"Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Minutes," 20-year-old Sharpay sang quietly to herself, pulling her shoes out of her bedroom's large closet.
"Mommy! Mommy!" A small voice called from across the hall
"I'm coming, I'm coming." Shar said, dropping her shoes and jogging across the hall and gathering her three-year-old son into her arms
"Shhh..It's alright." Shar said, rubbing his back
"Mommy..Mommy.." The young boy cried quietly as he buried his face in Shar's neck
"Shhh. I'm here." Shar sighed, standing up and walking into her room
"Mommy..Mommy..Mommy.." The boy said quietly, his sobs subsiding
"Crap." Shar said, grabbing the phone beside her bed
"Hello?" Shar said as her son jumped off her lap and ran back into his room
"Hey." Shar's brother, Ryan said over the phone
"Oh hey Ryan. Don't you do that!" Shar said as her son ran back into the room, twirling around and almost hitting Shar's bed.
"What are you doing later?" Ryan asked, obviously busy himself. Ryan was married with two kids and the two siblings were still as close as they had been in high school.
"I'm not sure. I have another audition.." Shar's voice trailed off
"Another one? Shar come on." Ryan sighed
"It's for a musical! Rent!" Shar protested
"Alright. Well I see your point there." Ryan laughed as Shar smiled, her son crawling under her covers
"Alright. Well I gotta go. I'll talk to you later." Shar said as she hung up the phone, pulling her son into her lap
"I love you mommy." The little boy said as he hugged Shar
"I Love you too Troy." Shar sighed, putting her face in his head, closing her eyes tightly as she said his name
"Mommy! I want cheerios!" The little boy giggled as Shar gave him a bowl of Rice Krispies.
"You can have those. We don't have cheerios. You ate them yesterday." Shar sighed, fixing herself a bagel.
"Alrightt. Can I have Orange Juice then?" Troy asked as the phone rang
"Yes..hang on." Shar said, grabbing the phone
"Hello?" She said, grabbing a cup for Troy
"Ms. Evans? This is Agent Gray from the FBI. I need to talk to you as soon as possible."
"What?!" Shar said, the cup dropping out of her hand and onto the floor