Wedding Bell Blues – The Fifth Dimension

June 11, 2012

Just Outside the City Limits of Mackinac, Michigan

The Raglin Residence

3:39 P.M.

"It's this house right here." Abby told the cab driver and he pulled the cab to a stop, the second and third cabs followed suit. They could have fit in two, but Sharpay brought enough for two months. Everyone climbed out of the cabs and stretched before unloading their luggage as Abby paid both drivers.

"Finally! It was too cramped for too long in there." Zeke groaned and everyone grunted there agreements.

"Well, are you all Hungry? My mother has been cooking all day." Abby smiled and led the way to the front door. She opened the door and walked in, kicking off her shoes.

"Abby!" A tall boy with long black hair swept her into a hug.

"Bryce, I thought you weren't getting here until tomorrow?"

"My Grandma was released from the Hospital early, so we all came up here early."

"That's good, so she's doing good?"

"Yes."

"Thats great! Oh, Bryce, this is my best friend Gabi, her boyfriend Troy, and their friends Taylor, Zeke, Chad, Sharpay, Ryan, Kelsi, Jason, Gabi's mom Erika, and Gabi's dad Loren. Everyone, this is Bryce." Bryce smiled and shook each man's hand, and kissed each girls' hands like a perfect gentleman from the movies.

Nice to meet you."

"Have we met before? You look really familiar." Gabriella asked looking at him closely.

"Not that I know of." He responded smiling.

"Huh, well nice to meet you finally!" Gabriella responded smiling back. It was going to really bug her that she had no idea where she knew him from.

"Would you guys like to go out and play some basketball while the ladies get settled and help with dinner?" Bryce asked gesturing towards the door.

Sure!" Chad said, halfway out the door already.

"Bye." Troy said kissing Gabriella before following Chad and the rest of the guys out.

"Bye." She responded smiling.

"He seriously hasn't asked you to marry him yet? You guys are more lovey dovey than anyone I've ever met." Abby said smirking at Gabriella after all the guys had left.

"We've been all thinking the same thing for years Abby." Erika responded with the rest of the girls nodding in agreement. "I'll go help your mom and you girls can put your stuff away." Erika said going towards the kitchen.

"Even Chad's already asked," Taylor said holding out her left hand to show Abby. "We just aren't getting married until we're more financially safe."

"I definitely understand that." Abby replied looking at Taylor's ring, "Your ring is so pretty!" She exclaimed.

"Psh, your's is so much better." Sharpay said comparing the two.

"Thanks Sharpay." Taylor said rolling her eyes.

"Come on, since the boys all ditched us with all the luggage for some basketball, let's take this stuff up to the rooms." Abby said, grabbing Chad's and Ryan's large suitcases. She led the loaded girls up the stairs to the second floor and kicked open a door, "Just drop the boys' stuff off here, if they trip, it's their fault for running off." she dropped the bags by the door.

"Even if it's Bryce who trips?" Gabriella asked.

"Bryce is staying in the basement with his family and visiting groomsmen." Abby said, "We may be getting married, but my dad still kicked him as far from my room as possible." She giggled, "Bryce was pouting for a week. Here, this is my room, sorry about the mess, I tore my room apart looking for that book I borrowed from you before you moved. It's on the bed." she flipped on the light to show a large room littered with books and each wall was plastered with art, photos, and posters.

"You haven't changed much, your room looks the same." Gabriella laughed, setting her bag down on the computer chair. She grabbed the book that Abby had pointed out and didn't even remember owning it.

"Yeah, the white walls annoy me so I put so much stuff on them so you can't tell." Abby replied laughing.

"I love your room!" Kelsi said walking in after Gabriella.

"Girl, you are one artsy person, it looks so cool!" Taylor said setting her bags down next to the door.

"I have so much work to do." Sharpay said looking around as if she was about to cry.

"Thanks! I need to take everything down soon though for the move." Abby said as she helped Sharpay with her numerous bags.

"So how much of the wedding do you have planned and what not?" Taylor asked sitting down on Abby's bed.

