A/N: I didn't think I would ever get this posted! First I had a really hard time writing this chapter since all of my inspiration seems to be for Last Name at the moment. Then the power surged while I was working on this and I almost lost the entire document and nearly had a heart attack as a result. Thankfully, the Microsoft Word document retrieval let me get it back - twice, I might add, since the power surged again when I finished. I've set the groundwork for the next chapter in this one - you'll see Kelsi come up with the idea for her next letter and start writing it, but you don't get to see what it's about until the next chapter. Make sure you all have tissues handy for that chapter, by the way, because it'll be fairly dramatic. Only one song in this one, mainly due to a lack of inspiration. I really wanted to get this updated since it's been a while which is why this chapter is partly filler. Thanks again for all the support and thank you especially to my anonymous reviewers: Emma, AnnaLoveBug and JdF. Another extra special thank you to my JdF in particular- I meant to do this in my last update of a story, but completely forgot to. You get a special thank you for going through and reviewing just about ALL of my stories, which I think is really, really cool of you especially since some of those are either old (for me) or didn't get a lot of reviews like Moments. You rock! Well actually everyone who reads and reviews any of my stories rocks - I really, really appreciate it. I hope you all like this chapter. :-)

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"Mommy?" Sharpay looked down as she felt her daughter tug at her hand, smiling as she was once again overcome with love for her precious little girl. Naptime was over and all of the adults and children had made their way back outside, beginning to resume the flurry of activity that had been going on previously.

"Yes baby?" Sharpay asked, amused when her daughter put a small finger to her lips and made a shushing sound.

"Uncle Ryan and Aunt Kelsi are sleeping," Angel informed her, though in Angel speak it sounded more like "Unca Wyan and An Kesi are sweeping," which made Sharpay smile once more. She cut her gaze from her daughter to the hammock, feeling her smile soften as she looked at her brother and sister-in-law fast asleep in it.

"Could they be any cuter?" A voice asked from behind her and she turned to find Taylor also smiling at the couple. Kelsi was snuggled up against Ryan's right side and he was holding her securely in place. Her right arm was around him and angled up towards his chest, her hand resting over his heart, while her right leg was draped over his as if she was determined to keep him exactly where he was. At that exact moment Ryan turned ever so slightly in his sleep towards his wife, partially burying his face in her hair.

"I don't think so," Sharpay replied with a soft laugh.

"Should we wake them up?" Taylor asked.

"Nah, I think we should just leave them for now. They'll probably wake up soon enough from all the noise out here," Sharpay decided.

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Sharpay's prediction proved to be correct as Ryan and Kelsi both woke up within the next few minutes. "Guess naptime is over," Ryan commented, with a yawn.

"Guess so," Kelsi agreed, slowly moving up to a sitting position and wincing slightly as she looked over the side of the hammock.

"Need some help Small Person?" She looked up at a smirking Chad.

"That might be a good idea," she decided. "I'm still wondering how I'm supposed to get out without sending Ryan flying," she added, making both Ryan and Chad laugh.

"Get out the way you got in," Ryan suggested, sitting up beside her.

"Okay," she said slowly, cautiously swinging her legs around and off the edge of the hammock while Chad attempted to hold it steady with one hand, offering his other one to Kelsi to help her out.

"Aunt Kelsi, you're up!" All three adults looked over as Jessie came skipping over to them. "Can I give Uncle Ryan his song now?"

"Sure sweetheart," Kelsi smiled down at the child. While trying to come up with the project for Ryan, Gabriella had come up with the idea of getting the kids to help out as much as they could as she figured that it would be appropriate considering the nature of Kelsi's announcement. In one way or another all of the children would be included and from the looks of things Jessie simply couldn't wait to do her part. Wasting little time and showing less concern than Kelsi had, Jessie managed to climb up into the hammock with Ryan with some assistance from Chad.

"You have a song for me?" Ryan directed his question to Jessie, giving her his complete attention.

"Yup! And guess what?" she asked.

"What?" he fired back, looking as if he was on pins and needles waiting for whatever it was that Jessie was about to say. The sight made Kelsi smile and her eyes filled up with unexpected tears as it hit her once again what a great father Ryan would be to their baby. Meanwhile, Chad glanced over at Kelsi and guessing what was making her eyes well up like they were, slung his arm around her shoulders in a show of support as they waited for Jessie to continue speaking.

"It's one of Aunt Kelsi's songs!" the child answered happily.

"It is?" Ryan smiled at her knowingly. "Well then if it's one of Aunt Kelsi's songs and you're the person telling me about it, I bet I can guess which one it is. What I've Been Looking For?" Out of all the things that Jessie had inherited from her mother, one of the biggest had to be her love of dance. She had been making up dances pretty much since she had learned to walk and had begged her parents for dance lessons. Recognizing the talent in their daughter, Jason and Martha had signed her up for ballet lessons right away with tap lessons being added about a year later.

