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No Sleep Tonight

Epilogue

39 year old Troy Bolton slowly opened his eyes, taking in the sunlight, streaming through the almost closed drapes. He stretched himself slightly, and turned to look to the side, where his wife of 8 years, was sleeping peacefully, her blonde locks spread across the pillow.

He turned around so he was lying on his side, looking at her, just waiting for her to wake up. She'd grown older too, and you could tell she'd been through a lot, but she was still every inch as beautiful. Her most recent job was also taking a lot out of her, but she enjoyed every bit of it, and that was what mattered the most.

Troy was still working in McKenzie Advertising, while Sharpay's TV-show was going into second season. She wasn't just the director, she was one of the leads. It was about three girls, all singles, who were trying to get a good life going. It was comedy, and really funny. She was directing a few of the episodes once in awhile, and she got along great with her co-stars.

Just then her eyes slowly opened, and he found himself getting lost in them once again. A smile spread across her face, and she manoeuvred herself closer to him, and he hugged her body close to his. Then she placed a delicate kiss on his lips, and he brushed her hair lightly.

She flipped them over, so she was on top of him, and started kissing his lips more, while he brushed his hands up and down her already naked body. They'd had a little action last night after Ben, Bee and Summer was in bed (hopefully) sleeping. He knew this was the real thing, because their marriage was still like when they just met. With Gabriella, everything had died down after they had Juna, but Sharpay… She managed three kids, and still have a good relationship with her husband.

They kept kissing for a few minutes, but then their door burst open, and 8 years old Summer stormed onto the bed, jumping on top of their legs, after they quickly broke apart from each other, covering themselves with their covers.

"Mommy!" Summer said, clearly mad, "Mom! Ben stole my dolly! He said he was gonna chop her head off! Don't let him do that!"

"What did you do to annoy him, Sum?" Troy asked, pulling his daughter into a hug. Her brown, curly hair tickling his chin. She was a perfect mix between him and Sharpay.

Summer looked at him with big, brown eyes, "Nothing." She said, "Well ok, I stole his cell phone."

Sharpay let out a deep breath, "Go give it back to him, and get your dolly. I'll be up in a second to make breakfast."

Summer shot her mom a smile, and fixed Benjamin's cell phone out of her robe, and bounced out of the room, in a cheery mood. Sharpay watched her leave, and broke out laughing, "I can't believe her sometimes." She said, turning to Troy.

"Nah," Troy smiled, "She clearly has your ditzyness, and my smartness."

"Hah," Sharpay scoffed, hitting him lightly across the head, "Move your butt out of the bed, and let's go make breakfast."

They got out of bed, and dressed themselves in some relaxing clothes, before making their way into the kitchen/living room. Benjamin was watching TV while texting rapidly with his first girlfriend. The 14 years old boy was extremely popular with the girls, it turned out. Bridget was setting the table, expecting her step dad to make pancakes.

Troy immediately started, while Sharpay sat down, rubbing her eyes. She loved their mornings. This family was everything she and Zeke never had. It was perfect, the only thing missing was Juna. She knew Troy missed her too, but there wasn't much he could do about it. Gabriella got full custody because of his adultery, and Juna didn't want to see him anyway. All birthday presents and Christmas gifts they send her was returned, and it broke Troy's heart.

Sharpay wished she could do something to make her husband's life better, but Juna didn't want to see him. She was 17 now, and a lot have to have happened during that time. It was heartbreaking to think about all the stuff Troy missed out on.

Just then the first plate of pancakes was placed on the table, and Benjamin took a seat too, forgetting his girlfriend for a few minutes. Summer and Bridget sat down, and Troy continued making the rest of the pancakes, while his family ate.

"That's yummy, dad." Summer said, chewing on a pancake with ice. It wasn't often they got pancakes, but it was the first day of both Troy and Sharpay's vacation, so why not celebrate? Sharpay had a lot vacation, because of shooting, but Troy had to work again in two weeks.

"I'm glad you like it, honey." Troy smiled, finally sitting down as well.

"It's great," Sharpay said, smiling at him.

Bridget shot them a look, happy that her mom was happy. She deserved someone like Troy after everything she'd been through. Troy and Sharpay hadn't told her and Benjamin exactly when they met, but judging by the time Summer was born, it was before her dad died. But she didn't say anything, it didn't matter anyway. Her father was gone, she missed him a lot, but what she had now, was pretty cool.

"Can you pass me to syrup, pap?" Benjamin asked. It was habit, her and Bridget called Troy pap. Not dad or daddy, or Troy, they called him pap.

