Okay, I'm feeling inspired tonight, even though I'm really tired from work today, LOL. Oh, and in regards to someone being both an Occupational and Speech Therapist, I asked my mom about it (she is a nurse) and she said that MANY people are both and that many schools like hiring people with both degrees. : )

Thank you to nodoubtrox for inspiring me to write another chapter tonight!

Disclaimer: I only own the characters I have made up. Everything else belongs to Disney.

The Additions (10?)

Troy and Sharpay brought Ana to see Dr. Barish every Wednesday at 4:30, since it was the only time that worked for both of them. Sharpay gave voice lessons from 3:15-4:00 daily after school and Troy worked at the restaurant every day from 11:00-7:00, but changed his hours on Wednesdays.

After five weeks of going to Dr. Barish, Ana still wasn't talking, but the doctor told Troy and Sharpay not to worry; that it would take several months before there were any really noticeable changes in Ana's behavior.

Larissa, however, seemed to be feeling left out since she had started to act out in way she never had before.

"All right Ana, it's okay," Sharpay said as Ana cried and cried. She wanted something, but could not tell Sharpay what she wanted. She held up Ana's bear. "Do you want Bear, sweetie?" Ana's response was just more crying.

Troy walked into the room with one of Ana's favorite books that Troy would read to her almost every night before bed. "Do you want to read," he asked, holding the book in front of him so she could see it and point to it if she wanted that. She continued to cry.

Sharpay sighed, "I have tried everything in here," she said feeling defeated. "I have no idea what she wants."

"Have you checked her diaper," Troy asked. She gave him a 'what do you think' look. "Okay, sorry, just wanted to make sure."

Larissa walked into the room. "Mommy, can you read this to me," she asked holding up a book.

"Not right now, honey. I'm working with Ana," she said as she walked back over to Ana who was still screaming. She finally pointed to something up on a shelf. "Troy! Did you see that?"

He nodded, "Yeah, I think she's pointing to the purple care bear," he said as he reached up and brought it down to Ana's level. "Is this what you're looking for, honey," he asked. Ana smiled as Troy brought the bear closer to her. She finally took it from him and sat on the floor and played with the bear.

"Daddy, can you read this to me," Larissa asked after Ana was occupied. "I can't honey, I have to go to the restaurant." He gave her a kiss and a hug and then did the same with Ana and then whispered something in Sharpay's ear, making her smile and kissed her goodbye.

Sharpay sat down with Ana and played with her. Larissa walked out of the room with her head down.

Later that day, Ana was busy playing with her bear. Sharpay was in the same room writing her lesson plan for the next day, since today was a holiday and she didn't have school. Ana walked up to Sharpay, bear in hand and tugged on her shirt. "What is it, sweetheart," she asked, looking up at her.

Ana pointed to her bear and very quietly said, "Bew."

Sharpay's eyes grew wide and she smiled at her daughter. "Very good! Yes, this is your bear," she said as she pointed to the bear. Ana smiled as Sharpay gave her a big hug.

Larissa walked into the room with her book. "Mommy can you read to me now," she asked just as Ana said 'bew' again.

"Very good, sweetie," Sharpay said as she walked over to Ana. She looked up at Larissa and smiled. "Did you hear what your sister just said," she asked.

Larissa nodded and smiled as well and held up her book. "Can you read to me, mommy," she asked a little louder.

Before Sharpay could answer, Troy walked in the door. "Good afternoon," he said as he gave each of his girls a kiss and Sharpay a 'special' (A/N: You know what I mean, wink, wink) kiss.

"Hey there," Sharpay said with a big smile on her face. "You'll never guess what Ana just said."

"She has a new word," Troy asked as he looked over at Ana who was playing with her bear.

"Yep." She turned to Ana, "Ana, what is this," she asked as she pointed to the bear she was playing with.

Ana didn't answer; instead, she stood up and smiled at Troy and showed him her bear. "Bew!" She said as if she didn't hear what Sharpay had just asked her.

Troy smiled, "That's terrific, Ana!" He knelt down and gave her a big 'bear' hug.

"Daddy, can you please read this to me," Larissa asked again, growing impatient.

"Sure, let me just put my stuff away, okay," he said smiling at Larissa.

"Okay," she said as she watched him walk to the hall closet and put his coat on a hanger and his keys in the little key holder next to the door.

Ana walked over to him and smiled. "Bew," she said, holding up her bear again. She was obviously proud of herself for saying a new word.

"That's right, that is your bear," Troy said with a big smile on his face.

Larissa was now furious that her parents were ignoring her and giving her sister all the attention. She was too young to understand that what Ana was doing was really a big deal; she was only 3 years old, after all.

Troy joined Sharpay and Ana in the living room and was about to go over to Larissa when Ana started to talk again. "Ma, ma, ma," she said a few times before pointing to Troy with a grin and said, "da-da!"

"That's my girl!" He said as he picked her up and spun her around. Sharpay walked over and gave Ana a kiss and a hug.

