Chapter Started: June 7, 2011.
Chapter Finished: Unknown
Author's Note: Well, here's a new one and I know it's been a super long time, but now that I'm on summer va-ca it'll pick up some more.
=ANFF2: America's Sweetheart's Engagement=
-Chapter 22-
(April 18, 2010 – Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada)
"I miss you so much, Wildcat, and I'm really am sorry I can't be there tonight," Gabriella said as she sat in her hotel room at the Wynn Las Vegas, on her bed after getting out of the shower.
"Baby Brie, I told you it's fine and I totally understand, plus if I know you like I do, then I know that you're going to be checking your Twitter throughout the night or even making your iPhone stay on the Lakers website to keep watch on the score and stats," her fiance's soothing voice came through her cell phone causing her to smile at how well he knew her.
"You know it," Gabriella replied with a smile as she smiled at the group of girls consisting of Taylor, Kelsi, Martha, Sharpay, Jessica and Cloe walking into the bedroom in their robes and slippers too, all of them ready to get around with her and go to the Academy of Country Music Award Show tonight being held at the MGM Grand.
"Troy?" Sharpay mouthed to her best friend in question, and when Gabriella confirmed her suspensions she just smiled and nodded her head.
"Plus the guys will be here tonight to root me on," Troy told her, "Now, it's true they're not my number one fans or my favorite cheerleader, but they'll do for now, but you have to promise me you'll be safe, but have fun and don't come back married now."
"Troy," Gabriella said with a giggle.
"I'm serious Ms. Montez," Troy's voice warned her, but Gabriella could since the smile in his voice.
"Yes, sir, will do sir," Gabriella saluted him back and she could just imagine him rolling his eyes while the girls all burst out into laughter.
"Alright, well I hear the girls and I need to get ready to go to Staples, so I'll let you go. I love you so much and I'll miss you, but I will see you soon, Baby Brie."
"I love you too and miss you too, and will miss you. You'll definitely see me soon, Wildcat," Gabriella replied before they both hung up to do what they had to do for the night in their different states.
"It gets harder every time doesn't it?" Taylor asked her, knowing exactly how she was feeling.
"Yep," Gabriella replied, popping the 'p' on the word as she stood up and began to finish brushing her hair like she was doing before her fiancé had called her.
Hair all curled and make-up lightly done, Kelsi stepped into a cute bright yellow, cotton taffeta 'Ashley' dress from J. Crew that was strapless and fell mid-thigh on her tanned and toned legs. After Gabriella helped the shortest of the bunch zip up the dress, she helped Kelsi into a pair of Dolce & Gabbana leopard print, satin ruched four-inch pumps before putting on her simple pair of pearl studs and pearl necklace, both from Tiffany & Co.
After Kelsi, Gabriella helped Martha into her asymmetric, bright-blue, tiered, silk-chiffon gown from Notte by Marchesa that went beautifully with her long curls, pinned half back, and her light makeup. She also helped Ryan's girlfriend into a simple pair of black suede, five-inch, Gucci platform pumps, and handed Martha her pair of disc drop earrings surrounded by rhinestones, before helping her slip her hand into a yellow and gold Kate Spade bracelet to complete Martha's look.
"Sissssss?" Cloe whined towards her twin.
"Whattttyyyy?" Jessica whined back, causing everyone to laugh at the twins.
"Can you help me into my heels, pretty please?" Cloe, dressed in a Lanvin Blanche's pale-gray silk-charmeuse strapless gown, asked with the white 'Wagner lace peep-toe pumps' from Brian Atwood with a five-inch heel to them sat on her lap.
"Sure thing," Jessica replied as she got down on her knees and had her sister hold up the bottom of her dress, so she could put the white pumps on her sister's small feet.
"Thank you," Cloe replied with a smile, "Now, let me return the favor in helping you get ready, Ms. Thang."
Jessica just smiled as everyone laughed at the random nickname Cloe gave Jessica as she helped her sister into a bright poppy red taffeta one shoulder rosette flared dress from BCBGMAXAZRIA. The dress was absolutely adorably cute with an asymmetrical single shoulder strap, a pleated bodice, pleating at the waist, and flared skirt with rosette decorated at the hem of the mid-thigh length dress.
