Chapter started: April 13, 2009.

Chapter finished: April 14, 2009.

Author's Note: Well, my Spring Break is coming to an end on Tuesday, its so sad, but hey in seven more weeks I'm out for summer va-ca, hell ya. I hope everyone had a Happy Easter. Enjoy and tootles.

P.S. I have a little surprise along the way.

=HSM3: Senior Year=

-Chapter 37: Shopping for the Night of Nights-

(April 14, 2009.)

Guess now it's official

Can't back out, can't back out, no

Getting ready for the night of nights

The night of nights, alright

Don't panic, panic

Now, do we have to dress up for the prom?

Dude, I don't think we have the choice

Yeah, it's the night of nights

Gotta, look just right

Dressing to impress the boys

Do I want classic or vintage or plaid?

Where's the mirror?

I think this tux is too baggy

Too tight, it makes me look weird

Should I got movie star glamorous, sassy or sweet?

Don't know, but no one better wear the same dress as me

---A Night to Remember

-Cast of HSM3

(With the guys--at Men's Wearhouse)

"Dudes, let's go shoot hoops instead of doing this," Chad said before trying to make a dash for the entrance/exit of the shop after they all got off the cell with their girls.

"No, because one you asked her and two we're here. So…now its official," Troy told him as he pushed him towards the lady with the paper measure.

"Can't back out, can't back out," Chad kept on telling himself out loud.

"No!" Troy told him. "Don't panic."

"PANIC!" Chad yelled as a lady measured his leg.

"Now do we have to dress up for prom?" Jason asked Zeke.

"Dude, I don't think we have a choice," Zeke told him before they went to get measured along with Troy, Chad, and Ryan.

"Alright, alright. So what are we actually suppose to do?" Chad asked the dads who all tagged along seeing as the moms and Jasmine tagged along with the girls.

"Now do we have to dress up for prom?" Jason asked Zeke in a whisper

"Dude, I don't think we have a choice," Zeke whispered his reply to him.

"First, you need to know what color tie to get," Kyle told his son.

"Do you guys know the color of dress the girls are getting?" Greg asked them and laughed as they all shook their heads.

(With the girls, still at DEBS)

"Are you still tired?" Sharpay asked Gabriella who let out a yawn as they entered Albuquerque Mall to shop for Prom dresses, shoes, jewelry, shawls, clutches, and make-up.

"Hey! I'm still jet lagged," Gabriella defended, but knowing it defiantly wasn't the jetlag…okay, so it was that and Troy that she was tired from.

"Uh huh," Sharpay said giving her a pointed look.

"What I am! And plus I was still tired yesterday from all of our Easter fun," Gabriella said and smiling remembering all the Easter fun they all had along with their families as they swam with Dolphins before Troy swept her away for a private dinner by the beach before they lived one of their fantasies about making love on the beach come true.

"ANYWAYS, what color are you all deciding on?" Kelsi asked changing the subject.

Before anyone could reply, they heard someone's cell phone go off with:

And if I lived a thousand years

You know I never could explain

The way I lost my heart to you, that day

But if destiny decided I should look the other way

Then the world would never know

The greatest story ever told

And did I tell you that

I love you…tonight.

Sharpay, Martha, Kelsi, and Taylor all looked at each before rolling their eyes and saying, "Troy."

Gabriella giggled before she touched the answer button and said after she put it on speaker, "Hey Wildcat."

"Hey Brie. So the guys and I have a crises on our hands," Came Troy's reply.

"Well, what we do to help, Superstar?" Sharpay replied instead.

"Well, since we're talking to all of you girls. We need to know what colors ties to get to go with our tuxes," Came Chad's reply.

"A DARK purple, Chad," Taylor told Chad through the phone.

"Gotcha," Came Chad's reply.

"Honey, you'll need a black one. Love ya," Martha told Ryan.

"Ok, will do. Love ya," Came Ryan's reply.

"Jas baby, you'll need a BRIGHT green one," Kelsi told Jason with a smile.

"Will do," Came Jason's reply.

"Let me guess a pink tie?" Came Zeke's voice through the phone.

"A BRIGHT pink one Zekey," Sharpay replied.

"So what color Brie. Gold, red, chocolate brown or white?" Came Troy's voice through the phone.

