MUMUS: A Cattle Creek Gang Valentine's Day
Ah yes... another story for the Cattle Creek Gang... this was going to be the last one for them... but I decided that I'm going to continue this series (and the Mixed Up; Mashed Up Shorts as whole) and right now I'm planning two more stories for these characters. One is for April Fools Day and the other is for the Fourth of July.
The Cattle Creek Gang Series
A Cattle Creek Gang Thanksgiving
A Cattle Creek Gang Christmas
A Cattle Creek Gang New Years
Username: naughtycate @ ff.net
Couple: Ryan & Gabriella
Rating: M
Quote: "I've been waiting all day to see what you had on under this dress."
Setting/Event: Ryan and Gabriella's wedding (and the wedding night, duh. :) )
Random Stuff:
- a rogue champagne cork
- "At Last" by Etta James
A Cattle Creek Gang Valentine's Day
They were the unlikeliest group of friends-everyone thought so. Early on in their public school careers they were labeled by their peers: 2 jocks, 2 nerds and 2 drama freaks. But for the six kids who were born and raised on a Albuquerque, New Mexico cul-de-sac called Cattle Creek Loop (which led to them being referred to as the Cattle Creek Gang), there were no cliques that separated them, they were just best friends.
Between 1988 and 1989, Cattle Creek Loop welcomed five families into its homes all of them in different places in their lives, some were newly weds others and others had been married for several years. There must have been something in the water, or so the saying goes, because all five families became pregnant about the same time and all had their babies during the summer of 1990.
Charlie and Yolanda Danforth were the first couple to welcome their baby on June 5. It was a little boy with a head full of hair and they named him Chad Daniel, after his mom’s grandfather. Six years later, Chad would be followed by younger brother Christopher Scott.
Jose and Miranda Montez were the next couple to welcome a baby a couple weeks later on June 21st. It was a little girl and they christened her Gabriella Marie.
With July came Vance and Darby Evans’ double blessing on the 15th. They named their baby boy, the oldest of the two twins, Ryan Benjamin and their baby girl Sharpay Danielle.
On August 1st, Griffen and Sheryl McKessie welcome their second daughter Taylor Renee to the family. She joined older siblings Logan (4) and Madelyn Rose (2).
The last of the six 1990 babies was born to Jack and Lucy Bolton on August 12. Having decided to wait until the baby was born to find out the sex, they didn’t know until the baby was born that he was a boy and they named him Troy Walker.
From the very beginning of their existence the Cattle Creek Gang did everything together. When they were little it was play dates, birthday parties, potty training, preschool, field trips, sports, learning to ride bikes and learning to swim. And as they got older it started to include school dances, learning to drive, going to prom, graduating, everything that normal kids do with their friends.
Ryan and Gabriella’s New Years Eve engagement hadn’t come as a surprise to anybody on Cattle Creek Loop. It was almost as if after Troy and Taylor married and Chad and Sharpay married everybody figured that someday Ryan and Gabriella would settle down together. It had just taken longer than everybody had thought.
For so long, Ryan had watched Troy and Chad dote on Taylor and Sharpay, respectively, and wished that he could do the same for Gabriella, but since he wasn’t anything more than just her friend, he couldn’t. But now that she was his and the ring on her finger proved it, he didn’t want to wait very long before making her his wife.
After returning home from the Rose Bowl party at the Bolton’s house on New Years Day, Ryan and Gabriella collapsed on the couch, with her head in his lap.
“I’m going to kill my mother by the time this is all said and done,” she stated. “And your mother, too.” Ryan just smiled. “I’m serious, Ryan, they kept asking me all these questions about what I was thinking about the wedding. It was like they expected me to know every single detail of the wedding even though we’ve only been engaged for 16 hours, five of which we were a bit preoccupied and then another eight sleeping. I’m ready to go crazy.”
“They’re just trying to help,” Ryan shrugged as he smiled down at her. “I think they were all spoiled with the fact that Taylor had a pretty good idea of what she wanted and Sharpay had a very detailed plan of what she wanted.”
“And now I’m a pain in their asses because I don’t know what I want.”
“Exactly.”
“You weren’t supposed to agree with me.”
Ryan smiled.
“So, what do you think we should do for the wedding?”
“I don’t know.”
“Ryan, come on. Help me here. I’m supposed to give them a full report in five days.”
“Alright, well I guess I want something small. I don’t see any reason to have over 200 guests like Sharpay and Chad.”
“I agree, standing in front of that many people makes me nervous.”
“And I want it to be somewhere that means a lot to us. I’m not knocking the fact that Sharpay and Chad and Taylor and Troy had their weddings in churches, but that’s because Chad and Taylor are sort of religious, where we really aren’t.”
“I’m Catholic.”
“Not a practicing one.”
“True.”
“And I want to get married sooner than later.”
“How soon is sooner?”
“Valentine’s Day.”
“But that’s like a whole year away.”
“I’m talking about this Valentine’s Day.”
Gabriella sat up and looked at him.
“What?”
“Ryan, Valentine’s Day is in six weeks. We can’t plan a wedding that quickly.”
“Sure we can. Our moms have lots of practice with weddings and so do our friends.”
“Ryan, it doesn’t matter how much practice they have. There is no way we can get a place for the wedding that has a spot open on Valentine’s Day let alone in six weeks. Taylor and Sharpay had to put their names on waiting lists six months in advance.”
“So we’ll get some place that we don’t have to book.”
“Like where? The park?”
“No, the only park that’s special to us is in New York City.”
“Then where, Ryan? Where are we going to get married? The only place that we could get married and not have to book it would be Cattle Creek Loop.”
A look of brilliance crossed Ryan’s face and Gabriella knew instantly what he was thinking.
“No, Ryan. We are not getting married on Cattle Creek Loop.”
“Why not? It’s perfectly, Gabriella.”
“It’s a street!”
“So? It’s our street. We have tons of memories there, Gabriella.” Ryan got off the couch and started to pace the living room as he brainstormed. “We could invite everyone on the street and a few other family members and maybe a few co-workers. And we could set up an arch in the middle of the street and set out chairs. Then go to my parents’ house or your parents’ house for the reception.”
“Ryan, this is crazy. Even with that, we still have to order a cake, find a photographer, find somebody who’d be willing to marry us on Valentine’s Day, find flowers, I have to pick out a dress. I mean, there is a lot of stuff that goes into the planning of a wedding.”
“Chad’s mom is a photographer, she takes pictures at weddings all the time. I’m sure she’d give us a discount, I mean not only has she known us our entire lives, she’s also my brother-in-law’s mom, I’ll get a family discount.”
“And cake and the flowers?”
“Taylor’s sister-in-law’s family owns the florist on 12th street. If we asked Taylor, she might be able to get us a good deal on the flowers.”
“And the cake?”
“Zeke Baylor, who used to play basketball with Troy and Chad in high school, opened a bakery last fall, I’m sure he would make something for us. And Taylor’s dad is a judge and as a Justice of Peace, he can marry us.”
“You’re assuming that all these people will want to help us.”
“Why are you being so negative about this? You asked for my input.”
“Because Ryan, this isn’t a reasonable goal.”
“Yes it is. In fact, I’m willing to make you a deal.”
“I’m listening.”
“All you have to do is find your dress and I will sit down with our mothers and tell them our plans and then I’ll get them to help me plan the wedding.”
“You’d go see our moms by yourself? Ryan, they’ll smack you a new one for even suggesting getting married in three months.”
“They wouldn’t if you came with me and we showed them a united front.”
Gabriella sighed.
“Please, baby. I’ve been in love with you for years and I just want to be your husband.”
Gabriella looked at him then shook her head. “Fine, we can get married on Valentine’s Day.”
“Yes!”
“And I’ll go with you to talk to our mothers, but I suggest you make some phone calls and find out if everything you assumed can actually happen before you do so.”
“I love you, Gabriella Montez.” He pulled her off the couch and kissed her. “Soon-to-be Gabriella, uh, what are you going to call yourself?”
“Gabriella Evans.” She smiled.
“Really? You’re not going to be like Taylor or Sharpay and keep your last name or hyphen our last names?”
“Really. I want to be Gabriella Evans so everybody knows that I’m married to you.”
Ryan grinned and wrapped his arms around his fiancée and kissed her hard on the lips.
“You ready to do this?” Gabriella asked a couple days later as she and Ryan sat in his car in front of her parents’ house.
“No,” he stated. “They’re going to eat us alive when they find out what we’ve done.”
“Come on, it won’t be that bad,” Gabriella said. “We’ve done the hard work. We got a florist, a photographer, a cake and Taylor’s dad agreed to marry us.”
