Thank you to everyone who read or reviewed the last chapter. I did end up going with a different chapter title.

While writing this chapter, I realized there was too much going on in Albuquerque to switch back to Ryan and Taylor in New York. Therefore Ryan, Taylor, and Gabriella have their own story Called Gabriella Ryan Taylor Manhattan.

Chapter 20: Human Nature

Sharpay lay in her boyfriend's arms in those few minutes before her alarm would go off. She loved being with him like this. In those first few moments of the day, she felt completely safe and loved. She was absolutely petrified about what was to come today and tomorrow. Over the next two days not only would she be meeting Chad's parents, but Also his entire extended family.

Although she is sure that things will be much calmer here than what her brother' is facing in NYC. Due to her brother ignorance of Gabriella's true nature, he invited Gabriella to stay with him and Taylor this weekend. He never told anybody about this. Sharpay found out about the whole mess when Taylor text messaged her about Ryan's stupidity. They spent half an hour sending messages about the Stupid guys in their life and various ways they wanted to tortured Gabriella.

"What are you thinking about?" Chad asked as he placed a kiss on her neck and his hands went underneath the T-shirt that she was wearing. This got Sharpay out of her musings.

"I thought you were still asleep." Sharpay said as she turned around to look at him.

"I just like being with you when you are like this." he said placing a kiss on her collarbone." You are usually so peaceful in the morning, but not today."

"I'm just thinking about meeting your parents today."

"You have met my parents before. You even survived a post divorce lunch. Even Troy ran out of the last one screaming."

"I wasn't your girlfriend back then. I was just someone you went to high school with that you absolutely despised." She says this with a mock pout.

"I did not hate you. I just couldn't decide if I wanted to kill or kiss you." Chad said as he played with the hem of her T-shirt.

"I personally prefer the kissing." Sharpay said as she placed her mouth on his. Just as she felt Chad begin to take off her T-shirt, she heard voices in the hallway.

"Can you two please stop making out or having sex or whatever you're doing in there. We have to leave for the Airport in an hour." A very annoyed Amanda call from the hallway. "There's also no food in this house and I would really like to get a muffin on the way there. We don't have time for you and Chad to have fun this morning."

"It looks like it's time to get up." Chad said as he kissed her on the forehead and pulled her top back down.

"I don't want to." Sharpay said pulling Chad back down on top of her and began kissing him again.

"If you guys are not out here getting ready in 5 minutes I swear I will go in there. I don't care if I walk in you guys doing certain things." This time it was Nikki yelling at them through the door.

"Go ahead. Maybe we can finally verify the bet." Marc called from the other side.

"You are just mad you lost $200 because they didn't do anything on Halloween." Amanda yelled at Marc.

"If it was 'anything' somebody would have already won. Unfortunately, we were specific." Marc said to the other two so loudly that Chad and Sharpay could hear inside.

"Why did we invite them to stay over, so they wouldn't have to take a late flight yesterday?" Sharpay asked Chad as she walked over to her bedroom door.

"You are a kind person." Chad said following her.

"As you can see we're fully clothed. Can you please stop your random speculation? Will be ready to leave in 45 minutes just let me take a shower." Sharpay said as she threw the door open.

"One of Chad's T-shirts does not count as being fully dressed, especially when Chad is topless and has a hard on." Amanda said the last part low enough that only Chad and Sharpay heard her. Sharpay just gave her a 'why are you looking at my boyfriend's privates' look. The look was scary enough to make the other three leave.

"I will go get ready in Ryan's room and you stay here. If I stay, you definitely will not be getting dressed." Chad said kissing her one more time before he went next door.

Two hours later Sharpay sat in the cell phone waiting area with Amanda by her side in the convertible. They successfully dropped off Marc and Nikki a half an hour ago.

In an effort to avoid the fighting that occurred when Chad moved into the dorms, she and Chad were going to do everything possible to keep the Peace. This meant keeping Chad's mother and father from seeing each other this entire holiday weekend. Chad's mom would be arriving at the Airport exactly one hour before Chad's father. Chad's mother would ride back to the house with Sharpay and Chad would pick up his father. Chad's mother would be staying with them at the mansion in the guesthouse. Chad's father would be staying at a local hotel on the other side of town. They will be having lunch with his mother this afternoon and dinner with his father tonight.

At 10:00 AM Tomorrow, they would drive Chad's father over to his aunt's house for Thanksgiving dinner which will begin promptly at 11. They will leave at 12:30 PM and meet Chad's Mom at his grandmother's house at 1:00 PM. At 3:00 PM, they will leave for a very Bolton Thanksgiving. That thanksgiving is currently TBD. It all depends on if certain members of the Bolton family are speaking to each other by tomorrow. From what she gathered from Kim, no one is talking to Mrs. Bolton at the moment.

