Thank you to everyone who read or reviewed the last chapter or who provided suggestions for the wedding. Now begins the craziest wedding ever or at least the planning for it.

Author note: I put URLs for certain things for the wedding in this story. Of course, to do this I had to enter it in the style that the site would not instantly delete. If you want to see what I am using just replace the word 'dot' and remove the spaces.

Chapter 43: Why Can't We Just Go to Vegas?

"I love you. I honestly do. But if you make me wear pink, the wedding is off." Chad said in annoyance as he proof read his Women's Studies essay from the safety of the couch as everyone else worked on wedding plans. Okay Amanda was studying for chemistry as she made suggestions. She was currently participating in a wedding planning/study for midterms sleep over at Chad and Sharpay's condo. Thank god, she only had one more exam before spring break. She seriously needed the vacation. Things were a little bit easier to deal with now that basketball and cheerleading were over for the season. Trying to balance that, work, and school was killing her. Add to that whatever was going on with Zeke and it was a recipe for disaster. At least she had one less thing to deal with even if the Zeke situation was still complicated.

Being Sharpay's personal assistant was also exhausting but it was better than any job involving asking if you want fries with that. She did other things at the Evans Corporation but right now her main job was helping Sharpay get through this semester with sanity intact. Today's duties involve wedding planning.

"That's too bad. I think you would look good in a pink cover bun. You could also have a pink rose lapel." Marc said from the table as he sat in front of the two dozen wedding magazines brought in addition to his wedding planning binder conveniently in digital form on his laptop. (Did she mention that Marc grew up with the top wedding planner in Arizona as a mother and was forced to help out a lot?) He finished his last essay 30 minutes ago and was now helping Sharpay with the planning.

Actually, maybe he was there to keep an eye on Jimmy who was rehearsing at the house with his former girlfriend. Once again, they had a lead role in the musical, even if this was much more of an ensemble piece. Kerri is going to play Karen which was the character based on Penelope. Due to her years as a cheerleader, she was the one best suited for the physical aspects of the role. Anybody else would have to do serious training to learn all the routines. Jimmy would be playing Jordan the basketball player torn between school loyalty and the girl that he wants. (Yes, Amanda knows this character is based on Zeke but she tries not to think about that or Zeke in general for that matter. She does not like him even if she really does.)

Amanda's personal theory is that the two got cast in these roles because even though they are no longer together they have no trouble making out with each other on cue. Marc seemed a little upset at first until he started watching rehearsals. Again, Amanda refuses to speculate on anything or ask questions.

Of course, most likely Marc is helping plan this wedding because if it did happen in March he will win the 'when will Chad and Sharpay get married' betting pool. With the amount of money he will win he can afford a new car without working the June wedding rush for minimum pay and little thanks from his mom.

For Marc's pink lapels suggestion he got a pillow to the head.

"Okay, no pink." Sharpay said as she continued feeding baby Pay her bottle. "Although, little Sharpay looks adorable in the color."

"Your kid looks good in any color. Personally, since I'm not actually in the bridal party, I don't care what color you choose. Just choose one so we can rework the last scene of the musical and discuss my wardrobe choices. I actually care about the dresses for the play a lot more than anything for your wedding." Penelope said in annoyance as she fed baby Isaac his bottle. If anybody told Amanda six months ago, that Penelope Castro would be voluntarily helping take care of Chad and Sharpay's children she would have had the person committed. Now they were behaving almost amicably.

"Troy suggested black and crimson as part of a funeral theme but I think that was a joke." Kim said walking back into the living room slash dining room after most likely getting Alex to go to sleep in his little bed in the nursery room.

"That is because my best friend is convinced I'm only getting married to keep custody of Olivia and Isaac." Chad replied icily.

"Trust me it was a joke. My fiancé knows better than that." Kim said taking one of the few empty seats at the table.

"Zeke is the one who thinks you're only getting married to keep your kids. Although he thinks that is admirable." Amanda added.

"And when did Zeke say this? Marc asked before anyone else could. Amanda knew everyone else was thinking it.

