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I'm going back and rewriting the entire story. I'm correcting the numerous grammar mistakes. Also because I raise the rating to M anyway, I'm going back and restoring some of the scenes that I cut for content. So far I have chapters 1-11 rewritten and posted.
Chapter 22 Now What?
December 1, 2008 7:12 AM
Jason sat in Sharpay's Lexus as she drove him to school. Since the great thanksgiving disaster, he has been staying at the Evans mansion with Taylor. She flew in unexpectedly Thursday just in time to find out that their parents lied to them their entire lives. Neither one of them wanted to see their parents after what happened Thursday. Because Taylor left yesterday, Chad and Sharpay were making him go home today.
"After class, I'll take you home." Sharpay said as she pulled in front of the drop-off entrance of the school.
"I don't want to go home." Jason said in anger as he got out of the car.
"I know you're still upset Jason." Sharpay said trying to calm him down.
"You have no idea how I feel. What if you found out that Ryan was not your brother?"
"Taylor is still your sister. It's just DNA. It doesn't mean anything. She still loves you." Sharpay said as she grabbed his hand. Jason could see Sharpay's new engagement ring sparkling in the morning sunshine.
"That's what Taylor said this weekend." Jason said as he pulled away from her. "I'll see you this afternoon Sharpay." Jason said as he walked into the building.
Jason walked to his first block classe of the day trying to blend into the crowd of gossiping students. Beginning this school year they no longer had homeroom because classes were now 90 minutes for one semester. His first class today was health with Jackie. Like the rest of the student body, Jason wondered if his teacher would actually show up today. Everybody was talking about the biggest piece of gossip in New Mexico history.
"Did you hear that Coach Bolton's wife was arrested for assaulting Troy's ex girlfriend's mother? I heard it took six cops to break up the fight."
"Did you hear that Troy's mom was arrested on charges of tax evasion and extortion? According to the paper, she took $0.5 million to breakup Troy and his girlfriend Kim. Unfortunately, she never reported it to the IRS or her husband."
"Did you hear what happened to Gabriella Montez? She went off the deep end when Troy broke up with her for Ms. Kim. According to a friend of mine who volunteers at the Albuquerque Medical center, Gabriella is currently in the psychiatric wing. She's been there since Thursday night. "
"Did you hear that Ms Kim's new last name is Bolton?"
"Did you hear that Troy is the father of Kim's two year old son? That explains why he never paid any attention to me during freshman year." Said one of the cheerleaders who is now a senior.
The only person not talking about the Bolton's was Tiara. "Did you see the engagement ring that Sharpay was wearing? Can you believe he is marrying that girl? The condom must have broken for him to be marrying an ice queen bitch like her."
Jason quickly walked by his gossiping classmates to his locker next to Jackie. Jackie was standing in front of her locker flirting with Jimmy. Jason maybe 12, but he already knew that Jimmy was not into Jackie. Jason knew Kerri was watching the entire scene trying not to laugh.
"How was your Thanksgiving break?" Kerri asked him. "I'm sure you didn't have any unexpected relative show up seven months pregnant by a man old enough to be their father. Did I mention that my Cousin Tiffany is moving in with me and my mom for the next few months?" Kerri said as she grabbed her books from her locker. Jason already knew about Tiffany because he met her at the Bolton house.
"Never speak of that holiday in front of me again. " Jason said as he finally got his locker open.
"I doubt your Thanksgiving was worse than mine." Jackie said to the entire group.
"Try me," Jason said with a hint of anger.
"Kelsey brought her roommate Natasha to Thanksgiving."
"That's not so bad." Jason said in dismissal. Jason had to deal with Taylor's brand new special friend along with the adoption bombshell. At least Ryan seemed a lot cooler than some of the guys Taylor dated before Chad.
"It was okay until Friday when mom walked in on the two kissing in Kelsey's bedroom." No one saw that coming.
"What happened?" Kerri asked her friend in shock.
"Dad freaked out and started screaming at her. Mom couldn't stop crying about not having grandchildren. They conveniently forgot that they had another child." Jackie said with an annoyed sigh.
"Does Ryan know?" Jimmy asked Jackie.
"I doubt that he would care seeing as he's now screwing my sister." Jason said under his breath, but everybody still heard him.
"What?" The other three asked him in shock.
"Yes my sister is now special friends with Sharpay's brother. The really shocking part was I accidentally watched a video file of Ryan trying to take off her bra with his teeth. Of course, it doesn't matter because Taylor's not my sister. It turns out I really am an only child." Jason said as he slammed his locker.
He didn't feel like going to health class. He made his way to the roof just to think. If Mr. Bolton was actually brave enough to come in today, Jason was sure he would understand. It was his almost daughter in law that let the metaphorical cat out of the bag.
November 27, 2008 2:10 PM
"Did you know that Taylor's not my sister?" Jason asked both her and Chad with sadness in his voice.
"What are you talking about Jason?" Sharpay said as she slid in the back seat next to Jason as she threw her keys to Chad's mother.
"Taylor is adopted. It turns out Aunt Vanessa is Taylor's mom." Sharpay was in complete shock at Jason's revelation.
"Kim stepmom is Taylor's biological mom?" Chad asked as he sat down next to Jason. "That explains why they looked so much alike." Chad mumbled under his breath. That just made Jason cry even more. Sharpay quickly wrapped one arm around the crying boy. That is when Jason notice her engagement ring.