Chad and Sharpay plan for peace this holiday season fell apart before either parent arrived at the Airport. Ms. Sanchez's flight was delayed 65 minutes. This meant her flight would arrive exactly 5 minutes after Chad's father gets here.

Chad's father came out of the airport first. Unfortunately, he was not alone. He was with a very pregnant woman who couldn't be older than Kim wearing an outfit that was not maternity appropriate. Even a pregnant prostitute would wear more clothing.

"This isn't good." Sharpay said out loud as she looked back to the car behind her to see Chad's very angry face.

"It doesn't mean anything. Maybe he's just helping her with her bags." Amanda said trying to calm Sharpay down.

"Yes and she's thanking him by sticking her tongue down his throat." Sharpay said sarcastically as she pointed to the obvious couple. She looked back to see her boyfriend in absolute shock. He wasn't moving or screaming. This was not good. When Ms. Sanchez walked out just in time to witness the entire scene Sharpay knew this was going to be a disaster.

Caroline Sanchez was happy to be going back home. Although she now lived in DC, she will always think of Albuquerque as home. She missed her son and her friends very much. She wanted to spend the holiday with her baby and his new girlfriend. From conversations with her son, she knew that this relationship was a lot more serious than his last one. The only thing she wasn't looking forward to was spending time around her ex husband.

The plan was for her to come out for Thanksgiving and for Charles to visit at Christmas. Instead, at the last minute Charles decided to come up for Thanksgiving as well. Just like in their marriage, Charles never stuck to his word. She could deal with being in close contact with her ex husband for short periods of time. What she could not deal with was the barely legal very pregnant girl making out with her ex husband as their son watched in horror.

She knew from Chad's expression that Charles never told Chad about Tiffany. She never told Chad the real reason why she and his father divorced. She let Chad think it was just irreconcilable differences and another casualty of marrying way too young for the wrong reasons. That was part of the reason why their marriage didn't work. The main reason was that Charles had an affair with a barely legal Tiffany for almost two years before the divorce. Now it looks like her son would be having a new half sibling.

"Considering our child is going into cardiac arrest, I assume you never told him about Tiffany?" She said bitterly as she walked over to the car.

"We're not together anymore Caroline. What I do doesn't concern you." She laughed at that.

"Anything involving my son concerns me." She said in an icy tone to the man.

"He is my son to." Charles said to her in an angry voice.

"You have a funny way of showing it. You show up with your little pregnant girlfriend Tiffany, without preparing him. That's just a wonderful way to tell Chad that he's going to be a big brother." Caroline said sarcastically as she gave Tiffany the glare of death. For some reason Tiffany actually looked more ashamed than Charles did.

"Stop it," Sharpay yelled from beside the bickering group. "You are both here to spend time with your child. Stop arguing and act like adults."

"She started it." Her ex husband replied much the same way a two year old would.

"No you started it by showing up with very knocked up Barbie." Caroline said to her ex.

"I think she looks more like a very knocked up Christina, you know Barbie's African American friend with the very fake hair. I guess it doesn't matter they're both fake and plastic." This was said by the girl putting her bags into the blue convertible.

"Who are you?" Tiffany asked the girl.

"I'm Sharpay's roommate Amanda. Who are you, the future step monster?"

"That's a horrible thing to say Amanda. Kim has an excellent stepmother." Sharpay whispered under her breath just loud enough for Caroline to hear.

"That is Charles's special friend Tiffany." Caroline said with as much venom as she could muster. During this entire time Chad did not move once from the car.

"Okay let's just stop fighting and get out of here before security comes out." Sharpay said throwing her keys to Amanda. "Ms. Sanchez you'll be riding with Amanda. Mr. Danforth and Tiffany, Chad and I will be dropping you off at your hotel."

15 minutes later, Caroline was riding into town with the girl she didn't know.

"I thought I was supposed to be riding with Sharpay."

"You were. However, she could pick up that Chad couldn't be alone with his father. She was so worried about Chad, she's letting me drive the convertible. Sharpay doesn't let her brother drive this car. She only lets Chad drive the car because it is technically in his name." Her son was dating this girl for less than three months and she already had property in his name. Caroline was very worried about the type of relationship her son was in.

Kim sat on the couch with her future father in law drinking her second cup of coffee for the day. At least this one was drinkable. She loved Troy, but he could not make coffee.

They were listening to the sounds of Troy trying to get Alex ready. Part three of her gift was she had the day off. He would be doing all dishes, all laundry, and practically everything involving Alex today. So far he wasn't doing so well.

"Shouldn't you go help him?" Jack asked her.

"If he's not down here in 30 minutes, I'll go up. He is trying to give me the day off for my birthday. So far he has managed to break a coffee maker and ruin the comforter. I think the comforter was done on purpose because he does not want anything in our bedroom with a floral print."

