A young girl of sixteen laid flowers on a fresh grave, dug for the boy she had loved. The funeral was three days ago, but she had missed it. She couldn't stand to watch him be thrown under a mound of dirt… if she couldn't see him dead, then he wasn't dead… at least not to her.
She stood up, wiped away her tears on her sleeve and walked out of the cemetery. She walked quickly down the sidewalk, heading for her home where she planned to stay until she was forced out.
"Gabriella! Gabriella, wait!" someone shouted from behind her. She turned around and saw Ryan Evans, twin brother of the school's "ice queen", chasing after her.
"What do want, Ryan?" she hissed. She wasn't in the mood to deal with him.
"You, uh, dropped your scarf when you walked past my house… here," he handed her the brownish-red scarf. Her eyes softened.
"Thanks, Ryan, my mom would've killed me if I had lost it," she hugged him and he blushed a little. He had never had a girlfriend, because his sister stole all the attention away from him, and he really liked Gabriella. He was upset when Troy got Gabriella as well as Ryan's spot in the musical, but after Troy and Ryan started to become friends, Ryan decided that he would try to stop liking Gabby so that it wouldn't get ruin their friendship… but, after the accident… He knew that it was wrong to want her so badly, but he couldn't help it. Her tear-stained face shone in the sunlight, making her look like an angel.
"Gabby, I'm sorry about what happened to Troy. I….I just wanted you to know that…" He gave her one final look and walked away. Gabriella smiled slightly, her first real smile in five days, and slowly walked back to her house.