"You finally proposed?"
"Actually I did." Sharpay said to Jason. "He was a good little boyfriend and said yes." Sharpay said as she showed her ring to Jason. By this point, Chad's mother was already driving to the Bolton house.
"If you proposed Sharpay, shouldn't I be the one wearing the ring?" At Chad's joke, Jason started to cry less.
"When did this happen?
"About 53 minutes ago," Chad said in answer.
"Yes, I won the engagement pool." Jason said as he finally stopped crying completely.
"Great Marc and Nikki are letting 12 year olds take bets." Amanda said from the front seat.
"No I had Taylor make it for me."
"The engagement was real?" Chad's mother asked from the front seat. "I thought you were just playing with your mother."
"If I was playing with my mother's head, I would get one of those fake pregnancy bellies." Sharpay mumbled to the others.
"Don't even joke about doing something like that. You and Sharpay are to young to be getting married. You're 17. You two have only been dating for a couple of months. Before that, you two hated each other." Ms. Sanchez said from the front of the car
"I think that was their version of foreplay." Amanda mumbled.
"It's going to be a long engagement." Sharpay said trying to reassure her future mother in law.
"I don't know why you are so upset. You were already married at my age. You didn't know dad as well as I know Sharpay. I've known Sharpay sense she was five. You and dad were just a quick fu - hook up after a game that went horribly wrong. I actually know my girlfriend." Chad said practically screaming at his mother.
"Yes and I ended up married to an absolute pri-idiot because I married to young." Miss Sanchez corrected herself when she remembered there was a 12 year old in the backseat. "I just don't want you to end up in the same situation."
"Unlike dad I actually know how to use a condom. I also don't see Sharpay as a glorified blow up doll."
"Please remember there is a child in the backseat." Ms. Sanchez chastised her son.
"According to credit hours, I'm already a high school sophomore. I've heard worse. We're actually going over this chapter next week in health class. I'm personally looking forward to making Mr. Bolton squirmed during the chapter."
"Just mention the fact he has a two year old grandchild.". Chad muttered quietly.
"I'm sorry, you look small for a sophomore." Ms. Sanchez said in apology.
"That's because he's 12. This is Taylor's gifted little brother." Chad said to his mother in explanation.
"You still hang out with Taylor's little brother?" Chad's mother asked in surprise.
"Chad got custody of me in the break up." Jason said with a tiny little smile. "He's currently sharing his wisdom with me on the best ways to torture the faculty of EHS."
"My personal suggestion for health class is to ask your teacher what is the best way to sneak out after you just had sex with someone other than your wife." Amanda said with a snicker from the front of the car.
Sharpay notice Chad's mother freeze up when Amanda said this. This was not the time for Chad to find out his mother was sleeping with his good father figure.
"That would probably get me suspended even if it is true." Jason muttered under his breath.
"What are you talking about Amanda?" Her boyfriend asked Amanda. Sharpay quickly grabbed his hand knowing what was about to happen next.
"Amanda is talking about the fact that your mom is sleeping with Coach Bolton." Sharpay was pretty sure Chad stopped breathing when Jason said this. Chad's mother accidentally ran a stop sign.
"How did you know?" Ms. Sanchez said in a way that was almost an admission of guilt.
"Did I mention that I overheard you talking to him this morning when I went to show Troy where Alex's room was?"
The car ride pretty much deteriorated into a yelling match between Chad and his mother that didn't stop until they actually reached the Bolton house and Chad fled to Troy's room.
Key phrases used during this match included, "You are sleeping with my best friend's father. What are you thinking?" "Dad was right. I hate it when dad is right. " "Does anybody in this family believe in monogamy?"
Sharpay's personal favorite line was, "Please tell me you used a condom last night. I don't think I can deal with anymore new siblings this year."
December 1, 2008 9:01 AM
The moment Chad walked out his calculus class he put his arm around Sharpay shoulder and kissed her on the mouth in a way that was probably inappropriate for 9:00 AM on Monday morning. He just wanted to kiss her and be near her.
"It's only been 2 ½ hours. You're kissing me like you haven't seen me in days." Sharpay said as they began walking to their English class with his arm around her. He would miss this next semester, because they would only have one class together. Unless he can talk Sharpay into getting a minor in Latino studies, they probably won't have any more classes together after this year.
"I miss you." Chad said kissing her on the lips once more. "How did things go with Jason this morning?"
"He is still mad at everyone. He does not want to see his parents today. I feel like a monster for making him go back. " Chad could feel the tension in his girlfriend's body.
"I can understand how he feels considering that both of my parents have been lying to me for years."
"Let's just hope Jason doesn't punch his father."
"My father deserved that. I am mad at both of my parents' at this point. They never told me about the real reason why they got divorced. Mom never told me about dad cheating on her all the time. Of course to top off the entire situation my mom is now sleeping with the father of my best friend."
The only reason why he and Troy are not conspiring to break up their parents is that they actually are okay with the possibility of being steps siblings. Actually in their minds that might be the only positive of this entire situation.
"You're still upset. I thought that you and your mom talked everything out this weekend."
"You mean when you lock this in a room together. We're better. The whole thing is something I have to get used to. Dad is still a major problem. He still hasn't returned any of the phone calls from Tiffany or me."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"After class," Chad said as they walked into the English building.
"Fine, but you have to tell me everything this time, otherwise I am sleeping in my own room tonight." Sharpay said as she went to give him one more kiss before they enter the classroom.
