Chapter 40- Charity Event
"Gabi do you have those invitations?" Troy asked walking through the door; I turned and looked at him, "What are you talking about?" I asked
"The Charity Event indentations! Didn't I give them to you?" He panicked, I searched through my mind and then it hit me.
"Oh! They in one of our suitcases from the trip!" I told said, his eyes jumped and he headed upstairs, I scrolled through my laptop looking at the ranch we had picked for the camp. It was in the beach, well two miles of it, then there was land with the dorm buildings near the back, basketball courts, Volleyball courts, and tennis courts. Two baseball fields. It had 15 dorms that hold 20 people, each that would be about 300 kids.
"Troy, are we going to let all 300 kids come?" I asked as he walked back into the living room.
"No, let's start with 225" He said chewing at his fingernail. I nodded and I typed that into my computer, "But if we get like over 500 offers or some shit like that then we can add a few more, we also have to base it off how many counselors we can get." He said
"I have the whole basketball team signed up, like 10 others from East High, all seniors; I got a few random ones they were all over 20. I have about ten or so from the hospital probably more to come" I said, he looked at me and nodded.
"Sounds good" He said, I nodded and then looked over the camp some more.
"Brie, how fast do you think you can get dressed?" Troy asked me, I looked at him and he looked back at me.
"15 minutes"
"Good, now go get dressed. We are running to the hospital, Kobe is on his way."
"The little boy is feeling better?"
"Yes, they asked us to come up today which are good since I need to pick the 15 kids I want at the Charity event."
"I have gotten back loads of RSVP's," I mumbled as he helped me up, Troy laughed and then kissed my cheek.
"We can go shopping for a dress for you" He said, I looked up at him and glared, "Fine, Fine but anyways lets go" He said, he helped me up the stairs and then I went into the bathroom and slipped on a pair of jeans that were fitting me at the moment. I went to my closet and picked out a Lacer's t-shirt. I slipped it on and then put Troy's sweatshirt on, I bent down and grabbed the Lakers' t-shirt and hoodie we got the little boy. I grabbed it and sat up; I rubbed my lower back and shook my head.
I slipped on a pair of purple and gold Nikes, a gift from the Laker team, and I then headed down stairs after brushing my teeth and pulling my hair into a low bun.
"You ready?" he asked, I nodded and I tossed him the bag. He grabbed it and grabbed a sharpie. He started to sign the shirt and the hoodie. Chad came down the stairs and followed.
"Kobe is here" Taylor yelled, I went into the living room to see her sitting on the couch looking a lot like me.
"Well, well I think somebody stole my outfit!" Taylor said laughing I nodded and smiled.
"Gabi" Kobe sang coming into the living room, "Taylor" he said, I laughed and I gave him a high-five.
"How ya doing?" He asked, I shrugged and then he smiled.
"Vanessa would always do the same" He said laughing, I nodded and then Chad and Troy came into the living room. "You guys ready?" Troy said, we all nodded and Troy came over and helped me up.
"Are you doing okay?" He asked, I nodded and he placed his hand on my stomach and guided me out of the door. We all piled into a car and we headed towards the hospital. Taylor and Troy sat on my both sides of me.
"So how is this kid doing?" Kobe asked
"I guess he is almost done with Chemo…" Troy said, I nodded and thought about what this little boy has gone through.
"What's his name?" Taylor asked
"Ryan and he is eight" Troy said looking at his iPhone, I smiled and leaned against his shoulder.
The rest of the car ride was quiet and when we pulled up to the hospital, Annie greeted us, "Hi Troy, Gabi!" She said, we smiled and shook her hand.
"Now Ryan doesn't know anything about this. It is all a surprise, so lets go on" She said, we all headed into the hospital and Annie lead us all up the train of stairs and two elevator rides. Troy had the bag in his hand and we came to room 324. I sighed and Annie went in first.
"Ryan, we have some guests here to see you" She said, the little boy sat up in the bed and looked at her.
"Who?" He asked, she only smiled and waved us in, Troy, Kobe, and Chad all walked in first. We girls followed them in; the poor little boy was flabbergasted.
"It's…uh….Troy Bolton!" He cried, we all laughed and Troy went and gave the kid a hug. Along with Chad and Kobe.
"Oh my gosh you are Troy Bolton" He said again, Troy only laughed and nodded. "I am totally Troy Bolton," He said
"And you are Kobe and you are Chad…Troy's best friend" He said, his eyes twinkle.
