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Chapter 25: Final Exams: Part II
Warning: sexual assault attempted
December 12, 2008 3:17 PM
"Do you really think this plan is going to work?" Sharpay asked her boyfriend as she placed two garment bags in the back of her Lexis along with her makeup kit.
"It's been doing a good job so far. You have been too distracted today to worry about the Penelope situation or think about Miss Darbus." Chad said as he kissed Sharpay on the mouth.
"You also have me too distracted to work on my Spike Lee Paper." Sharpay said with a slight pout.
"A paper that is not due until midnight Tuesday. You've already watched all the movies and have the outline done. You need to take a break. Besides, you we're not working on your paper, you were researching various types of cancer this morning."
That was not entirely true. She was also writing a very nasty e-mail to a ex boyfriend who apparently believed in polygamy. If she ever saw Zeke again, he would think the fight at Specialty Foods was a slap on the wrist. She may be engaged to Chad, but no one makes a fool of Sharpay Evans.
"You are right. I need to forget about everything for a couple of hours and do my good deed for the year." Sharpay said as she let go of her boyfriend and got into her car.
8 Hours Earlier
Sharpay stood in the bathroom putting on her makeup and doing her hair. Sometime during the third week of the school year, her morning routine was cut in half. Most of the time, she put her hair in a ponytail and only put on lip-gloss. She enjoyed snuggling with her boyfriend to much to wake up any earlier than necessary. Considering her boyfriend thought she looked most beautiful sprawled out on their bed with messy hair after she came. It really didn't matter that much anymore except for special occasions.
Today she went back to the old routine complete with straightening iron and full makeup kit. She just wanted to do something to forget about the last 24 hours. Okay maybe she was doing the full routine because her boyfriend took her laptop away because she was moping around the room.
She was so happy yesterday about the babies and the fact she got into the special writing class next semester. Now everything has fallen apart.
The thought of Miss Darbus not being there scared her to death. What was she going to do without her mentor? The hold Penelope/Zeke situation is another thing that was too hard to handle. In all honesty Sharpay did not care about Zeke that much she was more worried about the Richard/Penelope's situation.
Half way through her morning routine Penelope showed up in shower shoes and her bathrobe that obviously cover the bruises.
"I will come back later." Penelope said as she made her way back through the door.
"Come on in. I'm done with the shower and just doing my hair and makeup now." Penelope said to her.
"That's okay." Penelope said as she went to go again.
"I'm sorry about last night." Sharpay said in a near whisper. She knew she needed to apologize for being an absolute bitch yesterday.
"What part of last night are you apologizing for? Was it when you started acting like a bitch to me for no good reason, when you didn't believe me when I told you about are evil mutual ex boyfriend, or when you assumed I couldn't be left alone with your fiancé for 2 minutes without trying to fuck him?" Penelope practically slammed her shower tote on the counter top when she said this.
"All of it." Sharpay said quietly as she finished up her hair.
"So you actually believed what I said about Zeke." Penelope said looking Sharpay directly in the eyes.
"Considering that Zeke did to us, what Chad's dad did to his mother and Tiffany, I find the situation highly believable. Sometimes I think Zeke is more related to Charles then Chad is. Although considering how much Charles slept around it's entirely possible he could be a relative." Sharpay said in annoyance.
"Thanks so much for your vote of confidence." Penelope said trying to leave again for the third time. "Knock on the door when you're done in here."
"You did not answer my question last night. Is Richard hitting you?"
"Just because someone hit you doesn't mean someone is hitting me. Why do you think Richard is hitting me?" Penelope asked this in a way that was practically a confession.
"I dated him in high school and I know what type of person he is. Underneath the hot exterior lies a very evil person who doesn't care about anything but himself." Sharpay said as she started putting her make up back in her case.
"Is there a cute guy in New Mexico that you haven't dated at some point?" Penelope asked in irritation.
"I never dated Troy." Sharpay said with a shrug as she unplugged her curling iron.
"Unfortunately, he falls under the almost married category. So because Richard hit you in high school, now you think he's doing the same to me?" Penelope said this in a defensive way.
"He never hit me. He grabbed onto my arm really hard once, but he never hit me. He put GHB in my punch and raped me because I said no. That's just as bad. If he could do that to me, then maybe domestic violence isn't that far away. Bruises like yours don't come from cheerleading. I understand. It's so much easier to pretend it's not happening. But it is happening." Sharpay said as she placed her makeup case in her designated drawer and left the bathroom.
"My boss is a complete ass." Caroline heard her boyfriend say as she picked up her phone. She was expecting her son to call her again. Instead it was her boyfriend who she hated being 2000 miles away from.