"I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the concept that you two are dating again and have a child together. I know that technically this is my son's new permit address. Even though I like you, I just need time to get used to everything. You guys are going a little fast."

"At least one parent actually likes me." Kim said sadly.

"Lucy was just shocked by everything going on. I'm sure when she gets to know you, things will be better."

"She called me a pedophile, a child molester, and a bitch, as well as, four variations on the term prostitute in six different languages. The woman hates me and I accept that. I'm more worried about what this is doing to you and Troy."

"I'll be fine. I've been married to her for 20 years and I'm used to this type of behavior. Just worry about Troy."

"Don't give me that line. I lived through Kim vs. Kim. That was the most messy divorce in Albuquerque history. I can tell when a marriage is falling apart a mile away." Kim said in a very low voice hoping that Troy wouldn't hear.

"I don't think things are that bad yet."

"You were able to go to Las Vegas with me for a weekend without her asking questions. Alex is with you all the time and she was never around to see him. How bad are things?"

"I slept on the couch again last night and snuck out of the house this morning before she got up."

"That explains why you're here an hour and a half early for the lawyers. If things get really bad we have a guest room if you need it. Actually we have two now because my roommate just moved out.

"Why did she move out?"

"It is a very long dysfunctional story. Let's just say it involves Alex, grape Kool-Aid, and a white dress. I really don't want to talk about it. Just remember this is Troy's house too or will be as soon as he signs the papers. You are always welcome here." Kim said passing a key to him. "Troy wanted you to have a copy anyway since he wouldn't be here a lot for the next couple of months."

"Thank you." Jack said as he took the key from her.

"Your wife on the other hand, not so much."

"I assume you and Troy are not coming tomorrow?" Jack asked in disappointment.

"We will come as soon as your wife apologizes for what she said about our son. You are invited to a very Kim/McKessie Thanksgiving tomorrow morning. It will give you more time to hide from Lucy and certain family members that you don't like. This year Vanessa is hosting for the first time." Before Jack could reply to her Troy came down the stairs carrying a fully dressed Alex.

"See I told you I could get him dressed. I don't know why you were so worried." Troy said as he handed Alex over to Kim.

"It only took you 45 minutes. The only problem is he is wearing the suit Sharpay bought him for tomorrow. He is supposed to be wearing the periwinkle suit today."

"My son is not wearing a pink suit."

"It's not pink, it's periwinkle. Ryan wears pink."

"Yes but it's Ryan. He can pull it off." She can hear Jack laughing in the background as they argue about the suit.

"Fine, I guess he can where the black pinstriped suit tomorrow that Sharpay bought him. It will go good with the little Italian loafers that Sharpay got him as well." Her boyfriend started laughing hysterically when she mentioned the loafers.

"Why are you laughing? Do you have the same issue with Italian shoes that Chad does? That's the only thing he won't let Sharpay buy him."

How exactly do you react when you find out that your father is a complete bastard that only cares about himself? What do you do when you realize the man you idolized for a good portion of your childhood was never worthy of your adoration? Chad would ask Sharpay how she dealt with Darby, but there was a distinct difference in this situation. Sharpay never had a positive image of Darby.

Chad knew his father was not perfect. He did many things that Chad didn't like. He didn't call Chad that much. Since starting college, Chad only spoke to his father a few times. He also left Chad home a lot when he lived with the man during senior year. Now he wondered if the woman sitting on his father's lap and carrying his half sibling was responsible for his father's lapse in parenting.

Chad never expected his father the pull something like this. Chad didn't know what he was more upset about the fact that his father was having a child with his new girlfriend or the fact that his father did not even bother to tell him. The man just showed up to Thanksgiving with his very pregnant girlfriend in tow. The icing on the cake, was his father's very young girlfriend was a member of the East high class of 2005. It took Chad a few minutes to remember that technically, he actually went to high school with Tiffany. She graduated the year he was a freshman and the only thing he remembered about her was she tried to hit on Troy's father more than once.

The thing that was most upsetting was his father expected him just to accept things. Chad was not accepting this situation. His quietness was caused by his extreme shock and anger. The only thing he said in the last 20 minutes was "thank you" to Sharpay when she pulled him out of the driver's seat and took the keys. He was in no condition to drive and he loved her for picking up on his anguish without him saying anything to her.

By some miracle Sharpay manage to make small talk with his father and Tiffany. She avoided all the hard questions such as "Why didn't you tell us about my new half sibling?" He still learn several very interesting things about Tiffany. She's currently a senior at a private university in Cleveland and is a premed major. She went to school there because she wanted to live closer to her sick grandmother who died last April.

It was obvious that Tiffany was more than three months pregnant. This meant that this occurred before Chad lived in the dorms. Thankfully, his girlfriend asked the one question he really wanted the answer to.

