Gabriella Montez curled up on the back seat of her mother's car. "Miserable" didn't even begin to explain what she was currently feeling.
Her mother spoke softly, saying, "You forgot this on the table back in your dorm." Mrs. Montez leaned down to look at her heartbroken daughter as she placed Gabriella's senior year yearbook on the seat beside Gabriella.
Gabriella gave no indication that she had heard her mother, so Mrs. Montez tried again, asking gently, "Gabi?"
Gabriella didn't meet her eyes, didn't even bother to blink. She was grateful that her mother had drove all the way to California to pick her up and take her back to New Mexico - she knew that she couldn't have driven herself - but she simply didn't know if she could handle human communication right now. She just wanted to shut down. What she did not want to do was face what was happening. She could not be on her way to his funeral. He had too much like left in him. They had too much of a life left together.
Gabriella bit her lip to keep from bursting into tears again as her mother gave up and shut the car door, essentially leaving Gabriella alone with her thoughts. A minute later, Mrs. Montez started the car and they were off towards New Mexico. Gabriella reached out and grabbed her yearbook, bringing it close to her chest. She lowered her chin onto her edge of the book and began to cry silently, remembering his precious - and very unexpected - entry into her yearbook.
How does you, me, and a honeymoon in Maui sound to kick-start next summer?
He had proposed that way, claiming that he had been too nervous to ask her in person. They had planned to tell their friends in person, though, the next time that they saw them. Who would've thought that this would have to be the way that they would all meet up again?
Troy, I miss you so much! Gabriella thought. Why did you have to get in that car accident? You promised that we'd all be in this together! And now you're gone...
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