"Virtually none. We reserved the church and decided to have the reception in my backyard." Abby replied gesturing towards the window where you could see the large backyard.

"We have SO much work to do. Get up. We're going shopping!" Sharpay shrieked after looking out the window.

"What about dinner?" Kelsi asked as Sharpay grabbed Abby's arm forcefully and pushed her out the door.

"I'm guessing it's not an option anymore." Gabriella said laughing slightly.

"Why do we have to go shopping now? We're going out tomorrow." Abby asked.

"One thing you need to know; Sharpay is Sharpay. She always gets her way when she sets her mind on something. Apparently she also forgot that I'm supposed to be planning your wedding" Taylor laughed.

"Fine, it can't hurt." Abby sighed and turned her head as she was pushed past the kitchen, "Mom, The girls and I are going to the mall for a bit."

"Alright, Dinner's behind schedule as it is." Her mother replied before going back to chatting with Erika.

As the girls walked outside to the driveway Sharpay gasped saying, "Oh you can not drive around in that ugly old pickup!"

"That's my brother's truck. My car is in the garage. Dad got me my dream car for Christmas four years ago. He spoils me once a year." Abby opened the garage door to reveal a turquoise 1960 T-Bird convertible, "This is what I drive."

"Much better." Sharpay said before putting a scarf around her hair to protect it from the wind as the five of them hopped in the car.

Mackinac, Michigan

Mackinaw Crossings Mall

5:03 P.M.

"So where are the bridal stores here?" Gabriella asked as they walked into the mall.

"I have no idea. Never had to look for one before." Abby replied laughing slightly as they walked up to the large map, but Sharpay just kept walking.

"Where's she going?" Taylor asked watching Sharpay as if she was crazy.

"Are you coming or not?" Sharpay yelled and kept walking.

"It's Sharpay. She could figure her way around a mall blindfolded probably." Gabriella said linking arms with Kelsi and Abby before following Sharpay. Taylor grabbed a pamphlet with that had a map in it before running to catch up with them.

An hour later, the girls each were loaded up with shopping bags and were in David's Bridal looking at dresses. Abby and Gabriella had left the others in the bridesmaid's section and headed to the bridal section.

"I'm worried." Gabi sighed.

"About what?" Abby asked.

"Troy hasn't asked me to marry him yet. Do you think that maybe, he's not sure about us? Or that he has commitment issues?"

"Gabi, the boy has gone steady with you for what? Five-six years now? The last thing he has is commitment issues. Give him time. He probably just needs time to get a great idea for a proposal... or he's short on money for the ring right now." Abby said, "Don't worry, He's crazy about you. That I know for sure."

"I know. But sometimes I get doubts... because of my past..."

Abby hugged her friend so she couldn't see the twinkle in her eyes, "Hey, trust me! Troy is nothing like Edward. I'm one hundred percent sure of that and I've only talked to him once or twice on myspace and then I just met him face to face today. He loves you more than anything."

"You're right."

"Of course I am! Now come on, as maid of honor it is your duty to help the poor fashion-deprived bride pick out her dress!"

Three hours later Sharpay had finally approved of the dresses Abby had chosen and they had placed there order. The girls all hopped into Abby's thunderbird and with grumbling stomachs and the radio blasting, they headed back to Abby's house for dinner.

Mackinac, Michigan

June 12, 2012

The Church

10:30 A.M

"Sharpay, please, I don't want pink flowers." Abby sighed as Sharpay shoved a pink and purple flower arrangement under her nose.

"This is a classic arrangement." Sharpay said.

"I'm not looking for classic with flowers." Abby said. "They're flowers. Pretty much every single flower I can think of is classic."

"How about these?" Gabriella pulled out some tiger lilies died light blue and lavender.

"Oh those look perfect, only the arrangement isn't all that good." Abby replied frowning slightly at the arrangement.

"I'll take care of that." Taylor smiled.

"Thanks, You're great, are you sure you can handle all this, though? You're taking on a lot of stress off my shoulders."

