They just stood there shaking hands for a moment before Sharpay pulled Maddie into a sisterly hug.
When the two pulled out of the hug, both had tears in their eyes…
The girls smiled, wiped their tears, and then Sharpay said, "Ryan, go help Maddie with her bags."
Maddie and Ryan went over to the luggage conveyer belt to get Maddie's bags. For as many bags as Maddie had, they all fat on the luggage cart. Ryan pushed the cart out of the airport with Sharpay on his left and Maddie on his right.
"Sorry mom and dad couldn't make it. Things get pretty busy for them, but they're taking a vacation soon so they can get to know you better," Ryan apologized. "Oh, it's ok. I'm just excited to be here," Maddie said. Ryan and Maddie stocked the trunk of Ryan's car with the many bags before getting in, Sharpay and Maddie in the backseat.
"So, are you into drama, musicals, plays?" Sharpay asked. "Not really, but I love to sing. I was in my old school's choir," Maddie said. "Have you ever starred in a musical production?" Sharpay questioned. "When I was in kindergarten I played Gretel in "The Sound of Music" but that's it," Maddie said. "Well, what stuff are you into?" Sharpay asked. "Well, I like singing, dancing, art, music, computers, just regular stuff," Maddie answered. "What about fashion?" Sharpay asked. "I like clothes, but I once saw a skirt that cost more than my house," Maddie said. "Wow," Sharpay said, trying to sound shocked. She'd been told that the Fitzpatrick's weren't very wealthy.
"Here we are," Ryan said, pulling up to a tall black gate. There was a long soft white colored cement driveway leading up to the house. The gate opened and Ryan drove up. The driveway led up to a very large and spacious ten car garage, which without Sharpay and Ryan's cars already held six. The garage was very large, and a brick hallway with a few windows connected it to the Evan's Mansion (which looked more like a business building than a place to live).
"Ten levels, three basements, two elevators, we aren't certain, but we think that there's at least fifty guest rooms, there's a dance studio in the first basement, a lounge on the fifth floor, two pools, one inside, one outside, three tennis courts, a three mile circle shaped blacktop track, a work out room in the third basement including a full sized basketball court, we have two live in house keepers and a gourmet chef," Ryan explained.
"Any questions?" Sharpay asked, a smirk playing on her lips. "Wow," was all Maddie could say. "Well don't just stand there, let's go in," Sharpay said ushering her new sister towards the hallway that connected the mansion and garage. "My bags," Maddie said, looking toward the trunk of her brother's car. "Vincent will get them and bring them up before dinner," Ryan said, ushering Maddie as well.
The entrance from the garage was (for its purpose) elegant. "The foyer in the front is much lovelier," Sharpay said walked forward, Maddie started at her heels and Ryan followed the girls.
"Ah, Sharpay, Ryan, your parents called a few minutes ago. They aren't able to make it to dinner. Mr. Evans has a company dinner and couldn't refuse," Trudy said before noticing the other girl. "Oh, you must be Madeline!" Trudy said. "I prefer Maddie," the triplet said. "Very well Maddie. Would you like to see your room?" Trudy asked. "We'll show her Trudy, but thanks for the offer," Sharpay said. "Okay, if you need me, just holler," Trudy said before walking off. "W-who was that?" Maddie asked. "Live in house keeper. Trudy is practically our servant," Ryan explained.
Sharpay and Ryan led Maddie to an elevator and they stepped in. "What floor are we on?" Maddi asked. "Well, I'm on the tenth floor, Ryan's on the eighth, and you're on the ninth," Sharpay explained. "We each have a whole floor of this mansion to ourselves?" Maddie asked. The others nodded.
A light above the elevator door read: Level 9. "We're here," Sharpay said as the door opened. Maddie stared in awe at the sight before her. All of the walls were painted a pale shade of lavender. "My favorite color," Maddie smiled as she touched the wall. "I told you it was," Sharpay smirked at her brother. "How was I supposed to know she favored lavender over plum?" Ryan asked. "Because you don't have the "sisterly touch"," Sharpay said.
"This whole room is bigger than my house!" Maddie said, shocked when she heard an echo. 'It's like London's closet,' Maddie thought. "You'll get used to it," Ryan smiled.
There was a king sized bed in the far corner of the room with silk princess drapes and a silk canopy top. The mattress was made of memory foam. The soft linen sheets were a cream color; the down filled comforter was a slightly darker shade than the wall and made of soft suede. The ivory wood head board had a carving of a bouquet of white roses and stalks of lavender.
The only way you could tell that was because the stems of the flowers were painted a soft green and lavender buds were painted to fit the flower's name.
Opposite the bed was a 63" plasma TV with a DVR, a VCR, a DVD player, and Time Warner Cable all hooked up. On the right of the bed, there was a white wood desk with a fifteen inch wide screen Toshiba silver laptop with Windows Office, pop-up blocker service, virus eliminator service, AOL Instant Messenger, a DVD/CD-Rom/CD player built in, and Internet all hooked up. Next to the laptop was a brand new white colored Motorola RazR V3 Cell Phone with AIM hooked up to it.
