Thank you to everyone who read or reviewed the last chapter. A special thank you to Kimmie-Reivers for pre reading this chapter.

In all honesty, this chapter got out of control. Once I realized the chapter was going to be nearly 20,000 words I decided to divided it into two parts.

Warning/Spoilers: sexual content, mentions of sexual assault, and harsh language.

Disclaimer: I don't own high school musical. If I did, the Officer Chad sequence would not have been a fantasy. Although I should be thankful for the writers putting in subtext that only the older fans can pick up on.

This chapter depicts a historical event in a fictitious way. The author of this story does not endorse one political party over another.

Chapter 31: Hope, Fear, and Change: Part I

January 20, 2009

The First thing he notices once he was inside her was how hot she was. The second thing he notices was how he fit perfectly inside her. The third thing he realizes was everything he read on this left his mind. He was running on instincts since the moment Sharpay sank down on him. The fourth thing he realizes as his mouth meets hers in a searing kiss was that he will never love anyone else like this.

The sixth thing he realizes as they met each other's thrust was that she was the only person he could be like this with. At that moment, Chad Danforth realized that Sharpay Evans soon to be Sharpay Evans-Danforth was the only woman he will ever be able to make love to. As he came, he realizes that was perfectly fine with him.

January 7, 2009 5:15 PM

Chad appreciated the irony that he was an 18 year old virgin (technically, despite what Troy says) going to sex counseling with his girlfriend/fiancée. They were not actually seen a sex therapist but rather Sharpay's normal psychologist. Was it really his fault that his girlfriend was absolutely terrified of vaginal intercourse /penetration? He blamed Richard.

If he could go back in time and change one thing, he would have knocked Richard unconscious the night of the spring dance sophomore year. Actually, he would have started dating Sharpay sophomore year before Richard even showed up at their school.

Chad was not here just for the sake of getting laid. Honestly, he didn't care. Okay he cared, but he cared about Sharpay more. Sharpay meant more to him than sex or anything else. This is why he was talking to a woman he barely knows about having sex with his girlfriend in all its various forms. The real reason why he was here was he was worried about what happened on their birthday.

"When you do other things are you able to achieve orgasm?" That comment by the doctor broke Chad out of his musings. He knew the therapist was going to get personal but this was a little much. This is like his mom asking him that question.

"Yes." Chad said emphatically without even thinking.

"Actually, I was asking her. You have no idea how many people believe their partner has achieved orgasm when they have not." The doctor said to him smugly as if she was trying to purposely deflate Chad's ego. It didn't work because Chad knew better. He knew Sharpay came every time she screamed his name as he felt her pulse around his fingers.

"My brother had that problem with his last girlfriend. He knew the entire time. She was never able to perfect her "poker face". It turned out she preferred girls." Chad couldn't believe Sharpay shared that bit of information. Although he still laughed.

"You and Ryan share too much. Please tell me you don't have those sorts of conversations with your brother?" In his mind Chad was picturing Ryan and Sharpay comparing sex stories over facials. That thought scared him.

"I only know about the Kelsey orgasm thing because they decided to discuss that very personal subject in front of a theater filled with high school students and your future stepfather. I told you this story before." Sharpay said as she squeezed his hand a little forcefully.

"I was more focused on the fact that you found out your brother kissed me that one time." At that moment, the therapist looked at him and Sharpay as if they were both crazy. "Before you ask, I'm Sharpaysexual. Everybody else is irrelevant." Chad said giving Sharpay a kiss on the cheek to reassure her. As he passes back by her ear he whispers, "I love you" just loud enough for her to hear.

"I wasn't going to ask. I would like an answer to my original question though." The therapist looks almost impatient as she jotted something down in her notebook.

"Yes I have achieved orgasm, multiple times. I've even achieved a multiple orgasm before." A very self satisfied smile crossed Chad's face. Yes, he is that good. "Oh please stop smiling you're not that good." She said in a way that made him know that she was definitely lying.

"Oh come on you know I am." Chad said as he reached over to kiss her again. Maybe the intensity of their kiss is a bit too vigorous considering technically they are in therapy. He probably shouldn't be touching Sharpay like that right now. Chad is aware that he's going to be sitting for the rest of the session with his legs crossed thinking about very uncomfortable things like what Mr. Evans will do to him if he ever got Sharpay pregnant unintentionally. Yet Chad didn't pull away until the therapists physically broke them apart. The woman actually got out of her chair and pushed Sharpay and him to their own parts of the couch.