“Yeah, but you weren’t on the phone with him when he laughed and wished me ‘good luck’ on telling our moms we wanted to get married in six weeks,” Ryan replied. “And Chad’s mom didn’t say anything about it, but I know she was thinking along those same lines.”
“We can do this, Ryan,” Gabriella squeezed his hand. “Now come on, they’re waiting for us.”
After climbing out of the car, Ryan took a deep breath then joined Gabriella at the front of the car and took her hand as they walked up to the front door. They let themselves in and found their moms sitting at the dinning room table looking through wedding magazines and binders Ryan vaguely remembered seeing while Sharpay and her mom were working on her wedding.
“There they are!” Gabriella’s mom exclaimed taking notice of Ryan and Gabriella. “Sit, sit.”
“Jose, Vance, come in here, the kids are here,” Sharpay’s mom called into the other room. “We have a lot to talk about. We know you two don’t have any plans yet so we took the liberty to start planning the wedding for you.”
“Actually, we do have plans,” Ryan said, glancing at Gabriella as their dads came into the room, seeming none too thrilled about sitting in on this meeting. “We want to get married on Valentine’s Day.”
“Oh that’s a lovely idea,” Gabriella’s mom said. “I’ve always loved winter weddings.”
“Me, too, and with a year to plan, we can hold the wedding just about anywhere,” Ryan’s mom stated.
“We’re not getting married in a year,” Gabriella said. “We want to get married this Valentine’s Day.”
Their moms froze what they were doing and looked up at them and their dads leaned in, interested to see what was going to happen next.
“I’m sorry, but did you just say you wanted to get married this Valentine’s Day as in six weeks from now?” Gabriella’s mom asked her voice low.
“We did,” Ryan nodded. “And we know what you guys are going to say, but -”
“But you’re going to do it anyway?” His mom finished. “Ryan, you saw how much work your sister’s wedding was to plan and the fact that we were able to reserve the church for the day that we did happened by pure luck. There is no way we’ll be able to reserve anything for you guys.”
“We don’t have to reserve anything,” Ryan stated. “We want to get married here on Cattle Creek Drive.”
“Where? In a backyard?” His mom asked.
“On the street,” Gabriella said. “We want to get married some place that holds a lot of meaning to us and there’s no place better than here, where we grew up.”
“Jose, say something,” Gabriella’s mom said to her husband. “Our daughter wants to get married on the street!”
“I think it sounds like a great idea,” her dad stated. “It’s their wedding, Miranda. And you were complaining the other day that Gabriella didn’t know what she wanted to do for her wedding and it sounds like they’ve figured it out.” He turned to Gabriella and Ryan. “Have you guys thought about where you’ll have the reception?”
“We thought we could do it here or at my parents’ house,” Ryan said. “We can do the rehearsal dinner at one house and the reception at the other. And we’ve already talked to Chad’s mom about taking photos for us at the wedding and Taylor’s dad is going to officiate for us.”
“What about flowers and the cake?” Gabriella’s dad asked, while Ryan’s dad sat silently as if only there to please his wife.
“Taylor gave me her sister-in-law’s phone number and she’ll do the flowers for Gabriella’s bouquet at a reduced price and Zeke, Chad and Troy’s friend, agreed to make us a cake and he said he could even cater the wedding for us if we wanted,” Ryan explained.
“Sounds like these two have thought everything through,” Vance said standing up. “Come on, Jose, we might be able to catch the last few minutes of the game.”
It wasn’t until the two men were in the hall that Ryan heard Jose ask, “Are you coming, Ryan?”
Ryan glanced at Gabriella for a second to see if it was ok with her if he left the room and she nodded. So he kissed her cheek then left the room.
“So you two have figured everything out and you don’t need us,” her mom said, glancing forlornly at the wedding magazine in front of her.
“That’s not true, mom, I still need help finding a dress,” Gabriella stated. “And Ryan needs a tux.”
“Don’t forget bridesmaids dresses,” Ryan’s mom said. “You’ll need to find those, too. Which may be kind of hard since Taylor gets bigger every time I turn around.”
“Bridesmaids?” Gabriella said. “We weren’t planning on having any attendants.”
“But you have to,” her mom said. “They’re the witnesses.”
“Oh,” Gabriella sighed. How was she supposed to choose between Taylor and Sharpay to be her matron of honor? She had understood why Taylor had chosen Sharpay to be her maid of honor because Sharpay had been in Albuquerque and able to pitch a hand in the wedding planning and the Sharpay had chosen Taylor because Taylor knew what she was doing and because Chad had chosen Troy to be his bestman. But the decision wasn’t going to be that simple for Gabriella to make. Taylor knew some of the details about Gabriella and Ryan’s relationship, things she couldn’t share with Sharpay without feeling uncomfortable, but Sharpay was Ryan’s sister. She wished somebody else could make the decision for her.
The next day, Taylor did exactly that when they were sitting in her and Troy’s living room after dinner. She and Troy were sitting on the couch, Chad and Sharpay were sharing the recliner and Ryan and Gabriella were sitting on the loveseat. Their friends had been way more supportive than their mothers when it came to the news they were getting married in six weeks.
“That’s what I wish we had done,” Sharpay stated. “My mom drove me up the freaking wall with all the planning.”
“Mine, too,” Taylor nodded. “Heaven forbade I ever marry again, I’m eloping.”
“And getting married it a pretty good idea,” Chad stated. “Kill two birds with one stone, one present for two important days.”
“Yeah, but that just means the present has to be that much better,” Sharpay countered. “Diamond earrings, two dozen roses, you catch my drift.” Chad just grinned. “Have you guys decided on your wedding party?”
“We’re still talking about it,” Gabriella said, shooting an uneasy glance at Ryan.
“Well count me out,” Taylor said. “I’ll be nearly at the half way mark by then and my feet already hurt. There’s no way I can stand through a ceremony.”
“And if Tay’s out, then I’m gonna take myself out, too,” Troy stated. “Besides, I think it would be special for you guys if Chad and Sharpay were your bestman and your matron of honor. The four of you are stuck together for the rest of your lives while Taylor and I can freely disappear from your lives whenever we want.”
“But we won’t,” Taylor quickly added as she pinched Troy’s thigh. “But I agree with my not even close to being funny husband. You four are family, besides, Sharpay will have more time to help you over the next six weeks than I will.”
“Alright, but I still want your input on things, Tay,” Gabriella said. “Otherwise my soon-to-be sister-in-law will try and convince me that my wedding colors should be pink like hers.”
“Or that Amos and Boi should be our ring barer and flower girl,” Ryan added.
“Hey, don’t knock my wedding,” Sharpay pouted. “It was perfect and my babies looked adorable, didn’t they, Chad?”
Chad could hear Ryan and Troy snickering, they knew that he hadn’t been thrilled with Sharpay dressing up the dogs, but he hadn’t told Sharpay that. So thinking quickly he said, “I didn’t notice, I was too busy looking at you.”
His answer put a big, lovey, dovey smile on her face and she rewarded him with a kiss as Taylor and Gabriella awed and Ryan and Troy rolled their eyes.
As Valentine’s Day neared, the wedding plans were finalized and Gabriella and Sharpay had their final fittings for their dresses. The bouquets would be made the night before and delivered to the wedding by Taylor’s sister-in-law and Zeke and his team would have the cake to the house before the ceremony and finalize the buffet dinner during the ceremony.
The night before the wedding was the rehearsal dinner, held at Gabriella’s parents’ house. Taylor’s dad, Ryan, Gabriella, Sharpay and Chad ran through what would happen at the wedding while their families watched on and Chad’s mom made a rough plan of where she would be to take certain pictures. Then they headed into the house where Gabriella’s grandma had cooked them up a Mexican style feast.
It was a little after nine in the evening when Sharpay came over to where Chad was talking to Taylor’s dad and tugged on his arm, signaling that it was time to go. Being the matron of honor and the bestman meant they had to help out with the wedding and Ryan and Gabriella all day tomorrow, then being part of the family, they were part of the clean up crew as well, which meant they wouldn’t have time to celebrate Valentine’s Day on the actual day.
They said goodbye to everyone then headed back to their house. Once they got there, Chad went into his office to get his present for Sharpay while she went into the bathroom to take off her makeup and go through her nightly routine.
While he waited for her to finish getting ready for bed, Chad changed out of his nice clothes and hung them up, leaving himself only in a pair of boxers. Hearing the bathroom door open, he turned and a smile crept on his face when he saw Sharpay striking a pose in a sexy, white, silky looking number covered in hearts. She strutted over to him, twirling once to show him that the matching panties were of the barely there variety and as she got closer, he noticed that all that was holding her top close was bow by her breasts.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, Mr. Danforth,” she grinned, leaning over to kiss his lips.
“Happy Valentine’s Day to me indeed,” Chad nodded. “I mean, to you, too.”
