This Christmas

*Chapter 10

(A/N: Here's the next chapter. It was supposed to be a lot longer than this but I just split it up into two parts so you guys could read the first part of the chapter. Enjoy!)

Catching Up Together (Part 1)

It was a Friday morning at the Bolton's house as they were getting ready to pick up Danielle from the airport. She went to her Aunt Sally's house until December 4th, which was also the day that Chad and Taylor get back from their honeymoon. Troy was thinking about having a little group together since Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Ryan, Sharpay, and Zeke were all coming back from their trips. He might even invite Gabriella and spend some time 'alone' with her.

Yeah, right the girl doesn't even know you.

Troy sighed as he jumped in the car and they drove to the airport. As they waited at the terminal, Danielle's small but cute figure pushed her way through the crowd. Behind her, Aunt Sally waved goodbye to them. Danielle was now 13 turning 14 at the end of December. She looked a lot like Mrs. Bolton except she had blue eyes just like Troy. She had curly brown hair with freckles on her cheeks. Troy spotted Danielle unenthusiastically as she saw her big brother standing near a kiosk.

"Troy!" Danielle said excitedly as she run over and hugged him. Troy was more than surprised that she hugged him first. He had to admit though, he did miss Danielle. She had been gone for nearly a month and by the second week; he missed her constant teasing and annoyance.

"Hey Danny, how was your trip?" Troy said as he helped her with her bags.

"It was fun! I got to go bungee jumping and horseback riding and rock climbing!" Danielle babbled away.

"Whoa! That sounds like you had fun!" Mrs. Bolton exclaimed.

"Yeah! Now I'm happy to be back so I can tease my big brother." She playfully punched Troy in the arm and ran off towards the car.

"Hey, not this time. You know playback is hell!" Troy ran after her.

"Shut up you big ass!" Danielle replied teasingly.

"Hey, watch the language both of you!" Mr. Bolton said.

"Honey, they're teenagers, let them go." Mrs. Bolton rubbed his back.

"Ok but I swear they hang out with the wrong crowd sometimes."

"Does that include Gabriella being the 'wrong crowd'?"

"No; that excludes Gabriella and Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, oh forget it."

Mrs. Bolton smiled and they went home.

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"Hey Zeke, do you mind if I invite Troy and the gang over for a get together tonight? Like around 6:30?" Sharpay just got done putting the rest of her things away from the trip. Her and Ryan won 2nd place in the competition and now held the prized possession of a glittering trophy up in Sharpay's China cabinet. Zeke came up behind Sharpay and wrapped his arms around her.

"I wouldn't mind at all. I'd love for everyone to be able to hang out together." Sharpay smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

"Cool. Well I'll call Taylor, Kelsi, and Martha and would you mind calling Troy, Chad, Jason, and Ryan?"

"Sure. What about Gabriella?" Sharpay bit her lip and thought for a second.

"I'm not sure if she'll want to be around us especially if she's since recovering from amnesia but I'll call her."

Zeke nodded and picked up the phone.

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Taylor was sitting on the couch in the living room when the phone rang. She got up slowly so she wouldn't fall from the weight of her stomach. She was about 5 months pregnant but already very big. She picked up the phone and said hello.

"Hey Tay, it's Sharpay. Do you and Chad want to come over tonight for a little gang get together at my house?"

"Sure, we'd love too! What time?"

"6:30."

"K, we'll be there."

"Cool. See ya then."

Taylor hung up and sat down on the couch. Chad went into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of water from the refrigerator. He joined Taylor on the couch and she smiled up at him.

"Sharpay called. She invited us to her house to hang out."

"Alright. Is everyone gonna be there?"

"I'm sure they will. Are you gonna come?"

"Sure, what time do we have to be there at?"

" should probably change. Sharpay's gonna freak if you show up with all that grease from working on the car on your clothes." Chad smirked.

"Yea, I bet. Well I'll get ready." Chad got up and went upstairs, leaving Taylor sitting on the couch.

"Only about 5 months left until you get here, little guy." Taylor said to herself, softly rubbing her belly.

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Troy was in the kitchen getting a snack when his phone rang. He searched around for it and when he found it, his ocean blue eyes lit up.

"Hey Brie, what's up?" Troy said, realizing he called her Brie.

"Hey, have you always called me that?" Gabriella asked curiously.

"Uh, yeah. I'm sorry, Gabriella." Troy corrected himself.

"No, it's ok. I don't mind if you call me Brie," Gabriella giggled softly.

"Taylor called me a few minutes ago. She wanted to know if Zeke or Shapay called or texted is asking if we wanted to hang at their house later." Gabriella explained.

"Yeah, Zeke texted me just now. Are you going?"

"Yeah I think so. Are you?"

"Yeah."

"Ok, I'll talk to you later then." Gabriella almost hung up but then she realized she forgot something.

"Oh wait, wait. I was wondering if you wanted to grab some ice cream after. There's a new ice cream place in town that my mom and I stopped at the other day. Their ice cream sundaes are amazing. If you're busy though that's fine. We'll go next time."

"I'd love to go! I was actually going to ask you the same thing!" Troy laughed.

"Oh really? How weird!? Well I guess I'll see you in a few! Bye Troy!" Troy smiled.

She's finally starting to get better. Troy thought to himself before going upstairs to change.

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A/N: I know it's not a lot but please review! Thanks so much! :)