Hey guys. I know I haven't written in a lonnnnng time, but I'll be honest. I got too busy and just forgot about fanfiction after a few harsh PMs and being reported for violations on things that are kinda dumb and so small to complain about. but anyways, I may be taking my stories somewhere else. possibly just putting em up on a blog or something. but I'm back and writing. so enjoy!
This one is dedicated to all of you who have kept reviewing for me to come back. I'm honored you guys love my stories. and for those of you who haven't noticed, "Broken Young" was deleted on fanfic, and I'm pretty sure I wont be continuing it on here. Read & review! Please and Thank you!
"What the heck are all these people doing in my home?!" Everyone heard a familiar voice from the door. Before they knew it, they heard squealing from Ashley and Olesya, who were already hugging with Chris closing the door behind them.
"Hey Ash." Vanessa, Karl, Kevin, Lucas, and Daniel all chorused together while the other Chris and Ryne got up to greet Ashley and Chris.
"Oh my gosh I haven't seen you guys in forever!" Ashely gushed as she pulled the guys into crushing hugs.
"Hey Tux." Ryne and Chris gave the Chris man hugs and did a small handshake.(a/n: I didn't realize when I first wrote this, I would be keeping Chris(tux) in the story, soo, from now on, I'll just refer to him as his nickname "Tux") After the greetings were exchanged, they all made their way back to the living room to join the rest of the gang.
"So where's my beautiful niece?" Ashley asked.
"You just missed her. She just knocked out." Daniel explained.
"Aw, oh well, I'm sure she'll eventually wake up for the bathroom, or call for Vanessa sometime soon." Ashley shrugged.
"Hey!" Vanessa said. "She's been doing better with the nightmares and all that. Plus it's better than her wetting the bed. Like I said, she's mature for her age, and she'd rather use the bathroom than a diaper." Vanessa defended her daughter.
"You're right. But still, you know the girl loves you so much, she loves to find an excuse to be with you when she should be doing something else." Ashley countered.
"Kinda like back in the day with someone else we know..." Kevin muttered to Karl who nodded in agreement.
"Anyways, what's on the agenda for tonight guys?" Ashley asked, looking around at everyone. They all just shrugged.
"Well, since Rae is asleep, it's not like I can just up and leave her." Vanessa said.
"And we just had dinner." Lucas agreed, nodding his head.
"There's more in the kitchen if you guys are hungry." Daniel added. Tux nodded his head, before turning to Ashley.
"Want a plate, babe?" Tux asked.
"Just a little, but I'll just take some off your plate. So just get another fork. Thanks hun." Ashley told him before he walked off to the kitchen to prepare a plate.
"But yeah, we're just chillin' around here catching up while we can." Olesya said, going back to Ashely's question. "Especially since tomorrow is the party and then there will be more people to catch up with."
"Good point." Ashley nodded her head.
"I can't believe my baby is turning three tomorrow." Vanessa sighed. "She's growing up too fast. I mean, look how long it's been since HSM."
"I know right." Ryne agreed. "It's been forever."
"Oh! Speaking of HSM. Have you guys heard anything about the third one?" Ashley asked. 'No' was chorused around the room. "Well, someone from disney spoke to my manager a few days ago about it and told me that they had totally changed the script. Remember how it was supposed to be about Halloween, then they changed it to the first year of college? Well, I guess now they've changed it to senior year." Ashley explained the news she had received from her manager a few days ago.
"Really? That's pretty cool." Chris said.
"Yeah, it's a good thing we all can still pull off looking like high school students." Ryne joked. It was true though. Although they had all aged, they still looked young.
"Yep. I guess they're trying to get a hold of all of us to get us to sign on." Ashley commented. "I know I'm down for another one." She said as they all began to agree one by one.
"I'm not sure..." Vanessa said hesitantly. They all snapped their heads in her direction, almost demanding an explanation with their eyes. "I mean, I've got classes and everything. I have a daughter to take care of. The press doesn't know about her, and I don't intend on having the paps up in her face. I mean don't get me wrong or anything, I'd love to do it, but I'm just not sure."
"But Ness, you could always take a semester off from school. And your parents love taking care of Rae. Heck, I bet Kenny would even let you take her with you, and he'd get you a babysitter. Heck, he'd probably babysit for you, or put her in the movie!" Lucas said.
"And what about your Broadway show?" Vanessa tried. "And stop saying heck."
"The last show is in a few weeks." Lucas shrugged.
"Don't worry about it Van." Chris tried to calm her down. "Like Ash said, they're just trying to get a hold of everyone. We're not under a contract just yet."
"You're right." Vanessa sighed. "I guess I just have a bunch of different factors to consider these days before taking a job."
"So, the press really has no clue about Rae?" Ryne asked as Vanessa shook her head.
"Remember when I was pregnant? With all that drama and stuff... well, I was pretty much in hiding. My parent's and Stella helped me out a huge deal when it came down to getting things for my cravings." She giggled. "And the paps haven't really been around much since I've been out of the spotlight for a while."
"Oh, yeah." Ryne nodded. "I remember you called me a few times because you were bored, and I was playing hockey."
"Oh my gosh. I remembered this one time, when your parents and Stella weren't home, and Ash was working on a movie, so no one else was in town, you called me at 3am to get you pickles, peanut butter, and waffles." Olesya reminisced.