"A white one, please Wildcat," Gabriella replied with a smile.

"Sure thing. I love you Gabriella and have fun with the girls," Came Troy's reply.

"Thank you and I'll have fun with the girls while you have fun with the guys. I love you, Troy," Gabriella said before she hung up.

"Alright, so I take it you and Troy were talking about what color dress you were getting before we came," Taylor said.

"Yeah, so are we ready to find THE LAST DRESS we'll ever where for a dance, Prom, or anything at EAST HIGH?" Gabriella replied.

"Let's do this!" Sharpay said excitingly.

"What team?!" Gabriella asked.

"Wildcats!"

"What team?!"

"Wildcats!"

"Wildcats?!"

"Getch'a head in the shopping!" Sharpay said causing the other girls to giggle before they all went looking for the dress with their moms who just walked in and over to them, as promised.

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"What length and style are you girls going for?" Derby asked them as they all searched a colored rack.

"Long bright pink ballgown," Sharpay told her mom.

"Long, don't matter what style," Martha told her mom as did Kelsi.

"Long, sleek," Taylor told her mother.

"A long white ballgown, mommy," Gabriella told her mom.

"Can we have five doors unlocked please?" Inez asked one of the workers to nodded and unlocked five doors for the girls to all use to get changed into the dresses.

The moms all chatted with each other as they waited for each girl to come out in their first dress. They all stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to the door as they heard the girls countdown from three. "One…two…three."

They all started running their eyes from the left to the right of the girls, which meant they started with Martha, who was in a black strapless satin finish ballgown that featured a crisscross pleated bodice and a jewel trim by Masquerade.

The next girl they looked at was Kelsi who was in a lime green ballgown that featured a halter strap with a sexy crisscross back, a ruched sweetheart neckline that gave way to a smooth fitted waist, that was sparkling hanks to the rhinestone accents by Masquerade.

Their eyes then traveled to Taylor who was dressed in a dark purple strapless glitter ballgown that had soft ombre tones and a smooth satin finish with a tulip overlay. And thanks to the gentle ruching at one side it created a curvy silhouette by Jump.

Gabriella was the next girl that they looked at. She was dressed in a soft and sparkly elegant white ballgown by Masquerade that got its soft glow from the sequins and rhinestones at the bodice. A satin sash waist with a rhinestone pin and lace-up back.

Sharpay was the next one to get looked at, dressed in embroidered white ballgown with a sweetheart neckline and a satin cummerbund waist in pink by Masquerade.

"No," all the moms said to their daughters before they all went back in, closed the door, and were getting into another dress.

After spending an hour in DEBS, the girls each checked out, but WITHOUT their dresses or anything just a cute little outfit or outfits they found.

"Is this all?" the worker at the cash register asked Sharpay, as she bagged Sharpay's purchase which was a mad of plaid pink, white and black plaid hoodie.

"Yep," Sharpay said in a defiant voice.

"Alright, your total is…" the cashier said before hitting a button, looking at the green digital numbers on the black screen before saying with a smile, "Twenty dollars and five cents. Cash or debit?"

"Cash," Sharpay replied before she reached into her pink and black buffalo plaid ring tote from DEBS and pulled out her pink and black Chanel wallet. Pulling out a twenty dollar bill and a nickel before handing it over to her with a, "Here ya go."

"Thank you and here's your receipt and have a nice day," the cashier said as she handed Sharpay the bag and the receipt. Smiling the cashier turned to her smile towards the next customer who was Martha, "Hello. Did you find everything okay?"

"Yep," Martha replied as she put the zebra fringe scarf on the counter and pulled her cherry print wallet out of her black tote.

"Here you go and your total is twelve dollars and five cents. Cash or debit?" the cashier asked her.

"Cash," Martha said before handing over the correct amount of money. After getting her receipt and bag back, she moved out of the way and over to the moms and Sharpay so that the rest of the girls could check out; Taylor with her white lace cami, Kelsi with her music note charm necklace, and Gabriella with her pair of black lace 3 inch heels.

Smiling, they all exited DEBS and headed to e-dress-me to see if they could find their dress there.

"Momma, how does this look?" Kelsi asked her mom as she walked out of the changing room in a beautiful vibrant lime green dress by Sean Collection. The dress was a long sleek style with a deep v-neckline, a beaded encrusted bodice accented with a rhinestone brooch and it had a slight train to it.