Cloe then helped her sister into a pair of black 'Tribute' Yves Saint Laurent five-and-half-inch patent-leather high heels followed by a pair of diamond chandelier earrings and a three thick, silver bangel bracelets while Cloe had on her silver bangel bracelets, but more than three seeing as the bracelets were really thin. Together, the two girls looked in the full length-three way mirror and took pictures to send to their boyfriends and parents like they were ordered to do by both sets of parents and their boyfriends.
"Send us one," the other five told the twins, who fixed their curled and semi-crimped hairstyles before doing as they were told while the other three finished getting ready.
Martha and Kelsi helped Taylor hairspray her curled, black hair and finished her smokey makeup before they helped the African American teenager into a cute, aqua Badgley Mischka 'Platinum Label' short, mid-thigh dress. The dress had a boat neckline with short chiffon draped sleeves and crystal embellished epaulets, and it went beautifully with the simple black 'patent leather' fiv-inch Christian Louboutin pumps, and a simple pair of sterling silver, diamond hoop earrings from Tiffany & Co.
"Gorgeous as ever Tay-Tay," Gabriella complemented the teenager as she helped Sharpay finish getting ready.
The blonde was dressed in an exquisite white lace dress that had a boat neckline, half sleeves, subtle pleats at the waist, and a V-neckline at the back of it. Her shoes where a simple pair of gray-suede ankle boot heels with a six-inch heel and a inch-and-half platform while around her wrist was a silver Swarovski crystal and stud-embellished rhodium-plated bracelet. Her beautiful blonde hair was curled and cascading down her back and around her shoulders while her makup was kept simple with smokey shades for her eyes and light pink lip-gloss that was barely visible.
"And you will be once you get yourself ready, not that you already aren't Brie-Ella because you are, seriously….oh, you know what I'm saying," the blonde rambled on causing America's Sweetheart and everyone else to laugh at her causing her to blush.
America's Sparkle helped America's Sweetheart into a super pretty in a strapless purple graphic gown that featured a train with a deep slit up the side of it, paired with a pair of striking blue suede peep toe heels, and a red clutch. Accessorizing her gown were statement rings – a flower ring, starfish ring, and a Pink Sapphire Shield ring – and Pave Drop earrings. As for Gabriella's hairstyle and makeup, she kept her hair worn down in her gorgeous long and flowing waves with a light violet shadow on her eyes.
After all the pictures and touch ups where down, the group of beautiful young ladies headed down to the lobby and got into the black HUMMER stretch limo that was awaiting them.
(MGM Grand – Las Vegas, Nevada)
"Gabriella, Sharpay, thanks for stopping for an interview," the GAC interviewer thanked them, "So, before we begin with any other questions, I gotta ask the routine question: Who are you two beautiful ladies wearing tonight?"
"The dress is Issa, the heels are Camilla Skovgaard, and the bracelet is Tom Binns," Sharpay replied with a smile, her arm still looped with Gabriella's.
"I'm wearing Julien Macdonald gown paired with Giuseppe Zanotti heels, a Judith Leiber clutch, and Irit Design and Meus Designs jewelry," Gabriella replied with a smile.
"Beautiful," the interviewer replied, "Now, you both are engaged to be hitched, so I've gotta ask can I get a picture of your engagement rings and post it to twitter to make everyone even more jealous of you two beautifully stunning ladies and your gorgeous hunks of hubby's to be?"
"Of course," the two replied and both held out their left hands, side by side, to let the interviewer use her BlackBerry to take a picture and post it on her and GAC's twitpic/twitter.
"Thank you!" Katie Cook replied, "Alright, so let's get down to the serious and more important and interesting stuff. Where's your fiancés at?"
"Back home in L.A.," Gabriella answered the question, "Troy and the Lakers have the first game of the first round for the Western Conference Title and NBA Finals tonight against Oklahoma Thunder. Good luck, Babe. I love you and I miss you, and I'll be home soon! Don't forget to kiss my babies for me! Oh, and hi everyone back home in Albuquerque and Washington!"
"Hey guys!" Sharpay shouted out to her family and friends in both locations.
"What award are you girls presenting tonight?" Evan Farmer for CMT asked the two girls, who stood in front of him with the other six girls, all with looped arms and smiles.
"Well, for once we're doing two different things," Sharpay replied, "I'm introducing a performer tonight and then the award for Top Male Vocalist of the Year."
"And I'm presenting the award for Top Female Vocalist of the Year and then Entertainer of the Year, and then I'm introducing my very beautiful, and inspiring friend tonight," Gabriella replied.
"Can you tell us who?" Evan asked her.
"No can do sorry," the beauty replied with a giggle.
