<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654700858942,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000016c-7763-d473-a96f-77eb53420000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654700858942,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000016c-7763-d473-a96f-77eb53420000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
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Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez and Xavier James Lopez were two fourth-grade classmates at Robb Elementary School. The mothers of the children, Monica Gallegos and Felicha Martinez, made the decision to bury their young ones next to each other after Annabell and Xavier sparked an elementary school romance earlier in the year. The two children began texting “I love you” soon after.
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“He would make things for her, he would write notes for her. It brings a smile to your face just to think they really loved each other,” Arnulfo Reyes, their teacher, said.
The two would pass notes in class and play at parties together, and Annabell would go to Xavier’s little league games. At the games, Annabell was always sure to wear a necklace with Xavier’s picture inside it.
Though neither child would remember, they had met years before as toddlers. Annabell’s grandfather had lived in the same trailer park where Xavier also lived, and the two would play when the families would gather together.
On the morning of May 24, Xavier and Annabell smiled in a photo at the school cafeteria. Annabell had made the honor roll, as did Xavier for the first time. Martinez snapped the photo before the children returned to class, and she went home.
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An hour later, a gunman entered the school premises and opened fire. Xavier and Annabell were among the 19 killed on that day.
The two children will be buried at Hillcrest Cemetery this week. “I’m not ready,” Gallegos said during the final preparations for her daughter’s funeral. Xavier’s funeral was held on Tuesday.
