I could barely wake up the next morning. I couldn't stand the fact that Troy and Zak were angry with me. I mean, I didn't want them to be. I didn't mean for them to be, at least. My best friends were angry with me. So, yes I had Taylor and a few other people from school but they never came close to Zak. Zak was there for me during the hardest times ever but he wasn't talking to me during well…what seemed to be his hardest time ever.

To be honest, I didn't want to even get up and face the world without Zak. Without Troy. I didn't like being independent. How could guys do that? How do guys do that? It's hard. It's like falling without a parachute and you know you are going to fall on concrete. It's scary to get up alone it the world. It's scary to walk with your head held high when you don't want to anymore.

I slowly walked down the stairs. I didn't feel like trying to look good today. I slapped on some mascara and some sweats after I got out of the shower and I was ready to go. I looked at Troy and he was eating his cereal. He looked up and rolled his eyes at me. The sad part was I couldn't blame this on him. This was all because of me. "Hey Gabi, what would you like for breakfast?" Lucille greeted me with a very enthusiastic smile.

"Um…" I thought for a moment, "I don't think I want anything for breakfast." I smiled.

"Oh c'mon Gabi," she insisted, "Breakfast is very important. You should eat!"

"I'm not very hungry." I said, "I feel like if I eat anything, I'll want throw it all up." I shrugged like it was no big deal.

"Well then maybe you should stay home." Lucille suggested.

"No, no, it's okay." I said quickly, "I don't feel sick. I just don't want to eat because my stomach doesn't really feel like giving into any food." I explained.

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure." I said, "I'll see you later." I said, looking at the entrance, excited to leave the house.

"Aren't you going to wait for Troy?" she asked, smiling at me and then at Troy who was looking at me with these inquisitive eyes.

"Um, I think I'll walk. It's nice out, right?"

"Well yes, but it's kind of a far walk."

"It's okay I think I'll enjoy it. Maybe I'll get hungry and then eat something when I get to school."

"It's early though too Gabi, are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. Thanks Lucille." I gave a reassuring smile.

"Alright, well have a good day hun. If you feel sick, please call Jack or me and we'll come pick you up." Lucille said.

I nodded and smiled and then turned around to leave.

I didn't feel those penetrating eyes staring at me as I left the door.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

I looked around the neighborhood and took a deep breath inward. "I can do this." I said, "I can do this."

I put on a fake smile and then suddenly frowned. "Who am I kidding? I can't do this." I rolled my eyes at myself.

What I didn't notice, was Zak was just leaving his house as well. I turned to look at him and then looked the other way and took another deep breath. "No…I can't do this." I muttered underneath my breath.

I could feel Zak staring straight towards me and I wanted to say something, but my mouth wouldn't open. I wanted to say something, but didn't he say that I should mind my own business? I didn't want to push Zak and if I did, he'd be even angrier with me and that was the last thing I wanted. Suddenly, the garage door opened and I turned around and saw Troy. Troy was staring at me.

I sighed, knowing I should probably be getting out of his way. I began walking out of the driveway and started heading towards school. The sad part? I was right in between the two boys that I loved to death and all there was to say was…nothing.

I could feel these tears wanting to escape from my eye as I continued to walk slowly out from cul-de-sac. I couldn't help it. It broke my heart to know both of them were mad at me and it was even worse because Zak was upset too. "Ugh…I hate this." I grumbled.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

I got to homeroom and wanted to just go straight back to bed. I didn't want to be here and I didn't want to face anybody. I wanted to be back in New York to be honest. I wanted to be in my nice comfy bed there and go to sleep to all the sounds of the cars and people down in the city. "Hey Gabs, you okay."

I stared at Taylor, whose eyes were filled with concern. "Nothing Tay. I'm just a little sleepy." I shrugged.

"Just a little?" Taylor said, sitting down next to me, "I know you better than you think Gabi. What's up?"

"The sky."

"Gabi."

"Tay.'

"Please Gabi, what's wrong? You look like somebody told you they murdered your mom."

"Great analogy Tay." I said sarcastically, putting my head in my arms that were lying on my desk.

"Well you do sweetie. Now c'mon, talk to me." Taylor insisted.

"I don't really feel like talking." I admitted.

"Then at lunch?" she smiled at me.

"I don't think I'll be there at lunch." I shrugged.

"Why not?"

"I don't know. I think I need to go for a walk and lunch is the only time I can do that." I explained.