"Oh darn," Evan replied, "Alright ladies, I know I forgot to ask earlier, but I know for a fact that all of you beautiful ladies in front of me are dating or engaged to someone very special, so I have to ask, where are they at?"
"Back home in L.A.," Taylor replied.
"They're watching the Lakers play tonight," Kelsi replied.
"Yeah, the Lakers are in the First Round of the Western Conference Finals," Martha added.
"And the NBA Finals," Cloe added.
"They're up against Oklahoma Thunder, so…" Jessica added.
"GO LAKERS! WE LOVE YOU, GOOD LUCK!" The seven girls yelled out their wishes to the yellow and purple team back home in LA.
AMERICA'S*SWEETHEART'S*ENGAGEMENT
"Hey guys," Gabriella greeted the audience at the MGM Grand with a smile a wave as she stood alone in front of the microphone on stage, "How you all doing tonight? You know this is my very first time being here at the ACM Awards and I've gotta say, I've loved it completely so far so, thank you for making it such a wonderful night for me and my girls!
You know I once heard a very inspiring person say, 'There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.' And she was right, wanna know why? Because I dated the boy on the basketball team and now look at me, engaged and happily in love with him." Hearing the cheers from the crowd she giggled and clapped along with them, "I've had the pleasure of going to lunch with this incredible and giving person and go to one of her amazing and well talked about concerts. This beautiful girl is also going to be performing at my wedding, she also sings Troy's and my song, but I think the best thing she's ever said to me or anyone else is when I asked her what Fearless is and she told me: 'To me, "FEARLESS" is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you've been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again … even though every time you've tried before, you've lost. It's FEARLESS to have that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can't breathe without them. I think it's FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even though he's in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they'll never stop doing, I think it's FEARLESS to top believing them. It's FEARLESS to say, "you're NOT sorry", and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is FEARLESS. Then, moving on and being alright … That's FEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charming's and happily ever after. That's why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS.'
Ladies and Gentlemen without further ado, please stand up and greet this beautiful inspiration and equally beautiful person as she sings her song "Change". Ladies and Gentlemen she is, Taylor Swift."
It's a sad picture;
The final blow hits you
Somebody else gets what you wanted and you can't win,
You know it's all the same,
Another time and place,
Repeating history and you're getting sick of it
But I believe in whatever you do,
And I'll do anything to see it through
Because these things will change...
Can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back
will fall down,
It's a revolution,
The time will come for us to finally win,
And we'll sing
Hallelujah
We'll sing
Hallelujah
Oh
So we've been outnumbered,
Raided and now cornered,
It's hard to fight when the fight ain't fair,
We're getting stronger now,
found things they never found,
They might be bigger,
but we're faster and never scared.
You can walk away say "We don't need this"
But there's something in your eyes
says "We can beat this".
Because these things will change...
Can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down,
It's a revolution,
The time will come for us to finally win,
And we'll sing
Hallelujah
We'll sing
Hallelujah
Oh
Tonight we'll stand,
Get off our knees,
Fight for what we've worked for all these years,
and the battle was long,
It's the fight of our lives,
When we stand up,
Champions tonight
It was the night things changed,
Can you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back...fell down,
It's a revolution,
Throw your hands up,
'cause we never gave in,
And we'll sing
Hallelujah
We sang
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Yeah
This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change." ~ taylorswift13. She just finished up the song. Ya go girl! Love ya xoxo(:
Gabriella quickly posted the twitter message before she brought up a different app on her iPhone to check out the Lakers stats for the game that was going one while she was in Sin City with the girls.
"How they doing?" Sharpay asked as Brooks and Dunn won Top Vocal Duo of the Year.
"Good, the Lakers are in the lead with Troy and Kobe scoring the most points with Lamar leading in assists and Gasol in rebounds," the Filipina replied with a smile as she kept a close eye on both the stage and her iPhone.
"Eck!" She silently shrieked when her iPhone vibrated in her hand causing the six girls to look at her, confused. "Sorry, I forgot I put my phone on vibrate."
The girls just giggled and rolled their eyes at Gabriella before turning their attention back to the stage while Gabriella opened up the next text message she had received from the number one guy in her life.
From: Daddy
Hey Baby Girl!
Just wanted to tell you that you did amazing with introducing Taylor. So proud of you, and of Troy. Watching him beat down the Thunder, he's making you proud Sweetheart. Just wanted to tell you that I love you and miss you, hope to talk and see you soon. See you on our TV later. I love you and miss you, Baby Girl.
