sorry i haven't updated in a while. i've been busy with band stuff and school and more band stuff and hanging out with friends and church and trying to get some sleep. but, i'm so excited that i've gotten 100 reviews on this story so far!! you guys are awesome and thanks SO much!!

well, enjoy this chapter:)

The next morning, the gang decided to just go outside and hang out. They did stuff like sledding and making snow angels. They were all sitting around on the ground when Ryan got up, made a snowball, and threw it at Natalie. Her back was turned to him, so it hit her on the back of the head.

"Ow!" She said as she turned around to see Ryan laughing at her. "Oh no you didn't Evans!" She yelled at him.

"Oh yes I did Summers!" He yelled back.

"It's on now!" She said as she got up as well and started hitting him with as many snowballs as she possibly could. After a couple of minutes of getting hit, Ryan surrendered.

"OK, OK, I surrender!" Ryan shouted at Natalie.

"Wimp." Natalie replied back.

"Ok then. How about this? You and Shar versus me and Troy in a snowball fight?" Ryan suggested.

"OK. You're on! And you're going down!" Natalie replied.

The girls went on one side while the guys went to another. They built a 'wall' of snow to protect them.

"You wimps ready over there?" Sharpay yelled over to the boys.

"I don't know who these wimps are, but the champs are ready!" Troy yelled back to Sharpay.

"We'll see who the champs are cause the snowball fight starts…now!" Sharpay said as the girls started throwing snowballs at the guys and the guys did the same.

After twenty minutes, the snowball fight ended. The guys had gotten drowned in snow thrown at them from the girls.

"OK, fine, girls win." Troy said in defeat.

"Yay!" The two girls cheered and hugged each other while the guys walked to the girls' side.

"Good game." Ryan told them.

"Yeah, good game." Natalie replied and she and Sharpay gave their boyfriends a hug and then headed inside to get ready for that night.

Troy, Natalie, Ryan, and Sharpay all changed and got ready to go out to eat for Christmas Eve.

"Ready to go?" Troy asked everyone.

"Yeah. Let's go." Sharpay said, as they walked out the door and headed for their destination. They got there and sat down at a table.

"Uh, what's the stage for?" Sharpay asked.

"Oh, did I forget to mention this was a karaoke place?" Troy asked.

"Uh, yeah!" Sharpay replied.

"Oops, sorry."

The announcer dude then came on stage.

"So, who's gonna rock the place first?" He pulled a sheet of paper out of a box. "Is there a Ryan and Evans and Natalie Summers here?"

"What?!" Ryan and Natalie both yelled and glared at Troy.

"OK, I may have put all of our names in the box. It looks like yours just got picked first." Troy said.

"Well, let's go wow the crowd." Ryan said, as he stuck out his hand, and Natalie grabbed it. They walked on stage to perform. They decided to sing "What I've Been Looking For- Reprise"- the very first song they had sung together. (It's true! They sang it on their first date!) They finished the song and everyone was cheering.

"Wow! Great job guys! So, who's gonna rock the house next?" The announcer dude said as he pulled out another slip of paper. "Troy Bolton and Sharpay Evans? Are you two here?"

"Come on Shar. Let's go 'rock the house'." Troy said, as they walked up on stage and sang their song. Once again, when they finished, everyone was cheering.

Ryan, Natalie, Sharpay, and Troy finished eating and then headed back toward the cabin.

When they got back, Troy and Ryan went to their room, and Natalie and Sharpay went to the girls' room. They were working on finishing wrapping their presents for each other.

"So, what did you get Nat?" Troy asked Ryan.

"This." Ryan said as he showed Troy the gift.

"Cool. She's gonna love it."

"I hope so. What did you get Shar?"

"This." Troy said, and showed Ryan the gift.

"Troy, she's gonna love it."

Meanwhile…girls' room

"This trip has been so much fun so far! Except for you being sick, but other than that, it's been fun!" Natalie said.

"Yeah. It has been fun. Except for being sick."

All four finished wrapping their gifts and stuck them under the makeshift tree. It was actually a coat rack they found in the cabin and they hung shiny stuff on it as ornaments.

Everyone curled up on the couches and decided to watch Christmas movie. After the movies were over, Troy put in a CD of holiday music, and they all sang karaoke. It was about 12:30am when they finished, so they decided to go ahead and open presents (it was Christmas Day now)

Troy gave Sharpay her present ("Aww! Thanks Troy! I love it!") and then Ryan gave Natalie hers ("Thanks Ry! I love it!").

The girls said that they had presents for the guys, but it was a surprise for them when they got home. They all exchanged gifts, except for Ryan and Sharpay who said they would give each other theirs when they got home. The twins were going to do something special for the Christmas. After they finished unwrapping gifts, and many hugs and thank yous were exchanged, the four friends fell asleep.

A couple of hours later, they were awaken by Troy's phone ringing.

"Hello? Huh? OK." Troy said and then hung up the phone. "That was my parents. They said that plans changed and we're leaving later today. They said to be ready to go in a couple of hours."

"OK." A sleepy Sharpay said.

They got up and packed all their stuff and headed to Troy's parent's car. They all climbed in the car and fell asleep right away, as they started on their trip back towards Albuquerque.

About nine or so hours later, they had arrived back home. The Boltons drove Ryan, Natalie, and Sharpay to Natalie's house. As they got their stuff out of the car, told Troy they'd see him later, and Sharpay gave him a hug and a kiss, they headed inside as Troy headed for his house. There was about a week and a half or so left of their Winter break, and they were gonna enjoy it to the fullest until they had to go back to school January 9th.

well, i'm sorta sad to say that this was the last chapter of this story. :( but, i WILL post a sequel to this story that is the adventures through second semester. i will hopefully post it tomorrow(sunday), but if not, i'll do it ASAP.

thanks for everyone who read and reviewed this story!! i hope you'll read the sequel and enjoy it as well!

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