"I'm MARRIED!!" Kelsi exclaimed.
"Oh yeah. Yay you!" Sharpay put on a fake excitement look.
She looked down at her bored daughter who just stood there listening to the grown ups talk about what had just happened. Sharpay wanted to leave, but she didn't want to be rude, she figured a few more minutes wouldn't hurt. She didn't want to leave right away since everyone seemed to be talking to her—all at once.
"I'm so glad you got Troy to come Shar!" Kelsi said out of nowhere.
"Oh yeah, so am I…" Sharpay lied.
She didn't even ask Troy to come, her invited himself to come. It was actually surprising how he went on his own not bothering Sharpay about anything. It was understandable that he wanted to talk to everyone since he hadn't seen anyone except for Chad and Taylor for a really long time. Everyone lived far away from each other now it was hard to remember who lived where.
"So this is your…daughter?" Kelsi smiled at Evelyn.
"Yeah. Evelyn." Sharpay answered looking down at Evelyn.
"Hi." Evelyn said in a low tone.
"Well, we better get going. We have a long day ahead." Sharpay spoke feeling like it was okay to leave now.
Kelsi tried to bribe Sharpay to stay but she failed and eventually gave up. Sharpay was just heading out when she felt Troy's grip on her shoulder. She was going to blow out on him for scaring, but she thought she had argued with him enough for the day.
"What Troy?" She asked urging Evelyn to walk back towards the car since they were already in the parking lot.
"Just thought I'd say bye… HONEY" He said.
Sharpay noticed that everyone had their eyes on them, especially her brother.
"Okay. Bye." She said turning back around.
"Bye." Troy pulled her in for a kiss.
She didn't respond since it shocked her and she didn't know what to do.
"Act like you're liking the kiss—everyone is watching." Troy said through the kiss.
Sharpay, being an actress decided to just go along with it. She had forgotten how it felt to kiss Troy, nine years of no feeling from Troy really did wash away. She hated to admit it but she was enjoying the kiss and so was Troy. They both got so caught up in the kiss they forgot that they were supposed to even be kissing. When Troy finally broke the kiss and looked behind them, everyone was already back doing their own thing.
"I kind a told everyone that we were together. I didn't want to explain what happened. Bye." Troy explained himself breathless.
"Uh…" Sharpay breathe.
She watched him walk with a confused look on her face. She would get him back one day for what he did and what she would have to later on put up with. Ryan would most likely be all over her about this later on and she was sure that she would have to explain it to everyone too. She understood why Troy would lie to them just so he didn't have to explain everything, she was getting annoyed by all the explaining she had to do but the only problem for Troy now was that Sharpay had already told everyone they were divorced, and since she was leaving now and Troy was staying, she knew that he would get attacked by all the questions now. He would have to explain to them when they got back together.
"Better have a good explanation boy." Sharpay laughed walking towards her car where Evelyn was already seated in.
"What took you so long?" She asked as Sharpay made herself comfy on the driver's seat.
"Oh, nothing." Sharpay answered.
The first thing the two did was head to the mall and go clothes shopping. Sharpay couldn't wait to shop for Evelyn since she'd never shopped for anyone but herself and she always thought that little girl's clothes were cute… Evelyn let her do all the picking out and all she did was trying them on and agreed with her. It made it easier and they got out of the mall quicker to.
"I have a perfect plan for tonight." Sharpay squealed as they walked in a bedding store.
"Okay." Evelyn didn't bother to ask what the plan was; she wanted it to be a surprise.
Sharpay had Evelyn pick out some bedding for her new room that somehow they had to put together later. That didn't take long either…..
The day ended with Sharpay and Evelyn cruising around town. The wedding finally went on and everyone just forgot about what they were arguing about in the beginning. Sharpay didn't bother to stay at the after party, she just wanted to get out of the place and do her own thing with her daughter. She ended up taking Evelyn to an ice cream place where they both got ice cream and then headed to watch some fire works. The two sat down near a water fountain in the middle of a lake park, eating ice cream. It was cold out but ice cream seemed to be good whenever.