Sharpay giggled and took a step back. “You like it?”
“Mmm hmm.”
“Good, it’s part of your present.”
“Only part as in there’s more?”
“Uh huh, but first let’s see what you got me.”
Chad shook his head and grabbed the envelope off his dresser.
“Please tell me you got me something more romantic than just a card, Chad,” Sharpay sighed.
“Just open it.”
Sharpay slid her finger under the sealed flap and peered into the envelope. Her face brightened at the sight of a gift certificate for a full day of pampering for herself, Gabriella and Taylor. “Chad, it’s perfect!”
“I know,” he grinned. “I figured you guys would like to relax after all this wedding stuff.”
“You’re a very bright man, Chad Danforth,” she stated. “I under estimate you.”
“Obviously, now what did you get me?”
“Well, I’ll start by saying, most of your present is for me, but there’s something I got just for us. For tonight.” She opened her closet door and pulled out a basket.
Chad untied the ribbon that held up the cellophane wrap around the basket and took the items out one by one reading the names on their boxes. “Chocolate lips. Rose bath petals. Chocolate shower bar. Chocolate tattoo set, with chocolate body frosting, a paintbrush and stencils.”
“The chocolate tattoo set is for us tonight,” Sharpay grinned.
“But what if I wanted to take a rose petal bath and use the chocolate shower bar?”
“Those are mine,” Sharpay grinned. “Now, open the tattoo set and read the instructions. I’m the canvas tonight, Mr. Danforth, and you are going to paint me up then clean me up.”
“Yes ma’am,” Chad grinned.
After opening the body frosting and dipping the paint brush into it, Chad seemed hesitant, not sure where to start.
“How about a heart?” Sharpay suggested.
He drew a heart around her belly button then painted two sloppy looking flowers off to each side. Then it seemed as if his creativity sparked and he pulled the two strings that kept her top tied together and freed her breasts. He then drew a spiral on each breast, the fine bristle of the brush making her squirm as they brushed her nipples.
Her eyes closed as he continued to paint designs all over her body. It wasn’t until she saw a flash that she opened her eyes and saw him standing above her with a camera in hand.
“Chad!” She exclaimed and attempted to cover her body with her hands. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
“Taking a picture of my art,” he shrugged.
“No way.”
“Come on, Shar. Nobody else will ever see them, please?”
“You can take one more, but I swear to God, Chad, if anybody sees these pictures I will kill you.”
“Yes ma’am.” Chad snapped one more picture then put the camera away. He climbed back onto the bed and licked his lips. “Time for the fun part.”
Sharpay’s eyes fluttered closed as he licked and sucked very chocolate smudge of her body, taking extra long when he got to her breasts. Then he lowered his mouth to hers and let her taste the sweet chocolate.
“You ready for your chocolate?” He whispered as she opened her eyes and looked up at him. She nodded, feeling his hard manhood pressing against her thighs. He pulled his boxers off then pulled her panties down her legs as she slid her top off. Then he pushed into her and slid in and out of her until they both came.
Pulling out of her, he slid off her part way and laid his head on her shoulder. “I love you, Shar.”
“I love you, too.”
At a few minutes past six in the morning, Taylor McKessie pulled herself from the comfort of her and Troy’s bed.
“Where are you going?” Her husband asked sleepily.
“To the bathroom, I’ll be right back,” she told him. She slowly walked into the bathroom and after doing her business decided now was as good a time as any to celebrate Valentine’s Day with Troy. Quietly, she left the bathroom and pulled her favorite blue, satin nighty out of her underwear drawer. She slipped back into the bathroom and changed into the silky number, noticing immediately how snuggly the usually loose number felt on her swelling body. It would definitely be the last time she’d wear it for awhile, if ever again. She threw the t-shirt and panties she had been wearing into the laundry basket then walked out to the bedroom.
She slipped back into bed and scooted over so she was lying right behind Troy. She ran her hand down his bare chest and tickled the hairs just below his navel.
“Mmm, Tay, that feels good,” Troy said, sleepily.
Taylor grinned to herself and wondered if he was actually awake or if he thought he was dreaming. Wanting to see, she slipped her hand under the waistband of his boxers and took a hold of his manhood.
The very real feeling of her touching his manhood woke Troy up from what he thought was a dream.
“Morning, Valentine,” Taylor whispered in his ear then kissed his cheek.
“Morning.” Troy rolled onto his back with her hand still working his hardening manhood. “When did you change?”
“A few minutes ago,” she smiled. “It’s a lot smaller than it used to be.”
“I like it better this way,” Troy grinned coyly. The empire waist of the navy blue satin nighty with cream colored lace trim allowed her to show off her ample cleavage. “A lot better.”
“I never took you for a breast man.”
“I’m a Taylor McKessie man,” Troy stated. “If you got, I love it. Booty, boobies, brains, beauty, you’re perfect.”
“So my brains and beauty come after my booty and boobies?”
“Most of the time no, but when you got your hand down my pants and your boobies begging me to free them from that nighty, then yes.”
Taylor shook her head and pulled her hand out of his shorts, letting the elastic material snap against his skin. She pushed back her hair and sat up in bed.
“I didn’t mean that in an offensive way,” Troy said, sitting up and resting his back against the headboard.
“Who said I was offended?” Taylor asked as she pulled her hair back with a hairtie she found on her bedside table.
“The part of my skin that is now red.”
“Well, then let me make it feel better.” She pushed aside the blankets, pulled back his boxers and kissed the sensitive skin. “Better?”
“A little,” Troy grinned. “Now come here.”
Taylor smiled and slid into his lap, facing him.
“Close your eyes.”
Taylor looked at him for a second then closed her eyes. She heard him open a box and nearly jumped when she felt a piece of cold metal touch her steamy skin.
“Alright open your eyes.”
Taylor opened her eyes and looked down and smiled when she saw a heart-shaped journey diamond necklace with her and Troy’s names engraved on it.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it.” She leaned into him and kissed his lips.
As they kissed, he could feel the heat radiating from her pantyless mound and his manhood twitched in anticipation. He wanted to be buried deep inside of her. As if she could read his mind, she leaned forward on her knees and he shimmed out of his boxer shorts then helped her pull the tight nighty over her head, revealing her rounded belly and full breasts to his hungry eyes.
“Yeah, I’m definitely a Taylor McKessie man.”
Taylor laughed. “Guess that makes me a Troy Bolton woman?”
“Damn straight.”
Troy sat up straighter and guided himself into her sex as she wrapped her legs around his waist. Neither was in a hurry to get off, so they moved slowly together, kissing, nipping and whispering against each others skin and mouth. It was Taylor that came first and her walls clamping down around his member was what finally did Troy in as well.
Taylor gave him a kiss before climbing off of him then headed to the bathroom, knowing full well that he would get dressed and go for his morning jog. Just as she had predicted, Troy climbed out of bed and pulled on a pair of sweats and put on his shoes. Then he went to the living room to get his iPod and frozen when he saw the Valentine’s Day card sitting on top of a present wrapped in red paper. He read the card that wished him a Happy Valentine’s Day then opened the present, revealing the wireless headphones he had been wanting.
Then instead of heading out the door, Troy pulled off every layer of clothing he had put on and headed to the bathroom where he could hear Taylor showering. He climbed into the shower behind her and wrapped his arms around her swollen belly while the hot water rained down on them.
By the time they were dressed in their wedding attire and ready to go it was well after ten o’clock and they had to hurry over to Cattle Creek Loop to help setup. Or rather, Troy had to help set up while Taylor did little tasks that wouldn’t require heavy lifting.
Things worked like clockwork as they setup for the wedding, the only snag coming when the flowers that were delivered for the cake were the wrong ones and Taylor’s sister-in-law had to rush back to her family’s shop and get flowers for Zeke to put on the cake.
With an hour before the ceremony, Taylor went upstairs to sit with Gabriella and Sharpay as they got ready. She couldn’t believe how calm Gabriella was with just a short time before her nuptials.
It wasn’t until Gabriella was standing with her dad in the entry way of her house that she started to get nervous. Sharpay had already headed out and was almost half way down the isle in her dark pink dress with black accents.
“I can’t do this, dad,” Gabriella said.
“Yes you can, Bella,” her dad said. “If I wasn’t a hundred percent sure that Ryan is the guy for you, I would take you away myself, but Ryan loves you and you love him. I would never forgive myself if I let you run away from this and you would never forgive yourself either.”
“Thanks, daddy,” Gabriella smiled and hugged her dad.
“Alright you ready to get married?”
Gabriella nodded and let her father lead her out of the house, past the guests and to Ryan with her tea length, strapless white dress moving as she walked. Her father kissed her cheek then put her hand in Ryan’s before taking a seat next to her mother.
