A/N: Hello faithful readers! I'm so glad you guys are still reading, I know I take so long to update! I tried to update yesterday but there was something wrong with the site and it kept saying "Page not found". So sorry! Thanks to the reviewers!
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This Is War
Chapter 23: So Many Surprises, So Little Time
As Sharpay took Rachelle and Roxanne back to their cafeteria table, she immediately grimaced at the hospital food that she just bought and put it aside.
"Aren't you gonna eat that?" Roxanne asked Sharpay as she munched on her ice cream cone, making Sharpay even hungrier.
"No. I hate hospital food."
"So why'd you buy it?" Rachelle asked as she continued licking her ice cream.
"Because I wanted to, gosh!" Sharpay snapped at them.
"Sorry for asking. We were just curious." Roxanne said. "Yeah, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today." Rachelle added.
Sharpay sighed. "I'm sorry, I guess it's just that, this whole thing about Leslie is just getting to me."
A few minutes later, Rachelle and Roxanne finished their ice cream cones and sat at their table for a few more minutes. Suddenly, a little boy, crying his eyes out approached them.
"Have you seen my mommy?" The little boy asked.
"Aww, you lost your mommy? We can help you find her." Sharpay said, not recognizing the little boy. Fortunately, Rachelle and Roxanne recognized him.
"Devon! What are you doing here?" The twins asked simultaneously.
"How do you girls know him?" Sharpay said as she took Devon in her arms and hugged him.
"Sharpay, it's little Devon. You know, little D. Mr. and Mrs. Danforth's son?" Roxanne said. Almost immediately, Sharpay tore Devon from her body and looked at his face.
"It is you Devon!" Sharpay screeched. "Where's your mommy? How'd you get here? Why are you here?" Sharpay said, pelting little Devon with so many questions.
"I don't know where mommy is! We rode in a big white car and mommy's friend was sick so she had to come here." Devon said, still with tears in his eyes.
"Mommy's friend? Which friend?"
"I don't know her name. I forget. She wore glasses and she was really fat. Her tummy is really big." Devon said. "She peed her pants."
"Kelsi." Sharpay said to herself. She then picked up Devon, carrying him while Roxanne held onto Sharpay's other arm and Rachelle held onto Roxanne's hand as they went out of the cafeteria and in the main office.
"Excuse me, we found a little boy here, and it seems that he lost his mommy. Can you like, send an announcement or something please?" Sharpay politely asked the receptionist.
"Sure. What's your mommy's name?" The receptionist asked Devon.
"Taylor Danforth." He answered.
"Okay, let's see." The receptionist said as she pressed the PA button. "Will a Miss Taylor Danforth please come to the main office on the first floor? Will a Miss Taylor Danforth please come to the main office on the first floor? Thank you." The receptionist said into the microphone.
"She should be here in a matter of minutes. In the meantime, would you like a lollipop young man?" The receptionist asked Devon, offering him an assortment of suckers. Devon took a blue one and smiled.
"What do you say to the nice lady?" Sharpay asked.
"Thank you." Devon said. Sharpay took a seat on one of the waiting chairs and put Devon on her lap.
"You know, you're lucky that you came to us. I'm one of your mommy's friends too. You might not remember because you're only four and probably can't remember much. I'm Sharpay. And I know you remember Rachelle and Roxanne right?" Sharpay asked. Devon nodded.
"Great! So why don't you go play with them for a little while, while waiting for your mommy to come and get you?" Sharpay said, putting Devon down, urging him to play with Rachelle and Roxanne, which he willingly does.
A few minutes later, Taylor came rushing in the main office and rushes to the desk. "Excuse me, I'm Taylor Danforth. I heard the PA system." Taylor said, out of breath from running.
"Yes ma'am. Someone found your son."
"Oh thank goodness!" Taylor exclaimed. "Where are they?" Taylor asked. The receptionist pointed to where Sharpay and the kids were. Sharpay just waved at her.
"Sharpay! Oh, my goodness!" Taylor screeched as she ran towards the blonde. "How've you been? Oh, gosh, of all places!" Taylor said as she smushed the girl.
"Tay, I've only been gone a few days! How would you have reacted if I were gone for years?" Sharpay said, trying to breathe through Taylor's very tight hug. Finally, after a few more moments, they released and Taylor smiled.
"Sorry. You know how I get!" She exclaimed. "Devon!" She shouted as soon as Devon came into their plain view. Devon ran up to Taylor and Taylor picked him up. "Don't you ever run away from me like that, you hear?" She scolded.
When Rachelle and Roxanne came over, Taylor almost burst out of her skin.
"Oh, my Lord! Rachelle! Roxanne!" She exclaimed. "How did you guys find them?"
"We bumped into them coincidentally." Sharpay exclaimed. "We had help from Mrs. Montez, who, by the way, is recovering from her surgery."
"Oh, that's right!" Taylor said, forgetting the reason Gabriella came to Albuquerque in the first place. "So, does that mean you guys found Gabby?" Sharpay nodded. "How'd Ryan react?" Sharpay just shrugged and then smiled. Taylor grinned and said, "I knew it!"
