Hi everyone, I know it has been a rather long time since I've written anything for this story and I do apologize for that! Life has simply decided to intercede. Anyway, I'm going to try my best to write another chapter that I hope you'll like. Also…for those of you who do not already know, I have a YouTube account (Lissical) and I just added a video for you guys. The link is in my profile. Enjoy! And now without further ado, here is chapter 10.

Time Flies, Ch. 10

A few days later…

"It feels good to be home," Troy said as he walked into the house, Kayleigh at his side.

Kayleigh frowned, "Daddy you were just here," she said, not fully understanding what her father meant.

He smiled, "Never mind," he said as he kissed her head.

Sharpay walked in shortly behind Troy with Zach and Ana by her side and Sam in her arms.

Larissa followed closely behind; she had barely visited with her father since he had been in the hospital, even though she had plenty of opportunities. She still felt guilty for what had happened. Sure, her mother had told her that it wasn't Larissa who caused her father's heart attack, but she was not convinced. She walked into the house and managed to avoid everyone and walked upstairs to her room and closed the door.

"What's up with her," Troy asked as he watched Larissa go upstairs. He looked over at Sharpay.

"I think…" she sighed, "Maybe you should talk to her," she said, not wanting to put words into her daughter's mouth.

He pulled her aside and helped her to put Sam down. "Shar, what's going on here? I'd like to know," he said, now worried about Larissa.

"Like I said, you should go talk to her…" She looked at his face and shook her head, "All right, all right. She blames herself for what happened."

Troy frowned, "What do you mean?"

"What do you think I mean, Troy? Think about it. The day you had your heart attack was the same day that she basically blew up at us. She thinks that she's the cause of all of your stress and whatnot." She looked up at him, "I have tried telling her that she isn't to blame, but…"

"But what," he insisted.

"But she is insistent that it's her fault," she said, trying not to raise her voice. "Just…go upstairs and talk to her okay?"

He nodded, "All right."

Kayleigh rushed over to Troy just as he was about to go upstairs, "Daddy will you help me with my lines?"

He smiled down at her, "Maybe later, okay?"

She nodded, "Okay daddy."

He continued up the stairs and knocked on Larissa's door.

"Come in," a faint voice said.

Troy opened the door, "Hey there," he said as he walked over to where she was sitting on the floor. He sat down beside her, "What's up?"

"Nothing," she said as she looked at her hands.

He shrugged, "Okay."

Larissa watched as he stood up and began to walk out of the room. "It's my fault," she blurted out.

He turned around, "You mean what happened to me?"

"Yeah," she said quietly. "If I hadn't yelled like that, then you wouldn't…"

"That's not true," Troy said as he sat back down beside Larissa. "Sometimes things just happen and most of the time the timing is horrible. This was just one of those times and believe me when I tell you that it was not your fault. Got it?"

She nodded, "I guess."

"I love you, you know that, right?"

"I love you too dad," Larissa said as she put her arms around him. "I have a question," she said when they parted.

"And that would be what?"

"I was just wondering if I could hang out with David on New Year's…you know, alone? Just the two of us?

"Are you trying to give me another heart attack here," he said with a laugh.

Larissa giggled, "I'm joking. But can I go over to his house since you and mom didn't plan anything this year?"

"His parents are going to be home, right?"

"Dad."

"Sorry," he said. "Yeah, I don't see why not."

"Thanks!" She hugged him, "I'm glad you're okay."

He smiled, "Me too."

"Are you serious," Katie said excitedly. "That would be awesome," she said into the phone. She didn't think twice about where she wanted to spend New Year's: with her family or with James and his family in Lake Tahoe.

"You sure your family would be okay with it," James asked.

"Yeah, it's not like we do anything for it anyways. My parents had a party once…I think."

He nodded, "Okay well I'll see you in a couple of days then."

She smiled, "See you soon." She hung up the phone and smiled.

"Dinner's ready," Kelsi said from the doorway a few minutes later.

"Okay…oh mom?"

