Disclaimer I do not own High School Musical or any of its characters.
A/N: I just want to say thank you to everyone who gave me the title and author of that story! I cannot thank you enough! Enjoy…
Last Time…
Troy stood in living room of Gabriella's apartment and could see into the kitchen on his left. He moved past the sofa that sat in the middle of the room towards a short hallway near the back of the room. He walked down the short hallway peering into the two rooms, to decide which one was Gabriella's. The first room he came to had one twin bed in the middle of the room. He peered in a little more and could see a history textbook he recognized to be Gabriella's.
Assuming that it was Gabriella's room, he pushed aside the quilt and gently lay Gabriella down. After pulling off her shoes, Troy pulled the covers over her. Gabriella shifted slightly as she relaxed onto the bed. Troy leaned over and placwww.faned a soft kiss on her forehead,
"Sweet dreams Brie"
Chapter Eight – The Rain
Troy tapped his fingers anxiously on his desk during 8th period. 3 minutes left. In 3 minutes he could run out of this school and check on Gabriella. He'd been bugging Kelsi since he'd come back to school, making sure that she was sure that Gabriella was going to be alright. After he'd bugged Kelsi to a point of breaking, he'd gone after Taylor during lunch. Taylor had convinced him as well as she could that Gabriella would be fine and yet he was still worried.
RING…
YES! Troy jumped up from his seat and ran through the hallway, weaving in and out of the people crowding the hall. He grabbed his things quickly from his locker before making his way to the exit of East High. Upon exiting heavy rain slashed down on Troy's body as he ran toward his car.
The fact that it was Friday combined with the fact it was pouring with rain made the parking lot fill up with students wanting to get home incredibly quickly. Troy was stuck in a long line of cars trying to get out of the parking lot.
Perfect.
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Lily and Lucas huddled together under the covering of the front steps of East Elementary School trying to avoid getting soaked. Their sister was 15 minutes late and truthfully both of them were starting to worry. They knew how tired she was and they knew that her fatigue combine with the current weather situation wasn't a good combination.
"I think we should call her" Lily suggested. Lucas nodded in agreement. The two slipped back inside the school and quickly found the pay phone located just inside the doorway. Sliding two quarters is Lucas dialed Gabriella's cell phone number.
Troy had just escaped the madness of the East High parking lot when he heard a ringing noise come from the passenger seat. Confused he glanced over and saw a cell phone in the passenger's seat. I bet it's Gabriella's. Troy contemplated whether or not he should pick it up. He figured it had to be someone who was going to be worried about where she was, so he decided to pick it up.
"Hello" he said.
"Hi" the voice on the other end sounded young and confused. "Who is this?" the young boy's voice asked.
"My name is Troy Bolton" Troy said. "Who's is this?"
"I'm Lucas. Is Gabriella there?" Lucas asked.
"She's not. I'm on my way to see her actually." Troy explained.
"What? Why?" Lucas questioned bluntly.
"It's a long story actually. But to cut it short, Gabriella fainted during free period so I brought her home." Troy explained.
"Is she alright?" Lucas asked frantically.
"She should be, but that's kind of the reason I'm headed over there. Can I just ask why you're calling Gabriella?" Troy questioned curiously. He could hear muffled voices seemingly arguing over what to say. Raising an eyebrow in confusion he waited for an answer.
Lucas took a deep breath, "Gabi is my sister, she was supposed to come by the school to walk us home, but I guess we'll just walk home."
Just as Lucas seemed to be hanging up the phone Troy cut him off,
"Woah there. Have you seen the weather outside? You go to East Elementary right? I'm literally a minute away." Troy said.
"Yeah. Thanks"
As Lucas placed the phone back on the hook, he heard Lily let out a sigh,
"This going to be an interesting night"
"You think?" Lucas picked up his back pack again as the pair walked outside to wait for Troy.
"Doesn't Gabi hate Troy right now?" Lucas wondered aloud.
"Well obviously Troy doesn't hate her." Lily pointed out. "We'll sure know once she wakes up"
Troy pulled in front of East Elementary School. He could see two dark haired children waiting on the front steps. Gabriella had a brother and a sister? Stopping the engine he opened the door and stood up, waving the kids over.
Lucas and Lily saw Troy beckoning them over and started to run through the rain until they reached Troy's car. Lucas opened the backseat door and pair climbed in. Troy glanced back at the pair. It was obvious they were Gabriella's siblings. Their dark hair and brown eyes gave it away.
"So you must be Lucas" Troy said, "And what's your name sweetie?" He asked the dark haired girl.
"Lily" she answered.
"Well Lily and Lucas, let's buckle up and go" Troy said, turning back to the steering wheel.
"So how old are you guys?" Troy asked curiously as he merged into the oncoming traffic.
"10" Lucas answered concisely.
