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Chapter 7

Gabriella's POV

I opened my eyes and saw bright lights all around me. I squinted and groaned at them before closing my eyes again. I heard footsteps walk quickly over to me and hold my hand. I opened my eyes to see a worries looking Troy standing there staring at me.

"Where am I?" I said trying to sit up.

"You're at the hospital Gabs. After the concert you were pushed over by one of the paps, you fell over and banged your head. You've been unconscious for over 4 hours." Troy said.

"Wait, what? I don't remember any of this, I just remember finishing on stage with you and walking out the door, after that I remember nothing." I said sitting up with Troy's help.

"We'll finish talking later Gabs, I need to go and tell them that you've woken up, I'll be back in a minute." Troy said before kissing me on the cheek and walking out of the room.

I looked around to find my phone and purse, but I couldn't find them. So I just sat in the small, uncomfortable hospital room taking in my surroundings. I was sitting in a medium sized room that was painted in a bright white paint, there was a small uncomfortable looking sofa and a few chairs, all looking equally unappealing. There was a small coffee table that had a couple of tattered magazines and a few dull pictures on the wall. Next to me there was a machine beeping solidly, making sure my heartbeat was okay. I noticed that I was wearing an unattractive hospital gown and my small denim shorts that I had worn to the concert.

I saw a refection of myself in the small mirror hanging on the side of the wall, I groaned and lifted my hands up to smooth my hair down. I heard the door open and close.

I heard a chuckle and someone come and sit next to me on the bed. "You must be feeling better if you're worrying about your hair." Troy said. I playfully hit him on the arm. "Hey that's not very nice. I've been sitting here for hours and that's how I'm greeted."

"Yes, and I doubt that you've been here all that long." I said to him.

A nurse who I hadn't noticed come in the door cleared her throat and said, "actually miss, he's been here all evening. He came with you in the ambulance and has been in this room for over 4 ½ hours, waiting for you to wake up. I literally had to force him to go and get something to eat and then he brought it back in here so that he could be here when you woke up. Not many boyfriends do that, most of them just tell us to call them when their loved one wakes up," she said, she walked over to me and said softly to me, "this one's a keeper, I suggest that you hold onto him as long as possible."

I looked over at Troy shocked; he was looking down at his hands obviously slightly embarrassed. I leant over to him and lifted his chin up with my fingers. I looked at him directly in the eyes, saying "Thank you," before gently kissing him.

He kissed me back and the nurse cleared her throat again. "Sorry." Troy and I said.

"It's fine, I've seen a whole lot worse. I just need to check that you're doing okay Gabriella." The nurse said.

I nodded and let her examine me, as Troy watched on from the other side of the bed. "Well Gabriella, seems like you were very lucky today, only a bump on the head and a few cuts and bruises, nothing that rest and time can't fix." The nurse said and I smiled at her. "I'll just go and get your discharge papers while you get dressed and then you will be free to go."

She walked out of the room and I stood up. Looking at Troy I said "Thank you for being here Troy, it means a lot to me."

Troy stood up and came around the bed so that he was standing right in front of me. "Gabs even if I hadn't been there I would have come because I would worry about you. I love you and I would be here for you if you got ill, or injured cause if I didn't I would be sitting at home or in a classroom wondering if you were okay." He said.

My eyes opened wide when he said that he loved me. At the end of the speech that he said I looked at him and said quietly "You love me?"

"Yeah Gabs I do. I love your laugh. I love the way that you care about other people and want to help them in every way possible. I love the way that you can make up a song in 10 minutes and release it just to make me listen to you." Troy said moving closer to me and taking a tray piece of hair and tucking it behind my ear.

I smiled at him and stood on my tip toes kissing him deeply. When we pulled back I whispered to him, "I love you too." Troy smiled at me and kissed me again.

"Troy I think that I need to get dressed so we can get out of here." I said after a minute.
"Right, good plan." Troy said.

"Do you have any idea where my t-shirt and phone and stuff are?" I asked Troy.

Troy looked around the room and saw a small bag filled with all my stuff. "Yep found it." He said walking over to it and picking it up and bringing it to me.

"Thanks," I said while looking in the bag and finding my t-shirt. "Turn around" I told Troy. He did what I asked and I slipped off the disgusting hospital gown and pulled my silver sequinned crop top over my head. "Okay you can turn around now," I told him while pulling on my bright pink converse.

He came over to me and said "gorgeous," before giving me a quick kiss.

I turned and looked in the mirror again and groaned at my appearance. "My makeup and spare hairbrush are in my car."

The door opened and I turned and saw my mom and dad standing there, "Someone call for some help." They said before bringing out some makeup and my hairbrush.

"Lifesavers." I said walking quickly over to them and giving them a hug and taking the items going back to the mirror. "Mom, dad what's the time?" I asked them.

"About 11.30pm Gabs, I called your principal and he agreed that you two could go in an hour or two later, but Gabs you have to catch up, you missed all of today and you're missing a huge chunk of tomorrow." Dad said sternly.

I nodded and Troy said, "Thank you sir. If you need any help moving any furniture or doing any painting I'm willing to come and help, I could bring Chad with me as well."

"Thank you Troy that is appreciated. It will mostly be Gabi's room that you will need help with as Gabi here can't do any heavy lifting for 2 days." Dad said.

"I would love to help do that sir." Troy said.

I turned around and picked my purse and phone out of the bag. "Let's go I'm exhausted." I said. "Where's my car?" I asked.
At the apartment, Leo drove it back there for you." Dad said signing the discharge papers and then walking out the door with my mom, Troy and I followed holding hands. Dad continued speaking "speaking of Leo, your mom and I have decided that he will be your personal bodyguard, going with you every time you go out of the house." I stared at him and opened my mouth to speak but dad interrupted me, "and yes this does mean school as well, he will be there to protect you, your agent agrees with me as do the teachers. What comes first is your safety, Gabs." We all climbed into the car and I stayed quiet. Troy squeezed my hand comfortingly.