"We're not together." She blurted out maybe a little too quickly. Everyone was staring at her.

"I think your Aunt Amanda protests a little too much." Penelope mumbled under her breath to baby Isaac.

"I talked to Zeke because the bakery he works for agreed to do the wedding cake on the super short notice of eight days. Since there is going to be less than 50 people at the wedding it shouldn't be that hard. You can either come by the bakery tomorrow to choose the cake or Zeke said he could bring by samples tomorrow night if you can't get away from the babies for that long."

"I think the evil twins can sleep through a cake tasting or we can ask Jimmy's mom to stay later. We can come by tomorrow at 3PM. Do you think I can get away with doing five pages instead of four because I am using pictures in the women's studies essay?" Chad asked everyone.

"Maybe. There's no point in picking out the cake or anything else until we choose a color scheme." Sharpay said pointing to various color samples with the baby bottle.

"Again, I say just pick something. We all would like to go home. Black and red look good together if you want to go for a gothic look. You could probably pull it off now that you're no longer a blonde." Penelope·complained.

"I thought you were staying over with everyone else." Amanda said in confusion. She knew Penelope was trying to spend as little time in the dorms as possible. That's probably why she was here. Amanda knew better than to tell anyone about what was happening in the dorms. Penelope would kill her.

"Sharpay and I may be getting along better but it is best not to push it." Penelope replied wisely but Amanda knew it was just an excuse.

"So you would rather be tortured by Richard's friends?" Marc asked the question that Amanda wished she could.

"What?" Chad asked getting up from the couches. He did not look happy at all.

"It's nothing and I doubt it will happen again after Zeke threatened to turn two of the guys into cupcake ingredients." Penelope responded.

"Why exactly are Richard's friends torturing you?" Sharpay asked with genuine concern.

"Okay what about a blue or purple for the wedding?" Penelope asked trying to avoid the question. "Sharpay junior looks good in both colors."

"Nice subject change. Richard's friends are torturing her so she will not testify at his trial in May. Though, she is right about the possible color scheme." Marc added with a smile.

"Is that true?" Chad asked.

"You should know what colors your girlfriend and your children look good in." Penelope responded sardonically.

"He meant about Richard's friends. Are they trying to intimidate you into not testifying?" Sharpay asked in clarification.

"No but only because I can't be intimidated. Don't worry about it, I'm fine. Can we please get back to planning the wedding so I can do other things?" Nobody believed her as evident by everybody's expression, but no one said anything.

"Fine, but if it gets worse let me know. I'm sure Caroline will know someone that can get you a restraining order." Sharpay said with a sigh. "I can live with blue and purple."

"Why can't we go to Vegas?" Chad asked with a groan.

"Because you need to give the impression that this marriage isn't for the sole purpose of keeping the babies. A quick wedding at The Chapel of Love with Elvis presiding will not do that." Kim answered

"Even if we did get married in Vegas we would still need to pick out a color scheme and wedding cake. I can handle a quickie wedding but there is no way in hell I will have a tacky wedding. Everything will be tasteful." Sharpay said with a smile that was extremely misleading.

"Chad give up, Sharpay has been planning this since she was 12. I have proof." That was when Kim pulled out a huge binder with the words wedding plans for Sharpay Bolton on the cover. Of course, the Bolton was crossed out with a question mark replacing it. Marc quickly grabbed it from her as Sharpay buried her face in Olivier's blanket. Chad was right behind him. You could probably hear his laughter three units over.

"How did you get that? More importantly, did you show Troy?" Sharpay hissed at her friend.

"Your brother and his girlfriend came across it when they were cleaning the old house before it was torn down. Actually, Taylor gave it to Troy. I think that was her little payback for you know. He gave it to me for safekeeping once the laughter stopped." Kim replied.

"Great, I cannot even punish her for it." Sharpay mumbled to herself.

"Other than the fact that you will not become Sharpay Bolton, this stuff may actually be usable." Marc said holding up the invitation. "All you have to do is change the names on this announcement and you will be good to go."

