Protecting Me

Chapter 6

A month had past by since Gabriella left. Everybody missed her so bad especially Troy. Troy's life had disappeared along with her, and he hadn't been the same person since.

"Where are you Brie? I miss you" Troy said to himself, as a tear felt down his cheek. The love of his life was gone and he had no idea where she was.

Hours later with Gabriella

She hadn't gotten a shower for a week. And she looked pretty bad, but she was not going home she just wasn't. It was around 10pm and Gabriella was exhausted she needed somewhere to sleep. The rain was falling like crazy and she just wanted a car to sleep in. Walking around between the cars on the parking lot didn't help at all, all of them were locked. So there was no where dry to sleep. She had no idea where to sleep but found a staircase in an apartment building to sleep on. What else could she do?

That morning Gabriella had no money left, and no food. She only had her iPod left it was the only thing except her clothes. She walked to a grocery hoping they would give her some food, if she told them she didn't had any money. But they didn't. They wanted to have her iPod for the food, but she couldn't just give the iPod away, for some food that would make her hungry again in a few hours.

She looked around hoping there was someone else she could get along with the food. She found a guitar.

"Okay fine, the food + that guitar, and you'll get the iPod"

"Okay deal" the man gave her the food and the guitar. Gabriella ran out on a bench and began eating like she was some kind of animal. This was the first time in 2 days she ate anything.

She was beginning to get skinny, and she didn't look healthy at all, but she had to keep holding on. 'Cause she didn't wanted to go home, not now, not ever. She had been drinking a bit, but it was hard to drink something when you had to drink the water from the gutter.

Gabriella's POV

Why was I doing this to myself? I had a great life, with food everyday, clean clothes. I was able to take a shower when I wanted to. But now the only shower I had gotten was from the rain. I barely drank or ate anything. And I had been wearing the same clothes for a month. Was this really what I wanted, just because I was tired of my family? Was this really better than them trying to protect me? I didn't know, but that night I got invited to a party I didn't even know them, they just saw me on the street and decided to invite me. There was a girl I didn't know her name, but she gave me some food, I got to borrow her shower and she gave me some of her clothes. Even though the jeans were way too big, after I had lost so most weight, it still felt good to have clean clothes on.

That night I forgot everything about my family, friends and Troy. Yeah Troy was completely out of my mind that night. And things kinda got out of hands. Now you're thinking that I slept with someone else, I didn't but I got a lot to drink, and couldn't focus clear, so I ended up getting a tattoo. I don't know why but I didn't even seem to regret it, when I woke up and saw it.

But the tattoo, the drinking, not taking showers, no food, no clean clothes. Everything about this new life reminded me of Troy. It's funny I don't even know why, but it did. And I wanted him right now, telling me that everything was going to be okay, and that he would always be there for me.

Right now I didn't even know if he had found someone else. If my whole family had given up on me, thinking I was dead or something. It had been a month, so they were probably just living their normal life without me, not caring if I was there or not.

If they had kept looking for me, they would have found me by now, right? They had probably forgotten everything about me, and Troy had probably found someone else. Even though I begged and hoped he hadn't, and that he was the one who hadn't given up on me. He was my whole world, he was my soul, my life, my everything. And my love to him was stronger than everything else. And nothing could ever change that.

Tears felt down my cheeks and I cried like a little baby. I had lost my family, my friends, Troy and somewhere along the way I guess I had lost myself also. I didn't even know who I was anymore.

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