"Ryan Honey-" we all turned to see his mother walk into the room, "Oh my God!" She cried, we all smiled and Troy went and stood behide me. "You-you're from the Lakers" She said slowly, they all nodded and smiled.
"Wow, Ryan honey! Isn't this a surprise?" His mother asked, "Yes mommy! I love it! Thank you!" He said, his mom was about to deny it but Troy stepped in.
"Yup, you have a pretty cool mom, that's why we are donating 5'000 dollars in Ryan's case, straight to your family" Troy said with a smile. The mom burst into tears and went and hugged all of the guys.
"Thank you so much!" She cried, "Thank you" She said again
"You're more than welcome, what little Ryan here has to go through…it's no problem." Troy said, I smiled and I squeezed his hand.
"Ryan, I am starting a new camp this summer and the cancer one is from July 10th – July 16th and you have a free spot," Troy said handing him a packet that he had brought. Ryan's eyes light up, "A whole week?"
"Yup, we will have multiply doctors, many doctors all known with cancer, if you are on Chemo there will be a whole building and we are very very close to a hospital if something ever went wrong. I made sure of it," Troy said, turning to look at Ryan and the mom.
"Are you kidding? That's amazing, what about parents"
"Ahh…the parents, the ten kids that I give the free camp too there parents get a week vacation to wherever they would like, or a spa treatment place close to your kid" Troy said, the mother looked speechless.
"Wow"
"Ryan baby you want to go?" his mother asked, "Yeah!" he said, we all looked around and smiled. Then Troy told them about the banquet in a week and they said if Ryan was up to it and he was out of the hospital they would be more than happier to come.
We stayed there for another twenty minutes before Ryan fell asleep talking to Troy, he was the cutest little thing I have ever seen. He kept talking at ninety miles per minute and it was cute. Troy slung his arm around my waist and kissed my temple.
"I have to go to other kids rooms but there's won't be as long," He whispered into my ear.
"I feel like I am your cheerleader," I mumbled
"But you aren't, you my girlfriend." He said into my ear, I giggled and we went around and handed out more free camp spots, all of them agreed and I even got most of the paperwork back before we even left.
When we walked out of the parking lot I saw Chad and Taylor walking behide us, "Tay, you wanna go dress shopping?" I asked
"Gabi don't you think you should go sleep or relax for a while?" Troy asked
"Troy, this banquet is in a week. I have whole bunch of shit to do with this camp stuff and I'd rather go shopping now," I told him, he nodded his head and then grabbed my hand and we took off towards the car.
Troy drove him and the people home and Taylor drove us to the mall, Sharpay already had a dress along with Kelsi. When we pulled up to the mall we got out and headed into Victoria Secrets, "I saw the cutest purple dress here" Taylor said, I eyed some of the linger sets and shook it off telling myself I had a few months before those became an issue again.
"Oh! I found it!" She said she pulled off the rack the most beautiful dress I have ever seen. It was super cute. "Taylor that is too cute" I told her, she smiled and ran to the dressing rooms. I waddled behide her and I sat down on the chair and she stepped out in her bare feet. I looked at her and smiled.
"Chad is going to die" I told her, she giggled and then spun around, the dress going with her. "I am gonna get it" She said
"Good, it deserves to have you" I said, she grinned and went back to change. I sat there and picked at my fingernails and then she reappeared in her normal clothes.
"Gabi, in two months you will be looking better than ever" she said, "Not that you don't now, but you will be back in Victoria Secrets" She said, I nodded and smiled. We got up and went to pay for the dress. We then walked around before we found a Maturity dress store. We walked in and my eyes laid on it quickly.
"Taylor! That one!" I said pointing to it, she smiled and we went over and picked it up. "Gabi it's beautiful," she said, we asked for a dressing room and the woman showed us one around the corner.
I went in and discarded my clothes and slipped the dress on, up and over my baby bump and I tied it and looked at the mirror.
"Beautiful" I whispered
"Gabi! Let me see!" Taylor said, I walked out and her jaw dropped, "That is…beautiful" she said, "Not as good as yours Taylor but it will do for now" I said biting at my lip.
I went back in, changed out of the dress, and put my other clothes back on, I went to the counter and paid for it and we rushed out of the mall.
"I am super excited!" I said, Taylor agreed to me and we got into the car.
