Hangtown Chapter 9: Volume 9, a disney fanfic

I do not own these characters. The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty And The Beast, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, The Princess And The Frog, and Tangled are owned by Disney. I write just for fun.

Hangtown - Volume IX

Esmeralda eventually reaches her place, she opens her front door, and then immediately heads for the stairs. She takes her regular clothes off so that she can slip into something more comfortable as she lies in her bed. All the while she has a lot on her mind

"Stop kidding yourself Esmeralda, of course, he's going to like the dress, you and him are going to have a great time at the prom and have a great time at the party before then. I mean, sure it's not the most expensive dress in that store, but it still looks like it is, and that's all that matters…I hope"

She starts to hear footsteps coming up the stairs and towards her room. The person begins to knock on Esmeralda's room's door as they reach upstairs

"It's open," Esmeralda says as the person opens and enters the room

"Hey honey, how's it going?", says Esmeralda's mother

"I'm doin' ok, Mom, thanks for asking"

"No worries…except just please when you enter the house come at just say hello to me and father first before going inside your room please," she said with a bit of sternness in her voice

"Right…sorry about that"

"It's fine"

"It's just…that I had a long day"

"Well, I know that you went to the mall with Pocahontas and Megara to find some dresses for prom, speaking of that, how did it go?"

"It went pretty well, Poca and Meg's dresses look really cute and beautiful"

"How about your own?"

Esmeralda took some time to pause after her mom asked her that question, she recovered quickly

"My dress, I think looks pretty cool as well"

"Can I take a look at it?"

"Well, it's still at the store because they're going to have it fitted, plus I don't want anyone to see it until the night of the prom"

Esmeralda's mom smirks

"Oh, okay…it's it because you can't wait to see Naveen's reaction…I can't wait to take photos of you two, it's going to be so adorable"

Esmeralda's eyes open wide, but her mother doesn't see that since she is looking down. She finally faces up to respond to her mother

"Ha ha, you know it Mom" she gives a smile to hide her actual reaction

"Wow, my little girl, all grown up…where did the years go?" her mother says as the two of them sit there and pause, her mother was the first to break the pause

"Anyway, was that the only thing you did today?"

Esmeralda blinked hard after her mom asked her that question. At that moment she had a choice to tell her mother the truth or a complete lie, she didn't have any time to think, she had to make this decision on the spot.

"Well, no"

"Really, what else did you do when you were out and about today?"

"I went to Phoebus's house"

Her mother paused and spoke again

"Really, Phoebus's house, but I thought that you and him…"

"Don't talk anymore" Esmeralda finishing her mother's statement, "Yeah, that was the case, until recently we've been seeing each other in the hallways and sometimes during lunch as well"

"Oh, okay…what was the reason that you had showed up at his place?"

"Well, when I was with Poca and Meg, I got a text message from him saying that he might not attend the party"

"This is the party that you and Naveen are hosting, right?"

"Right"

"Okay, go on"

"So, I had decided to drive over to his house to, essentially, convince him to show up"

"Oh wow, so what happened when you were there?"

"His parents told us that we could hang out outside, so that's when I tried to put my best sales pitch to get him to show up"

"What did he say to you that was the reason why he might not show up?"

Esmeralda blanked out, she knew that Phoebus had told her something in private in his backyard, meaning that information should not be leaked out to anyone, so once again she had options of what she was going to say to Mother and hoped she understood

"Well Mom…it's actually something really private that he told me and I feel like I'll be breaking that privacy if I say something on the matter"

Now it was Esmeralda's mother's turn to blank out reflecting on what her daughter said to her. She eventually is out of this state and talks to her

"Well…I'm sorry that I asked"

"It's fine mom, you don't have to be sorry, you didn't know"

She sighs, "I just hoping that he's doing better though"

Esmeralda gives a small smile, "Well thanks, he would greatly appreciate that"

The two of them pause once again, Esmeralda's mom breaks the pause

"Well, I'm going to be out of your crosshairs, be sure you are down for dinner, your father is trying something new tonight, so it should be exciting"

"Sure hope so"

The two share a little laugh as her mother leaves her room, closes the door, and goes back downstairs. Esmeralda is back to relaxing and just pondering on how everything is going with Phoebus right now after their conversation not too long ago.

PHOEBUS'S HOUSE

Phoebus was still sitting outside on the bench in the backyard when Esmeralda had left. It was starting to get dark, so he began to lie instead of sitting to watch the incoming night sky. His mother was starting to notice this as she looked outside into the backyard. She approaches him.

"Phoebus, what are you doing? it's getting darker, meaning it's getting colder, you need to get yourself a jacket"

"I know mom, it's just that I have a lot on my mind right now"

"Really? she asks, concerned, "May I join you?", she continues

"Of course", says Phoebus as his mom sits at a table near the bench where Phoebus is still lying at. They continue their conversation

"You know, it was nice for Esmeralda to come over, I haven't seen her in a while"

"Yeah, it definitely was nice for her to come over," Phoebus said in agreeance with his mom

"Did you know why she did so in the first place?"

"No, that was until we were out in the backyard having a conversation"

"Care to tell me what you all were talking about?"

Phoebus pauses the conversation so that he can position himself upright on the bench in their backyard. He continues the conversation by answering his mother's questions

"Well Mom, I had sent her a text saying that I might not come to the party"

"Really?" His mom was a bit confused, "I thought you wanted to go, what made you change your mind?"