"We already knew that. Aren't you supposed to be in first period right now?" Caroline said as she walked over to close her office door. She didn't want the entire office to know about her personal life.
"I needed to vent before I faced a roomful of 14 year olds." Jack said with a touch of anger.
"What happened today?"
"I'm being reassigned."
"To a different school?" Caroline asked knowing that he would hate that.
"To a different department." Jack said with a sigh.
"Which department?" It must be a really bad transfer if he's this upset.
"Drama." Caroline started laughing hysterically. The irony of the situation was not lost on her.
"It's not that funny."
"No it's not funny, just deeply ironic. Let's face it, until Troy went over to the drama side you and Miss Darbus were at each other's throats. Why are you being reassigned to the drama department? Isn't that essentially Miss Darbus's domain."
"She's taking a medical leave of absence next semester. According to Troy her cancer is back and she's moving in with her daughter."
"That's unfortunate. How is Troy taking the news? I know she is one of his favorite teachers." She asked with genuine concern.
"She told Kim, Troy, and Sharpay yesterday. They're not taking it very well. Troy and Kim pretty much locked themselves in the bedroom the rest the of the evening after surviving the dinner from hell with my mother, soon to be former mother in law, and Julia." He spat out the last two names with a certain amount of anger.
"Are you sure that's the reason why?" Caroline has heard enough stories from Jack and her son about Troy and Kim to know what was really going on.
"It was one of the reasons. I think they were being loud on purpose just to get back at my mother. I didn't fall asleep until 4:00 AM. I'm going apartment hunting next week. I can take living with Kim and Alex. However, there's no way I'm staying in the same house with two people who are essentially newlyweds." Caroline started laughing again.
"Sorry that was just too funny. Please continue."
"You wouldn't be laughing if it was Chad and Sharpay you were forced to listen to. My mom and Lucy's mom made a big deal over Troy staying with Kim in her room. They decided to let them know exactly what was happening in said bedroom. Unfortunately, I have the bedroom next door."
"Her last name is Bolton and they already have a two year old child together. It's pretty obvious to everyone what's going on."
"You also forget that it is technically Troy and Kim's house. My 18 year old is already a homeowner."
"My 17 year old is engaged to a girl who will inherit half the Evans investment group as soon as they say I do. Why can't we have normal children who get married at 30 after dating a lot?"
"Because we got married right out of college." Jack said with a sigh.
"So you're actually teaching drama next semester. Troy is going to laugh hysterically when he hears that." Caroline said changing the subject.
"Only one class. The course load was divided between Ms. Ortega and me. I also get to teach 11th grade Honors English and Dramatic Writing."
"It is closer to what you taught before. You were not that bad of an English teacher." Caroline said trying to reassure her boyfriend.
"I haven't taught English since Troy was in middle school."
"You'll do fine."
"I haven't told you the best part yet. Guess who are going to be my teaching assistants next semester?"
Troy was currently sitting through the most uncomfortable car ride of his entire life. This was even worse than the ride back from the hospital two weeks ago where he sat in a car with his ex girlfriend's mother and his fiancée after said ex girlfriend was placed in a mental hospital. His aunt was currently making nasty comments about his girlfriend.
"I don't even know where you get half of this stuff Aunt Julia. Contrary to what my mom believes, Kim is a very good person. She loves me very much and I love her."
"That is not what your mom said. You were just one of her many boyfriends when she was in high school and Alex may not even be your kid. She's probably lying to you to keep a hold of you." Troy seriously wanted to kick her out of the car. His entire family was crazy with the exception of his father.
"Or mom is lying to you to keep you on her side. I trust my fiancée." Troy said purposely putting extra emphasis on the word fiancée. "I don't think I can ever trust my mother again. Kim didn't date anyone else in school. I am the only person she has ever had sex with, even though we were broken up for nearly two years. Alex is my son. I have the paternity test to prove it." Troy said with a touch of anger. His acting classes were starting to pay off. He only looked slightly pissed off when in reality he wanted to punch her out.
"The fact that you got a paternity test proves that you don't trust your fiancé." Aunt Julia spat out the word fiancé as if it were an expletive.
"No, the fact that I took a paternity test proves that my fiancée's lawyer/stepmom was right when she said this situation could happen. Mom knew of Alex's existence for 2 ½ years and never said a word." Troy said as he gripping the steering wheel as tightly as possible.
"Your girlfriend never said anything to you." Aunt Julia said as they pulled in front of the house.
"My girlfriend was scared out of her mind after her mother tried to kill her and our child. It doesn't matter. Nothing I can say will make you change your mind." Troy said as he stepped out of the car and began to walk into a house that was no longer his with his son in his arms. He wanted his mother to get a good look at the child that she kept him from for two years.
