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I opened the door and cae of her bed She was curled up on the bed with a book in her hands She put the book down and sat up straighter Diana took a breath as if bracing herself for a fight
“I’m sorry about my behavior today,” I said short and to the point
She tucked a piece of blond hair behind her ear “It’s okay You had every right to overreact You were right when you said I always assuize I’ve been really insensitive to your feelings You have to still be grieving for your father, and Isaac, and I’ Selena has done And about,” she sed “what you told me earlier” She took my hand in hers “Kylie, I feel like you and I could be best friends but I always seem to bloith my behavior”
I chuckled “I think we both blew it”
She smiled “I want us to be friends, Kylie”
“Diana, we are friends”
She sed me “Soon to be sisters”
“That’s right,” I smiled Diana and I had a rocky relationship but I knew I could count on her for anything “And I know that you’re going to plan thefor me and Jonathon”
“Please,” she sighed “You’ve done all the hard work by picking everything out A touches,” she took my hand and squeezed it, “and one day I hope you’ll return the favor” She looked down I had suspected that Dianaher soul mate but the expression on her face showed just how much
“Diana,” I pulled her into a hug, “you will find your soul mate One day Maybe not now, or a year from now, but someday”
“Sometimes it feels like never,” she said
“I can only iine what it’s like and it must be horrible”
“You have no idea,” she crinkled her bedcovers between her fingers “Jonathon was co After Selena murdered our parents he drifted even farther away He was hardly living at all You gave him his life back I hope I can find someone that can do the same for me”
“You will Diana I know it,” I assured her
I gave her another hug before departing and heading back up to Jonathon’s rooh he liked to fondly refer to it as our roo on the bed already in a t-shirt and sweatpants He was holding a piece of charcoal and sketching His pale hand was turning gray