Zeke hated this. He hated it with a passion. Funerals, bereavement, grief. He functioned much better when things were happy, or at least had a chance of getting that way. But what chance was there of that when death was in the way?
Sharpay was still clinging to him, sobbing like she had been Troy's fiancée instead of Gabriella and Tiara was still – after having had a sudden burst of goodwill towards Sharpay – holding her hand and trying to comfort her. Geez, where was Ryan when you needed him? Or better yet, maybe Sharpay could just faint away for a few minutes.
Don't get him wrong, he loved Sharpay, but he needed time to breathe right now. After another minute of Sharpay soaking his suit, he convinced himself to hand her off to Tiara and go for a walk around the funeral home.
Once outside, he took a deep breath of the warm air and tried to clear his mind of his emotional girlfriend. Instead his thoughts turned to Troy's entry into Zeke's yearbook, insignificant as it was.
If you need a taste-tester, I'm still your guy.
But today it struck him in a different way. Troy had anticipated things continuing on just as they always had, if the yearbook entry was any indication. But things had changed so much, so quickly. In just the split second that it had taken for an eighteen-wheeler to plow into Troy's truck, everything had changed.
And Zeke hated it.
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