"But what are you doing here? In Albuquerque? In the hospital?"
"It's a long story. But I will tell you this: Kelsi is having her baby!"
Sharpay gasped. "Shut up!" Taylor nodded. They started jumping up and down and started squealing like the old East High cheerleaders, causing the other people in the office to look at them. They immediately stopped and composed themselves.
"Mommy, I wanna play with Rachelle and Roxanne." Devon said. Taylor put her down. "Don't go anywhere far now." She warned. Devon ran off.
"Are you friggin serious?" Sharpay asked. Taylor nodded again. "We just came down here because she was giving birth and the doctor didn't want us in the room. I don't know if they're done or not."
"Then why don't we go and find out?"
"Oh, Mrs. Cross is already out of the delivery ward. She's resting in the recovery room. Her baby has been brought to the nursery. I can take you there if you would like." The attendant said.
"Please and thank you." Sharpay said, as she held on tight to Rachelle and Roxanne to make sure she wouldn't lose them.
The nurse led them to the elevator pressing a button bringing them to the upper floor. They walked through a few more halls and finally arrived at the nursery. They found Jason looking through the window, looking at his and Kelsi's newborn baby.
"Thank you." Taylor told the attendant and the attendant went her way.
"Jas!" Sharpay shouted. She temporarily let go of the girls and hugged Jason.
"Hey Shar! What are you doing here?"
"Long story. Taylor will tell you later." Sharpay said as she let go of Jason. "So where's baby Cross?" she asked as she took hold of the twins' hands again.
"She's right there." Jason pointed to the middle of the nursery where the tiniest baby lay in deep slumber.
"She's so small." Taylor pointed out.
"Yeah, what are her measurements?" Sharpay asked.
"She's 6 pounds even, and 15 inches long." Jason replied. "She's the tiniest baby in that nursery." Jason replied while staring at his baby with admiration in his eyes.
"Where's Kelsi?" Taylor asked,
"Oh, she's in the recovery ward. Come with me I'll take you to her." Jason said as he started walking down the hall, Sharpay, Taylor, and the kids following him.
A few minutes later, they found themselves walking down the recovery ward, on their way to Kelsi's room. Finally, they arrived in front of the door of Kelsi's room.
"No way!" Sharpay said as Jason opened the door.
"No way what?" Jason asked revealing Kelsi on her bed with Mrs. Montez on the wheelchair looking over her with Ryan and Gabriella.
"No way!" He shouted as he came in the room and did the one-armed hug with Ryan.
"What's up man?" Jason asked.
"Nothing much. What are you guys doing here?"
"Long story. Sharpay will tell you later." Jason said, mimicking Sharpay.
Next Taylor hugged Ryan and then hugged Gabriella and looked over Kelsi. "How long did the delivery take?" she asked.
"Not so long, like an hour or two, or somewhere in between." Jason said.
"Guys, shhh, she's waking up." Taylor said as she saw Kelsi's eyelids flutter a little. Her eyes open and she squints to see.
"Is this a dream?" She asked.
"No, babe, you're here in the hospital. You just gave birth to our baby." Jason informed her. Kelsi's hand tried to find her bump but couldn't find it.
"I gave birth? Where is she?" Kelsi asked.
"She's at the nursery. Just rest for a while hun, Ryan, Gabriella, Sharpay, and Mrs. Montez are here too. We'll all explain later when you've rested. We just wanted to see you. You can go back to sleep now." Jason said. Kelsi raised her hand and gave all of them a thumb-up and fell back to sleep.
"Wow, they really give you a lot of medication." Mrs. Montez said. "I was wide awake when I gave birth do Gabby."
"That must've hurt." Taylor said.
"You have no idea. I even saw the umbilical cord-"
"Mom!" Gabriella squealed, embarrassed.
"Man, what is up with you?" Chad said as Troy dragged him out of his house and forced him to drive his old high school car.
"My mom said that Leslie, Ryan, Sharpay, Gabriella, and the twins were at my house yesterday and she said that Ryan and Sharpay took Gabriella to their house."
"Okay, well what about Leslie?" Chad asked as Troy buckled his seat belt and as he started up the car.
"I don't know. We'll have to look around for her. But we gotta act quick, I promised my mom that I'd be home before dinner." Troy said.
Chad looked at him funny. "Dude, you're twenty-seven years old. You don't need to tell your mom that you'll be home before dinner. You never do it anyway."
"Do so."
"Name one time you were home before dinner." Chad challenged. Troy stayed silent. "Exactly." Chad teased.
"Oh, like you're Mr. Perfect." Troy said sarcastically.
"Yes I am. Where are we going anyway?" Chad asked as he backed the car up.
"We're picking Zeke up. Then we'll check the Evans house." Troy said.
"Hi Mrs. Evans is Sharpay home?" Zeke asked as he saw his mother-in-law open the door.
