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Chapter 1: The Wilson Family

Gabriella Montez, no scratch that, Gabriella Wilson rolled over and opened her eyes. She sighed at the pretty blond next to her, her best friend. Her best friend Sharpay Evans, no wait, that would be Sharpay Wilson. Gabriella sighed, as much as she loved Sharpay, waking up next to her for the last six years was not her idea of a party. She silently slipped out of the bed and made her way across the dark room, a cell in the girls opinion, and to the tiny kitchenette that had been installed. She started the coffee and unloaded the dishwasher, as she did every morning, as soon as that was done she was joined in the kitchen by Sharpay.

"Morning Boo." Sharpay grumbled

"Yeah, it's great." Gabi hissed

The two began to fix breakfast, humming their favorite songs as they worked, in an attempt to recapture their past that they missed so much, you see one stupid mistake brought them here, and it wasn't something one would think as a mistake. As soon as breakfast was made the coffee maker went off. The two poured their coffee, Gabi adding sugar, Shar adding cream and sugar and sat down at their small table watching the other bed in the room. Soon they were joined by a little boy, he was almost six years old and had dark brown hair, tan skin, and the bluest eyes in the world.

"Like his father's." Gabi thought, as she had thought every morning since he was born. "Morning Tyler love." Gabi said as he climbed onto her lap.

"Morning Mama, morning Aunt Pay." He yawned, Gabi affectionately kissed the back of her only son's head.

A minute later a girl waddled up. She had long blond hair, like her mother, but the darkest brown eyes with darker skin, she very much resembled her father.

"Morning Lily girl." Shar said as the little girl climbed onto her lap.

"Hi mama, hi Aunt Brie, hi Ty." The girl greeted the table

"Hi Lily." Gabi said with a smile

"Hi Lils." Tyler said with a huge grin.

The four ate their breakfasts and the two kids went to get dressed. Tyler was exactly two days older than Lillian, and they were incredibly close. The two had shared a crib when they were babies, and had insisted upon sharing a bed, when a bed replaced the crib. So, the young mothers still shared a bed, as they had when they were babies.

As Gabi and Shar cleared the table and cleaned up the small kitchen they kept humming. They hummed different songs, usually either from musicals they had been in during high school or songs that either they or their old friend, Kelsi Neilson, had written, again when they were in high school, when they were happy. Not that they didn't love their kids, they loved them to bits, they just didn't love the life that they were forced to lead. Once that task was finished they made the beds and got ready, helping Tyler and Lily as they did so. They ended their morning routine by pulling open the curtains on their barred windows.

And, like clockwork, as soon as everyone was ready and the windows were opened, the lock on the door clicked open, and two men entered the room. They were brothers, twins actually. Both of them had dark brown, curly hair, with the darkest eyes, so dark they were almost black. Their names were Richard and Charlie. One interesting fact was that Richard was Gabriella's husband, and Charlie's was Sharpay's.

"Gabriella." Richard said, in his deep menacing voice. Gabriella nodded meekly and got up from her crouching position next to Tyler and walked over to her husband. As soon as she did, his hand connected with her face in a punch, really, that sent her flying across the room crashing into the wall. Tyler whimpered as his mother sat there, stunned by the force of the hit.

"Sharpay." Charlie smirked, Sharpay made her way over to her husband, "the love of her life" as she was so often reminded, and was met by the same fate as Gabi. She landed right next to her, as tears streamed down Lily's little face.

The girls sighed, this was just part of their morning routine. The evening one was much worse, and they had the scars to prove it. The two women sighed and got up off the floor. They straightened out their clothes and walked over to their husbands. The men nodded, and Richard sent a fierce kick into Gabi's shin. Gabi winced at the pain, but remained strong, for Tyler's sake, for HIS sake.

Before Sharpay could lean over to help a punch landed in her stomach. She stumbled backwards at the force of the impact. Once her breathing was back under control she steadied herself, making herself stand as tall as possible, all a show for Lily, for HIM.