Near the elevator entrance, there was a big white wood table that held a stereo controller and CD player, but there were no speakers. "Surround sound," Ryan and Sharpay said in unison. Maddie then noticed the four speakers hooked up in each corner of the room. There were big lavender suede bean bag chairs in front of the TV.
Maddie took all of this in with an obvious expression of awe and shock.
"Take a look behind the double doors," Sharpay instructed. "Which ones?" Maddie asked, noticing there were two sets. "The ones on the right," Sharpay suggested.
Maddie threw the big white wood double doors open and found herself standing in the doorway of a HUGE bathroom. There was a bathtub that looked to be ten by seven feet (a yard deep) built into the ground like a pool, a large shower that was six by six feet with a porcelain bench built in to one of the walls, a toilet (of course!), and a long counter with two sinks in it, and a mirror on the wall behind the counter stretching the counter's length.
"The tiles are heated," Sharpay said from behind her sister. "Wow," was all Maddie could say… again.
"Now check out what's behind the other doors," Sharpay said excitedly, pulling her new sister back into the bedroom.
Maddie threw open the other set of double doors to reveal a very large walk in closet. "There's a shoe closet in the back," Sharpay said. "This whole space is for my clothing? Four of my rooms could fit in here!" Maddie exclaimed.
The left wall was all shelves, the right one had two bars for hanging clothing like nice shirts and skirts and velour pants;s tuff that couldn't be folded or else be ruined. Then there was what looked like a long, four foot thick bookcase going down the middle, but it had hanging bars down the first half, and more shelves down the second half. The back wall, as Sharpay had said, was lined with compartments that were one foot by one foot. There had to be over one thousand compartments!
"Somebody pinch me!" Maddie shouted. She then felt a sharp pain in her upper arm. Maddie heard a slapping sound before hearing Sharpay shriek, "Ryan! She didn't mean it!" Maddie giggled softly, "It's ok." Maddie looked down at her watch. 3:17 p.m. "So, when's dinner?" Maddie asked. "Seven," Sharpay answered. "Miss Maddie! Your bags are here," a voice called. "We're in the closet Vincent! Just put the bags by the door!" Sharpay shouted. "Very well Miss Maddie!" Vincent called back. "Wow, I didn't realize we sounded that much alike," Maddie said. "I want to see your wardrobe," Sharpay said walking out of the closet and towards the entrance to see her sister's bags.
Sharpay unzipped a suitcase and shrieked, "EHMAGAWD!" Ryan and Maddie dashed to their sister to see her holding up Maddie's "Save the Earth!" tee shirt. "I'm so getting you a new wardrobe!" Sharpay sighed. "Why?" Maddie asked. "Sharpay is sort of a fashion freak. Trust me, she wont let you out of the house in probably four fifths of what's in those bags," Ryan said. "But I like my clothes," Maddie frowningly protested, "They express who I am." "Fine," Sharpay sighed ,"But tomorrow we'll go shopping and you can get some clothes slightly like yours, but maybe with some better taste." "How am I going to pay for new clothes? I'm not even working anymore," Maddie said. "You used to WORK?" Sharpay asked, looking utterly shocked. "Yeah," Maddie replied. "I bet mom and daddy have a whole credit card account ready for you. Trust me, you can pay for new clothes," Sharpay said.
"Ryan, look at the time! We should be in the dance studio practicing!" Sharpay shrieked. "Can I watch?" Maddie asked. "Sure, c'mon," Ryan said.
Maddie followed her new siblings into the elevator. Sharpay and Ryan had to change into their dance clothes before they could practice though, so the three went up to the top level.
Sharpay changed into mid thigh length hot pink spandex shorts with a pair of light pink cotton short shorts over that. She wore hot pink Chuck Taylor All Star Low Tops on her feet, and a white lace lined camisole with a raspberry colored rib cut sleeveless hooded sweatshirt. Her hair was pulled up into a ponytail and she had a white elastic sweatband on her wrist with her initials in rhinestones on it.
The three then went down to Ryan's level so he could get dressed. Ryan wore black knee length mesh shorts, a red Under Armor tee, dark red Chuck Taylor All Star High tops, and a black sweat band on his left upper arm with his name stitched into it in white thread.
"Let's go people," Sharpay said heading for the elevator. Ryan rolled his eyes and followed, Maddie hot on his heels.
"Shar, I don't get why we have to practice. Our dances are perfect down to the last step," Ryan said. "That doesn't mean we can't do them," Sharpay said. Ryan sighed and rolled his eyes.
A light dinged above the door reading: Basement 1. The three stepped out of the elevator and Maddie looked around. The hardwood floors were polished and shone brightly. Mirrors covered every inch of the walls and the ceiling was painted a pale yellow. There was surround sound in the room and a stereo in one corner. Beside the stereo table was a mini fridge, and beside that, there was a comfortable looking pale yellow couch to match the ceiling.
'This place is so… amazing…' Maddie thought, sitting back on the couch.
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