As they took their normal seats in the classroom Professor Jackson noticed Sharpay's engagement ring.
"And you two hated each other at the beginning of the school year." Professor Jackson said as he handed out the guidelines for their final project for this semester.
November 28, 2009 9:23 PM.
She could not believe that Sharpay locked her and her son in a room together. She couldn't believe that her - whatever Jack was to her actually helped. She's been trapped in this room with her son for 15 minutes and they haven't said a single word to each other. They have been practically avoiding each other for the last 24 hours since he found out about her and Jack.
She was upset about the engagement and he was freaked out about her sleeping with Jack. It probably didn't help, that she accidentally walked in on Sharpay and her son engaging in some extremely heavy kissing this morning. Actually, it was probably more than kissing considering her sons hand disappeared somewhere underneath Sharpay's top.
There was also the fact that Chad walked in on her and Jack doing more than kissing earlier today. What she said about not doing anything until after the divorce papers were signed when out the window the moment they were alone together.
"She's not going to let us out of here until we talk to each other is she?" Caroline asked her son.
"This is Sharpay were talking about. She is the most stubborn woman I have ever met. It takes sometimes days to convince her that she is wrong. She's not letting us out of here until we actually talk to each other."
"Yet you still want to marry her?"
"Yes. Are you still upset about us getting married?" Chad asked his mother with a touch of anger in his voice.
"Yes. It's not like I don't like the girl, because I really do. I know that she cares about you greatly. She understands you as well as I do. That is why she locked us in this room together. She knew eventually we would get bored and start talking to each other." Caroline tell her son this with a smile.
"That's what happened this summer with me and Pay. We were waiting in line to register for classes and we started talking to each other about everything. Not just about silly things like what classes we were taking. Even in that first conversation, I told her things that I never told Taylor. I did not see Sharpay again until school started because I spent the rest of the summer with you in DC. When school started, we just connected in a way that we didn't before."
"Was that when you stopped hating her?" Caroline asked her son.
"Mom I've never hated her. I've wanted to throw her and her golf cart into a Lake, but I never hated her. Although I also wanted to push her up against the golf cart and…"
"Don't finish that sentence. I like to live in ignorance about what you and your girlfriend do until after the wedding and you show up to DC with my grand babies."
"Sharpay's dad said about the same thing. I would like the same promise from you. I don't want to know about what you and Jack do together until Troy and I share a half brother or sister. "
"Like that's going to happen." Caroline wasn't even sure what she was doing with Jack would go beyond this weekend. For all she knew this could be two friends helping each other.
"Kim stepmom is eight years older then you and she's pregnant."
"Would you be okay if that happened?" Caroline wanted to know if her son was okay with her having a relationship with Jack.
"Not really, but in time I could get used to it. I'm more okay with you and Jack than I am with the Tiffany situation."
"I thought you started to like Tiffany. Especially after you found out your dad didn't have a secret girlfriend after the divorce."
"No, dad just had one during your marriage. I like Tiffany as a friend. I do not like her as a possible stepmother or as the mother of my half siblings. Unfortunately I don't have any say in that situation whatsoever. I like Mr. Bolton. I just find the situation disturbing." At that Caroline scoot over to her son in place her arm around him.
"Sometimes I wish you were still little and I could protect you from everything."
"Mom that's part of the problem. I'm not a little kid anymore. You could have told me about Tiffany. You can't protect me from the world anymore. Dad is a complete prick. I get that. You can't hide reality from me like you did when I was little. Mom you have to let me grow up."
"I know. It's just you are my baby. I've known this day was coming when you came home from kindergarten complaining about the Evans girl that took your chocolate milk. Even when you and Sharpay are celebrating your 25th anniversary you are going to be my baby."
"Mom, it's not like we are asking you to sign the papers so we can get married tomorrow. We're planning on a long engagement."
"How long?"
"No earlier than 2011."
"How about 2012?"
"What about new year's eve 2011. The wedding will start on Sharpay's birthday but will end on my birthday."
"Ask me again in June of 2011."
December 1, 2001 11:03 AM
Amanda walked into Martha Evans hall to eat lunch with Marc, Nikki, Chad, and Sharpay. It was the only day of the week that they all had the same time set aside for lunch. After grabbing a sandwich from the deli, Amanda said down with her friends at their usual table in the corner. Marc and Nikki were only happy to see her because she would continue the story.
"There's our favorite storyteller now." Marc said as Amanda took her seat across from him and Nikki.
"You didn't tell us the Bolton thanksgiving fiasco made the papers." Nikki said to her.
"It wasn't Thursday's events that made the papers. It was the fact that Mrs. Bolton hid $0.5 million from the IRS. Of course, the fact that she got that money through very illegal means is another reason why she was arrested. Things are complicated."
"Tell us what didn't make the papers?" Nikki said as she took a bite of her salad.
"Do you guys remember chad's ex girlfriend Taylor."
"Jason sister right?" For some reason Amanda didn't tell them that Taylor was adopted.
"Yes. As we were here in thanksgiving hell, Taylor was with Ryan in NYC for the week. Ryan invited Gabriella, Taylor's former best friend and Troy's ex girlfriend as well. He wanted Taylor and Gabriella two kiss and make up. Unfortunately Gabriella was only interested in kissing Ryan."
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this story?" Marc said as he took a drink of his soda.