"As much as it makes me happy to see that you two have a very "healthy" relationship, please refrain from that sort of thing until after the session." She says this with a laugh as she goes back to her seat. "I can also see that the encounter has left you very aroused." That is a good sign." At that point Chad wondered if he will die of embarrassment before the session is over. There are some things you do not want to share with your doctor.

"Of course," Sharpay said quickly as her breathing returned to normal. She is still blushing and he enjoys the fact that he can make her like this by just kissing.

"Sorry about that." Chad said as he started wishing the session will end as soon as possible. He starts to wonder how far they can go in the car in the student parking lot without getting caught. Then he realizes that knowing their luck, the RA from hell will catch them at the crucial moment.

"Don't worry about it. At least I now know you two do not have a severe intimacy problem. The fact that you have no problem achieving an orgasm should be seen as a good thing. Many women, who have undergone similar experiences as you, are unable to achieve orgasm with the next partner. My question to you is why are you here? If what I saw was normal for you and Chad, I don't see a problem here."

"Actually that was a little tame for us." Sharpay said In a whisper. The doctor opened her mouth in shock. At this point Chad decides to take over.

"For some reason she decided that she had to have sex with me on our birthday to prove that she loves me."

"That's not why, even though I do love you. At the moment I am starting to wonder why I love you." Sharpay said angrily to him as she gave him her very sexy death glare.

"I have told her hundreds of times that I don't need it. It would be fine if she was ready but she wasn't. To get herself in the "mood" she drank almost an entire bottle of really good French champagne. This resulted in her trying to give me a very drunk BJ in an elevator at the resort. When we talked about what happened the next morning I found out that she had to get herself drunk to give me a hand job for the first time." A touch of anger infiltrated his voice as he explained what happened to the therapist. Sharpay sank down into the couch for a moment until the anger kicked back in.

"I was not drunk in November. I had two glasses of wine the day I gave you your first hand job. Also if you remember that was during the thanksgiving incident. I told you I was just buzz enough not to be scared." Sharpay said folding her arms over her chest defensively.

"I don't want you to do anything you're not ready for." He said to her as he tried to grab her hand again. She let him take it this time.

"Just because I was scared doesn't mean I'm not ready. I'm always going to be scared. You need to remember it's not about you. I'm not scared of you. I trust you more than anyone else." Sharpay said giving him a very light kiss that fortunately didn't get out a hand again.

"I don't even know why you two are here." The doctor mumbled under her breath just loud enough for her and him to hear.

"What?" Both he and Sharpay said simultaneously.

"What I mean is that the two of you obviously don't have a communication problem. Most couples I work with don't talk to each other like this. You two had an honest dialogue before coming in here right?" She asked both of them.

"Yes," both he and Sharpay answered her in unison.

"I'm worried about Sharpay using alcohol as a coping mechanism. Sharpay's mom Darby has a drinking problem. That sort of thing is genetic." Chad said finely confessing the real reason why he was so upset.

"I just don't want to feel scared anymore." Sharpay said in the near whisper.

"Fear is healthy. The fear itself is not the problem. It's how you deal with that fear. Drinking is not a healthy way to deal. My recommendation to the two of you is to work on your issues with each other. I think it's best if you try little things to work your way up to the major activity. I can give you some specific exercises to try."

"I don't think he needs any ideas. I've seen his collection. He probably has more books on sex than you do." She said with a wicked smirk.

"You should be happy my ability to learn anything from reading a book applies to everything."

January 17, 2009 1:15 PM Eastern Standard Time

"Did I ever mention before how perfect your timing is?" She heard Chad asks her as he grabbed his luggage from the carousel. It was good timing. They've only been in Reagan National for a few minutes and she was already feeling better. At least no one was following them around at the moment. There was no way she wanted to be in New Mexico right now. The circus has increased due to the "love and basketball" scandal and her father's resignation yesterday.

"DC is the only place right now we can be without being surrounded by reporters. Everyone here is too busy covering the Inauguration to care about a major college recruiting scandal." Kim said picking up Alex from the floor. She was probably worried that he would run around the Airport.

She, Kim, and Troy were trying not to talk about what happened with their evil moms this week. Kim was pissed that Troy got suspended even though he had no idea that the grandmother of his son paid for him to go to Berkeley. On the other hand, Chad was happy he had a good reason to quit the team. She has known for a while that he was miserable there. She was happy that they wouldn't have to worry about away games anymore. Maybe it is true that no matter how bad the situation is there is always a silver lining.

Chad's father did not see anything good in the current situation. The man who has been ignoring all of his children since November called six times since ESPN reported that Chad quit the team Thursday. Chad's essential response to his father was, "Go fuck yourself you absent minded prick. Is basketball all you really care about you fucking ass ho? Now you care? Fuck you."