"I have to make a stupid guests list for the ushers or whoever those people is" I said, "I can help," she said
"Good" I said
We drove home and when we got inside Troy was down in the office, camp papers all over his desk. He had millions of background checks going on his entire counselor, getting about ten more from the hospital.
"Hey babe" I said walking behide him; I slipped my hands down the center of his chest. "Mmm…hi" he said, I kissed his cheek and he held me for a moment before we both let go.
"So how was shopping, you weren't gone to long"
"Good, we have our dresses"
"That's good; do you have the guest list?" He asked rubbing his temples, his eyes shut.
"Not yet, I will probably start working on it here shortly, tomorrow or something. Is your whole family coming?"
"I got all emails back, so yeah" I saw how stressed he was and I sat down on his lap. "I love you Troy" I said, he rubbed my back and kissed the side of my lip. I turned and gave him my full attention. His hands floated up the back of my shirt while mine ran through his locks of hair.
"Whoa! Hello, other...some person…I am in the room!" Kyle said freaking out, we both pulled back to see him literally covering his eyes. I slide off Troy's lap and I fixed my shirt.
"Its all good Kyle" I said, my voice weak, I looked at Troy who was break taken.
"Wow, getting it on in here huh," He said cracking a joke, Troy and I only rolled our eyes.
"Ok…so anyways I was wanting to know if I could umm go out" He said, Troy scratched the back of his neck and looked at me.
"Be home by mid-night," I said, he smiled and took off running.
"I am going to start working on that sheet" I said, Troy nodded and turned back to the computer desk.
"I'll be up in a bit Brie"
"Alright, see you soon then" I said leaving the room, I headed upstairs and I slipped on a pair of sweats and then I went to lay on the couch with my laptop.
"Brie"
My eyes startled up and then I looked up to see Troy looking at me, I looked down to see the list having three people on it. I must have fallen asleep.
"Hmm?" I asked
"Come up to bed" He said, his hair pulled in front of his face, and I looked towards the clock seeing it was a little after mid-night.
"Did you just come up from the office?" I mumbled, "Yeah, I got caught up on the phone"
"Is Kyle here?" I asked, he nodded his head and helped me once again. I headed up the stairs and into our bedroom, I slipped into the bed and I laid my head down on the pillow and I fell fast asleep.
One week later
I pulled on my dress and slipped on a pair of black flats, I put on a few pieces of jewelry and touched up my make-up. I put the last touches on my hair and looked at my manicured nails. I smiled and I took a deep breath, it was my first red carpet.
Troy's event got word and is making things huge; some of the biggest A-list stars were coming, many Laker fans, and the kids. It was going to be hit. They were going to sell off the Laker boys tonight and we all had an idea to how to get our boys, well kinda.
I turned to see Taylor in her gorgeous dress, "I love it Tay," I said smiling, "You don't like half bad either Gabs" She said bring me into a tight hug.
"Thanks, but lets go, Troy wants to be there in twenty minutes" I said, she nodded and we headed down the stairs.
"Brie lets go!" Troy yelled I smiled knowing he had the best timing, "Coming!" I called, I hit the bottom stair and his mouth only dropped a little but enough to be satisfied.
"You look beautiful," He mumbled, I grinned, I stepped into his arms, and his arms circled my body. I looked down at the pink dress I had on, it was strapless and had a little ribbon right above my baby bump.
When Taylor walked down, I thought Chad's eyes rolled out of his head, her purple low cut dress. It went right above her knees; the back of the dress was showing her bareback with the strap with beads coming down the back. The bottom looked like a skirt but it was a dress. It was beautiful.
"Taylor" Chad said, drool coming off his lip, I giggled and Troy lead me out the door and into are waiting vehicle. We were all going separate cars, as couples. I saw Sharpay earlier who had on a pink cocktail dress; Kelsi had one a blue gown.
"You ready for this?" Troy asked, I took a deep breath and shrugged. "I guess," I said, he pulled me closer to him and I laid my head on his shoulder and he rubbed my arms.
"Did you bring a jacket baby?" He asked
"Nope, I forgot one but I am not cold" I whispered
"Okay" He said, I looked at him to see his tuxedo on, a red tie on. When we pulled up the cameras and the carpet were waiting.