"I'm just worried about you. You've only been back together with this girl for a few months and she's already pushing you to marry her." Troy couldn't help but laugh at Aunt Julia's absurd statement.
"If it was up to me Kim and I would already be married. She is the one who wants to wait until I turned 21." Troy said as he walked in the house to see his mother sitting on the couch with a cup of tea. The last time he saw his mother she was being taken away by the cops. He didn't even bother to see her in jail again before he left for Berkeley. He could not even bring himself to call her. He was just too angry.
His mother quickly got up from the couch to hug Troy but he pulled back.
"You are not going to hug your mother?" Lucy said to him. He could not even refer to her as mom in his mind. He didn't want to be here today. Kim was the one who was making him go. She said he needed to make peace with his mother. Troy felt that piece in the Middle East was more possible at this point.
"No, I'm not. It's taking all my strength just to refer to you as mother. Aunt Julia can you please take Alex upstairs. I need to talk to mom alone." Troy said trying to conceal his pain and rage. He didn't want his son to see this conversation.
"No problem." Julia said as she took his son upstairs. Even though Aunt Julia didn't like Kim that well, she loves baby Alex.
"Why am I here mother?" Troy said sitting on the couch.
"I thought we could talk." Lucy said as she took another drink of her tea.
"Fine let's talk about how you accepted $0.5 million to keep me and Kim apart. Let's talk about how you use Gabriella. If nothing else, she is my friend and right now she is in the psychiatric ward at Albuquerque Medical Center partially because of your intervention. Just so you know, she's getting out Sunday. I'm flying back with her Mon." He notice his mother wince every time he spoke the angry words but she didn't say a word in response.
"It's interesting that you're staying so quiet, would you rather talk about the photographs dad received of you making out with your very young coworker. How could you do that to him?" Troy said In barely controlled rage.
"That doesn't really matter since your father has been screwing his best friend since you were in diapers. She stopped by my jail cell that first night just to tell me that she screwed your father the night before."
Troy knew about that. Kim e-mailed him the pictures and the video file. He and his father have adopted a "don't ask, don't tell" policy when it comes to their personal lives. There's too much Troy doesn't want to know.
"Nothing happened between them until dad asked for a divorce." Troy knew that much was true.
"He asked for a divorce because he wanted to be with her. He's always loved her." That may very well be true but Troy was not going to address that at the moment.
"You can't blame dad for your own choices. Dad is leaving you because you betrayed everyone in this family. How could you hide my son from me?" Troy said practically crying and screaming at the same time.
"I didn't even know for sure if he was really your son." Lucy said in her defense.
"You only believe that because you're convinced that my girlfriend gets around. Maybe the DNA test would help. I actually brought the real copy this time. How can you say such mean things about her when she's never done anything to you? How can you poison the minds of everyone else in this family against her? She even bailed you out of jail." Troy yelled as loud as he could the last part.
"Only because you told her to." The woman he formally called mother screamed back at him.
"No I didn't. I personally want you to rot in jail for what you did. She was the bigger person." Troy said as he got up from the couch. He couldn't deal with her anymore.
"Where are you going?"
"To get my son and leave this house for good. I'm not that little kid anymore who did what everyone expected him to do. I'm an adult mom. I have more important things to deal with then you. Goodbye mom, I am not coming back." Troy said without looking back.
Once Troy had his son in the backseat of the he broke down in tears.
The present
At 3:35 PM Kerri Jackson was happy to be out of school for the week. She was tired of every girl on campus talking about their dresses and who they were going with to the ball tonight. She didn't want their boyfriends she just wanted their happiness.
She was really tired of Jackie talking about her date with Jimmy. She wanted to tell Jackie the real reason why nothing was going to ever happened with her and Jimmy, but she couldn't do that without betraying her friend's confidence.
Even though she said she didn't want to go to the dance, a part of her did. A part of her that she keeps buried knew exactly who she wanted to go with. She also knew it wasn't going to happen. He was essentially a safety crush because there's no way he would ever have feelings for her. She was the wrong gender.
Kerri scanned the parking lot for her Cousin Tiffany, but she didn't see her. Then she noticed Sharpay's Lexis waiting there. Maybe Sharpay was taking them out for another round of baby shopping. The guest room at the house was already half full with baby paraphernalia.
"Where's Tiffany?" Kerri asked as she approached the car.
"Being very pregnant at your mom's house. Get in the car. You have a 4:00 PM appointment at the House of Hair." Even though she was confused she got in.
"Why exactly do I have a hair appointment?" Kerri asked in confusion.
"You have to be ready for the Winter Ball in 3 hours." Sharpay said pulling out before Kerri even fastened her seatbelt.