"Tiffany, how far along are you?"Sharpay asked as they turned into the driveway for the hotel.

"Almost seven months, but it feels like forever. I guess that is what happens when you're having twins. I hope this place has an elevator, I hate stairs." That would mean this took place in April. That was when his father was taking business trips to Cleveland almost every other week.

This made Chad very angry. His father had four months to tell him about this pregnancy. For months, Chad had breakfast every day with this man any never said a word. He never said anything about a girlfriend. He definitely never mentioned anything about getting someone else pregnant. That is when Chad realized that he would be having two new siblings, instead of one. He almost fainted at that realization.

"Don't worry I'm sure they'll be able to accommodate you. I'll be back At 6:30 PM to pick you guys up for dinner." Sharpay said in a voice she normally reserved for Gabriella. The moment his father and his half siblings' mama were safely inside the hotel, Chad finally let out a scream.

"Do you feel better now?" Sharpay said grabbing his hand.

"Not really. I can't believe this. Not only does he get someone else pregnant, he doesn't tell me. Instead, he just shows up to the airport with the new girl. This should not have happened. Did he think of using condoms, birth control pills, or even the morning after pill?"

"Are you done ranting yet?." Sharpay said as she pulled the car out of the parking lot and onto the road. He puts his hand back on her thigh as he did their entire drive to the hotel.

"My father knocked-up somebody who may or may not be old enough to drink. She is Kim's age. My best friend's baby's mama should not be older than my father's baby's mama. My father is fucking a child." Chad said in a cross between screaming and crying.

"Considering she graduated a year ahead of Kim, I'm sure she is older, even if just by a few months." Sharpay said trying to make him feel better. It was not working.

"That's beside the point. My dad's girlfriend went to high school with us. That in itself is a very disturbing concept. My best friend has a son that will be older than my new brothers or sisters."

"That is only because your best friend got his girlfriend pregnant at 15. You cannot use that as a justification to automatically hate Tiffany."

"That also brings up the point that my father is old enough to be her father."

"What are you most upset about?"

"I am going to go with everything. He lied to me for months. I did the math. She was already pregnant in April. That was way before I stayed with mom in DC. That was even before the senior musical. He could have told me."

"Maybe she didn't tell him until he moved to Cleveland. This isn't the type of thing you break over the telephone."

"Yes, but finding out by watching your father making out with the new girlfriend in front of the airport isn't the best way either. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've talked to him on the phone in the last three months. Every time I call he's not there or too busy to talk. Now I know why he was too busy." Chad said bitterly.

"Look on the bright side. Despite this little stunt, your family is still less dysfunctional than mine." Sharpay said as they pulled into the parking lot of Specialty Foods of Albuquerque.

"Sharpay my dad would have needed to start dating Tiffany when she was 15 to compete with your family. That thought just makes me sad. Why are we here at the grocery store?" Chad said as he finally noticed where they were.

"First, I doubt your mom wants to live on a diet of takeout for the next five days. The other reason is the best thing for a situation this bad is foods with a high caloric intake."

"You're like the best girlfriend ever." He said kissing her.

"I'd better be. I just let Amanda drive the convertible so I could accompany you on your little nervous breakdown."

"I'm fine with whatever is in the house. I don't really need anything special." Chad's mother said to Amanda as they walked through the store.

"The problem is there is nothing in the house. Sharpay's parents are not using the house at the moment. Chad and Sharpay only go there on the weekends sometimes. Even then they mostly live off of takeout." Amanda said as she threw some fruit into the cart.

"Why doesn't that surprise me? My son barely knows how to boil water in the microwave."

"At least Chad knows how to use a microwave. Last week Sharpay caught the microwave on fire when she reheated a grilled chicken sandwich. Apparently no one told her that aluminum foil could not go in the microwave."

"Because they have someone who can actually cook this week, they want real food in the house?"

"I think it's more they want your famous pumpkin pie cheesecake."

"So do I," called a voice that Amanda never heard before.

"Zeke is that you. I haven't seen you since I came up for Chad's graduation."

"It's good to see you. Are you here to see Chad?"

"I'm staying at his girlfriend's house for a few days. You probably don't know Amanda; she's the roommate of Chad's new girlfriend."

"I thought Taylor went to Yale?" It took Amanda a few minutes to realize who Ms. Sanchez was talking to. This was Sharpay's Zeke. This was the person who cheated on her for months with Penelope. This was the guy who ditched Sharpay on prom night when she had a panic attack in the driveway.

"Apparently you missed the phrase new girlfriend in that sentence. You are Sharpay Zeke right? You're the guy that actually chose the super evil Penelope over the absolutely fabulous Sharpay Evans." Amanda said as nastily as possible.

