A/N: I started this yesterday, and this is what I had to say -
So yeah, today is the first day of school at my high school, and guess what… I can't go…. That is because I am the class of 2006… I already graduated, and I feel sad, because I miss it. It literally feels like yesterday that I was joking around with all the people at my graduation. I know a lot of people say that, but I really mean it. But yeah, I went and spent lunch at the school, and It was so weird because the feeling that it was the right place to be, but I wasn't supposed to be there. And to beat it all, you can now have cell phones at my school. How stupid is that, last year, I had to hide mine, and now that I graduated, you can have them… I got some ringtones that are really could. I'm so sick by flyleaf, dare you to move by switchfoot, here I am to worship, and the chipmunks theme. :D so yeah.
I decided to make this a filler chapter. All this is going to be about Christmas Eve and Christmas day. The reason for this is because something is going to happen, and I wanted it on Chapter thirty. Just blame the OCD or whatever, I sorta have it and yeah, it forced me to put this filler chapter here. You might find out why I decided to put this as the filler chapter, and then have the event in chapter thirty. But until then, here's chapter twenty-nine.
Maddster – thanks for reading.
Hotsodagirl – yeah, they had a commercial for it on, and it specially announced that high school musical's Lucas grabeel was in it, and when I saw him, I squealed, and it was funny.
Sylvia – you are fu-nny. :D
Crushie – he is only four years older than I am. If I calculated right, you are thirteen, right?
Palindrome713 – maybe I should have done that to ya… hahaha.
Sharpay turned off the kitchen sink and dried her hands, so she could answer the ringing telephone.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Hey Sharpay, it's Troy." He said.
"Hey Troy, Happy Christmas Eve."
"That's why I called."
"What? To say Happy Christmas Eve?"
"No, It's Christmas Eve, and I want you and Ryan to come over for dinner."
"Okay, I was just thinking about what we should have for dinner here." Sharpay said.
"Okay, well, lock up, and get ready. Kimi and I will be waiting."
"Alright, Ryan and I will be over in a few minutes." She said. She hung up the phone, and found Ryan on his computer. Sharpay decided to let Kimi spend Christmas Eve at Troy's house, and she would spend Christmas day with Ryan and Sharpay.
"Ryan." She said.
"Yeah?" he asked as he turned around.
"Troy asked if we wanted to have dinner at his house."
"I'm game. Did you tell him yes?"
"Yeah, get ready, I'll call him and ask if it's formal or what." Ryan nodded, and went to his closet and took out some prospective formal outfits, and non-formal outfits.
"Hello?" Troy answered.
"Hey, I was wondering if we're supposed to dress up."
"Um, not like, super formal, but Semi-formal. Skirt and blouse for you, slacks and a button down shirt for Ryan." He said.
"Okay, sounds great, thanks." She said. She hung up, and went back to Ryan's room.
"Semi-formal." She said before going back to her room. Ryan picked out a pair of dark blue cargo slacks, and a black silk shirt. He gelled his hair into a spiky style, and went downstairs to make sure the coffeepot and stove were off. Sharpay put on a double layer blue and black plaid skirt, with a baby blue tank top with a v-neck button down shirt over it. She finished buttoning it, and applied some lipgloss. Ryan was waiting downstairs waiting for her.
"Ready little sister?" He asked
"Yep." She said. Ryan set the alarm, which the code had been changed since the break-in. They got into the car, and sang along to Jeremy Camp as they drove the short four-minute drive to Troy's house. They gave each other a once-over, to make sure everything looked good, and approached the door. Troy answered it before they even knocked.
"Hey, how are you this fine evening?" He asked.
"I am doing great." Ryan said.
"Same here, and how are you and our darling daughter?" Sharpay asked.
"She was somewhat cranky this afternoon, but after a nice nap, she is doing a lot better." He said. Sharpay smiled, and kissed her daughter's forehead.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Bolton." Sharpay said, shaking their hands."