"Having fun?" Sharpay asked her daughter wrapping her arms around Evelyn's shoulders.
Evelyn nodded with a smile on her face. She really was having a great time. She couldn't have asked for a better mom. She wasn't quiet sure how, but she really felt comfortable with Sharpay quickly. She wasn't the kind of girl who usually felt a connection with someone right away, but with Sharpay she felt like she had the right mom.
Silence filled the place. Though there were many people around, no one spoke. It felt like everyone was just watching the scenery and not bothering to let out one single sound.
"You know…this is where your dad and I hung out at the end of our first date." We came here right after dinner and watched the fireworks." Sharpay admitted with a small smile across her lips. "Just thought you'd like to know that." She tore her eyes away fro the colorful sky. "But I've never been able to come back here ever since we parted. Brought too many memories for me." Her voice began to soften as Evelyn's blue eyes latched in with hers.
That was when she found herself as if she was looking back into Troy's eyes. It reminded her of the first time they kissed…at the very same spot. This was the main reason why she couldn't imagine herself being here. All the memories she had tried to forget were coming back again. Ever since Evelyn entered her life again, she couldn't really stop thinking of how life would have been if she had stayed with Troy all those years.
"Oh. You didn't have to bring me here." Evelyn said holding onto her ice cream cone tighter.
"No. No. I just wanted to come here. It's been a really long time and it's always nice to visit places ever now and then. They bring back…" Sharpay paused feeling her heart skip a bear. "Memories." She finished with a whisper.
Evelyn had a feeling what her mom was trying to say. It was pretty obvious that she was thinking of Troy. Her eyes said it all. The way she wouldn't stop staring into Evelyn's eyes and all the light twinkles from water were beginning to form around them.
The fact that there were little hints of Troy in Evelyn made it harder for Sharpay to total erase Troy out of her life again. Before Evelyn everything was going fine for her. She never really thought of Troy, except for when her brother brought him up a few times, but other than that he never came to her mind. She never expected to see him again or anything. It never affected her any ways that she would never see him again. But all of those feelings changed over one night. And maybe it was because even if Troy isn't with her—Evelyn is and she does have Troy's blood.
"Mom, do you still love him or not?" Evelyn asked.
Even if Sharpay had made it clear that she didn't love Troy, part of her didn't believe it. Sometimes it was just really hard for people to hide things, and Sharpay was one of those people. No matter how hard she tried to make herself believe that she no longer had feelings for Troy, it was impossible. Once you lay your eyes on the person you once loved, you find yourself feeling that same feeling again. It's hard to stop loving someone, it took a second to fall in love, but it takes more than just a silly argument to unlove someone. In fact, it doesn't really seem possible to complete stop loving someone in a flash. Sharpay knew it was hard to stop loving someone when you've fallen so deeply for him before.
"I really don't know, Evelyn. I was sure didn't love him anymore. But then I saw him again. And things change…When you don't see someone fore so long you forget about them and you forget just every little detail—so I managed to really just get rid of Tr—your dad. But then I saw you and him…it confused me. In ways I want to be with Troy and it would be best for you—at least in my opinion. My mom died when I was seven—my dad pretty much forgot he had kids. So I ended up living with my aunt—it was a hard life you know? No real parents supporting you or anything. I guess maybe that was one reason why I ended up just…. letting you go." Sharpay paused feeling Evelyn's hand grip onto hers tighter. She let out a small smile and continued, "I didn't want to raise you alone, and I figured you'd be with a real family. I didn't imagine you staying there forever."
Evelyn looked down at her feet. It was hard to meet Sharpay's eyes since she felt like crying again. She wasn't aware of the reason why she wanted to cry, she just felt like it. Sharpay rubbed her back for comfort and slowly gave her a reassuring pat.
"But I just think that Troy will end up hurting me…I don't want to go through that." Sharpay finally got Evelyn to look up and meet her eyes.