"Mr. Bolton we have two cars in front of us" Our driver said, "Thanks Matt" Troy said, we unbuckled our seatbelts and when our car pulled up Matt came over and opened my car door. I took another deep breath and grabbed my black clutch bag. I stepped one foot out and then the other.
"Look! It's Bolton's Girlfriend!" Somebody yelled, I blushed and Troy followed behide me and wrapped his arm around my waist and we started on the carpet.
Stopping every so many paces to take some pictures, Troy would whisper in my ear making sure I was fine. He was such a worried boy.
We stepped forward and I turned to see Chad and Taylor following us, Taylor winked and I smiled back. When I looked forward, I saw a bunch of stars who I knew were coming but what I did not know was how they all looked up front.
"I promise that anything that comes out of my mouth tonight is all because I am star struck" I said into Troy's ear, he laughed and threw his head back.
"Don't tell me you are going to run off with Leo," He said looking at me, my eyes bugged out.
"No way!" I said, trying to control my reaction, Troy laughed again, "Since when Troy, I handled all of that"
"He called the other day, I wasn't going to tell you till later because I didn't need you freaking out" He said, I only rolled my eyes and we finished the red carpet we were ushered inside. It was not too crowded yet but there were plenty of people, the music running high.
"I am gonna go get you a drink ok? Water?"
"Yes please!" I shouted, I saw Troy walk past the DJ and then I heard the volume lower a little. I smiled and then I could hear myself think.
"Girl! You looked like you owned that carpet!" Taylor said coming standing next to me.
"Yeah, Troy decides to tell me Leo is going to be here tonight" Her eyes widened, "No fucking way! The one who played in Titanic?" She asked
"I am betting that's the one" I told her, she sighed dreamily. I giggled and pointed to her finger.
"Forget Chad…" She mumbled, I laughed and Troy came back with my water.
"Damn, I can actually hear you now" Troy said laughing, I smiled and I kissed his cheek. "Thanks" I said, he nodded and then checked his watch.
"Hey, I gotta go outside all of the kids should be showing up in like two minutes, I will be back in 25 minutes?" He said, I nodded and I gave him a kiss and he took off towards the door.
When he walked out the Manning Brothers walked in. "Taylor, the Manning just walked in" I whispered, her eyes traveled to the door to see them walking in.
"Ehh…they aren't that cute," She said, "Not as cute as Leo" She mumbled, I giggled and Sharpay stammered over here.
"Hey guys! Did you see that Robert Pattison and Taylor Launter are both here?" Her sequel, I laughed and I tapped her shoulder.
"Honey, Taylor Launter can wait, its Leo we are waiting for" I said, she screamed and looked at me. "No way in hell!"
"Yes! Troy told me he was gonna be here!" I cried, we all laughed and we watched the door like a hawk, we saw about the whole Laker team come through the door. Serena and Venus Williams, John Isner, who might I add is very tall, Sam Querry, I saw the completely wildcat team walk through the door together. We saw some of the staff; I saw Aunt Sarah and her family walk through the door.
I waved to them and they waved back, I grabbed Kyle who was running through the crowd and I pointed towards the door. When Jenni and the rest of them walked in, he squealed like a girl and went running for the door. I saw the rest of Troy's family come through the day, and then I finally saw Troy come through the door. He had all of his little kids; Ryan was holding his hand, which was cute. When he saw me Ryan and him both waved, I waved back and so did Taylor.
After another twenty minutes we never saw Leo and I was disappointed, "Troy" I said, he turned from on of the kids and looked at me. "Leo?" I asked, he only smiled and rolled his eyes. He turned back around and I put my hands on my hips, "Well that was rude," I said. I shrugged it off, went, and stood next to Anthony.
"How's it going Anthony?" I asked
"I keep thinking I see Katy Perry," He said
"Because you do, she came tonight." I said
His jaw dropped a little, "How did she know about this thing?"
"Like I know? She called Troy and asked to come," I said shrugging my shoulders, he laughed and then I heard the music turn off.
"Alright everybody that is here! Thank you for coming!" Troy said into the mic, I smiled and clapped my hands. "We have so far raised a little over 10'000 dollars!" The room cheered, "I have brought some of my new friends here with us tonight; they all got free spots to our camps and were all very cool kids. I spent time with them and they are pretty cool kids," He said, he then waved his hands.
"Come on up guys" he said, they all came rushing to the stage, they all had cute clothes on but they had them put there t-shirts on over them.