Chad hasn't been able to make it through one conversation with his dad without curse words coming out because he is mad at him. It is starting to look more likely that Chad will be changing his name to just Evans after the wedding. Maybe if Chad's mom does marry Jack they can get away with Bolton as a last name. She didn't exactly want to keep the name Evans either. It seems like both last names come with their own baggage.

"I thought it was a fundraising scandal?" Marc whispered just loud enough for Sharpay to be brought out of her thoughts.

"This was a lot of difference scandals rolled up into one big scandal. My family is crazy like that. Too bad my mom is probably hiding out at some luxury hotel in China." Kim said as they made their way by a lounge that had the story on every channel.

"My mom is just evil and enjoys the attention. She is definitely enjoying the carnage from her new condo." She said to everyone as she felt Chad give her hand a little squeeze. She felt guilty. It felt like basketball along with his anonymity was another thing he was sacrificing to be with her. Sometimes she wished her life wasn't so complicated. She feels as if all of her baggage was bringing him down as well.

"I don't think that DC was far enough. The scandal is still on the news here." Amanda said pointing to the television screens. They were currently playing the clip of her father resigning from the Board of Directors yesterday. At least they were not showing Darby's smug post resignation interview. Just when she thinks she couldn't hate that woman anymore then she already did, she does something to top herself.

"You can't run away from something like this. You can only lay low for a while. That's why I decided to come with you. Even I'm tired of saying no comment." Jack said taking Alex from Kim.

"Are you sure you're not here just to see your girlfriend? I know you're not planning on seeing us at all this weekend once you get to her apartment." Troy said trying to suppress a smirk. Amanda started laughing hysterically.

"Even though you're 18 and have your own child, I can still punish you." Jack said looking directly at Troy. She laughed when she saw Troy shudder a little.

"You have to teach me how to do that with Alex. You don't have to punish Troy; I will do it for you. No more teasing your father otherwise you are sleeping on the couch." Kim told Troy as she turned around to stare directly at him. When Kim says "you are sleeping on the couch" it was code for "the only action you'll be getting tonight is from your hand." Sharpay could hear her boyfriend cracking up beside her.

"You make remarks like that all the time." Troy said in annoyance as they kept walking.

"The last time I said something like that you gave me the same threat. You know what they say, "what goes around comes around" lover." Troy and Kim kept arguing back and forth until they made it outside of the Airport. Although, is it really arguing when the two parties keep kissing each other the entire time?

When they made it outside to the cell phone waiting area Sharpay was expecting to see a limo there to pick them up. Instead, she found herself dragged against her will to the Metro station.

"Why are we not taking a limo?" She asked as they walked into the station.

"Because I forgot to book the limo two months in advance and everything is booked solid this weekend. I might be wealthy but even I can't compete against Beyoncé and her husband. Besides Pentagon Gardens is only two stops away at the Pentagon City metro station. The hotel is directly above. We don't even have to go outside if we don't want to.

"I can't believe you're making me do this. I just hope nobody sneezes on me again. On the plane we ended up sitting next to this woman who coughed on me the entire time. Why were we not in first class?" She said in a whiny voice.

The flight here was its own special brand of torture. The suffering began before they even left for the Airport. After the Berkeley part of the scandal broke, the reporters were camping out at Kim's house again despite the threats of lawsuits and restraining orders. There is nothing like dragging your suitcases through a dozen psychotic reporters asking invasive questions at 3:00 AM to make you completely miserable. Ironically enough her iPhone was playing Michael Jackson's Leave Me Alone at that very moment.

The second annoyance was they had to fly economy. Sharpay has never flown economy before nor will she ever again. She was perfectly okay with Chad being so close to her. She was not okay with being close to the woman sitting next to her who didn't know how to cough into a tissue. Sharpay is pretty sure she went through half a bottle of hand sanitizer during the course of the 7 hour flight. Too bad she didn't think to bring a mask.

Of course the worst part of the flight here was the fact that every TV on the plane was turned to ESPN. It took 10 minutes for everyone else to realize that the two college basketball players on the screen were on the plane. After that, the majority of those on the plane asked questions that were beyond invasive. To make the experience even more irritating Chad's father called the moment they had cell phone signal again to yell at Chad about quitting the team. This resulted in Chad cussing his father out in Spanish, French, and Mandarin Chinese so Alex wouldn't learn any new dirty words. It turns out her boyfriend can actually speak three other languages perfectly. However he can curse in 18 languages.

"I had to change the reservations at the last minute to avoid being stalked by the press. First class and business class was booked solid. You're sounding like a really rich bitch right now. " Her only reaction was to stick out her tongue at Kim. Fortunately, her boyfriend always had her back.

