Warning: If you don't like sad chapters, don't read this one. xD

Disclaimer: Just for the record, I don't own anyone/anything (except the things I made up.) I'll probably post this every few chapters.

(Being sued by Disney Channel is not something I wish to happen any time soon.)

"T-Troy?" Gabriella whispered with a start. The handsome boy nodded, and pulled her closer.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, forgetting about the note for the moment. Her phone was ringing, and though she ignored it, the caller was still desperately trying to reach her. It was 5:35.

"Um…" Troy faltered. He couldn't tell her about the note, right? But I have to. Maybe it'll be a way to gain her trust. "Well… I got this strange note when I got back from-well, when I got home." He didn't want to bring up the mall, not when things were going so well.

"I got a note too!" Gabi cried, pulling it out of her pocket. Rain was coming down in buckets, but the couple didn't care. The piece of paper was soggy and the ink was running, but you could still read it. Troy showed her his note, and both examined them thoroughly.

"That o," Gabriella said, her purple-polished fingernail pointed to a sodden letter 'o,' "Is the same as the rest of them. All perfectly curved, as if they traced it. Only…" She stopped, not wanting to bring up anything that would remind her of the last week.

Troy nodded. "Yeah, in Shar-um, her notes to me they all look like that-" He suddenly stopped speaking and turned to Gabi.

"Listen, Gabi. I've been a jerk. A really rude, impossible jerk. And I'm sorry." He whispered, cupping her face with one hand, steering her eyes towards his. She tried to avert her gaze, but in the end he had his face pressed up to hers, their noses touching, his palms placed on each of her cheeks. She had no where to look but at him.

When their eyes met, Troy felt a familiar jolt of pleasure awaken a feeling in his body, one that had been neglected for far too long. Love.

"Oh, Troy," Gabriella whispered, her voice thick with tears. Rain pounded in their ears but neither took notice. Troy's hands dropped from her face to her waist, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, sobbing into his already drenched shoulder.

"Its okay now, Gabi, it is." He soothed, rubbing the palm of his hand on her back, trying to calm her. It broke his heart to see her in this state.

"Y-you were just so mean to me," she whispered, her voice cracking. "It made me feel horrible." She pulled out of his grasp, suddenly cold. The warmth his touch gave her disappeared as she turned to leave.

Troy's hand reached out and landed on her shoulder, stopping her. "Brie," he pleaded. "I was. I know I was. I was an idiot, and I pushed away the girl that I should have held close. And I know what I did wrong now and…" he paused, obviously uncomfortable. "And, I never want to lose you again because…" Troy wasn't sure if he could go on.

He turned Gabriella around gently and pressed his lips to hers in a soft kiss, the rain drowning out all other sounds. "Because I love you." He whispered, searching her eyes for what she would say next.

But no matter how much searching would tell him what she would do, because next she threw herself at him, crying softly as he held her in his arms. Her legs were weak and shaking, and it was as if she was pouring out all her sorrows.

After a few moments, Gabi finally calmed herself down. The rain was letting up slightly, and Troy could see the little smile on her face.

He led her to a bench, and they both sat down. It didn't matter that the bench was wet. Both of them were already soaked through. But neither felt the cold as they grasped on to each other.

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The blonde angrily hung up her cell phone. It was no use. Gabriella would not answer! And now she was stuck here by the tree, under an umbrella, waiting for the storm to let up. She wasn't stupid enough to think that she was safe under the trees, but what choice did she have? Troy and Gabriella could be arriving soon. If they saw her, her plan would be ruined. If it isn't already, she reminded herself glumly.

"That stupid girl has to ruin everything!" Sharpay whispered under her breath, her tone filled to the brim with the hatred she felt for the brunette that had stolen Troy Bolton's heart.

"Why couldn't everything have gone according to plan? Then Gabriella would be hiding behind the tree, while I got Troy to say stuff to make her never want to go back to Troy. It would have been so perfect!" She protested to herself, stamping her foot on the damp ground.

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The rain started to let up, and the clouds cleared to release a brilliant sun that formed a magnificent rainbow. Hand in hand, both gazed up at the sight in a comfortable silence. Gabriella's mouth opened in soundless awe, this breath-taking view the perfect ending to the perfect sentence Troy had whispered to her.

But the sunlight ended as quickly as it had come. Clouds covered the sky once more, and lightning zapped down from the sky in angry bolts.

Both knew that trees surrounded them, and Troy grabbed Gabriella's hand. He shouted to her, but she didn't know what he was saying. They ran through the pelting rain and fierce gales, the last thing on their mind was how the storm had returned so badly and so quickly.

As the hurried through the park, Gabi slipped and pulled Troy down with her. She hit the ground hard, her hands bleeding from impact. Troy's knees were badly scabbed through his jeans. Both scrambled to get up and away from this nasty rainstorm.

The wind whipped at their faces and clothes, making progress hard to achieve. For each step they took, two backwards were needed. They clung to each other, afraid to let go.

A luminous jolt of lightning snaked down from the sky in a crooked path, almost in slow-motion for the couple. The bright electricity snapped a large tree like it was a twig. At an extremely unhurried pace, the tree fell towards them, a shadow falling around them.

Troy grabbed at Gabriella, trying to pull her to safety when a huge burst of wind snatched her from his grip. All of a sudden, the slow-motion falling of the tree was gone, and everything seemed as if in fast-forward mode.

The tree fell, and smashed down on all that was below it. Gabriella's hand reached out to Troy, her face under the death shadow, her eyes brimmed with tears, her last words imprinted in his brain. "Troy! I love you!"

Then all that could be heard was the tree striking the ground.

I'm sorry for the cliff hanger. Okay, maybe I'm not, but eh. Leaving a good cliff hanger ish FUN ;D

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