CHAPTER 2

((Two chapters today! YAY! I wont be doing three most likely because I am very busy tonight…ok…so today…the date of this chapter is December 23, 2006…remember that…the whole chapter will take play on December 23…chapter 3 will probably be December 24…someone said that if they're seniors it has to be 2 years later…it was never completely clear whether they were sophomores or juniors in the movie but I thought they were juniors…also the whole freezing cold snow in Albuquerque may be a little far fetched but im still keeping it…i love snow…R&R…XOXO, CHRISTINE))

Courage, my word
Didn't come it doesn't matter

Sleepwalk,
So fast asleep
In a motel
Has the lay of home
And piss on
All of your background
And piss on
All your surroundings

"Troy! Get up!" shouted Sara Bolton, throwing a pillow at him. "You put off the shopping! It's your fault you have to get up so early!"

"But, it's 6:30 in the morning," Troy groaned. "Stores aren't open this early."

"We're driving out to Picksford mall in Santa Fe," his mother informed him.

"But that's over an hour away!" Troy whined.

"We could have gone a month ago in the afternoon, but this is the only time left. It's your own fault. Now get up. We're leaving by 7:00." Troy groaned and turned over. "Now!" She smacked him with a pillow, repeatedly.

"Alright, alright, I'm up, I'm up." He climbed out of bed. "Get out so I can change."

At 7:00, Troy and his mom were on the road to Picksford while Troy was complaining loudly.

"Why can't we go to the mall back in Albuquerque," Troy whined. "It's just as good as Pickford."

"The Albuquerque Mall doesn't have half the stores that Pickford does," Sara told him. "The stores where we have to buy your dad's gifts are at Pickford."

"Then let's get dad other gifts. Gifts closer to home."

"Would you like it if all the presents you wanted were out here in Pickford and your dad and I decided that we would find you alternative presents closer to home?"

"Well, no," Troy answered nervously.

"Exactly!" Mrs. Bolton triumphed. "So how about you put away that selfish attitude and do something nice for your father. Kids these days, they never care about anyone but themselves. Come on, Troy, get in the Christmas spirit."

"Fine," Troy sulked.

"One more sulk out of you and you won't be getting anything for Christmas this year, young man. This is your final warning."

All morning long, they shopped in the Pickford mall finding presents for Mr. Bolton, Troy's grandparents, and Troy's various aunts and uncles. Troy and his mother were both in a very bad mood because of the lousy start in the morning. They finally grabbed some lunch at Subway.

"After this I wanna visit five more stores before going home," Mrs. Bolton told him. "Then on the way home, I wanna stop and pick up your dad's watch out in the North Santa Fe Jewlery Store."

"I don't have all day, mom," Troy snapped. "We've bought enough presents. Let's just get dad's watch and go."

"Troy I don't like this selfish act you've been putting on, today. What happened to the Troy who cares about others? Why have you all of a sudden become so selfish?"

"I have plans this afternoon with my friends."

"You can sacrifice another two hours," Mrs. Bolton informed him. "Otherwise you won't be going anywhere for a long time."

"Fine," Troy pouted. Mrs. Bolton rolled her eyes.

Later that day, Troy, Gabriella, Kelsi, Taylor, Ryan, Chad, Sharpay, Zeke, and Jason went to the park to reprise the snowball fight they had two days before. After the fight, they all went back to Gabriella's house for hot chocolate.

"I'll make it," Troy volunteered. "Everyone else, go ahead and watch some t.v. Let the chef make his masterpiece."

The rest of the group sat in the Living Room watching the Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

"You know, Sharpay," Taylor pointed out. "You and Maddie could be twins. Look at you. You're like identical."

"You really think so?" Sharpay asked. "I don't think we look anything alike. We're like complete opposites."

"That guest star named Trevor looks like Troy," Kelsi pointed out. "Weird."

"No way," Gabriella replied. "Troy's way hotter."

"What about Troy being way hotter?" demanded Troy carefully bringing a tray of nine cups of hot chocolate into the living room. "I know. I'm just that hott."

"Kelsi was talking about how you look like Trevor from the Suite Life, but I was saying you're way hotter," Gabriella informed him.

"Well, thank you, Gabi," said Troy kissing her, dropping the whole tray of hot chocolate. "O shit!"

"Uh oh, the floors," Gabi fretted. "The white carpet."

"Bleach, bleach, bleach," Zeke suggested. "Where is it?"

"Um, the closet by the door," Gabriella answered.

"I'm so sorry," Troy apologized.

"It's okay," Gabi assured him. "I think the carpet looks better dark anyways."

Troy went home that night to have dinner with his parents. His mother ran down the events of the next day.

"As we all know, tomorrow is Christmas Eve," Sara said. "So tomorrow morning, we will be wrapping gifts. Then at one o'clock, we have lunch at grandmas. We'll have to leave hear at eleven. We'll go to church at six, then we'll have dinner at 7:00. Then we will open our presents at 8:15. Then we'll have eggnog and pie. Then we'll come home from grandmas."

"What about Gabriella?" Troy asked.

"What about her?" replied Jack Bolton.

"I was planning on spending a good portion of tomorrow with her."

"I'm sorry, Troy,' Mrs. Bolton said, "but Christmas is a time for family. Not friends."

"But I love her."

"Oh, Troy, don't start that again," Mr. Bolton began. "Just…"

"You can spend some time with Gabriella on Christmas day," Mrs. Bolton compromised.

"But…" began Mr. Bolton. The look on his wife's face silenced him. "Oh. Alright. He can see her on Christmas Day if it means that much to him."

((I know…I know…this chapter wasn't sad but I promise it gets sad very very soon in the very near future…I hope you like the story so far…remember…if you think this story should be rated M…tell me…now in the trailer at the beginning when it says about how their lives were perfect and they had love, friends, and family…the scenes that are shown there don't all appear in the story…only some of them…that took place before the story…everything about the tragedy stuff happens in this story…reviews please…XOXO, CHRISTINE))