"That's ironic coming from a woman carrying luggage that costs more than most cars." Chad said under his breath as he went to get the metro cards. "It will do you some good to live like a normal person. Besides DC is like New York. According to my mom there are people here who own BMWs and still take the subway to work to their six figure jobs."

"Fine, I will take the subway."She said with a bit of irritation as she gave in. She regretted it once they walked into the crowded subway car with the horrible carpet and the dreadful orange and blue seats.

"At least the cars have more seats than in New York." Kim said as they stepped onto the car.

"Too bad they're all field." Sharpay said sarcastically as she was forced to stand up holding onto her luggage the entire time.

"Your family owns this?" Amanda asked Kim in surprise as they walked into the lobby of the grand Pentagon Gardens Hotel. The lobby was done in white marble with huge columns and beautiful exotic plants everywhere. The front lobby looked more like an actual garden than anything else. Before they were even halfway into the lobby they had members of the staff grabbing their bags.

"My family owns the majority interest in the parent company. This is one of our 400 luxury hotels worldwide. You are more used to things like the Garden Express." Kim said this as a woman in a beige business suit approached the group.

"Hello Miss Bolton, welcome to Pentagon Gardens at Pentagon City. I hope you and your guests enjoy your stay here. The rest of your party is waiting in the lounge. If you follow me I will show you and your party to your suites."

"Only you, Sharpay would have us stay in a hotel that's connected to a mall." Amanda heard Taylor say as she ran up to the rest of the group. Ryan was following behind her. They got their first because it takes less than 3 hours to get to DC by train.

"This is the closest Garden hotel to where Chad's mom lives. She lives 3 miles away just pass 4 Mile Run in Alexandria. She should be here soon. Give us a few minutes Miss Caramanica, were expecting another person." Kim said to the woman.

"You are looking forward to shopping as much as I am. That's why I love this place. There isn't anything better than a luxury hotel in the middle of an upscale shopping mall. I want to honeymoon here. We're so going shopping after lunch with your mom baby. I just survive the week from hell with my evil mother making accusations about my boyfriend and my father resigning his seat on the university board of directors. I need shopping therapy."

"I still can't believe he did that. Sometimes I think he loves that position more than us." Ryan said in shock as he hugs his sister.

"He was thinking about stepping down anyway since a lot of the company's business is happening in New York now. He also named Kim's dad to head the New Mexico office. You do realize daddy will be coming to see you a lot more now."

"Don't remind me. He's already looking at lofts on the Upper East Side." Ryan said with a groan.

"What about me? I'm the one who quit the basketball team because of the scandal." Chad said with an annoyed tone and Sharpay's signature pout.

"Oh please you were just looking for an excuse to quit the team. You hated it. But since you been such a good boy you can go with me to the giant Alexandria lingerie store in the complex. I'm thinking something nice, naughty, and black for tonight." She could see Ryan making a gagging expression from behind his sister as the conversation took its naturally dirty turned. She was sick as well. She reminded herself again that Chad was off limits.

She distracted herself from the make out session that was obviously occurring in the middle of the lobby by playing with her iPhone that Sharpay gave her after she destroy the other one during the Thanksgiving incident.

She had three missed calls from Zeke, as well as, a text message asking her if she made it to DC okay. So maybe she decided to give him her cell phone number yesterday. It didn't mean anything because she still thinks he is an absolute dick even if the sex was good. Before she could listen to the messages she heard Chad's mom breakup the oblivious couple.

"Can you please not do that sort of thing in public? I'm shocked I don't have a grand baby yet." She said running up to the pair.

"That's because they haven't done anything that could get you a grand baby yet." Marc mumbled under his breath just low enough so she and Taylor could hear.

"I hope that ends Monday. What's the pool up to anyway?" Taylor whispered back to her and Marc.

"Just over $15,000, but it could be higher by Monday." The conversation was interrupted by the sound of Caroline coughing.

"I'm fine. I just have a sinus infection. I've been on antibiotics for a few days so I'm not contagious. You better give your mom a hug." Caroline said as she grabbed her son and then her future daughter in law into a hug.

"What about me?" Amanda heard Jack say from behind his girlfriend.

"You came?" Caroline said in complete surprise. Much like her son, Caroline doesn't really care who was around when it comes to making out with her boyfriend. She actually heard Troy say, "he never kissed mom like that." Amanda is convinced that love will make almost middle aged adults act like horny teenagers. Although maybe it just had something to do with their genetic makeup. Chad and his mom are a lot alike.

