Chapter Started: July 29, 2011

Chapter Finished: October 14, 2011.

Author's Note: Well, here's a new one that I'm going to start while listening to "Grease" and fighting the sleepiness I feel. Love you guys.


=ANFF2: America's Sweetheart's Engagement=

-Chapter 28-

(Los Angeles, California: Troy & Gabriella's Home)

"Hey girls," Gabriella greeted all the girls as she opened up the front door for them to come in and in the came dressed in their pajamas like Gabriella. Sharpay was in a leopard print with pink polka dot pajama pants from Victoria's Secret's PINK, a long sleeve hot pink shirt from PINK, and a white Aéropostale athletic full-zip up hoodie. The blonde also had a pink with black polka dot duffle bag from PINK over her shoulder along with her favorite LV tote, a pair of cheetah print sunglasses over her eyes, her hair up in a ponytail, and cream colored UGG slippers on her feet while the only jewelry she had on was her engagement ring.

Taylor was dressed in a purple shirt and black legging pajama set from PINK with a pair of UGG slippers, a purple pullover Aeropostale hoodie, black cheetah sunglasses, her favorite purple accented cheetah print Fendi bag, and the same duffle bag as Sharpay over her shoulder except in purple and black.

Kelsi was in a pair of yellow sweats from rue21, a pair of black UGG slippers, a black zebra print baggy shirt from rue21 under her green zip-up Aeropostale hoodie, the same duffle bag as the others girls except in grey with black 'LOVE PINK' writing on the sides of it, a pair of cheetah print Marc Jacobs sunglasses, and her favorite Marc Jacobs tote.

Martha was dressed in the same sleep shirt as Kelsi, a pair of black sweats from rue21, a pair of black UGG slippers, her favorite black Burberry handbag, a pair of black Marc Jacobs sunglasses, an orange Aeropostale hoodie, and the same duffle bag as the other girls except in black with 'LOVE PINK' in cheetah print writing on the sides.

All three girls had their hair up in ponytails as did Gabriella who was dressed in a bright blue PINK pajama shorts that had 'YES PLEASE' on the front right thigh and 'LOVE PINK' across the butt, the shorts were paired with her favorite black UGG slippers, and a white 'I LOVE VICTORIA'S SECRET' sleep tank top under a PINK sleep hoodie.

"Morning," the other girls replied back, in the same tired tone as Gabriella.

"Come on in and set your bags done in the living room," America's Sweetheart told them as she shut the door with a yawn.

"Thanks, Brie-Ella, thanks," Sharpay told her best friend after she too yawned.

"Yeah, you're a jinx," Taylor agreed with Sharpay, after she too yawned as did Martha and Kelsi.

"Welcome," Gabriella replied back with a smile as she plopped down on the couch.

"I can't believe we're up this early," Sharpay mumbled as she sat down by Gabriella and cuddled into her best friend.

"Dude, it's like one in the afternoon," Kelsi told her.

"Dude, you sound just like your boyfriend," Sharpay shot back.

"Meow," Martha muttered.

"Hiss," Sharpay shot at her brother's girlfriend with a glare.

"Alright, calm down," Taylor told them, "Even though we're all on our monthly, that's not an excuse to be mean to each other."

"That's our Momma Taylor, always the voice of reason," Gabriella stated with a smile.

"You bet your ass I am," Taylor replied with a smile before asking after noticing something, "Where's Troy at?"

"Staples at their team meeting, and then him and your boyfriend are going out to dinner with the rest of the guys from the team before he comes home to get his duffle bag and suitcase," Gabriella replied.

"It's away game time isn't it?" Sharpay asked her best friend, even though it was a touchy subject with her.

"Mmhm," both professional basketball player's significant other replied together.

"I know what you mean, Ryan has to go down to Florida with the Angels for Spring Training because the Dodgers had their Spring Training first it meant that the Angels had to wait before they could go down, some kind of issue it would cause, blah, blah," Martha said sitting down on the couch and putting a pillow in her lap with a semi-sad smile.

"So you'd better feel lucky, Kels," Gabriella told the shortest girl of the group.

"What about Zeke, Sharpay?" Kelsi asked, "What's he doing that makes him stay away for a long time?"

"He's training under the wing of Wolfgang Puck and he loves it so much and is so dedicated and taking everything in stride that Chef gave him a permanent job in the kitchen at the Beverly Wilshire that he's always coming up with something new to try with the chef," Sharpay told explained to the group, "Now, don't get me wrong, I'm feel a since of pride going in there and seeing his name on the menu with Wolfgang's because you know he's making his name known, but it's hella hard because I miss him so much. Sometimes he doesn't come home till late so I have to go to sleep alone."

"At least you can sleep at night," the Filipina told her with a pout, "I can't sleep at all when Troy's not with me."

"Alright, enough of this sad stuff," Taylor said, taking charge, "We're here for one reason and one reason only: to help Gabriella with her engagement gifts that need opened and sorted out with a list of thank you cards and made out."

"Aren't we here for a sleepover too?" Kelsi asked her causing some of the girls to snicker knowing that Jason's cluelessness is rubbing off on her slowly but surely.

"Yes, but we always do that when Troy's away at away games because Gabriella doesn't like to sleep alone, let alone stay in her house alone if Troy's not here," Taylor agreed.

"Alrighty then, Brie-Ella, show us the gifts," Sharpay told her best friend.

"Right this way," Gabriella told them leading them out of the living room and up the stairs to the guest room she and Troy were using for the engagement gifts.

PROUD*ZANESSA*SUPPORTER*HAVE*FAITH

"Holy shit!" Martha exclaimed seeing the presents.

"Yep," was all Gabriella said, popping her 'p'.

"This might take forever," Kelsi stated.

"That's why I put pillow and blankets up here with my iHome so we can plug our iPhones or iPods into it for music. We can even watch movies thanks to the TV in the room."

"Let's stick to music because we won't get as distracted with music as we would movies," Sharpay suggested.

"'As distracted'?" Gabriella said with a raised eyebrow and smirk.

"Stop acting like your hottie," Sharpay told her best friend with a small laugh and a roll of her brown eyes as she plopped down on the bed beside America's Sweetheart, designating them to sorting out the presents on the bed while Kelsi took the left side, Martha look the right side, and Taylor took the bottom of the bed.

To Be Continued…


Alright, there you go. Now, I know there's a reason this was so short, but that's got a very good reason. This is a filler chapter to what is ahead, and these next few chapters are gonna make me super nervous because it's gonna be a new kind of writing for me, but I hope you guys like it & give me some positive feedback because I'll need it to keep me writing, believe me.

Love Always,

Jessica(:

"I miss him."

"I know you do, but you know what they say…"

"Distance makes the heart grow fonder."

"And ain't in the truth."

~ Somewhat by JLA [me]