"Very good, Ana," Sharpay said.

Larissa, now even more furious stomped over to her sister and snatched the bear from her hands and hit her sister with it. "STOP IT!" She yelled.

Ana started bawling as he sister hit her with the bear.

"Larissa Claire Bolton (A/N: I had to make up middle names; I forgot about that part earlier, so let's just say that Larissa's middle name is Claire and Ana's is Marie.), you do NOT hit your sister, do you understand," Sharpay said in a very stern voice. "Now give the bear back to your sister and come sit down over here please."

Larissa, still very angry, threw the bear at her sister. "Here's your STUPID bear!" She yelled.

It was now Troy's turn to react. He took Larissa by the hand and knelt down so his head was even with hers. "Larissa, you do not throw things, especially at people, and I do not want to hear that word come out of your mouth again," he said, trying to remain as calm as possible.

"Fine," she said as she crossed her arms and sat down, remembering what her mother said about sitting down.

Troy walked over to Ana and made sure she was okay. She just smiled and played with her bear again. "Mama," she said quietly.

Sharpay and Troy looked up at Ana. Did she just say what they thought she did? "Troy did she just say 'mama,'" she asked.

"I believe she did," he said, just as stunned. Once again, they praised their daughter on learning a new word, or in this case, putting two words (ma, ma) together.

Two minutes later, Sharpay walked over to Larissa and sat beside her. "Honey, I know that you wanted mommy and daddy to read to you, but when your sister started talking, well that was a pretty big deal, you know," she asked. Larissa nodded, knowing that her sister had a very hard time talking. "And I am sorry that we didn't read to you when you wanted us to, but how about after dinner?"

"Okay," Larissa said, a small smile coming back to her face.

"Good. And you can get up now," Sharpay said as she gave her a hug. Larissa hugged her back.

"Yeah, we'll read this to you after dinner," Troy said as he walked up to her, giving her a kiss on the forehead.

She smiled, "Okay daddy."

Larissa couldn't wait until Troy and Sharpay were done with the dishes. They had promised to read to her after dinner, and Larissa knew that 'after dinner' meant after all the dishes were done as well. She watched as Troy put the last dish into the dishwasher and grew more and more excited.

Sharpay started to walk to Larissa when the phone rang. "Hello," she said. "Hi Gabi! You'll never believe what Ana said today…She said bear…well; it was more like 'bew' but it was still a word! – I know, I couldn't believe it either."

This conversation with Gabi went on for several minutes and each minute that Sharpay was on that phone, Larissa grew more and more impatient and angry at her sister. Why did what she say have to be such a big deal? She decided that she needed to get her mother's attention. She looked over at Troy who was drying a couple of dishes that couldn't be put into the dishwasher and then at her sister who was on the floor playing. Larissa chose that moment to walk very quietly over to her and hit her over the head with the book she was holding. When Ana didn't respond (since it was more like a tap than a hit), Larissa decided she had to do it again…harder this time. She raised the book up and hit her sister much harder.

Ana let out a scream and started wailing as the book hit her head with a gigantic force.

Troy quickly turned around and saw Larissa as she picked the book back up. He motioned for Sharpay to hang up the phone.

"Um, Gabi I have to go. I'll call you back later." She hung up the phone and rushed over to Ana who was still screaming.

Troy had picked her up and noticed a little bit of blood on her neck. He handed her to Sharpay and walked over to Larissa. He picked her up and took the book out of her hands and brought her up to her room and set her on her bed. Counting to 10 before saying anything (he didn't want to say or do anything he'd regret), he turned back to Larissa. "You do not, I repeat, do not hit your sister," he said in the sternest voice she had ever heard. "You hurt her which is something that you never do to anyone, especially Ana."

Larissa sat there, emotionless. She wasn't sorry for what she did. She didn't even know what the word 'sorry' meant. She crossed her arms. "I don't care!" She yelled at Troy. "I hate Ana!"

He was taken aback. Larissa had never said she hated her sister before. "Stay in your room until your mother or I come to talk to you." He quickly walked out of the room, knowing that if he said anything else that he would regret it.

"Shh, it's okay Ana, it's okay," Sharpay said as she held Ana in her arms and rubbed her back, trying to calm her down. She checked the small cut on her neck from the corner of the book. It had stopped bleeding, but there was a bruise forming around where she was hit.

Troy walked into the kitchen. "How is she," he asked.

"She's getting a bruise from where she was hit," Sharpay said as she showed him the cut. "What happened, Troy? I mean one minute things were fine, and the next…Ana was screaming. Granted, I was facing the other way, but why would Larissa hit her like that?"

He shook his head, "I don't know what has gotten into her. I've never seen her get violent like that, or even yell like that while I think about it."

A light bulb suddenly went off in Sharpay's head. "I think I might have an idea as to what's wrong." She handed Ana who was still whimpering to Troy and went up the stairs. "I'll be back in a few minutes."