"Didn't we have this conversation Saturday? I'm not going to the dance. I don't want to go." Kerri said raising her voice just a little bit.
"Just because you don't want to go, doesn't mean you need to. Let me tell you a story." Sharpay said to her with a sigh.
"Is this going to be the spring dance story again? You already told me what happened. I don't think that story is going to help. Actually, I think that story will probably traumatize me so much that I won't even consider going to prom." Kerri said with a shudder.
"Actually, this is my story about prom. I used what Richard did to me as an excuse to push everyone away. I never let anyone get close to me. Not even my boyfriend at the time. Considering what I learned in the last 24 hours maybe that is a good thing. I don't want you do the same thing I did."
"This story is going to help me how?" Kerri asked with a touch of annoyance.
"The day of senior prom came and I had everything ready to go from the dress to the limo. I was walking to the limo with Zeke and my brother when I started panicking about what could happen that night. I started having flashbacks to the Richard thing. I got so scared that I threw up in the driveway. I ended up missing my senior prom because I was so scared of what could happen." Sharpay said quietly.
"I'm not seeing the persuasive part of this little speech. You should really consider taking public speaking next semester." Kerri said sarcastically.
"Let me finish. A couple weeks ago, Taylor told me that I was actually crowned prom queen. She ended up taking my place because I wasn't there. Chad was nominated as prom king."
"Didn't you two hate each other last year?" She remembered the two getting into arguments in the cafeteria all the time last year. Although thinking about it now it was probably their version of flirting.
"No, I wanted to drag him into the janitor's closet. It just came out as hatred." Kerri was not going to touch that statement.
"Why didn't the golden couple when?" Kerri asked avoiding the purple elephant in the car.
"If you remember the juniors choose prom king and queen. Apparently, they were more aware of the history of Kim and Troy than the senior class was. They also saw what was going on between Chad and me. Looking back on it now, I regret not going because I missed out on something with Chad that I'm not getting back. I just don't want you to have the same regrets I have now."
"Couldn't we have had this conversation a few days ago. It's too late at this point. I don't even have a dress or a date." Kerri said trying to take a different approach.
"When you were arguing that you didn't want to go to the ball Saturday, you kept looking at this strapless ball gown at The Style House. That dress is currently in the trunk with the matching shoes and purse. I spent the afternoon at the Eastside mall picking everything up. I also brought a few pieces from my jewelry collection that you can borrow." Kerri was completely shocked by this statement. Trust Sharpay to think of everything.
"Okay fairy godmother, what are you going to do about the date situation. Are you going to use your magic credit card to turn a Pumpkin into a boyfriend?" Kerri said sarcastically.
"I'm too young to be anybody's mother ferry or otherwise. Think of me as your ferry godsister. No, I can't do the Pumpkin thing. I have something better plan. Because you still refuse to go to the dance with Jason even as a friend, I arranged for another date. Don't worry he will be well behaved, otherwise he'll be sleeping by himself tonight." Kerri knew instantly whom she was talking about.
"I'm not taking your college boyfriend to the Winter Ball."
"I don't see why not. He's six months younger than your last boyfriend. What is he too young for you?" Sharpay said sarcastically.
"I'm not going to win this argument.
"No. What is it with you and your cousin with older guys?"
"I think with Rickey, it was the cheerleader basketball player thing. I'm not answering for Tiffany. I think she's absolutely crazy for what she did."
"I have to agree with you on that point, but not on the cheerleader/basketball player thing. My boyfriend dated one cheerleader the entire time he was in high school. Everyone else he dated qualified for honor roll. He's currently engaged to a dra-business major."
"Still getting used to the new major?" Kerri said picking up on the fact that Sharpay almost said drama.
"I'm still getting used to a lot of things." Sharpay said quietly. Kerri wondered what that statement meant.
"Chad doesn't count because he's an anomaly. He's like a super genius and is not a representative of the normal dumb jocks that populate East High."
"Troy dated drama queen Kim and freaky math girl Gabriella in high school. The current basketball captain is dating a political science major who has the goal of being the first openly gay president."
"Just so you know, Jimmy says he's not dating Marc. He just occasionally makes out with him. I'm not 100% sure what that means. Fine you win. I was only dating Ricky because it was easier than being alone."
"Just because everybody's doing something doesn't mean you should. My new motto is you should be yourself." Sharpay said to her as she turned the corner to the salon.
"This is coming from the girl getting married at 18."
"I'm not getting married at 18. I am engaged at 18. There is a difference. Come on we have to get you ready for the ball, Cinderella." Sharpay said as they finally pulled into the salon parking lot.
