(A/N: I'm so, so, so, SO, sorry it took me so, so, SO, long to update! I'd just been so busy and stuff, and, well, yeah. So... by the way, this chapter is sorta long, I hope that makes up for the long wait... Enjoy!)
An hour later, Kelsi was sitting on the couch, staring into space. Or, more, staring into space and thinking about Jason. She still didn't remember being his girlfriend. She remembered him from school, but, she never rememberd dating him. There was a knock at the door, so Kelsi went to answer it. Jason, Chad, Troy, and Zeke were there, panting and sweaty. "Hey, guys. How'd shooting hoops go?" Kelsi asked, closing the door behind them. "Fine," Chad said, drinking from his water bottle.
Chad and Zeke walked into the kitchen, talking as they went, and Troy said, "Hey, playmaker, where are the other girls?" Kelsi smiled, "Playmaker? That's a new nickname, Wildcat. To answer your question, the girls are in the kitchen, also." So, Troy and Jason walked toward the doorway leading to the kitchen, but Jason wasn't watching where he was going, so he bumped into the wall, while Troy walked into the kitchen. "Ow," he muttered. Suddenly, the two of them blurted out, "I remember you now!" The rest of the gang asked, "What?" Kelsi said again, "I remember dating Jason now!"
Jason exclaimed, "I remember her now!" Troy said, "Congrats... I guess. What do you mean by that?" Kelsi explained, "I remember dating him now, because on our first date, he bumped into the restaurant's wall, and I was walking into the doorway!." Jason said, "The bump on the head just jogged my memory, I guess." Troy said, "That's weird..." Zeke smiled, "No! It's love!" Ryan said, "OK... so, you've been hanging out with each other for about five hours, and just now you remember?"
"Shut up," Jason said. "Make me," Ryan retorted. "Boys are so immature," Sharpay stated. "Men," Zeke corrected her. "No, boys, not men," Taylor agreed. "So, you guys are still agreeing you're immature?" Gabi said. "No! We're saying we're men!" Troy exclaimed. "Immature men?"
"No!" Chad said. Kelsi added, "So, you're saying you're immature boys?" Ryan smacked his forehead, "We're men, but we're not immature, OK? Stop trying to get us to admit it!" Taylor asked, "Admit what?" Zeke sighed, and Troy exclaimed, "We're immature boys!" Gabi smiled, "Hey, you admitted it!"
"Oh... my... gosh!" Jason said.
The days passed quickly, and soon, it was February 10th, just a few days before Valentine's Day. The gang agreed, if they wanted, to make Valentine's cards for each other, and a gift that was something thoughtful. The guys were all talking about what to do for the girls, and the girls were also talking. Troy was saying, "I might give Gabi something that reminds her of the days at East High." Chad was saying, "I have no idea what to give to Taylor, but I have a good idea of what I'll make you guys. And the girls." They continued talking, while the girls were having the same conversation.
"So, Gabriella, what are you gonna get Troy?" Kelsi asked. "I have no clue." Sharpay suggested, "You could make him a card, then make him that reminds him of East High." Gabriella replied, "I could do that. I mean, I'm making all of you guys, and the boys, a card, too." The gift discussions continued until lunch, when the conversations switched to weddings again. During lunch, the boys and girls stayed in separate groups, once again, talking about Valentine's Day.
When that day finally came, the gang sat around the coffee table in Sharpay and Ryan's apartment. "OK, who will give out the gifts first?" Chad asked. "Well... I will, to get it over with, I guess," Jason volunteered. "Here, Kelsi," he said, handing her an envelope. "What is it?" Kelsi asked. "You'll have to open it..." Kelsi tore the top of the envelope open, and then squealed in delight. "Oh my gosh, Jason, tickets to Phantom of the Opera? Oh my gosh, they're really good seats, too! Thanks!" She hugged him tightly and then Jason said, "No problem." He then got a plastic sack and gave everyone a candy bar with ten dollars. "Thanks, dude," Chad said. He smiled and then said, "OK, then... who's next?" Chad said, "Me!" He got a box with pink wrapping paper on it and handed it to Taylor. Then he handed everyone else a home-made card.
