A/N: So here goes the first chapter and I'm so sorry for the long wait. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing this. Also I would thank the following who reviewed the trailer: neila cross, Duhitskatieox, DWTSfanatic, corbinswifey, gossip girl fan101, ZashelyTroypaylove14 and LoveItsOnItsWay. You girls rocked!
I do not own HSM
Chapter 1 - Meetings
"Sharpay, I found it" a young blonde mom said as she waves a toy glass slipper in front of her 6 year old daughter.
"But where's my prince?" Sharpay asked, sitting at the middle of their huge backyard and wearing her favorite princess costume.
"When you grow up, he'll find you…" her mom started
"…and we will live happily ever after" Sharpay exclaimed as her mom twirled her around.
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"There's no such thing as happily ever after?" an 8 year old Sharpay asked her twin brother Ryan. They were playing by their tree house – well, Ryan was pretending to be a pirate while Sharpay reads her book.
"There's no such thing PayPay! For example, did you know that Prince Charming left Cinderella because she wanted to wear her glass slipper up until bedtime?" Ryan reasoned out as he tried to stifle his laugh.
"Snow White?" Sharpay asked, tears starting to well up in her eyes.
Ryan nodded and said "Have her son take up after the seven dwarfs? I guarantee you that her prince left her as well"
"What about Sleeping Beauty?
"She slept for a hundred years right? I assure you she has one big, smelly morning breath"
"Waahhh!!!" Sharpay cried and screamed as loud as he could.
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"Sharpay?" a petite, brunette girl with glasses called out as she peeks through the door, only to find Sharpay staring out of her office window.
"Sharpay?!" she called out again but there was still no answer. She decided to go inside the room and made her way towards Sharpay, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Freaking Mary and Joseph! Martha! What did I tell about sneaking up on me like that?" Sharpay exclaimed
Martha rolled her eyes and said "You told me not to but this time I have a good excuse"
"Which is?"
"Your 2pm appointment is here"
"What 2pm appointment?"
"Ivanka Trump? Ring any bells?"
"Oh shoot." Sharpay said as she hurriedly fixed her things. She quickly reached for her purse and retouched her make-up and then turned to Martha and asked "Where are they?"
"In the conference room" Martha said
"Okay. Bring them champagne and some Ferrero Rocher and tell them I'll be there in 5 minutes" Sharpay explained as she took down some notes she needs for her appointment.
"Noted Boss" Martha said as she starts to head out of the room
"Martha?" Sharpay said in a singsong manner, eyeing her. She really hated being called 'boss' especially by Martha since they went to high school together.
Martha stopped dead in her tracks, turned around to face Sharpay and said "Fine. Noted Pay"
"That's better" Sharpay said, smiling and quickly goes back to jotting down notes.
Meet Sharpay Michelle Evans, one of the top wedding planners in all 50 states of America and when I say top wedding planner – I'm not exaggerating. She is the owner of Ever After Dream Weddings, a one stop shop for all grooms and brides to be and what separates them from the other wedding planners is that they do and take care of everything that has to do with your wedding. From scouting and designing the wedding place to the menu of your wedding reception. From designing your wedding gown (courtesy of Sharpay, of course) to the planning of your honeymoon. Ever After Dream Weddings will take care of it for you (Okay, I sound like an advertisement). They have done numerous celebrity and royalty weddings from Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's fantasy wedding to Donald Trump and Melania Knauss multi-million dollar wedding.
Sharpay attended college in NYU where she took Fashion and Interior Design. Her first year out of college, she was already on her way to release her own clothing line in Saks Fifth Avenue. But after planning Kelsi and Jason's impromptu wedding, she found out that her true calling was in the wedding industry and thus the birth of Ever After Dream Weddings. Although she didn't struggle like other first time wedding planners since a lot of her friends has friends that has friends who are getting married, her business was flourishing. It also didn't hurt that she was the daughter of Vance Evans, president and CEO of Evans Incorporated, which brought in a lot of clients. Now 5 years after and with the business still going strong, Sharpay just opened another Ever After Dream Wedding office in Los Angeles, which by the way is being managed by Kelsi Cross, one of her best friends.
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"So what do you have in mind for your dream wedding?" Sharpay asked Ivanka and Jared.
"Well, I'm thinking we'll go for the traditional wedding and probably do it in of my father's hotel" Ivanka explained while Sharpay listened and occasionally taking down notes. Martha was also at the meeting was furiously writing down everything Ivanka and Jared says.
"What hotel exactly do you want this to happen?" Sharpay asked.
Ivanka turned to Jared and said "Which one do you want honey?"
Jared pressed his forehead against Ivanka, kissed her softly on the lips and replied "Anywhere you want baby. Anywhere"
Sharpay smiled at the happy couple. This was the main reason why she really loves weddings. She loves it when people around her gets their happily ever after. However, contrary to what most people know, Sharpay Evans is single and is still waiting for her prince charming to come and sweep her off her feet. Well, she thought that she found him 7 years ago but she was wrong (she guessed?!)
The meeting went on for another hour with Sharpay asking question after question to find out exactly what Ivanka and Jared wants.
