Chapter Started: October 2, 2009.
Chapter Finished: October 3, 2009.
Author's Note: Well, here's a new chapter. I know it's a few days late, but I've been out of school so, I have to make up work, but now it's the weekend so, I can write more stuff not to mention I have my first ever Homecoming tomorrow, Saturday, so wish me luck. All my love, always, XOXO.
Toodles.
=America's New First Family=
-Chapter 10: G20-
(September 24, 2009.)
"Morning Baby Girl. Morning Troy, Sharpay, Ryan, Martha," Greg greeted the four as they walked into his and his wife's Presidential suite at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where this year's G-20 meeting was being held.
The Group of Twenty or more commonly known as the G-20 was formally established in 1999 to bring together major industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy. Sol, therefore this year, President Montez was hosting and giving Leaders the opportunity to take stock of the progress made and discuss further actions to assure recovery from the global economic and financial crisis.
Though New York City, New York was originally was the chosen location, the Montez cabin had changed it to Pittsburgh because it stands as a bold example of how to create new jobs and industries while transitioning to a 21st century economy.
"Morning daddy," Gabriella greeted her dad as she kissed his cheek and hugged him before doing the same to her mom as she said, "Morning mommy."
"Morning, Mija," Inez greeted back before turning to the others and said as she motioned to the long table covered in all sorts of breakfast foods, "Morning guys and dig in. There's plenty."
"Thanks," they all replied along with Gabriella before filling their plates and their glasses up so, they could have some breakfast.
"By the way, baby girl, I love the sense of wardrobe you and Sharpay decided on this morning," Greg said with a smirk as Zeke, Troy, Ryan, Martha, his wife, and the Evans all laughed at the two blushing girls who were still dressed in their pajamas -- Sharpay in her pink and silver custom made pajama set from Juicy Couture and Gabriella in her chocolate brown and blue custom made Juicy Couture pajama set.
"So, what's the what for the agenda today?" Troy asked a few minutes later.
"Well, today Greg and I will be in summit for quite some time and while we're doing that Gabriella, Sharpay, and Ryan along with you guys if want to go are visiting the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Space Center, and Mt. Washington. At the History and Space Center you guys will be on a private tour from the creators before you guys go to Mt. Washington where Gabriella, Sharpay, and Ryan have to do a photo shoot for Time Magazine and the Pittsburgh Post who are both doing an article or multiple articles on the G-20 Summit and all that jazz," Greg replied.
"Sounds fun," Troy commented.
"For you maybe, but what about Brie-Ella and me. We have to gain ten pounds!" Sharpay stated.
"Gain ten pounds, why?" Troy asked confused.
"Duh, because the camera adds ten pounds," Gabriella told her boyfriend with a roll of her eyes before turning to Ryan and saying, "At least you don't have to worry about gaining ten pounds."
"And why's that?" Ryan asked his "little sister" with a smile.
"Because you're a guy," Sharpay told her brother as Gabriella nodded her head in agreement and the parents just watched in amusement at the group of friends.
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"Alright, well see you later on tonight. You behave and be safe, okay Baby Girl? I love you," Greg told his daughter who was now dressed in a navy and white cable knitted stripes long sleeve sweater dress that had a u neck and five front buttons, and a pair of brown crinkle faux leather buckle boots with a 2 ½ inch low heel to them; who smiled in reassurance and kissed his cheek as she hugged him.
"Don't worry, Greg. She'll be safe with me," Troy, dressed in a navy HCO polo, light wash jeans, and black VANS skate shoes; reassured Greg.
"I have not doubt in that, Troy, I did when you guys first started dating, but not anymore," Greg reassured Troy with a smile and watched as his daughter went to her boyfriend and laced their fingers together before they both slipped on a pair of matching Aviator sunglasses, grabbed Gabriella's red and black LV tote, and headed out the door with Ryan, Sharpay, Zeke, and Martha, all of them surrounded by Gabriella's and Ryan & Sharpay's bodyguards.
(Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
"So, first I'll take you guys to look at the PaleoLab which is an authentic preparation lab where fossils are cleaned and prepared by museum scientists, called preparators. Do any of you know what preparators are?" the creator asked the group of Secret Service, boyfriends, best friends, America's Sweetheart, and America's Sparkle (which was the ser name given to Sharpay by a lot of people in the U.S.A because she was known for her sparkles, pink, and blonde hair).
"Don't they uncover fossils from rock that surrounds them. And they can also repair fossils that have been damaged along with making replicas or casts of original fossils, and remove small fossils from washed and screened matrix which is the surrounding rock," Gabriella replied with a smile.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, my girlfriend, America's Sweetheart, Gabriella Marie Montez," Troy stated causing them all to laugh and the creator to also smile as he watched the young girl giggle before she was pulled in for a soft kiss from her boyfriend.
"Very good, Ms. Montez," the creator said as he smiled at her before he told them as they walked around the next section that was called "Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems" that just had a new smaller section added on to it called "Wertz Gallery- Gems and Jewelry".
After looking at the gems in the first and bigger room, they then went to the new gem and jewelry gallery.
"Whoa! Dude, check this out!" Zeke told Troy who came over and looked at what he was looking at which was a piece of Amber with a fly inside of it.
"That's pretty sweet," Troy stated.
Zeke was about to reply when he heard is girlfriend exclaim, "Zekey! Zekey, looks it's your birthstone!"
The boys just chuckled and walked over to where Sharpay was and there indeed was Zeke's January "Garnet" birthstone.
"And do you know where you can find the finest gem garnets?" the creator asked them.
"Yeah, in Brazil, Canada, Nigeria, Russia and Tanzania," Sharpay replied only knowing this because for one she had a fascination for birthstones and two because in science class (both advanced and regular science) they had stopped any kind of bio work and worked on gemstones because it would defiantly pick up people's grades and when the teacher, Mrs. Brewer had picked the birthstones she gave each Wildcat couple their special someone's birthstone instead of their own, as she did with most of the students unless they decided they wanted to do their own.
"Very good, Ms. Evans," the creator smiled at her as she took a picture with her digital camera as did the others which made him state, "You know you guys do have many perks to being so high up in the U.S. because normally we don't allow people to use cameras or anything of that sort in this section of the exhibit, but for you guys we have allowed it so, you guys sure are lucky."
"Thanks," they all replied with smiles, knowing he was right.
"Hey, look! Here's Chadster's and Jas Allen's February 'Amethyst' birthstone," Gabriella pointed out as she took some pictures as the others did the same.
"Here's Kelsi's," Zeke pointed out as he looked at the blue-green gem that was prized for its beauty and durability and because the aquamarine gem was a favorite with crystal and jewelry enthusiasts alike.
"Oh, Ryan! Look, it's mine!" Martha told her boyfriend who turned his head and there indeed was Martha's May "Emerald" birthstone and took a picture of it with his camera as did the others.
"Ryan! Look, it's ours," Sharpay told her brother as she found the red gem known as a Ruby gem and it is second in hardness only to diamond and so rare that top quality gemstones are worth more than white diamonds of similar size.
After taking pictures of the Rubies and while Sharpay, Zeke, Ryan and Martha gazed at them while the creator told them more about it, Troy and Gabriella went to find his October Opal or "Tourmaline" birthstone and once they found it they took a couple pictures of it before they found Taylor's November birthstone which was the Topaz or Citrine and took a few pictures of the golden-yellow gemstones before they lastly and most certainly not least, found Gabriella's December birthstone which had to be the most beautiful one of them all with it's sky blue turquoise color or another version of her birthstone known as the Tanzanite, had the most beautiful deep blue-violet color which was the result of heating (naturally or otherwise) of green zoisite and it could only be found in Tanzania.
Soon after looking at the gemstones they headed to the next section which was labeled "Dinosaurs in Their Time" which had been closed to the public in March of 2005 (and back then it was known as Dinosaur Hall) and on November 21, 2007, marking the 100th anniversary of the original Dinosaur Hall. Phase Two of the project, featuring two T. rex skeletons posed mid-fight, opened in June 15, 2008.
"So, what's different in this new Dinosaur Hall?" Troy asked the creator as they all stood in the entrance.
