His Passions

By: lol925

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own High School Musical.

Dedicated: To my readers, reviewers, friends, and Rachael for her help in the ideas for my story.

A/n: It is finally the end, so sad. This is very short, but I did not want to add it to chapter 15. Thank you for those of you who reviewed and I have appreciated you reading my story.

4 years later, Winter Break, Bolton Household

"You're home sweetie I thought you'd never get home my mom laughed.

"Yeah, where are dad and Emily?" I asked.

"Your dad wanted to whip up something special for your homecoming and Emily is making sure that he doesn't burn down the kitchen," she replied as I followed her into the kitchen.

"Hey dad, Emily how are you guys?" I asked.

"I'm good Troy, so did Chad drop you off without even stopping to say hi to us?" my dad said.

"He couldn't wait to see his parents. Out of all my friends, Chad actually gets the most homesick. Emily, I heard that you are student teaching with Ms. Darbus. You had the opportunity not to suffer her torture and you are going to go and face her willingly. You're absolutely nuts!" I joked.

"Ms. Darbus isn't that bad if you're into the arts. I know you are into drama, but you also love basketball," Emily pointed out.

"Right, well I'm going to unpack my stuff upstairs," I told everyone. They nodded and I thundered up.

I unpacked and thought about what had happened in the last four years. Eva had continued her modeling career like nothing had happened. Although, some people accuse her of being beautiful on the fact that she was created by a machine.

Emily managed to follow Eva's predictions. My parents hired a private tutor and she finished junior high in 6 months. She did high school in 1 ½ years, so that she started college 6 months before me. Now, I am a sophomore and she is doing student teaching to finish college, so she can get her degree. Ms. Darbus is retiring next year and she will take her position.

As for my friends and me, we proudly finished high school and went to college. We don't all go to the same university, but we're as close as ever. Chad and I go to UCLA. Taylor and Gabriella go to Stanford. Ryan, Sharpay, and Kelsi go to NYU. Lastly, Jason and Zeke go to Duke. I am happy with how things are. I finished packing, so I went downstairs.

"Troy, Mr., and Mrs. Balten are going to France for the holidays and Eva is going to come and visit us for Christmas. She is due to come in a little bit," my mom told me. Just then, the doorbell rang. It was my friends.

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked.

"We're your friends aren't we allowed to visit?" laughed Gabriella.

"Of course, but you guys surprised me," I responded.

"Oh, your parents didn't tell you? Apparently, you're decorating your Christmas tree and they invited us to help you. They mentioned that Eva was coming into town today too," Zeke said.

"No, they didn't happen to mention that you were coming. I'll be right back," I said as the doorbell rang again.

"Hey Eva, it's so good to see you," I said as I led her to the family room where everyone had gathered.

"I have several cups of hot chocolate, so grab a mug, and let the tree decorating begin!" exclaimed my mom.

That night everyone was in a cheery mood and there was non-stop laughing. I had my friends with me and my family was finally complete.