Sitting in the car, Kelsi nervously fiddled with her hair. It was almost showtime. Almost time to face a pregnant, hormonal, and way more bitchy than she could ever have imagined, Sharpay. And, of course, her ex boyfriend who probably didn't want anything to do with her. "Kelsi, stop fidgetting. You'll be fine." Lenora scolded her daughter as she climbed into the drivers' seat.
"But what if he doesn't want to talk to me?" She asked quietly, clinging onto his present for dear life.

"Then he's just being petty and you don't need a guy like that." Her mom tried to convince her. Kelsi had ended up telling her the whole story the night before. Not surprisingly she was shocked to learn about her daughter's crush on Gabriella, but she was supportive of her only daughter, and told her that she could be who she wanted to, date who she wanted, and no one could stop her, not even her mom.

"OK." Kelsi wasn't completely convinced, but she knew her mom knew a thing or two.

"Come in, come in!" Mrs Evans greeted them almost as soon as they'd rang the doorbell to the huge mansion in the affluent part of town. "Ryan, can you take Kelsi and Mrs Neilsen's coats please?" She asked, and it was then that Kelsi caught her first glimpse of her ex since they'd broken up. He looked well, but she wasn't exactly sure what she'd been expecting of him. He'd dyed his hair back to its original blonde colour, and he was wearing a suit which was smart but very, well, Ryan. It was bright and patterned and suited him perfectly.

"Sure." He hardly looked at Kelsi as he took her coat. "Everyone's in the lounge." He mumbled before disappearing upstairs. This was going to be fun.

"Didn't think you'd dare to come." Sharpay gave her fakest smile as soon as Kelsi had stepped into the lounge. "Everyone" was apparently just Sharpay and Zeke, and she wished Ryan had warned her, but from the look of things, he didn't even want to talk to her.

"Well I didn't want to disappoint." Kelsi smiled back as she sat down the presents she had been carrying onto the coffee table.

"Well someone should have told you that traitors aren't welcome in this house." Sharpay hissed back.

"Shar, leave it." Zeke interjected before a fight broke out, and considering Kelsi's new attitude, he doubted either one would back down.

"Zeke, dad needs help in the kitchen." Kelsi heard Ryan call from somewhere behind her, but she daren't look round. "And mom wants you to show Kelsi's mom the scan of the baby." He addressed his sister, and groaning, Sharpay followed Zeke out of the lounge, leaving Kelsi alone with Ryan.

"I got you a present." He broke the silence. "I went shopping yesterday, after I knew you were coming over and I got you this." He placed the small box in her lap and crouched down until he was at eye level with her. "And I bumped into Gabriella and Troy yesterday, and we went for coffee and they made me see something." He continued as Kelsi fondled the box, not wanting to open it straight away.
"Which is…?" She prompted.
"That I should never let my sister rule any part of me, especially my heart." He whispered as he placed his hands over hers. "It was her that made me give you that song. I was angry, I didn't really mean any of it, because I never stopped loving you. Even that night. I was upset because you hurt me, and you hurt me because I love you more than anything in this world. You're everything to me, and I forgive you, and I hope to God that you forgive me." He finished, staring into her eyes, and she stared at him for a moment before breaking into a grin.

"I forgive you, start over again?" She offered, and he pulled her up out of the chair and into a hug. Kissing her softly on the lips, he couldn't help but grin.

"If it's a girl, we'll call her Sharpay Jr." They pulled away as Sharpay entered the room along with Kelsi's mom and Zeke, who had apparently averted the impending kitchen disaster.

"Isn't she sweet?" Zeke sighed like the lovesick puppy he was, and Kelsi and Ryan gave each other a look.

"Zeke?" Kelsi interrupted sweetly.

"Yeah?"
"Come here." She beckoned, and obligingly, he did so, much to Sharpay's annoyance. "This is from Chad, he gave me strict instructions." She informed him before hitting him over the head. "You call that child Sharpay Jr and we'll all disown you." Ryan laughed as Zeke looked around confused.

"OK, presents!" Ryan announced once he'd stopped giggling, and placing the presents in the middle of the room, the four teenagers sat in a circle. "Kelsi, you have yours, and here's one for me." He grabbed the gift which Kelsi had brought in and proceeded to shake it before undoing the ribbon wrapped around it and pulling back the paper slightly.

"Just open it!" Sharpay yelled impatiently, and he grinned as he ripped the paper and opened the box it contained to reveal a new pair of tap shoes.

"Woah! Just what I needed!" He exclaimed, examining his prize. "How did you know my size though?"
"I had some help." She winked at Zeke.

"So that's why you were rummaging around my room yesterday!" He laughed. "Now Kelsi, open yours." He ordered, and obligingly, Kelsi unwrapped the small package and cautiously opened the blue velvet box and shrieked.

"I love them!" She whispered, giving Ryan a kiss on the cheek. Pushing her hair from the back of her neck, she let him put the necklace around her neck. "Thank you." She decided that it would be safer to put the earrings on herself, she didn't trust anyone to put those in for her, and then she leaned in at Sharpay's insistence so she could see them.

"Wow, that's so cute." The blonde fingered the treble clef now hanging from her neck. "Doesn't my brother have great taste?" She giggled. "So are you two, like, back together?" She asked as Ryan wrapped his arm around Kelsi's back.
"Yeah, we are." He pulled her in closer. "Why?"
"That's great. Sorry for everything, Kels, I just, you know, I was mad about what you did, but your mom and mine and Zeke made me see that you two make a great couple and I don't wanna see my brother miserable." She explained before giving Kelsi a tentative hug.

"Welcome to the family." Sharpay whispered into the smaller girl's ear, and Kelsi felt herself start to smile. OK, so maybe they weren't the best friends in the world now, but it was a start…