"I like it its pretty, Ms. Kelsi," Miranda said using her nickname for her daughter.

"She's right, Kels. It is pretty and you look beautiful in it," Gabriella told Kelsi as she walked out of her changing room dressed in the cloths she wore today.

"Anything mija?" Inez asked her daughter.

"Nah," Gabriella told her mom before she turned to Taylor and said, "Oh my girl. You look great!"

"Thanks," Taylor replied as she looked at herself in the mirror. She was dressed in a dark purple sleek gown by Flip. The dress had a sweetheart bodice that was pleated and twisted, the straps were encrusted with beads and jewels. The back was unique, with jeweled straps meeting in a v-shape under her bust.

"Thanks, I'm going to see if they can hold this for me and if I don't come back for it today, then they can put it back on the rack because I still want to look around and try on more dresses before making my final decision," Taylor told Gabriella and her mom before she went back into the changing room.

"I'm going to do the same," Kelsi told her mom before she went to change out of it.

"Sometimes I think teenage girls are so picky," the moms and teen girls heard a dad say to his wife causing them all to roll their eyes.

"So how DID Jason ask you out sis?" Jasmine asked her sister, who she had her arm looped with.

Kelsi smiled before she told them as she had the flashback:

"Oh. My. Gosh. This water is so warm!" Kelsi said as she swam towards Jason after they had a private dinner by a beautiful private lake in Jamaica.

Jason just smiled from his place on the rock where he was writing something with a piece of chalk. After finishing, he said with a smile, "Can you come here?"

"Sure," Kelsi told him before swimming to him and then sitting on the rock beside him.

"Look," Jason told her with a gently smile as he pointed to something.

Kelsi gasped at was written on the rock, surrounded by little hearts before she read it aloud, "Kelsi Monique Nielsen, will you go to our Senior Prom with me, Jason Allen Cross….Oh Jas baby! I would love too!"

"Thank God!" Jason mumbled before they hugged each other tightly.

(End of the Flashback)

"Aw, that was cute and simple," Jasmine told her sister.

"That's my guy for you," Kelsi told her sister as they followed the rest of the girls into David's Bridal Prom.

"Oh by the way! Jasmine, how was your vacation to NYC with your grandparents for spring break?" Taylor asked her.

"It was awesome! I mean it was noisy and different, but it was still awesome," Jasmine replied with a smile before adding, "So how did Chad ask you out?"

"We I got home I found a cute little stuffed ducky on my bead with a heart in his hands that had a hands in his hands that read 'Taylor McKessie. Will you please be my date to Senior Prom?'," Taylor told her as she picked up a purple dress and draped it over her arm to try on along with the other dresses in her arms and in her mom's arms.

(With the guys--still at Men's Wearhouse)

"So how do we get the matching vests too?" Chad asked his dad.

"If you want too. I mean I'm not," Troy told his best friend as he grabbed a white satin tie.

"I think I will," Chad said as he looked over at Jason who was getting the matching vest before adding, "That way Jason won't have to be alone with having the matching tux."

"Dude, that's a way cooler idea than a tie," Jason told Zeke who sash thing, that went from his left shoulder to his right side.

"Thanks, but DON'T steal my idea," Zeke told him with a warning, yet playful tone in his voice.

"Nah man, I wasn't planning on it," Jason told him.

"Dude, how come you get the full black entire…well, except from the shirt being black?" Chad asked Ryan.

Ryan and everyone else just laughed at Chad…

(With the girls at Subway in the mall)

"So Martha, how'd Ryan ask you out?" Jasmine asked before she took a sip of her Sprite.

"We were on an ATV Safari with everyone else and when he was driving our ATV he asked just as we were in a rainforest part of the Safari if I would go with him and I told him yes. And the best part was that I loved it because it was simple, something to remember, something that I never thought or dreamed of, and it was by a guy that a couple of years ago I would never have dreamed of as being my date, let alone my boyfriend," Martha told her before taking a bite of her salad.

"How about you Sharpay?" Jasmine asked her.