"Well…call me if you need me, okay Gabi?"

I nodded and then finally looked up at Mrs. Darbus and I couldn't help but notice that Zak was looking at me from the corner of his eyes. What the heck?

XOXOXOXOXOXO

I sighed, looking around the park. I kept my word to Taylor. I didn't want to talk to anybody and I did want to go for a walk. It was peaceful and going to the park meant you wouldn't be seeing anybody from school. Nobody ever went to the park for the lunch.

I got out my cell and realized I couldn't talk to anybody. It sucked. I couldn't talk to Sam quite yet. They were only 2 hours ahead and that meant it would be around 2 for them which meant they weren't out of school yet. This also meant, by the time I could get call them, lunch would be over. "Man life sucks." I sighed.

"Yeah, it does."

I furrowed my eyebrows, confused. Who would be-

I looked up and saw Zak smiling at me and I couldn't even think. I didn't even smile back. I just stared at him with confusion in my eyes. "Are you going to keep me staring at me or are you going to say anything?"

"Why are you here?" I said, almost in a bitter tone. Crap. I finally get him to talk to me and I'm using a harsh tone. What the heck Gabi?

"I thought you'd be here."

I looked down at the ground. Why did he want to talk to me? He was screaming at me the other day and pretty much blew up on me in class. "Gabi…" he said, making me look at him.

"Can I join you?"

I looked up, knowing I was beneath my favorite tree in the park. "Uh…sure." I said, moving over a little bit to make room for Zak.

"It's nice out." He said, smiling, looking around the park.

I brought my knees up to my chest and just nodded, as I hugged my knees tightly. I looked to the other side and rested my head on my left knee.

"Why are you here?" Zak asked.

"I could ask you the same question." I mumbled.

"You already did."

"But you gave me a crappy answer." I mumbled again. That was really a bad habit to get into.

"Well so did you." Zak chuckled.

I didn't answer. I honestly didn't really want to talk to anybody right now anyways. What did he want me to say? If I asked him what was wrong, he'd yell at me and if I tried to say anything other than that, I would feel stupid. I didn't like feeling stupid. Wait—does anybody?

"So why are you really here Gabi?"

Silence.

"Gabi?"

More silence.

"Gabs?"

Adding more silence…

"Gabi, c'mon? What's wrong?"

I didn't want to answer that one at all. If he wouldn't tell me what was wrong, then I didn't feel like I could tell him what was wrong with me. It's that whole trust thing. You tell me something and I'll tell you something, and that wasn't happening between Zak and I, so I didn't want to say anything in response.

"Gabi, please? I didn't like seeing you this morning, staring at nothing. It was like your eyes were glazed back and you put this shield on. I didn't like it. I don't like it. You're supposed to be the happy one and I hate that you're upset and you're not telling me what's wrong."

I scoffed in reply. Hypocrite.

"Gabi."

I didn't want to talk, didn't he get that?

"Gabriella."

Nope, I still didn't want to talk.

"Gabriella Montez."

Right, because using my longer name was going to make me want to talk.

"Gabi, stop playing the silent game. I already know that I can't play with you. It's not fair." He chuckled, looking at me like he was hoping I'd laugh.

"Okay, not funny…" he muttered, "Do you want me to get Troy?"

I could feel my heart breaking a little bit more.

"Okay…I will."

"Don't." I replied.

"A WORD!" he screamed, which caused everyone to stare at us, amused, "SHE SAID SOMETHING! SOMEBODY CALL THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND! SHE SAID SOMETHING!" he got up, dancing like a total idiot.

I couldn't help it, I cracked a smile. Hey, we can't always be stubborn.

"AND A SMILE! OH MY GOODNESS! SHE SMILED! SHE GRACED US WITH HER SMILE!"

I giggled that time. Zak was always good at that.

"AND A LAUGH!"

"Shut up, Zak." I rolled my eyes, getting up and pulling him down to sit down before he made a complete fool of himself, or whacked somebody with his flailing arms.

"So you're gonna talk now?"

"Are you going to keep making a fool of yourself?"

"I will until you start talking."

"Fine. I'll talk."

"So what's wrong?"

This was going to be a long lunch.

Well that chapter was sweet…and kind of odd. I don't know. Anyways, sorry for the long wait. I had a friend over for like four days and then I wanted a break from stuff and here we are again. I hope you enjoyed it and please review.

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