3 hours earlier
After the fight with his mom, Troy didn't go home. Instead he ended up calling Chad to hang out. He didn't feel like dealing with his other grandmother and he knew Kim needed to work on her film class essay. He almost considered going to see Gabriella but decided against it because he had Alex with him. He would see her tomorrow as planned. He was already too stressed out at this point to deal with anything else.
It turned out hanging out with Chad meant shopping with his best friend and girlfriend has they prepared to surprise Kerri and Jason later today. He was dragged around the Eastside mall by mission mode Sharpay. That worked for him. If he focused on shopping, he didn't have to think of what his mom did. He didn't have to think of the entire mess with Gabriella. He did not have to think about his mentor being sick.
Troy was also learning that shopping was much more fun when you can afford everything you want. Thanks to his super rich girlfriend, he had his own black card. So far he's only made one major purchase. It was currently hiding in his bag at the house. It was originally going to be Kim's Christmas present, but after his conversation with Sharpay this afternoon he was glad he brought it with him to New Mexico.
After they picked up Kerri's dress, Troy spends his afternoon being dragged by Sharpay into the best menswear stores in Albuquerque to get him the perfect suit. There is nothing like going clothing shopping with a two year old to drive you completely crazy. He spent half the afternoon chasing his son throughout the mall.
Halfway into the shopping experience he asked Sharpay why she was making him wear a suits when his father never did anything like that when he was a chaperone. At this point, they sent Alex with Chad to Pizza Village.
"You owe her. You are the reason why she didn't get to go to prom. You're the reason why she's been putting up with your crazy family. You have no idea how horrible they are to your girlfriend. They are all just as bad as Lucy is." Sharpay said to him.
"I saw at dinner last night. Grandma Bolton yelled at Kim twice for cutting Alex's a vegetables wrong. Aunt Julia essentially called her several synonyms for prostitutes for already having a child. She conveniently forgot that I was the father of said child. I don't even want to talk about my maternal grandmother. It's just too painful. I take full responsibility for the crazy family. Although how can I be responsible for Kim having the flu on prom night?"
"She had the flu all right; it was the Alex Bolton flu." Sharpay said this as she threw a suit at him. It took him a few seconds to realize that what they thought was the flu was actually Kim being pregnant. After that he pretty much did whatever Sharpay told him to do for the rest of the afternoon.
At 3:45, Troy picked up his girlfriend from the library where she spent most of the day hiding from his expanded family.
"So how was the visit with Darth Mommy this afternoon?" Kim asked as she slid into the seat next to him and gave him one of her classic kisses that always leave him breathless.
"Do you have to call my mom that?" Troy said as he pulled away from her and turned the car back on.
"Yes, because it's true. I refer to my mom as Darth Lee. My mom was the mastermind behind this entire thing. Your mom was merely one of her tools. My mom is probably hiding out somewhere in Asia. Your mom will probably spend the next 10 to 20 in prison. The DA is already trying to find a way to link her to when my mom tried to have me and Alex killed." Kim said as she put on her seatbelt.
"Kim we're not going to worry about any of that tonight. Tonight is going to be about you and me." Troy said kissing her quickly.
"I thought it was going to be about you and me keeping the freshmen and sophomores from drinking spike punch or fornicating on the roof of the school?" Kim asked sarcastically as they started on the short drive to their house.
"I have other plans. Your best friend pointed out to me how bad things had been these last two weeks. Most girlfriends wouldn't be so understanding about the entire Gabriella situation. Most girlfriends wouldn't open up their home to their boyfriend's psychotic family."
"I like your dad. It's the rest of them that I want to kick out of my house." Kim said in irritation.
"I agree with you there. I stranded Aunt Julia at mom's house today. I couldn't take getting in a car with her again."
"That is why I love you."
"You will love me even more after I tell you the plan. In the back is your very early Christmas present from your best friend." As soon as he said it Kim turned around and grabbed the packages from the back.
"Let's see what we have, a beautiful designer Red dress that is elegant but understated. We even have the matching handbag and shoes. This is definitely a gift chosen by Sharpay. The goodies from Alexandria Lingerie must be from you."
"I couldn't remember if you had a strapless bra or not." Troy said as an excuse.
"So you decided to buy me a matching corset instead?"
"You can never have too much nice underwear."
"How can I keep good underwear with you around? You have been here less than 24 hours and you have already destroyed one bra and two pairs of panties." He had so much fun doing that.
"I haven't seen you for two weeks and I was eager." He said as an excuse.
"Is there another part to this evening other than you ripping me out of that dress?"
"As much as I am looking forward to that part of the evening other things will be involved. I was talking to your best friend, when I realize we never went on a real date. We just kind of jumped into things pretty quickly. So I thought we would correct that tonight."