"Did I really?" Vanessa looked at her shocked. "I didn't call anyone else I knew?" Olesya shook her head.
"Well I mean it was after you and Zac stopped talking.... And you said that you knew no one else would do it for you other than someone in the gang. So you called me."
"Oh." Vanessa gave a small smile, trying to hide the sadness she felt at the mention of Zac. Olesya saw this and gave her an apologetic smile.
"Pickles, peanut butter, and waffles." Daniel looked at her. "Are you serious?"
"Hey, pregnancy does things to you." Vanessa defended herself, knowing that the other girls couldn't really back her up since they've never been pregnant.
"Seriously, Ness, that's nasty." Karl gave her a look.
"It's not as bad as this one time when she wanted hot cheetos in cake batter with ketchup and mayo." Ashley added.
"Wow." Lucas' eyes widened.
"That's. Disgusting." Kevin nodded.
"The smell was horrendous." Ashley added. "And someone made ME make it for her." She glared at Vanessa.
"Well, at least you can say you did it out of love?" Vanessa gave an innocent smile and shrugged her shoulders.
"As much as I love you Ness, I don't think I could ever do that again." Ashley shook her head.
The next morning had come quickly. Everyone had left a little before midnight, knowing that they had an early day ahead of them. Ashley and Tux had gone back to his place, Kevin and Karl back to their dorms, and Lucas, Ryne, Chris, and Olesya back to Lucas' apartment. Daniel had slept over as Vanessa had offered since he was just going to have to come back in the morning anyhow.
Vanessa rolled over in bed as she began to stir, hugging Daniel's body who was already awake.
"Morning." Daniel whispered, kissing the top of her head.
"Morning Dee." Vanessa mumbled into his shirt before sitting up and stretching. She looked over at her clock and read that it was 6:48am. "How long have you been up?" She asked before plopping herself back onto the bed, snuggling into her blankets once more.
"Not too long." He answered and she nodded, knowing that he never really slept in too much. "Hey, I've been wanting to talk to you about something, Ness."
"Okay, shoot." Vanessa turned her body towards him, placing a hand under her pillow in the process, while using her other hand to snuggle into the blanket more.
"Well, I mean, I know this isn't the greatest timing or anything, especially with the stress of the party and all..." He began.
"Dee, just get straight to the point." She smirked.
"As cliche as it sounds, I love you but I'm not in love with you." He sighed. "I mean, we're good together, yeah. But to be honest, I feel like we both see each other more as a best friend rather than someone who we can spend our whole lives together with. Don't get me wrong, I could spend the rest of my life with you, but I don't think it's right with our hearts..." He tried to explain.
"I agree." Vanessa sighed as well. "With everything. You're awesome, and a perfect boyfriend any girl would be lucky to have." She said placing a hand on his arm. "But I think you're right. I think I do see you more as a best friend."
"So friends then?" Daniel asked.
"Of course! I don't think I could ever hate you. Plus, Rae loves you to death."
"Well I'm honored to be her fatherly figure since Zac isn't around." Daniel pulled her into a hug.
"Well, I'm glad she has someone to look up to as a fatherly figure." She shrugged, not wanting to talk about Zac.
"It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Wickey wickey, Remix!" The two heard Raelynn singing as they heard her nearing the bedroom. They were listening to her song, and soon the door was pushed open since Vanessa always left it cracked open because her daughter couldn't exactly reach the handle.
"It's my birthday, momma!" Raelyn ran to the bed and Vanessa picked up her daughter and placed her between her and Daniel.
"It is, is it?" Vanessa gasped.
"YES! Gama and Gramps is coming! And Auntie Stella, and everybody!" Raelynn clapped excitedly.
"Yep, they sure are sweety." Vanessa smiled at her daughter's excitement. "Now what was that we heard you singing before you came in?"
"Birthday remix." Raelynn gave her mother a toothy grin.
"And who taught you this remix?" Vanessa looked at her daughter curiously.
"Uncle Rhino, Uncle Junior, and Uncle Luka." She told her mother proudly before humming the remix.
"When did they do this?" Vanessa laughed and looked at Daniel.
"I think you were talking to Olesya or something. Kevin and Karl were messing around beatboxing and stuff." He shrugged laughing as well.
"Well, my little rapping Rae, it's time to get ready for the day! Why don't you go pick out something pretty to wear so you can take a bath?" Vanessa suggested to her daughter who was already climbing off the bed.
"Okay Momma. You wear something pretty too?" Rae looked at her mother.
"Of course. I thought you said I always look pretty?" Vanessa looked at her daughter confused.
"You do! But today is special, Momma. I feel it. It's not just my birthday." Her daughter explained. "I come check your outfit when your ready?" She asked.
"Sure, hun." Vanessa nodded as her daughter left to pick out her outfit and get ready for her bath. "Did my daughter just tell me what to do and that she'd check up on me?" Vanessa asked.
"She sure did." Daniel laughed. "She's definitely one smart girl. But no worries, she just wants you to feel beautiful. I'm gonna head back to my place and get ready then come back here." He told her as he got up.
"Sounds good." She agreed, getting up to help her daughter prepare her bath. Today is definitely going to be interesting Vanessa thought as she walked to the bathroom where her daughter was waiting for her, rapping her newly taught song.