"It turns out Gabriella was only interested in Ryan as a way to get back with Troy." Amanda said to both of them.
"You mean Kim's fiancée and father of her son."
"At the time Gabriella didn't know any of this."
"Troy is as bad as Chad. " Nikki mumbled to herself
"Gabriella was throwing herself at Ryan the entire time. The thing was Taylor was actually starting to have real feelings for Ryan."
"Who won the battle for Ryan Evans?"
"As you can see from this almost pornographic clip, Taylor McKessie is the winner."
"Is he actually taking her bra off with his teeth?"
"Yes and I'm not sending you a copy. A very angry Gabriella captured this wonderful clip. A little after this, Gabriella got a call from Troy's evil mommy. To add more craziness to last Thursday Lucy invited Gabriella to Thanksgiving dinner."
"That's like throwing a match on a pile of newspapers." Nikki said to everyone.
"Only if the papers are doused in gasoline," Amanda heard Sharpay say from behind her. Chad and Kim were walking with her.
"You're telling the story of this weekend's insanity?" Kim said taking the chair next to Nikki. The happy love birds were sitting next to her holding hands and kissing each other every 10 seconds. If Amanda was not single she would probably find the whole thing cute. At this point, Amanda was slightly nauseated.
"OK let's see the ring," Nikki asked Sharpay.
"Very nice. You have good taste Chad." Marc said to everyone.
"Chad's grandmother has good taste. This is the loner ring until we pick out our actual rings in a couple weeks."
"Look it is my brand new roommate." Nikki said with a sigh as Penelope entered their section.
"What did you do to deserve that?" Sharpay said in sympathy.
"I wouldn't leave so my roommate could have sex with her boyfriend." Nikki said with a sigh as Penelope took the empty seat at the table next to Chad. Penelope was wearing her usual trashy wardrobe.
"Hello Chad. I just found out I'm moving to your floor. Isn't that great. Maybe we can hang out sometime." If Amanda had not seen Penelope all over Chad before she would be shocked by this behavior.
Everybody knows that for Penelope, hang out is a code word for fuck. Amanda cannot use of nicer euphemism to describe it. People in committed relationships such as Chad and Sharpay make love. People like Penelope who don't respect themselves do that other word.
Sharpay being upset about Penelope trying to run her hand down the front of Chad's lap, quickly flashed her ring finger in Penelope face. Her, Nikki, Marc, and Kim quickly snapped a shot of Penelope.
"I don't think my fiancée would like that." Chad said as he moved Sharpay into his lap and started kissing her. This was not the type of kiss that should be occurring in the cafeteria at 11:15 AM. They can all see Chad's hands all over Sharpay's backside. When Sharpay started moaning as Chad started kissing her neck Penelope finely left the table.
"She is gone now you can come up for air." Amanda said to Chad and Sharpay as they continued to fondle each other in public.
"Okay you two win for most creative way to announce your engagement." Nikki said as she threw a French fry at the couple.
"They are too lost in each other." Kim said as she grabbed a piece of ice out of her drink and threw it at Sharpay. That caused the couple to finally break apart. "You guys are in public. Keep It PG 13."
"You're one to talk. You and Troy gave new meaning to the phrase PDA." Sharpay said to Kim.
"As much fun as this is, can we please get back to the story?" Nikki said calming the two girls down.
November 27, 2008 2:13 PM
Jack pulled outside a house that wasn't really his anymore with his son, grandson, almost daughter in law, and the barely legal girl that his college friend got pregnant. The fact that Kim and Tiffany were exchanging pregnancy horror stories just made the entire situation more surreal. Their stories just made him angrier with Lucy and Charles.
He only came to support Troy when he told the family about Alex. He would tell everybody in a few weeks about the breakup of his marriage. Today he would just go through the motions.
"Deep cleansing breath. Just remember Troy that if they hate us, we probably will not have to see them ever again. Considering your parents are getting a divorce this is your final family holiday." Kim said as he grabbed Alex out of the car seat.
"That's so reassuring." Troy said as he grabbed Alex's diaper bag.
"Your family cannot react any worse than mine. My mom is still not talking to me. Of course this is after she cut me out of the will." Tiffany said to Kim.
"My mom not only did that, but she also hired a hit man to crash into my car in hopes of triggering a miscarriage. That's why Alex was delivered by emergency caesarean early. They have never been able to prove it. " Considering everything he found out in the last 24 hours about Kim's mother, he shouldn't be surprised that she tried to have her own grandchild killed. Judging by Troy's lack of reaction he already knew.
"She told me in Vegas." Troy told him. Before Jack could continue asking his son more questions a cab pulled up to the house. Thankfully, it was his mother and not his mother in law. Considering his mom hated Lucy she was probably going to start doing cartwheels when she found out about the divorce.
"There's my favor grandson." His Mother Karen said as wrapped Troy In a hug.
"I am your only grandson. Uncle Dave only has girls."
"Who is this very pregnant young lady with you. I hope she's not your girlfriend. I'm too young to be a great grandmother." Both Troy and Kim went very pale at that statement.
"This is Tiffany. Charles's ex girlfriend is the one carrying Chad's half siblings." Jack said as he got his mother's bags out of the cab.
"That boy was always in to young girls. It was a shame what he did to Caroline." Karen said as she went to pay the driver.
"Grandma always liked Chad's mother more than my mother." Jack could hear Troy whispered to Kim.