Troy handed him the syrup, and slid his left hand across the table, to grab Sharpay's. She shot him a smile, and let out a deep breath. The kids were used to their parents being all lovey-dovey. That was fine with them, because at least they were happy.

"What are we doing today?" Summer asked. She was excited, because it was a family day. None of the kids had other plans, and she loved their family days. Sometimes they'd play games and watch movies, or other times they'd go shopping. They didn't shop that much anymore though, because after her mom really got her acting break, people had been recognizing her.

Sharpay was about to reply, when there was a knock on the door. She looked around, confused. Who was visiting them now? Maybe it was some crazy fan who'd figured out where she lived? She slowly stood up and went to the door, opening it. When she looked at the person outside, her breath caught in her throat.

It was a young girl. She had brown skin, and brown, wavy hair. She was wearing a skirt and a top, and flip-flops. Over her shoulder, a Prada bag was placed, and she looked at Sharpay with a smile.

There was no doubt in Sharpay's mind who this was, because the girl looked too much like her mother. She had changed since Sharpay last saw her, but they recognized each other. Sharpay felt tears well up in her eyes, and she leaned forward and enveloped the girl in a big hug. She hugged her back, letting the tears slip as well.

"Oh my Lord…" Sharpay whispered, as she pulled away, "Not that you're not welcome, but what are you doing here, sweetie?"

"I came to see you guys…" she whispered, "I was watching old pictures with mom the other day, and… yeah. I realized I may have been a bit too hard on dad and you."

"Come in!" Sharpay said, taking her hand, "He's missed you so much, Juna, you have no idea."

"I've missed him too."

Sharpay pulled her inside, and closed the door behind her. She went into the living room, Juna right behind her. When they entered, four pair of eyes turned to look at them, and Troy immediately froze.

Juna let out a deep breath, "Hi dad…"

--

"I am on Juna's team!" Summer said almost screaming.

Juna sent her a smile. Since it was a family day, they'd let Summer chose what they should do. Juna was glad to see her dad again. She had really hated him when he had left her mom. But she had missed him too much in the end and had finally gotten the courage to visit him.

But the hatred she felt for her father, was nothing compared to what she had felt for Sharpay back then. She hated her with passion. She remembered the conversation she had with her mother after her dad left. She just said that he had left her for Sharpay, they were moving to New York and expecting a baby. Juna hadn't really been able to understand how everything changed just like that, but she had moved on.

It wasn't until recently when she sat down with her mom to look at her old baby pictures, they took a talk about everything. It was just three weeks ago, and after that talk, she knew she had to go see her father.

"Here honey," Gabriella smiled, padding the spot next to her on the couch, "Let's look at some old pictures. I need to see your father."

Juna took a seat next to her mom, and they opened the book, and the first picture in there, was one from the day Juna was born. Gabriella was sitting in the hospital bed with the crying baby in her arms, while Troy had his arm around her shoulders. They looked so happy.

"I often wondered what changed." Gabriella mumbled, tracing the lines of Troy's face with her index finger.

"Me too." Juna said, "We were a perfectly happy family. Why did he have to go screw Sharpay and ruin everything? She was such a selfish bitch! She broke up a family."

"Is that what you think happened?" Gabriella questioned, closing the book with a smack, as she turned to look at her almost grown up daughter, "Well, I guess you couldn't think otherwise, I never really told you."

"What?" Juna asked, "He didn't just screw her? Were they in love?"

"Very much." Gabriella said, sighing loudly, "I didn't want to let him go.But even if I was ready to forgive him, he wouldn't have stayed. He loved Sharpay, and he loved their baby too. And he didn't move to New York to be as far away from me as possible. His firm transferred there, and Sharpay decided to tag along. With her kids."

"I remember them." Juna smiled, "Benjamin and Bridget, right?"

"Yes," Gabriella said, "Since Zeke died she didn't have anything to stay close to here for. She was free to take them. But don't one time think she was glad that Zeke died. She still loved him."

"Then why did she have an affair with my dad?" Juna questioned, feeling defeated. It didn't make sense. If she loved him that much, then why was she with someone else, ruining her family?

"Because Zeke wasn't there for her, and I don't blame her." Gabriella said, "And he was ready to forgive, unlike me. He was ready to take in Troy's baby. And Sharpay couldn't choose, she had such a hard time doing that. But she choose Troy. Which was probably for the best."

"How?" Juna asked, arching an eyebrow, "He left his daughter here."

"Honey," Gabriella said, "You had the chance to go with him. But you didn't take it, did you? Sharpay would have loved you like her own had you moved with them. You should have seen her face when she thought you were in an accident, when it was really Zeke. She was terrified. And then of course I had custody of you, but had you wanted to go, I'd let you."