Jessie's love for dance had not only served as a bond to bring her closer to her mother, but also to Ryan. Kelsi and Ryan had babysat for Jason and Martha's kids several times and Jessie had developed a sort of fascination with musicals, especially the ones Kelsi had written the music for. Out of all of the songs Kelsi had written, Jessie's favorite was easily What I've Been Looking For. She loved the original version, but after getting Ryan to sing her the version he and Sharpay (mostly Sharpay) had thrown together she had practically begged him to teach her the dance to it. As a result, there had been many times while babysitting the Cross children than Kelsi had found herself keeping Matthew and Jake entertained while Ryan had taught Jessie the dance steps to first that song and then to others.

"Yes!" she confirmed. "I'm supposed to tell you that the song was written with you in mind even though you didn't know it at the time." Jessie gave him a look that was ever so slightly disapproving. "Honestly Uncle Ryan, how could you not have known? It's so obvious."

"How do you figure that?" Ryan asked, amused.

"Well it had to be about someone, didn't it? It'd have to be someone she'd have known pretty well and she didn't know my Daddy or Uncle Chad or Zeke or Troy all that well when she wrote it, did she? But you were in the drama club together and according to Aunt Kelsi, you saw her when no one else did even before you were friends and no one knows her like you do," Jessie said matter-of-factly. "It had to be about you." She reached up and patted his cheek with her hand. "You were also the best thing that happened to her since you inspired so much of her music." She paused as she studied him with a thoughtful expression on her face. "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course," he replied.

"Why did it take you so long to figure out that Aunt Kelsi was totally crushing on you? Honestly Uncle Ryan," she said for the second time in about a minute, "don't you pay attention?" Chad snickered, using his free hand to cover his mouth while Kelsi barely suppressed a chuckle of her own.

"Apparently not close enough," he managed, though Kelsi could tell he was fighting off a smile. "I figured it out eventually though."

"That's true," Jessie agreed. "Anyway I'm also supposed to tell you that everything she wrote in the song is still true. You are what she was looking for, though you know what?"

"What?"

"I think she was what you were looking for too," she answered simply.

"She was," Ryan confirmed, looking up to smile at Kelsi. "She was."

"That's why Aunt Kelsi loves you…well one of the reasons, but you know why I wanted to give you this song?" she asked him. She turned around in the hammock so that she was facing him. "Because you taught me the dance to it and it's my most favorite dance in the world! I love you, Uncle Ryan," she said sweetly, moving up onto her knees and giving him a hug.

"I love you too sweetheart," he said softly, hugging her in return.

"Jessie!" Everyone looked over as Matthew came running towards them. "Come play!"

"Coming Mattie," Jessie said in response, giving Ryan another smile before scrambling off the hammock and hurrying towards her brother. Chad trailed after them in an attempt to give Ryan and Kelsi some privacy.

"That was unexpected," Ryan admitted, climbing off the hammock and wrapping his arms around his wife. "Getting Jessie involved, I mean. She's such a sweet kid."

"She is," Kelsi agreed. "And I know how much she loves you and that song so I knew she would have to be the one to give it to you." She gave him a teasing smile. "Don't be surprised if some of the other kids pitch in too."

"You've really gone all out for this, haven't you?" he asked her, though it seemed pretty obvious to him that she had.

"Of course. If I'm going to do this, why do it halfway? Besides…it's really not a problem," she informed him. "I'm enjoying this so far. It's kind of fun being on this side of it for once. I think I'm starting to understand why you're always doing stuff like this. It's surprisingly rewarding."

"It's pretty nice on this side of it too," he said in response, leaning in to kiss her. "I wonder what song you're going to be using next." She shrugged a shoulder in response.

"I guess you're just going to have to wait and see," she said lightly, her eyes twinkling at him.

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"Okay so we have Martha, Gabriella, Kelsi and Sharpay," Troy was saying as he was huddled up with Zeke and Jason. "Since I think we can rule Taylor out. I saw we each pick a girl and give Ryan whoever is left over."

"Okay," Zeke nodded. "How do we decide who gets who?"

"Well I already have Kelsi a little nervous, so I'll take her," Troy decided, a halfway mock evil smirk on his face. "Maybe we should shake up the rest and have none of us try to go after our own wives for information."

"I'll take Martha then," Zeke offered. "I can probably make her tell me what's going on. Let Ryan interrogate Sharpay…maybe the whole twin thing can help us out."

"So I guess I get Gabriella," Jason spoke up.

"Of course. Seeing how she's the only one left," Troy said, barely resisting the urge to roll his eyes. "Guys, operation find out what's going on is a go."

"Operation find out what's going on?" Zeke repeated. "That's the best you could come up with? Seriously?"

"Hey if you can think of a better name for it, be my guest," Troy shrugged. "In any event, our mission is clear. One way or another we will find out what's going on. I gotta know."