Love Always,
Your Daddy ;)
Gabriella smiled and hit the reply button and quickly replied back to her dad:
To: Daddy
Hey Daddy…and Mommy! I miss you both and love you both too much for words to describe! Hope to see you soon, thou as does Troy! Of course he's making me proud, do you expect anything else from your future son-in-law? Gotta go present. I love you both.
Night, Daddy! Night Mommy!
Love Always,
Your Baby Girl Forever
SharAnnEvans up on stage presenting Top Male Vocalist of the Year for #ACMawards2010.
Gabriella smiled as she snapped the picture with her iPhone and then her digital camera, before sending the picture on her iPhone to twitpic via her twitter and the caption she typed up while Sharpay finished up on stage.
"…and the 2010 Top Male Vocalist of the Year goes to…Brad Paisley!" The blonde said, revealing the winner while everyone stood up and clapped for the man with the white cowboy hat.
"Not that I'm not enjoying this show and paying attention to it, but what's the Lakers score?" Taylor asked Gabriella, wanting to know how her boyfriend's team was doing against the Thunder.
Gabriella smiled at her and looked at the iPod that had sent permatenly on her lap throughout the night with various things up on it, and brought up the Lakers scoreboard app. Seeing the score, Gabriella replied with a smile, "The Lakers are still winning, Troy and Chad are both in now and both leading with the assists with them also both helping out in the scoring. The game should be whinding down pretty soon, so by the time I present Entertainer of the Year or even when I'm presenting Top Female Vocalist of the Year, I'm pretty sure the game will be long over."
"Cool," Taylor replied.
"When do we leave again?" Sharpay asked as she took her seat beside Gabriella after taking pictures and doing interviews backstage.
"Tomorrow morning because I figured we can hit up the ACM after party since we were all invited," Gabriella replied with a smile and a wink.
"Good thinking, Brie-Ella."
"Don't I know it," the Filipina replied with a giggle while around her the girls high-fived each other. Looking at her iPhone to see what time it is, Gabriella noticed that it was time for her to get up and go backstage to get ready to present the next award for Top Female Vocalist of the Year to one of the four nominees, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, and Lee Ann Womack.
Soon after Taylor Swift one the award for Top Female Vocalist of the Year and then for Entertainer of the Year, the girls slowly and carefully made their way out of the big room that the event was held in and made their way to the after-party where Taylor Swift invited them to sit with her which they were grateful for.
(Los Angeles, California – Troy & Gabriella's House)
"Hey Wildcat, it's me! I'm sorry I missed your call earlier, but I was busy at the after-party. The girls and Taylor drug me onto the dance floor because I was moping around missing you! Congratulations of the big win, Babe. Well, I guess I'm going to go and get ready for bed. Kiss the babies for me and I want you to remember that I love you and I miss you, Troy Bolton and I'll be home tomorrow to the relief of both of us. See you soon, I love you."
Troy smiled at the answering machine message Gabriella left on the machine, and he smiled even wider when he heard her repeat their special three word phrase for a second time. I've just got to make it through tonight and she'll be back in my arms tomorrow. I love you, Baby Brie. Be safe and sweet dreams, Troy thought before praying out loud, "Angels East. Angels West, North, and South, just do your best, to guard and watch her while she rests. Amen."
With a satisfied smile, he got ready for bed and as he laid down in his and Gabriella's bed, on her side of it, he realized that Gabriella's babies – Buddie, Aurora, Lady, and Buddie – where his guardian angels sent from Gabriella to watch over him while he rests.
To Be Continued…
Well, here's another one done. I hope you guys enjoyed this and I'm sorry for the long wait but with school and everything it was hard, but now that school's out hopefully I can get back to writing and hopefully my writing muse will be able to come back and give me a jolt of electricity to write non-stop this summer…if I'm not working through the whole summer that is. I love you guys.
Much Love,
J*L*A
P.S. Taylor Swift did NOT win Entertainer of the Year or Top Female Vocalist of the Year to my biggest disappointment nor did Rascal Flatts win Vocal Group of the Year.
"Where Did Pets Come From?
And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me every day. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how much you love me."
And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."
And God said, "No problem! Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG."
And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility."
And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who will be with him forever and who will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he is not worthy of adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would not obey Adam.
And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he was not the supreme being. And Adam learned humility.
And God was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved.
And Cat did not care one way or the other."
~Unknown