"I hope you like your surprise." Kim said as she signaled that they were ready to go upstairs. "On Alex's birthday, I give other people presents. Besides it's not like I'm going to leave the parent I like to the wolves/reporters."

"I can't believe that Lucy actually did that. Then again I can't believe Darby said those nasty things about my baby. I'm already preparing to sue her for defamation in addition to the other lawsuit about the video. Both women are absolutely nuts." Caroline said as they walked to the elevators.

"I can." Troy said as he walked up behind Caroline holding Alex by the hand.

"Hi Graham all," Alex said to Caroline as he grabbed her leg in a cute way.

"I wonder how long it took you to teach him that." Amanda could hear Troy mumbled to his fiancée.

"It only took a week. Besides it's not like he's going to be calling your mom that any time soon." Kim said bitterly as they stepped into the elevator.

The rooms were spectacular. The normal room that she had with Marc, had two comfortable queen size beds and a giant bathtub. There's a giant fruit basket on the table and a fridge stock with all sorts of goodies.

Although Kim and Sharpay's sweets were 100 times better. Complete with king size beds and private Jacuzzis. Unfortunately, Sharpay wasn't that happy when Kim told her who would be sharing the suite with her.

"I thought you were going to have Taylor in the double rooms downstairs. I am not sharing a suite with my brother and his lover. Do you have any idea how loud they are? It was bad enough that time I stayed at the mansion during winter break." Sharpay said in irritation at her best friend.

"Oh I'm sure he's just as loud as you are. "Oh Chad move your tongue right there. Harder --Suck on my -- Oh I'm coming." You two are loud even though you're not having sex sex." Unfortunately for them all Chad's mother happened to hear this entire exchange. She was currently giving her son the glare of death.

"I hate you." Sharpay mumbled under her breath as she slammed the door to the suite.

After a very uncomfortable conversation with his mother sparked by Kim's very big mouth they were sitting down to lunch at one of the restaurants in the hotel. So far this lunch was going pretty well.

Nobody is trying to kill each other. No big family secrets were revealed in the most inappropriate way possible. Bonus points for the fact that the press are not allowed in this restaurant. Most importantly, only one person recognized him and Sharpay from the "fantasy girl" almost sex tape. He really didn't want to get his mom any angrier than she already was.

Super evil Darby decided to provide the networks with a copy of that particular footage. Several "news organizations" opted to show the footage several times before Chad's mom slap them with a cease and desist order stating that Chad was under age at the time.

Chad personally wished the Lava Springs footage was leaked instead. If that footage got out it would be impossible for Darby to hide behind her façade of perfection. Chad personally hopes the bitch chokes on her martini tonight.

The worst thing that happened at lunch so far was the couple next to their party made some snide comment about someone bringing a two year old to a fine restaurant. Kim promptly turned around and told them directly that the evil toddler in question was the heir to the company that owned this entire hotel. The Washington power couple shut up quickly after that tirade.

"I like to thank you for inviting me to come to DC this weekend for the inauguration." Marc said to Sharpay as he took a drink from his soda.

"I don't know why you wanted to come so bad. You're republican Marc. You should have let Nikki come instead. "Amanda said as she took another drink of her water.

"How can you be republican? Your gay, Hispanic, and you voted for OBAMA." Taylor said in absolute shock. Since both are political science majors, they both spent a lot of time together talking politics and philosophy every time they've met in the past. Apparently they never spoke of specific party affiliations.

"First of all orientation or race has nothing to do with political affiliation. You should know better. Second, I am a liberal republican."

"That's an oxymoron," Chad mumbled to himself trying not to laugh.

"Third, I voted for OBAMA because I'm looking forward to the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" At that point Marc and Taylor got in a loud debate over party politics.

"See this is why you're not supposed to talk about politics at dinner or lunch." Ryan whispered to Sharpay as his special friend continued arguing with Marc.

So much for a peaceful lunch, Chad thought to himself as he stole a piece of fruit off of Sharpay's plate.

Caroline spent the afternoon shopping with Sharpay and her son. She would love to spend time with her boyfriend but her son needed her. Jack was staying over for the next three days so she knew she had plenty of time with him. She wished he told her that he was coming. Her apartment was a disaster area. She was not planning on anyone other than Chad and Sharpay coming up and her son was used to her getting so busy that she forgot to clean the apartment.

Chad was quiet during their time at the stores. This was a scary concept because Chad was never quiet. When walking into the various stores they talked about the classes he was taking or the RA that wouldn't let them hold hands without making some snide remark. Basketball was not mentioned once. Actually it was avoided at all cost. They didn't talk about what Darby did or how Charles finally called his son after two months of ignoring him.