Richard again made his way over to Gabriella, she flinched slightly, this was more than usual, she must have done something to make him mad. You see, in the mornings their beatings weren't bad. In the middle of the afternoon, when they came home for lunch, they were worse. And then in the evening, they were brutal. Their reasoning was that they wanted them strong enough to cook, clean, do laundry, and do the yard work, so in the morning they had to let them off easily. They were nothing but tainted trash anyways, so what harm did it do putting them in their place?

Richard grabbed Gabi by the hair and dragged her across the room, she tried to refrain from whimpering as she went. Lily and Tyler hugged each other as their mother's got beaten by their "fathers". The truth was they knew there was no way that these were their real dads, though they would never say it to an adult.

"We're going out of town." Richard spat in Gabi's face as he talked. Gabi nodded her understanding. "The babysitter's not coming until six tonight. You four better behave, we're locking you in here." Gabi again nodded, "You're to behave yourselves, no trying to sneak out. We're leaving now." He warned as he shook her forcefully.

"Yes Richard." Gabi whispered.

"That's my girl." He released her head and gave her a quick slap across the face. He walked over to Tyler. Smacking him hard on the back he barked, "Behave brat." Tyler nodded and Richard stalked out of the room. Gabi was immediately at the children's side.

Charlie grabbed Sharpay's shirt and lifted her off the ground. "Gabriella will explain everything to you bitch." He tossed her across the room and walked over to Lily. "Stay out of trouble." He hissed as he smacked her across the back. He then left the room. Gabi, Tyler, and Lily ran over to Sharpay. The four sat, huddled together for 45 minutes.

Finally Sharpay broke the silence, "What did Richard say?"

"They have to go out of town, they've already left I assume." Gabi whispered

"When will Thomas be here?" She shuddered at the thought of the man with the gun that had raped both of them so many times before. Thomas was Richard and Charlie's best friend, and when both of them had to go out of town, he came and "babysat" them.

"Not until six tonight." Gabi replied. Suddenly she stood up, shocking the other three. "We're leaving. Now."

"What? Boo are you crazy? We can't leave! The last time we tried to we almost got killed the beatings were so bad!" Sharpay practically yelled

"I don't care. This time we're going and it's going to work because I know where to run to." Gabi said as she went and grabbed a nail file and a few bobby pins. She then walked over to the door and began to pick the lock.

After an hour of work the four of them quietly tip toed down the steps of the old Victorian house. They reached the landing on the first floor and looked around, all was quiet. Gabi ran to the kitchen and began to rummage through the drawers. Finally she came across what she was looking for: credit cards, in her name and Sharpay's name.

To keep up their "façade" of a happy family, Richard and Charlie had issued credit cards in the girls' names that drew out of their accounts, always loaded with money. Just as Gabi came into the living room where the kids were, Sharpay entered once again, only this time with keys to Charlie's car. They had obviously taken Richard's.

"Quick kids, let's go." Sharpay tossed the keys to Gabi, who caught them in the air as they led the kids to the garage. They all climbed in the cars and Gabi sped off. They had no idea where they were, hell they didn't even know where they were living, but they knew they had to get out of there.

"Boo, that looks like the-" Sharpay began

"Wildcat diner." Gabi finished

"Oh my G-d it is! We're in Albuquerque!" Sharpay squealed, for the first time in six years. Gabi smiled at the sound and turned the car around, she knew where she was now. She got on the highway and sped off to the airport.

The four walked in and Gabi walked up to the counter.

"Can I help you?" the receptionist asked.

"I need four tickets to Los Angeles, the first flight you have." Gabi said, as she tossed a glance all around the room, afraid that she would run into Richard or Charlie.

"We have a flight that leaves in an hour. You should just make it. How many bags will you be checking in?"

"None, Gabi handed her the credit card and her license. Soon the four were sprinting through the airport and reached the gate just in time for the call. They hopped on the plane ready for the short flight to L.A., and, hopefully, a better life.

AN: Okay so I had another idea, I hope you like it. I promise to try and keep up with all my stories, I just can't not write when I think of stuff, if you want me to discontinue stuff I can. And if I'm not thinking of ideas for one story or another then I just won't update for a while and everyone will have to deal with it. I'm going to do the best I can, I'm only human after all. Review please!!

Mollie XOXO