Phoebus takes some time to pause, he then quickly resumes

"I just have a lot on my plate right now concerning prom and graduation, I feel like this party is a bit unnecessary for me to go to"

"That must be the reason why Esmeralda had come over…because she wants you there Phoebus, you are her friend"

She gets her chair closer to the bench where her son is

"Did you or are you still considering what she said to you?"

"Well, yes Mom, I did consider everything she had to say to me, but for my sake, I'm still not sure"

"Well then, I can't convince you to go or not, all I am going to say to you is that do what you feel makes you comfortable, okay"

"Okay, thanks for the conversation Mom"

"No problem sweetie…speaking of comfort, it is freezing out here, are you sure you aren't cold?"

Phoebus laughed a little, "Mom, I promise you that I am fine"

"Okay, just don't stay outside for too long, don't want you sick"

"I won't", said Phoebus as his mother closed the door to the backyard and Phoebus went back to lying down on the couch, he then went on to speak to himself saying

"I'm fine"

DAY OF PARTY

"Okay, now I'm unsure if I'm fine or not", says Phoebus waking up knowing that today is the day of the party that has been talked about for a few weeks now. Phoebus is still unsure about what he is going to do today, is he going or is he not?

"I'm not really sure what I am supposed to do, maybe I need to do this…"

He proceeds himself to the closet just in case he changes his mind and ends up going

"Alright closet, let's see what you got for me"

He's going through and through his closet, but seems he can't find anything good

"Man, what is going on here?", he questions himself, "I can't find an outfit I like, maybe this is a sign that I shouldn't go"

He now just walks up and down his room, thinking to himself and thinking out loud

"Okay, so, if I don't show up to this party…what the hell am I going to do all day?" Now I could just stay in my room and do nothing or…I really have no other option"

He goes back to his bed and lies on his back so he could just stare at the ceiling

"I don't know why I'm acting like this, it's late morning, and the party is in the late evening, I don't think Esmeralda is at Naveen's place preparing for the party now…Right?"

Esmeralda drives up to Naveen's place so they can get preparations for the party. She eventually arrives and gets out of the car so she can go up to his front door. She rings the doorbell and he opens it wearing some lounge gear

"Ah, there she is", he says, "How are you beautiful?", he asks

"I'm fine, thanks for asking babe, but we need to get some preparations in order before guests show up"

"Um babe, no way I am trying to disrespect you in any order, but isn't it too early to be setting up anything, I mean the party starts at eleven"

"No way am I trying to be disrespectful, but look at the state of the house"

Naveen looks back to see what Esmeralda is talking about, and for lack of better words, it is quite a mess. Esmeralda continues

"It's going to take some time to clean up all of this in your huge house, plus set up decorations, food, and entertainment, so us please get to work"

"Alright then…wait did you say US!?", exclaim Naveen"

"Yes I did, now let's get to work," said Esmeralda as she and Naveen started to clean up the house for the guests for their party. After they were done cleaning, she went to the store to pick up some food. She had gotten a lot since she really didn't know how many people would actually show up, more food was to be ordered if they didn't have enough. As for entertainment, she had picked up a karaoke machine and some speakers so they could listen to some music. When she got back, Naveen was surprised at how many things Esmeralda had for the party

"Woah, how were you able to get so much?", he asked

"Well, I had some money saved up, and I figured this would be enough, is it enough?"

"Yes, in fact, it's more than enough, thanks so much", he said as he went up to kiss his girlfriend on the cheek

"No problem, now I'm going to go back home and get changed for the party, see ya later"

"See ya, babe", said Naveen as Esmeralda went back to her place to change. As she arrived at her house she greeted her parents and went up to her room to get her outfit. All the while, she was still hoping that Phoebus was going to show up. She did her makeup and her hair and got her outfit on for the party. Did some last minute touch ups, said bye to her parents, and went on her way to Naveen's house just in time to greet guests as they came in the door.

The guests started to pile up, Aladdin and Flynn, Pocahontas and Megara, Jasmine and Rapunzel, Tiana and Charlotte, Ariel and Eric, and Belle arriving by herself. These are a few of the plentiful names that have shown up, the house was getting packed. Eventually Quasimodo makes it there and talks to Esmeralda

"Esmeralda!", Quasimodo shouts to get her attention since the music is a bit loud, she looks his way

"Quasi!", she shouts, "Glad you are able to make it"

"I am glad too, do you know if Phoebus made it here?"

She paused after Quasimodo said that she was hoping that they were going to come together. She stood still as well after Quasimodo had asked her that. She eventually resumes

"Unfortunately no, sorry Quasi, he isn't here"

"Really, that's too bad…at least you're here", he says and she smiles. Seemingly after he makes that comment, a person wearing a black hoodie with a black shirt, blue pants, and black shoes with long, blond hair makes his way in. Esmeralda let out a gasp, luckily no one heard her since the music was loud. Quasimodo proceeds to say

"Well, forget everything we just said" with a smile

Well, well, well...looks like a certain someone did show up after all, how will this change the course of the party? Plus, what else is to go down for this party?...find out next week in the next volume. If you like this volume and the story overall, please consider leaving a like, a review, and / or a private message, it will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much, I will see you all soon next week :)