They kept the conversation as light as possible as Sharpay practically bought her a new wardrobe. Her future daughter in law was having too much fun playing dress up with her this afternoon. They managed to visit almost every clothing store in the mall including Alexandria lingerie and Dirty Little Secret.

Caroline personally thought that they went into those stores so they could talk about what was really happening. As soon as they step foot in Alexandria lingerie Chad went off to find Troy mumbling something about refusing to go lingerie shopping with his girlfriend when his mom was present. Although maybe he was too embarrassed to deal with her after he had to explain why him and his girlfriend were banned from a particular chain of clothing stores. This was in addition to the conversation they had before lunch when she found out that they were doing everything but traditional sex. She's personally shocked her son doesn't have a public indecency arrest yet.

They were currently looking at edible body paints at Dirty Little Secret as they talked. She tried to repress the fact that she was in an upscale lingerie store/sex shop as she talked to her son's fiancé. But they had a lot to talk about including Chad's father.

She was not surprise that Charles was so upset about Chad leaving basketball behind. He actually called her this morning to see if she could talk some sense into their son. She knew Charles tried to live vicariously through Chad. It probably was killing Charles that his 18 year old son was taking on responsibilities that he himself ran away from. Even though they were no longer forcing him and Sharpay to be Tiffany's birthing coach Chad was still going through with it.

Chad didn't want to be the NBA Star that Charles wanted to be at his age. For once Chad finally wanted to be himself and Caroline was okay with that. Unfortunately Charles was not. However as far as her and her son were concerned he didn't have a say anymore.

"All things considered he's doing well. The basketball thing really is not an issue. We've been talking about it for a while even before Darby's stunt. In a way it's a relief. It wasn't fun anymore for him. He was already planning on not playing next season. He has so many other things to do including helping out Tiffany with the babies and being a professional college student. I think basketball was just another thing adding more stress. He's pissed off that his dad only bother to call to yell at him for quitting the team. He hates Charles more than ever, but then again so do I. He ignores Chad for two months and now he calls."

Nothing Sharpay said really surprised her. The fact that Sharpay feels so strongly about how Chad feels, does surprise her. Unlike Charles, Caroline knew that Chad's basketball obsessed persona was another mask he wore in high school so he could fit in. There's a reason why she refused to let Chad go to school on a basketball scholarship. She knew the moment he was more comfortable with being himself he would stop playing.

What surprised her was the intensity of Sharpay's love for her son. She knew they were young but she also knew that their love was real. The fact that Sharpay didn't run for the hills after the winter break experience meant she was in this for the long haul.

"That's kind of how I expected things to go down. I just don't understand why he won't tell me these things."

"He just does not want you to worry. You're already drafting lawsuits against my egg donor. He wants you to have a good weekend with your boyfriend without worrying about everything else. We'll be okay. We have each other." Caroline was starting to realize how true that statement really was.

She was aware that Chad and Sharpay have got to the stage in their relationship where Chad trusted Sharpay to secrets that he wouldn't even tell her. Caroline never got to that stage of true emotional intimacy with Charles. She was already there with Jack before a physical relationship was even an idea floating around in her head, but that took years of friendship to achieve.

She wasn't worried as long as Chad was talking to someone about what was going on. She was most worried about the fact that Sharpay refer to her mom as an "egg donor". She knew that her son's girlfriend was a lot more damaged then she would let anybody know.

"How are you doing?" Caroline asked her softly as they started looking at some of the specialty items on display.

"I'm fine. Chad doesn't have any unusual food allergies?" Sharpay asked this as she held up a container of chocolate raspberry body paint. By the way she said "I'm fine" Caroline knew Sharpay was anything but fine. The fact that she changed the subject so quickly worried her.

"He has no allergies that I am aware of unless he developed something recently. Although please wait until after I leave the store to buy edible body paint or any other type of pleasure aid." It's hard to think of Chad as her little boy when his girlfriend is picking out naughty outfits or other things. That was something that Caroline did with her boyfriend. She did not want to think about her son doing that sort of thing with Sharpay.

"Fine I won't buy anything right now. I know we told you earlier, but we really are not sleeping together yet." Caroline just gave her a look that said "I know you're lying". Caroline has not believed her son was a virgin since the week before she moved to DC when she found her son giving his then girlfriend a hand job. The comments she overheard from Kim just cemented that fact in her mind.

"I know you think we're lying to you, but it's the truth. We haven't done anything that could get me pregnant. Your son is still a proud member of the V club." For some reason she had a hard time believing that. Maybe it had to do with the fact that she lost her membership to the club around 13.