"You might as well keep Jack on there as father of the groom. There's no possibility of the last name Bolton?" Kim asked confusing half the room.

"I'm over 18, so there's no point in Jack formally adopting me even if I would like that. The easiest way for me to cut all ties with my sperm donor is to take Sharpay's last name. That's what we're planning to do." Everybody knew that Chad wanted nothing to do with his father. Getting rid of his last name was the final step in that. "I think you're right, Jack should stay as father of the groom. We might as well take Darby off all together. I am fine with any font style or stationary type." Chad added. This is an obvious sign that Chad was no longer upset at Jack for getting his mom pregnant.

"Go with the invitations with the names changed and a metallic blue ink. I don't have time to look through 200 samples again." Sharpay's said in acquiescence.

"I can take this to the printers tomorrow if you e-mail me the final guest list." Amanda said checking it off the list.

"Two things down, one million more to go." Chad said taking a seat at the table. "Really, why can't we go to Vegas?" Chad asked looking at his fiancée again but all he got was a dirty look.

"Let's talk venue." Marc interrupted holding up a list in Sharpay's neat handwriting. "There is a list in the book of possible places that isn't completely out of date. I do not think we will be able to get any of the churches or synagogues on your wish list. What about your father's country club?"

"It's under Darby's control." Chad answered quickly. Nobody else said anything about that.

"What about the hotel where you had the baby party?" Marc asked.

"Even though I'm part owner, Chad and Sharpay are banned from holding any events there for the next two years. Jason C's stunt involving throwing a minor through a window was beyond even my influence to smooth over. Actually, the only reason it's not a lifetime ban is because I'm part owner." Kim mentioned with a sigh. "However, you do have reservations for the weekend at Garden West of Santa Fe in the honeymoon suite. The babies will spend the weekend with grandma and grandpa Bolton." Amanda was sure Kim would have been hugged if Sharpay did not have a sleeping baby in her arms. Instead, she received verbal thanks from both.

"That hotel is definitely out. What about one of the other good hotels in the city?" Marc questioned.

"This is a relatively small city with only a few five star hotels. Hotel managers talk to each other. An incident where the cops are called that many times is going to be memorable and talked about. What happened at the Garden is probably all over town by now. There is not a hotel, banquet facility, or any other similar venue in the city that would be willing to rent to us right now in light of what happened, let alone on this short notice, regardless of the money involved. Why do you think I'm sending Chad and Sharpay to Santa Fe for the weekend? I couldn't get any reservations in this city and I own a few of those hotels. Do you have any idea how much property damage your ex boyfriend caused?" Kim asked pointing to Marc.

"If I see Jason again, I'm going to kill him." Sharpay mumbled under her breath.

"Next time, I'll make sure my date has basic manners and common sense. Honestly, I don't care what Jason Cross does any more. I'm over it and him. We have a wedding to plan in eight days and it's not going to be that easy unless we want to have the wedding in Santa Fe. Let us think outside the box. How about the roof at East high? It's emotionally significant if nothing else." Marc said reading another possibility from the list.

"No." Both Chad and Sharpay answered emphatically.

"Principle Dick is a little angry that we are circumventing his attempts to stop the school musical by putting it on at the university. He is even more upset that I pulled my generous donation from the school after I found out that he was planning to misappropriate it. I don't think it'll be a good idea to ask for any favors right now." Kim pointed out wisely.

"What about the university?" Penelope mentioned. "Half the school is named after your family."

"Not going to happen." Chad mumbled to himself. "The school hates me."

"No they hate the coaches for pissing off the NCAA. You were cleared in the entire scandal. They just want you to come back and play again." Amanda pointed out.

"You know that the university loves the money that they get from Sharpay's dad. More importantly, they want the money that they can get from me." Kim remarked darkly.

"She did successfully talk them into letting us do the play at A of U." Penelope added.

"For a generous donation to the theater department, of course. I am sure they would be willing to let us have the wedding during spring break for another generous donation. The real question is where will we have it on campus?" Kim asked.