"Yeah?"

"We're not doing anything special for New Year's right," Katie asked hopefully.

"Not that I can think of, no. Why?"

"Well it's just that James asked me if I wanted to spend New Year's with him…and his family."

Kelsi shrugged, "I don't see why not," she said as she continued to walk towards the kitchen.

"Awesome, thank you! Lake Tahoe here I come," she yelled with excitement.

"Lake Tahoe," Kelsi asked.

"Oh…I uh…I did mention that little detail, didn't I," Katie said nervously.

She shook her head, "No I think you left that 'little detail' out."

"Well his whole family will be there, it won't just be the two of us. I mean we're not going to…" she paused, "Uh well you know."

Kelsi smirked, "Right. Well…let me talk it over with dad before making a decision."

"Thank you mom, you rock!"

"The answer isn't yes yet."

"But it will be," Katie called from halfway up the stairs.

"Yeah, yeah," Kelsi muttered to herself as she set the silverware on the table. "Wait a minute," she said to herself. "Katie, dinner!"

"Oh yeah," came a muffled voice. "Sorry mom." Katie came back downstairs and sat down. "So where's Maddy? And dad for that matter?"

"He's on his way home with Maddy. She had ballet practice this afternoon."

Katie sighed; she wanted her dad's answer about New Year's now.

"Look at what I wrote!" Angie yelled as she ran into Theresa's room, causing Theresa to drop her textbook. "You dropped your book, Theresa."

"Gee I didn't notice that," she said as she picked it up.

Angie shoved the paper into Theresa's face, "Look!"

"Angie I'm a little busy right now," Theresa said as she moved the paper away from her face.

"Just look!"

"Fine." She took the paper and read it. "Nice job…now I have some writing of my own to do, if you don't mind."

She shook her head, "No, I don't mind." Angie continued to stand by her sister's side.

Theresa looked up, "Alone."

"Can I help you?"

"That's nice of you but I don't think you'd understand square roots or fractions."

"I know what a fraction is," Angie said. "Daddy always tells you to eat a fraction of your vegetables."

"Uh…well this is a little different," she tried to explain.

"But I want to help."

"Okay…go stand over there and then close the door," she said pointing to the hall.

"Fine. But the next time you need my help with squares and roots, I won't help you!" She stomped out of the room.

"It's square roots."

"Who cares!" She slammed the door and started towards her room.

Ryan walked over to her, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. But I told Theresa that the next time she needs help with squares and roots that I won't help her," she said, arms crossed.

"Oh…well I'm sure she just wanted to work alone this time. And I think you're thinking of square roots."

"Not you too!" Angie pushed by him and walked downstairs. "I'll show mommy what I did!"

"Okay," Ryan said quietly to himself as he followed Angie downstairs.

Larissa walked downstairs, now feeling a bit better. At least she no longer felt that her dad's heart attack was her fault. "Mom are you busy right now," she asked as she walked into the living room.

"Not really, why?"

"Well dad said it was fine, but is it also okay with you if I spend New Year's with David?"

"His parents will be home, won't they?"

"Do you and dad have ESP or something?"

"What?"

She shook her head, "Nothing. And yes, they'll be home."

"All right, that sounds fine by me."

"And can I tryout for the play?" Sharpay looked over at her. "Just kidding," she said half-heartedly. "How about next year?"

"Larissa…"

"I meant in the spring."

"We'll talk about that when the time comes, okay?"

She nodded, "Okay." She sat down and stared at the music book that was sitting on the table. "This is pure torture," she said, not taking her eyes off the book. She picked it up and opened it. No one ever said anything about simply singing.

Sharpay stopped what she was doing and looked over at Larissa.

Larissa stopped singing and looked up, "What? You never said I couldn't sing in the house." She smiled, knowing she had stumped her mom on that one.

Okay so that wasn't the greatest chapter ever, but it was at least something, right? I'll try to update soon! The keyword here is try, hehe. Anyway I hope you liked it!