The Playmaker's Naked Truth

Epilogue

The Will and New Beginnings

It has been a year after the death of Kelsi Nielsen.

Her six guests, well actually five, attended her funeral and had since gone their separate ways. Her will was read and her property and belongings given away. The mansion she left to her ever loyal butler, Armando, along with enough money for him to last.

Ryan got her two grand pianos and everything in her music room. With those items came a letter telling him that she loved him all her life. She wanted to wait, as long as she could, but if death suddenly sweeps her off her feet before he does, let the two pianos remind them of each other, that's why she bought two – though she only played on one. Ryan cried so hard that day the movers delivered the two instruments.

Kelsi had given her spa to Sharpay. The playmaker always wanted to be close to her as possible; when she believed that she and Ryan were meant to be. Sharpay was touched since she was secretly wondering why on earth Kelsi would want a built-in spa in her home when she looked like she didn't use it.

Chad and Taylor received a letter that Ted Pringle as finally caught and now he's locked up in an asylum. The two were jubilant about the news! They didn't have to go incognito any longer. Finally, they could be living again without the fear of their stalker.

It turned out that Ted was already suffering heavily when he was playing basketball and that he had this unhealthy obsession on anyone who made him, or his team lose, whatever that was. The Danforths returned to their own mansion. (Chad was a basketball star, of course he's rich!)

As for Troy, he didn't really receive anything from Kelsi except a letter that thanked him for all the support he gave her during highschool. When he showed East High that everybody didn't need to follow the status quo, she was inspired! Troy smiled and tucked the letter somewhere safe. At least, he thought, he made a difference…

Finally, Gabriella received Kelsi's book. It was indeed her autobiography containing their exploits. It was incredibly detailed and dated a few years before she invited them all to her mansion. On the last page, she wrote an apology letter for all the pain she put them into. It wasn't really fair to anyone and she just didn't want to die alone, nor did she want to die as a famous pianist with no close friends.

The letter was done but it lacked her signature. This was where Gabriella came in and ended her life for her. The book felt incomplete, like it would always need its goodbye. Her signature that was all it lacked. Gabriella would forever feel guilty for committing something so rash and unrepeatable. She cried in her cell when she finished the damn thing.

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Troy drove to prison with Sharpay in the passenger seat. She glanced at him and held his hand, giving it a little squeeze, assuring him that it would all be alright. He looked at her and smiled gratefully before looking back on the road. They arrived and a guard led them down to the visitor's area but not before making sure he was clean.

The couple sat beside each other on one end of a metal desk while another guard brought down the prisoner they wanted to see. Gabriella was serving two sentences – one for being an accomplice to murder and the second for second degree murder. She sat in front of the couple and waited for them to begin. Troy cleared his throat and looked at her.

"Gabby, I don't know what to say. I didn't know you were capable of doing such things…" Troy trailed of and Gabriella just looked at him with an exasperated gaze.

"You came all the way here to say that?" she snapped. Almost everybody who visited her said the same things.

"No, actually I wanted some closure." Troy said and glanced at Sharpay.

"How long have you two been together?" Gabriella asked Sharpay, her eyes narrowing.

"Quite a long time now, actually." Sharpay admitted looking straight in her eyes.

"So you two have been having an affair?" Gabriella hardly seemed surprised.

"Well yeah… I mean we both knew the feeling was gone…" Troy said and Gabriella nodded.

"I owe you an apology Troy, things got out of hand and I was risking my career and my freedom, which I both lost…" she told him with a sad voice.

"Apology accepted." Troy said and smiled.

"So what was the closure you were looking for?" Gabriella asked him.

"Well, you see, either Troy's terribly old-fashioned, sentimental or completely deranged I can't choose. But he said he wanted some 'closure' from you, a form of approval. He asked me to marry him." Sharpay answered for Troy and Gabriella was silent for a while.

"What?! That's the silliest thing I've ever heard!" Gabriella couldn't control herself and laughed so hard, Sharpay joined her after a while and Troy just looked confused.

"What's wrong with that? Last I remember we were seen by the world as engaged…" he huffed.

"Ok, don't be so upset Troy. I give you my permission to wed thee beautiful Sharpay Evans. May she keep you very happy and produce as many Bolton babies as she could…" Gabriella joked and laughed again. Sharpay didn't look too amused.

"You got me at beautiful but what's this about making his babies? That wasn't in the contract." Sharpay said bitingly and she raised an eyebrow at Troy.

"Don't you want babies?" he asked her, looking a bit stricken and Sharpay laughed.

"Of course I do… I was just kidding you!" she cooed and kissed his cheek. Troy smiled.

"So it's really alright with you?" he asked Gabriella and the Latina nodded smiling.

"Time's up!" the guard called out and ushered Troy and Sharpay out as another guard escorted Gabriella back to her cell.

Troy and Sharpay were married a few months later. Ryan attended and his sister commented that he looked much better. He said that he was able to solve his business problem. He finally caught up with Wilfred Tipton and gave him back his property. Chad was Troy's best man and one of the best basketball coaches now being sought after by a lot of teams. As for Taylor, she quit her job. What Paul Higgins could never know, won't kill him.

And so everybody got a brand new start in their lives thanks to Kelsi Nielsen.

The playmaker loved happy endings after all…

That's the end! :)
It was a happily ever after, after all! :)
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