"The ballroom in the student center?" Marc suggested.

"It would be a good place for the reception and they do have catering facilities there. I don't think it is right for the ceremony." Kim mention.

"I'm not having glorified cafeteria food at my wedding." Sharpay said vehemently.

"We can find a restaurant to cater but we will probably have to use the university catering staff to serve." Amanda mentioned remembering her training from when she worked for dining services.

"That works for the reception and I'm sure the college students can use the money. The ballroom is pretty." Sharpay acquiesced. She was being mostly reasonable about this which is surprising to anybody that actually knows her.

"So let's work on the ceremony. What about the atrium in Crenshaw?" Marc suggested.

"If you look at page 22 of the binder you would know I want an outdoor wedding. Weather permitting, of course. I did always like the gardens in front of Evans hall." Sharpay suggested.

"It's a small ceremony with just family. I think the space is just big enough to pull it off." Penelope added.

"That could work." Chad mentioned. "We can get married on the stairs in front."

"Now all we have to do is order everything for the outdoor wedding including chairs and the sound system." Marc mentioned as Amanda was already mentally figuring out where to get this stuff.

"Things might be easier if you delegate some things or get a wedding planner." Marc mentioned.

"We can't get outside help because we're trying to keep Darby and the former Mrs. Jackson from finding out what we're doing." Sharpay said in annoyance.

"Besides that is what we have you for." Amanda said with a smile. "You know what you're doing. How many summers did you work at your mom's wedding planning business because you had no choice?"

"More than I care to remember. But it did pay for my nice wardrobe and I made lots of political connections in Arizona." Marc said with a sneaky smile. "I spent so much time doing wedding stuff that I know everything we need to do. The problem is I don't have any contacts here."

"However, the rest of us do. Delegation is Ideal." Sharpay remarked. "Besides we will pay you well for your services." Marc just smiled most likely thinking about everything else he could do this summer now that he can afford not to be his mom's slave.

"I can take care of everything needed to set up the ceremony itself. They may not let us have the wedding at the Garden, but I'm sure we can use some of the supplies." Kim suggested.

"OK, Kim you are in charge of the setup for the wedding. What about securing someone to perform the ceremony?" Amanda asked as she continued typing everything up on her laptop.

"Judge Suarez said she would do it. Mom called her Tuesday." Chad said smiling.

"That works." Marc said with a smile. "Do you trust Zeke to choose a menu?"

"That's about the only thing I trust him with." Sharpay scoffed.

"Maybe he can pick something now and then do a tasting?" Kim suggested.

"That can work." Marc said hesitantly before returning to his checklist. "I assume that your father will be taking care of security?" He asked looking directly at Sharpay.

"Of course, we had enough gate crashers at the baby party." Sharpay replied calmly.

"Now that you have a color scheme, I'm willing to volunteer to take care of the little things like party favors, flowers, and decorating. Are the suggestions in the book still valid?" Marc asked.

"Get a few options together and e-mail me and Chad the images. We can decide from there." Sharpay suggested.

"I can deal with that." Marc said. "We joked about it but you and Chad really do need to decide on the wedding party."

"That's easy. Kim is maid of honor with Amanda as a bridesmaid. Troy will be the best man and Ryan will be the other attendant." Sharpay said smiling.

"Alex will be the ring bear." Chad added.

"We are having a small bridal party because we are having a small wedding." Sharpay told everyone.

"Besides somebody needs to sit in the seats." Chad mumbled under his breath.

Spending Friday afternoon sampling every cake combination known to man after turning in one of the most uncomfortable essays he has ever written would be a good thing. Unfortunately, having only seven more days until the wedding was making Sharpay go slightly mental, but he loved her anyway.

"This is my wedding and even though we have little more than a week to plan everything it will be perfect. When I say perfect, I mean that my wedding cake doesn't look like something that came from the Smarty Mart bakery. Bring me something else." Sharpay said as she literally spat out the chocolate cake with vanilla icing.