"There's probably a reason for that. It will probably come in handy when she finds out that they are now dating." Kim whispered back to Troy.
"Yes I am the latest victim of Charles Danforth. Fortunately, I figured out what an evil bastard he was before the wedding. The wonderful woman over there is carrying your great grandson." Tiffany said as she walked into the house.
"What do you mean great grandson?"
"Grandma I'm just going to go put your luggage in Kim's car. You're going to be staying at our house." On the ride their, Kim agreed to let his mom stay with her and Troy.
"You're not leaving me until I get some answers. Whom is this young woman holding your hand? Why does the child she is holding look exactly like you at that age? Finally, why does my 18 year old grandson have his own house?" The group quickly moved to the couches on the porch.
"This is your great grandson Alexander Troy Kim–Bolton." His mother almost looked like she was about to have a heart attack.
"Why am I just finding out about this now? It's obvious that you have had a child for a couple years. You also had a completely different girlfriend last time I was here.
"It's a very complicated story." Troy said to her.
"We have time. If I go inside, I'm just going to get in a fight with your mom."
"So would the rest of us." Kim said under her breath.
"I think I need a glass of wine for this conversation. Jack could you please go inside and get me something to drink." Jack knew his mother wanted to talk to Troy alone.
"Actually I could use a glass of wine myself. let me go with you." Kim said as she got up taking Alex with her.
"Troy's Aunt Julia controls the liquor at these things. She's obsessed about not serving the underage."
"Good thing I turned 21 yesterday." Kim said as she walked through the front door.
As he followed behind her he heard his mother say, "How old were you two when you conceived my great grandchild?"
He was grateful that no one in the family asked questions about Kim as they walked to the drinks. It probably helped that Troy wasn't holding her hand. As usual, Julia was controlling the Bar.
"Jack where were you this morning? Lucy was here all by herself doing the last minute preparations until I got here." He hated Julia.
"This is Troy's new girlfriend Kimberly. I was invited to spend the morning at her parents' house." Jack wasn't sure what last name to give. He was sure that Julia would go into cardiac arrest if she found out that Troy's girlfriend had the last name Bolton now.
"That's funny this morning Lucy said Troy's girlfriend's name was Gabriella." Julia said with a confused frowned.
"Of course she did. I'm going to need that wine now. Also could you give me a shot of rum?" Kim said as she grabbed a diet caffeine free coke from the cooler and poured It into a glass.
"Lucy doesn't like Troy's new girlfriend because she has a child." Jack decided not to mention that the child was Troy's. "I thought you were drinking the wine?"
"I am. The coke is for Troy. I need my boyfriend mellow. He is too edgy after your talk." Jack was going to ask her how a coke would mellow out his son when he figured out what the rum was for.
"I'm going to need to see some ID before you can take that. I doubt that Troy's girlfriend is old enough to drink.
"Trust me Julia she's 21."
"It's fine. Will you hold Alex for a minute while I get my driver's license out." He was sure that Julia was noticing how much Alex looked like Troy. When Kim gave Julia her driver's license she went completely silent for a few minutes.
"That driver's license has your new legal name?" Jack asked as he realized why Julia was so quiet.
"Of course it does, I had to get a new one yesterday no matter what."
"You're not just Troy's girlfriend." Julia said with a touch of anger.
"No she's not." Jack said to Juliet as Kim poured the Rum into the coke.
"That child is Troy's?" He and Kim both nodded their agreement.
"Troy Alexander Bolton get in here right now." Julia yelled so loud that Troy probably would heard her if he was still in California.
Troy quickly ran into the room when he heard Julia screaming. Can quickly passed the drink to Troy as he grabbed her hand.
"How could you get married without telling anybody?" This is how all of Troy's aunts and uncles as well as Lucy's mother found out about Kim and Alex."
The present
Both Marc and Nikki were laughing hysterically at this point. "I would like to know how you told everybody that you are not married to Troy yet?" Marc asked the group as he tried to stop laughing.
"Actually they still think we're married. It was easier than explaining the true circumstances. When we actually get married we are just going to tell them it's a vowel renewal ceremony." The real reason they went what the lie was to keep certain family members from freaking out even more.
"So do any of Troy's family actually like you?" Nikki asked as she regained her composure.
"Grandma Karen does. Although that may have something to do with the fact that she is staying with me for the next few weeks. She is staying down to help with the divorce. She's actually watching Alex right now because the service will not send another nanny. Troy and I are currently looking at day care options."
"We got their right when Troy's aunt called for him. We could hear the whole thing from the car." Chad said as he grabbed a piece of fruit from Sharpay's plate.
"The argument was so intense that no one noticed Mr. Bolton was holding Caroline's hand the entire time. Of course, that was just the warm up for the main show. Tiffany got some great shots of the chaos." Amanda said as she pulled out her phone.
"Where was Troy's mom when all this was going on?" Marc asked quickly."
"Lucy was picking up Gabriella from the Airport. By this point Gabriella was aware that Lucy was using her and she decided to hide in the tree house as the chaos was going on. Miraculously Gabriella and Grandma Bolton ended up on the same flight sitting next to each other. Without even knowing it, Troy's grandmother help defuse the situation greatly." Amanda said this as she activated the slide show.
"Unfortunately, no one knew Gabriella was hiding in the tree house." Kim said with a sigh.
"You and Troy didn't go outside for some private time did you? Nikki asked Kim.