"Zeke! What on Earth are you doing here? Come in! Come in!" Mrs. Evans said. "Bring in your little friends too!" She said as she opened the door wider revealing a rather large house. It wasn't even a house. It was a mansion.
"So what can I do you for?" Mrs. Evans asked as she sat herself down on the nearest armchair while the three fellows were just standing in the middle of the room admiring how big the Evans' house was.
"Well, you boys can't just stand there. Come and sit down!" Mrs. Evans urged.
"Sorry Mrs. Evans, we were just looking around your house." Chad said as he sat down, his eyes still wandering around the room.
"Aw come one, it's not like you boys haven't been here before. Anyway, if you're looking for Sharpay, she's at the hospital with Ryan and Gabriella."
"How come?" Troy asked.
"They didn't say. They said they were gonna visit someone but they didn't say who. My baby boy and girl are growing up too fast. It felt like it was just yesterday that I was still changing their diapers. Now they don't even have the time to talk to me anymore." Mrs. Evans ranted, tears forming in her eyes. Zeke came over to her side and tried to comfort her.
"There, there Mrs. Evans. I promise that I'll take Sharpay and Ryan home and then you three can have a nice long talk. All right? We'll just be going now. I'll see you later. Thanks for telling us where they are." Zeke said as he let go and motioned for the guys to get out before the real waterworks start.
"Kelsi Neilson, please." Chad asked the receptionist. "Room RR511." The receptionist said. She pointed to the recovery ward and the boys thanked her.
They reached the room and slowly opening the door, assuming Kelsi is resting. What they found was something better.
"Sharpay?" Zeke exclaimed as he saw his wife watching over Kelsi.
"ZEKE!" Sharpay said as she ran toward him, jumped and clung onto him, wrapping her legs around his waist, hugging and kissing him in the process.
"Keep it down!" Jason said in a loud whisper.
"Shut up!" Kelsi said as she turned over in her hospital bed and put her pillow over her head. Sharpay got off of Zeke and whispered, "Sorry." She let go of Zeke and hugged Chad and Troy.
When everybody has hugged and the sort, they all looked over Kelsi.
"How long did it take her to give birth?" Zeke asked.
"About an hour or two. I can show you guys the baby." Jason offered, everybody nodded and soon they were on their way to the nursery.
When they got to the nursery, Jason pointed to the smallest baby girl in there. "That's our baby."
"She's so tiny." Troy commented.
"That's exactly what they said." Jason said as he pointed to Sharpay and Taylor.
"Honey, how come we never had any kids?" Zeke said, as he smiled and put his arm around Sharpay.
"Unless you're willing to take my place and be the one to give birth, then I don't think so." Sharpay said sternly. Zeke's face became crestfallen.
"Maybe you can adopt one." Gabriella suggested.
"Yeah, there are a lot of orphanages in New York, I'm sure you can adopt a kid there." Ryan agreed.
"Well… having kids does sound like a good idea." Sharpay said, looking at Rachelle and Roxanne.
"I had no regrets with Rachelle and Roxanne. Even though it was a little unexpected." Ryan added.
"So what do you say?" Zeke urged. Sharpay sighed but finally gave in
"Sure, okay. Let's give it a shot."
Gabriella has gone too far this time. This is the last straw. Tonight, she's gonna pay. Leslie thought as she gathered the necessary objects she will use that night.
Let's see, flashlight, check, rope check, scarf check, knife check, and gun with ammunition, check. Leslie thought as she put the objects in her sack. After having done that, she started calling Troy on her cell phone just to check on him.
"Hello?"
"Hey babe. How's it going?" Leslie asked seductively.
"Oh, hey Les. Nothing much. How's it going in Albuquerque?""It's going all right. I'm just checking in on you. Listen, I might take a bit longer coming home all right? So don't worry."
"Oh, okay. Just be careful okay? I love you. See you soon!" Troy said.
"Bye. Love you too." Leslie said as she hung up the phone. She took the car keys from the coffee table and walked out of her motel room.
A few minutes later, Leslie is walking up to the receptionist at the hospital. She had hopes that Gabriella would be there.
"Um… I'm looking for a patient. Mrs. Montez. What room is she in?" Leslie asked again, forgetting the room number Mrs. Montez was at when she visited.
"Room 511. I can show you if you want."
"Oh, no thank you. I've been here before; I just forgot the room number. Thank you though." Leslie said as she slung purse on her shoulder and walked to Mrs. Montez's room.
As she approached the room, she could hear more than one voice speaking. That must mean Gabriella's here! Leslie thought. She then opened the door and saw something unexpected.
Eh, I'm iffy with this chapter. I don't know. Yes, I know it's rushed, I'm sorry that I'm not putting my best into it, but I'm trying. I promise you the next chapter will REALLY blow your mind. And I'll also promise you that I will NOT take more than a week to update! If I break those promises, you guys can tear me up to pieces!
But for now, can you be nice and leave me a nice review? Hey I gave you virtual ice cream last time!