"Zeke baked me a cupcakes and put a letter on each of them in pink frosting surrounded by eatable silver glitter so it spelled out, 'My princess, will you go to the prom with me?' And I told him yes…but that was after I got down with the my and princess cupcakes," Sharpay told her causing everyone to giggle and aw at it.

"So that leaves Gabriella. How did Troy ask you?" Jasmine asked Gabriella who was just swallowing the sip she took of her Pepsi.

"Well, he didn't ask me until last night…" Gabriella started and smiled as she told it the night flashed in her head:

"God it's so good to be home and being able to sleep in my own bed!" Gabriella told Troy as he carried her bridal style up to her room.

Troy just laughed before walking into her closet and then walking back out with his pair of boxers and his Varsity jersey from this year and put them on her before he stripped down to his boxers.

Gabriella watched with a sleepy, yet loving smile as he walked over to the in room thermostat and turned the heat up just a little bit so it wouldn't be too cold or too hot.

Smiling Troy turned off the big light before whistling for the dogs to come in and as the dogs came in Gabriella noticed a ribbon and a rose around each of their necks. Curious she sat up and took the ribbon off of Buddie's neck and smelled the rose before reading the little note to herself, that was on the white paper with white writing that Gabriella knew to be Troy's:

My beautiful fiancée,

Will you do me the honor…

Gabriella looked at him curiously before untying the next rose from around Shadow's neck along with the card before reading the card to herself as she smelled it the rose:

…of telling me what color your pretty PROM dress…

Gabriella having a small inkling of what he was trying to say, untied the ribbon from around Duchess' neck before reading the card to herself as smelled the rose:

…will be so I can color coordinate my tie…

Gabriella softly smiled as she untied the last ribbon that was around Ace's neck before smelling the rose and reading the note to herself:

…to it.

All my love always. Forever yours,

Wildcat xoxo

"So my beautiful baby Brie, what I'm tyring to say is will you go to our Senior Prom with me?" Troy asked her as he knelt on one knee with two Prom tickets in his hand.

Gabriella just let few tears slip from her eyes before throwing herself onto Troy with a squeal as they both fell back onto the floor with a thump.

"So is that a yes?" Troy asked her as he locked their eyes, electric blue meeting chocolate brown.

"It's a hell yes," Gabriella told him before they locked their lips in a passionate kiss, not even hearing their moms squeal and their dad's just laughing while clapping.

(End of Flashback)

"Aw, now that's cute! So who's idea was this really to go Prom shopping today?" Jasmine asked them.

"Moms'! Sharpay's!" Martha, Kelsi, Taylor, and Gabriella chorused together before they all burst out laughing.

Thirty minutes later, they all threw away their trash before heading to Simply Dresses before finally picking THE dress before they shopped for accessories and shoes.

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"I found my dress!" Martha told them as she came out dressed in her black dress.

"Oh. My. Gosh. You look SO cute!" Jasmine told her before taking a picture as the others admired her.

"Alright, well, then sweetheart, go change out of it and we can wait for the other girls before we check out," Lynn told her daughter with a smile.

"Are you sure its not too much, mom?" Martha asked her mom even though she really wanted it.

"I'm positive and plus honey we have plenty," Lynn told her daughter and she was right they hand plenty of money seeing as her husband was a ER doctor and she was a veterinarian, the best in Albuquerque.

"Alright, if you're sure," Martha replied.

"I'm positive. Now go," Lynn told her daughter as she tightly hugged her and kissed her cheek.

"So did you decide yet sis?" Jasmine asked her sister with a smile.

"Yeah I did," Kelsi told her before handing something to her mother before putting the dresses back up on the racks.

"I found THE dress!" Sharpay told them as she walked out of the changing room in the dress she was talking about.

"Oh honey! You look radiant!" Derby told her daughter before Sharpay smiled and went to change out of it and back into her normal cloths so it wouldn't get dirty and so her mom could buy it.

"Thanks mommy. I defiantly getting it," Sharpay told her mom as she came out with the dress draped over her arm.

"So who's left to get THE dress?" Vanessa asked.

"Gabriella," Taylor replied to her boyfriend's mom.

"What about you?" Sharpay asked Taylor.

"Oh, I already found mine," Taylor replied with a smile.

"Well, where is it?" Martha asked.

"My mom has it," Taylor told her.

"Oh," the three girls said together.