"Troy and his grandmother finished up their conversation outside underneath the tree. Gabriella heard everything from when Troy and I first got together until the day before when we found out Lucy was using Gabriella to keep us apart. Gabriella was not happy."
"She was also off her medication. It turns out Gabriella was not evil, just crazy." Sharpay said as she started to eat her fat free pudding pop.
"You can't say that Sharpay." Chad said to her quickly as he kissed her cheek.
"Yes I can. I see a therapist three times a week." Sharpay said in reply.
"Gabriella is bipolar. Nobody knew because she never told anybody, not even Troy. She was diagnosed a couple of months before she moved here. When she got to Stanford she stopped taking her medication." Kim told everyone quietly.
"At least we now know who was hospitalized." Marc said with a laugh.
"It's not funny Marc." Kim said somberly. "She could've really hurt herself. Troy is really upset that he didn't know that something was seriously wrong." Troy was blaming himself for what happened. He was upset that he was so focused on everything with her and Alex that he did not see how bad things were with Gabriella.
"Fortunately the only person she hurt was Lucy." Amanda said as she pulled up the shot of Gabriella knocking Troy's mom out.
"She was so out of it, Gabriella does not remember doing it." Kim said taking the last drink of her soda. "Actually Gabriella doesn't remember anything from arriving in Albuquerque until waking up in a hospital a few days ago after they started giving her medication again." Gabriella's mother was providing her and Troy with regular updates on the situation.
"So I'm guessing Gabriella was the other person who got arrested?" Nikki asked the others.
"Not yet. None of us told the police that Gabriella hit Lucy. They can't pick her up until she stable anyway. It may take the doctors weeks to get her medication right." Kim said sadly.
"I'm sure the cops are going to know what happened by Mrs. Bolton's bloody nose."
"I forgot to tell you about the other guests at Thanksgiving. Before leaving Manhattan Gabriella left a note about where she was going. Ryan, Taylor and Gabriella's mom were so freaked out about what could happen that they flew all the way to New Mexico for a intervention." Amanda said to Marc and Nikki.
"Why didn't they call?" Marc asked in confusion.
"They did. Unfortunately, we kept losing cell phones." Kim said quietly.
"The lack of warning led to this fabulous picture of Maria Montez knocking out Troy's mom. We also have another picture of Maria throwing Lucy into a wall." Amanda said showing off the pictures.
"As a parent, I can honestly say the worst thing to do is mess with someone's child. If someone did to Alex what Lucy did to Gabriella it would have took more than six cops and a therapist to get me off the woman."
"I didn't get to see these pictures. Sharpay said as she grabbed the cell phone from the center of the table.
"You were there. Why do you need to see pictures of the whole thing?" Nikki asked in confusion.
"Chad and Sharpay disappeared up to Troy's room the moment they stepped onto the property."
When they went to pick up Troy's things Saturday Kim found a condom wrapper in the trash. Considering she didn't win the bet, Kim had a feeling that Sharpay did to Chad what she was currently doing to her pudding pop. She would ask Sharpay about it when they were alone. After the Internet incident, Sharpay was very sensitive about certain aspects of her relationship with Chad.
"I went straight upstairs because if I didn't I was going to punch out Coach Bolton for sleeping with my mother." Chad said with a bit of anger.
"I just went upstairs to calm him down. Things were too chaotic by that point."
"You did a wonderful job. By the time you two showed up downstairs Chad looked a lot calmer and remarkably happy." Amanda said with a giggle.
"Orgasms can be very calming." Nikki said out loud to the entire table. Sharpay almost choked on her Popsicle when Nikki said that. Everyone was gawking at Sharpay.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?" Sharpay said realizing everybody was looking at her.
"Because you're currently deepthroating a Popsicle like it is Chad. That's probably what you did upstairs Thursday. So was Sharpay any good? She's definitely having fun with that Popsicle right now." It was obvious that Marc's joke made Sharpay very mad. Chad looked ready to smack him upside the head.
If they were alone Sharpay would just laugh it off and tell them what she actually did with Chad. That's how her and Amanda found out about the rehearsal room incident at Lava Springs.
Instead, Sharpay slammed the Popsicle down on the plate and got up from the table. Chad followed behind making some excuse about needing to get to class. Considering their next class wouldn't start for 25 minutes she knew it was a lie.
"Great now we will never know what they did." Nikki said with a pout.
"Maybe it's none of your business." Amanda said in anger.
"You were joking about it too."
"Yes but unlike you two I know when to stop. I'm actually their friend. Don't you think that after everything that happened with the almost sex tape, they don't want their personal lives exposed in the cafeteria. Do you even care about what happen this weekend? Are you just listening to this story for your entertainment? There's a fine line here and you guys crossed it. I think I need to get to class too." Amanda said grabbing her tray.
"Great now we're not going to find out the rest of the story."
"At this point everything is on CNN . com. There is also information in their about how the police finally found evidence that my mother actually hired someone to try to murder my unborn child when I was pregnant with Alex. You can read about how she skip the country to avoid prosecution. There is nothing like having your entire life exposed for the entertainment of others. Now excuse me I need to leave for class so the media can follow me around. Maybe you want to join them?" Kim said sarcastically as she left the table.
Chad managed to catch up with a very pissed off Sharpay halfway to the science building. He quickly wrapped his arms around her.
"Are you okay?" He asked her.