"Call us Jack and Susan." Susan said. Sharpay corrected the names, and they were invited into the living room, where they talked while dinner was finishing cooking.
"I head you two were at home on this lovely evening, by yourselves, so I called Troy and told him to invite you." Jack said.
"Thank you. If Troy hadn't have called, we probably would have been eating TV Dinners." Sharpay laughed. After half an hour of conversation, Susan announced that it was dinnertime. Troy picked up Kimi, and set her in the bassinet. They gathered around the table, and after they prayed, the conversation continued. They talked about school and work while they ate their chicken Parmesan.
"This is absolutely delicious Susan." Sharpay said.
"Thanks. It's not hard, I can give you the recipe if you want it."
"Okay."
"Mom, you should give her the Pumpkin pie recipe." Troy said.
"Pumpkin pie?" Sharpay asked.
"Yeah, my mom's pumpkin pie is the greatest thing on earth."
"So, why would she give it to me?" Sharpay asked.
"Because, when we get new family member's, my mom usually gives the ladies recipes, it's her way of initiating them into the family." He said.
"Oh, I like too cook, so I think Susan and I will be having a great time in the kitchen." Sharpay laughed.
"When you two are cooking, Ryan and I will take Kimi upstairs and play some video games."
"You really want your daughter to watch boring video games?" Sharpay asked sarcastically.
"Not just any video games, they are the ones that hook you up to the internet, and then you have a headset, and you can talk to the other players that are also playing, like you have to go hunt down the other players, and you can shoot them right, well, these players are real people hooked up to the phone line and everything. It's cool."
"Well our daughter isn't going to watch that." Sharpay said.
"She shouldn't, should she?" Troy asked. Sharpay nodded.
"Okay, well she can stay down here and watch you two cook."
"Or I can take her, I need to go to the store, and I could use Kimi's help. If you two would allow me to." Jack said out of nowhere.
"Sounds like a good idea." Susan said. Troy and Sharpay agreed that Kimi could go with her grandfather. After dinner, Troy cleared the table as Susan got Kimi ready to go to the store with Jack. She secretly put a shopping list in the very front pocket, where Ryan and Sharpay couldn't see.
Each person went to where they said they were going to be for a while. Sharpay was learning how to make the pumpkin pie, and Ryan was playing video games. When Jack got back from the store, he put Kimi in her room to go to sleep, and Susan told Sharpay to take the pies out in twenty minutes, and the two of them took their groceries to their bedroom. They were gone for quite a while, because the pies were out for ten minutes when they came back down stairs.
"Troy, Ryan, come downstairs." Jack said. Susan motioned for Sharpay to come into the living room. She sat on the couch, and they waited for the two teenage guys. When they got there, they sat on either side of Sharpay.
"Okay, in Christmas Tradition, every one gets to open one present tonight." Susan said.
"And, we decided to start with Sharpay and Ryan." Jack finished. They both were shocked. The Bolton's had bought them presents? They didn't understand. They each took the presents into their hands, and were instructed to open them at the same time. Sharpay gently took the wrapping off, and opened the box on her lap. The same movements each twin had mesmerized Troy. They were in sync. They both opened their boxes, and pulled out….
"A pair of pajamas?" Sharpay asked, peeking her head around the silky pajama pants.
"Yep." Susan said.
"We want you two to spend the night." Jack said.
"Why?" Ryan asked.
"Because, we thought you could use a Bolton Christmas Morning." Troy explained.
"Oh, okay," Sharpay said, she started to get excited about having a good Christmas.
"We didn't want both you and Kimi to have a bad holiday." Sharpay and Ryan agreed to spend the night, so they all got ready for bed, where Sharpay got the guest room next to Kimi's room, and Ryan slept on the hide-a-bed in Troy's room.
"Goodnight Sissy." Ryan said, kissing his sister's forehead. They hugged, and Ryan left the room. A few minutes later, Troy came in.
"Goodnight Sharpay." He said.
"Goodnight Troy." She replied. He hugged her, and kissed her cheek, he also went off to bed. Susan came in, and straightened Sharpay's blankets.