"Now for the photographers, do you have anybody in mind? Because if not, we have a whole line up of top-notch…" Sharpay trailed off when Jared interrupted and said.
"Well we do have somebody in mind." Jared said
"That's good. May I know who?" Sharpay asked
"Troy Bolton" Ivanka answered.
Upon hearing the name, Sharpay's eyes doubled in size and instantly dropped her pen on the table.
Ivanka and Jared noticed this and tentatively asked "Is there something wrong?"
It took Sharpay a couple seconds to regain her composure and said "No. No. Everything's okay"
"Okay" Jared said as he scanned his Blackberry for Troy's number and continued "Here I'll give you Troy's number so you can coordinate with him"
"Okay. Martha will you take note of it please" Sharpay requested
Martha nodded and Jared took this as a sign to continue and recited Troy's number "805-733-1421"
"Got it?" Sharpay asked Martha
"Yup" Martha answered
"Okay. Well I guess that's everything we need to know for now. I'll get back to you by Friday next week to present to you some my designs for your wedding gown, the venue, the menu and some honeymoon location choices" Sharpay informed
"Great. Thanks you so much Sharpay" Ivanka said as she stood up and shook Sharpay's hand.
"No problem and thank you for choosing Ever After Dream Weddings" Sharpay said and shook Jared's hand. She then turned to Martha and said "Martha can you see them out?"
Martha nodded and escorted Ivanka and Jared out while Sharpay remained in her seat staring down at Martha's notebook – staring down at the name of the person she didn't expect to meet again anytime soon.
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On the other side of New York…
"Zeke!" a shaggy-haired, blue-eyed guy shouted from his office as he looks through the strips of films on his desk.
"You called, Troy?" Zeke said as he entered the office.
"Yeah. Have the Duhamels' pictures came in yet?" Troy asked, not bothering to look at Zeke directly
"We're printing it as we speak" Zeke answered
"Good. I need them in one hour so we can start with the lay-out and tell Carlo I need to see the draft for the wedding video" Troy instructed
"Got it." Zeke said and stepped out the room.
Meet Troy Alexander Bolton, one of the most sought after photographer in the country today and his success is similar to Sharpay's, which by the way I'm also not exaggerating. Troy has photographed numerous celebrities for magazines, billboards and advertisements. He also photographed both former President George W. Bush and incumbent President Barack Obama's family portraits. Although he did not believe in the idea of marriage, he has to admit that weddings are his forte and he has covered dozens of weddings including several A-list celebrity weddings for the past 5 years. From Zac Efron and Ashley Tisdale's garden wedding in New Jersey to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes three-day wedding in Paris
Troy also attended college in NYU where he took Financial Management, which initially serves as Troy's preparatory course for him since he is being groomed to take over the family business – Bolt Corporation. After busting his knee during his second year because of a torn ACL, he sort of promised his dad that he would take over the family business. But after being agreeing to be the photographer for Kelsi and Jason's impromptu wedding 5 years ago, he instantly realized where his true passion was - photography. Of course, it helped that he's the heir of Bolt Corporation and so Troy was able to take lessons from the best photographers and was able to buy the best equipments – and believe me, cameras and lenses are pretty expensive. Troy's father, Jack, wasn't happy at first when he decided to pursue photography but accepted his son's decision and is now training his only daughter and Troy's younger sister Sophia Bolton.
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Troy's concentration was broken when his phone suddenly rang. He lazily reached out for it and answered "Troy Bolton speaking"
"Hey Troy, its Jared"
"Hey J, what's up? How's the wedding planning been going? Has Ivanka driven you insane yet?"
"Not yet and that's why I called. We found a wedding planner. We just met her this afternoon and she seemed really good"
"Oh yeah? Who?"
"Sharpay Evans"
At the mention of her name, Troy dropped his phone on the table as it landed with a loud crashing sound.
"Troy! Troy! Are you still there?" Jared said at the other end of the line
It took Troy several seconds before realizing what just happened and then scrambled to pick it up. "Yeah, I'm still here. Sorry about that"
"You sure?" Jared inquired
"Yeah. Yeah. No problem" Troy answered coolly
"Okay. Anyway, I gave her your number so she can coordinate with you" Jared informed him.
"That's great!" Troy said
"Great. Now I have to go before Ivanka drags me to another one of her shopping sprees. Later" Jared said
"Later" Troy said as he flips his phone close and stares at the picture on top of his desk. It was a picture of him and the gang (Sharpay, Ryan, Martha, Taylor, Chad and Zeke) during Kelsi and Jason's wedding. He knew that being in the same industry together that they're bound to cross paths. He just did not expect it to be this wedding.
A/N: Again sorry it took sometime for me to update this story. Just some disclaimers: (1) Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are really engaged while I could only wish the Zac and Ashley are married. (2) The first two scenes of this chapter are from the movie of the same title and thus I don't own it (3) Jozu is a new Japanese restaurant here in the Philippines and they serve the best sushi ever and since Ashley loves sushi I thought of incorporating it in the story. (4) I don't know if Ivanka actually talks like that so for anyone who likes her (I absolutely adore her), please don't be offended.
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