"You heard the lady. Let's try a lemon with chocolate, peaches and cream, raspberry truffle cream, Orange citrus, blueberry pearl, and the chocolate cream cheese with butter cream." Marc said rapidly as he looked at the menu.

"I told you even with just seven days, Sharpay would not choose something simple." Zeke mumbled under his breath to his boss, not that she heard him.

Their small wedding of just family and friends has already ballooned to at least 65 people and that's not including the plus ones. Really, it wasn't that bad considering how much family they absolutely have to invite to this. He just hopes Aunt Claudia will be over him taking the last name Evans by the time the ceremony actually begins. Considering what she thinks of Charles at the moment, it may be possible.

As Chad has said multiple times, he would be happy if they hopped on the first plane to Vegas. Of course, his lawyer mother has repeatedly brought out the importance of this being a real wedding. The judge will most likely not see a quickie Vegas ceremony as a real wedding. That also means getting married in judge Suarez's office is also off the table, much to Chad's dismay.

The good news Kim Bolton is a miracle worker and has already secured the ballroom and the garden at A of U for the ceremony. All she had to do was finally tell the university that she was going to start a new scholarship fund benefiting the school with an initial endowment of one million dollars. However, Kim has decided not to tell the trustees that the scholarship is to benefit teenage mothers until after the ceremony is over. The Garden hotel will be handling the setup for the wedding itself as long as Chad and Sharpay agreed to never use their services again for an event. Chad doesn't understand why they are getting blamed for the stupidity of Jason Cross.

The bad news is no matter how much he would love not to invite certain members of his family to the wedding he cannot get out of it. He can see the argument between Grandma Sanchez and his mom right now. Actually, he can see the fight between Grandma Sanchez and Aunt Claudia right now. Maybe he better talk to Mr. Evans and Jose about more security. Is having one family get together where nobody gets arrested too much to ask for?

Now all they have to do is pick a cake. Chad would rather be taking his physics midterm again in Portuguese.

"Because you're going to have a small wedding I suggest some of the cakes in the front of the book." The Baker said halfheartedly not really caring about their business.

"Sharpay choose whatever you want. I don't care what it looks like as long as it tastes good." Chad told his fiancée wanting her to get what she really wants no matter what.

"Why did I bring you with me?" Sharpay said looking up from the binder of cakes.

"Because I am the groom, I promise to participate fully in the taste test."

"You would." Sharpay scoffed.

"We have lots of options for a small wedding depending on your budget." Chad instantly knew with the woman was thinking considering they were college students having a last minute wedding.

"There is no budget." Marc said quickly.

"I heard Smarty Mart makes a good wedding cake." The woman said as she picked up the books from the two obviously misunderstanding.

"When Marc says there is no budget, he means money is not a problem. Do you not know who I am? I am Sharpay fucking Evans and my family owns this town." Sharpay said angrily as she grabbed her purse.

"Yes, but you are also getting married at 19 and you have put on weight recently. Your father could have easily cut you off, especially if you're in a family way." The woman replied snidely almost happy that Sharpay was leaving.

"Her dad loves Chad. Better than me anyway. Sharpay sit back down and I will bring you my signature cookies." Zeke said as he walked back with several plates of cake in an effort to save this tasting.

"I'm only doing this so you will make cookies for the wedding party favors." Sharpay said in irritation as she took a seat again.
"I brought all the samples you requested as well as a few that I thought Sharpay and Chad will like." Zeke said as he placed the first six plates on the table.

"Madison, I suggest if you ever want to make a cake for an Evans corporate event ever again you will allow Mr. Baylor to take over this tasting." Marc suggested quickly.

"He's just my apprentice." The woman practically screamed, glaring angry at Pay.

"I'm starting to reconsider both of your positions here. He hasn't completely alienated the bride and therefore I trust him to take over." Called another woman from the kitchen. Chad was sure she was the owner of the bakery and the coworker that Zeke does not refer to as a cold-hearted bitch. That title was obviously reserved for the woman in front of him.

"Fine, I don't want to do this anyway." The angry woman left, slamming the door behind her.