The creator smiled and began to answer his question, "Well, for one thing, it has a new name! the old Dinosaur Hall is now Dinosaurs in Their Time. The new name reflects the fact that, for the first time, the dinosaurs are integrated into the environments of their respective time periods. Even though dinosaurs are no longer with us, the plants, mammals, fish, and insects that surrounded them continue to evolve and created the biological diversity that surrounds us today. Carnegie's dinosaurs are remounted in scientifically accurate, active poses, and new specimens never before seen by the public were added to the exhibition. It's a project 200 million years in the making!"
"Cool," they all stated.
And before they looked around, Ryan asked, "What are all currently on display?"
"Carnegie Museum of Natural History is home to one of the world's best fossil collections, including the world's greatest collection of dinosaurs from the Jurassic Age. The museum displays five holotype—the original fossil that defines a species, usually the first or most complete specimen discovered—dinosaur skeletons. Those holotypes are Diplodocus carnegii, Tyrannosaurus rex, Apatosaurus louisae, Camptosaurus aphanoecetes, and a new species of a bird-like oviraptorosaur that has yet to be formally named.
Dinosaurs in Their Time also features the world's most complete fossil skeletons of the Jurassic plant-eating dinosaurs Camarasaurus lentus, Camptosaurus aphanoecetes, and Dryosaurus altus, as well as the world's most complete baby Apatosaurus and some of the best-known original specimens of Coelophysis bauri, Stegosaurus armatus, Allosaurus fragilis, Corythosaurus casuarius, and Protoceratops andrewsi.
All told, there are over 15 mounted dinosaur specimens, dynamically posed and surrounded by the plants and other animals that lived with them," the creator told them with a smile," the creator told them.
"Cool, thanks," they replied before they all began to look around taking various pictures of all kinds from funny to serious, serious to sad, and sad to just the dinosaurs.
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Soon later, the group and creator was found up on the second floor in the Hall of African Animals where they explored four of the African continent's major live zones -- savanna, rainforest, mountain, and desert -- and the unique animals that live there.
They saw a realistic diorama that transported them to a water hole where a reticulated giraffe, two species of zebra, African buffalo, wildebeest, and warthog (which Troy and Zeke had dubbed 'mini-Chad'), among others, have gathered. In the shadow of a Baobab tree, they saw gerenuks stand on their hind legs nibbling leaves while termites build their impressive mounds.
The next realistic diorama, transported them to the rainforest where a lowland gorilla emerged from lush tropical foliage and vines. A pair of zebra duikers forages in the undergrowth. And a predatory Gaboon Viper's hunting is disrupted as it is mobbed by understory birds.
They then were transported to the desert biome that introduced the unique animals of the African desert, highlighting the fennec -- a small elusive fox with large eyes and enormous ears (which the girls had dubbed the real mini-Chad). The circle of life in this harsh desert environment was illustrated as the fennec traps a small desert rodent.
In the next exhibit titled "Hall of North American Wildlife" they saw some of the continent's most amazing animals in natural habit dioramas. The major ecosystems of North America -- tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, grassland, and dessert -- were represented along with their diverse inhabitants. With a broad, in scope and rich in detail, the Hall of North American Wildlife presented them with unforgettable images of the continent and offered them a unique perspective on North America's wildlife…the pictures they knew just wouldn't do anything in the North American Wildlife exhibit justice.
On the third floor, they visited Alcoa Foundations Hall of American Indians, Polar World: Wyckoff Hall of Arctic Life and Needle to the North, looked and got pictures of the beautiful Third Floor Jurassic Overlook, and then they went in and explored Gabriella's second favorite exhibit the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt -- the birthstones being her favorite -- where they learned all about Ancient Egypt.
Soon later, they had thanked and taken pictures with the creator before they all left to head over to the Carnegie Science Center where they encountered a lot of really cool things that fascinated Gabriella and Martha, bringing out their science loving sides and made the other wildcats laugh at them when they answered every question right when it was asked when they knew nothing about it.
Later in the day before returning to the hotel, the girls and Ryan had their photo shoot with a beautiful backdrop of Steel City and they had ate lunch at one of the many restaurants before taking the incline, that they had taken up, back down so, they could head back to their hotel.