"Considering what we talked about earlier I find that hard to believe especially with the way you two are around each other." She sees the way they kiss. It is like watching an explosion. Usually she had to physically touch her son to get him out of his Sharpay-induced trance.

"Chad is afraid of ending up like you and Charles." Sharpay confesses to her in a near whisper that she barely hears. "He doesn't want any child of his to feel like some sort of colossal mistake or that they only exist because the condom broke."

"We never…" She cuts herself off midway realizing that's exactly how they made Chad feel as a child.

"That's exactly what you and Charles did to Chad. Chad told me a long time ago that he wasn't going to sleep with anybody unless he could see himself raising a child with that person. Chad's paranoia has reach new levels recently. My crazy fiancée has memorized the failure rates for almost every type of birth control on the market. He wears a condom when I give him a…" She cut Sharpay off not wanting to know any specifics although she gets the ideal.

"I don't need to know. Maybe I should be happy that my son's fears are keeping him from repeating my mistakes. I know that Chad fears aren't the only thing holding you and Chad back."

"What happened with Richard is an issue but we're working through it. I'm fine with everything." Sharpay said this again in a way that left her unsatisfied.

"I don't believe you when you say "I'm fine". You're not okay with Richard and you are not okay with what happened with your mother.

"I'm never going to be okay with what Richard did to me. The best I can hope for is the day to come when I don't flash back to what happened. As for Darby, sometimes I think it was easier when she actually hit me. The physical bruises eventually went away, the psychological wounds seem to linger. How am I supposed to feel when someone who's supposed to love me uses the person I love the most to hurt me? Sometimes I think Darby gets off from the pain that she causes me. Why does my mom hate me?" Caroline did not have an answer for her. Instead of comforting her with words Caroline wrapped the girl who she now sees as a daughter in her arms.

"Baby, I don't know." She ran her hand over Sharpay's brown locks as the fragile girl began to cry. "Let's go back to the hotel." Caroline said slowly pushing Sharpay out of the store. Despite what he told them her son was outside waiting for the two of them.

"What happened? Did you say something to her?" Her son said to her as he took Sharpay into his arms despite the way everybody was looking at them.

"She didn't say anything. Can we just go upstairs for a while? I don't feel like shopping right now." In a very joking way, Chad took one hand and placed it on her forehead.

"Good you don't have a fever." His little joke made her stop crying. This was obviously the point.

"Mom we'll see you later." Chad said giving her a kiss on the cheek before taking his girlfriend back to the hotel.

"Just so you know my apartment is a disaster." Caroline said to him as they made their way through the green hallways of her complex to her apartment on the third floor.

"Don't worry about it. I'm the one who decided not to let you know that I was coming. This can't be any worse than Kim's house last weekend. I had no idea college students could do that much damage to a house."

"I know Chad sent pictures. We talked about the whole thing with Kim and Troy yesterday and you didn't say anything to me about coming." Caroline said as she ran the digital key across the lock.

"I wanted it to be a surprise. I didn't even decide I was coming until last night anyway. " Jack said as he followed her through the living room to her bedroom. The apartment really wasn't that bad. The living room was fine although the bedroom was messy. Not that he really cared. "Do you like my surprise?" He asked her as he placed his bag at the foot of her bed and kissed her passionately.

"I like your surprise very much. I could use a good surprise after suing Darby multiple times this week for hurting my baby. I know that things are just as bad for you because of Lucy." The situation with his soon to be ex wife was beyond bad. But he did not want to talk about it tonight.

"Guess who called this morning?"

"Chad sperm donor," he refused to refer to his former friend as anything else after what he put Caroline, his son, and Tiffany through.

"You're so good at guessing games. My idiotic ex husband decided to call me for the first time in months in the hope that I would talk some sense into our son. He hasn't called Chad since November. The only contact he's had with Tiffany has been through their lawyers. He found out about Chad quitting basketball on ESPN and now he tries to be a father. What makes the situation even more absurd; he spends a good 15 minutes being upset at me for now dating you "officially." I didn't even know that he knew about us."

"He didn't until I told him yesterday." For a moment Caroline look surprise before she allowed him to continue. "Before he tried calling you he called his son's high school basketball coach in hopes that I could talk Chad into going back to the team. He was shocked when I told him that I thought Chad made the right decision. He got angry when I pointed out to him that Chad and Sharpay were doing more for the two children that he abandoned then he ever did for Chad. He hung up the phone when I pointed out that I was now sleeping with his ex wife."