"I don't think I've ever heard Sharpay Evans referred to as absolutely fabulous except by Sharpay Evans."

"I'm Sharpay's roommate." Amanda said with hands on her hips and ice in her voice

"I feel sorry for you for having to deal with two roommates. I can barely deal with one and my roommate isn't as demanding as Sharpay."

"I only have one roommate. Not that she is there that often. She usually spends the night with her boyfriend. They like to cuddle. Actually they cannot even be in a room together without making out." She threw that part in to get back at the guy for hurting her friend.

"I thought you said she was the roommate of Chad's girlfriend?"

"Now I know how Chad fooled everyone in high school. If you can't put the clues together, I'm not going to help you. Although maybe a vision of the happy couple will finely kick start that brain of yours." Amanda said as she pointed to Chad and Sharpay who were pushing a cart in the cereal aisle. As usual Chad and Sharpay were all over each other. Zeke still didn't put the pieces together until Chad started kissing Sharpay in an effort to convince her to let him get the extra sugary cereal that he wanted.

Before Amanda had time to warn the oblivious two, Zeke punched Chad in the face. Apparently Zeke did not know about his ex girlfriend's martial arts abilities. Within seconds, Sharpay had him pinned to the floor. Amanda was positive Sharpay punctured one of his testicles with her shoe.

"Seriously why are you punching out my boyfriend in a grocery store? The last time I heard, you broke up with me because I didn't feel like being pressured to do something I didn't want to do. Of course, this is after you most likely contracted a STD from Penelope. How safe could you have been, hooking up in the locker room after games? You remember telling me about the BJ she gave you. Of course that was after Penelope told me all about everything you did with her. I mean everything." Ms. Sanchez quickly pulled Sharpay off of Zeke.

As soon as sharpay was off Zeke, he tried to punch Chad again. This time Chad hit back. It took three security guards and two cops to break up the fight.

Troy sat with Kim in the lawyer's office waiting for her mother. He only met the woman a few times. Troy purposely repressed any interaction with his son's grandmother. His father and Kim's father and stepmother were already there. It took all the Troy's of energy not to ask Vanessa about what he learned this morning. She really did look like an older version of Taylor. They were just waiting for the lawyers and the former Mrs. Kim to arrive. However, she never did.

"Where's my mother? I'm sure she wanted one last opportunity to humiliate me." Kim asked her mother's lawyer as he walked in to the law offices.

"She's not coming," her mother's lawyer said.

"What does she think by not showing up she can stop me from inheriting the trust fund."

"You gain control regardless. She did ask me to give you and your son's grandfather a letter."

"What on earth does your mother want to say to me? I only met her a few times?" Jack said in surprise as he picked up the letter from the lawyer.

"She didn't say. She just requested that you open them after we're done here."

"Is there anything else before I sign the papers?" His girlfriend said to the lawyer.

"Your grandfather sent a video that he would like for me to play now."

The lawyer quickly pressed play and an image of a man Troy only saw in pictures appeared on the screen.

"Unlike many people in the family I'm very proud to have you as my granddaughter. You've never been afraid to stand up for what you believe in. I am also a happy to be a great grandfather. If I knew what your mother was doing to you I would have intervened earlier.

You made a very brave decision going against your family. You're the one grandchild that is most like me. You've never been afraid to be different. I'm very proud of you." Troy could easily see his girlfriend shock in finding out her grandfather was proud of her.

"Now here's the important part. When each one of my grandchildren were born they each receive a trust fund. That money becomes there's at age 21. I have also done the same for my great grandson Alex. What my grandchildren don't know is that I add a certain amount of money to the fund based on the works that they have done before they turn 21. You have resisted your mother's influence. You are one of the few in the family that could actually put love before money. Unlike your cousins and uncles, I know this means nothing to you which are why you're the one who deserves it. You have never seen me as a piggy bank. I hope to see you and my grandson very soon." As the video ended the lawyer handed several papers to Kim. She dropped the pen in shock.

"Baby what is it?" Troy said grabbing the papers from her.

"He gave me the entire company or he will upon his death."

"Kimberly Bolton is now the sole heir to all of her grandfather shares in Beijing Gardens international. She is also the sole heir of all of his other holdings, except for the trust funds set up for everyone else. At present all assets are valued at $12.2 billion. Her current trust fund is now valued at $253.4 million," said the lawyer out loud to everyone in the room. At his words Kim collapsed to the ground.

As Troy ran over to his girlfriend, he could have sworn here his father's say, "At least if she's pregnant they can afford another child."

"Why does everybody assumed if a woman faint she's pregnant. She is just in shock. The entire Lee side of the family has treated her like a pariah for so long. It is all a little much. I'm actually pregnant and I didn't faint. That last part was said in a whisper that no one was to hear. However, Troy heard everything.