"I doubt I'm going to be able to get out of chaperoning the dance. Thank you for trying."
"I already thought of that. That's why we have reservations at the best restaurant in town at 5:30 PM with a preselected menu. This should give us just enough time to get through dinner and arrive on time to keep the punch from being spiked." Troy said as he pulled into their driveway.
As soon as they walked into the house his happy mood was ruined by his extended family attacking him and his girlfriend. After 10 minutes of listening to all the things they were doing wrong Troy let out a scream.
"Everybody out of our house. I love all three of you. I'm happy that you came to help us through this difficult time. However, if you can't respect my fiancée or me in our own home you cannot stay here."
"You're kicking your own grandmother out of your home?" Grandma Bolton asked him in shock.
"Yes I am." Troy said with resolve.
"However, I'm gonna put you in one of my hotels. This is what I should have done in the first place." Kim said under her breath.
"What do you mean one of your hotels?" Aunt Julia asked.
"I'm the heir to the Beijing Gardens chain of hotels. I'm sure you'll find the Garden Expressed adequate. Excuse me I have to get ready for a date with my fiancée." Kim said this as she dragged Troy and Alex upstairs.
"I love that you just did that. However, could you have waited until after the dance. We just lost our baby sitter for tonight and Vanessa is at a business meeting out of town."
"Do you think the Garden Room will accept children?"
"If we leave a big enough tip, they will accept anything."
Sharpay was standing in Kerri's bathroom putting on her makeup. She was wearing a cream evening gown that accentuated her newly acquired curves but was still appropriate for a high school dance. It almost looked like a wedding dress without the veil. The stuff underneath was not. That was for Chad to play with after the dance. She was sure he would have fun getting her out of the cream colored corset and garter belt.
"Kerri and Sharpay your dates are here." Tiffany called from the living room. Mrs. Jackson was on call tonight. She works as a trauma nurse at the Albuquerque Medical center.
"Why are you dressed for the dance?" Kerri asked as soon as she saw Sharpay's outfit.
"Because you won't take Jason to the dance I am. At the rate things are going between my brother and his sister we are probably going to be in laws someday. They're probably doing inappropriate things in his dorm room as we speak." Sharpay said as she approached the stairs.
As she walked down to the living room, she could see Chad with his hands on Tiffany stomach with a happy expression on his face. He must be feeling the babies kick. He was slowly getting used to the idea of having a new brother and sister. Chad is going to make an excellent big brother in a couple months. Sharpay knew he would be a fabulous father when the time was right.
"You looked absolutely beautiful." Chad said kissing her quickly.
"You're my date tonight Chad. No more kissing Sharpay until the end of the dance." Kerri said trying to get the two to pull apart.
"You do realize you're asking for a miracle?" Jason quipped as they walked to the waiting limo.
As they walked into the school 25 minutes later the principle was waiting for them at the door.
"I thought I specifically said that you and Chad were never to chaperone another school dance again?" The principle practically yelled at them.
"Yet you have no problem with the two people who actually conceived a child on school property serving as chaperones." Sharpay muttered under her breath.
"We're not chaperoning. We're dates." Chad said as he led Kerri to the dance floor and Sharpay found them a table.
Despite the fact that they had to take their two year old son to a four star restaurant, Kim was having a fabulous time. Surprisingly Alex was relatively well behaved. Kim enjoyed the look on Principal Matsui's face when they brought Alex into the dance with them.
"Why exactly are you bringing that child into the school?"
"The baby sitter canceled and grandpa is also a chaperone." Kim said with a shrug.
"I don't see anything wrong with it. I brought Troy to these dances all the time when he was little when I had to chaperone." Jack said coming to her defense as he took his grandson from her.
"Think of it this way if any of the students think about sneaking off to do certain things on the roof we can just let them spend a few minutes with Alex." Kim said sarcastically as she followed Jack to the chaperone table.
An hour and 1/2 later she found herself on top of the roof with Troy. So far chaperoning wasn't that bad except she confiscated two bottles of cheap Rum.
"I can't believe your dad is actually making us check the roof. Actually, I'm personally surprised that he trusts us enough to be up here alone."
"Actually he doesn't know we're coming up here. Troy said as he flipped on the twinkle lights. It was so beautiful up here. Within second she fell Troy's lips on hers. They broke apart a few minutes later with her being completely breathless.
"I am not having sex with you up here again. Not after what happened last time."
"Not going to happen when we have our own house to go back to later with so many places that need to be christened." Troy said as he led her over to the swings. "Do you consider Alex a mistake?" He asked her in all seriousness.
"Alex was Unplanned but definitely not a mistake." Kim said kissing him slowly again before they actually made it to the swing.
