When Taylor stepped into the funeral home, she made a bee-line straight for Gabriella. The Stanford freshman was sitting at the front of the room near the open casket, sobbing like she'd lost her best friend. Then again, she had.
When Gabriella saw Taylor, she stood and met her in the middle, falling into her friend's embrace.
"Oh, Gabi," Taylor spoke near her ear. "I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I can't imagine…"
Blinking back her own tears, Taylor just stood with Gabriella in the middle of the room and let her sob. After a minute of standing this way, Taylor repositioned herself so that she could lead Gabriella back to a seat; she put one hand around her waist, and took Gabriella's left hand in the other. When they sat down side by side, Taylor kept holding Gabriella's hand, running her thumb across it.
And then Taylor's thumb caught on a diamond ring. She looked down, eyes widening as she realized what she was looking at.
"Gabi?" Taylor whispered.
Gabriella began to sob harder. "He proposed the day before we left for California."
Taylor took a deep breath. "Oh, Gabriella… What can I do?"
Gabriella shook her head, fighting for the ability to speak past her tears. "There's nothing that anyone can do. He's just gone. The most unforgettable person in my life is just… gone."
Unforgettable. Taylor's mind flashed to Troy's entry in her yearbook. Don't forget to remember us little people when you get to the Whitehouse, Future President McKessie!
If Troy had actually been worried about her forgetting him, or any of the Wildcats, he had done so without reason. No one – least of all Taylor's best friend – was ever going to forget Troy Bolton.
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