“On behalf of Ryan, Gabriella and their families, I would like to welcome you all to their special day,” Taylor’s dad said. “They have chosen to exchange the traditional vows and we will begin now. Ryan and Gabriella, please repeat after me.”
“I, Ryan, take you, Gabriella, to be my wife.”
“I, Gabriella, take you, Ryan, to be my husband.”
“To have and to hold from this day forward.”
“For better or for worse.”
“For richer, for poorer.”
“In sickness and in health.”
“To love and to cherish.”
“From this day forward.”
“Until death do us part.”
Taylor’s dad then led them through the exchanging of rings then with a smile on his face said, “By the power vested in me by the State of New Mexico, I now pronounce you man and wife. Ryan, you may kiss your bride.”
Gabriella squealed as Ryan grabbed her and tilted her backwards then kissed her. Their guests were still chuckling when he helped her stand upright, her face bright red.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great honor that I present to you, for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and Gabriella Evans.”
Ryan looped his arm through Gabriella’s and led her up the isle, stopping to greet friends and family as they walked past with Sharpay and Chad trailing behind them. They and their guests escaped the cold and went into his parents’ house. A lot of the furniture in his parents’ open floor plan had been removed and the formal living room was now a dance floor while the rest of the main floor was setup for people to sit and eat.
Ryan, Gabriella and their guests dined on Zeke and his crew’s delicious buffet meal and then before Ryan and Gabriella cut their cake, they headed out to the dance floor to have their first dance as a married couple.
Gabriella smiled up at Ryan as Etta James’ smoky voice filled the room.
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
“You look beautiful,” Ryan whispered to his wife.
“Thank you,” she smiled.
Ooh, yeah, yeah
At last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
Ryan pulled her closer and kissed her ear. “When can we go home?”
“Soon.”
I found a dream
That I could speak to
A dream that I
Can call my own
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Ohh, yeah, yeah
“How about now?”
“I’ll let you know.”
You smile
You smile
Ooh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
At last
Their romantic first dance was ended with a loud exposition and everyone turned to see Chad and Sharpay standing near the kitchen, Chad was holding a bottle of champagne that was spraying out and Sharpay was laughing so hard she was red in the face.
“Sorry,” Chad offered. “When I took out the cork it just went boom! and disappeared.”
“You should have seen your face,” Sharpay said, gasping for breath. She shrieked however when Chad turned the oozing bottle of champagne towards her. “Chad Danforth, don’t you dare!”
“Sharpay. Chad. When you two are done behaving like children we can cut the cake,” her mom said sternly.
“We’re done,” Chad said, setting the bottle of champagne on the counter. “See. All done.”
“Good, why don’t you two make yourselves useful and get your speeches ready,” Sharpay’s mom said. “Once everyone has a piece of cake and something to drink you’ll give your speeches.”
“Yes ma’am,” Chad nodded before pushing Sharpay away from her mother.
“Ryan, Gabriella, come cut the cake,” his mother instructed. “And don’t get anything on Gabriella’s dress like Chad did to Sharpay’s, because that cost a lot of money to get out.”
Ryan rolled his eyes and led Gabriella over the cake and their guests made a circle around them. Together they cut the cake then Ryan placed a piece of the white cake in Gabriella’s mouth and she did the same to him then they sealed it with a kiss.
Once cake and drinks had been passed out, Chad stood up from his spot between Ryan and Sharpay and cleared his throat. “Alright, I’ve known both Ryan and Gabriella since they were born and since I’m older than Gabriella by 16 days and Ryan by 40, I met her 24 days before he did and -”
“Chad, honey, we don’t have all night,” Sharpay cut him off. “Get to the point.”
“I’m getting there,” he stated. “Ryan and Gabriella, you two have been two of my best friends since we were spitting up and crying at all hours of the night. We’ve laughed together, cried together, made fun of Ryan’s crazy obsession with hats together, but most of all we’ve grown together. So, Gabriella, being the first in-law of the Evans family, I want to be the first to welcome you to the Evans family. You got yourself a great guy.”
“Ok, my turn,” Sharpay smiled, standing up. “Being as I got married back in November, I’m gonna keep this really short because I know what I was really wanting to do while I was listening to these speeches-no offense Taylor and Troy, and to be honest, it’s Valentine’s Day and I since my lovely husband and I get to help clean up this shindig, I wanna get this done and over with so he and I can celebrate a little too.” She grinned. “So to Ryan, you got an awesome gal, and to Gabriella, I’ve always wanted a sister.”
“And on that note, I think we’re ready to leave,” Ryan said, pretending to stand up.
“We can leave as soon as I’m done with this cake,” Gabriella smiled.
Fifteen minutes later, they had said goodbye to their guests and were headed out to Ryan’s car. They were almost to the car when Chad, Troy and Chad’s younger brother jumped up from behind the car and sprayed them with silly string; each had a can in each hand.
“CHAD! TROY! CHRIS!” Their mothers and Troy and Chad’s mothers-in-law screamed in horror.
“It’s alright,” Ryan called over his shoulder. “It’s mostly on me.”
“I got it all off,” Gabriella said then threw the wadded up silly string towards Chad’s hair. “Have fun dealing with the moms.”
“Have a great time on your honeymoon and try to go out and see the sights at least once,” Chad said.
“Hey, you and Sharpay would have come back pale if you weren’t naturally tan and she wasn’t a fake’n’baker,” Gabriella stated as Ryan opened her door. “Bye.”
“See ya,” Ryan stated as he walked around the car and climbed into the driver’s seat. He put on his seatbelt then headed to their apartment. They climbed the stairs and after unlocking the door, he picked Gabriella up and carried her over the threshold. “I’ve been waiting forever to do that.”
“I wouldn’t have objected to you doing that before,” Gabriella smiled as he lowered her feet to the ground. “I wouldn’t have minded.”
“Well I wanted to wait until our wedding night,” Ryan stated. “But you know what I’ve always been waiting to do?”
“Tell me you love me?”
“Well there’s that, but there is something better.”
“Oh really? And what is that?”
“I’ve been waiting all day to see what you had on under this dress.” He ran his hand over the satin material at her waist. “Don’t make me wait any longer, love.”
“I have to, babe, we have a plane to catch in a few hours.”
“I don’t care if we miss it.”
Gabriella smiled at him then said, “Alright, but let me change into -”
“No, I want to know what you have under there right now,” Ryan shook his head. “Right here, right now.”
Gabriella smiled and turned away from him then pulled her hair out of the way of the zipper. She closed her eyes as she felt him take hold of the zipper and felt the strapless dress become slack as he pulled down the zipper. She let out a deep breath as the dress fell to a pile at her feet, leaving her standing with her back towards him in just a white thong and her high heels.
“Damn. I wasn’t expecting that.”
Gabriella smiled as she felt his lips on her neck and his hands slide around her body to massage her breasts. He placed kisses all over her neck and shoulders then brought his lips to her ear and whispered, “I love you, Gabriella. Let me show you how much.”
He turned her around in his arms and their lips met in a passionate kiss. As they kissed, her hands set to work ridding him of his jacket, shirt and tie. Then they made their way down to his pants and undid them.
“Baby, I want you,” she whispered huskily.
“Your wish is my command,” he smiled. He pulled away and toed off his shoes and removed his pants and boxers. Then he turned back to her and found her standing before him naked except for her high heels. “Nice.”
She smiled as he pushed her into the closest wall to them and lifted one of her legs up, allowing him to slide his hard manhood into her hot sex. Using the wall for support, they matched each other thrust for thrust and he came deep inside of her with her following shortly after.
After recovering from consummating their marriage, they grabbed their clothes and headed to their bedroom. They changed into the clothes they had left out to wear on the plane, grabbed their luggage then headed to the airport.
It wasn’t until they were sitting on the red eye flight to New York City an hour and a half later that he pulled her Valentine’s Day present out of his carryon bag, which prompted her to do the same.
“You open yours first,” he instructed.
She tore off the wrapping paper and opened a long, black jewelry box and smiled when she saw a locket in there. She opened the locket and awed when she saw pictures of her and Ryan when they were little, one at their high school graduation, one at their college graduation and then a blank slot.
“For our wedding picture,” he said.
“Thank you, Ryan,” Gabriella leaned over and kissed him. “Help me put it on?”
He did and smiled at how it fell just above her breasts, man he wanted to see them again.
“Open yours now.”
He blinked out of his thoughts and nodded. He tore off the wrapping paper and smiled when he saw a gold pocket watch. Engraved on the back was ‘Thank you for being my husband.’
Ryan looked up at her and said, “Believe me, the pleasure is all mine.” He leaned over and captured her lips in his for a short kiss.
“The pleasure is mutual,” Gabriella winked. “And because of that, we should get some sleep now. We don’t come home for a week.”