"That explains so much. I guess he wasn't prepared for your "my son became a parent at 16 because I put too much pressure on him" attitude adjustment. " Caroline said kissing him again. "Can we not talk about my stupid ex or mothers who manipulate their children for sick pleasure for the rest of the night?" At that moment he saw her begin to unbutton his shirt.

"That works for me."

"That reminds me, I picked you up a present after Chad went upstairs with Sharpay. Look inside the bag from DLS." He broke away from her kisses just long enough to look inside. On the top of the bag filled with many fun things was a rather large box with the words Tasty Pleasure Protection written across the top.

"You bought strawberry flavor condoms?" It was the last thing he asked as his girlfriend pulled him onto the bed.

January 17, 2008 9:45 PM

An hour after they left Chad's mom, Sharpay was lying down on the giant king size bed completely naked as her boyfriend's talented hands made all her tension go away. Chad had master the art of massage a long time ago even without the edible massage oil.

They were currently alone in the suite because Ryan and Taylor went with Amanda and Marc to Busboys and Poets. It was probably for the best because every time Chad touched her she began to moan in pleasure.

"Now you are more relaxed you can tell me why you walked out of the store crying this afternoon." Of course he would ask her that when she was not in a position to resist him. He was such an evil boyfriend sometimes.

"It was nothing baby. We just started talking about your dad and Darby." She said not wanting to give the complete truth away. Of course, Chad wouldn't just let it go even though she turned around to start kissing him

"That wasn't nothing. Talk of Darby usually makes you angry, not depressed."

"Your right there's more. It's just I don't understand why my mom hates me. Aren't parents supposed to love their children?" At that moment she feels him wrap his arms around her.

"I ask myself that question all the time. I'm sure my father would have been happier if I was never born. I just think some people shouldn't be parents."

"Do you think will be like that? I am extremely self centered sometimes."

"I don't think so. I think someday you'll make a good mom. You are a great mentor to Kerri and Jackie. You actually managed to get the two to have coffee with each other Thursday after the drama club meeting." That in itself had been a miracle, but she didn't see that skill as a prerequisite for being a good parent.

"That's different."

"No it's not. I would be happy to be your fellow co parent many years from now."

"You mean that?" She said with a smile.

"Completely, even though I know you're going to make me have a vasectomy after the first child no matter what you say." At that moment she knew she was ready to be with him completely. She just wasn't sure he was ready yet.

January 16, 2009 3:35 PM.

"How do you feel?" The therapist asked Chad as she continued to scribble down notes in her notepad. Chad had no idea how Sharpay convinced him to see the doctor on his own but he's pretty sure it involved waking up this morning to Sharpay's mouth doing very delicious things.

"I'm fine."

"I doubt that."

"I don't want to talk about basketball or what Darby did to Sharpay. I don't want to talk about quitting the team. I definitely don't want to talk about my father and the fact that he decides to call me after months of neglect because I am no longer the person he wants me to be."

"Maybe that's what we should talk about?"

"Let's not. This is only my second time here. I don't feel like getting into my daddy issues right now." Chad was personally not planning on a third session, but he will not tell the doctor that.

"That's fine. You're right. This is only your second session. What do you want to talk about?"

"I'm not sure." He said quietly to the doctor.

"Let's talk about why you were here last time. How are things going with you and Sharpay despite everything going on?"

"Sometimes she's the only thing that makes sense. Things are good with us despite the Darby situation."

"How's your "homework" going?" She asked referring to the intimacy activities that they were working on.

"Quite well," Chad said with a wicked smirk thinking back to this morning. "That might have something to do with the fact that we're staying at my best friend's house."

"Have you two had vaginal intercourse yet?" Now he wanted to sink into the couch.

"Not yet." He said hesitantly.

"Last time we only talked about why Sharpay wasn't ready to have sex yet. We didn't talk about your reasons."

"Do I have to have a completely separate reason?" Chad asked her quietly.

"Not necessarily but I feel that there's something there. I mean there's the fact that you use condoms for certain sexual activities even though you're both clean. She even made a comment last time about your virgin pregnancy phobia. I have a feeling there something else going on."

This time the doctor would not back off until he told her all about the situation with his conception. He also told her of his fear of putting his own child in a situation where they don't feel like their wanted. This actually led to a very long discussion about his daddy issues that he was trying to avoid.

"Your fears are rational. You shouldn't feel pressured to do something you're not ready for. Just because everyone else is having sex doesn't mean you should. Who you have sex with and when you have sex is a personal decision. You could always wait for the wedding. That's what I did, not that I advertised it. ." Chad was shocked at that comment.

"How old were you, if I may ask?"

"I was 25."

"I doubt that's going to happen."

"I've seen you two together. I doubt that it would happen either."

To be continued in Part II