"What about this one?" Gabriella asked them as she walked out of the changing room and did a slow spin.

"Oh…" The mothers said eyes wide.

"My…" Jasmine said.

"God!" Sharpay, Martha, Taylor and Kelsi said.

"Brie-Ella! That is SO THE dress!" Sharpay told her with a bright smile.

"You think?" Gabriella asked unsurely.

"Sweetheart, you're going to make my son die," Lucille told her with a smile before kissing her forehead.

"But their might be a problem," Inez said.

"What is it?" Kelsi asked.

"Her dad will never want to let his baby girl and princess go because than she truly did grow up," Inez said with a soft smile.

"But doesn't he already know she's growing up because she's engaged?" Sharpay asked confused.

"Yes, but Greg's living in denial with pretending that she's not engaged to be married so that he doesn't have to think about losing his baby girl, his angel, his princess, his only daughter. Plus I don't think Brett would let her out of the house looking that beautiful either if he was here," Inez told them.

Gabriella smiled as she listened to them as she went to change out of the dress. Picking up the dress and draping it over her arm after she was in her cloths, she walked out and said with a smile, "I'm ready. Let's go."

"Alright, now let's go look at shoes," Lucille said before Gabriella came over and looped her arm with hers and Inez's and together everyone else looped their arms so they all made a big loop arm chain.

They all giggled as they reached the shoes by skipping in their loop arm line before everyone got out of the line and looked for shoes.

"I found my shoes," Sharpay said immediately as she looked on the pair of shoes she tried on her feet.

"Oh Shar-Bear, those will go perfectly and cutely with your dress," Gabriella told her as she sat beside her trying on a pair of heels.

"Oh Martha! Those are cute and will defiantly go cutely with your dress," Jasmine told her with a smile.

"Thanks. So you really think they will and I should get them?" Martha asked her.

"Yeah," Jasmine told her honestly.

"Alright I will. Thanks Jasmine, you're the bomb," Martha told the girl.

"Not a problem," Jasmine told her before walking over to her sister who hadn't found a pair she liked here and neither did Gabriella, Taylor, and Kelsi.

"Alright, now let's go check out so, we can go look for the rest of your girls' shoes and then we'll get some dinner," Lucille said.

"And then we have a couple surprises from your dads'," Inez added.

"Kelsi, Jasmine, Taylor, Vanessa, and I are going to get Taylor's and Kelsi's dresses from one of the stores we were at so will meet up with you guys at…" Miranda said.

"At Touch Ups by Benjamin Walk," Derby told her, telling her which shoe store they would be at.

"Alright, got it. See you all in a few," Miranda said before she looped arms with the others and went to the stores they needed as the others looped arms and headed to Touch Ups.

After eating dinner at Perkins after getting the rest of their stuff, the women all got back into the limo that brought them here and Derby told the driver, "Take us to the dad's surprise, please."

"So what's the surprise?" Taylor asked ten minutes later.

Before anyone could reply, the driver stopped and parked the limo. Getting out of the driver's seat and walking around the limo to open the door for them he said with a smile as he help each one out, "Welcome to Tiffany & Co. and Jacob & Co."

"The dads decided that you guys needed some jewelry to make you shine even more so they did this," Derby said.

"They want you girls to know that you can get ANYTHING NO MATTER THE PRICE," Inez told them before they all split up, Sharpay and Gabriella with their moms in Jacob & Co. and the rest in Tiffany & Co..

TBC….

Well, there you all go. I'm sorry if I skipped the last couple of Spring Break days, but there wasn't really anyway I would be able to catch up unless I made really really short chapters and I know you guys hate that right? I know I hate writing them. So that's why I did this. And plus I went prom shopping yesterday (Monday, April 14) and it was SO much fun, yet hard to find a dress that compliments your skin tone and your body type.

Alright, so I'm going to go and get ready to get my permit, but I just wanted to say its going to be a surprise to what the girls' prom dresses look like along with everything (minus the theme) for Prom. Sorry!

Peace. XOXO. I love you all, but not as much as Girly411.

Trivia: Who had the sing off with Sharpay in the musical for the prom number?

Laugh your heart out. Dance in the rain. Cherish the moment, ignore the pain. Live, laugh, love. Forgive and forget. Life's too short to be living with regrets. So DON'T.