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Raindrops on Roses

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'He read the letter,' Gabriella thought to herself as she saw Troy walking in her direction from his seat near the middle section of the plane. She quickly whipped her head around and turned to her iPhone and pushed a random app, pretending to be busy.

"Hey Kelsi." She heard his melodious voice through her headphones that weren't really playing music as he spoke to her best friend. "Do you think I could borrow your seat for a few minutes? I just need to talk to Gabriella."

Gabriella froze when she heard those words come from his mouth.

"Oh sure!" Kelsi said brightly. 'I'm going to kill you Kelsi,' Gabriella thought to herself.

"Thanks," she saw him grin. Kelsi discreetly squeezed her hand before standing up and walking in the direction of Troy's seat which was right next to Sharpay's.

Gabriella winced slightly as Troy sat down next to her. She heard the crumpling sound of paper as he pulled the note out of his pocket. 'Now or never…' she thought. She pulled the headphones out of her ears and wrapped them around her phone before putting it into her tote bag.

Sighing slightly she smoothed the slight wrinkles of her aquamarine baby doll shirt before looking up at him.

"So," he smiled his charming smile, making her melt on the inside. "I read your letter."

Gabriella felt like being sarcastic and saying 'No really.' But her nerves said otherwise because she just smiled slightly. But then her brain and her heart made her bite her lip. "I know, it's random and irrational and I know that you probably think I'm an idiot and that I was stupid for telling you and…"

"Gabriella…" Troy interrupted but Gabriella quickly cut him off.

"No, I know, I'm an idiot! I'm so sorry Troy," Gabriella said getting up.

Troy gently pulled her down back into her seat. Without letting her go, he quickly looked around for Ms. Darbus only to find the normally hawk-like teacher sound asleep with a book in her hands. He turned back to her to find Gabriella's face flushed with two tears running down her cheeks. He wiped them with the pad of his thumb.

"Don't cry, Gabriella," he said. "Please don't cry."

Gabriella brought her hands to her face, gently pushing his hands away and wiped her tears away, letting out a silent sob. Troy brought his hands to meet her own and brought them down from her face. He wiped her remaining tears away before kissing her forehead.