Larissa was still sitting on her bed. She was still emotionless, but wasn't sure why. She then heard someone coming up the steps and saw Sharpay in the doorway. Larissa turned away so she was facing the wall.

"Larissa, please turn around," Sharpay said in a calm tone. Larissa didn't listen and stayed facing the wall. "Larissa, please turn around now," she said again in a stern tone. Larissa slowly turned around to face her mother. She had never seen her quite so serious before. "Larissa, why did you hit your sister? Were you mad at her?"

No answer.

"Larissa, I know you can hear me. And I know you can understand me. Were you angry that the phone rang, or that daddy was doing the dishes and couldn't read to you?"

No answer.

Sharpay sighed. She wanted to get through to Larissa, but also wanted her to understand what she did was wrong. She picked Larissa up and set her down on the step stool that was in the room. She knew that Larissa would want to be on her bed, so she figured this would make her crack. "Larissa, listen to me. Why did you hit your sister?"

Larissa didn't say anything. She looked everywhere except her mother. She could feel a few tears fall from her eyes. Not long after that, she started to cry.

Sharpay decided the best thing to do was bring Larissa close to her and hug her. "Sweetheart," she said after a moment of just letting her cry, "Please, tell me why you hit your sister."

Larissa wiped her eyes and shrugged.

"Were you mad that daddy and I didn't read to you?" She nodded. "Were you mad that we were paying a lot of attention to her this afternoon and not very much attention to you?" She nodded again. "Okay, listen to me," she said in a calm but firm tone. "I know that you're angry, and that is fine, but we never hit someone when we are angry. We tell someone."

Larissa wiped her eyes again. "I got mad that she wouldn't let you read to me," she said, shaking as fresh tears started to fall from her eyes. "She never…lets you read…to me," she said through her tears.

Sharpay pulled her into another hug. "I'm sorry that is how you felt, Larissa. But you cannot blame your sister for this. She didn't know that she was hurting your feelings. She is…"

"I know. She's sick and stupid."

Sharpay looked pointedly at Larissa, "Your sister is NOT stupid and she is not sick. I was going to say that she is only 18 months old. She is much younger than you. And yes, she has a problem understanding what is going on around her, but you cannot go and blame her for that. Do you understand?"

She nodded and wiped her eyes. "Do you hate me, mommy?"

"No, of course I don't hate you. I could never hate you," she said as she hugged her again.

"Does daddy hate me?"

"No, I don't hate you. I love you very much," Troy said as he walked into the room with a now calm Ana. He set her down on the floor so she could play with her toys. "But I do not want you to ever hit your sister again, do you understand me?"

She nodded and walked over to Ana and looked at the cut on her neck. She started to cry again and ran to her bed. This is my fault, I gave her that cut, she thought to herself as she continued to cry.

Troy walked over to her and rubbed her back. He picked her up and held her in his lap and hugged her as she cried into his shirt. "We know you didn't mean to hurt Ana," he said gently as her sobs softened. "You were mad that we didn't read to you, am I right," he asked as he looked at her.

"Uh huh," she said as she wiped her eyes. "I…sorry," she said as she climbed down from his lap and walked over to Ana. "I sorry Ana," she said as she gave her sister a hug.

Ana responded by smiling and handing Larissa one of her bears that she was playing with.

Maybe she forgives me, she thought. Larissa looked up at her parents and smiled. "I love you," she said softly.

Sharpay picked her up. "And we love you too, Larissa." She kissed her forehead and sat her back down with her sister.

After both girls were in bed, Troy and Sharpay went to their room and sat down on the bed. "What a day," Troy said. "So what was it that made you get through to her," he asked.

"Simple. She was jealous that we were paying so much attention to Ana and not paying very much attention to her, that she just thought we no longer loved her."

"So what did the hitting have to do with any of this," Troy asked, still confused.

Sharpay chuckled, "When Ryan and I were little, he used to get these horrible anxiety attacks before our relatives would come over. I have no idea why, but he did. Anyway, my parents would focus all of their attention on him and acted as though I didn't exist. So I ended up doing something that would get their attention."

"You hit him," Troy said.

"Yes and boy did it get their attention. They sent me to my room and let me out when they felt like it. But what they didn't do was talk to me and tell me why I was in my room. I was only 4, so I didn't understand why I was sitting in my room for so long." She sighed, "So, I figured that is what happened with Larissa today but I wasn't about to make the same mistake my parents did when I was little." As she said this, a couple of tears found their way out of her eyes. "I just don't want to turn into my parents."

Troy understood now, "You're not your parents at all. You are a wonderful mother, Sharpay, and Larissa will thank you for this later, when she's older." He gave her a reassuring hug. "Want watch a movie before going to bed, since it's only 8:00?

"Sure," she said as they walked downstairs and picked out a movie. "Thanks, Troy."

"For what?"

"For showing me that I'm not my parents; I can tell already that I'm not." She smiled and sat down beside him.

Okay, no cliffhanger, but I wanted to put in more Larissa and her reaction to the amount of attention Ana is getting. I hope you liked it! Please R&R!