She tuck a strand of hair behind Evelyn's ear and gave her a kiss on the forehead. She never knew being a mom could be so much fun. It scared her how she just automatically felt the love for Evelyn in a second, usually it takes forever to finally be able to love someone—but it must be different when it comes to kids.
"Troy doesn't even like me. I don't think I need him…I get a lot of love from you, mom." Evelyn said with an adorable smile.
Sharpay smiled at her daughter's comment. She had so many doubts now. She wasn't sure if Evelyn was mad at her or not. One thing for sure, she knew she was mad at herself for what she did years ago. She felt bad putting an innocent child and putting pretty much all the blame in the child when really she knew it had to be all Troy's fault. He caused everything to happen.
"Ice cream good?" Sharpay asked noticing Evelyn finishing up.
"Yeah. Very. Thank you." She smiled.
"Your welcome….hey, you think you'd be interested in acting or dancing or singing?" Sharpay asked curiously.
"I've always loved to sing." Evelyn admitted.
"Really? I attended lots of musicals when I was in school. I love to sing too." Sharpay smiled.
She didn't know why but every time she looked at Evelyn it made her smile.
"My friend and I use to sing together all the time. But she got new parents and that's when she told me to go run away." Evelyn explained.
Sharpay nodded understanding her.
"What made you want to run away? It couldn't have been that bad living there…didn't any scary thoughts ever cross your mind of being out in the real world, alone?" She asked.
"I don't know." Evelyn shrugged. "I didn't think of anything dangerous. I just thought I'd go look for you and dad…I found both of you—sort of in the same day, but I didn't know it was you. They didn't have pictures for me to look at. I didn't know anything about you or Troy." She finished.
"Sounds like a scary adventure to me!" Sharpay exclaimed making Evelyn giggle.
"It didn't take that long. I imagined a different welcome though." She said with a low voice.
"How exactly did Troy treat you when you showed up at his doorstep?" Sharpay asked curious to find out the answer.
"I don't know. He wasn't very nice. He closed the door on me and I didn't know what to do so I just sat there and wondered if he was going to come out or not. He finally came back out and let me in, but he told me to go upstairs and find a room. He said to not bother him since he had to go look for something important…. then I got hungry…" Evelyn stopped talking.
Sharpay gave her a shocking look. She knew Troy was harsh towards Evelyn, but she didn't know that he was that cruel to her.
"When I got hungry, he told me to go make a sandwich---I didn't know how to. So he had to make me one. Then we got a long for a little bit and we talked while eating—"
"Peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Sharpay finished for her.
"How did you know?" Evelyn's face light up.
"It's always been his favorite." Sharpay spoke.
"Oh. It's my favorite too—now. I liked it. That was all that happened. The next day we came over to your house." She finished.
"You've really been in a journey." Sharpay smiled.
"It's okay though." Evelyn said.
"You've been through a lot, for being only nine." Sharpay sighed.
"I know." Evelyn whispered.
"And it's mainly all my fault." Sharpay admitted.
Evelyn shrugged it off and shifted her body. She didn't want to talk about her life anymore. It was boring and it just made her sad talking about it. Now she was happy and was living pretty much her dream life—she didn't want to think back anymore.
"Troy kissed me today." Sharpay said as if she was talking to a friend when they were in high school.
Evelyn looked at her with a bewildered look on her face. The way Sharpay said it made her almost want to laugh. She sounded like a little kid tattle tailing on someone.
"What?" She said puzzled.
"Oh never mind." Sharpay said not believing herself.
She didn't mean to blurt that out to her daughter. It had just been bothering her all day and she felt like letting it out—but not out loud. She could tell that Evelyn was probably thinking she was a freak for saying that.
"You sounded like you liked it—mom." She giggled.
"I didn't like it!" Sharpay lied.
She could feel herself blushing, but luckily it was dark and she knew Evelyn wouldn't be able to see her turn bright red.
Wow.
I finally got this up! Sorry for the LONG LONG LONG wait you guys!
I'm just trying to live my vacation here.