"Sorry about that. Her fiancé called off the wedding two days ago after confessing that he was in love with her male best friend, so helping people plan their dream wedding may not be the best thing." Zeke said as an excuse.

"Couldn't happen to a nicer person." Sharpay mumbled to herself.

After tasting 15 different cakes it was decided that they would go with the chocolate raspberry cake. The cake itself involved purple and butterflies made of sugar. (http : / / www dot weddingdecorationsidea dot com / wp - content / uploads / 2011 / 06 / wedding - cakes - purple - 3 dot jpg)

The menu for the wedding was going to be a surprise. They picked out some of the ingredients for the main entree and appetizers but the restaurant would have all control from there. The main entrees will involve eggplant, some sort of steak, and tuna or other seafood. One entree will also have to be completely vegetarian. (Chad has two vegetarians on his side of the family alone, so he's trying to be considerate.) Chad's favorite restaurant was catering so he really didn't care what they decided to make. He loves the entire menu. Sharpay was willing to at least give everything a taste later in the week. Chad was planning to visit Tiffany at that time. After the disaster that was the cake tasting he wanted to avoid it at all cost. Let Marc deal with it, it's what they're paying him for.

After the insanity that was the baby party, it was decided there would be no open bar. They may serve champagne but that was it. No hard liquor because Chad does not want to make an ass of himself at his own wedding.

"Food and drink for the reception is mostly taken care of." Marc said as they now sat in the restaurant across the street for something substantial to level off their blood sugar after consuming that much cake. Even though they only took a bite of everything, it was still a lot.

"Now that we have the food and the venue, let's talk about the other details. Do you want to try to get a band for the wedding or just go with a DJ? I personally think we can just attach an iPod to the sound system and be good for the night." Marc said sardonically.

"Let Jackie do it. She did a good job at the school dance when she took over for the idiot in December and I know she can use the money." Chad suggested.

"That is a good idea. She can use Kelsey's old stuff because she did not take anything with her." Sharpay said smiling as she looked over the menu.

"I told you I could contribute to the wedding planning."

"Yes, you had one good idea. I think I am going to get a salad just to get the taste of sugar out of my mouth." Sharpay practically mumbled.

"I think the only thing left is clothing. We have an appointment to pick out your tuxedo Monday. Troy will have to go with whatever we get because he will not be here until Thursday night. What time will your brother get here?" Marc asked as he turned to Sharpay.

"Monday morning." Sharpay said in response. "He is coming in early to help."

"That's good. I will come with you to the Airport to pick him up. Then we can go straight to the tuxedo shop."

"What about the bridesmaid dresses?" Sharpay questioned. Due to the play and taking care of the baby's it was decided that someone else would choose a few options for Sharpay for dresses for her and the bridesmaids. Unfortunately, the most fashion forward friend was Penelope.

"Can I just say I'm shocked that you're letting Penelope choose the wedding dress?" He suggested to his fiancée in mock surprise.

"No, I'm letting Penelope choose options for the dress. She sees what's possible and I choose from there. She is doing a really good job on the costumes for the musical. Besides she is staying at Kim's house for the rest of the school year so that means she will have adequate supervision." Sharpay defended.

"How did that happen?" Chad asked completely confused. He really did not think that Penelope and Kim were that close.

"Let's just say Penelope downplayed how bad things were with Richard's friends. For her own safety, it's best that she is not on campus until after the trial. Living with her mom is not an option, because, it's just not." Marc said gravely.

"Troy will not let Kim live alone during the pregnancy and you can only take living with your family for so long." Sharpay added. Chad agreed with her completely.

"Where is your girlfriend?" Of course, that would be the first question his sister asked when Ryan got in the car.

"I haven't seen you since January and the first question you ask is about my former girlfriend?" Given the strange look that he is receiving from his sister he probably should have broken the news about his breakup with Taylor more gently. Although, can you really consider it a breakup when you were never really dating, just having sex occasionally? Maybe that was the reason why Ryan told her yesterday that it would be best if they stopped having sex for a while, when she decided to spend her spring break in DC without providing an explanation instead of coming with him to New Mexico as planned. How can you have a relationship without trust? It was obvious that Taylor did not trust him with her heart. Taylor has been becoming more and more distant over the last two months and she would not tell him why. However, it was in his best interest not to tell his slightly insane sister exactly what happened right now or ever.