“I like the way you think, Gabriella Mon- Evans.”
Instead of replying, Gabriella slipped her hand into his and put her hand in the sign language form for ‘I love you’ and Ryan returned the gesture.
Story Index
The Cattle Creek Gang Series
A Cattle Creek Gang Thanksgiving
A Cattle Creek Gang Christmas
A Cattle Creek Gang New Years
Username: naughtycate @ ff.net
Couple: Ryan & Gabriella
Rating: M
Quote: "I've been waiting all day to see what you had on under this dress."
Setting/Event: Ryan and Gabriella's wedding (and the wedding night, duh. :) )
Random Stuff:
- a rogue champagne cork
- "At Last" by Etta James
A Cattle Creek Gang Valentine's Day
They were the unlikeliest group of friends-everyone thought so. Early on in their public school careers they were labeled by their peers: 2 jocks, 2 nerds and 2 drama freaks. But for the six kids who were born and raised on a Albuquerque, New Mexico cul-de-sac called Cattle Creek Loop (which led to them being referred to as the Cattle Creek Gang), there were no cliques that separated them, they were just best friends.
Between 1988 and 1989, Cattle Creek Loop welcomed five families into its homes all of them in different places in their lives, some were newly weds others and others had been married for several years. There must have been something in the water, or so the saying goes, because all five families became pregnant about the same time and all had their babies during the summer of 1990.
Charlie and Yolanda Danforth were the first couple to welcome their baby on June 5. It was a little boy with a head full of hair and they named him Chad Daniel, after his mom’s grandfather. Six years later, Chad would be followed by younger brother Christopher Scott.
Jose and Miranda Montez were the next couple to welcome a baby a couple weeks later on June 21st. It was a little girl and they christened her Gabriella Marie.
With July came Vance and Darby Evans’ double blessing on the 15th. They named their baby boy, the oldest of the two twins, Ryan Benjamin and their baby girl Sharpay Danielle.
On August 1st, Griffen and Sheryl McKessie welcome their second daughter Taylor Renee to the family. She joined older siblings Logan (4) and Madelyn Rose (2).
The last of the six 1990 babies was born to Jack and Lucy Bolton on August 12. Having decided to wait until the baby was born to find out the sex, they didn’t know until the baby was born that he was a boy and they named him Troy Walker.
From the very beginning of their existence the Cattle Creek Gang did everything together. When they were little it was play dates, birthday parties, potty training, preschool, field trips, sports, learning to ride bikes and learning to swim. And as they got older it started to include school dances, learning to drive, going to prom, graduating, everything that normal kids do with their friends.
Ryan and Gabriella’s New Years Eve engagement hadn’t come as a surprise to anybody on Cattle Creek Loop. It was almost as if after Troy and Taylor married and Chad and Sharpay married everybody figured that someday Ryan and Gabriella would settle down together. It had just taken longer than everybody had thought.
For so long, Ryan had watched Troy and Chad dote on Taylor and Sharpay, respectively, and wished that he could do the same for Gabriella, but since he wasn’t anything more than just her friend, he couldn’t. But now that she was his and the ring on her finger proved it, he didn’t want to wait very long before making her his wife.
After returning home from the Rose Bowl party at the Bolton’s house on New Years Day, Ryan and Gabriella collapsed on the couch, with her head in his lap.
“I’m going to kill my mother by the time this is all said and done,” she stated. “And your mother, too.” Ryan just smiled. “I’m serious, Ryan, they kept asking me all these questions about what I was thinking about the wedding. It was like they expected me to know every single detail of the wedding even though we’ve only been engaged for 16 hours, five of which we were a bit preoccupied and then another eight sleeping. I’m ready to go crazy.”
“They’re just trying to help,” Ryan shrugged as he smiled down at her. “I think they were all spoiled with the fact that Taylor had a pretty good idea of what she wanted and Sharpay had a very detailed plan of what she wanted.”
“And now I’m a pain in their asses because I don’t know what I want.”
“Exactly.”
“You weren’t supposed to agree with me.”
Ryan smiled.
“So, what do you think we should do for the wedding?”
“I don’t know.”
“Ryan, come on. Help me here. I’m supposed to give them a full report in five days.”
“Alright, well I guess I want something small. I don’t see any reason to have over 200 guests like Sharpay and Chad.”
“I agree, standing in front of that many people makes me nervous.”
“And I want it to be somewhere that means a lot to us. I’m not knocking the fact that Sharpay and Chad and Taylor and Troy had their weddings in churches, but that’s because Chad and Taylor are sort of religious, where we really aren’t.”
“I’m Catholic.”
“Not a practicing one.”
“True.”
“And I want to get married sooner than later.”
“How soon is sooner?”
“Valentine’s Day.”
“But that’s like a whole year away.”
“I’m talking about this Valentine’s Day.”
Gabriella sat up and looked at him.
“What?”
“Ryan, Valentine’s Day is in six weeks. We can’t plan a wedding that quickly.”
“Sure we can. Our moms have lots of practice with weddings and so do our friends.”
“Ryan, it doesn’t matter how much practice they have. There is no way we can get a place for the wedding that has a spot open on Valentine’s Day let alone in six weeks. Taylor and Sharpay had to put their names on waiting lists six months in advance.”
“So we’ll get some place that we don’t have to book.”
“Like where? The park?”
“No, the only park that’s special to us is in New York City.”
“Then where, Ryan? Where are we going to get married? The only place that we could get married and not have to book it would be Cattle Creek Loop.”
A look of brilliance crossed Ryan’s face and Gabriella knew instantly what he was thinking.
“No, Ryan. We are not getting married on Cattle Creek Loop.”
“Why not? It’s perfectly, Gabriella.”
“It’s a street!”
“So? It’s our street. We have tons of memories there, Gabriella.” Ryan got off the couch and started to pace the living room as he brainstormed. “We could invite everyone on the street and a few other family members and maybe a few co-workers. And we could set up an arch in the middle of the street and set out chairs. Then go to my parents’ house or your parents’ house for the reception.”
“Ryan, this is crazy. Even with that, we still have to order a cake, find a photographer, find somebody who’d be willing to marry us on Valentine’s Day, find flowers, I have to pick out a dress. I mean, there is a lot of stuff that goes into the planning of a wedding.”
“Chad’s mom is a photographer, she takes pictures at weddings all the time. I’m sure she’d give us a discount, I mean not only has she known us our entire lives, she’s also my brother-in-law’s mom, I’ll get a family discount.”
“And cake and the flowers?”
“Taylor’s sister-in-law’s family owns the florist on 12th street. If we asked Taylor, she might be able to get us a good deal on the flowers.”
“And the cake?”
“Zeke Baylor, who used to play basketball with Troy and Chad in high school, opened a bakery last fall, I’m sure he would make something for us. And Taylor’s dad is a judge and as a Justice of Peace, he can marry us.”
“You’re assuming that all these people will want to help us.”
“Why are you being so negative about this? You asked for my input.”
“Because Ryan, this isn’t a reasonable goal.”
“Yes it is. In fact, I’m willing to make you a deal.”
“I’m listening.”
“All you have to do is find your dress and I will sit down with our mothers and tell them our plans and then I’ll get them to help me plan the wedding.”
“You’d go see our moms by yourself? Ryan, they’ll smack you a new one for even suggesting getting married in three months.”
“They wouldn’t if you came with me and we showed them a united front.”
Gabriella sighed.
“Please, baby. I’ve been in love with you for years and I just want to be your husband.”
Gabriella looked at him then shook her head. “Fine, we can get married on Valentine’s Day.”
“Yes!”
“And I’ll go with you to talk to our mothers, but I suggest you make some phone calls and find out if everything you assumed can actually happen before you do so.”
“I love you, Gabriella Montez.” He pulled her off the couch and kissed her. “Soon-to-be Gabriella, uh, what are you going to call yourself?”
“Gabriella Evans.” She smiled.
“Really? You’re not going to be like Taylor or Sharpay and keep your last name or hyphen our last names?”
“Really. I want to be Gabriella Evans so everybody knows that I’m married to you.”
Ryan grinned and wrapped his arms around his fiancée and kissed her hard on the lips.
“You ready to do this?” Gabriella asked a couple days later as she and Ryan sat in his car in front of her parents’ house.
“No,” he stated. “They’re going to eat us alive when they find out what we’ve done.”
“Come on, it won’t be that bad,” Gabriella said. “We’ve done the hard work. We got a florist, a photographer, a cake and Taylor’s dad agreed to marry us.”
“Yeah, but you weren’t on the phone with him when he laughed and wished me ‘good luck’ on telling our moms we wanted to get married in six weeks,” Ryan replied. “And Chad’s mom didn’t say anything about it, but I know she was thinking along those same lines.”
