High School Musical IV: The Reunion

Chapter 2

Author's Note: Although the Disney Channel Original Movie Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (a spin-off of the High School Musical series) has its own category here on the website, I decided to use elements of the film and its story herein because I enjoyed the movie so much.

In fact, upon the completion of this story, I will write a Sharpay-centric story which bridges the gap between S.F.A. and this story, entitled Beyond the Fabulous Adventure. If you have any ideas, please P.M. me or e-mail me at the address in my profile here on the site.

-William Raymer

Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Ryan and Kelsi were not the only former Wildcats in New York City.

Across town from Madison Square Garden, Sharpay Evans sat on the stage of the Amberson Theater, where she has starred in the Tony award-winning musical A Girl's Best Friend for three years. Her pet dog and part-time co-star, Boi, sat with her.

The show's director, Gil Samms, walked on stage and tapped Sharpay on the shoulder. "Sorry to interrupt your lunchtime, Sharpay, but you've got a phone call in your dressing room," he said. "Thanks, Gil," Sharpay said. She picked up Boi and walked off the stage.

In her dressing room, Sharpay set Boi in his doggie bed and picked up the handset of her pink desk telephone. "Hello?" she said. "Sis, it's Ryan," Ryan said. "Hey, Ryan," Sharpay said. "How are things?" "Fine," Ryan said.

"But?" Sharpay said. "Well, I don't know if you've heard, but Troy and Gabriella are engaged," Ryan said. "Go to ESPN's website. They'll have the whole story."

Sharpay put Ryan on speakerphone, then turned on the laptop computer on her dressing room table and called up ESPN's website. Sure enough, there was an article headlined "NBA Draft Day 1 results-Bolton goes to Suns…and down the aisle:"

UC Berkeley basketball standout Troy Bolton was the center of attention at the Paramount Theater in New York's Madison Square Garden as the first round of the 2012 National Basketball Association Draft got underway this afternoon.

As was expected, Bolton was drafted by the Phoenix Suns with the first overall draft pick. However, Bolton unexpectedly brought a guest up to the stage and asked a question. The guest was Bolton's long-time girlfriend, 21-year-old Stanford University pre-law student Gabriella Montez.

The question was, 'Will you marry me?' Montez accepted the proposal, sealing the engagement with a kiss in full view of the sporting press and millions of viewers all across the country on ESPN and here on ESPN3.

The happy occasion was made even happier for Bolton when, with the twelfth pick (acquired by the Suns last week from the Boston Celtics in a trade for power forward C.V. Cooper), the Suns drafted University of Albuquerque point guard Chad Danforth. Bolton and Danforth once played on the same team in high school.

When asked why he decided to propose to his now-fiancé on stage during the Draft, Bolton reiterated what he had said before popping the question—that since they met at a ski resort outside his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2008, Montez has been a guiding force in his life.

Bolton's marriage proposal is seen by many NBA insiders as a shot in the arm—some much-needed positive publicity for the league in the aftermath of the bitter NBA Players Association lock-out that canceled most of last season.

Sharpay smiled. "Ryan, when you see them next, tell Troy and Gabriella congratulations for me," she said.

"Will do, sis," Ryan said. "Later." As Ryan hung up, Sharpay turned to Boi. "Sorry, Boi, but it's Countess' turn tonight," Sharpay said in response to the sad look on Boi's face.

"When I took the role of Luella three years ago, I made a promise to Roger that you and Countess would share the role of Shelby equally," Sharpay said. "Would you deprive your girlfriend the right to do what she loves?"

Boi shook his head. "I thought you'd say that, Boi," Sharpay said. "I'll see that one of the understudies takes care of you during the performance tonight, all right?"

Boi nodded. "Good boy, Boi," Sharpay said. "Love you." Sharpay leaned down to receive a kiss from Boi. "I'll see you later." Sharpay walked out of the dressing room.

Meanwhile, back outside Madison Square Garden, Troy, Gabriella and Chad were waiting for a taxi when Troy's cell phone rang. "Hello?" he said.

"Troy, its Mr. Colangelo," the voice on the other end said. "I've chartered a limo for you, your friend and your fiancé. Just tell the driver where you want to go, and she'll do so."

"Thank you, sir," Troy said. "Also, I have a special present for you three. The driver will explain," Colangelo said. "Again, you have my thanks," Troy said. "See you at camp."

Troy closed the phone and turned to Gabriella and Chad. "Looks like we've got a ride, you guys," he said. "And a present of some sort."

"What do you mean, Troy?" Gabriella said. "Dunno," Troy said. "But we should soon find out. Mr. Colangelo has sent a limo for us."

A black limousine with a Phoenix Suns flag on the fender approached where the three friends stood. The door opened and a woman got out. "Messrs. Bolton and Danforth and Ms. Montez?" the driver said. "Yes?" Troy said.

"I'm Claudia. Mr. Colangelo has hired me to be your driver," she said in introduction. "Where do you want to go to first?" "First, I wanna know about this gift the boss said he had for me," Troy said.

"Very well," Claudia said. "Here are three tickets for tonight's third anniversary performance of A Girl's Best Friend at the Amberson Theater." Claudia handed Troy three tickets. "Also, here are three passes to the big meet-and-greet party after the show," Claudia added, handing three passes to Chad.

"Did you say 'A Girl's Best Friend'?" Troy said. "Yes," Claudia said. "Sharpay's in that show!" Troy said.

Meanwhile, back in Ryan's room at Julliard, he had just hung up with Sharpay. Kelsi was still crying at Troy's proposal to Gabriella. Ryan simply thought to himself, "If she's crying now, just wait until she sees what I've planned for her."

"Ryan, don't you just love it when romantic things happen in the most un-romantic places?" Kelsi said. "Yeah, Kels, I do," Ryan said as he sat back down on his bed and put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder.

::TBC::