"I know you're upset about the first way I asked you a few weeks ago. So I thought you were entitled to have a story you can tell Alex about without blushing." This is when she saw Troy go down on one knee.
"I think I have been in love with you since I was 14 and I saw you walking down the hallway on the first day of school. It wasn't some silly high school crush. It wasn't something that when away after being apart for two years. I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you no matter what anyone else says. Kimberly Bolton will you marry me?" That is when she saw Troy bring out the trademark Tiffany box. The ring was beautiful.
"I think I have to say yes since I already have your last name." With that Troy put the beautiful ring on her finger.
"Does this mean you will consider a wedding date before I turned 21?" Troy asked her As soon as he was done.
"We can negotiate later." Kim said as his lips were upon his in a very searing kiss. They were broken apart by the sound of clapping off to the side. She turned around to see Jack, their son, Ms. Ortega, Chad, and Sharpay standing off to the side clapping. Sharpay was standing there with her video camera capturing the entire thing.
"Not only to you now have a story you can tell your grandchildren, but we have it captured on tape." Sharpay said as she walked over to hug her.
Penelope Castro was trying to study for her chemistry exam that would take place Monday. Instead her boyfriend who only thinks about getting off, was trying to get in her pants. The same thing happened Wednesday night which was how she ended up with bruises on her arms.
"Unlike you I actually need to pass my exams. I'm on an academic scholarship. If I get below a 3.0 I cannot afford to go to school. I have a game tomorrow and will have no time. You need to back off Richard." Penelope said as she pushed his hand away from her panties. She said the exact same thing Wednesday. It didn't work.
"Oh come on it's not like an hour is going to make you fail. Your roommate is gone and we have the whole place to ourselves." Richard said as he pinned her against her bed. Again just like he did Wednesday night. She winced as his hands touch the bruises from two days ago.
"I told you no." Penelope said as she started struggling against him. She fought back more than she did two days ago.
"You know I don't take no for an answer." Last time after he held her down long enough for the bruises to form she gave up. That was not happening tonight.
"That's what your ex girlfriend told me this morning. You should have stuck with the pills." Penelope said as she kicked Richard in the crotch. That caused him toscream in pain and allowed her to get up.
He tried to hit her as he had in the past. This time she dodged the punch. He was stronger but she was more well trained. She threw Nikki's paperweight at him as she ran out the door. A few minutes later she found herself in front of Nikki and Amanda falling to the floor in tears.
Despite her reservations about going to the dance, she was actually having fun even though her date disappeared half an hour ago. After stupid cheerleader number one and stupid cheerleader number two tried to hit on Chad in a very not subtle way he retreated to the safety of Sharpay.
Actually stupid cheerleader number one offered Chad a BJ in the boys' bathroom as stupid cheerleader number two tried to touch a part of Chad that strictly belonged to Sharpay. Of course the two idiots did this in front of her and Sharpay. If was a miracle Sharpay didn't kill both.
Their stupidity made her wonder why she ever wanted to be like them. She loved cheerleading and the acrobatic stunts but she didn't want to be plastic like the other cheerleaders here. Too bad the high school cheerleaders here couldn't be like the college cheerleaders at A of U. Amanda was definitely a real athlete.
She was currently in the gym shooting basketball barefoot with Jimmy. At some point between the play and the last few weeks he's become one of her good friends. They hung out before because she was a cheerleader and he was a basketball player. It wasn't until she was off the team that they really got to know each other.
They ate lunch together every day and hung out with each other all the time. They told each other things that they would not tell anybody else. He was the only guy she trusted in her bedroom. Although that's probably because he wouldn't try anything. She was not his type.
After her best friend ditched Jimmy to take over for the DJ who had no clue what they were doing they with to the gym. They were just goofing off as they usually did. She would invite Jason to join them, but he was having too much fun talking to Ms. Ortega's 13 year old daughter Brittany.
"You are better than half the boys on the team." Jimmy said as she made another shot from the three point line.
"Unfortunately East High doesn't have a girls team. If they did, I probably would've played basketball instead of cheerleading." Jackie said as she picked up another ball.
"You should try out for the boys team next year."
"That way you will have one person on the team that you don't find attractive?
"That is a myth. You don't find all guys attractive. Why should I? Besides I'm not gay." Jimmy said to her as he shot another basket.
"Unlike my best friend, you don't have to lie to me. I accept you the way you are. I saw you making out with your "special friend"." Kerri said as she shot another basket that went in.
"I'm not denying that. He is a friend with make out privileges. You also saw me hit on Sharpay most of last school year and some of this year until Chad terrified me."