“We can do this, Ryan,” Gabriella squeezed his hand. “Now come on, they’re waiting for us.”
After climbing out of the car, Ryan took a deep breath then joined Gabriella at the front of the car and took her hand as they walked up to the front door. They let themselves in and found their moms sitting at the dinning room table looking through wedding magazines and binders Ryan vaguely remembered seeing while Sharpay and her mom were working on her wedding.
“There they are!” Gabriella’s mom exclaimed taking notice of Ryan and Gabriella. “Sit, sit.”
“Jose, Vance, come in here, the kids are here,” Sharpay’s mom called into the other room. “We have a lot to talk about. We know you two don’t have any plans yet so we took the liberty to start planning the wedding for you.”
“Actually, we do have plans,” Ryan said, glancing at Gabriella as their dads came into the room, seeming none too thrilled about sitting in on this meeting. “We want to get married on Valentine’s Day.”
“Oh that’s a lovely idea,” Gabriella’s mom said. “I’ve always loved winter weddings.”
“Me, too, and with a year to plan, we can hold the wedding just about anywhere,” Ryan’s mom stated.
“We’re not getting married in a year,” Gabriella said. “We want to get married this Valentine’s Day.”
Their moms froze what they were doing and looked up at them and their dads leaned in, interested to see what was going to happen next.
“I’m sorry, but did you just say you wanted to get married this Valentine’s Day as in six weeks from now?” Gabriella’s mom asked her voice low.
“We did,” Ryan nodded. “And we know what you guys are going to say, but -”
“But you’re going to do it anyway?” His mom finished. “Ryan, you saw how much work your sister’s wedding was to plan and the fact that we were able to reserve the church for the day that we did happened by pure luck. There is no way we’ll be able to reserve anything for you guys.”
“We don’t have to reserve anything,” Ryan stated. “We want to get married here on Cattle Creek Drive.”
“Where? In a backyard?” His mom asked.
“On the street,” Gabriella said. “We want to get married some place that holds a lot of meaning to us and there’s no place better than here, where we grew up.”
“Jose, say something,” Gabriella’s mom said to her husband. “Our daughter wants to get married on the street!”
“I think it sounds like a great idea,” her dad stated. “It’s their wedding, Miranda. And you were complaining the other day that Gabriella didn’t know what she wanted to do for her wedding and it sounds like they’ve figured it out.” He turned to Gabriella and Ryan. “Have you guys thought about where you’ll have the reception?”
“We thought we could do it here or at my parents’ house,” Ryan said. “We can do the rehearsal dinner at one house and the reception at the other. And we’ve already talked to Chad’s mom about taking photos for us at the wedding and Taylor’s dad is going to officiate for us.”
“What about flowers and the cake?” Gabriella’s dad asked, while Ryan’s dad sat silently as if only there to please his wife.
“Taylor gave me her sister-in-law’s phone number and she’ll do the flowers for Gabriella’s bouquet at a reduced price and Zeke, Chad and Troy’s friend, agreed to make us a cake and he said he could even cater the wedding for us if we wanted,” Ryan explained.
“Sounds like these two have thought everything through,” Vance said standing up. “Come on, Jose, we might be able to catch the last few minutes of the game.”
It wasn’t until the two men were in the hall that Ryan heard Jose ask, “Are you coming, Ryan?”
Ryan glanced at Gabriella for a second to see if it was ok with her if he left the room and she nodded. So he kissed her cheek then left the room.
“So you two have figured everything out and you don’t need us,” her mom said, glancing forlornly at the wedding magazine in front of her.
“That’s not true, mom, I still need help finding a dress,” Gabriella stated. “And Ryan needs a tux.”
“Don’t forget bridesmaids dresses,” Ryan’s mom said. “You’ll need to find those, too. Which may be kind of hard since Taylor gets bigger every time I turn around.”
“Bridesmaids?” Gabriella said. “We weren’t planning on having any attendants.”
“But you have to,” her mom said. “They’re the witnesses.”
“Oh,” Gabriella sighed. How was she supposed to choose between Taylor and Sharpay to be her matron of honor? She had understood why Taylor had chosen Sharpay to be her maid of honor because Sharpay had been in Albuquerque and able to pitch a hand in the wedding planning and the Sharpay had chosen Taylor because Taylor knew what she was doing and because Chad had chosen Troy to be his bestman. But the decision wasn’t going to be that simple for Gabriella to make. Taylor knew some of the details about Gabriella and Ryan’s relationship, things she couldn’t share with Sharpay without feeling uncomfortable, but Sharpay was Ryan’s sister. She wished somebody else could make the decision for her.
The next day, Taylor did exactly that when they were sitting in her and Troy’s living room after dinner. She and Troy were sitting on the couch, Chad and Sharpay were sharing the recliner and Ryan and Gabriella were sitting on the loveseat. Their friends had been way more supportive than their mothers when it came to the news they were getting married in six weeks.
“That’s what I wish we had done,” Sharpay stated. “My mom drove me up the freaking wall with all the planning.”
“Mine, too,” Taylor nodded. “Heaven forbade I ever marry again, I’m eloping.”
“And getting married it a pretty good idea,” Chad stated. “Kill two birds with one stone, one present for two important days.”
“Yeah, but that just means the present has to be that much better,” Sharpay countered. “Diamond earrings, two dozen roses, you catch my drift.” Chad just grinned. “Have you guys decided on your wedding party?”
“We’re still talking about it,” Gabriella said, shooting an uneasy glance at Ryan.
“Well count me out,” Taylor said. “I’ll be nearly at the half way mark by then and my feet already hurt. There’s no way I can stand through a ceremony.”
“And if Tay’s out, then I’m gonna take myself out, too,” Troy stated. “Besides, I think it would be special for you guys if Chad and Sharpay were your bestman and your matron of honor. The four of you are stuck together for the rest of your lives while Taylor and I can freely disappear from your lives whenever we want.”
“But we won’t,” Taylor quickly added as she pinched Troy’s thigh. “But I agree with my not even close to being funny husband. You four are family, besides, Sharpay will have more time to help you over the next six weeks than I will.”
“Alright, but I still want your input on things, Tay,” Gabriella said. “Otherwise my soon-to-be sister-in-law will try and convince me that my wedding colors should be pink like hers.”
“Or that Amos and Boi should be our ring barer and flower girl,” Ryan added.
“Hey, don’t knock my wedding,” Sharpay pouted. “It was perfect and my babies looked adorable, didn’t they, Chad?”
Chad could hear Ryan and Troy snickering, they knew that he hadn’t been thrilled with Sharpay dressing up the dogs, but he hadn’t told Sharpay that. So thinking quickly he said, “I didn’t notice, I was too busy looking at you.”
His answer put a big, lovey, dovey smile on her face and she rewarded him with a kiss as Taylor and Gabriella awed and Ryan and Troy rolled their eyes.
As Valentine’s Day neared, the wedding plans were finalized and Gabriella and Sharpay had their final fittings for their dresses. The bouquets would be made the night before and delivered to the wedding by Taylor’s sister-in-law and Zeke and his team would have the cake to the house before the ceremony and finalize the buffet dinner during the ceremony.
The night before the wedding was the rehearsal dinner, held at Gabriella’s parents’ house. Taylor’s dad, Ryan, Gabriella, Sharpay and Chad ran through what would happen at the wedding while their families watched on and Chad’s mom made a rough plan of where she would be to take certain pictures. Then they headed into the house where Gabriella’s grandma had cooked them up a Mexican style feast.
It was a little after nine in the evening when Sharpay came over to where Chad was talking to Taylor’s dad and tugged on his arm, signaling that it was time to go. Being the matron of honor and the bestman meant they had to help out with the wedding and Ryan and Gabriella all day tomorrow, then being part of the family, they were part of the clean up crew as well, which meant they wouldn’t have time to celebrate Valentine’s Day on the actual day.
They said goodbye to everyone then headed back to their house. Once they got there, Chad went into his office to get his present for Sharpay while she went into the bathroom to take off her makeup and go through her nightly routine.
While he waited for her to finish getting ready for bed, Chad changed out of his nice clothes and hung them up, leaving himself only in a pair of boxers. Hearing the bathroom door open, he turned and a smile crept on his face when he saw Sharpay striking a pose in a sexy, white, silky looking number covered in hearts. She strutted over to him, twirling once to show him that the matching panties were of the barely there variety and as she got closer, he noticed that all that was holding her top close was bow by her breasts.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, Mr. Danforth,” she grinned, leaning over to kiss his lips.
“Happy Valentine’s Day to me indeed,” Chad nodded. “I mean, to you, too.”
Sharpay giggled and took a step back. “You like it?”
“Mmm hmm.”
“Good, it’s part of your present.”
“Only part as in there’s more?”
“Uh huh, but first let’s see what you got me.”