"I get it dad," is all that I said. We pulled up outside Troy's house. Troy undid his seatbelt and said "thank for driving me home Mr Montez."

He turned to me and kissed my cheek. "I'll pick you up an hour later than usual." I said.

"Yep," Troy said getting out of the car. We drove quietly to our apartment and I got out not waiting for my parents, just walking into the apartment block and getting in the elevator. I pushed the button and waited for the elevator to reach the top. I opened the door and walked straight up stairs and into my bedroom that was all packed up in boxes apart from my clothes that were all on clothes rails on one side of my bed.

I picked up some grey sweatpants and an old t-shirt. I quickly got dressed into them and climbed into my bed. I was going to miss this apartment but I was so looking forward to living in a house, it would be the first one that I've lived in for years.

Waking up in the morning was different to other mornings, there was sun streaming through the windows. I quickly got out of bed and picked out a strap-less dress that had dark blue on the top and it faded to white. I quickly went over to the bathroom and had a quick shower, washing my hair. I got out and put the dress on, blow-drying my hair and applying a bit of makeup. I picked up my books and my bag, shoving my phone, purse and keys into it.

I walked down the stairs and heard someone crashing around in the kitchen. I smiled and walked in to see, as I guessed, Leo. "Morning Leo," I said.

"Morning Miss Montez, are you ready for school because we have exactly 20 minutes to get there before you are late." Leo said.

"For the billionth time Leo, it's Gabi and let's go then." I said before walking out the door with Leo following me.

I went to the bowl that we usually kept all the car keys in. I couldn't find them so I looked at Leo who was holding my keys. "When the doctor says no heavy lifting that also means no operating heavy machinery, Gabi." He said and I groaned and walked out of the door.

We got in the car and went to pick up Troy, me texting him that we were coming. As we pulled up by the Bolton's house, Troy opened the door and smiled walking towards the car, with his books.

"We're going to have so much fun today aren't we Leo?" I said smirking as he pulled into the school car park grimacing slightly.

We got out the car and I gave Troy a kiss. "Good morning," I said.

"Good morning," Troy said back to me before wrapping an arm around my shoulder and leading me towards the school, Leo following.

We went to our lockers and Troy took me to my classroom arriving just before the warning bell went, "See you at lunch?" he said.

"No sorry, I leave at lunch, but I'll text you and you can come and help after basketball?" I said.

"I look forward to it." He said before kissing me and running off to his classroom. I smiled to myself and walked into my classroom, Leo still following me. I sat down next to Taylor and started talking to her.

p class="MsoNormal""Now who is that hottie?" Taylor asked about Leo.

I looked at Leo who was obviously uncomfortable being in a school. "That's Leo, he's my bodyguard." I said, "Talking about hotties how are you and Chad," I asked her.

She looked down and blushed, "he asked me out at the weekend."

"OMG." I squealed and gave her a hug, "I'm so happy for you." I said. The bell went and the teacher stood up telling us to be quiet./p

As I sat on my bed in my new house I looked around the room. I wanted to paint it exactly the same as in the apartment, and decorate it very similarly. I still had a walk-in wardrobe and my own bathroom but they were in a slightly different layout than before. I wasn't allowed to move anything until Troy got here. I looked at my clothe and figured that moving clothes was not heavy lifting, so I started putting them away, along with my shoes and accessories.

I had just finished when I heard a knock at the door. I went over and opened it to reveal Troy holding paint and two paint brushes in one hand and a tub in the other. "Sorry I've taken a while, your dad was giving me a lecture on how to paint the wall properly and stuff." He said.

I smiled and invited him into my room. "What's in the tub?" I asked him.

"That Gabs is some chocolate covered strawberries for when we take a break," he said putting down the paint pot and brushes.

I walked over to him and said "Love you."

"Love you too Gabs." He said before leaning down and kissing me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he pulled me closer by my waist.

We heard someone cough and we separated quickly to see my dad standing there. I blushed deep red and Troy started scratching the back of his neck nervously. "Come on guys, you're here to paint this room and move furniture."

"Yes dad," I said

"Sorry Mr Montez." Troy said.

"Just get on with it, and Troy, for the hundredth time please call me Rob." Dad said.

"Yes Mr…" Troy started and then looked at dad, "Rob."

Dad smirked and walked out the room. "Oh my god that was embarrassing," I said.

"Under exaggeration of the century." Troy said before opening the paint pot and handing me a brush.

"It wasn't your dad." I told him.

"Well that's a plus I guess," Troy said starting to paint the wall.

I did the same and we worked in a comfortable silence, until Troy smudged some paint onto my cheek. I squealed and I put some on his cheek. We managed to get paint on our t-shirts and in the end we called it a draw.

Troy pulled off his t-shirt and chucked it onto the sheet covering the floor. I stared at his chest, as even though I had seen it before it still amazed me at how toned it was.

Troy waved his hand in front of my face and said "Earth to Gabi. We just have to do a bit more and then we can go and get some food." I snapped out of my daze and nodded picking up the paintbrush again.

About half an hour later we heard my mom's voice from the door to my bedroom "Smile!" she said and Troy and I turned to look at her, we saw a camera in her hands and she snapped several pictures.

Troy quickly realised that he wasn't wearing a shirt and said "sorry," before picking it up from where he had thrown it earlier.

"Oh, I don't mind dear but I think that Robert might so put it on and come down, dinner's ready." She said before walking out the door.

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