Chapter Started: December 21, 2010.
Chapter Finished: December 21, 2010.
Author's Note: Well, here's the last and final part to the parties chapter. I hope you guys enjoy it. Happy Holidays!
=HSM5: Happily Ever After=
-Chapter 24: Parties Part V-
Reed looked at her with the nastiest fire in his eyes as he gripped her upper left arm lightly before bringing his left hand up and out to the side ready to strike… and as his hand started to come down quickly, it was that much faster caught by a strong grip, a couple of them in fact.
"Who the fuck?" Reed sneered as he turned around to look at the people holding his arm, only for him to smirk at the set of blue eyes that towered over him before the smirk dropped when he noticed more sets of eyes.
"You fucking touch my little sister and I'll fucking kill you," Brett hissed as West High's ex-basketball player, his grip tightening on Reed's arm.
"And I'll fucking kill you, Cortez" Chad and Troy sneered at him together, their grips tightening also.
"And I'll help them as will the Lakers, but not before we take you to court and humiliate you and watch you burn," Greg told Reed, and the latter instantly recognizing Greg as soon as he said the word 'Lakers. Cortez recognized Greg as the Lakers' powerful Head Coach, the one responsible for all the back to back championships along with the realization that Gabriella was the girl the press always talked about and how the Lakers' were always there for her and protected her no matter what, even if it meant committing homicide.
"And I'll be happy to represent my daughter and grill your ass in court, especially since I'm a bystander as is everyone else, you'd surly burn then," Inez said as the mother's and Cristy approached the scene while others around the club stopped dancing as did the music to witness the scene going on.
Many threats later and glares later, the bouncers of the club came and grabbed Reed, Meredith and their followers tossing them out on their asses, but not before a few choice words of their own for trying to hit America's Sweetheart, the most powerful coach in the nation's beloved and protected daughter.
As the antagonist group were being escorted out, the group all started asking the girls questions while Troy embraced his fiancée and Chad, Zeke, Jason, and Ryan embraced their girlfriends.
"You okay, Gabriella?" Troy's electric blues burning with concern as he pulled her closer, if possible, before cupping her cheeks, his thumbs stroking her baby soft cheeks.
"Yeah, are you okay, Princess?" Brett asked his sister, his own worry showing for his precious baby sister.
"Did he hurt you?" Greg asked her while the other four were being asked the same questions by their parents and boyfriends.
Instead of answering, Gabriella sat on Troy's lap after the group moved back into the privacy of their private room, and cuddled up to him. Burying her face in his chest, Gabriella blinked back the tears that suddenly burned her chocolate brown eyes. Troy still deeply concerned, held her tightly sensing her need for comfort in his arms as he looked worriedly to the group before his face turned towards Sharpay who, came to sit beside him and rub his fiancée's back. He watched as his fiancee moved from his embrace and into the arms of her best friend, giving her a quickly hug before completely moving from the two and towards her dad and big brother. Sitting between two of the most important men in her life, she let the tears freely fall for them all to see as Brett and Greg both took turns holding her and rocking her back in forth as they all watched.
"What happened?" Troy gently asked the other girls, who were also still a little bit shaken up but not as much as Sharpay, who was now in her own dad's and brother's arms, and Gabriella.
"Well, we had all come back here after hitting a few other clubs earlier," Kelsi started shyly.
"Before Gabriella suggested that we come back here to finish off the night, so we did as you can see," Martha added.
"So after dancing to the Black Eyed Peas' song Beep we were turning around and heading back towards here when we heard their voices as they stepped in front of us." Taylor said, "So of course, we asked what they were doing here and they didn't answer us. Instead they just kept going on and on, calling Sharpay and Gabriella's East High's ex-prostitutes so of course, we stuck up for them, blocking the two from Reed's, Meredith's and their followers' sight, but they just kept going."
"Finally, Sharpay pushed in front of us and called Meredith 'a hoochie momma skanky whore' which mad Meredith's face distort in so many ways, it was truly hilarious," Kelsi said, her, Taylor, and Martha all laughing at the memory of Meredith's face and all the facials she made, "So Sharpay being the wise crack she is, put her finger to her chin and looked up as to think about it before saying with her Ice Queen smirk a second later as if a realization had hit her before telling Meredith 'oh yeah, you, Ms. Skank."
"That's my girl," Zeke, Vance, Ryan, and Derby all said together with pride smiles.
"That's definitely the Sharpay from high school, well before she became friends with us or if anyone messed with Gabriella," Chad commented all of them nodding.
"So, then, Meredith threatened Sharpay to shut up or she'd do it for her with her Jimmy Choo heels," Martha said before saying with a smirk, "And Sharpay being the fashanista that she is, always knowing what's in and out of season, told Meredith that they were fake, last season shoes with a roll of her eyes."
"Sounds like, Shar," Ryan commented with a chuckle and a shake of his head from side to side.
"Of course, Meredith disagreed and Sharpay corrected her in telling her that she had those same heels and she's had 'em for months," Taylor said, "Sharpay then asked her to please keep up with the trends and stop trying to be the next Pam Anderson." This got everyone to laugh, except from the blonde and her brunette best friend, who had their eyes closed and resting their heads on their dad's shoulders, trying to block out the story for they wanted to erase this night from their past.
"Sharpay, then saw Meredith's hand twitch so Sharpay was like 'You gonna hit me, Skank? Go on, I dare you and I guarantee that when you start it I'll finish it. Actually, hold that thought – go ahead hit me so I can press charges," Kelsi said.
"And as Meredith's hand came up, ready to smack Sharpay's head, Gabriella spoke up and came up in front of us." Taylor said, now finishing up the story, "She then pushed Sharpay back behind her, willing to take Meredith's slap meant for Sharpay onto herself causing the Wicked Witch of the West and Cortez to smirk at each other.
Reed then said something that we didn't quite get, he said 'Mere, let me do it. Me and this one have some unfinished business to take care of from high school when she had the nerve to slap me'. So Meredith then stepped back after saying 'Sure as long as you make it hurt' and Cortez agreed before smirking at Gabriella, letting his hand quickly trail up her arm and up her shoulders to her face, not even seeing Gabriella's hand pull back and come flesh on flesh against his cheek. So Reed then raised his hand and well, you guys know the rest."
"What happened back in high school, Princess?" Brett gently asked his sister.
"He…he…" Gabriella whispered tears in her eyes as the memory came back for the second time that night.
Sharpay seeing her best friend struggle, cleared her throat before telling them all what had happened back in high school on that very same day that the girls had found their guys "cheating".
After many tempers were pressed and accusing questions along with threats to find Cortez and kill him, everyone decided to calm down when the noticed that poor Gabriella was exhausted and sleeping in her daddy's lap causing them all to smile sadly at her.
"Where to Mr. Montez?" Alfred, their limo driver and designated driver, asked them once everyone was in the HUMMER stretch limo.
"To Troy and Baby Girl's apartment, please Alfred," Greg replied, his daughter still in his lap.
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Once the young adults were dropped off at the apartments, the parents all headed back to the Montez household and wished their children the best of wishes and prayers for a good night sleep with no nightmares as well as a million "I love you's."
To Be Continued…
Well, there it is. The last part. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please let me know what you think. Posting this in the morning because I wanna sleep now. So tired..with an eventful day ahead of me tomorrow.
Wish Me Rest,
Jessica.