"I don't get how I could have been so mad at him." Juna said, leaning back in the couch, "You know, I've really missed him, and… I haven't seen him for so long… maybe I should go visit? I mean, we've returned every present from him, because I was so mad." She paused and looked at her mom, "Would it be okay with you if I went there?"

"Back then I wanted to hurt Troy," Gabriella said, chuckling slightly, "But I'm over that now. I have Kurt, we're happy. And I think it's fair you go see him, Juna. You should do that."

"Okay," Juna said, nodding her head slightly, "That's it. I'm gonna go see my dad."

"We're the red team, right Juna?" Summer asked, her eyes lightening up with the thought of bonding with her sister.

"Sure, whatever floats your boat." Juna agreed, sending Sharpay a smile. She had a whole speech prepared for her 'step mom'. She wanted to tell her she was sorry for being this way, and also that she didn't hate her. She felt guilty for hating such a sweet woman for so long.

"Troy and I are the green team, then." Sharpay confirmed, grabbing Troy's hand, "Right honey? Green?"

"Yup," Troy smiled, planting a sweet kiss on her lips.

"Then we'll just be the blue one." Benjamin said, motioning at himself and Bridgett, "And we're gonna start!" he stood up and grabbed one of the papers from the bowl in the middle of the coffee table. They were playing Picturenary, and Bridget and him always beat their parents and Summer who always paired with them, "Get ready to see the master, Juna. Bee and I rule this game!"

"Oh yeah, baby!" Bridget cheered, clapping her hands together in delight.

Sharpay rolled her eyes, and leaned back in the couch, resting her head on Troy's shoulder. She couldn't believe that after all these years, Juna was actually here. It was amazing to have the family together.

--

When the game was done, and Bridget and Benjamin (unsurprisingly) won, Sharpay stood up, kissed Troy's cheek, and announced that she was cooking dinner now.

Juna looked up. This had to be her cue, "I'll help you!" she quickly said, following Sharpay into the kitchen.

"You don't have to," Sharpay said, closing the door safely behind them, "You're the guest."

"I want to," Juna said, "Besides, I think we need to talk."

"Oh…" Sharpay said, starting to take all the food for lasagna out of the fridge, "What about?"

"I…" Juna stood up to find a bowl in one of the cabinets, "I've sorta hated you all these years. It wasn't until recently that my mom told me what really happened. Then I realized that maybe I shouldn't hate you the way I did. And I just want to apologize for all that. And for not responding to any of the presents you guys sent. For not being there at your wedding, birthdays, even Summer's birth. What a big sister I am."

Sharpay let out a deep breath and sat down by the table, motioning for Juna to do the same, which she did, "I… I know I must have looked like an evil woman for a 9 years old girl." She admitted, fiddling with her hands, "And I'm sorry for any pain I caused you."

"Well…" Juna said, "I was hurt. But I guess I sorta saw it coming. I just didn't expect my dad to move across the country. He and my mom weren't very happy. They only married because of me. It wasn't that great of a marriage."

"That still doesn't give me the right to break it up." Sharpay said, "And a lot of people got hurt along the way. I lost Zeke. He died, you know."

"I remember my mom telling me." Juna said, "But that wasn't your fault."

"I could have treated him better. But luckily enough no one blamed me, and Zeke's parents even came to my wedding with Troy. They still visit here. It's sorta awkward for Troy, but he's holding up."

"Yeah…" Juan said, "It's good to see you're so happy."

"How's your mom?" Sharpay asked, truly interested. She hoped Gabriella had found happiness too. She didn't deserve to be alone.

"She's dating this guy named Kurt." Juna said, "He has a son who's older than me, and one two years younger. We get along great. And she's still teaching."

"That's good." Sharpay said, "Tell her hi when you get home."

"Will do."

"Good."

There was a comfortable silence between the two women, until Juna decided to break it, "I'm glad I came here today." She confirmed, "To get things cleared up and stuff. I'm through being mad. I just want to be happy now. And I want to be a part of this family…" she breathed out, "…if I can?"

"But of course you can!" Sharpay said, leaning across the table to grab her hand, "You always have been. I love you Juna, you're Troy's daughter, which makes you my daughter, and I'd do anything for you. You know that, right?"

"Now I do." Juna said, smiling happily to her new step mom.

Sharpay then stood up from her seat and walked around the table to envelope Juna in a deep hug. She hugged back, knowing that things couldn't get much better than that. Something settled inside her now. She'd made peace. Everything was good.

All her sleepless nights were over, she was finally home.

Toodles, Noukka and Stessa.

Peace out!