Chad shook his head and grabbed the envelope off his dresser.
“Please tell me you got me something more romantic than just a card, Chad,” Sharpay sighed.
“Just open it.”
Sharpay slid her finger under the sealed flap and peered into the envelope. Her face brightened at the sight of a gift certificate for a full day of pampering for herself, Gabriella and Taylor. “Chad, it’s perfect!”
“I know,” he grinned. “I figured you guys would like to relax after all this wedding stuff.”
“You’re a very bright man, Chad Danforth,” she stated. “I under estimate you.”
“Obviously, now what did you get me?”
“Well, I’ll start by saying, most of your present is for me, but there’s something I got just for us. For tonight.” She opened her closet door and pulled out a basket.
Chad untied the ribbon that held up the cellophane wrap around the basket and took the items out one by one reading the names on their boxes. “Chocolate lips. Rose bath petals. Chocolate shower bar. Chocolate tattoo set, with chocolate body frosting, a paintbrush and stencils.”
“The chocolate tattoo set is for us tonight,” Sharpay grinned.
“But what if I wanted to take a rose petal bath and use the chocolate shower bar?”
“Those are mine,” Sharpay grinned. “Now, open the tattoo set and read the instructions. I’m the canvas tonight, Mr. Danforth, and you are going to paint me up then clean me up.”
“Yes ma’am,” Chad grinned.
After opening the body frosting and dipping the paint brush into it, Chad seemed hesitant, not sure where to start.
“How about a heart?” Sharpay suggested.
He drew a heart around her belly button then painted two sloppy looking flowers off to each side. Then it seemed as if his creativity sparked and he pulled the two strings that kept her top tied together and freed her breasts. He then drew a spiral on each breast, the fine bristle of the brush making her squirm as they brushed her nipples.
Her eyes closed as he continued to paint designs all over her body. It wasn’t until she saw a flash that she opened her eyes and saw him standing above her with a camera in hand.
“Chad!” She exclaimed and attempted to cover her body with her hands. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
“Taking a picture of my art,” he shrugged.
“No way.”
“Come on, Shar. Nobody else will ever see them, please?”
“You can take one more, but I swear to God, Chad, if anybody sees these pictures I will kill you.”
“Yes ma’am.” Chad snapped one more picture then put the camera away. He climbed back onto the bed and licked his lips. “Time for the fun part.”
Sharpay’s eyes fluttered closed as he licked and sucked very chocolate smudge of her body, taking extra long when he got to her breasts. Then he lowered his mouth to hers and let her taste the sweet chocolate.
“You ready for your chocolate?” He whispered as she opened her eyes and looked up at him. She nodded, feeling his hard manhood pressing against her thighs. He pulled his boxers off then pulled her panties down her legs as she slid her top off. Then he pushed into her and slid in and out of her until they both came.
Pulling out of her, he slid off her part way and laid his head on her shoulder. “I love you, Shar.”
“I love you, too.”
At a few minutes past six in the morning, Taylor McKessie pulled herself from the comfort of her and Troy’s bed.
“Where are you going?” Her husband asked sleepily.
“To the bathroom, I’ll be right back,” she told him. She slowly walked into the bathroom and after doing her business decided now was as good a time as any to celebrate Valentine’s Day with Troy. Quietly, she left the bathroom and pulled her favorite blue, satin nighty out of her underwear drawer. She slipped back into the bathroom and changed into the silky number, noticing immediately how snuggly the usually loose number felt on her swelling body. It would definitely be the last time she’d wear it for awhile, if ever again. She threw the t-shirt and panties she had been wearing into the laundry basket then walked out to the bedroom.
She slipped back into bed and scooted over so she was lying right behind Troy. She ran her hand down his bare chest and tickled the hairs just below his navel.
“Mmm, Tay, that feels good,” Troy said, sleepily.
Taylor grinned to herself and wondered if he was actually awake or if he thought he was dreaming. Wanting to see, she slipped her hand under the waistband of his boxers and took a hold of his manhood.
The very real feeling of her touching his manhood woke Troy up from what he thought was a dream.
“Morning, Valentine,” Taylor whispered in his ear then kissed his cheek.
“Morning.” Troy rolled onto his back with her hand still working his hardening manhood. “When did you change?”
“A few minutes ago,” she smiled. “It’s a lot smaller than it used to be.”
“I like it better this way,” Troy grinned coyly. The empire waist of the navy blue satin nighty with cream colored lace trim allowed her to show off her ample cleavage. “A lot better.”
“I never took you for a breast man.”
“I’m a Taylor McKessie man,” Troy stated. “If you got, I love it. Booty, boobies, brains, beauty, you’re perfect.”
“So my brains and beauty come after my booty and boobies?”
“Most of the time no, but when you got your hand down my pants and your boobies begging me to free them from that nighty, then yes.”
Taylor shook her head and pulled her hand out of his shorts, letting the elastic material snap against his skin. She pushed back her hair and sat up in bed.
“I didn’t mean that in an offensive way,” Troy said, sitting up and resting his back against the headboard.
“Who said I was offended?” Taylor asked as she pulled her hair back with a hairtie she found on her bedside table.
“The part of my skin that is now red.”
“Well, then let me make it feel better.” She pushed aside the blankets, pulled back his boxers and kissed the sensitive skin. “Better?”
“A little,” Troy grinned. “Now come here.”
Taylor smiled and slid into his lap, facing him.
“Close your eyes.”
Taylor looked at him for a second then closed her eyes. She heard him open a box and nearly jumped when she felt a piece of cold metal touch her steamy skin.
“Alright open your eyes.”
Taylor opened her eyes and looked down and smiled when she saw a heart-shaped journey diamond necklace with her and Troy’s names engraved on it.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it.” She leaned into him and kissed his lips.
As they kissed, he could feel the heat radiating from her pantyless mound and his manhood twitched in anticipation. He wanted to be buried deep inside of her. As if she could read his mind, she leaned forward on her knees and he shimmed out of his boxer shorts then helped her pull the tight nighty over her head, revealing her rounded belly and full breasts to his hungry eyes.
“Yeah, I’m definitely a Taylor McKessie man.”
Taylor laughed. “Guess that makes me a Troy Bolton woman?”
“Damn straight.”
Troy sat up straighter and guided himself into her sex as she wrapped her legs around his waist. Neither was in a hurry to get off, so they moved slowly together, kissing, nipping and whispering against each others skin and mouth. It was Taylor that came first and her walls clamping down around his member was what finally did Troy in as well.
Taylor gave him a kiss before climbing off of him then headed to the bathroom, knowing full well that he would get dressed and go for his morning jog. Just as she had predicted, Troy climbed out of bed and pulled on a pair of sweats and put on his shoes. Then he went to the living room to get his iPod and frozen when he saw the Valentine’s Day card sitting on top of a present wrapped in red paper. He read the card that wished him a Happy Valentine’s Day then opened the present, revealing the wireless headphones he had been wanting.
Then instead of heading out the door, Troy pulled off every layer of clothing he had put on and headed to the bathroom where he could hear Taylor showering. He climbed into the shower behind her and wrapped his arms around her swollen belly while the hot water rained down on them.
By the time they were dressed in their wedding attire and ready to go it was well after ten o’clock and they had to hurry over to Cattle Creek Loop to help setup. Or rather, Troy had to help set up while Taylor did little tasks that wouldn’t require heavy lifting.
Things worked like clockwork as they setup for the wedding, the only snag coming when the flowers that were delivered for the cake were the wrong ones and Taylor’s sister-in-law had to rush back to her family’s shop and get flowers for Zeke to put on the cake.
With an hour before the ceremony, Taylor went upstairs to sit with Gabriella and Sharpay as they got ready. She couldn’t believe how calm Gabriella was with just a short time before her nuptials.
It wasn’t until Gabriella was standing with her dad in the entry way of her house that she started to get nervous. Sharpay had already headed out and was almost half way down the isle in her dark pink dress with black accents.
“I can’t do this, dad,” Gabriella said.
“Yes you can, Bella,” her dad said. “If I wasn’t a hundred percent sure that Ryan is the guy for you, I would take you away myself, but Ryan loves you and you love him. I would never forgive myself if I let you run away from this and you would never forgive yourself either.”
“Thanks, daddy,” Gabriella smiled and hugged her dad.
“Alright you ready to get married?”
Gabriella nodded and let her father lead her out of the house, past the guests and to Ryan with her tea length, strapless white dress moving as she walked. Her father kissed her cheek then put her hand in Ryan’s before taking a seat next to her mother.
“On behalf of Ryan, Gabriella and their families, I would like to welcome you all to their special day,” Taylor’s dad said. “They have chosen to exchange the traditional vows and we will begin now. Ryan and Gabriella, please repeat after me.”