Everyone's card had a special drawing on the front. For instance, Troy's had GET'CHA HEAD IN THE GAME! written on it. Gabi's had the equation 'Emc2', Kelsi's had a music note, Sharpay's was a star, Ryan's was the drama symbol (the happy and sad masks) Jason's was a basketball, and Zeke's was the Wildcat picture. "Thanks," Gabi said. "Sure." Taylor ripped the paper off her box, and in the box was a brown velvet build-a-bear. "Aww, thanks, Chad!" The bear had on glasses and a white lab coat as well, and on one of the bear's paws was a basketball. Chad showed her the bear's 'birth certificate' and its name was 'Tay Danforth.' "I love it," Taylor said. She gave Chad a hug and a kiss. Then she asked, "Um... Chad, why does my bear have a lab coat and also a basketball?" Troy joked, "That's what your kid's gonna be like. Half athletic, half braniac."
"Kid?" Taylor asked. Troy said, "Well, he proposed, didn't he? That means he's marrying you... duh!"
"Kid?" Taylor asked again. Jason said, "Well, you see, when two people love each other very much--"
"Shut up!" everyone exclaimed, as Kelsi put her hand over Jason's mouth. "I was joking!" he said. "Gosh!" Troy rolled his eyes, "Only you would even think of saying that."
Next, was Zeke. He handed everyone a white box with a ribbon tied around it, and he gave Sharpay a larger pink box. Sharpay opened her box first. In it, was a cake that was shaped like a heart. The icing was white, and in pink icing, the word 'Fabulous' was written in fancy writing. Pink stars bordered the side of the cake, and pink frosting was bordering the top and bottom of the cake. "Thanks, Zeke," Sharpay smiled. "No problem," he smiled back. Everyone else opened their boxes, and there were several cookies. Chocolate chip, peanut butter, snickerdoodle, and sugar cookies. There were four of each in the box. All the boxes had a drawing on them, just like Chad's cards.
Ryan had simply given everyone a candy bar and ten bucks, but he had given Sharpay her favorite candy bar (Twix) and a twenty-five dollar gift card to Macy's store. "Thanks, Ryan," she said. He shrugged, "No problem, sis." Troy was the last one of the guys to give gifts out. He, too, had gotten everyone a candy bar and a home-made card, but he had made Gabi something very special... He handed her a small wooden chest, almost like a mini-treasure chest. Gabi looked at him questioningly, and he whispered, "Open it." When she did, a photo of her and Troy was at the lid, and a familiar tune began playing. After a while, Gabi began humming to it, then softly sang, "It's like I knew you before we met, can't explain it, there's no name for it..." Troy joined her, "I'm singin' words I never said, and it was easy, cause you see the real me..."
"Oh, it's a music box! Thanks, Troy!"
"I also got you... this." He presented to her... a CD. "Songs from East High?" Gabi said, reading from the case. "Yeah, it's all the songs we sang and songs Kelsi wrote for us. Intrumental and vocal versions," he added with a grin. "Like what?" she asked. Troy listed, "The Start of Something New, Breakin' Free, You Are the Music in Me, What I've Been Lookin' For -- The slow and fast version -- and the other songs from our other musicals, like When There was Me and You, Gotta Go My Own Way, and Bet on It."
"Wow, you really out-did yourself, Troy," Gabi smiled. "Well..." They gave each other a quick kiss, and Chad sniggered. "Shut up," Taylor said good-naturedly, hitting him with her Build-a-Bear. Now... it was the girls' turn to give presents.
(A/N: So... did you like it? I hope you did. Almost to the wedding days! Finally! Leave a review, please!
P.S. Estel212, if you're reading this, there will be Zekepay soon, OK?)
