A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I ONLY OWN THIS PLOT! This is my first chapter to my new story. Please read "The True Troy Bolton" before reading this one. Let me know if I should continue with it or not. Thanks to my beta Elena Rain!
"No, no, stop, stop, please, stop! Help! Someone help! Please anybody please help me!"
Those cries were coming from Gabriella Montez as she tossed and turned in bed, tears streaming unstoppable down her cheeks as she cried out loud.
"Please, I'm sorry! I'm sorry stop it please! It's not true! Please, please, please stop it!"
She was having the same nightmare she's had for the past couple of nights. Ever since she learned her abusive ex-boyfriend was transferring to her school the nightmares had come and they hadn't stopped since.
"No, no, please, please, I swear I didn't do anything please! Stop it! No!"
"Gabriella, Gabriella wake up."
The nightmares had gotten so bad that her father Carlos agreed to allow her to sleep in his room with him.
"STOP IT! PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME! PLEASE! HELP ME!" She was now screaming on top of her lungs as she thrashed wildly in bed, with tears still falling down her cheek. "HELP ME SOMEBODY PLEASE!"
She screamed and finally woke up. She was panting hard as she looked around the room. When she saw her father she fell into his arms just crying hysterically. He rocked her and rubbed her back.
"It's ok, you're ok, you're safe. Shhh you're safe. I'm right here, you're safe." He cooed in her ear.
She cried herself back to sleep and Carlos sighed. He knew it wouldn't be long before another nightmare attacked her.
The next morning Troy, her boyfriend, came over.
"Hey, how is she?" he asked Carlos.
He just sighed. "Look for yourself." He pointed into the living room where Gabriella was sitting on the couch, a blanket wrapped around her, dark circle under her eyes, her skin white as snow, a cup of milk in her hands. She looked physically and emotionally exhausted.
Troy looked to her and sighed. "I always knew she was scared of this guy. I just never knew it was this bad. Gabriella always seemed so tough."
"She is tough, Troy, she's very tough, but at the same time she's very easily hurt and she doesn't trust easily. So when someone breaks that trust it's very hard for her to get over. Especially when someone betrays her the way this boy did."
"I can't even think what it was like for you at the hospital, what stopped you from going to kill this freak?"
"If Gabriella wasn't clinging to me as tight as she was, I would've grabbed my shot gun and blown his brains out, along with the entire West High student body."
Troy chuckled. "I would have paid big money to see that."
Carlos smiled. "Do you have plans for today? I need to get some work down at the office, but I'm not comfortable leaving her alone."
"No, yeah, sure, I'll stay with her. I'll see if I can get a smile out of her."
"That would be nice."
They both walked over to Gabriella.
"Hey, Brie Bear, how you feeling?" Carlos asked.
Gabriella looked to her father. "I'm so tired but I don't want to close my eyes for even a second."
Carlos sighed. He kissed her forehead. She was clammy and warm. "Try and get some rest, I think you're getting sick. I've got to run to the office for a while…"
"Daddy, No, please don't…."
"Troy, will be staying here with you while I'm gone."
Gabriella seemed to relax.
"If you need anything call me."
Gabriella nodded. Carlos gave her one last kiss and left. Troy sat down and pulled Gabriella into his arms. She pulled her feet onto the ground and lay on his chest.
Troy kissed her head. "You're safe; nobody is going to hurt you. I'm right here." He gently rocked her, stroked her hair, rubbed her back, and sang to her all at the same time. It wasn't long before Gabriella fell into a deep sleep. Troy just hoped it lasted.
A few hours later Carlos returned home. He smiled when he saw Gabriella sleeping peacefully. He went over to the couch and stroked her hair.
"How long?" he asked.
Troy looked at the clock. "Well, since you left so about four or five hours."
"That's great. I normally can't get her to sleep more than two hours at a time. What's your secret?"
Troy shrugged. "I don't know. I don't have one."
Carlos chuckled. He sat down by Gabriella's feet. "Has she talked to you about it?"
Troy shook his head. "She won't open up to me."
Carlos sighed. "Honestly, I think her fear is actually worse than the actual meeting will be. In her mind this guy will walk right up to her, in the middle of a crowded hallway and beat her to a pulp."
Troy nodded. "I love her but she is letting her fear stop her from thinking rationally."
"I just can't seem to help her. I don't understand this; I thought she was over this."
"I don't think she ever "got over it" She moved to a new school and got to start a new life for herself so she saw him less. Therefore she could push him to the back of her mind and never think about it again. But she never really healed."
Carlos sighed. "I don't know what to do or how to help her."
