Hey guys! I decided to update on this one quickly because it was a cliffy, and I'm not gonna be home until tomorrow, and then I'm going camping up on in the mountains, so I'm updating ASAP. Here it is! Like I said, NO KILLING ME!

Chapter 28

I looked at Troy, who stared back at me not smiling, but still having a sparkle in his eye. Who was he talking to? "I love you too." he said and then my eyebrows crinkled. Who was this? Was he seriously cheating on me AGAIN?!

"Hey guys." he said as he went back outside toward us.

"Hey...who was that?" Jen asked before I could.

"Uhm..." Troy hesitated, "Nobody." he said looking at me.

"Okay?" Jen said nodding slowly. He was so cheating on me...I know it. I'm sure, and I, Gabriella Montez is never wrong about signals.

"Riight. Okay, anyway, back to the chicken fight." Jen said looking as suspicious as I felt, and then smiled. "We'll see who that was later..." she whispered in my ear and went under water and went toward Grant before I could glance back at her. I could already feel like my heart was...like bleeding.

"Nah. I gotta go somewhere." Troy said drying off, "And I need to talk to Gabi when I get back..." Troy said avoiding contact, and saying my name as if I wasn't even there. Which I hate!

"Okay." Grant said then came over to me, and hugged me tightly, already having the same feeling as I did, "You'll be okay." Grant said. Did he know something I didn't...?

"I'm gonna get out and take a nice hot shower." I said softly, and got out of the pool and straight into the house to take a shower. I could almost feel the pain that Troy was going to give to me. I knew he'd just...no. It can't be. Can it?

I went into the bathroom and took a long, hot shower. Then went out in my pj's and watched "He's Just Not That Into You" to pass the time, since Troy left, looking...really...nice like he was going-NO! Stop it Gabriella!

"Hey..." a deep voice said as the door knocked, and opened.

I didn't need to turn my head just to know who it was. "Hi." I said turning my head and smiled weakly.

"Look...we..." he stopped, "We need to talk." he said softly.

"Oh. What about?" I asked feeling my heart slowly stopping as if it were ready to bust into a million pieces.

"Look...I've been..." Troy said and then stopped. "I can't do it." he said looking away and Grant was standing in the doorway.

"You are such an asshole Troy." Grant rolled his eyes and then Troy left.

"Look...since he can't do it, because he ain't a guy, then I'll do it for him, as much as I don't want to." Grant said looking at me with concern in his eyes.

"Do what?" I asked feeling tears form in my eyes.

"Troy's been seeing that girl from the club...for a long time. Okay, maybe not a looong time, but like a week before we went to the club...and he felt bad about it, and he wanted to tell you, and..." he stopped and looked away like he saw something that scared him.

"He wants to break up." he whispered and pulled me into a tight hug.

I sat there letting him hug me, and I hugged back tightly, as my heart cracked and broke into a million pieces like a mirror. "It's okay Gabi. He's a jerk...and I told him that he had to leave." Grant whispered still hugging me.

"No." I choked out, as I still couldn't realize what just happened. I wasn't even crying. It just felt like someone punched me in the gut, and I couldn't breathe.

"What?" he said confused.

"I wanna leave. I wanna go." I shook my head in disbelief and stopped hugging him and started packing my clothes.

"I'm done with drama, and Troy." I said shaking my head. I forgave way too easily...and what do I get? My heart thrown to the ground and stepped on!

"No, Gabi, you don't have to go. Jen would had that. And you know it." Grant said looking at me as I got out my suitcase and stuffing my clothes.

"No. I'm leaving. I-I-I'm done." I stuttered out.

"'Brie...please." Grant begged.

"No." I said, stuffing in my last few clothes, and then zipped up my suitcase then walking out of the room and into the living room to find Jen her pj's watching t.v and Troy looking at me, then at the suitcase.

"Is that my stuff?" he asked.

"No." I said, "It's mine." I said then I walked over and grabbed my phone off the counter in the kitchen, and called my mom.

"Hello?" she answered on the 3rd ring, "STOP IT HOWARD!" she giggled.

"Mom!" I yelled.

"Oh, sorry Gabriella. I didn't know it was you. How's Jen and the family? How's the vacation?" she asked snapping back, realizing that it was ME, her daughter she was talking to.

"Can I go home?" I asked, being completely strong in front of Troy.

"WHAT!?" I heard behind me, it was Jen.

Stopping it there, cuz I gotta go!

xxxKendahl