The next morning, Gabriella woke up to Troy's smiling face. She giggled. He was smiling in his sleep! She looked around her room. She was the first one up. Everyone was not in their family groups. They were all scattered around. The kids were on the floor while the adults had conquered the couches and beds.
Troy and she had slept on her bed. Taylor and Chad were on Troy's bed. Chad had a protective arm around Taylor. On the couch, Jason and Kelsi had somehow managed to squeeze in it. Kelsi was on Jason's lap and his arm was around her waist. Sharpay and Zeke were in the same position as Jason and Kelsi on the couch on the other end of the room. They were both smiling and Gabriella silently awed at them Zeke had a peaceful look on his face, something Gabriella had not seen in many years. Ryan was sitting the desk, using his hands as his pillow. Gabriella laughed silently to herself and gently lifted his hands to put her pillow under his head.
Tears formed in her eyes. It had been a long time since the gang had been this close. More than twenty years, to be exact. Her eyes traveled to the younger ones. She silently laughed when she saw Faith and Brandon on opposite sides, their feets pressed against each others. It looked like the two of them had been pushing each other the whole night before they eventually went to sleep. McKenzie and Brad were side by side and McKenzie had her head on Brad's shoulder while Brad had wrapped his arms protectively around her. Paris and Tyler were in the same position. She smiled softly when she saw Clay lying down on Andrea's lap. Mikayla and Savannah had their arms crossed against their chest and had their heads against the walls. It seemed as though they had been observing their friends before drifting off to sleep.
Gabriella heard her cell phone ringing and answered it. It was Alana Ritchie, the woman Ryan had a crush on. They had exchanged numbers the night before so they could contact each other in the very big campsite.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Gabriella. It's Alana Ritchie. Umm… well, we kinda have a situation. You see, ten of our young campers are missing and three are your children. You don't happen to know where they are, do you?" Alana asked, laughing nervously from the other end of the line. Gabriella smiled softly. Alana was a responsible woman and she would look really nice with Ryan.
"Don't worry, Alana. They spent the night with me. And just so you know, Andrea Bolton, Clay and Tyler Danforth, McKenzie Cross, Mikayla Baylor and Savannah Evans are with me too along with their parents. We kinda spent the night together," Gabriella explained. On the other end of the line, she heard Alana sighing.
"Well, I guess I have an offer to make to you guys. Well, more like the manager of Lake Wifilda's offer. He offered to let a group of families stay together in at least three rooms. These families in a group can do whatever they want in Lake Wifilda because well, they never really did organize anything for the camp this year. So, basically, it's be like you guys are having a vacation," Alana said. Gabriella thought about it for a while before answering.
"I'll check with my friends before I get back to you, Alana. Thank you for your very kind offer," Gabriella said.
"No, problem, Gabriella. I'll see you around the camp," Alana said. They said their goodbyes before hanging up. Gabriella looked at her watch and sighed. The others would not be up in another two hours. It was Sunday, and who would not sleep in on a Sunday, right? Sighing, Gabriella grabbed her laptop and started on the restaurants' accounts.
High School Musical – This is True, This is Fate
After two hours, only Kelsi and Taylor had woken up. Gabriella smirked at them and they knew what she was thinking.
"You're going to try to wake them up, aren't you?" Taylor asked. Gabriella nodded. Kelsi and Taylor looked at each other and then rolled their eyes at her and made themselves toast as they watched in amusement at Gabriella's attempt to wake the others up.
"I'M IN LOVE WITH MY HAIR!" she screamed into Chad's ear. Chad screamed and fell off the bed while Taylor and Kelsi burst out laughing. Chad glared at his 'younger sister' while Gabriella smiled at him as though she were innocent.
"Keep it down, will you?" Sharpay said sleepily.
"Yeah, we're trying to sleep here," Zeke agreed and they went back to sleeping. The girls silently awed while Chad got up grumpily and poured himself a glass of orange juice. He stationed himself next to Taylor and watched Gabriella wake Jason up. She had decided to leave Zekepay alone. For now.
Chad smiled to himself. Jelsi, Zekepay, Chaylor. It was the names Troy and Gabriella had given to each of the couples in high school. They had always complained about how annoying and tiring it was to say all of their names so they just made Jelsi, Zekepay and Chaylor up. The others had always liked it and agreed on it. Well, the girls liked it. The guys thought it was corny, but shrugged it off. Troy had enjoyed watching his guy friends feel uncomfortable so the guys had decided to pair him up with Gabriella. In high school, everyone knew they were just friends, but it was fun to tease them anyway. They were called Troyella.
"Jason, wake up," Gabriella shook him lightly. Jason groaned and got up.
"Why couldn't she wake me up like that?" Chad asked to Taylor and Kelsi. They shrugged and turned their attention towards Gabriella and Jason.
"What's wrong, Gabby?" he asked. Gabriella sighed.
"It's two o'clock and the restaurant's not opened yet," she told him. Jason's eyes widened.
"WHAT?" he yelled and got up from the sofa. He looked around and glared at Gabriella, realizing he had been tricked. Gabriella suppressed her laughter and went to wake Troy up.