"Both of you?" Troy wondered.
"Yup, we're twins" Lily explained.
"That's cool. So, you guys are in…fourth or fifth grade?" Troy guessed trying to do the grade calculations in his head.
"We just started fifth grade" Lily confirmed.
"Ah so you're the top dogs at your school right?" Troy pointed out.
Lily and Lucas laughed, "Yeah, I guess"
Troy grinned.
Soon, Troy pulled into the parking lot of Yorkshire Meadow Apartment. Jumping out of the car Troy quickly opened the door for Lily and Lucas and helped them out. The trio ran towards the entrance of the building.
They quickly climbed the stairs and before long they were standing in front of the apartment door. Troy dug in his pockets for the key. Upon finding it he pulled it out and pushed it into the lock.
"Where did you get that?" Lucas asked incredulously.
"I took it out of Gabriella's bag. She was asleep and I didn't want to wake her to ask where it was, so I just kind of found it in her bag" Troy explained sheepishly. Lily and Lucas looked at each other as if they were somehow deciding whether or not they should trust him.
Finally Lily shrugged, "Fair enough"
Troy opened the door to the apartment and then once everyone was inside he shut it again. Troy, Lucas and Lily quickly slipped off their shoes and pulled off their jackets.
"Should we go see how she is?" Troy asked. Lucas and Lily nodded almost excitedly. The three walked towards Gabriella's room. Just before entering Troy reminded them they had to be really quiet so not to wake Gabriella.
Troy gently pushed the door open, praying Gabriella would still be sleeping. Sure enough the sound of Gabriella's steady and soft breathing filled the room. Troy stood in the doorway as he watched Lucas and Lily move towards the bed to study their sister.
Lucas watched Gabriella intently, seeming to do a once over to make sure that she was alright whereas Lily smiled happily at the sleeping Gabriella. Then both the twins leaned over her and whispered something in her ear.
As Lily and Lucas retreated towards the door Troy stepped near Gabriella's bed so that he could convince himself that she was alright. He sat down gently on the side of the bed and watched as Gabriella's chest rose and fell rhythmically. He carefully tucked a fallen curl behind her ear, gently grazing her cheek. Satisfied that she was ok, Troy slowly stood up and walked out of the room.
Just outside the door he found Lucas and Lily waiting for him.
"Thank you Troy" Lily said softly.
"For what?"
"For everything. But especially for bringing Gabriella home. We've been worrying about her for a while now. This morning was definitely the worst. I don't think she's been getting enough sleep and it just all caught up with her." Lily explained.
"I think so too. We'll just have to keep a close eye on her now, won't we" Troy suggested.
"Definitely." Lucas nodded.
"So, what time does your dad get home?" Troy asked obviously. Lily and Lucas panicked; this was the first time they'd been forced to lie to someone's face about their life without Gabriella around to help. Lucas managed to think of something first,
"Oh, he's away on a business trip" he lied.
"Yeah Gabi is taking care of us for the week" Lily continued.
"Oh, I see. Well I'd hate to leave you pair alone right now, especially with the state Gabriella's in and the fact that you're probably hungry. So if you don't mind I could stay awhile." Troy suggested. Lucas and Lily didn't see any problem with Troy's offer.
"That'd be great" Lily said.
"Good. Well I don't know about you guys but even though it's only 3:30 I'm starving."
"Me too! I have lunch really early in the day" Lucas exclaimed.
"Since the last time I tried to cook I nearly burning my house down I think we should just order pizza. You guys like pizza right?"
"Yeah!" the twins chimed.
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Lightening ripped through the dark evening sky, lighting it up with vibrant colors. Soon after a loud thunderous clap rang through Gabriella's apartment, causing her to jolt awake. Shaking her head, she looked around room, confused. What on earth was she doing here? She had actually gone to school today right? Yes, she had, she remembered being in the library reading, after that all she could remember was everything going black. The question was how had she gotten from school to her room?
Glancing over at the clock, she silently cursed when she saw it was way past 3 o'clock way way past. Almost 8 o'clock to be more exact. The twins! And to make matters worse it was raining, hard.
Jumping out of bed she had to steady herself as the dizzy feeling came over her again. She turned on the light so that she could where she was going. Frantically she ripped open the door and dashed down the hall. Arriving in the living room she stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of Troy, Lily and Lucas sitting around the coffee table playing cards and laughing.
Troy looked up from his cards and froze once he saw Gabriella's dumbfounded face.
A/N: And I think we'll stop there. I know this chapter may have been a little boring…but it was really important especially for the next one….Which I'm not entirely sure when I will be able to get it out. The PSATs are next Saturday so that basically adds more studying to my ridiculous pile of homework.
But on the bright side….
HSM3 IS OUT IT IN TWO WEEKS!! AHHHH! – sorry just a tad excited.
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