"Ex girlfriend? What happened?" Sharpay asked quickly as she pulled away from the curve. Her friend Marc was sitting in the front seat and Chad was supposedly meeting them at The Tuxedo Shop.

"Can it be a breakup when you are never really dating? She never trusted me enough to let me be her boyfriend. At least she didn't leave me for her roommate. This is your weak. I want to focus on you." Ryan said trying to change the subject.

"Fine, but we're still talking about this later." she said pulling out of the waiting area parking.

"After the wedding." Ryan said hoping he would be long gone by that time.

"This still makes me look weird." Chad said as he walked out of the dressing room in a powder blue tuxedo that was beyond wrong. Marc just put his head in his hands. Sometimes he wondered how his mom could do this job for the last 20 years without killing one of her clients. The only reason why he worked at her business, other than he had no choice, was he believed if you could pull off a successful wedding then you can pull off a successful political campaign. Marc was still convinced he took on too much by agreeing to plan this wedding solo with just a little more than a week.

"I don't care that blue is the official collar of this wedding Sharpay will cut off my dick if I let you wear that. I like my dick." Marc said shaking his head.

"So dose Jimmy." Chad also mumbled to himself but Marc just ignored him.

"For the love of Versace, please just put on what I gave you." At that moment, Sharpay's brother came out of the dressing room looking perfect.

"Now that's a good tuxedo." Marc looked appreciative. Just because he was friends with benefits again with Jimmy didn't mean he could not appreciate a good looking man. Besides, he has a rule about staying away from anyone on the rebound. (It doesn't count if you were with that person first.

"He looks good in that outfit. We can just go with that." Chad said thinking that he would be getting out of trying on 10 more suits.

"Not so fast. You have to dress differently than your attendance. Get back in there now." Marc said with a glare.

"Sharpay gave me direct orders to talk to her brother about why he broke up with Taylor." As much as Marc enjoyed gossip, he really did not have time for this.

"Do you really want to talk about why I broke up with your ex girlfriend?" Ryan asked sarcastically.

"Not really, but I'm marrying your sister. I have little say in the matter, because if I don't she will cut off my dick." He said with a laugh, but he was probably serious.

"I do not want to talk about Taylor right now. It was still more amicable than what happened last time. At least she didn't leave me for her roommate and she didn't spend our entire relationship in the closet. I have the unique privilege of being on both sides of that. Even though she hasn't really talked to me since January, this is still one of my better relationships." Ryan said bitterly. There was definitely a story there.

"How bad were your other relationships?" Marc asked as he literally pushed Chad into the dressing room.

"He dated Jason C in high school. They broke up because Ryan could not handle him being a closet case. Not that any of us knew at the time because Jason was busy making inappropriate jokes in the locker room about the hot cheerleader that he wanted to fuck. Although Ryan was a cheerleader and Jason never specified gender." Chad said as he just got it.

"He was probably talking about Ryan. Everyone just assumed it was a female cheerleader because he most likely used coded language." Marc scoffed.

"Really Chad, do you have to tell everyone?" Ryan asked in annoyance as Marc shut the door on Chad.

"Don't feel bad. I dated the idiot in college. We broke up because he accused me of fooling around with someone else before he threw that person through a window. I completely understand why you switched back to women." He joked.

"I didn't switch back, I'm pan sexual. I date people, not gender. So it's basically people in general that have screwed me over. I think I am going to try celibacy for a while." Ryan said bitterly.

"Unfortunately, there are no other options and I doubt that celibacy will work." Chad said from the dressing room.

"I just don't want to talk about it anymore. This is yours and Sharpay's weekend. I want to enjoy my sister's wedding and spend quality time with my niece and nephew." Ryan said with a sigh as he walked back into the dressing room to change.

