sorry Troy. Please forgive me."
Oh my God. I can't believe this. Did you just sing to me? Do you miss me just as much as I miss you? I'm sorry that it has to be this way Brandon, but I promise you, it'll all be over soon. I swear we'll be best friends again.
I promise.
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...No One's POV...
Troy jolted awake with a start, his eyes wide and his breathing unstable. He looked around him. He was still in the hospital. No wonder his bed was so uncomfortable.
He looked around him. He was surrounded by Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Ryan, Jason, Kelsi, Zeke, his parents, Dr. Harper, and, standing in the very back, Gabriella.
"What's going on?" Troy asked groggily.
"OH THANK GOD!!" Lucy cried, rushing over to her son and hugging him with so much strength she could break a brick.
"Ah Troy! Good to see that you're awake!" Dr. Harper beamed. "Ms. Montez told us an hour ago and we came to check on you, but you were asleep. We decided to let you wake up first. How are you feeling?"
Troy nodded "F-fine. I'm doing fine."
Dr. Harper nodded and continued "Okay, well we're just gonna do some tests and then see if you really are fine. This will only take a few minutes."
Troy nodded and made eye contact with Gabriella as Dr. Harper stuck a needle in his arm. She sent a small smile his way and he returned it, mouthing "I love you."
"I love you too." She smiled back, knowing that everything would be alright as long as the one she cared about would stay out of harms way.
...Yeah. There's not much to say about that chapter. Nothing really happens. Told you that it sucked...
Anyway, the next chapter is written and will be out probably tomorrow. REVIEW!! Thnx :)
Rachel :)
Sneak at Next Chapter:
- Gabriella makes a drastic decision
"What if I said I knew of a way to protect Troy from Brandon until this fight's over between them?"
"It depends. What's the idea?" Sharpay asked, fully listening to her friend.
Gabriella sighed and explained "Okay, so the main reason that Brandon cranked up the intensity of his fights is because Troy's dating me, right?"
Taylor and Sharpay shared worried glances, but nodded all the same.
Gabriella reluctantly continued "I decided that I need to break up with Troy..."
- Gabriella pays a little visit to a family member
Gabriella nodded and was about to say something else when a voice came from upstairs. "Hey dad, who was at the door?"
Gabriella turned to the staircase and teared up as he came running down the stairs, energy rushing through him. She hadn't seen that in a long time.
- Troy gets the wrong vibe from a phone call
"Hey Troy. How are you feeling?" She saw Brandon's gaze drift to the floor in guilt.
"Fine. Where are you?"
"At Taylor's house. I told you that before I left the hospital."
"Oh that's funny. Because her and Chad just came by and Taylor said that she had no idea where you were."
Gabriella froze. She had completely forgotten to tell Taylor about her plan.
"Oh..." She couldn't say anything after that.
"What's going on?" Brandon loudly whispered. Big mistake. He didn't sound like himself over the phone and the two were sitting close together.
"Who was that?" Troy asked on full alert.
"What do you mean?" Gabriella asked, getting worried.
"That person in the background. It sounds like a...it sounds like a guy..."
Trivia:
- Dr. Harper was named after my Latin teacher, only in real life, it's a girl instead of a guy
- The song that Brandon sings in Troy's dream is I Can't Hate You Anymore by Nick Lachey. I used the song in my story Cheated too
- I wrote what happened after Chase let Brandon in the house, but decided not to finish it/put it in. The chapter's WAY too long. It would've added another 5 pages on Microsoft Word and it's basically just a plot recap. We're already at 11 pages on MW right now...
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REVIEW!! Thnx :)
Rachel :)