Zeke Baylor

1. His real name was Zeke Armen Preston. His biological father had left him and his mother when he was only three years old. When Zeke was eight, his mother married Aaron Baylor and to Zeke, Aaron was the best father a boy could ever have. And so, when he was ten, Zeke Preston made a decision. He would only be known as Zeke Baylor, son of Aaron Baylor and not Zeke Preston, son of abandoning cheat. After all, like his mother, Priscilla, had told him, family and friends mattered the most.

2. It was Aaron who had got him hooked on to cooking. Zeke has always found it so brave that his stepfather was doing a 'girls' thing and was being admired and rewarded for it. For four years, he learnt the art of baking and cooking from Aaron and would proudly admit that he could cook. It wasn't until he started high school did he start feeling ashamed of his talent.

3. He didn't even know he was any good at basketball until he met and became friends with Troy Bolton, Chad Danforth and Jason Cross. He had been the worst player of them though but he vowed that he would improve. And it was Jason who practiced with him every single day until they all made the team, Jason who defended him when the others said he was rubbish and Jason who had found out his secret passion of cooking and kept it a secret. And that was what made Jason Cross his best friend till they day he died.

4. He didn't know how, but he knew that Sharpay Evans was the one for him the moment he saw her in homeroom period for the first time. He felt like a lunatic at first though. Love at first sight? Who believed in that stuff anyway? But he did the moment he saw Sharpay. His step-father said that it was normal to feel that way since he was, after all, a teenager and that the crush would go away in a matter of time. And when it didn't go away, Zeke began to worry.

5. He had been so relieved when he had told everyone about his passion for cooking. He had been scared of Chad's reaction at first and had actually felt furious at the conceited afro-headed basketball player when he had shouted at Jason for revealing his passion for making movies and at him for his passion of cooking. Zeke had just stormed out of the gym with Jason close behind him.

6. He was furious at Sharpay the first summer they spent together. How could she be such a bitch? How could she stop the Wildcats from performing? And then she had relented and let the Wildcats perform and Zeke forgave her for what she did even though deep down, he knew that she would do it again.

And to say he was devastated when he was proven right was an understatement. He hadn't felt bad for shouting at her in senior year though. It had, after all, made Sharpay realize that she was in the wrong.

7. He had been so happy when he and Sharpay became friends through college. It was her calls that kept him going and her calls and sweet voice that convinced him that she was the one for him. And when he finally asked her out in their last year of college, he knew they would make it through despite the long distance between them.

8. He always felt furious at Chad for giving Sharpay a hard time when she was trying to reform and had never felt more thankful nor satisfied when Gabriella had screamed at Chad for being an idiot.

9. He had never been more surprised when his love of his life proposed to him but he had been so delighted. Because through everything they had gone through, her proposing to him had proved that she loved him as much as he loved her and he knew that the old Sharpay was gone.

10. He was the most loving father, husband and friend. When his children had needed him, he was there in a second. When Sharpay was having her moments, it was only him who could calm her down. And when Jason had died from cancer at the age of 52, it was Zeke who handled all the funeral arrangements, Zeke who had comforted his friends and it was Zeke who had adopted his best friend's son who was like his own anyway. Cause after all, family and friends were what matters most.

A/N: Review! And who should I do next? Jason? Darbus? Jack Bolton? Or Martha Cox?