start of something new; chad danforth

epilogue

It had been 15 years since that day.

Both kept their promises and had never been happier.

Troy and Gabriella ended up tying the knot the following year and have three very precious little ones of their own, with a boy on the way.

Kelsi and Jason hit it off at the Danforth's wedding, and rekindling whatever they felt for each other back during junior year, they got together and are currently engaged.

After her time away at Yale, where she met a nice guy by the name of Kenny, Taylor decided to move back to Albequerque and become the principal of the one and only East High School.

Sharpay and Alyvia only ended up being roommates at the U of A for a semester before she set off for New York, where she became the lead of the popular Broadway show, A Girl's Best Friend. It's also where she met her husband, Peyton. Liv happily visited the Evans girl when she could. To Liv's surprise, the duo kept in touch a lot, almost as much as she did with Kelsi, and they became really good friends. If you asked Sharpay, Liv was her best friend.

Ryan had been living the life. Choreographing for many, many different Broadway shows during and after his time at Juliard. During his time away, he came to terms with his sexuality and came out as gay. He is currently happy with his partner, and they have twins on the way via surrogate.

Martha is a world-class choreographer.

Zeke has his own restaurant in downtown Albeqerque, where he is, in fact, the head chef.

And Jason... Jason's around. He's actually the manager at Zeke's restaurant.

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"Liv!" Chad called from the bottom of the stairs. "Baby, we're going to be late."

"I'm coming. I'm coming." Alyvia said, making her way down the stairs. "Hi."

"Hey, pretty girl." Chad smiled, placing a kiss on the girl's lips. "You ready to go?"

"Yeah, let's go." Alyvia nodded before glancing down beside her. "Alaina, come on, sweetie."

"Coming, mommy," the little girl said, standing from the stair after she finished tying her shoe and grabbing onto the woman's hand.

The trio made their way out of the door as Chad locked the door behind them, quickly making their way to the car.

They enjoyed the quick ride over to East High School, where a basketball game was taking place.

As they entered the gym, they quickly spotted their friends, causing them to make their way over to them.

"There you guys are; we thought you were going to miss it." Troy said as he greeted Chad.

"We wouldn't miss this for the world." Alyvia smiled, pulling her brother into a tight hug before he picked up his niece into his arms.

"Livi!" Gabriella exclaimed, holding her arms out, causing Liv to carefully pull her into a hug.

"Gabs! Hi, my nephew looks like he's ready to come out." Alyvia chuckled as she placed her hand on the girl's stomach.

"Any day now." Gabriella said, letting out a breath as she let out a light chuckle.

Alyvia hugged everyone with a smile on her face; it was moments like this that she cherished.

The lights began to dim, causing the crowd to begin cheering.

"Give it up for your Wildcats!"

The boys basketball came rushing from the doors, causing the crowd to get louder.

"What team?"

"Wildcats!"

"What team?"

"He's definitely your son." Taylor chuckled.

"You bet he is!" Chad happily said, wrapping his arm around Alyvia as he cupped his mouth with his other hand. "Let's go, Cannon!"

The boy turned around at the mention of his name, causing him to smile as he waved toward his parents.

"Look, there goes, Avi." Alvyia gushed, pointing over at the girl standing on the sidelines, taking pictures.

"She reminds me of someone." Chad said, smiling down at the woman, causing her to chuckle.

"Yeah, and you couldn't imagine who Cannon reminds me of." Alyvia teased as she smiled up at the man. "I think we've done a fine job, Mr. Danforth."

"I couldn't agree more, Mrs. Danforth." Chad said, pressing a kiss on her head before they turned their attention back to their son's championship game.

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