“I, Ryan, take you, Gabriella, to be my wife.”
“I, Gabriella, take you, Ryan, to be my husband.”
“To have and to hold from this day forward.”
“For better or for worse.”
“For richer, for poorer.”
“In sickness and in health.”
“To love and to cherish.”
“From this day forward.”
“Until death do us part.”
Taylor’s dad then led them through the exchanging of rings then with a smile on his face said, “By the power vested in me by the State of New Mexico, I now pronounce you man and wife. Ryan, you may kiss your bride.”
Gabriella squealed as Ryan grabbed her and tilted her backwards then kissed her. Their guests were still chuckling when he helped her stand upright, her face bright red.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great honor that I present to you, for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and Gabriella Evans.”
Ryan looped his arm through Gabriella’s and led her up the isle, stopping to greet friends and family as they walked past with Sharpay and Chad trailing behind them. They and their guests escaped the cold and went into his parents’ house. A lot of the furniture in his parents’ open floor plan had been removed and the formal living room was now a dance floor while the rest of the main floor was setup for people to sit and eat.
Ryan, Gabriella and their guests dined on Zeke and his crew’s delicious buffet meal and then before Ryan and Gabriella cut their cake, they headed out to the dance floor to have their first dance as a married couple.
Gabriella smiled up at Ryan as Etta James’ smoky voice filled the room.
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
“You look beautiful,” Ryan whispered to his wife.
“Thank you,” she smiled.
Ooh, yeah, yeah
At last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
Ryan pulled her closer and kissed her ear. “When can we go home?”
“Soon.”
I found a dream
That I could speak to
A dream that I
Can call my own
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Ohh, yeah, yeah
“How about now?”
“I’ll let you know.”
You smile
You smile
Ooh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
At last
Their romantic first dance was ended with a loud exposition and everyone turned to see Chad and Sharpay standing near the kitchen, Chad was holding a bottle of champagne that was spraying out and Sharpay was laughing so hard she was red in the face.
“Sorry,” Chad offered. “When I took out the cork it just went boom! and disappeared.”
“You should have seen your face,” Sharpay said, gasping for breath. She shrieked however when Chad turned the oozing bottle of champagne towards her. “Chad Danforth, don’t you dare!”
“Sharpay. Chad. When you two are done behaving like children we can cut the cake,” her mom said sternly.
“We’re done,” Chad said, setting the bottle of champagne on the counter. “See. All done.”
“Good, why don’t you two make yourselves useful and get your speeches ready,” Sharpay’s mom said. “Once everyone has a piece of cake and something to drink you’ll give your speeches.”
“Yes ma’am,” Chad nodded before pushing Sharpay away from her mother.
“Ryan, Gabriella, come cut the cake,” his mother instructed. “And don’t get anything on Gabriella’s dress like Chad did to Sharpay’s, because that cost a lot of money to get out.”
Ryan rolled his eyes and led Gabriella over the cake and their guests made a circle around them. Together they cut the cake then Ryan placed a piece of the white cake in Gabriella’s mouth and she did the same to him then they sealed it with a kiss.
Once cake and drinks had been passed out, Chad stood up from his spot between Ryan and Sharpay and cleared his throat. “Alright, I’ve known both Ryan and Gabriella since they were born and since I’m older than Gabriella by 16 days and Ryan by 40, I met her 24 days before he did and -”
“Chad, honey, we don’t have all night,” Sharpay cut him off. “Get to the point.”
“I’m getting there,” he stated. “Ryan and Gabriella, you two have been two of my best friends since we were spitting up and crying at all hours of the night. We’ve laughed together, cried together, made fun of Ryan’s crazy obsession with hats together, but most of all we’ve grown together. So, Gabriella, being the first in-law of the Evans family, I want to be the first to welcome you to the Evans family. You got yourself a great guy.”
“Ok, my turn,” Sharpay smiled, standing up. “Being as I got married back in November, I’m gonna keep this really short because I know what I was really wanting to do while I was listening to these speeches-no offense Taylor and Troy, and to be honest, it’s Valentine’s Day and I since my lovely husband and I get to help clean up this shindig, I wanna get this done and over with so he and I can celebrate a little too.” She grinned. “So to Ryan, you got an awesome gal, and to Gabriella, I’ve always wanted a sister.”
“And on that note, I think we’re ready to leave,” Ryan said, pretending to stand up.
“We can leave as soon as I’m done with this cake,” Gabriella smiled.
Fifteen minutes later, they had said goodbye to their guests and were headed out to Ryan’s car. They were almost to the car when Chad, Troy and Chad’s younger brother jumped up from behind the car and sprayed them with silly string; each had a can in each hand.
“CHAD! TROY! CHRIS!” Their mothers and Troy and Chad’s mothers-in-law screamed in horror.
“It’s alright,” Ryan called over his shoulder. “It’s mostly on me.”
“I got it all off,” Gabriella said then threw the wadded up silly string towards Chad’s hair. “Have fun dealing with the moms.”
“Have a great time on your honeymoon and try to go out and see the sights at least once,” Chad said.
“Hey, you and Sharpay would have come back pale if you weren’t naturally tan and she wasn’t a fake’n’baker,” Gabriella stated as Ryan opened her door. “Bye.”
“See ya,” Ryan stated as he walked around the car and climbed into the driver’s seat. He put on his seatbelt then headed to their apartment. They climbed the stairs and after unlocking the door, he picked Gabriella up and carried her over the threshold. “I’ve been waiting forever to do that.”
“I wouldn’t have objected to you doing that before,” Gabriella smiled as he lowered her feet to the ground. “I wouldn’t have minded.”
“Well I wanted to wait until our wedding night,” Ryan stated. “But you know what I’ve always been waiting to do?”
“Tell me you love me?”
“Well there’s that, but there is something better.”
“Oh really? And what is that?”
“I’ve been waiting all day to see what you had on under this dress.” He ran his hand over the satin material at her waist. “Don’t make me wait any longer, love.”
“I have to, babe, we have a plane to catch in a few hours.”
“I don’t care if we miss it.”
Gabriella smiled at him then said, “Alright, but let me change into -”
“No, I want to know what you have under there right now,” Ryan shook his head. “Right here, right now.”
Gabriella smiled and turned away from him then pulled her hair out of the way of the zipper. She closed her eyes as she felt him take hold of the zipper and felt the strapless dress become slack as he pulled down the zipper. She let out a deep breath as the dress fell to a pile at her feet, leaving her standing with her back towards him in just a white thong and her high heels.
“Damn. I wasn’t expecting that.”
Gabriella smiled as she felt his lips on her neck and his hands slide around her body to massage her breasts. He placed kisses all over her neck and shoulders then brought his lips to her ear and whispered, “I love you, Gabriella. Let me show you how much.”
He turned her around in his arms and their lips met in a passionate kiss. As they kissed, her hands set to work ridding him of his jacket, shirt and tie. Then they made their way down to his pants and undid them.
“Baby, I want you,” she whispered huskily.
“Your wish is my command,” he smiled. He pulled away and toed off his shoes and removed his pants and boxers. Then he turned back to her and found her standing before him naked except for her high heels. “Nice.”
She smiled as he pushed her into the closest wall to them and lifted one of her legs up, allowing him to slide his hard manhood into her hot sex. Using the wall for support, they matched each other thrust for thrust and he came deep inside of her with her following shortly after.
After recovering from consummating their marriage, they grabbed their clothes and headed to their bedroom. They changed into the clothes they had left out to wear on the plane, grabbed their luggage then headed to the airport.
It wasn’t until they were sitting on the red eye flight to New York City an hour and a half later that he pulled her Valentine’s Day present out of his carryon bag, which prompted her to do the same.
“You open yours first,” he instructed.
She tore off the wrapping paper and opened a long, black jewelry box and smiled when she saw a locket in there. She opened the locket and awed when she saw pictures of her and Ryan when they were little, one at their high school graduation, one at their college graduation and then a blank slot.
“For our wedding picture,” he said.
“Thank you, Ryan,” Gabriella leaned over and kissed him. “Help me put it on?”
He did and smiled at how it fell just above her breasts, man he wanted to see them again.
“Open yours now.”
He blinked out of his thoughts and nodded. He tore off the wrapping paper and smiled when he saw a gold pocket watch. Engraved on the back was ‘Thank you for being my husband.’
Ryan looked up at her and said, “Believe me, the pleasure is all mine.” He leaned over and captured her lips in his for a short kiss.
“The pleasure is mutual,” Gabriella winked. “And because of that, we should get some sleep now. We don’t come home for a week.”
“I like the way you think, Gabriella Mon- Evans.”
Instead of replying, Gabriella slipped her hand into his and put her hand in the sign language form for ‘I love you’ and Ryan returned the gesture.
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