"No. I can't believe they asked that question. I'm so tired of my personal life being put on display. At least Gabriella was unwell when she posted that video. What we do together is private. They see it as some big joke. They are still running that pool on when will have sex for the first time."
"So are you mad about Marc and Nikki or something else?" Chad asked his girlfriend as they continued walking to class.
"You know me too well. Did you read the society page today?"
"You know that if I read the paper it's usually the sports section."
"Don't worry Penelope must not read it either, otherwise she wouldn't be that shocked about our engagement. I'm just glad I was able to tell Ryan everything before it made the papers." Sharpay said as she pulled out the morning paper from her bag.
On page three, was an article all about their engagement and her parents splitting up. Highlighted was a sentence about alleged allegations of child abuse. There in black and white for all of Albuquerque to see was the ugliness of the Evans family and Sharpay's childhood.
"Apparently one of your family members gave this story to the paper. There is even a photo of us getting engaged. I should probably send Lucy a fruit basket for creating such a scandal. Most people are too concerned with the Romeo and Juliet of Albuquerque to read about the super dysfunctional Evans family."
"Maybe everyone will focus on our engagement. That's the good part."
"Mr. Jackson read the whole thing. That is why he let you and I switch topics this morning. He didn't want either of us to be upset."
"That's why I now have to write a 10 page paper about whether Darth Vader was good or evil instead of doing one on adulterers?
"I have to do my essay on Nelson Mandela now. Have you read his biography? That book is three inches thick." Sharpay said with a pout. Just then Amanda caught up with them.
"I just want to apologize for the behavior of my friends. They have no social skills. I can't take them anywhere." Amanda said with a smile.
"That's okay." Sharpay said to her.
"I didn't tell them about everything that happened this weekend. They do not know about Taylor being adopted or that Darby used to hit you. That stuff was too personal for them to know about."
"Thank you. I'm just tired of everybody watching my life. There even getting worse with the pool. One of these days Marc is going to walk into our bedroom with a black light." Sharpay said bitterly.
"I came up with the solution for the pool problem." Amanda said as she passed a computer printout to Sharpay.
"What's this?" Sharpay asked Amanda.
"That is a list of everyone who is participating in the bet. For all the other bets there is a way to validate the results. For this one they will only know if you tell them. Here's my idea. Pick someone on the list that you like. Then choose that day to tell everyone that was your first time together. No one's going to know that it's a lie." Chad thought that idea was brilliant
"Inauguration day," Sharpay said without prompting.
"Why that day? Amanda asked Sharpay.
"That is the day Taylor chose for the pool. If anybody deserves the money, it's her."
"What about spring break?"
"Do you really think people will believe we made it that long?" Sharpay asked with a laugh.
"You're right. You should go was something more plausible." Amanda said as they entered the science building.
Kim pulled up to EHS 15 minutes earlier than usual. She knew at least three members of the media were following. There were four more waiting on the steps of the school. Thankfully, they couldn't come inside the school. She snuck in the school through the secret gym entrance. She saw that her almost father in law actually did show up to work today.
After she ditched the evil two Kim called Troy. The press was following him around too. The scandal finally hit the National Media. Considering her mother was now an international fugitive she knew it would.
Kim Walked into Ms. Ortega classroom as slowly as possible and took her usual seat at the table in the back.
"Are you okay? I wasn't expecting you to be here today considering what happened." Ms. Ortega gave her the same look that everybody gave her today. She hated that look. They were all trying to apologize for something that they didn't do.
"I'm fine. I need to be here if I want to get the credit."
"You need a day off. I saw the fight between you and Lucy Tuesday. I know that things are worse than what the papers reported."
"Jack is here. Things were a lot worse for him then it was for me. I always knew my mom was a power hungry megalomaniac with no regard for anyone else whatsoever. Why should I be surprised that she embezzled money from my trust fund, she conspired with Troy's mom to keep us apart, or that she really did try to kill her own grandson? Why should I be surprised that Lucy's meddling put Troy's ex girlfriend in the mental hospital? I've accepted that. I'm not gonna let them keep me from doing my job."
"If you say so. If you need to leave early you can."
10 minutes later after fielding inappropriate questions about her relationship with Troy and why her new last name is Bolton, Kim was ready to leave. Then she noticed that Jason wasn't there. Kim knew that Sharpay dropped him off this morning. She also knew that Jason was mad at her for shattering his perfect family image.
"Kerri where is Jason?" She asked the girl who would most likely know.
"He is probably on the roof again. Jackie said he went up there first period. Mr. Bolton went and got him. However, he let him stay in the library instead of going to class."
"I'll go get him." Kim volunteer just so she could get out of there. She knew that she had no hope of getting Jason off the roof. This is going to take reinforcements.
Jack truly hated his boss. Dave spent 30 minutes ranting about the Lucy situation and the fact that his perfect statistic involving no teen pregnancies at the school was completely ruined by Troy and Kim. Jack wanted to point out the fact that statistic only existed because Dave usually pressured students to transfer to the alternative school for teen parents.
Because of the Principle, Jack arrived late to his first class to find that Jason McKessie was hiding out on the roof. He was probably the only faculty member that knew what happened this weekend. Jack could understand. He personally wanted to hide on the roof too.