Troy let them all introduce themselves and they all talked kindly, everybody clapped and they all left the stage and back to there seat.
"Alright Ladies, get your money ready because we are getting ready to start our auction. Now guys, you can also buy for your special ladies as a surprise or whatever so they are no limit and you can buy your date," Troy said, he then quickly looked at me and winked.
"Alright, let's get this started" Troy said, he then started the auction.
~T&G~
"Chad is going once…twice….sold to Ms. Taylor Mekessie" Troy said, next was Troy Bolton. I sighed as I sat my chair knowing I was going to have to fight for him.
He then handed the microphone to another person I think it was Daniel? I do not know.
"Alright ladies, be careful I know Bolton has a girlfriend out in the crowd somewhere" He warned, I sent a smile towards him as a thanks, "Alright so we don't even to introduce this guy, Troy Bolton is on sale starting now.
"$550!"
"$1000"
"$2000"
I waited a bit longer, letting the price keep soaring up; Troy would glance my way and look at me like hurry the hell up.
"13,000 dollars" A girl said, the crowd awed, I sighed and I stood up.
"$20,000" I said, the girl looked at me as if I was insane and she sat down.
"Troy Bolton going for 70'000 dollars to Gabriella Montez going once…twice…sold! He is yours Gabi" I nodded and I winked at Troy. He smiled back at him and then he left the stage.
"Alright, I know Troy has something up his sleeve here, along with Chad and Zeke Baylor, also Jason cross" Daniel said, I looked at Troy as he reached out his hand. I looked at him funny and he nudged me towards the stage.
Chad grabbed the mic from Daniel and shoved his teammate off the stage, "Alright everybody, how has your night been?" Chad asked, the crowd cheered and clapped.
"Great because we have raised a lot of money tonight, over a million dollars all going to Wildcat Dreams, making sure all of those kids get to have a great time at camp." Chad paused and people clapped, "So Troy, Zeke, Jason, and I got a special phone call what was it last week?" Chad asked the group of boys nodded.
"Well, this said he would donate a million dollars" The crowd started clapping like crazy, "But we told him he couldn't" Chad said, I even looked at him funny.
"Us guys, all four us pitched in half of a million dollars for this special guy to hang out…God help me…hang out with our girls, and please everybody cover your ears because the girl in the pink…she is a screamer" Chad said, Sharpay kicked Chad in the back of his leg. "Shut it Chad!" Sharpay growled
"Easy woman! I can easily take somebody's part back!" He warned, "Chad!" Troy said, they both blushed and then Chad turned to the crowd.
"So…were like family," Chad mumbled, the crowd laughed and then I heard a voice.
"Hello? Isn't my cue?" Us girls all turned around and looked straight into the blue eyes of Leonardo Dicaprio. Holy Shit was he not cute or what.
"Oh"
"My"
"Fucking"
"Gosh"
Sharpay screamed and ran up hugging him, we all followed and he gave each a hug. I looked at Troy and he winked at me, I blew him a kiss and we all backed up.
"So you know, I am also a huge Laker fan and Bolton and Danforth …amazingg," He said, the room laughed and I went back to Troy.
"So yes, I did agree to a day with these guys but I think what Troy is going is pretty damn amazing. I mean this and basketball oh and lets not forget that he is about to be a dad?" Leo said, I smiled and looked up and Troy. His kissed the top of my forehead and then he pulled out his check and the kids all came running onto the stage.
We all gathered for a picture, Leo in the middle, us girls surrounding him, the people behide us, some had kids on there shoulders, the other kids sat in front of us. We posed for pictures for a while and then we all were done and we got down off the stage.
"Amazing huh?" Troy said into my ear
"Yes, thanks for it all" I said
"Hey, I just play basketball and thought of a great idea" He said
I smiled and I looked at him, "I like…no I love how you think so down on yourself. I mean you could be the cockiest guy ever," I said "But here you are arms wrapped around your girlfriend, unlike any other boyfriend here probably" I said
"Brie, it's probably keeps me sane. Everything is just happening so quick anymore I have to"
I smiled and I kissed his lips, "Thanks for it" I said, he grinned and kissed my lips and we started to talking to many more people.
Who liked it? I had fun writing this chapter! I am also going to go and post the pics of Gabi and Taylors dresses on my homepage,k? I hoped you all liked it and I hope you all checked out my song-fic!
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