The incident at the grocery store took so long to sort out that Lunch was promptly canceled. She was just happy that Chad's mother was there and she didn't have to call daddy's lawyers. She and Chad were now banned from all three locations of Specialty Foods of Albuquerque. They also have a restraining order against her ex boyfriend. Sharpay was making an ice pack for her boyfriend when she heard Chad's mom approach.

"I guess it's time we have our mother girlfriend talk." Sharpay said as she sat down in a nearby chair.

"It would probably be best before another fight breaks out."

"Considering the week we have been having probably. What do you want to know?"

"Do you love my son?" Chad's mother asked her.

"Yes. This is not a crush. This is not immature love or simple lust. How I feel about him isn't going to go away when he gains 50 pounds and Starts to lose his hair." Ms. Sanchez laughed at that.

"So even though you two have only been together a few months, you see a future with him?"

"I will never see Chad and me living the white picket fence dream. That's just not us. I can see us living in New York with me on Broadway and him working on his next basketball video game. I can see him supporting me in whatever I want to do and I see myself doing the same for him."

"Will I be seeing grandchildren in the future?"

"Not any time soon. We haven't done anything that could possibly produce a grandchild yet. We're not planning on it anytime soon. Now Chad is going to be obsessed with making sure our children are significantly younger than his new brothers or sisters. I hope that he'll get one of each. I can't wait to have more babies to shop for."

"How well is my son taking the fact that he will be a big brother very soon? We both know he will not tell me the truth."

"He didn't hyperventilate or go in to cardiac arrest. I think he is mostly bothered by the fact that Tiffany is only a little bit older than us. Considering you are not that shocked by Tiffany's presents, I'm assuming that your ex's relationship isn't a very new thing.

"No it is not. I don't want to get into that right now."

"Any more questions or can I give my boyfriend his ice pack now?"

"Do I need to call the lawyers?" Mr. Evans asked as he walked into the living room and saw Chad's obvious black eye.

"No, I just got into a fight with Sharpay's ex boyfriend at a grocery store. Fortunately, Sharpay inflicted enough damage to make up for my black eye. My mother/lawyer was with us." Chad replied with a wince.

"Please tell me it was Richard. I would love to have an excuse to kick him out of the school that I can actually use with judiciaries."

"Unfortunately, it was Zeke. What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in New York right now."

"I had a last minute meeting with the lawyers." Mr. Evans said with a sigh.

"I thought you said you were going to focus more on family instead of business." Sharpay said as she walked into the room.

"This was family business. It seems they are having trouble tracking your mother down to serve her with the divorce papers. I'm flying out tomorrow night and will spend the entire weekend in NYC. I thought the three of us could go out to dinner tonight. Chad your mom can join us if you like."

"We're having dinner with Chad and his future stepmom. Chad's mother is meeting up with an old friend for dinner. You're welcome to join us. I'm going to need extra help to keep Chad from punching out his father. It is probably for the best, because Ryan is too busy entertaining a few friends this weekend."

"I thought it was just going to be Taylor?" Chad asked in confusion.

"It seems that Gabby invited herself to hang out. Last night Taylor and I exchange text messages on the best ways to tortured Gabriella. We currently agreed to send her a copy of Troy and Kim's wedding announcement." Sharpay said handing the ice pack to Chad.

"She's the girl the posted the video on the Internet?" Mr. Evans asked in confusion.

"I never told Ryan about that, but Taylor knows. I did warn him not to put those two girls in the same together. Your brother is going to be lucky to make it out of the holiday alive." Chad said to the other two.

Kim's gift from her parents was a child free evening for the two of them to just be together. He knew that after today shock Kim needed a little time for herself. Then the strangest thought entered Troy's mind, Vanessa was practicing her parenting skills on her grandchild. He decided today was not the day to tell Kim she was going to be a big sister.

He was expecting to find his girlfriend on the bed in nothing bought black lace after his phone call with Taylor. His ex was definitely causing problems in New York.

Instead, he found a crying mess and a crumpled piece of paper on the floor. He knew it was the letter from Kim's mom. He quickly read through it. She was right. Her mother felt the need to humiliate her daughter one final time.

"Nothing she said in that letter was true," Troy said as wrapped his arm around her and kissed her on the forehead.

"I could never make her happy. I do not know why she hates me so much." Kim said crying.

"Think about all that good things your grandfather said about you. You are an amazing person."

"You actually believed that?"

"Yes," he said as he kissed her forehead. "How about I run you a bath? Then after you're relaxed, we work on breaking our Vegas record."

Sharpay stood in her giant walk in closet trying to figure out what to wear to dinner with a man who she already didn't like. Sharpay was furious with the man for his little stunned this morning. He should have at least told Chad earlier that he had a girlfriend. If it wasn't for the fact that Chad had his mother here, he would probably be sulking. He was on her bed watching Sharpay trying to find the perfect outfit.

