Author's Note:
Guys, this will be like my remake of my very own FanFiction Home Is Where the Heart Lives and a remake of the 1998 film, The Parent Trap. Ever since I read the news of the death of actress Natasha Richardson, I have been really itching to write this as a dedication to her.
I love her movie The Parent Trap and I used to watch it practically everyday! Anyway, I would like to stay true to the film but I'll also incorporate some of my ideas. I will be making this FanFic dedication in lieu of my other two stories which I would take a hiatus from.
I hope you'll read this fic!
The Parent Trap
Prologue
LOVE
The cruise from Fort Lauderdale to London wasn't something Troy Bolton was privy to. But he wanted to take things slow, just as his father suggested to him. It still came as a shocker to Jack Bolton that his son didn't want to become a basketball star – he also didn't want to become an actor. Troy realized he was an oenophile when he drank a bottle of bad wine back in college. The taste was so bad, it opened his eyes to how students there didn't seem to have any taste in wine at all. And so it was that he started his own study of viticulture and would want to continue it so much, he actually enrolled at Scala School of Wine in London.
Booking the 29-day trip from his parents' new home in Florida, he had enough time in his hands to think about his decision. But Troy wasn't backing out – he was zealous enough to pursue his new love and he was determined to be good at it. His dream was no longer to become an internationally renowned basketball star or actor but he wanted to start his own vineyard in Napa Valley, California.
Sharpay Evans was lounging on one of the deck chairs on the upper deck of the ship. She was bored out of her mind without her brother. Ryan was left in New York to tend to their apartment because the twins were persuaded by their father to stay with him in London. Their mother passed away a few years ago and Vance Evans wanted the company of his two children whom he felt have been quite distant from him ever since they went to college.
She was enjoying her sunbathing when someone accidentally blocked her sun. This irritated her and she took off her Salvatore Ferragamo sunglasses and opened her mouth to start bitching to whoever was blocking her sun. Unfortunately, no words came out of her lips since her words became stuck in her throat and her voice was nowhere to be found. She gawked at the lean and handsome hunk in front of her wearing coral blue swimming trunks and dripping wet. The hunk ran a hand through his wet brown hair and looked at her with piercing cerulean blue eyes; his jaw dropped.
Of all the people Troy wanted to meet after East High, she wasn't really counted on his list. But lo and behold, laying there in all her Despi Sandra Dots bikini glory was the tanned and sexy body of none other than Sharpay Evans herself!
Troy tried to act unaffected cordial as he stuck out his hand and gave her one of his charming smiles. Sharpay immediately changed her persona to look more accommodating and tried to resist the urge to stare at his body.
"Nice abs," she blurted and mentally smacked herself for being so tactless. Troy smirked at her confession and tried not to show that he was flattered. He watched her turn a tinge of red and at that moment, he couldn't stop staring at her.
"Nice tan," he joked and they both shared a laugh.
"So, uh, Sharpay, join me for dinner?" Troy asked after their moment of fun. Sharpay seemed to consider his decision for a while.
"Sure," she answered with a sweet smile.
28 days later…
L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you can adore
The priest looked at the young couple then gave the groom permission to kiss his bride. Troy leaned in looking straight into Sharpay's eyes getting lost in those deep hazel orbs. She unwaveringly looked back at him with as much intensity in her gaze as his as he got closer and closer to her pink lips.
Their lips were now only millimetres apart and both could feel their breaths mixing together then suddenly they entered a world of bliss as their lips met in a fiery kiss that sealed their love for one another.
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
The golden double doors leading to the dining room were opened and the other guests on the cruise started showering the newlyweds with rice grains. Troy and Sharpay walked through and bowed their heads and smiled and waved as the others congratulated the newlyweds.
L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you can adore
There was a fireworks display and the couple watched it from the port side of the ship. They spent half the time making out and the other half watching the grandeur of the display. Troy watched Sharpay snuggle into his arms and this prompted him to hold on to her tighter as he whispered words of love into her ear and she smiled, leaned up and kissed him again.
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
The couple went back to their reserved seats right after the fireworks and were still cuddling when a waiter approached them and offered them a wine bottle with the words "where dreams have no end."
Dinner was scrumptious and the couple spent their time feeding each other and it was a very sweet sight. They were the epitome of the perfect couple in love and it seemed like a strange sight because years ago back in highschool, neither of them could dream of such a moment, well, maybe an exception for Sharpay since she did have a huge crush on Troy Bolton and tried to have him every single opportune moment – just to have her plan backfire.
After dinner the two were in the middle of the dance floor holding each other close and slowly swaying to the beat while others were twirling and swaying their hips since the music was boogie. The couple were lost in their own world and with the exception of a twirl or two, they were content being in each others arms and Sharpay's head on Troy's shoulder.
They went back to their seats right after dancing and a photographer came up to them holding a vintage camera. She asked if they wanted a picture and both nodded their heads eagerly. The photographer asked them to pose and the couple faced each other and started leaning in as if they were going to kiss. The photo was shot as the fireworks outside sparkled in their bright colors.
It was the year 1998 aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth II when the nuptial of Troy and Sharpay Bolton happened. The memory of it was printed on the cruise album; that photograph with Troy and Sharpay looking at each other with smiles on their lips and love shining through their eyes.
I hoped you liked it!
I've done some extensive research on the cruise schedules and found that the only cruise long enough to be realistic for Troy and Sharpay to fall in love and really decide to get married was a cruise aboard the Princess Cruises from Fort Lauderdale, FL to London. At first it fit since there was also a school of wine in London but I watched the movie (again) and noticed that on the lifebuoy behind them it said "RMS Queen Elizabeth II" and beneath that was the word "Southampton" and so I had to tweak it a bit, I hope you don't mind. Besides, it was the year 1998, maybe it took them that long.
Also, I don't think that the ship made trips from Florida to London since its schedule was to go from Southampton to New York in about six days...
In the movie, it really started with a wedding, not the way they met. I just made up that part!
If you want to visualize what Sharpay was wearing, her shades were Salvatore Ferragamo FE1157B gold brown and her bikini was a Despi Sandra Dots (I mentioned it above)!
Port side - left side of the ship in case you're confused.