HumaHuma……………..
"HumaHuma........aaaaa....what's the rest of it, Mommy?"
Sharpay Baylor looked up from rocking her three year old daughter, KelsiAnne, and smiled at her five year old son Matthew who was trying to master one of his mother's old songs.
"It's HumaHuma," she started.
"HumaHuma," repeated Matthew.
"NukaNuka"
"NukaNuka"
"Apua'"
"Apua'"
"a"
"a"
"See," she said encouragingly, "it's not that hard."
"Well, I think it is," Matt said a little grudgingly.
"It was hard for Uncle Ryan and me when we first started, but after awhile we had it down perfectly.
At that moment, there was a loud yell.
"MOMMY!!!!" came the voice of Sharpay's oldest son, Scott.
"Scott, what's wrong?" she hissed when she saw her son run into the room, "I'm trying to get your sister to sleep."
"Oh," he said sheepishly, "I'm sorry. I just wanted to tell you that Daddy is on the phone for you."
"Oh, ok," she said, "Let me put KelsiAnne into her crib and I'll be down in a minute. Scott nodded and went back downstairs.
Sharpay put her little girl into her bed and turned off the lights. She stayed in the doorway for a few minutes making sure that she was completely asleep. When she was sure, she quietly closed the door and walked down the stairs.
"Here Mommy," said Scott handing her her cellphone that she left down in the kitchen.
"Thank you sweetie. Oh, tell your sister that she needs to come in and pick up her room."
"Ok, Mommy," he said as he left. She smiled at her oldest son and then put the phone to her ear.
"Zeke?" she asked as she sat down on the couch.
"Hey!" came the reply from the other side, "Did I catch you at a bad time?"
"Well, not really. I was just putting KelsiAnne to sleep and teaching Matt one of my old songs."
"Really? Which one?"
"HumaHuma." She heard a chuckle on the other end.
"What?" she questioned, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing, just brings back old memories; that's all. Listen, I don't have much time to talk, but when Kels wakes up from her nap, could you bring the kids all down to the bakery?"
"Sure, she said, "but why?"
"You know that camping trip we've been planning to go on for the last, I don't know, three years?"
"Yes, said Sharpay excitedly
"Well, I got somebody to take over the bakery for next weekend, so we can finally go out to the campsite."
"Zeke! That is fabulous!" she said.
"I know, I can't wait now."
"Uhmmm, why do you need me to bring the kids down to the restaurant to tell them?"
"Oh, I thought it would just be nice to tell them the news over a nice dessert. It gives you a break too."
"Ok, I'll try to keep it secret."
"Yeah, I don't think it was a good idea telling you first," he teased.
"Oh thanks a lot!" she giggled
"Mommy! I finally have it!" said Matthew as he came rushing into the room.
"Matt, she said, "I'm on the phone with Daddy and your sister's asleep. What is it you have?"
"The song!" he said excitedly, "I finally got the song!"
"Ok," she said, "let's hear it."
He took a few deep breaths and then slowly began.
"HumaHuma…Nukanuka…apuaa'….a."
"That was very, very, good!" she praised.
"Zeke, you hear that?" she said into the phone.
"Yep, I guess he has the Evens acting gene in his blood! It took me weeks to say all of that!"
Suddenly, she heard a crash that came from her oldest daughter's room.
"Uhhhh…Mommy!" she heard Regina say, "You better come and see this."
"Zeke, I better go; there might be an emergency."
"Alright, so bring the kids down around five or whenever Kels wakes up."
"Ok," she said getting up and rushing to her daughter's room, "Bye"
"Bye, Princess Tiki"
"Oh, evaporate tall person!"