"Which outfit do you prefer the black skirt with a pinstripe jacket or the chocolate skirt with a sweater?" she asked her boyfriend. He was too busy looking at her underwear clad body to answer the question.

"Can we please just stay here? Chad asked as he placed a kiss above her navel as he tried to lower her white lace panties.

"Not going to happen," Sharpay said as she gently pushed him away. "Your mom is in the guest house next door and my father is down the hall. You should be happy they are letting us be in our room with the door closed."

"I don't want to go." Chad said using her pout against her.

"I don't want to go either. He is your father and is not as bad as Darby. Go put on the outfit that I picked out for you and I will find something to wear."

"Put on whatever shows less cleavage."

"I never thought I would hear you say that, considering you used to stare at my chest even when you thought you hated me."

"Yes, but I don't want my dad gazing at your chest. The guy is dating someone who is no more than three years older than you."

"I prefer my guys on the young side." Sharpay said as she walked over and kissed him.

"That's my favorite cougar in training."

"I can't be a cougar when I'm only one year and 12 minutes older than you. I still can't believe our birthdays are so close. Actually, you and Ryan have the same birthday." Sharpay said as she put on the black skirt.

"You and Ryan are the only twins I know that are not only born on different days, but different years." Chad said as he heard his cell phone ring. From the ring, tone they could tell it was his father. Chad quickly picked up the phone.

"Dad we will be over in an hour to pick you guys up." Chad said to the phone.

"I'm sure flying across the country at seven months pregnant is very tiring. If I had knew about very pregnant Tiffany, I would make other arrangements. However, you didn't tell me anything. Enjoy your night with your girlfriend." Chad said bitterly as he threw his cell phone at the headboard and walked out of the room.

"Okay why did you just break another cell phone? You know we're not going to be able to replace the phone until Friday. I am not looking forward to going to a cell phone store on black Friday." Sharpay said as she caught up with Chad outside the master bedroom right when her father was leaving the room.

"My dad doesn't want to go to dinner because Tiffany is too tired. Apparently flying across the country when you are seven months pregnant drains a lot of energy. Although considering they were making out the entire ride back to the hotel we all know why Tiffany is too tired."

"Who is Tiffany?" Sharpay's dad asked in confusion.

"Tiffany is the mother of Chad's new twin half siblings. She graduated from East High in 2005." Sharpay said in a whisper to her father.

"Why didn't you mention this earlier?" Dad asked a very distressed Chad.

"Dad we knew nothing about it until we saw them making out at the airport this morning." Sharpay answers her father.

"That explains why you got into a fight with Sharpay's ex boyfriend this morning." Mr. Evans mumbled under his breath.

"I was planning on that happening no matter what this weekend. He was going to pay for the Penelope stupidity no matter what." Chad said to her father.

"Go change into jeans. We are going out before you break anything else in my house."

Kim was trying very hard not to think about her newfound wealth or the things her mother wrote her. Kim was having a very nice bath with boyfriend pampering when she heard the phone ring.

"Let it go to voice mail" Troy said as he caressed one of her breasts.

"What if it is Alex. I'm not going to be able to relax if I am worried about our son." He was already reaching over to the telephone

"Hi mom," Kim's entire body went rigid when she heard him say this. She can only hear his half of the conversation.

"No, dad is not here at the moment or at the very least I don't know if he is. He has a key and knows better them to come near the master suite tonight." Troy said very icily to his mom.

"We are engaged and have a child together. Of course we're having sex. We went over this yesterday. You were too busy calling my child a bastard to pay attention." Troy pointed out in anger.

"Don't apologize to me. Apologize to Kim and our son." Troy sighed into the phone.

"If you behave tomorrow, we will come. The moment you say anything nasty to my fiancée or child, we're leaving. Now excuse me I need to make my girlfriend come." With that Troy ended the call and dropped the phone on the floor.

"I can't believe you just said that." She said as Troy came back over to her.

"She needs to get used to the fact that you and I are in a very serious relationship." Troy said as he began to stroke her underneath the water.

"I'm okay with that. If you want we can send her a video. I can't believe you're making us go there tomorrow after what she did yesterday."

"I think we should give her one more chance. If she does something stupid will just invite my father only to holidays from now on."

"I reserve the right to say 'I told you so' if this blows up in our faces."

Jack showed up to the guest house 10 minutes after everyone else left. They were supposed to go to dinner and catch up. Instead they were drinking their way through the better liquor at the house. They spent the last hour talking about the argument Jack had with Lucy. Caroline should've known this was a very bad idea considering what happened last time she went on a drinking binge. Both of them were having a very bad day and it seemed like a good idea.