"I don't mind. I'm well organized, it shouldn't be too stressful until the wedding's about here. And I'm not doing everything."

"You all are the best." Abby said and looked over at Gabriella, "Gabi, thank you so much for dragging everyone up here. It's like I have my own wedding planner company at my disposal!"

"You know, we almost could make our own company like that." Kelsi said as she went over music selections for the wedding.

"That's actually a great idea, Kels!" Gabriella smiled.

"You mean, not just open a regular photography studio, but an entire wedding planner business?" Abby asked.

"Yeah, why not? We could do parties too!"

"That sounds like so much fun." Taylor said.

"It sounds great. That way we can all stick together, and I get to perform and spread fashion!" Sharpay gushed.

"Do we--" Abby froze when she watched a boy walk into the church and look around. She recognized him immediately.

"Abby?" Taylor asked, noticing Abby's horrified face.

"Shh! Look!" Abby turned Taylor around to see the man who was leaning against the archway of the church.

"What the heck is he doing here!" Taylor gasped.

"What are you two talking about?" Gabriella asked, moving to turn and look.

Abby jumped up and blocked her view, arms spread wide, "It's nothing!" she said desperately.

"You're hiding something, Abby." Gabriella sighed.

"No-no-no, I'm not hiding anything, why would I hide something?" Abby asked quickly, waving wide spread hands in front of her.

Gabriella put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow, "Abigail Raglin, You know I know you better than that." Gabriella strained her neck to look around her friend and gasped, losing her balance and almost falling over. She caught herself and walked around Abby and Taylor. She stopped a few feet away from the man.

"Edward Mills, why on earth are you here?" she asked in a cold voice.

Edward lazily looked at her and jumped, "Gabriella?"

"Why are you here?" Gabi repeated.

"Me? I'm here for my half-brother's wedding. Dude! What are you doing here?"

Thanks for reading! We truly appreciate you following us to the sequel! Thanks to all of those reviewers we didn't already thank for reviewing too!

To Sarah who once again didn't leave a email for us to reply to her lovely reviews. Here is part of response to you. If you want to read the whole response to your reviews, it's on my blog. There's a link to it on my profile. We are also sorry to everyone else for having an insanely long AN.

Sarah,

For your information, we're almost 20 and 21. In other words, we've got 9 years on you.

If you don't want us to reply to your reviews in front of everyone, then leave an email. We're just being truthful. We're finding it extremely hard to control the sarcasm though we must admit.

No, Abby isn't in the movies, but neither is Edward. If we missed him in the movies, please tell us since Star didn't realize she dated a movie star. If you think that the real Edward was playing a joke on Star, what do you think of Adolf Hitler and Osama Bin Laden (no, we're not saying that Edward was/is anywhere near that bad, just trying to make a point)?

We could care less if we are popular, geeks, or 'losers' (as you so nicely pointed out) We're perfectly happy with true friends. Being popular and cute isn't everything in life. Oh and just to let you know reading fan fiction is very "geeky."

Is that honestly what you think of music? You are making yourself out to be incredibly shallow that way I hope you realize. Heck, I (Alyssa) bet you only watch HSM because Zac Efron is in it. Are you one of those girls who only went to see Hairspray because Zac's in it? Theres more to life and music than "Hot Guys." Oh and it's 'Puttin' On the Ritz' not 'Putting on Ritz." If you're going to mock, at least get the name right.

Sequel is a word that we've never heard of no one not knowing. Thought it was obvious, our bad, we don't speak cheerleader as well as Taylor does.

We counted how many times you used the word "like" in those 4 short reviews. 52 times out of 345 words! Are you from Cali by chance (no offense to Californians, Star is one, but isn't on like support)? Don't go calling us kids when you sound like you only know one word in the English language.

Once again, we're glad that you like our story. Yet, if you have so many complaints about it and us though, why waste your time reading anymore Next time if we even bother to reply to you it's not going to be on here. It'll be on Star's blog (link on profile). Honestly, you're just wasting our valuable time.