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Chapter 23: Just Like Us

Gabriella smiled as she walked into classroom 123. Her classroom for the past 24 years, ever since she'd had Stephen and Sara, her 18 year-old twins. She sat down at her desk and mulled over their big happy family. Gabi and Troy had been married for 20 long years, they had three kids, Stephen and Sara were 18, and seniors here at East High, and Dylan was 12, a seventh grader at East Middle School. Gabi taught science at East High and Troy had replaced his father as head of the physical education department.

Chad and Taylor had been married for 19 years and had an 18 year-old daughter, Hannah, and a 13 year-old daughter Cameron. Taylor taught math and Chad taught PE. It was so cute, Cameron and Dylan were 'dating'.

Sharpay and Zeke had been married for 20 years and had a daughter named Tegan who was 18, and dating Stephen, and a son who was 13, Adam. After a successful Broadway career, Sharpay came back to teach drama at East High, and Zeke owned a bakery.

Ryleigh and Ryan had been married for 19 years and had a son, Ben, who was dating Hannah Danforth. Ryleigh taught French at East High, while Ryan had taken over Lava Springs. Ryan had also made it on Broadway.

Finally there was Kelsi and Jason. They'd also been married for 20 years, they had a son named Paul, who was dating Sara Bolton, and a 13 year old daughter named Amanda. Kelsi taught music, while Jason, who hadn't gone on to play for the Knicks like his friends had after college, was a lawyer in Albuquerque.

Yes, everyone was doing quite well. The bell rang. Time for classes to begin. Gabi watched as her homeroom filed in. She smiled, she had the new Wildcats in her homeroom. It was difficult having her kids, but they called her Mrs. Bolton and it all worked out. She was just thankful, although somewhat disappointed, that they didn't have to deal with Darbus, boy she was a character. Ring, ring.

Gabi sighed, "Was that a cell phone?" she asked

"No." the class chorused

"Very well then." Gabi smirked, she never saw the point in taking them away from her students, so she'd let it slide, especially in homeroom when it was so easy to forget to turn it off before class started. After the 20 minutes of homeroom the bell rang.

"Finally that's over!" Paul whined, "I love Aunt Gabi, but come on, science is so boring and it's all she talks about."

"Yeah, you don't have to live with it." Stephen muttered, much to his mother's distaste, science was his least favorite subject.

"Least Aunt Gabi and Uncle Troy don't go muttering around in French." Ben commented dryly

"No just Spanish." Stephen and Sara replied in unison.

"Okay, well it's time for English." Hannah smiled, "Let's go before we get detention from Darbus." She held her arm out and Sara and Tegan, and the girls waved their goodbyes to the guys, who were headed off to math with Aunt Taylor.

Before lunch the group met by Stephen and Sara's lockers. The groups' faces remained stony as they walked the hallways to the cafeteria. When they walked in the room went quiet.

"Stephen, make it stop." Tegan whined slightly, she hated how everyone stared when they walked in a room. If she wanted the attention she knew how to get it, but often, she didn't need it like this.

Stephen nodded, "Mind your own business." He said, his voice cold as ice.

From their table, the adults chuckled, "That's my boy." Troy smiled at his wife of 44 years, "Our boy." He took her hand

"Hey, hey guys! I brought brownies. Fresh out of the oven." Zeke dropped a box on the table, which Chad immediately attacked, "I'm gonna drop these by the kids' table." Walking over he set the box on the table, "Enjoy." And he walked away.

Jason came storming into the cafeteria, "Well we don't want to settle, this is going all the way to court." He slammed his phone shut and sat down, "Idiots." He muttered.

Kelsi smiled sympathetically and began to massage her husband's tense muscles.

"Basketball game tonight, West guys wanna rematch, they still can't believe we beat them." Troy smiled, they were still friends with some guys from West High, and they met every once in a while at the park to play them.

"We'll kick their asses again." Zeke muttered with a smile. They all looked over at the kids' table. They could hear the whole cafeteria whispering about them.

"They're just like us." Ryleigh smiled proudly.

"Yeah down to the football team hating them." Troy as he squeezed Gabi's leg when he felt her tense up, she'd never completely gotten over it, but they knew that was normal.

"Ugh, how did our parents deal with all these stares?" Sara groaned

"I don't know, but I'm so over it." Ben admitted

"Rooftop garden?" Stephen asked

"Let's." Tegan agreed. They all got up and the cafeteria watched as the Wildcats left the room. Everyone always wondered where they went, but no one ever dared to follow.

Gabi giggled, "Rooftop garden." They said in unison.

"I guess it's true about what they say," Ryan sighed

"And what do they say?" Ryleigh asked

"Like father like son, like mother like daughter." Ryan smiled proudly as he wrapped and arm around Ryleigh's tiny waist.

"I think we should convince the kids to do the talent show." Sharpay said, looking up from her brownie.

"Yeah, they all have great voices." Kelsi agreed

"Maybe we should show them tape of us in it." Gabi suggested

"Let's do it tonight." Sharpay said.

That night, after basketball practice the gang all gathered in the Bolton living room and Troy slipped the movie in. Everyone watched as the movie played through mediocre and bad routines.

"Ma?" Stephen whined, "This is awful, can't we do something fun."

"Wait for it son." Gabi directed

A few minutes later the kids were at the edge of their seats watching as their parents sang their hearts out. "So what do you say? Talent show sign up sheet is right here, you could have the showcase." Sharpay begged them. Thankfully, she was in charge, as Darbus had been confined to the English department.

"Come on Stephen…" Sara begged her brother, "Let's do it!"

Stephen held up his hands in defeat, "Fine." They cheered and signed their names up.

"Mom?" Paul asked, "Can you help us with the songs?"

Kelsi smiled and walked over to her briefcase. "I think the girls should sing this." She held up a song called Walking on Sunshine, "and the guys should sing this" she held up another song called That's Just the Way We Roll. Everyone nodded and began picking songs up and started rehearsing with Kelsi.

Three weeks later Sharpay and Ryan were hosting the talent show. "And for our final showcase." Ryan said

"We have the best singing talent in all of East High." Cathleen Darbus smiled at Sharpay's words, she was quoting her.

"The Wildcats." The auditorium was quiet as the Wildcats sang in the same order their parents had so many years before.

After the show was over they were backstage jumping all around. "What team?" Stephen asked

"Wildcats!"

"What team?"

"Wildcats!"

"What team?"

"Wildcats!"

"Wildcats?" Sara asked

"Get'cha head in the game!" they all shouted together!

"To Lava Springs to party!" Tegan shouted with a whoop! They all piled in their cars and met their parents out there. They checked into their rooms and went out to the reserved pool for a midnight party. The adults watched from inside the dining room and smiled.

"They're just like us!" Gabi sighed

"Living the life…" Troy said as he leaned down to kiss the love of his life.

AN: THERE IT IS…NOW IT'S OVER, NO MORE, NO MAS LOL!!

Mollie XOXO