The rest of the day, students kept asking him inappropriate questions about the situation with his wife and the Romeo and Juliet of Albuquerque Kim and Troy. Thank god, he didn't have to deal with any of the seniors that were actually here when Troy and Kim were together. The two were a lot less discreet then they thought they were. Jack heard more rumors about his son doing inappropriate things with Kim during his sophomore year than ever before.
At least nobody knew what Jack did with Caroline this weekend except for Jason. This may be why he let Jason stay in the library during class today. His new girlfriend Caroline, warned him about Jason's plans for today's class. Jason was definitely showing his age.
To top off this absolutely fabulous day, he was watching a class for another teacher who was out sick today during his free period. Actually the only good part of his day was when he exchanged text messages with Caroline during both of his gym classes.
"What are you doing here?" Sharpay asked as she walked into the classroom to see him at Ms. Darbus's desk.
"Ms. Darbus is out sick today." Everybody was aware that Ms. Darbus was out sick a lot this semester.
"It's not like it's the first time she's been sick and there hasn't been a substitute teacher. Usually they leave me here by myself. After that incident two years ago when we cause the substitute to start smoking again, they usually don't get substitutes for Ms. Darbus."
"I think the Principal is mad at both of us. This cannot be worse than when I used to teach freshman English."
"Yes it can be. This is freshmen drama."
10 minutes after fielding several questions about her engagement to Chad, Sharpay divided the students into groups to go over various scenes. Sharpay was currently working with Jackie Nelson. Jack was surprised nobody asked him or Sharpay about Troy and Kim. Just then Kim actually walked into the room.
"What are you doing here?" Jack asked Kim
"Jason is missing again."
"He's probably on the roof."
"We both know he is not going to leave with me. I came to get Sharpay to get him and possibly take him home." At this point, Sharpay return to the two of them.
"I can do that. I'm still on the pre approved list of people who can check him out." Sharpay said as she grabbed her bag and jacket.
"You're not leaving me by myself with the drama students." Jack said in a near panic.
"I'll stay. I'm sure the students will ask me less invasive questions."
"I doubt that. " Jack said to himself.
"Okay students. Ms. Evans needs to go for the rest of the class. I'm going to be taking over. You already have your assigned parts. Please work on those parts with your current partner for the next 35 minutes, then you are going to switch. Now before we break off, I have a few questions. How many people here knew that Alex is Troy son before the newspaper article this morning?" Every student in the classroom raised his or her hand.
"Is anyone going to ask questions I'm not going to answer?" Not one student raised his or her hand.
"If we do anything stupid you won't let Alex be in the spring musical." Jackie said from behind her. Of course, they already have his grandson poised to be a thespian.
"They're much easier to handle then the English students. I'll take care of the class and you go back to sending inappropriate text messages to you know who." The last part was said low enough that only he could hear it.
Sharpay found Jason right on the roof as expected . He was reading his current assignment for English. Only Jason McKessie would skip class to come up here and do homework.
"Put the book down Jason. You and I are going to take a drive."
15 minutes later after filling out the necessary forms Jason and Sharpay were driving out of the parking lot.
"This entire time we've been focusing on trying to convince you that Taylor is still your sister even though she's biologically Vanessa's daughter. I think we keep missing the real problem."
"What's the real problem?" Jason said to her.
"Your parents lied to you. You had this perfect family and now it is not perfect anymore. Now you don't know what to do because things are not the way they were before." Sharpay understood that feeling completely.
"How can you understand? You have the perfect family." Jason asked her with a touch of anger in his voice.
"You do not read the society page. My parents are in the middle of a messy divorce because my mom was sleeping with one of Chad's distant relatives."
"That's not that bad."
"Of course there's also the fact that my mom used to hit me until I was about your age.
"Okay that's bad."
"She pushed me to join every production possible. I also suffered years of psychological abuse."
"Okay that is really bad."
"Let me ask you some important questions Jason. Did your parents ever hit you?"
"No,"
"Did they ever make you feel like you're worthless?"
"No,"
"Did they ever pushy to do things you didn't want to?"
"I'm a 12 year old in high school."
"I doubt you would be here if you didn't want to be. Jason, how old were you when parents started letting you sit on your IEP meetings?
"I've always been allowed to sit on my IEP meetings."
"Chad and Amanda where not allowed to sit on their meetings until they were your age. Even then, Amanda's parents didn't give her much of a say. I am not saying you have to forgive your parents. All I'm saying is go talk to them. You haven't spent more than 5 minutes with the two of them since you found out Thursday."
"I'm not going to win am I?"
"No"
2 hours later after moderating the McKessie heart to heart sharpay finally made it home. She walked in to see her boyfriend putting up his basketball gear.
"So how was practice?" Sharpay asked as she kissed him.
"Miserable as usual. Apparently, the entire basketball team reads the society page. I suffered dirty jokes about getting married at 18. Apparently the coach is the only one who actually knows I am 17. Otherwise the jokes would be worse. So how was your afternoon?" Chad said wrapping his arms around sharpay.
"I watched your future stepfather terrified the drama students. I found out from Jackie the reason Kelsey broke up with my brother. There is a reason why he's now sleeping with your ex girlfriend. I spent of the most afternoon with Jason. Right now, I want to crawl into bed with my boyfriend and do my reading for English class.
"That works for me." Chad said kissing her on the forehead as he pulled her onto the bed.
A/N:If you want to read about the fight at the Bolton house it is in chapter four of the story Gabriella Ryan Taylor Manhattan. I did not want to write the same scene twice.