CHAPTER 5: See You Again
"Samuel! Be careful!" Gabriella screeched as she watched her son run out of the hospital on that certain warm and sunny day, a Tuesday. It had been two days since the incident and the twenty-three year old brunette was willing to forget what had happened.
"Momma, I'm fine" the boy said, smiling gleefully at his worried looking mother who stood still at the sight of her little boy running.
"Sammy, Baby, you need to be careful, okay? I don't want you getting hurt again!" Gabriella said walking up to her shaggy haired son who merely nodded at his mother's response.
"Yes Momma"
"Good boy, you up for ice cream with Sharpay or do you just wanna go home with Momma?" Gabriella asked looking into her sons mesmerizing blue eyes.
"Umm..." the boy said, putting his index finger of his right hand on his chin whilst staring up into the cloudless sky adorably, "Ice cream with Aunt Shar, but are you gonna come Momma?" he asked, both of his arms by his side now.
"No, sorry Baby, Momma needs to go into work today for a meeting." She replied sadly, before crouching down to become level with her son, "But I promise to you that I'll take you out for ice cream later on this week, okay Sam?" she asked.
"I guess" he said shuffling from one foot to another looking down before looking back up to become eye to eye with Gabriella, "When am I going to meet Aunt Shar?" Samuel asked, his face slowly brightening up.
Gabriella giggled and stood up slowly, straightening out her cream full length skirt with a slit down the side that went up to her lower thigh showing off her slender left leg as the rest of the skirt flowed beautifully. She pulled her purple case-covered iPhone out of her brown fringe bag and dialled an all too familiar number. Two rings later, the women wanted answered.
"Hey girl, what's up?" Sharpay's voice rang through,
Gabriella smiled at the familiar voice, "Y'know you said that if Samuel wants, you'll take him out for ice cream today, well, he wants. You don't mind do you?"
"Nope, not at all, anything for my beloved godson, I'll pick him up from your place in half an hour, okay?"
Gabriella nodded, before realizing that Sharpay couldn't see her, "Okay, thank you Shar, and I love you."
"Love ya too Babe!" Sharpay replied before hanging up.
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"Okay Sammy, what flavour do you want?" Sharpay asked, looking down at the blue eyed, honey coloured hair with streaks, five year old boy.
"Chocolate, it's my favourite" Samuel said, his eyes gleaming like the ocean.
"Like your dad" Sharpay mumbled, and turned to the girl who stood behind the counter in the ice cream parlour, "One classic chocolate and one classic vanilla please, both in a cup" she specified. The young girl, who most probably was only in her late teens, nodded and got to work scooping the ice cream.
"So... Samuel, you glad to be outta hospital?" Sharpay asked, crouching down to his size.
"Yeah, I guess. Momma's really scared though" he said, his blue eyes wide showing an emotion which Sharpay couldn't quite put her finger on what it was. Smiling sadly, she brushed his hair away from over his eyes and ruffled the rest of his hair, causing the hair she brushed away to fall back on top of his eyes.
"That's what Momma's do; they get scared when something happens to their kids." Sharpay explained, standing up to pay for their ice creams which stood on the counter waiting to be eaten, "C'mon, let's find somewhere to sit," she beckoned the young boy and turned around to head to the small booth in the corner of the shop.
"Auntie Shar?" Samuel questioned a minute after the two had take a seat at their booth and were now devouring their ice creams, "Do you think Momma's gonna have a baby soon?" he asked curiously.
Sharpay looked up from her ice cream and looked at Samuel with a hint of sadness in her eyes.
"Samuel, your Momm..." Sharpay started before she was cut off by a voice that was neither hers no her godsons.
"Sharpay?" A male voice questioned from a few centimetres away from the booth. Sharpay looked up from her ice cream and looked to the side, and there stood, five feet ten inches tall, looking down at her with blue eyes, Troy Bolton.
"Troy?" she squeaked, clearing her throat she started again, "Troy! Long time no see! How are you?" she said, now delighted to see her old friend, former BMOC of East High School.
"I'm great!" he exclaimed, "How've you been?" he asked, his eyes shining.
"Fabulous, as always" Sharpay giggled, and in the excitement of the moment, she said, "Why don't you join us?" she said happily, regretting what she had said the moment the words had left her mouth.