Once they arrived back at the hotel they said 'hi' to Greg, Inez, Vance, and Derby before they all headed up to their suites…well, the girls in Gabriella's suite and the boys' in Zeke and Sharpay's suite to, get ready for an elegant dinner.
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"Martha, I'm loving the dress," Sharpay told her bother's girlfriend as she walked out of the bathroom in a beautiful strapless black satin dress with gold sequins covering the bodice and a matching gold satin bow under the bust and tied in the back.
"Thanks," Martha replied as she sat on the bed and opened up a shoe box and grab on of the black heels and put it on her left perfectly manicured foot. The heels that she had chosen was just a simple pair of black 3 ¾ inch high heels that had rhinestones on the straps.
"Well, I love your dress Shar-Bear," Gabriella told her bestie who was dressed in a pink double spaghetti strapped shirred bust party dress that had a bright pink satin ribbon bow on the side and a v-neckline, and it just grazed her knees when she stood up.
"Aw, thanks Brie-Ella, but I think I can say for both Martha and me, that I love your dress the most."
"Thanks," Gabriella said with a blush as she turned to look at herself in the mirror. Her hair was straightened and pulled half back, in her ears sat a pair of three white diamond stoned earrings, Troy's first name initial sat around her neck, a Chanel white leather diamond incrusted watch sat on her left wrist, her make up was done in smokey shades, and she had on a pair of beautiful silver rhinestone sandal high heels that had an unique around rhinestone ankle strap with a 3 inch heel. And to top everything off she had on a beautiful Alfred Angelo red Jersey Knit dress with rhinestone buttons in the back, spaghetti straps, and a V-neckline.
"I still can't believe that Alfred Angelo is your personal dress designer," Martha told Gabriella as Sharpay nodded her head in agreement before she turned to Sharpay and said, "And I still can' believe that Scala is your personal dress designer."
"Believe me, it's still a shocker to Shar-Bear and I too," Gabriella informed Martha who was putting in a pair of pearl earrings that matched her bracelet and necklace.
"Exactly," Sharpay said as she slipped on a pair of slip on hot pink rhinestone high heels that had a 3 inch heel to them before she made sure her usually wavy blonde hair was still straightened perfectly and her silver sparkle eyeshadow with black eyeliner and mascara with clear lip gloss was still intact.
"Sharpay, Gabriella, Martha, can I come in?" Gabriella's female bodyguard, Roxy, and Sharpay and Ryan's female bodyguard, Gina, asked as they knocked on the bedroom door.
"Yeah, come on in, Rox," Gabriella replied and smiled at the two females who walked in and smiled at the girls.
"You all look simply stunning," Roxy told them and they all smiled as a thank you before she asked, "So are you all ready to go to dinner?"
"Mmhm," Martha replied as she grabbed her satin black shawl and black clutch.
"We are too," Sharpay replied as she picked up her silver shawl and clutch while Gabriella' picked up her red shawl and clutch.
"Alright, then let's go," Roxy told them before walking out in front of them with Gina in back of the them.
(September 25, 2009.)
The next day while their parents were finishing up with the G-20 Summit, they all had went and had fun at the Carnegie Science Center's Sportsworks before they went to the Pittsburgh Zoo and then finally took in a Pirates game at the City of Bridges' PNC Park which since completion, it has been hailed as one of the best ballparks in the country do to the beautiful backdrop of the Pittsburgh Skyline.
After cheering on the Pirates who won 3-1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, they were allowed to go meet each team and get autographs and pictures before they had to return to their hotel, get an early dinner, Gabriella had to pose for a few pictures with her parents, before they all had to turn in early so, they could catch their Air Force One flight, the one that would take the Montezes and Evans' back to D.C. while the teens returned to Los Angeles where they were attending college with the other Wildcats at the University of California-Los Angeles or UCLA as it was more known as.
TBC….
Well, I hope you all enjoyed it. Well, I guess I'm going to go post this and maybe write another chapter and possibly post it before I have to get ready for Homecoming. All my love, always, XOXO.
Toodles,
Jessica.