"I think Gabriella needs to see that East High isn't West High, and that she is safe at this school. Students won't stand there and watch as someone beats another person up. The geeks don't get beat up just for being smart. Basketball jocks can hang with anyone they want, not just the cheerleaders. I mean….East High is very much against stinking to the status quo. I just wish Gabriella could see that."
"Hopefully it will. Hopefully her first day there will be better than she thinks and she won't be scared anymore."
Troy nodded. "I'm going to do what I can to make sure it happens."
"I know, I trust you."
Troy smiled and looked down to Gabriella. He kissed her head and continued to rub her back. Carlos allowed Troy to stay the night and Gabriella slept through the night without any nightmares.
When she woke up the next morning she smiled at Troy smiled down at her.
"Morning, sleepy head."
She blushed. "How long was I asleep for?"
"Almost all day."
"Wow, I'm sorry."
"Don't be, you needed your sleep."
They shared a kiss.
"So, I'm guessing no nightmares?"
She shook her head with a smile. "Not one."
"Good."
"Is my Dad angry?"
"Nah, he's just happy you're feeling better. He left for work early this morning so it's just the two of us. What do you want to do?"
"I don't know…"
"If you want to talk…we can talk."
"Talking about it won't change anything, Troy. What's the point?"
"It might make you feel better."
Gabriella sighed and sat up leaning against the headboard. "What do you want me to say, Troy? You know how I feel, you know I'd rather be homeschooled than go back this semester but I don't have a choice."
"Brie, I think you're making yourselves think all these terrible things because you're so scared and because of what you've seen in your nightmares. But in reality, he's not going to get within 20 feet of you unless I'm with you."
"You're on the basketball team again, Troy. Second period I'm alone."
"Yeah, he's on the team to."
Gabriella just shook her head. "I know him, he'll find a way around it and he'll find a way to get me alone."
"Gabriella, you two broke up long before he beat you up, so he's not going to want to get back together with you now."
"No, but he is angry, and when he's angry I'm his favorite target."
Troy sighed. "What are you so scared, specifically, what about seeing him again scares you. What do you think is going to happen?"
"Troy, if I tell you, then it will happen. "
"Where did you learn that logic?" Troy chuckled.
She didn't answer.
"I think you don't want to talk about it because a part of you knows it's crazy and won't ever happen."
Gabriella just sighed and didn't respond. Troy sighed mentally, whenever he pushed too much or asked too many questions she shut down and stopped talking. He knew the best thing to do was to distract her and take her mind off things.
"Oh ok, The Silent Treatment. I get it. Don't worry, you'll talk to me soon enough, in fact you will be smiling in 3 seconds. 3…2…1…" he rolled over so he was on top of her and started to tickle her sides. She broke out into giggles squirming to get away as she tried and failed at pushing him away. Troy smirked when he saw this. It had been way to long since he saw her smile
"Are you going speak to me now?" he asked as he stopped to let her breathe.
She shook her head but a smile remained on her lips. She knew what she going to get by saying no and she didn't care. Troy smirked. "Fine, don't say you weren't warned." He lifted her shirt and blew a raspberry on her stomach a couple times. Gabriella giggled and squirmed trying to push him away.
"What about now?" he asked.
Again she shook her head.
"Oh, I see how it is. Ok, fine, if that's how you want to play, then you've left me with no other choice."
She poked her tongue out at him. He gasped playfully. "Oh now you're really asking for it, better yet you're ribs are asking for it." He lifted her shirt higher and started to tickle her ribs and blow raspberries at the same time. Gabriella screamed and burst into laughter. When she tried to push him away he grabbed her arms and pinned them over her head.
"If you want me to stop you have to say it."
"Sto-stop!" she choked out.
He chuckled and stopped. "There, that's better. Now you're smiling and feeling better."
"Smiling…yes…feeling better…not so much. I just…"
"You're scared?"
Gabriella nodded. "I've never been more scared in my entire life."
Troy sighed. "Look, come Monday, you'll be fine. I'm not going to leave you alone all day."
"Can I come to practice with you?"
"If you'll feel safer but…I honestly think you'll be safer away from the gym. He'll be on the team too."
"I just want to be with you." She said in a whimper. "Being with you is the only place I feel safe."
"Oh, Brie, come here."
He pulled her into his arms and let her crying into his chest. He rubbed her back and kissed her hair. Back to school was always rough for anybody but Gabriella it was going to be a living nightmare. He just hoped she was ready to face it.
A/N so what do you think? Yeah, I know Gabriella is acting very babyish and scared but if you believe something long enough you start to believe it to be true so she's made up her mind that her ex (who you will meet in the next chapter) is going to beat her up first chance he gets and that's why she is so upset.
Anyway, what do you think? Should I continue? Leave me your thoughts in a review...
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