"Yes, but your sister is making me talk to you. Seriously, why do I have to try on so many suits? They are all black and formal. Is there any chance I can talk Sharpay into letting me wear jeans and a T shirt." Chad asked only half joking.

"How long have you known my sister?" Ryan responded.

"Never mind. What your sister does not understand is even non-heterosexual men do not want to talk about their feelings under any circumstances. We drink, we throw things, but we do not talk about our feelings." Chad said from the room finally trying on the suit.

"You forgot, we also go clubbing. Thanks to my handy fake ID, I spent at least a week solid at Purple Haze after Jason. Because nothing helps you get over your break up with your significant other after he threw your former FwB out a window like dancing with hot random strangers. We should go out."

"I don't know." Ryan said looking suspicious.

"Don't worry, I have an FwB. This is a group thing. Actually, we should turn this into Chad's bachelor party. We all know Troy will be too 'busy' with Kim to plan anything. Every man should make sure that he's straight or at least really in to women before he gets married." For some reason Ryan and Chad laughed at that.

"Okay there's definitely a cool story there for the party." Marc said out loud.

"Oh god, I already have baby belly." Kim said to herself as she stood in front of everyone in the floor length purple dress (http : / / www . weddingdressesinfo . com / Purple _ Wedding _ Dresses / purple _ wedding _ dresses _ slim . jpg).

"You're almost 16 weeks pregnant. You're going to look pregnant." Penelope said with a sigh as she looked at Sharpay for help. Maybe she was driving everyone a little too crazy with pregnancy hormones.

"But this dress says I'm a little too pregnant. I already look like a whale." Kim complained.

"Kim, you look fine." Sharpay said in reassurance.

"That's easy for you to say. The first dress you tried on looked perfect on you."( http : / / www . mansion – wedding . com / wp – content / uploads / 2011 / 06 / purple – wedding – dresses – 7 . jpg) Kim walked back into the dressing room, slamming the door behind her. Within seconds, she angrily threw the dress over the door.

"I actually like that dress." Amanda said quietly. That just made Kim more upset.

"Again, you are not pregnant." She practically yelled. "Stupid boyfriend who wanted to have sex in the hot tub." The last part was mumbled to herself.

"We are obviously not going to find a dress that will fit both Kim and Amanda the same way. We should just try to find two dresses in the same color." Penelope suggested, actually being helpful.

"That works for me. I'm going with this." Amanda said just as she walked back into the dressing room.

"I'm going to look at the maternity selection. They are most likely intended for the bride but I'm sure if we give them enough money they will dye anything purple. Please calm down your maid of honor." With that, Penelope walked out of the dressing room and Sharpay walked inside her cubicle.

"Do you mind?" Kim practically screamed.

"How long have we known each other?" She asked.

"Never mind. Sorry, for how I acted." Kim apologized.

"It's okay. You are very pregnant."

"Don't remind me. At least I'm not on the verge of popping like my stepmom."

"Speaking of that side of the family, your step sister broke up with my brother and he won't tell me why." Sharpay complained.

"What?" she asked in surprise not hearing about this before.

"It just happened in the last few days because he would have told me otherwise."

"She didn't say anything to me but she has been very quiet recently. Also, when she calls she usually asks me if I know anything about Vanessa's time in DC." Sharpay took a shaky breath at that.

"Something is going on?" Kim asked picking up on her body language.

"How much do you know about why Vanessa gave Taylor up for adoption?" Sharpay asked hesitantly.

"She told me everything when I recovered consciousness from my emergency delivery of Alex, other than the fact that it was Taylor." Kim told her.

"At the inauguration Taylor found out what really happened. She has been acting strange ever since. I've talked to her maybe four times in the last two months and most of that was about the babies." Sharpay said with concern.

"I'll talk to her." Kim said just as a maternity gown was thrown at her head. (http : / / www DOT momfinds dot com / files / 2011 / 02 / Long - Mesh - Gown - with - Embellished - Y - Neck . jpg )

To be continued.