"Thank you for letting me spend the night." She said.
"It was no problem."
"And thank you for the pajamas, they are extremely comfortable."
"I am glad you like them. I will see you in the morning." Susan kissed Sharpay's forehead, and turned the light off for her.
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On Christmas morning, Sharpay woke up as she felt something land on her legs and stomach. Ryan and Troy were sprawled across her, and were telling her to get up.
"It is only seven am." Sharpay said.
"So what?" Troy asked. Sharpay slapped both of them, and got out of bed.
"What was that for?" Troy asked.
"For waking me up." She laughed as she went to go to Kimi's room, but was stopped by Troy.
"Nope, my parents said that they would take care of her today, so we can act like normal teens in the morning. They will get her up. No need to worry." He said. She smiled, and they all ran down the stairs. Kimi was put onto a blanket in between Jack and Susan.
"Here. Troy gets to open this first." Jack said as he passed a present to his son. He opened it to find the movie Hoosiers.
"Oh, thanks dad." He said.
"You are welcome, I thought you would like it."
"I do, I do, I doooo." He laughed. Troy got some basketball stuff, and clothes, plus a few CDs he wanted. Sharpay and Ryan both got some dance music, because Sharpay had told Troy that her and Ryan wanted to come up with a routine, but didn't have any new music to choreograph a routine to. Sharpay got some more clothes, and a couple gift cards.
Ryan received almost the same things, only guy stuff. The Bolton's had also gotten Kimi a bunch of toys that she was fascinated with. Although she was only three months old, she liked to hold toys, and play with the mobiles she had.
Jack and Susan didn't get very many presents.
"Ryan and I will bring you some presents tomorrow. We just didn't plan on spending the night here." Sharpay said.
"Oh, don't worry, it will be okay." Susan said. Although Susan refused, Sharpay was still going to get them presents. They all ate a Christmas Breakfast. Sharpay remembered that her father had never let her or Ryan have it for breakfast, ever.
"Susan, this Chocolate Cake is the best I've ever tasted." Ryan said.
"I told you my mom was a good cook." Troy said. They all agreed, and finished off their cake.
"What have you two planned?" Troy asked Sharpay.
"I don't know. Probably go home and make ourselves some Christmas Dinner." She replied.
"Well, Jack and I are going to my mother's for dinner." Susan said.
"What about Troy?" Ryan asked.
"I am not going with them." He replied.
"Why not?"
"Because all of us have plotted against you yet again." Troy said.
"'All of us?'"
"Yeah, Gabby, Chad, Taylor, Zeke, Kelsi, my parents and me." He said.
"And what is that?"
"We are cooking you a Christmas dinner at your house." He said. Sharpay gasped. She jumped off her barstool, and gave Troy a bone-crushing hug. The three of them each took a shower, and got dressed in their new Christmas outfits. They got ready to go back over to the Evan's household, and also got Kimi ready. They packed it in the trunk, and got into the car. Troy kissed his mother's forehead told her goodbye and the four of them left.
"Welcome home!" Kelsi said when they came into the house. Everyone was already there.
"What? How did you all get in?" Ryan asked.
"I have a key, and I know the alarm code." Kelsi said. Zeke came out of the kitchen, and hugged Sharpay.
"The turkey is already in the oven. Who wants to help?" he announced.
"I will." Gabby and Sharpay said at the same time. Sharpay put Kimi down in her play area, and she immediately started cooing and giggling.
"How is Kimi today?" Zeke asked.
"She is really good, I am glad she's not sick. My dad said that our first Christmas, we had a cold. "
"You were almost a year old by then."
"Yeah, in three days, we will be turning eighteen." Sharpay replied. Zeke smiled at her.
"Well, happy early birthday." He smiled. They hugged, and went back to making Christmas dinner. Sharpay pulled out the ingredients for Susan's pumpkin pie, and started to make it.
"What'cha doin'?" Zeke asked as she was following the directions.
"Making a pie."