"You have like the biggest crush on Troy last year. Every time he was on the floor you stared at him. You followed him around like a lost puppy."
"You did the exact same thing."
"He is hot. Unfortunately he always had a girlfriend. At least this one is tolerable."
"I agree he's definitely hot. The thing is I also have a crush on his girlfriend."
"Gabriella or Kim?" She asked as she shot another ball.
"Kim, Gabriella is way too sweet. The girl could put you in a diabetic coma." Jimmy said throwing a basketball at her that she caught.
"I heard that was caused by her medication. If you like girls, why will you not date Jackie? You know she's completely in love with you."
"I like boys and girls. Just like guys, I am not attracted to all girls. I see Jackie as just a friend. However, I don't see you as just a friend." Before she had time to process what he just said she felt him kisser. She felt the basketball she was holding fall down to the floor. The kiss was tentative at first until she started kissing him back. It went from sweet to passionate within seconds. At some point they moved over to the bleachers because they were too lost in each other to keep standing. Jimmy's hands didn't roam around anywhere near as much as Rickey's did. Unfortunately she actually wanted Jimmy to.
If she wasn't so lost in his kisses she would realize that the one person she didn't want to see this was standing in the doorway in complete shock.
Chad and Sharpay were walking back to their building after parking the car. It was more like they were making out on the way back to the dorm room. Chad was already mentally planning how to get Sharpay out of that dress.
"Are you sure it's okay that we left Kerri and Jason there at the dance." Sharpay said as they broke apart at some point.
"Mrs. McKessie said she would pick them both up at 11:00 everything will be fine." Chad said reassuring his girlfriend.
"But apparently not everything's fine in our building." Sharpay said as they noticed the police and paramedics standing around the building. They could see somebody being wheeled into an ambulance.
When they saw Amanda and Marc in the crowd, they ran up to the two of them.
"What's going on?" Chad asked the pair.
"Penelope's boyfriend wouldn't take no for an answer." When Marc said this Sharpay when unconscious. Chad was getting really good at catching his girlfriend.
"Is she okay?" Amanda asked as he helped Chad hold on to her.
"Probably not." Chad said in worry."Where's Penelope?" Chad added.
"Being interviewed upstairs by police. The ambulance is for Richard. She threw a glass paperweight at him. I always say never mess with a cheerleader." Amanda said as one of the paramedics on seeing walked over to help him with Sharpay."
On Saturday morning after things calm down Sharpay was on the phone with Tiffany canceling their planned to do more baby shopping today. She moved into the community room, because if she stayed in her bedroom with Chad she probably wouldn't finish writing the paper.
After fainting last night she needed to take the next two days off to rest which meant no shopping. It was more like Chad was making her take the next few days off. He fed her breakfast in bed this morning, so it wasn't like she was going to complain.
She had an interesting conversation with Tiffany about how Kerri showed up 30 minutes after curfew with one shoe after being driven home by Jimmy. Their excuse was they were playing basketball in the gym in instead of being at the dance, when she lost one of her shoes underneath the bleacher. Sharpay couldn't wait to hear the real story.
As soon as she hung up on Tiffany, she saw Penelope walking out of the room that technically was assigned to her.
"I hope you don't mind I just can't stay in the other room. Amanda said it would be okay." Penelope said to her.
"It's fine I don't think I could be either. I just want to say I am sorry."
"Why?" Penelope asked her.
"For a lot of reasons. Mostly because I assume the worst about you when I really didn't know you. In high school everybody did that to me and I did the same to you. That was wrong of me. Most of my guilt comes from not reporting Richard 2 1/2 years ago." Sharpay said the last part very quietly.
"I accept your apology for the first reason but not the second. You don't have to apologize for that. I think I probably would do the same thing in that situation."
Penelope said to her.
"That doesn't mean I'm not sorry for what I didn't do."
"Can we just start over? Forget about everything involving me spiking your drink and the whole Zeke situation." That is when Sharpay extended her hand to Penelope.
"Hi my name is Sharpay Evans soon to be Sharpay Evans-Danforth. I'm a business major, but I'm thinking about switching to dramatic writing. In high school everybody assumed I was the ice queen bitch, but I wasn't that person."
"Hi my name is Penelope Castro. I am an education major with a focus on the performing arts. In high school, everybody thought I was easy. In truth, I have only had two partners. Both of which were pricks. It's nice to meet you." Penelope said shaking her hand.
"It's nice to meet you as well." Sharpay said letting go.
End of section one
A/N: This is the end of part one of SFFY. If you haven't reviewed, please let me know what you think of the first half of the story. (Don't worry I'm not planning on the second half being anywhere near this long in words.)
Part 2 will begin shortly. I'm already writing chapter 26.