Title: Merry 2009 Christmas, Wildcats.
Author: Jessica L. Ayers
Disclaimer: So don't own as per always.
Claimer: Only the normal.
Category: High School Musical (of course =)
Rating: Probably T.
Feedback: Yes, please. Very much appreciated.
Characters: The Wildcats and families and others.
Full Summary: Get ready for the holidays with your favorite group of friends, the Wildcats, and their families as they get ready for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. Merry 2009 Christmas, Wildcats!
Story started: December 7, 2009.
Chapter finished: December 9, 2009.
Author's Note: Well, friends or more like family, this story is getting started late by a couple of days because as some of you know I had keyboard problems, but thankfully that's all taken care of so, here it is and I hope you enjoy it. Please R&R.
Merry Christmas!
=Merry 2009 Christmas, Wildcats=
-Chapter 1: Santa Claus is Coming to Town-
(December 1, 2009.)
The golden leaves of autumn had all tumbled to the ground, and the winter winds had begun to blow toss them all around Albuquerque, New Mexico and while nine families, all living in a horseshoe shaped street with a gazebo in the middle of it, all decorated for the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas.
"Our street is defiantly going to be the all time best decorated street this Christmas," an African American afro haired eighteen year old boy said as he helped hang strands of white lights around the big tree that sat in the middle of the U-shaped street they all lived on while others worked on hanging multi-colored lights around the wooden fence that was around the tree that sat on the beautiful white gazebo.
"Isn't are street always the best decorated at Christmas?" the resident almost Ice Queen of East High School, Sharpay Anne Evans, asked Chad Nicholas Danforth, as she helped her best friend, the beautiful and talented, Filipina, Gabriella Marie Montez, hang red velvet bows on each fence post.
"True," Chad replied as he moved to help his mom, Vanessa, put multicolored lights around the railings of the steps that lead up onto the gazebo.
"So, you kids got anything special planned after school tomorrow?" Chad's dad, Kyle, asked his son's group of friends that were known as the famous Wildcats – Taylor Annabelle McKessie (Chad's girlfriend and co-Scholastic Decathlon captain), Chad (who was the co-basketball captain as well as the co-Varsity baseball captain, and track team co-captain), Sharpay (who was the co-president of the drama department with her twin), Zeke Lake Baylor (Sharpay's boyfriend, an amazing baker, and one of the starting five basketball players), Ryan Joshua Evans (Sharpay's older by two minutes twin brother and the drama co-president along with the East High mascot, the Wildcat), Martha Lynn Cox (Ryan's girlfriend, the Cheerleading Captain, and on the Scholastic Decathlon team), Jason Allen Cross (one of the five starting basketball players and who loved to sleep), Kelsi Monique Nielson (Jason's girlfriend as well as the composer of the school musicals with made piano skills), and of course, the Golden Couple of East High School, the couple that broke them all free from the status quo, the basketball captain and the hottest guy ever, Troy Alexander Bolton, who also was the golf captain; and his beautiful Filipina girlfriend, Gabriella Marie Montez, who was more Sharpay's adopted twin sister than best friend who also did the school musicals (with Troy), did volleyball, was the co-captain of the track team and the Scholastic Decathlon co-captain, and girls' basketball captain.
"Basketball practice," the boys (minus Ryan) all replied with a slight groan.
"Oh, suck it up. You boys know that we have to have practices after school and during free period because of the Christmas Tournament coming up," the boys East High basketball coach, athletic director, health and gym teacher, and also Troy's dad, Jackson "Jack" Andrew Bolton told his team.
"Well, don't feel bad guys because I have it too, right with you guys as does the rest of my team," Gabriella told the four basketball stars as she helped her dad place LED candy canes around the gazebo.
"Well, at least Captain over here will be happen, while we suffer without our girlfriends," Chad told his little "sister".
"Sorry, guys," Troy told them with a smile as his girlfriend walked up to him, wrapping her arms around his middle and then placing a soft kiss on his chin as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Yeah, yeah, sure you are," Zeke told him as he smiled when his girlfriend wrapped her arms around him from the side causing him to wrap his own arms around her in return.
Troy smiled and placed a soft kiss on his girlfriend's head as she let out her beautiful giggle to Zeke's reply.
"Alright, you guys, let's break it up and get this down before the winter wing get's the best of us," Gabriella's mom, Inez Anne Montez, told the group who all smiled and nodded, going back to their normal jobs, except for Troy who opted to stay close to his girlfriend, which everyone knew better than to object about.
Ten minutes later, they finished decorating the tree with all sorts of colored garland and putting the star tree toper on it before they each all went back to their separate homes to start working on decorating the inside and outside of them for the holiday season.
Outside of each of the houses, white icicle lights were hung around the house while green, red or multi-colored LED net lights were thrown over the bushes, wreaths with red velvet bows sat on the front of each house door that also had white lights around them as did the porch posts and banister, and lastly the walkways all either had LED red and white candy canes or big LED bulbs lining them on both sides. The Montez household, who also had two pine trees, in each of the corners of their white picket fence, had put beautiful multi-colored LED starlight spheres in each tree while under one tree sat a vanity scene and under the other tree sat three Wisemen, and at the very top of each tree sat stars, a gold one and white one.
Also in each front window of the houses, the living room windows that faced the street, you could see the bright glow of lights that surrounded each mantle of the brick fireplaces in each house as well as in each window (but the teens' windows) sat a single wireless LED candle light.
The teens windows had just the regular either multicolored or singled colored lights around them, except for Gabriella's French in-swing balcony doors that led to her Romeo and Juliet background as her and Troy had come to call it, was outlined in white and red lights, which were along with gold the East High School colors, the Wildcat colors.