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Kelsi managed to slip inside as Ryan went to go help some of the kids make a sand castle, determined to get started on her next letter. "Oh Ryan," she whispered to herself. "What song should I give you next?" She had several in mind, but was having a hard time figuring out how she wanted everything to flow from here on out. There were so many songs left and so many different aspects of her relationship with Ryan that she wanted to cover. Her memories ranged all over the emotional spectrum and she could only hope that her letters and other song presentations would properly convey all of them to him. She really wanted to give Ryan her complete perspective of their relationship while giving him hints about their future. At she thought about said future, her hand naturally came to rest on her stomach as a smile played on her lips as dreams about and for her baby came to surface. She was torn between wanting a boy and wanting a girl, though she knew that she would love it the same regardless. If it turned out to be a boy, she could only hope that he would take after his father in every way possible. Her smile grew as she thought about having a son who would just about go to the ends of the Earth for the woman he would someday grow up to love just like Ryan did for her. Of course, if the child she was carrying turned out to be a girl, Kelsi could only hope that she might find her own version of a Ryan someday. Her smile turned into soft laughter as she realized that she was getting ahead of herself. The baby wasn't even born yet and Kelsi was already finding herself wrapped up in dreams for their future.

She absently rubbed her fingers against her stomach, her arms suddenly aching to hold her baby. Suddenly all the remaining months in her pregnancy seemed to be like so many years. Kelsi let out a small sigh and forced herself to bring her attention back to the letter she was trying so hard to write. Focus didn't come easily, however, as dreams about her future mixed in with the reality of the present and the lessons of the past. Her thoughts turned somewhat philosophical as it occurred to her how connected the past, present and future truly were and how you couldn't have one without the other two. In some ways she supposed her project was serving as a way to link the three of them together: reminding Ryan about the past in the present while trying to prepare him for the future. She pursed her lips as memories of a time not so long ago hit her. A time where something happened that had threatened to destroy her future completely. It wasn't a time she liked to think about and it wasn't one Ryan had included in his rose project. She briefly wondered why he hadn't and then came to the conclusion that he must have decided to leave it out because he knew how much Kelsi hated thinking about it. It was funny in a strange kind of way – the time she was thinking about currently didn't seem quite as dramatic as her attack on the Julliard campus had been, but these memories were almost more painful. Maybe it was because the repercussions of said attack had been so extreme that she had had no choice other than to deal with it so she could move on. Whereas with this other event, it was easier to focus on her relationship with Ryan rather than deal with the reality of what had happened. After all, she had had to deal with it plenty while it was happening.

She shuddered at the memories and glanced at the window, somehow spotting Ryan immediately. Seeing him reminded her once again how perfectly everything had worked out and as she watched him it occurred to her that she had to write about this particular time of their lives for two reasons. One, so he would be reminded once more of her deep love for him and two, to better understand why thinking about it was so painful for her. With that thought firmly in her mind, she set her pen to the paper and began to write, letting her emotions about that time come pouring out of her head and onto the page.

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Meanwhile...

Martha and Gabriella sat next to each other on the sand, both of them keeping an eye on their respective children playing while the two of them continued their conversation. They had been talking for quite a while by then and had covered several topics already and had now moved on to Ryan and Kelsi.

"It's so sweet watching the two of them together," Martha was saying at the moment.

"I love all the stuff they do for each other," Gabriella said, letting out a dreamy sigh at the thought. "It kind of makes me wish me and Troy were more like that."

"You and Troy?" Martha raised an eyebrow at her. "Yeah, because you guys aren't gushy and romantic at all." Gabriella let out a short giggle.

"I didn't say we weren't, it's just…I don't know…Ryan and Kelsi just take it to another level," she responded.

"Well that's certainly true," Martha agreed. "Watching them makes me wish I had been a little more creative when I told Jason I was pregnant. Especially with Jessie."

"How'd you tell him?" Gabriella wanted to know.

"I found out on the day before Father's Day," Martha started, "so I decided to get him a Father's Day card and wrote him a little note…" she trailed off, a sheepish look on her face. "I know it's kind of silly."

"I think it's sweet," Gabriella said honestly, a smile on her face at the thought.

"I guess so…it just kind of pales in comparison to what Kelsi has thrown together for Ryan," Martha replied. She paused and a new thought came to mind. "I wonder if he has any idea."

"I'm thinking no," Gabriella decided. "I think he's definitely curious about what has brought it all on, but I think most of his energy is spent wondering what song she's going to come up with next."

"He's going to be so happy," Martha smiled as her gaze fell on Ryan, who was currently assisting Maria with her part of the sand castle. "He's practically dying to be a father, I think."

"He'll be a great one," Gabriella nodded. "And Kelsi's going to be such a great mom. They're so good with all of our kids; I can't wait to see them with their own."

"You know, I know it's still early in her pregnancy but Kelsi already has such a glow about her now. I think it's just going to be getting brighter and brighter as she gets further along."

"I think you're right. The more she gets used to it, the happier she seems to get about it," Gabriella pointed out.

"That's true," Martha agreed, brightening up a bit herself. "Can you imagine her and Ryan once she starts to show?"

"Or when they can start feeling the baby move?" Gabriella added. "It'll be adorable."

"I'm just happy that they're finally having a baby! It's about time they caught up with the rest of us," Martha joked.

"Kelsi's pregnant?" Both Gabriella and Martha jolted at the sound of a male voice behind them and slowly turned to look at each other, both of their jaws slightly dropped in surprise.

"Uh-oh," Gabriella muttered.


Uh-oh is right...wonder which one of the boys it is. Any guesses?