"Oh that smells good." Said Chad as he looked at the turkey.
The table was set and every one sat to eat laughter and mumbles of love filled the room as the children ate their meals at the kiddy table the adults joked and ate at the main table.
"So Troy what's this I hear about Puppies and family." Sharpay said.
"Sharpay?!?!?" groaned Gabriella.
Tory looked at Gabriella as he spit his drink back out into the glass. "Family?" Troy said as he looked around the table.
"Yeah you know family, as in kids." Sharpay looked at the troy with a questioning eye "you want kids don't you?"
"Yes." Troy placed his glass down and looked at Gabriella questioningly.
"When troy?" she asked.
Troy was stunned but before he could answer Taylor cut in.
"Sharpay are you excited about the baby?" Taylor said looking at her with gleaming eyes.
"I'm very excited about the baby what about you Ryan, you'll be an uncle soon and maybe you and kelsi can make me an auntie?" she said placing her glass down in front of her.
This time Ryan almost choked on his drink while Kelsi glared at Taylor then Sharpay.
"You need to be married first" Ryan said looking at Sharpay then curiously at Kelsi.
"Then why don't you, four years is a while to be some one boyfriend Ryan." Sharpay said looking over at Ryan as he looked at Kelsi who hung her head down.
"It's just not the right time"
"Well it might be just past the right time for others keep in mind kelsi isn't bound to you as long as she is missing a certain piece of jewelry." Sharpay said followed by the sound of a gasp from Gabriella.
Zeke looked around the table feeling uncomfortable with the tension and looked over at Chad and Taylor who were just staring at each other. The rest of dinner was a mixture of small talk and sidebar conversation as everyone amongst themselves.
The woman began to clean up the mess in the dining room as the guys sat back in their chairs and talked about basket ball.
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In the kitchen.
"I can't believe you did that" Gabriella cleared the plates off as she looked at Sharpay. "He looked as if he was about to vomit."
"Well at least you know he wants kids" Sharpay said handing her a dish.
"What about me what you did in there did absolutely nothing for me" kelsi said as she say in an open chair.
"I planted the seed of thought trust me Ryan is many things but a jerk is not one of them." She said looking at Taylor. "Any thoughts" she asked.
"Nope, nothing at all" Taylor placed the glasses in the sink and turned around to look at kelsi and Gabriella. "I don't think any harm was done."
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In the living room
"That was nuts" Ryan said
"Yeah I wonder what all that was about." Troy said.
"You think kelsi is seeing someone else?" Ryan said looking at his beer bottle.
"What?" zee shot back in shock as he looked back at Ryan. Troy snapped his attention from the air in the corner of the room to Ryan who sat there looking lost.
Chad stood quite and then he lowered his voice and leaned forward. "Is she being secretive? Going placing not letting you know where? Or staying after work real late?"
"No" Ryan said looking at Chad.
"Then you have nothing to worry about" troy said looking at Ryan.
"What about Gabriella, are you sure she doesn't want kids?" Ryan asked.
"I wouldn't know we haven't talked about it." Troy said
"Well she is talking about it with the ladies" zee motioned to the kitchen. "It would explain why Sharpay would ask."
Chad looked at troy.
"You use condoms." Chad looked at his kids playing unaware with the silverware. "Or the pill."
"The pill"
"Yikes." Zeke and Ryan made a wincing noise.
"What?" troy looked at the two questioningly as he looked back towards the kitchen "you don't think she would miss a few pills do you?"
"Women do it often." Chad spoke. "Before Taylor I dated this one girl who tried it. Lucky I wasn't as fertile as she thought I was."
"Wow dude" Zeke looked at Chad "you shot blanks before you met Taylor huh?"
"Hey my men have always been top notch they just know who the right woman is." Chad said proudly.
"Yeah five times" Ryan said.
They laughed for a bit before troy took a deep breath. "I don't think Gabriella would do such a thing."
"Well for your sake I hope your right." Chad said looking at his own children. "Cause if you're not ready don't do it."
In the kitchen.
"What if the pressure gets to him and he dumps me." Kelsi said looking at sharpay.
"Please Ryan loves you I happen to know that is so in love with you. He doesn't even talk about other women." Sharpay handed a dry dish to Taylor who put it away.
"Just because you don't talk about it doesn't mean it not a possibility." Taylor said closing the cabinet.
"Why would you say that" Gabriella said looking at Taylor with an annoyed look. "Ryan does love you; he would be foolish to mess up what you to have."
Kelsi smiled and looked at Gabriella. Then she tilted her head confused "Troy loves you, why not father his children."
Taylor looked at Gabriella and sighed. "You and Troy are okay right?"
"Of course I love him I'm just not ready to give up who I am." Gabriella walked over to the trash can and stuffed more trash inside. "I'm not ready to just be a mom, I want more, and my career is just beginning." She sighed as she turned around and looked at her almost clean kitchen. "Being a mom is just going to take it all away from me and I'll just be some ones wife and some ones mom. "
Taylor made a face and Sharpay threw her towel on the table. "What the fuck does that mean?" Sharpay waddled towards Gabriella and stopped right before her. "I am Sharpay Evans and I am not just some ones wife or mother, I am Sharpay Evans actress and fashion designer."
"That's not what I meant, I mean for me I'm just a fourth grade teacher." Gabriella explained, "I want to be a professor one day and getting there is going to take all my attention. "
Taylor moved Sharpay over to the side and took Gabriella by the arm. "sweetheart, you're going to be able to do whatever you set your mind too but being a mother is not just about becoming some one's mom it's about raising a child, molding someone into a good person, creating a family, enjoy the joy of a first step, a first word, being there the night of their first date."
"Right, honeys having a family makes you stronger more defined you will never lose your identity as long as you yourself know who you are." Sharpay said tenderly.
Kelsi was silent as she looked at the three women "at least you have that chance."