Troy's eyebrows creased in confusion, "Us?" he questioned, then he looked down and spotted the little boy who had been watching and listening to his conversation with the blonde. The boys blue eyes locked on Troy's before Troy spoke, "Hey Buddy, I didn't see you there. Mind if I join?" he asked, his love for children showing through his charming smile.
"No, you can sit next to me if you want" the boy said, scooting further into the booth towards the wall, Sharpay's eyes widening at the action.
"Thanks Man, I'm Troy Bolton" he said sitting down next to Samuel and placing his own cup of classic chocolate ice cream in a cup on the table in front of him.
"My name is Samuel James, and this," he said gesturing over to a nervous looking Sharpay "Is my godmomma Sharpay," He stated proudly.
Troy grinned, "Awesome man, she's one of my best friends," Troy shared, equally proudly before grinning in the same way the five year old boy was, "How old are you Samuel?" he asked,
"I just turned five, what about you?" Samuel questioned curiously,
Troy chuckled, "Much older than you for sure. I'm twenty four," he answered.
Samuel stared at him for a moment, his eyes scrunched up, "You're old" he stated,
"I don't like to think so, but I'm definitely not getting any younger" he laughed, "You okay Shar?" he asked turning to the blonde.
Sharpay moved her head from side to side as if shaking herself out of a trance of some sort.
"Yeah, I'm fine, we should get home Sam, your Momma will be waiting" she said getting up and throwing her half full ice cream cup in the nearby dustbin and gesturing for Samuel to get up and join her.
"But... I'm not done yet!" he complained in an adorable fashion.
"I know Sweetie, and I'm sorry, but your Momma will be waiting for you. You can eat it on the way home," Sharpay explained in a firm yet sweet voice.
Samuel looked down at his ice cream, contemplating what his godmother had said, before reluctantly nodding and politely asking Troy to move.
"Umm... So I guess I should get going aswell. Alicia will probably be waiting for me at home. I dropped her off at home when we came back from our picnic to come get ice cream. She didn't want to come, something about 'watching her weight.'" Troy laughed before moving forward to hug Sharpay, "I hope we see eachother again soon Shar."
Sharpay nodded, "Me too Bolton, me too," she replied smiling, "Sammy, say your goodbye to Troy."
Samuel moved towards Troy slightly, and bit his bottom lip, "It was nice meeting you Troy."
"You too Little Man" Troy answered, ruffling Samuel's honey coloured locks, and with that Troy Bolton turned on his heels and strode out of the ice cream parlour.
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"ARE YOU INSANE?" The man's voice rang through the designer two floor house, as he shook his head at his wife of two years.
Chucking her tan arms in the air, the blonde replied, "WHAT WAS I MEANT TO SAY ZEKE? 'Oh hi Troy! It was nice seeing you, but if you don't mind, fuck off please?'" she screamed sarcastically back.
"I DON'T KNOW SHARPAY, BUT YOU CERTAINLY WEREN'T MEANT TO INVITE HIM TO SIT WITH YOU!" Zeke exclaimed.
Sharpay sighed in frustration, "I know, I feel so stupid! God, days like this I really am a dumb blonde," she mumbled sadly.
"Aaaw, Babe, you're not stupid, and you're most definitely not a dumb blonde." He said but commenting a few minutes later regarding his previous comment, "Well you are blonde, but certainly not dumb."
"I feel really bad..." Sharpay murmured, walking towards Zeke and into his comforting arms.
"It's okay Sharpay, everyone makes mistakes every now and then, your human, it's natural" he comforted her, holding her close to his chest.
"Mmm... I guess. Zeke? Do you have any of those deliciously, luscious, mouth watering, rich, triple chocolate cookies that you baked for Sam yesterday left?" she asked, staring up at him with her big, light brown eyes.
"Yeah, we do." He said laughing, "They're in the cookie tin."
"Thanks Babe" she said patting his chest and turning to walk towards the kitchen, followed by the sound of her moaning out of the delight of having the delectable cookie in her mouth.
AN: Yup, it's been LONG! Not THAT long, but still long. Belated Happy Mothers Day to any mother who might be reading... ya never know. SO HYPED, Lakers are in Round 2 off the Playoffs against OKC Thunder! C'MON LAKERS! Yeah... So enjoy this chapter... bet y'all didn't expect Sharpay and Sam to bump into Troy, eh? LOL! So... Do me a favor and click that button at the bottom of the page that reads, "Review"
-Amy J