"Ohh, better be good." He said.
"It is." She replied.
"How is Kimi?" Gabby asked a few minutes later.
"She is good."
"She is so cute."
"Your kids will look a lot like her, only with darker skin." Sharpay joked.
"I hope they do."
"Do you ever regret having her?" Gabby asked.
"No. Not really, I mean there are times that I wish I didn't have to take care of her, because there is a party or something, but I love her to death, and if going out and doing teen stuff meant that she'd never be born, I wouldn't have it. I much rather have her."
"I was just wondering what it would have been like if I had not miscarried that baby." She said.
"It's sad, but it was God's way of telling you that you weren't ready."
"Yeah, I suppose. Can I hold her?"
"Yeah, you don't have to ask, you are Step-mom almost anyway." Gabby smiled, and skipped off to pick up the little girl. After four hours, the dinner was ready. Gabriella, Sharpay and Zeke set the food on the Dining room table. Sharpay got the Fine China out of the China cabinet, and set out the silver. They got the crystal glasses out of the china cabinet as well, for their water or Kool-aid. Sharpay sat at one end of the table, and to her left was Troy, Gabby, Kelsi, and Ryan was at the other end. Next to him were Taylor, Chad and Zeke.
"Kool-aid in wine glasses." Kelsi laughed. Everyone joined in and the conversation turned to Shari, and how she could have taken so many valuable items along with Kimi, but didn't.
After dinner was finished, Kelsi, Taylor, and Troy all cleared the table, and washed the dishes carefully. Sharpay put them back where they belonged, and they all sat in the living room, and talked for a while, waiting for their stomachs to settle before they had the pie Sharpay had made. Sharpay cut and served it while Zeke put on a decorative touch of whipped topping, and Gabriella took them to each person in the living room. When they finished eating, Ryan rinsed the saucers, and put them in the dishwasher.
"Should we open presents now?" Sharpay asked. They all agreed, and Troy sat by the tree, reading names, and delivering the package. Everyone had brought their own presents to give out, and had put them under the tree before Ryan and Sharpay had gotten home.
"Oh, thank you so very much." Taylor told Gabby as she folded up the blouse and set it off to the side.
"You are welcome." Gabby said. Troy picked up the next gift, and found his name along side Zeke and Chad's names. It was from Sharpay and Ryan.
"What is this?" he asked.
"It's a present." Sharpay joked.
"I know, but what is the present."
"The whole idea of a present is so that you open it up, so you can find out what is inside." Ryan also joked. He rolled his eyes, and the three of them gasped.
"Tickets to see the Lakers!"
"Versus the Utah Jazz?" Chad asked. They were so excited. They couldn't believe their eyes.
"Thanks you two." Zeke said. He hugged Sharpay, and said, "I love you."
"I love you too." He said. After all the excitement wore down, Troy handed Kelsi a box from Ryan. Inside was a diamond ring.
"What is this?" she asked. Ryan got off the chair he was on, and was on his knees in front of Kelsi.
"Kelsi, we've been dating for almost a year, and we've known each other for longer than that. I have liked you for years, and I love you so much. Kelsi Neilson, will you marry me?" he asked. Kelsi gasped, nodded, and nearly knocked the Ryan over as she hugged him.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes." She said. Everyone ooh'd, and ahhhh'd." The rest of the presents weren't as exciting as the other ones, but Zeke got Sharpay a silver locket, that had a picture of Him and Kimi in it and a picture of Troy and Kimi in the other side. On the outside, it said Mom on it in Cursive.
The festivities went on until ten o'clock, when Taylor's parents called and told her to come home at that moment. Everyone decided to break up the party, and go home. Sharpay and Ryan went upstairs to tuck Kimi into bed, and were discussing the day's events.
"I am glad you proposed to Kelsi."
"Me too. We are going to wait at least a whole year before we get married."
"That's good." Sharpay said.
"Today was good." Sharpay paused and looked up from Kimi, and at her brother
"This has been the best Christmas since dad died."