It had been a week since Callum had tried to rape Gabriella in her kitchen, and Troy was more protective of her than ever before. he would always arrive at her house early in the morning before her mom left for work so she wouldn't be alone, he would always walk her to school and to all her classes, carrying her books for her. At the end of the day he would always wait by her locker then walk her home and stay until her mom returned from work.

Gabriella felt like she was one of the luckiest girls in the world to have Troy in her life. She was grateful that he was so protective, she was still vulnerable about what had happened and still only Troy and her mother knew what had truly happened, other than that there were just the usual silly rumours going round school.

it was a normal Thursday morning, and Gabriella was in her Math class, taking down notes whilst the teacher explained what their homework was. After she was done writing down the notes, she packed up her bag just as the bell rang. She was glad it was lunch now, it was more time she had to spend with Troy. She walked out her classroom expecting him to be waiting outside, but she didn't see him anywhere.

"Hey Gabs, is everything ok?" Gabriellas best friend Taylor asked. Taylor had been Gabriella's best friend since she had joined the school. They told each other everything, including that Taylor had a huge crush on Troy's best friend Chad.

"Hey Tay, I don't know. I'm just confused. Troy usually meets me after class.. and he isn't here today.."

"Oh, that's strange. Well maybe he and Chad rushed to the cafateria, you know the special on today's lunch menu is their favorite, Macaroni Cheese" Taylor replied with a smile.

"Yeah your probably right Tay. You know, I have always wondered how you can know all this information about Chad and not talk to him about your feelings!"

"Gabs, you know I can't do that! I mean, yeah we can be friends, but we can't date! I mean, a jock with a nerd equals public humiliation for Chad. I would never do that to him. It would ruin his reputation!"

"Tay you shouldn't care about other people's opinions, as long as you both are happy that's all that matters!" Gabriella replied as the two walked into the cafateria. She stopped quickly when she saw something that broke her heart. Her eyes started slowly filling with tears as she starred at the one thing she wished she had never witnessed.

"Gabs?? Gabriellaaa? Gabriella!!" Taylor waved her hand infront of her friends face trying to get her attention. Without success Taylor followed Gabriellas stare to see what was making her friend so upset. She gasped at the sight and covered her mouth.

It was Troy making out with the head cheerleader, Mandy. Gabriella had never been so hurt in her life, it felt like her heart had been broken into a thousand pieces and it could never be repaired. She started crying freely as she ran out the cafateria dropping her books in the process. Taylor called after her, catching Troy's attention.

"Oh no" Troy whispered to himself. He ran over to Taylor as fast as he could but she only gave him a glare.

"Taylor come on please don't be mad at me I was going to tell her!" Troy tried pleading with her, but it wasn't working.

"Troy," Taylor began whilst picking up Gabriellas books "Just go back to your slut. I can tell by the way Gabriella looked that you broke her heart, don't you know that she has been in love with you ever since she saw you!? Wow you must be so pathetic. And now I'm pretty sure that she doesn't want anything to do with you. So go back to your precious girlfriend."

"Taylor come on just let me talk to her!! Please!" Troy asked as his eyes were slowly filling with tears.

"No Troy! it's too late. You blew her off for a slut. So go back to her, go back to being Troy Bolton the player, and leave Gabriella alone. Who knew you could be so heartless?" Taylor said before turning on her heel and walking out leaving Troy standing where he was with his head down as a tear slowly rolled down his cheek.

"Come on Gabs, where have you gone?" Taylor asked herself as she searched the whole school. After no sign of her, Taylor tried calling Gabriella numerous of times, without getting an answer, Taylor started to worry. She drove to Gabriella's house, to find it empty. She got confused as to why Gabriella's car was in the drive, she Taylor let herself in and looked around.

Whilst going up to Gabriella's room, Taylor heard nothing, but saw small patchs of blood on each step as she went up. Taylor finally reached Gabriellas room, she opened the door and started crying immediately. She ran over to her best friend and got her cell out. She dialled a familar number and waited for an answer.

"Yes, ambulance please."