"I can't believe he actually shows up to the airport with that girl without telling Chad anything." Caroline said as she took another shot.

"Yes you can. The man was an absolute bastard. I only stayed friends with him because I was friends with you. He did stuff like this during your entire marriage. You know Tiffany wasn't the first one. I don't even think she was the first one that I've taught in high school." Jack said pouring himself and her another shot.

"No she's just the first one he got pregnant." Caroline said draining the shot instantly.

"I'm not that surprised. This is the same girl that tried to seduce me more than once while she was a student."

"After what happened with Lucy today I bet you wish you took her up on that offer." She said as a joke.

"Despite what my wife of over 20 years did, I really don't feel like contracting an STD to get even. Besides how do you get even for what she did?"

"I know you're upset."

"Of course I am upset. My wife took $0.5 million to sabotage our son's relationship with his girlfriend. She even went so far as to write a fake note where Kim tells Troy that she doesn't love him. She spent two years keeping Troy and Kim apart. She even knew about our grandson and never told me. I think the worst of all is what she did to Gabriella. She used the girl to keep Troy from Kim. She convinced her college friend to uproot her daughter again just too manipulate our son into dating a girl that she approved of. I don't think I can forgive her for that."

"You forgot about the photographs of Lucy making out with a 23 year old colleague that Kim's mother was using as blackmail material."

"At this point the adultery is just another box to check on the divorce papers. I'm not gonna get even with her by doing the barely legal. If I'm going to cheat on my wife to get back at her for what she did, I'm going to sleep was someone I actually lo-like. You are a much better kisser."

They never talked about what happened a year ago when she saw her husband screwing Tiffany in their bed. Fortunately, Chad was staying over at a friend's house and didn't see his parents' marriage truly fall apart. She was so upset that she hit the nearest bar and drank herself into a stupor. 2 hours later the bartender called Jack to pick her up. She was so out of it that she kissed her very married friend. This wasn't a friendly kiss. This was the same type of kiss that Sharpay gave her son on that video she is not supposed to know about.

"I thought we agreed never to mention that again. I was really drunk and very angry at my now ex husband." Before she could even finish her justifications of why she kissed him last time his mouth was on hers. She knew this was a very bad idea. The fact that she hadn't been kissed or touched like this since she kissed him over a year ago may be why she allow things to go too far. She would just blame the alcohol in the morning. She knew that would just be an excuse.

When Sharpay's dad said they were going out he never expected to end up on the shooting range at Lava Springs with a flashlight. He was currently taking out his frustrations regarding his father on a bucket of golf balls. Mr. Evans told him that he did this every time he felt stress at his job. Chad was on a second bucket and only slightly less likely to kill his father tomorrow.

He wasn't surprised that Sharpay hit the ball farther than him. After closer inspection of the trophy case, he found several golfing awards with Sharpay's name on them.

"How did you actually pull off your damsel in distress golf routine? Better yet how did you, Mr. Evans keep a straight face? Sharpay you should've been on the team in high school. You could be on the A of U team now."

"I'm a very talented actor." Sharpay said as she hit another ball down the fairway.

"I knew she was pretending to attract either you or Troy. I just wasn't sure which one." Both he and Sharpay looked at Mr. Evans with shocked expressions on their faces.

"Honey it was pretty obvious that you had a crush on Chad back then. Sure you chase Troy around for the first few weeks. After that, Chad was the only one you let caddie for you and you left him triple your normal tip. You were always finding excuses to be around him. You don't fight with someone that much unless there's something going on."

"You know he's right Sharpay." Chad said as he gave Sharpay a chaste kiss on the lips.

"So are you less likely to break any more furniture? I really would like to go eat now." Sharpay said in a obvious subject change.

"One more bucket." Chad said kissing her quickly.

"Half," Sharpay said as she kissed him back.

"So should I leave the club opened for a June wedding or a May wedding?" Neither he nor sharpay responded to Mr. Evans joke.

It was 6:00 AM the day of Thanksgiving and Amanda was sneaking down to the Evans kitchen for an early breakfast before she tackled her English essay again. Her computer was more likely to listen to her in the morning. She was trying to be quiet because she knew Chad, Sharpay, and Mr. Evans didn't get in till late last night.

As she grabbed a box of cereal from the cupboard she noticed Ms. Sanchez leaving the guest house in a bathrobe. Behind her was a guy that she sort of recognized, but couldn't quite remember who he was.

When she saw Mrs. Sanchez pull the guy in for a very passionate kiss she recognized him. Chad's mom was currently making out with Alex's grandfather. As far as she knew he was still a married man. Judging by the way they were kissing it was obvious something happened in the guest house last night. As she took pictures of the scen in front of her, she really wished she took the money to go home when Sharpay offered it to her.

To be continued in Four Thanksgivings and a Nervous Breakdown.

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