"TROY BOLTON! YOU ARE SO DEAD!" she yelled and with that yell, everyone had bolted up. The younger ones looked at the two adults while Zekepay looked at their friends to confirm that it was just a plan. Troy looked at his best friend in fear.
"What did I do?" he asked. Gabriella continued to look angry while the others watched in amusement. She was such a good actor. She pointed to the banana peel on the floor. She had purposely put that there an hour before.
"I slipped on it," she told him, through gritted teeth. Troy looked at her, confused.
"So?" he asked. Gabriella glared at him.
"Didn't you eat this banana yesterday?" she asked. Troy looked afraid. Andrea suppressed her laughter. She had never seen her father that scared in her life.
"But, Gabby, I swear, I threw it into the bin. I remember because it got stuck in Chad's hair for a while before I threw it in," he said. At this, the room howled in laughter, except for Chad and Gabriella. Chad did not find it amusing at all while Gabriella had to keep a straight face because she was still acting.
"So, you're telling me that this banana peel just jumped out of the bin and landed on the floor?" she asked sarcastically. Troy shook and scratched his head. Gabriella looked at Jelsi, Chaylor and Zekepay, trying very hard to stop herself from laughing. Unfortunately for her, Troy saw through it.
"That was not funny, Gabriella Montez," he said and Gabriella finally burst out laughing.
"Yes, it was. And anyway, it's about time you guys woke up cause there's something we need to discuss," she said. At this, everyone gathered in a circle
"Well, Alana called me just now," she began. Ryan, who had been drinking a glass of orange juice, choked. Brandon patted his father on the back. Gabriella and the former Wildcats smirked.
"And she said that the manager has an offer for us. He offered to let a group of families stay together in at least three rooms. These families in a group can do whatever they want in Lake Wifilda because they never really did organize anything for the camp this year. So, basically, it's be like we're all having a vacation," Gabriella explained. Jason smiled.
"I like that idea. We can all catch up on the past and make up for the last years we have not been together," he said. Troy, Sharpay, Ryan, Taylor and Chad blinked.
"Whoa."
"Double Whoa."
"No way."
"Impossible."
"Did that really just happen?" Troy asked. Jason looked at his friends, confused.
"What?" he asked.
"You just said something the totally made sense," Chad replied, finally getting over the shock and then smirked. Jason glared at him while the others laughed.
"So, everyone agreed to take up the offer?" Gabriella asked after they had all had their fair share of laughs. They all nodded except for Brandon, who did not look too pleased. Ryan nodded at Gabriella, silently telling her to just get on with the plan.
"Wait! Maybe we should invite Alana Ritchie and her son, Alan," Faith suggested. Ryan turned to look at her.
"How old is Alan?" he asked.
"Sixteen. I met him at the camp. He's a really nice guy. Very cute," Faith answered. At this, Brandon felt a pang of jealousy in him. Gabriella, Sharpay, Taylor and Kelsi nodded enthusiastically while Ryan blushed. The older guys shook their heads at the women. Gabriella dialed Alana's number and put it on speaker.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Alan. It's Gabriella."
"Gabriella! Hi! So, you guys taking up the offer?"
"Yes, we would be taking up the offer."
"That's good. Well, you and Troy Bolton are currently living in the centre of two empty cottages. The rest of them can divide themselves among the two cottages on the right and left of your cottage. Oh, before I forget, who will be joining you?"
"Troy Bolton and his daughter, Andrea Bolton, will be joining me. The Danforth and Cross family too. Zeke Baylor and Mikayla Baylor. Also, Sharpay, Savannah, Ryan and Brandon Evans. That would be all of them."
"Very well. I hope you guys enjoy your summer."
"Wait! Alana, would you like to spend the summer with us?"
"As in, live in the cottage with you guys and do stuff together?" Alana asked from the other end of the line, surprise so very evident in her voice.
"Yea, we would really like it if you joined us."
"Well, I guess I could. But I have a sixteen year old son too."
"That won't be any problem."
"Very well, then. Thanks a ton, Gabriella."
"Call me Gabby. And you're welcome, Alana."
"Call me Lana. And I guess I'll see you soon. Bye!"
"Bye!"
They hung up. There was silence in the room for a while. And then, Clay decided to break it.
"So, how are we going to be divided?"
"That's a very good question, Clay. Well, whatever it is, I wanna be with Mom," Brad said.
"Oooh… little Brad can't get away from his mommy," Brandon said in a baby voice. Brad blushed while everyone else laughed.
"Well, we have one more family to think about," Ryan said. Sharpay smiled softly. It had been the first time in many years that Ryan was actually interested in somebody. She looked over at her best girl friends and nodded. They were going to set Alana and Ryan up, whether Ryan, Brandon, Alana or Alan liked it or not. They were going to have a new addition to the team.
A/N: Hey guys! Just to clear things up. Yes, I did get the inspiration to write this story after watching Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. However, I have decided to add in more characters than in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and the main character of the story, that is Andrea Bolton, is much more matured. In Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, the girl is eight, whereas in This is True, This is Fate, Andrea is sixteen. Also, she has someone helping her get Troyella together. I am so happy that you guys enjoy the story so far. Keep reviewing and happy reading!