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"Baby Girl, Sharpay, you girls ready to go yet because everyone's here and waiting for you girls to come down so we can leave in time for the town lighting," Gabriella's dad, Gregory "Greg" Anthony Montez, the Head Coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, asked his daughter and his daughter's best friend, as he knocked on Gabriella's French in-swing bedroom doors that had beautiful satin red and white candy cane striped curtains on them.
"Yeah, we'll be right now, Daddy," Gabriella replied to her dad.
"Alright," Greg told them before he went back down the beautifully decorated staircase that had red a gold garland twisted around the banister while down each banister mini poll were strings of lights twisted around them.
"They coming, Honey?" Greg's wife asked as he came down the staircase, already as the rest of them having on their hats, gloves, scarves, boots, and winter jackets; the woman also having either their Chanel (CC), Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana (D&G), or Louis Vuitton (LV) totes over their shoulders.
"According to your daughter, they'll be right down," Greg told his wife as he slipped on his coat, gloves, scarf, and hat.
"My daughter, huh," Inez replied with a raised eyebrow before she added, "I do believe it takes two to tango, Honey."
Everyone burst out into laughter, except for Greg who glared at his wife before directing his attention to his daughter who was giggling as she was coming down the stairs with her blonde best friend.
"I'm glad you too think its funny," Greg told the brunette and the blonde who in return looked at him utterly confused.
"Huh?" Both the girls asked, totally lost.
"About what…you know what, never mind, let's just getting," Greg said before he grabbed his car keys and walked out towards the kitchen and out one of the two doors that led outside – one to the deck and backyard and the other to the garage – to get his car warmed up so his wife and daughter were warm when they got in.
"Okay, what'd we miss," Sharpay decked out in a pair of white jeans, custom made pink sweater UGGS from UGG Australia, a custom made pink and silver Burberry winter peacoat, and her white gloves, scarf, and hat asked, as she fixed her multicolored LV monogram tote on her shoulder after flipping her blonde wavy hair over her shoulder.
"Nothing, but Rie's parents being Rie's parents," Zeke told his girlfriend as he walked up, wrapped his arm around her petite waist and kissed her temple before winking at "Rie", who just giggled as her basketball captain boyfriend came up to her and hugged her, telling her she looked absolutely stunning in her red peacoat, black skinny jeans, tan UGGS from UGG Australia, and matching red gloves, scarf, and hat with the same LV tote that Sharpay had over her shoulder.
"Alright so, we ready to go?" Jack asked everyone, who all nodded before he said, "Great."
"Mija, you riding with me and your dad or you riding with Troy, if he's driving that is," Inez asked her daughter.
Gabriella looked at Troy for an answer to her mom's question about him driving and once getting the nod that he was, Gabriella replied, "I'm going to ride with Troy that is if he doesn't mind."
"I would be honored, Ms. Montez," Troy told her as he bent over with a flourish before grabbing her gloved hand, taking the glove off before kissing the top of her hand, and putting the glove back on.
"And I would be honored to ride with you, Mr. Bolton," Gabriella replied, playing along with him as she reached up to coyly kiss his cheek.
"Alright, then My Lady, shall we?" The basketball captain asked his basketball captain.
"We shall, Kind Sir," Gabriella replied, giggling as he led her out of his house, and being the true Southern manner like gentlemen that he was raised to be, he even held the door open for her and let her go first, both out the front door and getting into his way early Christmas present, his 2010 Navy Blue LR4 from Land Rover.
(Downtown)
"Will the following seniors please report to the gazebo," their drama teacher's and homeroom teacher's, Ms. Darbus', voice was heard as she talked into one of the five microphones that was up on the gazebo in the center of the downtown square. "Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans, Ryan Evans, and Kelsi Nielsen."
Everyone clapped as the mentioned seniors moved through the parted crowd and up onto the gazebo where a piano sat along with the four microphones plus the one that was for the piano so it could be heard.
"Thank you," Ms. Darbus told them before she talked to the quieted townspeople, "These seniors up here were asked by the School Board, the City Board, and I to sing tonight while we wait for Santa arrive to light up our beautiful town. So, without further ado, please welcome the four most gifted performers that I have ever known or heard Mr. Bolton, Ms. Montez, Ms. Evans, and Mr. Evans, with the music down by our very own musical and piano genius, Ms. Kelsi Nielsen."
"Thank you, Ms. D for that wonderful introduction , but I can assure you that we all don't think we're that gifted, but thanks to trying to pretend that we are," Troy said speaking into the microphone for all of them.
"Says you Bolton," Sharpay started as she spoke into her microphone and her position between Gabriella and her brother as she continued, sitting down on the stools that were placed behind each of them so they could sit down, "You and my brother might not be that gifted, but Brie-Ella and I sure are."
"Yeah, yeah," the two men in question said with a roll of their eyes as Gabriella's giggles echoed around the city square do to the microphone catching her giggles.
"Anyways, this song we're gonna sing is called 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' and we hope you like it," Ryan told the audience, who all clapped and then quieted down as Kelsi began to play the song on the piano.
And as the four finished the song and Kelsi finished up the last of the notes on the piano, Santa came riding in on a red fire truck because his sleigh had broke down on the way so, he couldn't bring the reindeer or sleigh with him.
So as Santa got on stage, the town yelled at him as he pulled the switch, "LIGHT IT UP SANTA CLAUS!"
And he did light up the beautiful city, which everyone had to admit did look truly amazing and they knew that this defiantly was the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
TBC…
Okay, I'm so sorry this is short and that I'm behind by like eight days, but please forgive me I've been having some computer and school problems so I hope you all forgive me. So here's the first chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it. XOXO
Merry Christmas,
Jessica.
"Sing hey! Sing hey!
For Christmas Day;
Twine mistletoe and holly.
For a friendship glows
In winter snows,
And so let's all be jolly!"
~Author Unknown